Portions of this collection have restricted access. The majority of this collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Some fragile materials have been scanned; digital copies are available and physical items may be used only with curatorial approval. Some files were originally received on CDs. The CDs are not available for patron use. Researchers may request copies of digital files. The Special Collections Research Center cannot guarantee that all files will open and will not in all cases have software available to read files.
The Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, 1934-2020, primarily contain files related to Stoskopf's research and teaching and his involvement in professional organizations, particularly the American College of Zoological Medicine and North Carolina State University Center For Marine Sciences and Technology. There are also blueprints from his work with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Digital photographs as well as publications related to veterinary and zoological medicine, aquaculture, wildlife and the enrivonment are also included. While the materials span the time period 1934-2020, most documents date from the 1980s and the 1990s.
Michael K. Stoskopf has worked at North Carolina State University since 1989. As of 2020, he directs the Environmental Medicine Consortium at N.C. State and participates actively in the inter-college Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Sciences programs. He is professor of wildlife and aquatic health in the Department of Clinical Sciences with appointments in Forestry, Biomedical Engineering, and Toxicology. He is the Zoological Focus Leader and teaches extensively in core, selective and elective courses in the DVM curriculum and graduate courses in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology.
Michael K. Stoskopf was born on March 21, 1950, in Garden City, Kansas. He received his B.S. and his D.V.M. from Colorado State University, in 1973 and 1975 respectively. In 1986 Stoskopf received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Toxicology/Environmental Health Sciences from Johns Hopkins University.
Stoskopf has worked at North Carolina State University since 1989. As of 2020, he directs the Environmental Medicine Consortium at NCSU and participates actively in the inter-college Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Sciences programs. He is a professor of wildlife and aquatic health in the Department of Clinical Sciences with appointments in Forestry, Biomedical Engineering, and Toxicology. He is the Zoological Focus Leader and teaches extensively in core, selective and elective courses in the DVM curriculum and graduate courses in Fisheries Wildlife and Conservation Biology.
Before arriving at North Carolina State University, Stoskopf taught at a number of institutions, including Memphis State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland. Stoskopf has also worked as a veterinarian at the Overton Park Zoo and Aquarium in Memphis, Tennessee, 1975-1977, and the Baltimore Zoological Society, 1977-1981. He was Chief of Medicine at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1981 to 1988.
Over the course of his career, Stoskopf has also been involved with various professional organizations, including the Academy of Zoo Medicine (Chairman, 1979-1985), the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine (President, 1988-1989), the American College of Zoological Medicine (President, 1995-1997), and the Aquaculture and Seafood Advisory Committee of the American Veterinary Medical Association (1993-2000), among others. He was named a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine (ACZM) in 1984.
Stoskopf has authored scores of scholarly articles and book chapters on a variety of zoological and veterinary topics, as well as four books dealing primarily with fish medicine: Fish Medicine (1992), A Diagnostic Pathologist’s Introduction to Fish (1989), Tropical Fish Medicine (editor, 1988), Marine Tropical Fish Medicine (with S. Citino, 1987). He has also taken on editorial responsibilities at a number of zoological and aquatic journals.
Stoskopf is married to Suzanne Kennedy-Stoskopf, an expert in wildlife infectious disease and an environmental immunologist. As of June 2011, Kennedy-Stoskopf is Research Professor of Wildlife Infection Diseases in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University.
For more information about Stoskopf's professional accomplishments, his CV--last updated in December 2006--is available in the collection file.
The Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, 1934-2017, primarily contain files related to Stoskopf's research and teaching and his involvement in professional organizations, particularly the American College of Zoological Medicine and North Carolina State University Center For Marine Sciences and Technology. There are also blueprints from his work with the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. Digital photographs as well as publications related to veterinary and zoological medicine, aquaculture, wildlife and the enrivonment are also included. While the materials span the time period 1934-2016, most documents date from the 1980s and the 1990s.
The collection is divided into seven series: Research and Teaching Files, Videos, Organization and Committee Files, Photographs, Publications, Peer Reviewed Articles and Grants (RESTRICTED), and Drawings. Born-digital materials are integrated into series based on content. The original order of the files has been retained. The materials are also arranged in alphabetical order.
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[Identification of item], Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, MC 00413, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of Michael K. Stoskopf, 2011 June (Accession no. 2011.0109), 2011 August (Accession no. 2011.0176 and 2011.0196), 2011 October (Accession no. 2011.0226), 2011 November (Accession no. 2011.0262), 2011 December (Accession no. 2011.0264), 2013 March (Accession no. 2013.0046), 2014 June (Accession no. 2014.0137), 2017 December (Accession no. 2018.0007), 2021 May (Accession no.2021.0040).
Processed by: Stephanie Barnwell and Babi Hammond; machine-readable finding aid created by: Stephanie Barnwell and Babi Hammond, 2011 July; updated by Judy Allen Dodson, 2011 October and Stephanie Barnwell, 2012 April; addition processed and finding aid updated by Meaghan Lanier, 2014 August; Finding aid updated by Gwynn Thayer, 2018 January; addition processed and finding aid updated by Shima Hosseininasab, 2020 August, 2021 May and September; Digital materials processed by Alexander Daniels, 2023 August, finding aid updated by Katelyn Cuomo 2023 November
The collection is organized into six principal series:
Portions of this collection have restricted access. The majority of this collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Some fragile materials have been scanned; digital copies are available and physical items may be used only with curatorial approval. Some files were originally received on CDs. The CDs are not available for patron use. Researchers may request copies of digital files. The Special Collections Research Center cannot guarantee that all files will open and will not in all cases have software available to read files.
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[Identification of item], Michael K. Stoskopf Papers, MC 00413, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.
