Calvin W. Schwabe, a world-renowned expert in the relationships of veterinary medicine and human health, will speak on "Meeting Development Needs of Pastoral Peoples" on Thursday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in Lecture Hall I of the Veterinary Education Center at Cornell.

A second lecture by Schwabe, who is the 1996-97 George C. Poppensiek Visiting Professor of International Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, is set for Friday, April 25, at noon in Lecture Hall I on the topic, "Bull Sacrifice: The Beginnings of Comparative Medicine in Egypt."

Both lectures are free and open to the public.

Schwabe is a professor emeritus of epidemiology at University of California at Davis, and University of California at San Francisco. During 50 years of teaching and research he wrote 10 books and several hundred articles on issues relevant to veterinary medicine and human health. Schwabe has served as consultant or committee adviser to the World Health Organization, National Institutes of Health, National Research Council and the Pan-American Health Organization, as well as the United Nations International Children's Fund. He holds a D.Sc. in parasitology and public health from Harvard University, a D.V.M. from Auburn University, an M.S. in zoology from University of Hawaii, and a master of public health degree from Harvard.

The visiting professorship and lectureship is regarded as the premier visiting post at the College of Veterinary Medicine. It honors George C. Poppensiek, dean emeritus of the college and current James Law Professor of Comparative Medicine.