Spring 2010 (PDF) - Virginia Tech

ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
The Honorable
James M. Shuler
James M. Shuler, D.V.M., is a recipient of the 2010 Alumni Distinguished Service
Award in recognition of his outstanding service and support to the university and
the Alumni Association.
A native of Rockingham County, Virginia, he is a member of the Virginia General
Assembly, representing the 12th District, and was the founder and operator of
Blacksburg’s Companion Animal Clinic. He is now retired from his practice.
A noted veterinarian, community leader and businessman, Delegate Shuler
has been a strong voice for agriculture, the profession of veterinary medicine, and
the veterinary college. He has been a member, advocate and leader for many
professional veterinary organizations including the American Animal Hospital
Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association. He served on the
Board of Directors of the Virginia Veterinary Medical Association and as President
of the Southwest Virginia Veterinary Association.
Delegate Shuler has worked with numerous business and professional
organizations, including service as a member of the board of the National Bank
of Blacksburg and the Community Foundation of the New River Valley. He was
inducted into the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine’s
John Dalton Society, and has served on the Regional Campaign Committee and
the Veterinary Medicine Citizens Committee.
Delegate Shuler graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in
animal science in 1966, and received his doctorate of veterinary medicine in
1970 from the University of Georgia.
ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
E. Ann Spencer is a recipient of the 2010 Alumni Distinguished Service
Award, in recognition of her outstanding service to the university and the Alumni
Association.
Ms. Spencer, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, is the Associate Vice President
Emerita for Personnel and Administrative Services at Virginia Tech, where she
reorganized personnel services around customer service modules, introduced
an employee wellness program, and was responsible for the installation of the
first comprehensive human resource system. Following her retirement, she
worked as an independent consultant for higher education and its supporting
associations.
Maintaining a strong commitment to Virginia Tech, Ms. Spencer is past
president of the Virginia Tech Alumni Association, and is a member of the R.B.
Pamplin College of Business Advisory Council, the Women in Leadership and
Philanthropy Council, and the Ut Prosim Society, and she serves as president
of the Greater Yellowstone Region Alumni Club.
She has served on the Virginia Tech Foundation Board, on the MBA Alumni
Advisory Board, in various advisor roles to Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, and on the
Panhellenic Council.
Ms. Spencer was the recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumna Award in
E. Ann Spencer
1984 and was the eighth recipient and first woman to receive the Distinguished
Alumnus Award from the Pamplin College of Business in 1997.
Ms. Spencer graduated from Virginia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1976 and received her
master's degree in business administration from the university in 1984.
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