Background
Vorhies, Mahlon Wesley was born on June 26, 1937 in Fairfield, Iowa, United States. Son of Harold Wesley and Edith Mae (Bender) Vorhies.
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Mahlon Wesley Vorhies
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Education
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, 1962; Master of Science, Michigan State University, 1967.
Career
Veterinarian in private practice, Riverside, Iowa., 1962-1964; clinical instructor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1964-1967; veterinary pathologist, Iowa State University, Ames, 1962-1972; veterinary pathologist, director, department head, South Dakot State University, Brookings, 1972-1986; director, department head, Kansas State University College Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, 1986-1995; department head, diagonostic medicine patho biology, Kansas State University College Veterinary Medicine, Manhattan, 1995-1997; consultant in diagnostic medicine, Amana, Iowa., since 1997. Consultant National Institutes of Health, Commonwealth Pennsylvania, Winrock International Headquarters, USDA, Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)-Fundagro/MIAC, LIFE, Quito, Ecuador, 1991. Board directors Mississippi Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Brookings United Presbyterian Church, 1975-1978, elder, 1981-1984. Member of advisory committee Pipestone Area Vocational Technology Institute, 1984. Member American Veterinary Medical Association, Association American Veterinary Medical Colls., South Dakot Veterinary Medical Association (Veteran of Year award 1979), Kansas Veterinary Medical Association, American Association Avian Pathologists, United States Animal Health Association, American Association Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (Evangelical Presbyterian Pope award 1984, president 1977), North Central Conference Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (chairman 1984, 94), Commission Vet Medicine, Brookings Country Club (director 1983-1986), Shriners (chairman 1984-1985), Phi Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Connections
Married Ilene Lanore Hoffman, August 29, 1959. Children— Susan Rae, Robert Wesley.
