What If

Dr. Craig Harms ('89)
When he looks back on his career, Craig Harms must wonder, "what if?" "What if" he hadn't taken a gap year after graduating from Harvard? "What if" Iowa State hadn't admitted him after that gap year? Even "what if" he hadn't been selected for a zoo internship and then completed an residency in zoology medicine. There are no more "what ifs" in Harms' life today. He directs the Marine Health Program at the Center for Marine Sciences and Technology in North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. He conducts clinically applied research on health and diseases of aquatic and nondomestic species. "Working with aquatic animals doesn't need to be harder than practicing on dogs and cats," Harms says. "The same basic veterinary principles apply, we use the same tools."