Nominate Your Peers for the Salmon Award

Established by the Alumni Association in 1986, the Daniel Elmer Salmon Award for Distinguished Alumni Service honors Cornell Veterinary College DVM graduates who have distinguished themselves in service to the profession, their communities or to the College. 

The award is named in honor of Cornell's first DVM graduate, who is remembered for his pioneering work in controlling contagious animal diseases in the early 20th century. D.E. Salmon was one of Dr. James Law's first students when Cornell University opened its doors in 1868. He received the Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree in 1872 and entered practice in Newark, NJ. He continued his advanced research at Cornell and in 1876 he was awarded the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. This was the first DVM degree to be awarded in the United States of America. 

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Help us honor our graduates by nominating a Cornell graduate. Nominations are accepted throughout the year until May 1. Should a nominator wish to re-nominate an alumnus/a from the previous year, a revised nomination form must be completed for the candidate to be considered.  The recipient of the award is notified by September 1.

Submit your Nomination Online

Paper Nomination

Nomination should not exceed 1000 words in total.

Nomination form and supporting materials must be postmarked and received by May 1, 2018 to be considered for 2018.

Year Received	Name
1986	Arthur Gordon Danks* '33, Ellis Pierson Leonard* '34, Frederick O. Wright* '41
1987	John D. Murray* '39
1989	Stephen J. Roberts* '38
1991	Robert E. Clark* '52
1994	Richard C. Grambow '57, Robert W. Kirk* '46, Richard A. Smith* '51
1996	Stanley M. Aldrich* '50, Louis C. Schimoler* '47
1997	John J. Brennan '52
1998	Francis H. Fox *'45
1999	Robert V. Manning* '55
2000	Robert E. Lynk '61, Harold W. Zweighaft* '56
2001	Robert B. Hillman '55
2002	John D. Shumway '56
2003	George W. Abbott* '45
2004	Robert F. Kahrs '54
2008	Alexander de Lahunta '58
2009	Fredric W. Scott '62
2010	Stephen J. Ettinger '64
2011	N. Joel Edwards '64
2012	Jeanne A. Barsanti '74
2013	James F. Peddie '65
2014	Lila T. Miller '77 (CALS '74)
2015	Paul D. Pion '83
2016	Robert R. Marshak '45
2017	Ann D Dwyer '83, Donald H. Lein '57
* - deceased