Emmett M. Hall, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. Douglas C. Blood at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium. Norman K. Cram, University Secretary, placing hood on recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: A native of England, Dr. Douglas Charles Blood immigrated to Australia with his family as a youth. He earned a DVM in 1942 from the University of Sydney, and went straight into World War II as a captain in the Australian Army. When the war ended, Dr. Blood returned to the University of Sydney as a faculty member teaching large animal medicine and remained on staff until 1957. Seeking greater experience and education in clinical practice, he left for the United States, settling at Cornell University in New York. It was there that Dr. Blood honed an ability to run an ambulatory practice serving the dairy industry. He took those skills to Canada as a professor at the Ontario Veterinary College where he revolutionized veterinary education. This dedication to teaching of farm animal medicine led Dr. Blood, with the assistance of Dr. J.A. Henderson, to write and publish, in 1960, the First Edition of Veterinary Medicine - A Textbook of the Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs and Horses. Revised every five years, the book remains a primary reference for veterinary students and practitioners translated into several languages and in its 10th edition. Dr. Blood died in 2013 in Melbourne, Australia, at age 93.