Stevie the Chicken

Comparative Medicine Training Program Mascot

Stevie at the Forbidden City

Career Highlights:

• October 2003: Benson/Kashuba Halloween Party: Assignment: Entertainment: Activities included, singing, dancing and playing piano



• June 2004: Visited Kenya and Tanzania with Aric Krogstad



• July 2004: Attended Cryobiology conference Beijing, China with Corinna Kashuba and James Benson.



• August 2004: Attended Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts concert in Indianapolis, IN with Jennifer Cornelius. While attending the concert was signed by Rascal Flats band member, kidnapped and manhandled by PEYTON MANNING (subsequently returned to Jennifer)



• August 2004: Attended Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, Missouri with Rachel Rubino, Melissa Dyson and Bob Strittmatter (official photographer). Won 1st Prize in Rubber Chicken Division



• September 2004: Visited Shannon, Ireland with Corinna Kashuba and James Benson. Developed a taste for Guinness...



• October 2004: Visited Chicago to support Henry Dyson and friends running the Marathon.



• Halloween 2004: Stevie goes Mid Mo for Halloween



• December 2004: Toured Boston, Massachusetts and attended National American Philosophical Association Meeting as a scientific ambassador. You can see Stevie visiting Harvard Law School, contemplating Kant’s transcendental aesthetic with philosopher Mark Fisher.



• April 2005: Visited San Diego, California for the Experimental Biology Conference with Melissa and Henry Dyson. Stevie visited the beach for some fun in the sun and hooked up with some locals.



• July 2005: Visited Disney World with Janet Bogan and family. (link to picture “”). Stevie made several friends on the trip including some popular Disney characters and some local water fowl.

What's Next for Stevie?

Stevie’s host family, the Dysons, are reluctantly leaving Missouri. Stevie has decided to continue his tenure as Post Doc Mascot in the care of Rachel Rubino Strittmatter and Bob Strittmatter. Please contact Rachel regarding travel with Stevie.