Stange Award for Meritorious Service
College of Veterinary Medicine
Established in 1970 to honor alumni for outstanding professional achievements in education, government, industry, practice, or other professional endeavors in veterinary medicine

Maarten Drost

DVM ’62
Gainesville, Fla.

Maarten Drost is an internationally recognized leader in the field of theriogenology. A professor emeritus at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Drost is an expert in ruminant reproduction, including embryo transfer technology.

His Web atlas, The Drost Project, is a visual guide to veterinary reproduction for students and specialists in the field of animal reproduction. In 2000, Drost wanted to preserve his and others’ collections of teaching images. His unique Web atlas (drostproject.vetmed.ufl.edu) currently averages 7,500 hits per day. 

Drost was born in Holland and immigrated to the United States when he decided to study veterinary medicine. After receiving his veterinary degree, he was in private practice in California and spent two years in the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Florida in 1977, he was on the faculty at the University of California, Davis for 11 years, and spent one year each at Cornell University and the State University at Utrecht in The Netherlands.

In 2007, Drost was presented with the Distinguished Service Award at the University of Florida. He was the 2004 recipient of the prestigious David E. Bartlett Lecture Award by the Society of Theriogenology. An annual member of the ISU Alumni Association, Drost is a diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists.