DATE:    2/26/01     
CONTACT: Dr. Dan Spearman, (864) 859-6409
WRITER:  Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741

Bryan named S.C.
Vet of the Year

     COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Association of Veterinarians 
(SCAV) named Dr. Jones W. Bryan Veterinarian of the Year during 
its recent winter conference.
     Bryan is director of Clemson University's Livestock-Poultry 
Health Program and has been a state veterinarian since 1989.
     "Dr. Bryan was selected because of his outstanding service to 
the state and national veterinary profession," said Dr. Dan Spearman,
an Easley veterinarian and chairman of the SCAV awards committee.
     Bryan served as SCAV president in 1982 and was a delegate to 
the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). He also served 
on the AVMA Council on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary 
Medicine and Food Safety Subcommittee.
     "Choosing veterinary medicine as a career has afforded me 
a wonderful opportunity for service to both man and animals," Bryan
said. "Though I believe your career is not your life, this has been 
a wonderful opportunity to integrate both. To receive this recognition
from your professional peers is a most rewarding experience."
     Bryan was a member of the AVMA and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Relations Committee from 1992 until 1996.  He was also
president of the National Assembly of Chief Livestock Officials and 
the U.S. Animal Health Association.
     The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine 
honored him as Distinguished Alumnus in 1994. And, in 1998, the 
S.C. Pork Board honored him with their Annual Service Award for 
his contributions to the pork industry.
     In 1975, he was voted outstanding citizen of Allendale County 
and was mayor of Fairfax from 1979 to 1987.
     Bryan is a native of Allendale County and has a doctorate in
veterinary medicine from the University of Georgia.
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