Spring
irdue University
Veterinary Medical
REPORT
Dr. Alan Rebar Leads Purdue's Discovery Park
Purdue University officially named
former School of Veterinary Medicine
Dean Alan H. Rebar (PU "73) as
the new leader of Discovery Park in
January, following a national search.
Discovery Park is the University's
hub for interdisciplinary research and
entrepreneurship. Dr. Rebar had served
as interim executive director since July
20, 2005, when he relinquished his post
as veterinary school dean. As part of
his new duties. Dr. Rebar also tills the
position of senior associate vice president
for research, and reports to Dr. Charles
O. Rutledge. Purdue's vice president of
research, who served as executive director
of Discovery Park during its four-year
building and start-up phase.
"Alan's insight and leadership
clearly make him the best person to lead
this revolutionary, innovative center that
is redefining the relationship among
research, education and economic
development." said Dr. Rutledge. "From
his experience as a dean and professor.
Alan knows Purdue's administrative
structure, faculty and research effort. His
leadership, knowledge and judgment will
be invaluable in this period when we're
bringing facilities online and moving our
interdisciplinary research projects into
the new facilities." Dr. Rutledge added.
A committee was formed to conduct
the search for Dr. Rebar's permanent
successor in the School of Veterinary
Medicine. Dr. Elikplimi K. Asem. the
School's associate dean for research and
In This Issue
Dean's Column 2
Focus on Faculty 6
/)/: Alan II. Rebar and Max
professor of physiology in the Department
of Basic Medical Sciences, is serving
as interim dean. Dr. Asem joined the
veterinary school faculty in 1989 and has
served as the School's associate dean for
research since 1997. He earned his doctor
of veterinary medicine degree from Szent
Istvan University School of Veterinary
Sciences in Budapest. Hungary, in 1980
and received his Ph.D. degree in medical
physiology in 1985 from the St. Louis
University School of Medicine. He has
published 80 articles in peer-reviewed
academic journals.
Dr. Rebar says his appointment as
executive director of Discovery Park
comes at a crucial time in the history
of Purdue. "We're reinventing the land-
grant university concept for the 21st
Century. This $250 million campus
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A Message from Dr. Alan Rebar
Editor's Note: In light of the leadership
transition that occurred last summer.
this column represents Dr. Alan Rebar's
reflections on the progress achieved by the
School of Veterinary Medicine since he
assumed the deanship in 1996.
Extraordinary people make the Purdue
University School of Veterinary Medicine   an   extraordinary   place.   In   this
column. I want to highlight the exciting
developments that have occurred in the
past decade as a result of the superior
efforts of the faculty, staff and students,
and the generous support of the School's
alumni and friends.
As the veterinary school sculpture in
front of Lynn Hall so creatively depicts.
life    is   a   "continuum:"   and   indeed.
the  progress  the  School  of Veterinary
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