Joan C. Hendricks, the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine, is the recipient of the Trustees’ Council of Penn Women (TCPW) Provost Award for exceptional contributions to the lives of women at the University of Pennsylvania and the wider academic community.

Dr. Hendricks has been a faculty member at Penn Vet for more than 30 years and is also an alumna (V’79). She rose to chief of critical care in the department of clinical studies and founded the School’s Veterinary Clinical Investigations Center. In 2001, she became the first woman to hold an endowed professorship at the School—the Henry and Corinne R. Bower Professor of Small Animal Medicine. In 2006, Dr. Hendricks was named the Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of Veterinary Medicine (Almanac November 1, 2005). She became the third woman dean of a veterinary school in the nation and the first at Penn Vet. On July 31, 2018, she will be stepping down from her post as dean (Almanac March 13, 2018).

Dr. Hendricks joins a select group of faculty who have received the TCPW award, including Susan Davidson, Penn Engineering; Afaf Meleis, Penn Nursing Science; and Stephanie Abbuhl, Penn Medicine.