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MVMA 2011 Meeting Dates have been set!
MVMA Winter Meeting
MSU - College of Veterinary Medicine
February 24-27, 2011

MVMA Summer Meeting
Perdido Beach Resort
June 23-26, 2011

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2010-2011 MVMA Executive Board

From left: Dr. Scott Segrest (President - Elect), Dr. Lynn Cox (MVMA President), Dr. Bob Watson (Past-President), Dr. Laurence Galle (Southern District representative), Dr. Nathan Moseley (representative at-large), Dr. Lanny Pace (Central District representative). Not pictured: Dr. Lance Jefcoat (Vice-President), Dr. Tim Fleming (Secretary-Tresurer), Dr. Bill Miller (Northern District representative), Dr. Frank Branch (AVMA delegate) and Dr. Jim Brett (AVMA alternate-delegate).

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Mississippi Animal Disaster Relief Fund

The State of Mississippi has been no stranger to disasters. The Mississippi Animal Disaster Relief Fund was created to provide financial aid and assistance to animals and those who care for animals. If you are interested in contributing to the Mississippi Animal Disaster Relief Fund, please download the contribution form below. If you have been affected by the recent disasters and would like to submit a Disaster Relief Form Application, please download the Disaster Relief Application form and mail to the address listed on the application.
Contribution Form
Disaster Relief Application Form

Dr. Harvey Fred McCrory Endowed Scholarship Fund

In most organizations, there is usually one person who epitomizes that group. For the MVMA, Dr. McCrory was that person. He was the first person we saw at our meetings; he was the person to contact if you had a problem or a question regarding veterinary medicine in Mississippi for over 30 years. His duties ranged from a faculty member at MSU, to state veterinarian, to the executive secretary for the MVMA and the Board of Veterinary Medicine, and too many others to list.

I first met Dr. Fred as a senior veterinary student in 1982 while on preceptorship in the Jackson. After I introduced myself, Dr. Fred responded, “you must be Hoss Brett’s son” and told me how we were related. At every MVMA winter meeting, he’d look for me and ask how his “Georgia cousin was” and how I was doing in practice. He made me and many others feel special. He had a genuine concern for us all and a way with people that few can match.

Few people have the opportunity to cast a broad stroke of influence in any area; Dr. Fred did that for many years and was an icon in our profession, in his community, and in his service work.

His contributions to MSU, the MVMA, and society in general are being honored by the formation of the Dr. Harvey F. McCrory Endowment Fund through the university’s development office for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University. The principle of this endowment will never be used. The interest and investment income will be used to fund a scholarship to a senior veterinary student at MSU-CVM. The recipient will be a Mississippi resident who has shown the qualities that Dr. McCrory is known for – leadership, service and high ethical standards.

Contributions can be sent to:

Dr. Harvey F. McCrory Endowment

% MSU – College of Veterinary Medicine

Office of Development

P.O. Box 6100

Mississippi State, MS 39762

I hope you will join me and the other members of your MVMA Executive Board in honoring our friend and colleague and assisting the next generation of veterinarians.

Jim Brett, D.V.M.

AVMA Alternate Delegate