Dr. West graduated from ISU in 1936 and spent thirty years in private practice interrupted by four years of military service during WW II. He then returned to graduate school earning his degree in Anatomy from Purdue University in 1972. He worked for the AVMA for ftfteen years, spending eight years in the House of Delegates, two years on the Executive Board and five years on the Council on Education, retiring in 1987. He is now busy organizing an association for retired veterinarians.