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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
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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
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Parvovirus is a disease that aftects
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Eugster also received a call from
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“Walter Cronkite didn’t call me
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