Donovan Named 2015 KSU Alumni Fellow

May 20, 2015 — 

Dr Tara Donovan, 2012 AASV President, was recently named the 2015 Kansas State University Alumni Fellow.

The Kansas State University Alumni Fellows Program, sponsored by the Dean's Council, the President's Office and the Alumni Association, recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in their careers.

Fellows are chosen to return as distinguished guests and as mentors, friends and counselors. They are honored in recognition of the ultimate measure of a university: not curricula, facilities or programs, but the quality of its alumni.

Donovan, vice president of health management for The Hanor Company, has been an active member of veterinary organizations throughout her career, including the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association, the Wisconsin Pork Association and the National Pork Producers Council.

Donovan has a Bachelor of Science in animal science from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from K-State in 1998. She completed a food animal medicine internship at K-State before joining The Hanor Company in 1999 and also is a 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine’s executive veterinary program.

Donovan’s husband, Dr. Dirk Donovan ’00, also is a veterinarian and private food animal practitioner in Richland Center, Wisconsin. They have two children, Gus and Tekla.

Please join AASV in congratulating Dr Donovan!