Franklin Alfred Ahrens

Background

Ahrens, Franklin Alfred was born on April 27, 1936 in Leigh, Nebraska, United States. Son of Alfred Henry and Agnes Elizabeth (Higgins) Ahrens.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, 1959; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1968.

Career

Instructor, University of Minnesota-St. Paul, 1959-1960; assistant professor pharmacology, College Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, 1968-1970; associate professor pharmacology, College Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1970-1975; professor pharmacology, College Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, since 1975; department chairman veterinary physiology and pharmacology, College Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1982-1990.

Achievements

• Franklin Alfred Ahrens has been listed as a noteworthy Veterinary pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as captain United States Air Force, 1960-1963, lieutenant colonel Air National Guard, 1971-1991. Member American Veterinary Medical Association, New York Academy Sciences, Association Military Surgeons United States, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Katherine AldeneHenning, May 8, 1960. Children— Jeffrey, Gregory, Matthew, Kristin.

Father:

Alfred Henry Ahrens

Mother:

Agnes Elizabeth (Higgins) Ahrens

Spouse:

Katherine AldeneHenning