First veterinary class: Don Nichols combines math aptitude, animal interest for career in pathology
June 24, 2024
June 24, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 24 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
Don Nichols was the only math major to enter the first class of students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
Four decades later, Nichols' math includes more than 30 years working for the federal government, a 40-year marriage to a classmate in the first veterinary college class, and a difficult-to-count number of animals on more than 100 acres in Northern Virginia.
Don Nichols was the only math major to enter the first class of students at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine.
Four decades later, Nichols' math includes more than 30 years working for the federal government, a 40-year marriage to a classmate in the first veterinary college class, and a difficult-to-count number of animals on more than 100 acres in Northern Virginia.