Background
Pritchard, William Roy was born on November 15, 1924 in Portage, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Roy and Lillian Edith (Roberts) Pritchard.
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Pritchard, William Roy was born on November 15, 1924 in Portage, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Roy and Lillian Edith (Roberts) Pritchard.
Student, University Wisconsin, 1943. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1953.
Juris Doctor, Indiana University, 1957. Doctor of Science (honorary), Kansas State University, 1970. Doctor of Science (honorary), Tufts University, 1988.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Purdue University, 1977. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Guelph, 1998.
Assistant professor University Wisconsin, 1946-1949. Associate professor University Minnesota, 1949-1953. Professor Purdue University, 1953-1957.
Professor, head veterinary science University Florida, 1957-1961. Associate director Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Iowa State University, 1961-1962. Professor University California, Davis, since 1962, dean School Vet Medicine, 1962-1982.
Associate director Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962-1972. Coordinator international agricultural programs University California system, 1977-1981. Visiting fellow Woodrow Wilson School Public and International Affairs, Princeton, 1968-1969.
John Thomson lecturer University Queensland, 1966. Co-director national veterinary education program Duke University, 1987-1992. Special research hemmorrhagic diseases animals.
Consultant Department Agriculture, Defense Department, United States Public Health Service, VA, California Department Health, Food and Drug Administration, 1962-1997. Board consultant agriculture Rockefeller Foundation, 1962-1966. National medical consultant surgeon general United States Air Force, 1962-1964.
Member Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/World Health Organization Expert Panel Veterinary Education, President's Science Advisory Committee Panel World Food Supply, 1966-1967, President's Science Advisory Committee Panel Biology and Medical Science, 1969-1970, Joint Research Committee Board International Food and Agriculture Agency for International Development, 1977-1981. Recognition lecturer Association American Veterinary Medical Colleges, 2005.
With United States Army, 1942-1944. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, American Veterinary Medical Association (International Veterinary Congress award 1988), National Academy of Practice in Veterinary Medicine (elected 1986), American College Veterinary Internal Medicine (honorary), American Society Veterinary Epidemiologists, Conference of Public Health Veterans (honorary life), United States Animal Health Association, National Association State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (international affairs committee 1965-1970), Order of Coif, Sigma Xi, Phi Zeta, Gamma Alpha.
Married Deanna Elaine Pritchard. Children: Rosan June, William Roy, Caryl Jean, Alyn Evan, Cynthia Bedeau.