Dr. Joe P. Morgan died on May 31, 2026, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. After graduating from Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 1960, Dr. Morgan served as an AVMA Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1961. He received an M.S. from Colorado State University in 1962 and was an NIH Fellow at the Royal Veterinary College in Stockholm, Sweden from 1964 until 1967, where he successfully defended his Vet. Med. Dr. dissertation.
After serving at Colorado State University as an associate professor, 1967-1968, Dr. Morgan joined the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 1969 as full professor. He led the Department of Clinical Sciences until 1971, the Department of Radiological Sciences from 1971 to 1976, and served as Chief of the Radiology Service at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital until 1979. He became professor emeritus in 1993.