The Lee & Inge Pyle Service Award
The Lee and Inge Pyle Service Award is given in recognition of outstanding and dedicated service by an ACVIM Diplomate in a volunteer capacity to the College.
Presented annually, recipients have an outstanding record of service to ACVIM either as an elected official of the College, through voluntary service on task forces and committees or as an advocate of the College to the veterinary profession or public. Nominations are accepted annually.
At the 2018 ACVIM Forum in Seattle, Washington, the ACVIM announced that the Distinguished Service Award, given annually in recognition of outstanding and dedicated service by a Diplomate who has served as an ACVIM volunteer, would be renamed in honor of Lee and Inge Pyle. View a video highlighting their legacy to the ACVIM here.
Congratulations to our 2024 Recipient
Susan "Suzi" L. White, DVM, MS, DACVIM (LAIM)
Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, University of Georgia CVM
"Suzi is a model of what can be achieved in veterinary medicine, both within and outside of the College."
- Ellen Behrend, VMD, PhD, DACVIM (SAIM)
Dr. Susan "Suzi" White's record of service spans over 40 years, having begun the year she became Board-certified. Dr. White's long record of volunteerism to the College includes contributions to the ACVIM Forum, continuing education, award selection,
marketing, residency programs and more. During her time on the Board of Regents, Dr, White served as both President and Chair and helped to lead the ACVIM through periods of change and transition. Outside of her extensive record of service to the
College, Dr. White possesses an outstanding record of service to the profession, having trained hundreds of house officers and thousands of veterinary students throughout her career at the University of Georgia. Dr. White's contributions have
helped to shape not only the large animal internal medicine specialty but specialty veterinary medicine as a whole.