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Richard DeBowes

Richard DeBowes

2017 President’s Award | American Vet Med Assn. | Class of 1979

Richard DeBowes' moment happened while "sitting on the Quad on a warm spring day in 1975 and opening my letter from the College of Veterinary Medicine, granting me admission to the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program. 

"Oskee wow wow.

"I was one happy boy. It was almost surreal, given how competitive medical and veterinary school admissions were at that time."