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Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010
NESS COUNTY NATIVE RECEIVES 1xbet online games login VETERINARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
MANHATTAN -- Randall Norton is the 2010 recipient of the Beef Cattle Veterinarian of the Year award from the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University's College of 1xbet online games login Medicine.
The honor was presented at the 2010 American Association of Bovine Practitioners meeting, Aug. 18-21, at Albuquerque, N.M. Nearly 200 K-State 1xbet online games login alumni and students attended.
"It is an honor to see someone of such work ethic and integrity receive an award from our university. Dr. Randy Norton is an example for all beef cattle veterinarians to follow," said Dan Thomson, director of the Beef Cattle Institute. "1xbet online games login and his family mean a lot to our program and our students."
1xbet online games login is a native of Ness County, where 1xbet online games login was raised on the family farm. 1xbet online games login attended Fort Hays State University before transferring to K-State to complete his pre-veterinary course work. 1xbet online games login graduated from the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1989. 1xbet online games login then practiced in Albion, Neb., for a year before returning to the family farm. 1xbet online games login opened a mobile veterinary practice while farming with his father.
Norton married his vet school classmate, Judy Harper, in 1992. They opened Walnut Fork 1xbet online games login Service in 1995 in Utica. Norton continues to farm, run a beef cowherd and practice 1xbet online games login medicine.
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