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Contact: Diana M. Orban Brown Director of Communications Rutgers Equine Science Center 732-932-9419
DR. DAVID MEIRS II HONORED BY THE RUTGERS EQUINE SCIENCE CENTER
Alumnus Recognized for His Years of Service
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ (December 12, 2007) – David A. Meirs II, V. M. D., was recognized for his service yesterday by the faculty, students and staff of the Equine Science Center at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, at the annual Equine Science Update sponsored by the Center.
Dr. Meirs, who received his bachelor of science degree from Rutgers in 1950, has been involved in the growth and development of the equine science program and outreach at Rutgers since the 1960s and helped organize the first equine advisory board at the university. He has served on search committees for faculty and deans at Rutgers and has spearheaded fund-raising campaigns for the school. He is the immediate past chairman of the Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement. Among his many university-related honors, Dr. Meirs received the George H. Cook Distinguished Alumni Award in 2000.
Dr. Meirs is founder and partner in the Walnridge Equine Clinic, a general equine practice geared to race horses in training, with special emphasis in reproduction. He also is president of Walnridge Farm, Inc., a 300-acre facility that has been in the Meirs/Waln family since 1830 and specializes in the breeding and raising of Standardbred horses.
The Equine Science Update is an annual event put on by the Equine Science Center to share with the public the Center’s research into horse health and management issues. During the segment that highlighted the work of Dr. Meirs, Laurel A. Van Leer, a prominent alumna and member of the Rutgers Board of Trustees, presented the veterinarian with a rare Kilmer Oak pen. The writing instrument was hand-crafted from one of the few remaining pieces of the massive oak tree that once grew on the Cook campus at Rutgers and was the inspiration for New Brunswick native Joyce Kilmer’s famous poem, “Trees.”
Also presenting the pen was Ms. Sandy Denarski, current chair of the Rutgers University Board for Equine Advancement, and Dr. Karyn Malinowski, director of the Equine Science Center.
Equine research spotlighted at the Update included a review of the New Jersey Horse Industry Economic Impact Study; an overview of findings from Dr. Sarah Ralston’s nutritional research on weanlings; supplementing practices of the owners and trainers of top performance horses, presented by Dr. Carey Williams; a preview of the self-certification program that will soon be available to New Jersey horse farmers, under development by Dr. Mike Westendorf; the latest research on joint inflammation by doctoral candidate Emily Lamprecht; a progress report on turning horse manure into bioenergy; and an update on environmental research.
A summary of the program and additional information is available on the Equine Science Center website at www.esc.rutgers.edu.
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