Wallace Milton Wass

Background

Wass, Wallace Milton was born on November 19, 1929 in Lake Park, Iowa, United States. Son of Authur Carl and Esther (Moberg) Wass.

Education

Student, Minnesota Junior College, 1947-1948; Bachelor of Science, University Minnesota, 1951; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1961.

Career

Veterinarian, Medford Veterinary Clinic, Wisconsin, 1953-1958; instructor, University of Minnesota College Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, 1958-1963; professor veterinary medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1964; head department veterinary clinical science, Iowa State University, Ames, 1964-1983; professor, Iowa State University, Ames, since 1983. Consultant United States Agency for International Development, Bogota, Columbia, 1963, U. Yola, Nigeria, 1983. Staffveterinarian for medical research section Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York,1963-1964.

Consultant investigator fur seal harvest unites states department Commerce, Pribilof Islands, 1971, South Africa, 1974. Use of antibiotics in animal feed United States Food and Drug Administration, 1972. Consultant Farmland Insurance Company, since 1971.

Special consultant Kasetsart U., Bangkok, Thailand, 1974, Min. of Education, Thailand, 1994.

Achievements

• Wallace Milton Wass has been listed as a noteworthy Veterinarian, clinical science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman collegiate-church paster parish relations committee United Methodist Church, 1979, chairman stewardship and finance committee, 1982. Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1953-1955. Member American Veterinary Medical Association (delegate 1973-1988), Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Association (president 1977), American Association Veterinary Clinicians (president 1971-1973), Phi Kappa Phi (secretary 1984-1988, Iowa State University chapter president 1989-1990), Phi Zeta, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Connections

Married Doreen McCollum, May 31, 1953. Children: Karen, Kimberly, Christopher, Kirby.

Father:

Authur Carl Wass

Mother:

Esther (Moberg) Wass

Spouse:

Doreen McCollum

child:

Kimberly Wass

child:

Karen Wass

child:

Christopher Wass

child:

Kirby Wass