Salmon, D. E.

Daniel Salmon was a member of Cornell University's first class of graduates. He earned his bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine in 1872, and four years later Cornell awared him the the first DVM degree in the country. Dr. Salmon went on to serve as the founding chief of the US Bureau of Animal Industry and is best known today for identifying the infectious pathogen Salmonella and pioneering the fight against contagious diseases.

From the description of Daniel E. Salmon papers 1886-1913. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74928588

Daniel Salmon was a member of Cornell University's first class of graduates. He earned his bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine in 1872, and four years later Cornell awarded him the the first DVM degree in the country. Dr. Salmon went on to serve as the founding chief of the US Bureau of Animal Industry and is best known today for identifying the infectious pathogen Salmonella and pioneering the fight against contagious diseases.

• July 23, 1850: Born in Mount Olive, New Jersey
• 1868: Entered Cornell University
• 1872: Received bachelor's degree in veterinary science
• 1872: Married Mary Thompson Corning
• 1876: Earned first D.V.M. degree in the United States
• 1884: Named first chief of the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Animal Industry
• 1892: Founded National Veterinary College in Washington, D.C.
• 1902: Mary Thompson Corning, first wife, died
• 1904: Married Agnes Christina Dewhurst
• 1905: Left Bureau of Animal Industry following meat packing controversy roused by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
• 1906: Moved to Uruguay to found a veterinary college in Montevideo
• 1913: Returned to the United States, managed a hog cholera serum company in Butte, Montana
• August 30, 1914: Died in Butte, Montana

From the guide to the Daniel E. Salmon Papers, ca. 1886-1913, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)