Robert Dyar Laborador Memorial Lectureship in Epidemiology
Robert Dyar, MD endowed the Robert Dyar Labrador Memorial Lectureship in Epidemiology to recognize the School of Veterinary Medicine's pioneering achievements in veterinary epidemiology; encourage further development of the discipline; and stimulate student interest in veterinary epidemiology.
Some time before his death Dr. Dyar told Dr. Calvin Schwabe, UCD’s first professor of epidemiology, that he would like to do something which would, at the same time, recognize the pioneering achievements of UC Davis in the field of veterinary epidemiology and encourage future development there of that discipline, but also reflect his personal gratitude for the very close companionship he, as a bachelor, had enjoyed all his life with a long series of Labrador Retriever friends, plus the kind and competent help he and they had received over the years from practicing veterinarians. Thus began Dr. Robert Dyar’s generous endowment of the Lectureship in Epidemiology on this campus with the inaugural lecture in 1994.
The Dyar Memorial Lecture is hosted by the Department of Population Health and Reproduction. For more information please contact Dr. Philip Kass, Department Chair.
