In Memoriam

Dr. Jerry J. Callis ’47 | Jerry J. Callis, 94, passed away on December 4, 2020. After earning his undergraduate degree at Purdue University and his DVM at Auburn, he became the first employee of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, a U.S. federal research center first located in Greenport, New York. The center studies foreign animal diseases of livestock and is operated by a partnership of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the World Health Organization and the World Veterinary Congress, he eventually became director of the Plum Island facility and served in that capacity for 25 years. He is preceded in death by his wife, Loisanne, and is survived by one son.

Dr. Robert Edward (Bob) Barnhart ’54 | Robert Edward Barnhart, 91, passed away on December 14, 2020. He earned both his undergraduate and DVM degrees at Auburn before serving as an officer in the U.S. Army. He later moved to Braselton, Georgia, where he operated a small animal practice and eventually retired from the Georgia Poultry Laboratory in Oakwood, Georgia. Survivors include his wife, Sara, four children, three stepchildren and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Dr. Paul E. Fenwick ’56 | Paul E. Fenwick, 93, passed away on January 17, 2021. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Kentucky and his DVM at Auburn, where he served as class president of the School of Veterinary Medicine AVMA. Following graduation, he moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he owned and practiced at Fenwick Animal Clinic for many years before retiring and moving into real estate development. During his veterinary career, he was the official veterinarian with Churchill Downs, the Rock Creek Saddlebred Horse Show and several other equine venues. In 1964, he received the Kentucky Veterinary Association Veterinarian of the Year Award; in 1965, he served as president of the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association and was named a member of the advisory committee to the dean of the Auburn School of Veterinary Medicine; in 1966, he was chairman for the National Veterinary Association; in 1967, he received the Kentucky Veterinary Association Distinguished Service Award; in 1985, he was the recipient of the University of Kentucky National Alumni Association Service Award; and, in 1994, he received the UK College of Agriculture Distinguished Alumni Award. He was preceded in death by his wife, Sue, two brothers and two sisters. Survivors include three children and four grandchildren.

Dr. Arnold L. Fleisher ’59 | Arnold L. Fleisher, 85, passed away on November 14, 2020. After earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Florida, he earned the DVM at Auburn before moving to Hempstead, New York, where he practiced at Nassau Animal Hospital for more than 30 years. Following his retirement, he spent many years as a docent and part-time researcher at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. He was preceded in death by his brother, Joel. Survivors include his wife, Barbara, three children, one grandchild and one brother.

Dr. James F. Aycock ’60 | James F. Aycock, 92, passed away June 23, 2020. He attended Tulane University and Auburn, also serving in the U.S. Marines before operating Aycock Veterinary Clinic in Hollywood, Florida, for more than 50 years. He was preceded in death by his brother, John. Survivors include two sons, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Dr. Richard Paul “Dick” Crawford, Jr. ’61 | Richard Paul “Dick” Crawford, Jr., 86, passed away on November 6, 2020. Following graduation with his DVM from Texas A&M University, he joined the Auburn CVM faculty, earning a master’s in public health in 1961. He later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and taught at the University of Iowa School of Medicine for five years before joining the faculty at Washington State University in 1970. In 1972, Crawford returned to the public health faculty at Texas A&M, where he taught 23 years before retiring in 1995 as professor emeritus. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Trigg. Survivors include his second wife, Eleanor Maddox, three children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.