2007.05.14: May 14, 2007: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Older Volunteer: Veterinary Medicine: Awards: The Banner: Morocco RPCV Dr. Glen E. Hurley receives the 2007 Alumni Recognition Award, presented by the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association
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2007.05.14: May 14, 2007: Headlines: COS - Morocco: Older Volunteer: Veterinary Medicine: Awards: The Banner: Morocco RPCV Dr. Glen E. Hurley receives the 2007 Alumni Recognition Award, presented by the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association
Morocco RPCV Dr. Glen E. Hurley receives the 2007 Alumni Recognition Award, presented by the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association
Since retirement, he and his wife, Lois, have been involved in volunteer work around the world. The Hurleys completed a term in the United States Peace Corps, living in Morocco, where he trained veterinary technicians and provided animal care. In 1995, they directed a goat-restocking project for the Maasai tribe in Kenya. The next year they trained Peace Corps volunteers, native farmers, and technicians in El Salvador. They have also volunteered in Ghana, Mongolia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, St. Vincent and Granada. He has also been involved with Heifer International for over 35 years, an organization that supplies livestock to the poor in developing countries. The native people are taught how to care for the animals while preserving their environment. They also receive community organizational skills. Through Heifer International, the Hurleys have volunteered at The Ranch in Arkansas and Overlook Farm in Massachusetts. They continue to do promotional work, seminars and displays for the organization.
Morocco RPCV Dr. Glen E. Hurley receives the 2007 Alumni Recognition Award, presented by the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association
Former resident receives Kansas State award
A former county resident, Dr. Glen E. Hurley, now living in Waverly, Iowa, recently received the 2007 Alumni Recognition Award, presented by the Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association. He was honored for his time and effort devoted to veterinary medicine and for being an exceptional role model for future veterinarians.
The award was presented at the Kansas State Alumni Reception during the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Hurley, who is a son of the late Claude and Lorine Hurley and a Brownstown High School graduate, earned his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Kan. State in 1953. After graduating he served two years as base veterinarian at Bowling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C.
In 1956, he went to work in a large animal veterinary practice with Dr. Lee Railsback in Ellsworth, Minn. A year later, Hurley opened his own large animal practice in Boxholm, Iowa, where he worked until 1975. From 1975 until his retirement in 1991, he co-owned a veterinary practice in Waverly, Iowa, where he specialized in the treatment of dairy and beef cattle, swine and horses.
Throughout his years in practice, he mentored high school and undergraduate college students, and veterinary students interested in veterinary medicine.
Since retirement, he and his wife, Lois, have been involved in volunteer work around the world. The Hurleys completed a term in the United States Peace Corps, living in Morocco, where he trained veterinary technicians and provided animal care.
In 1995, they directed a goat-restocking project for the Maasai tribe in Kenya. The next year they trained Peace Corps volunteers, native farmers, and technicians in El Salvador. They have also volunteered in Ghana, Mongolia, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, St. Vincent and Granada.
He has also been involved with Heifer International for over 35 years, an organization that supplies livestock to the poor in developing countries. The native people are taught how to care for the animals while preserving their environment. They also receive community organizational skills. Through Heifer International, the Hurleys have volunteered at The Ranch in Arkansas and Overlook Farm in Massachusetts. They continue to do promotional work, seminars and displays for the organization.
Hurley is an honor roll member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, a life member of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, having served on its executive board, and he has served as president of the North Central Iowa Veterinary Medical Association. He has served on city council, school board, and as chairman for United Way. He is a member of the local board of Habitat for Humanity, and he is also active in the United Methodist Church
The Hurleys have three children, Sharon, Shawn and Eric, and four grandchildren.
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