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rthas worked with baboons, too isease finder heads he go ( aler and W le 1965 date jins," Smith tfolio is pimh ff, eeeping itiiit! By MARGARITA JAIME if U.S. llUlflp, Battalion Reporter n of an indii Jr.jA. Konrad Eugster certainly nes ofemet^ his share of “monkey business” rson who ore coming to Texas A&M Uni- many wiii&jjl. 'icesandtkfugster, who was recently )ice,” heiai ointed as executive director to safetydepogBxas Veterinary Medical Di banks, sicostic Laboratory, used to work as ^dent in th ipfcgist with baboons, and gold ml knew I had to leave when I be- i commercirscratching myself,” Eugster said h a" grin. iugster was appointed by the [tom in St as A&M University Board of Re- 1 ** ri ts is director of the lab in August. . the UnilBlaced Dr. William L. Sippel, UniversityolBtired after 11 years. aw> lugster joined the Texas A&M economic 1 * n ^^8 as head of microbiology d Market ^ e c dia S nostic lab 1960s. InilB 6 working at the lab in 1978, tion of tie Hpvered Parvovirus, a mutated e digit ini’ n cat disease that attacks dogs, erob^j..'received nationwide recognition 974andrecJ is discover y' „ r p ri . ui( . .ugster is originally from Austria. n | ln , jr was raised on a small dairy farm- >e no roaH 1 ? 6 an d left home as a child to terest rataTT hi g, h sch ?° l education. It sj tough to leave home at the Mil,” Eugster said from his k that we j n the diagnostic lab. “But for ver getintitogo to high school, I had to go to writes in tkcgei - town, get a job, rent a room eive of the live with strange people. ” Germany nHfflonly child of five to receive a ■ did the G-ege degree, Eugster entered the 1921. erinary College in Vienna, where ggeived his veterinary medicine B. lough supported partially by his 8y while in school, he often still to hold down two jobs at the ■Bine while in vet school. My last two years in vet school, I ;ed for as many as four veterina- jhe said. Bter said he fondly remembers tml otta 3terinar * an wor k e d for the , „„ mer before his senior year in vet dng^aftheJf doctor was 70 years old and , ..'’active in his practice,” Eugster “He bad a pharmacy that hi' learned' 6 ?? 1 veter * nar y practices don’t , . II! anymore. At that time veterin- 5 6 j U * jBheinc had a lot of pharmacol- hsedto^r you mixed your own ' S c nsidj^ 116 '” rC .l lihe.veterinarirm never let anyone laboratory, Eugster said, be- ehc had “secret homemade con- rmi an un^ s >> wan t anyone port nucle^py these ^'ttng his sophomore year in vet ~l, Eugster received a Ccyntact , ni^nt scholarship to study one s, presmw. is f ( . r 0 f veterinary medicine at ou . 0 veterinary school in Munich, i his lettei j dea 0 j- t ^ e scholarship wa s to n . er ' , students from different areas a rd and MLl “ ma h e contact,” and work disclose ilfer, he said itJ ’ .^'thought I filled that criteria of mission 1S "^holarship,” Eugster said, smil- > _ i __ iM<# becaiise that’s where he met his JTTt'llter his semester of work ended, years passed before Eugster iMONDS his future wife again. She was on jt DlAMONKicchange program with Brazilian )VER 1 0NECr ers in Munich and had to return OLLECTiONi razil to teach for two years. Ve kept the postal service busy , le. three years we were apart, ” p yourw ster sa j d w p t h a smile. ' m; " 01 iter graduating from vet school, Ster traveled around Europe and to: e to the United States as a rrrrrrrrrrvlinrrrrrrrtii r A&M Football : Childcare THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1980 Page 9 iVh eat- and then e traveled around the East and >03 | WeS i on a Greyhound bus. qi-imT” u §k he didn’t expect to stay in United States, he ended up tak- te job as virologist working with ms at the Southwest Founda- hr Research and Education in .ntonio. ng Fo# m in San Antonio that Eugster — his wife were reunited. They > 13X. i married in the historical San Mission. Ve thought that if we got mar- in the oldest mission in Texas, pfarriage would last forever,” :er said. iause he wanted to further his is in virology, Eugster said, he IPECIAl pted a fellowship from Colorado r University. He obtained his , , Dral degree there in two and a ed Steak L ars & Gravy 1st after leaving Colorado in aloes and h Eugster got the job at Texas ne Other d s veterinary diagnostic labora- (ble i as head of microbiology, ad and SDAY center/Across from A&M ill 846-6714 for correct times I Adult $2.00 tor first 30 mlnutee from opening. Times & unto for today onlyl Open 5;30. | A story of natural love. =>EClM vening ;yDlf# with Sauce ressing gd-B# 1 fea avy ^eoW'l able R BROOKE SHIELDS 5:55, 7:55, 9:55 And lo, there was another movie. OH, GOD! BOOK II GEORGE BURNS 5:45, 7:45, 9:45 French’s Care-a-lot 900 University Oaks College Station (Behind Woodstone) 693-1987 Reservations please « h a a a t a a tit Staff photo by Pat O’Malley INE COPIES (3Va0 Copies Overnight) Now Open 7 Days A Week KlMiO’S COPIES 201 College Main 846-8721 Dr. A. Konrad Eugster Ten years later, Eugster disco vered parvovirus. “Because of the diagnostic lab’s sophisticated equipment, such as the electron microscope,” Eugster said, “it was possible to detect this virus. ” Parvovirus is a disease that aftects the intestines of young dogs. “The symptoms are vomiting, di arrhea, dehydration and fever,” Eugster said. “It can also be fatal.” During the summer, when parvo virus reached epidemic levels all over the country, Eugster received many phone calls from veterinarians all over-the state and country asking for adviqe. Eugster also received a call from CBS News. “Walter Cronkite didn’t call me himself,” Eugster said, grinning. “But they called to get my permis sion to use my picture of the virus that came out in the Journal of Veter inary Medicine.” Eugster said his new job in the lab is a challenge, especially since Sip- pel, his predecessor, is known to most veterinarians as the father of modem veterinary diagnostic medi cine. “It’s an odd feeling sitting in this chair,” Eugster said, “and I hope I can fill his shoes ... 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