OSU selects longtime practitioner to head veterinary college

Oklahoma State University President Jim Hess announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Prather, DVM, as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, effective June 30. He will serve as the college’s 11th full-time dean.

Prather brings four decades of veterinary practice experience as the college prepares for construction of a $329 million teaching hospital. The facility will replace the current 40-year-old hospital and is intended to expand the university’s veterinary education and clinical capabilities.

A 1986 graduate of OSU’s veterinary program, Prather owned and operated Ellis County Animal Hospital in Shattuck, Oklahoma, with his wife, Dr. Angie Prather, DVM, for more than 30 years.

PHOTO: Dr. Richard Prather, DVM. (Courtesy of Oklahoma State University.)