Rickard, Charles Glenwood

Abstract

Memorial Statement for Professor Charles Glenwood Rickard, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D. (1922-1993) who was Assistant Professor (1946), Associate Professor (1950) of Clinical Pathology, and Professor of Pathology at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. He also served a Chairman of the Department of Pathology (1965-1973), Acting Chairman of the Department of Microbiology, Associate Dean (1969-1984), and Acting Dean (1984). He established the first Clinical Pathology Laboratory at the College. As Professor of Aquatic Animal Medicine (1980-1984), Dr. Rickard co-founded the AQUAVET Program in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Rickard also established the Oncology Laboratory for Cancer Research and did research on feline and canine leukemia and sarcomas. Dr. Rickard was actively involved in the design and operation of a biohazard-controlled facility for studying equine infectious anemia as well as research programs on equine bone and joint diseases and drug interventions in race horses. The memorial statements contained herein were prepared by the Office of the Dean of the University Faculty of Cornell University to honor its faculty for their service to the university.