frank lochner
19602010 |
After graduation from CHS, I transferred from the UofA to ASC/Flagstaff in ’61 to follow in the footsteps of Mike Dietz & Charlie Fowler. I then transferred to Colorado State U in ‘64. I graduated in ’65 from CSU with a BS in Zoology, and started grad school in Veterinary Anatomy and had a job in the field while waiting for entry to Vet School at CSU. I was given the opportunity to attend the Tuskegee Institute. While I didn’t like Alabama from ’66 to ’70, when I graduated from Vet School, I had obtained a first class education that enabled me to have an exciting career. I served an internship in Large Animal Medicine & Surgery at the U of Penn where I met my talented lovely wife, a senior vet student (I taught her how to repair a displaced stomach in a cow—how’s that for exciting?). I then took a job at the San Diego Zoo. Our two daughters Laura & Natalie were born in San Diego. After working at the zoo, I attended Ohio State, while doing a residency in Equine Surgery and earned an MS in Veterinary Clinical Science. While in Columbus, our 3rd daughter, Katrina, was born. Immediately following school I started a Jojoba Oil business in Ensenada, Mexico. It was the largest in the world. We had an excellent contract with a perfume co. in Japan to buy all of the oil we could provide. After 3 successful years, my business partner spent all the money and we went “belly-up” (an excellent veterinary term). To survive and feed the “young uns” (a good southern term), I started a large animal veterinary practice in Tucson, and our 1st son, “Rusty” was born. After 3 years in Tucson, I went to Oklahoma State and became ass’t professor of Equine Medicine & Surgery teaching from ’81 to ’91. While in Stillwater, OK, our 2nd son, Douglass, was born. Salaries faltered due to poor oil revenues in OK, so I became Assoc. Dean for Equestrian Studies at Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. During the summers I served as regulatory vet for Iowa at the racetrack in Altoona. I supervised all drug testing for the horse races. In ’96, at Ft Valley State U in Fort Valley, GA, I headed the Veterinary Science program where we trained veterinary technicians (nurses) who are critical for the operations in veterinary practices. We bought a farm and are happily ensconced in “gentleman” farming. Both my wife and I teach Anatomy & Physiology at GA Military College. We are pumping up our retirement which took a hit during this recent economic downturn. To date our 5 children have given us 10 grandchildren. I do wish everyone the happiest of twilight years and I lament that I haven’t kept up with all of you dear friends. Please come visit us in Ft. Valley and we’ll ride the horses and have a good southern time.
(Last Updated: 2010) |