George W. Irving, III, DVM, MS
Vice President, S&T Support Services

Professional Experience:
August 1975 to January 1976:
• Student, Armed Forces Staff College Norfolk, Virginia.

August 1970 to August 1975:
• Instructor and Assistant Chief Veterinary Education Branch USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
Course Supervisor and principal lecturer in the two-year Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency, Course Supervisor in the two-year Veterinary Surgery Residency, and Course Supervisor of the annual one-week Operational Laboratory Animal Medical Problems Course. Designed the curricula for these courses and directed the courses to include lecture and laboratory teaching, selection of additional instructors, evaluation of both students and instructors, and administration of examinations. Served as reviewer for all Master's Degree thesis proposals and final drafts prior to their submission to the Texas A&M University as part of the two-year residency programs. Served as Clinician and Surgeon in various branches of the Veterinary Sciences Division to include direct participation in research and clinical care of research animals. Project Director for Publication of 20 Volume Series of AeroMedical Reviews on "Selected topics in Laboratory Animal Medicine."

May 1969 to August 1970:
• Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas
Enrolled in absentia at Texas A&M University while completing fifteen months of academic and clinical training in Laboratory Animal Medicine. Completed an original research project and sat for examination in defense of research in the area of hypobaric aerospace physiology.

August 1968 to May 1969:
• Graduate Student Texas A&M University College Station, Texas
Completed two semesters of graduate course work as a portion of the laboratory animal medicine residency.

December 1967 to August 1968:
• Base Veterinarian Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Directed food inspections and food facility sanitation inspections for base food service and the exchange for Lackland Air Force Base. Inspection responsibilities required monitoring of dining halls, meat processing plants, food storage warehouse, commissaries, exchange cafeterias, vending machine, and facilities with off-base food contracts. Responsible for zoonosis control and operation of animal clinics. Provided veterinary care and herd health program for base stables. Served as part-time attending veterinarian at the Surgical Research Laboratory. Assisted in surgical preparation of laboratory animals and was responsible for clinical care of research animals.