Carrying on Frank Stanton’s commitment to improving the lives of dogs and people

The Frank Stanton Veterinary Spectrum of Care Clinic was funded by a gift from the Stanton Foundation. The Stanton Foundation has supported The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Preparing for Excellence in Veterinary General Practice Program for several years. A transformational gift in 2016 made it possible for the college to construct a state-of-the-art Veterinary Clinical and Professional Skills Center, expand summer student externships and hire additional faculty and staff.

“Our college has a longstanding connection with Frank Stanton, whose first encounter with the college was in the mid-1930s when we cared for a beloved Boston terrier puppy,” said Rustin Moore, DVM, PhD, DACVS, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Ruth Stanton Chair in Veterinary Medicine.

“The opening of the Frank Stanton Spectrum of Care Clinic will extend our mutual goal to provide students with valuable, hands-on medical and surgical experience and corresponding professional skills refinement needed to become more competent and confident veterinary practitioners upon graduation, successful entrepreneurs and even more highly sought after by employers,” Moore said.

Frank Stanton, who received his PhD from The Ohio State University in 1935, created the Stanton Foundation to support areas where he was unable to complete his charitable intentions during his lifetime, including canine welfare, the development of more informed citizens and the protection of First Amendment rights, and international and nuclear security. An avid lover of dogs, Stanton was president of CBS from 1946 until 1971, creator of the Kennedy-Nixon debates and a major innovator of mass-media practices.

“After his Corgi, Foxo, received critical care at a prominent east coast veterinary hospital, Frank Stanton realized that many pet owners could never afford the care that Foxo had received. As an astute businessman, he also recognized that philanthropy alone could not solve this problem. He thus began a search for a more imaginative and sustainable approach that would help millions, not thousands, of animals. The Stanton Foundation is gratified that it has found a partner in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine to begin translating his vision into reality,” said Steve Kidder, spokesperson for the Stanton Foundation.

The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine gratefully acknowledges The Stanton Foundation and Dr. Elisabeth Allison and Mr. Andrew Weiss, co-trustees, for sharing our vision and passion for the Preparing for Excellence in Veterinary General Practice Program and for enabling us to implement these programmatic elements through their generous financial support.

“The Stanton Foundation has joined us along this path in almost every step because visions and dreams aligned. This would not have happened without that alignment,” said Roger B. Fingland, DVM, MS, MBA, DACVS, professor and executive associate dean, executive director and chief medical officer of the Veterinary Health System, and the Frank Stanton Chair. 

“We cannot even begin to adequately express our gratitude for what the Stanton Foundation has done to change the lives of so many pets and people – but what we can say with great humility, the utmost confidence, and with profound appreciation to the Stanton Foundation, is that Frank Stanton changed the world,” Fingland said.

The college would also like to extend its deepest gratitude to all the other donors who contributed to the Preparing for Excellence in Veterinary General Practice Program and the Frank Stanton Veterinary Spectrum of Care Clinic, further advancing our goal to Be The Model^® comprehensive College of Veterinary Medicine in the world.