RECOGNITION OF THE CHICAGO VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (CVMA) Commemorating 120 years of Organized Veterinary Medicine in the Chicagoland Area
WHEREAS, the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) is an Illinois based, non-profit, trade association that represents veterinarians and the veterinary profession in the Chicago Metropolitan area; and
WHEREAS, the CVMA is one of the largest regional veterinary medical associations in the nation, with over 1000 veterinarians and 4000 support staff serving over 1 million pets; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association was established as an organization on August 7, 1896, under the original name Chicago Veterinary Society; and
WHEREAS, the founding members of the Chicago Veterinary Society met originally to form a veterinary society "for the mutual benefit of its members, both intellectually and socially, and for the elevation of the profession generally"; and
WHEREAS, at the time the Chicago Veterinary Society was founded in 1896, there existed two veterinary Colleges in Chicago; Chicago Veterinary College (1863-1920) and McKillip Veterinary Colleges (1892-1920); and
WHEREAS, the first female veterinarian in the United States, Dr. Mignon Nicholson, graduated from McKillip Veterinary College in Chicago in 1903; and
WHEREAS, one of the first female veterinary practitioners in the United States, Dr. Elinor McGrath, graduated from Chicago Veterinary College in 1910 and practiced small animal medicine for 37 years in Chicago at the Hospital for Dogs and Cats at 3247 Indiana Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Elinor McGrath has been posthumously recognized by the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association and Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association and was the first woman in the United States to join the American Veterinary Medical Association; and
WHEREAS, due to the rich history of veterinary medicine in Chicago, it has been stated by Dr. Phyllis Hickney Larsen, DVM, Past President of the American Veterinary Medic...
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