Howard Dunne Memorial Lecture
Biography: Dr. Howard W. Dunne
Dr. Howard W. Dunne received his veterinary degree from Iowa State University in 1941. He was in engaged in private practice for one year and industry for four years before entering graduate school at Michigan State University. After receiving his PhD in 1951, he spent two years as deputy chief of veterinary microbiology at the Chemical Corps Biological Laboratories in Camp Detrick, MD. In 1953, he joined the faculty of Pennsylvania State University, where he headed the veterinary science research program and the large animal diagnostic laboratory. Dr. Dunne was internationally known for his work on swine diseases, particularly hog cholera and the swine reproductive viruses then referred to as the SMEDI syndrome. Dr. Dunne authored more than 90 scientific publications, and is perhaps best known for initiating and editing the textbook Diseases of Swine, which is still widely considered the “bible” of swine disease.
In 1971, the American Veterinary Medical Association presented Dr. Dunne with the XII International Veterinary Congress Prize to recognize his contributions to the international understanding of veterinary medicine. At the 1974 Congress of the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS), Dr. Dunne was elected president of the 1976 IPVS Congress, to be held in Ames, Iowa. His sudden death at the age of 61 in September of 1974 saddened the swine veterinary community, and the 1976 IPVS Congress was dedicated to his memory.
Howard Dunne Lecturers
2024: Joel Nerem. Swine veterinarians: Who are we and where are we going? [Video]
2023: Egan Brockhoff. Be there. Be the leader for the pig, the client, the customer. [Video]
2022: Angela BaysingerLeaping into the future: Sit down, buckle up, and hang on. [Video]
2021: Jerome Geiger. Navigating the future … together. [Video]
2020: Bret Marsh. Trust the people. [Video]
2019: John Waddell. Built to last: 50 years of AASV. [Video]
2018: Bill DuBois. How geography, culture, and socioeconomic status affect global animal protein consumption: Applications for swine veterinarians. [Video]
2017: Jeff Zimmerman. Swine medicine in the 21st century: Immovable object meets unstoppable force.
2016: John Harding. Emergence of “Brachyspira hampsonii” in western Canada: A collaborative success.
2015: Gregory Stevenson. Because it’s the right thing to do.
2014: Daryl Olsen. The pig always wins.
2013: Craig Rowles. Perspective, passion, and the purpose-inspired practice.
2012: R. Dean Boyd. Integrating science into practice and getting it right.
2011: Locke Karriker. Evidence based practices: Myths and applications.
2010: Jim Lowe. People, processes and pigs: Are we fixing what is really broken?
2009: John Thomson. Securing the future of the swine veterinarian while our national food insecurity increases.
2008: Tim Loula. Use your strengths to stay in the game.
2007: Tom Burkgren. AASV: Good to great.
2006: Gregg BeVier. Beyond the basics: What will the future bring and how will we get ready?
2005: Scott Dee. Lifelong learning: Applying science in practice.
2004: Robert Desrosiers. Epidemiology, diagnosis and control of swine diseases.
2003: Lonnie King. As the future catches you.
2002: Tim Blackwell. Exceeding expectations.
2001: Max Rodibaugh. Science and technology 2001: Clear goals or black holes?
2000: David Reeves. Managing change, variation, and chance.
1999: Larry Rueff. Swine veterinary practice: Entering the 21st century.
1998: Mike Daniel. Leading in the midst of change – people, knowledge, and technology.
1997: Barbara Straw. Veterinary practice: Art, science, and politics.
1996: Paul Yeske. Efficient pork production.
1995: Rodney Johnson. The big picture – optimizing biological and financial efficiency.
1994: Robert Morrison. Opportunity: A matter of perspective.
1993: Camille Moore. Striving for optimum nursery/grow-finish performance: More than one option exists.
1992: Joseph Connor. The breeding herd: Providing the raw material.
1991: Roy Schultz. The impact of changes in global swine production on swine veterinary practice.
1990: Stanley Curtis. Swine welfare: Biology as the basis.
1989: Steven Henry. Assessing grow-finish: Why is the system no better?
1988: Thomas Alexander. Disease control – present and future.
1987: Gary Dial. Optimizing reproductive performance and establishing new horizons for sow productivity.
1986: Ralph Vinson. The 1990s, the last decade of private swine practice?
1985: Kent Kislingbury. Current economics of swine production.
1984: Richard Ross. Chronic pneumonia of swine with emphasis on mycoplasmal pneumonia.
1983: Edward Bohl. Viral Diarrhea in piglets.
1982: Michael Wilson. Pigmanship.
1981: Allen Leman. Preparing for swine practice in the 1980s.
1980: N.C. Nielsen. Disease monitoring and diagnostic procedures in pig production as an aid in reducing piglet mortality and morbidity.
1979: W.J. (Bill) Smith. Problems of disease control in large intensive units.
1978: Michael Muirhead. Effects of the Swann report on veterinary practice and the swine industry in England.