Left photo: Dr. Grant Rezabek, master of ceremonies for the evening, presented Jesse Jenny(right) with the Gentle Doctor Award. Right photo: Dr. Carlos Risco, dean of the veterinary center, presented the Dean McElroy Award to Jesse Jenny.

OSU’s Veterinary Center awards over $500,000 in student scholarships

Monday, April 22, 2019

Thanks to its generous donors, Oklahoma State University’s Center for Veterinary Health Sciences recently awarded $542,270 in scholarships to 158 different veterinary students.

Congratulations to Jesse Jenny, class of 2019, on receiving two top honors. Jenny received the Gentle Doctor award and the Dean Clarence H. McElroy Award.

Gentle Doctor Award

This award is a reflection of concern, affection, love, and the significance of life for all of God’s creatures great and small. Created in heroic, larger-than-life proportions, the statue Jenny received recognizes the strength, endurance, and skillfulness a successful veterinarian would need to possess. Recipients are chosen by class ballet.

Dean Clarence H. McElroy Award

Created in honor of the founding Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Dean Clarence H. McElroy Award recognizes high academic achievement, leadership and outstanding clinical proficiency. A ballot of faculty and class peers determines the McElroy Award recipient, the highest honor an Oklahoma State University veterinary student can earn.

Dean Harry W. Orr Memorial Award

Morgan Chayes, class of 2020, received the Dean Harry W. Orr Memorial Award. Established in honor of the second dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, this award recognizes an outstanding preclinical veterinary student at the completion of his/her first three years of the DVM program.

morgan chayes and bob donaldson — Bob Donaldson, grandson of Dean Orr, with Morgan Chayes.

For a full list of scholarship recipients, please visit 2019 Awards. To see the photos of the evening, view the photo gallery.

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