Louis van der Heide 1933–2014 Available to Purchase

Louis van der Heide, 80, died on May 5, 2014 in Ridgewood, NJ. Louis was born on August 2, 1933 in Aerdenhout, The Netherlands. After finishing high school he could not decide on a career path and his parents, both chemists, had him working on a farm for 1 yr shoveling a lot of manure. This year was important for his professional career because it led to his decision to become a veterinarian. He received his D.V.M. degree in 1958 from the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. After 1 yr in a private practice, he started his career in poultry medicine by joining the Provincial Animal Health Service in Boxtel, The Netherlands, where he worked for 1 yr. The second important professional decision Louis made was to move to Curacao, in the Caribbean, where he worked from 1960 to 1965 as the Deputy Chief of Veterinary Services in The Netherlands...