Bruce W. Calnek papers

Collection

Identifier: 24-2-3346

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Abstract

The bulk of this collection is correspondence, meeting minutes, slides, and photographs relating to the construction of the Veterinary Medical Center and the Veterinary Education Center at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, 1987-1992. There are also class notes taken by Dr. Calnek while he was a DVM student at Cornell. In addition there is information about the S.B. Hitchner Student Scholarship, the Poultry Advisory Council, and the Rudolph J. Steffen Professorship.

Dates

1947-2001

Creator

Calnek, B. W. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Bruce. W. Calnek is an emeritus professor of avian medicine at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. He received his DVM from Cornell in 1955, joined the faculty at the College in 1961, and was named chair of the Department of Avian and Aquatic Animal Medicine in 1977. He retained that position until his retirement in 1995. Among his many contributions to the College and the University is his chairmanship of the Central Planning Committee that oversaw planning for the construction of the Veterinary Medical Center and the Veterinary Education Center.

For more information about Dr. Calnek, please consult his oral history interview in the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Oral History Collection, RMC # 24-04-3349.

Extent

.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

PROVENANCE

Donated by Dr. Bruce W. Calnek in 2004.

RELATED MATERIAL

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Oral History Collection, RMC # 24-04-3349.

Physical Description

Class notes, correspondence, meeting minutes, slides, photographs.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: Laura Finkel
Date completed:: May 2004
EAD encoding:: Laura Finkel, May 2004