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Abstract

Dr. Robert (Bob) Eckroade was born at the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. on June 24, 1937 to Kermit and June Eckroade. Bob spent his school years in Cradock, VA, a small planned community near Portsmouth. In 1955, he matriculated at Virginia Tech. During this period, he married his high school sweetheart, Carlene Burton, which substantially increased his focus and success in his pre-veterinary medicine studies. After 3 years, Bob enrolled at the University of Georgia (1958-1962) to pursue his dream of becoming a small animal veterinarian. During this period, Don Davis introduced Bob to poultry science, which ultimately led to a career in poultry medicine after receiving his MS and PhD degrees in Pathology and Veterinary Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. Afterwards, he joined the University of Delaware working on infectious bursal disease with Walt Staples. In 1975, Bob joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine where he remained until his retirement in 2003.