6/25/2023 0 Comments Beast by Mark CarverThe pair - Hillda and Louise - quickly became the goodwill ambassadors for the college, and, by extension, the university. It’s been nearly 40 years since the first mule team was brought to MU in 1984 by Robert Kahrs, then dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Today, Dodam, professor and chair of the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, oversees the training of Mizzou’s Mule Teams - three pairings: Tim and Terry Boone and George Bess and Rose - and the veterinary students who care for them. “It’s incredible the impact Mizzou’s mules have on people.” “The Mule Team is a phenomenon unique to Mizzou,” said Dodam, who was so enamored by these intelligent, loyal, hard-working giants that he purchased a pair for his own piece of land. Alumni raved about them some even visited the mules during football weekends. He watched in wonder as crowds cheered the marching mule team - with black-and-gold wagon in tow - clopping down the street, entertaining audiences statewide. Then he met the mules and noticed the parade of students from all over campus regularly dropping by the barn to visit Hillda and Louise. When John Dodam first joined the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine faculty in the mid-1990s and heard about the mule team, he didn’t understand the attraction.Ī pair of mules named Hillda and Louise acting as ambassadors for the university?
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