During
their annual gathering on November 11, 1999, members of the Zweig Committee
shared their thoughts on the fund's expectations and goals for the next 20 years.Zweig Committee Looks Down the Road Twenty Years
During
their annual gathering on November 11, 1999, members of the Zweig Committee
shared their thoughts on the fund's expectations and goals for the next 20 years.
"The Zweig Fund realizes that equine research will probably be much more international in years to come, more global due to advances in communication; there will be more cooperation between researchers, among colleges. The level of the projects has really risen since the original proposals. The fund has fulfilled our initial plans, plus." Anna Zweig
"As members of the committee, we see such a progression, a structured reality. Technology has allowed equine researchers to go further than we ever thought possible. I most enjoy seeing how the research develops on a practical, day-to-day basis -- following it from the lab to the field. The projects we fund are a nice strong blend of research and clinical -science." Jean Brown
"Some of the interactions of animal medicine with human medicine are interesting -- fixing torn joint cartilage in race horses, fixing the same types of tears in football players." Paul Mountan, DVM
"The research at Cornell is on the cutting edge. For example, equine gene therapy may become a reality because of some of the projects funded by this committee.. . . We are preparing for the future."
"It's kind of a neat deal to see the tremendous influence Dr. Zweig had in putting the fund together, to see what's happened in the last 20 years. And now we're talking about trying to do something for equine health in perpetuity."
"Just a couple of years ago it got to the point where, if it wasn't molecular, a project didn't get much notice. Now it's moving back to a mix of cutting-edge and practical projects." John Jagar, DVM
"We would hope that the next 20 years would be as productive as the last. One of the strengths of the committee is that you have lay people like me and veterinarians like John [Jagar] and it makes for a good mix, a good exchange of ideas." Bruce Hamilton
"There's always been a frank exchange between the fund and the college - when we've agreed, we've agreed; when we've disagreed, we've said so. This has been valuable to furthering the projects funded. We're trying to develop a permanent endowment so that the work of the fund will continue." Charles Knauss
"It's amazing that we have a powerful brain trust here [in the committee, in the researchers at Cornell] -- I don't think we've even begun to tap it." Philip Trowbridge.
