Kitchell, Ralph L., 1919-1997.

Ralph Lloyd Kitchell was born July 19, 1919 in Waukee, Iowa. He recived a D.V.M. (1943) from Iowa State College (University) and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota (1951) in Human Anatomy.

After receiving his D.V.M., Dr. Kitchell served as a major in the Veterinary Corps of the United States Army (1943-1946). He then worked for the University of Minnesota as a Research Fellow in the Diagnostic Laboratory (1946-1947), and was promoted to Instructor (1947-1951), Associate Professor (1951-1954), Professor and Head of Veterinary Anatomy (1954--1964), Assistant Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine (1963-1964. He left Minnesota to become Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University (1964-1966). Kitchell returned to Iowa State as Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine (1966-1971). After resigning as Dean, he continued to teach at Iowa State (1971-1972) until taking a position at University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine as Professor of Pathology and Anatomy (1972-1990).

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