Background
Jasper, Donald Edward was born on December 30, 1918 in La Grande, Oregon, United States. Son of Edward Doak and Florence Margaret (MacDonald) Jasper.
Jasper, Donald Edward was born on December 30, 1918 in La Grande, Oregon, United States. Son of Edward Doak and Florence Margaret (MacDonald) Jasper.
Graduate, East Oregon State College, 1938. Bachelor of Science, Washington State University, 1940. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, 1942.
Master of Science, Iowa State University, 1944. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1947.
Assistant clinician, Iowa State University, Ames, 1942-1944;
research assistant, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1944-1947;
from assistant professor to professor, University of California, Davis, 1947-1989;
dean school veterinary medicine, assistant director agricultural experiment station, University of California, Davis, 1954-1962;
department chairman clinical pathology, University of California, Davis, 1984-1989. Consultant President's Advisory Committee on World Food Supply, 1967, Food and Agriculture Organisation Mexico, 1977. Member veterinary drug efficacy committee National Academy Science, 1968-1969.
Fulbright-Hays visiting professor United States Board Foreign Scholarships, Yugoslavia, 1978.
Member American Veterinary Medicine Association (Borden Research award 1967), National Mastitis Council (president 1972), American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (president 1971), American Society for Microbiology, International Organization for Mycoplasmology (chairman bovine section 1982-1988).
Married Elizabeth Ann Miller, May 23, 1943. Children: Donald Richard, Jean Ellen Jasper Edwards.