Head and shoulders image of Dr. Robert Dunlop, head, Department of Veterinary Physiology.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Robert Hugh Dunlop was born in 1929 and grew up in London, England. He emigrated to Canada in 1949 and worked as a labourer in the agriculture and mining fields until he enrolled at the Ontario Veterinary College in 1951. After graduating in 1956 Dr. Dunlop went on to complete his PhD at the University of Minnesota in 1961. He joined Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1962 and worked as an associated professor of pharmacology until 1965 when he joined the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, as the brand new veterinary college's head of the Department of Physiological Sciences. In late 1970 the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) recruited Dr. Dunlop as the founding dean for a new veterinary faculty at Makerere University in Uganda — a position he held until 1973 when turmoil in the country forced CIDA to withdraw its support. That same year Dr. Dunlop was appointed the founding dean of the School of Veterinary Sciences at the newly-established Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. While in Australia, Dr. Dunlop became a Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in the field of pharmacology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. From 1979-1988 Dr. Dunlop served as dean of the University of Minnesota's College of Veterinary Medicine. After completing his deanship in 1988, Dr. Dunlop stayed on at the university as a professor of clinical and population sciences until 1998. During this 10-year period, Dr. Dunlop continued to be active in research, international development and continuing education. In 1990 he co-authored a textbook, Physiology of Small and Large Domestic Animals, in collaboration with his French colleague, Yves Ruckebusch. In 1995 Dr. Dunlop co-authored Veterinary Medicine: An Illustrated History with David Williams. In 2004, he also co-edited a book on pathophysiology with Charles-Henri Malbert of France. Dr. Dunlop died in 2014 in Saskatoon at age 85.