Stephen Roberts

Background

Stephen Roberts was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 5, 1915. He grew up in Hamburg, New York, where his father, Doctor James Roberts, a Cornell graduate, was a veterinarian.

Education

Roberts himself graduated from Cornell in 1938, where he trained as a veterinarian and served as Captain of the polo team He married a Cornell graduated, Betty Jane Harris, in 1938. They moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where he taught veterinary medicine and earned his Master of Science.

Career

Cornell

He joined the faculty at Cornell in 1942. He became full professor in the Department of Large Animal Medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery in 1946 and served as Chairman of the department from 1965 to 1966, and from 1969 to 1972. He served on the Judicial Council of the American Veterinary Medical Association (American Veterinary Medical Association) for thirteen years, was a charter diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists, was an associate editor of the Veterinary News, and provided years of service to the Cornell Veterinary Alumni Association.

He served as intercollegiate polo coach at Cornell from 1947 to 1972.

He implemented "split strings" for intercollegiate polo, requiring home teams to provide horses so visitors didn"t have to bring theirs to the game. Vermont and retirement

He helped set up the Quechee Polo Club in Quechee, Vermont.

He died of heart failure on January 21, 2005 in Bath. His will had set up the Doc Roberts Fund for Polo.

Legacy

He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990.

He was inducted into the Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame in Lake Worth, Florida on February 9, 1996.

Achievements

• He received the prestigious national Borden Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association for his research on cattle disease, the Distinguished Service Award from the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, and the Salmon Award given only to Cornell"s most august veterinary alumni.

Works

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  • Veterinary Obstetrics and Genital Diseases (Theriogenology)

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  • Veterinary Obstetrics And Genital Diseases

    (Book by Roberts, Stephen J.)

  • Veterinary Obstetrics and Genital Diseases Theriogenology
  • Veterinary Obstetrics And Genital Diseases by Stephen J. Roberts (2012-04-07)