Executive Vice PresidentAmerican Veterinary Medical Association
Dr. Bruce Little is executive vice president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, Ill. He earned a bachelor's degree in veterinary science in 1963 and a DVM in 1965, both from Kansas State University. He has more than 20 years experience as a practicing veterinarian with experience in both food animal and companion animal practice environments. He owned and operated the Americana Animal Hospital in Bloomington, Ill., from 1969 to 1985, a practice which evolved from a mixed practice, predominately large animal, to a 90 percent small animal and 10 percent equine practice. Prior to that he was an associate veterinarian in a private practice in Normal, Ill. from 1965 to 1969.
Little joined the AVMA in 1985 and became assistant executive vice president in 1986. He held that position until becoming executive vice president in 1996. From 1970 to 1986 he bred and raced thoroughbred horses in four states, and from 1983 to 1986, he was president and operations manager of Blooming Grove Farm, Inc., a thoroughbred breeding and racing syndication in Bloomington, Ill.
He was an instructor at the Equine Breeding and Reproductive Seminar for the University of Illinois Extension Service and the College of Veterinary Medicine, and coached the Illinois 4-H Equine Judging teams in the mid-1970s and took a team to the National 4-H Equine Judging Finals in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1975.