Lea McWilliams, D.V.M.

Dr. McWilliams is fairly certain she was
meant to be born in Alaska; unfortunately,
she had to grow up in Texas instead.  
Immediately after earning her D.V.M.
(Magna Cum Laude!) from Texas A&M in
1991, she moved to Alaska and has
practiced at Alaska Veterinary Clinic ever
since.  Tutored all these years by Drs. Law
and Froeschle, she enjoys providing lifelong
care for family pets.  In her spare time, she
has fun boating in Prince William Sound,
remodeling houses, and gardening.  She is
married to Doug and they share two dogs,
Cricket the Cairn Terrier (whose motto is
"cute is enough"), and Rufus, a Belgian
Malinois who does calculus for fun.
David Law, D.V.M.

Dr. Law grew up in a small
town in rural Illinois and
received his D.V.M. degree
from The University of Illinois in
1965.  He has been associated
with Alaska Veterinary Clinic
since 1970.  His major
interests include fishing,
hunting, and flying his 1947
Piper PA-12 airplane, having
accumulated several thousand
hours of flight time throughout
Alaska.  Dr. Law and his wife
Sheryl have two adult children,
 grandchildren,  a flying Border
Collie named Tony, and a three
legged, half-tailed, no eared
cat called "Freeze Dried".

Jerry Froeschle, D.V.M.

Dr. Froeschle grew up in North
Dakota reading Jack London
novels.  After graduating from
Kansas State University where he
received his D.V.M., he moved to
Alaska and joined the clinic. He
married  Sharon in 1973.  They
have 2 grown daughters. His
interests include flying, reading,
and travel.  He and his wife share
their home with "Gonzo" the
retrieving cat.
Gerald Wooldridge, D.V.M.

Dr. Wooldridge calls himself a
"farm boy from Colorado".  He
graduated from Colorado State
University in 1966.  He has been
a pilot for over 40 years and
enjoys the outdoors and fishing.
 He is married to Corrine and
they have three grown children.

Patty Payne, D.V.M.

Dr. Payne received her bachelor and
veterinary degrees from Texas A&M
University, graduating in 1991.  After
working in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area
for 15 years as a small animal
practitioner, she moved to Alaska in
May 2006 to join our clinic.  Her free
time is spent doing quilting,
landscape photography and hiking
with her two Australian Shepherds,
Cutter and Mesa.  Dr. Payne is also
owned by a Siamese mix named
Nemo- who is actually the one in
charge.  
Lindsay Wingerter, D.V.M.

Dr. Lindsay Wingerter is very happy
to have joined Alaska Veterinary
Clinic in September 2007.  She grew
up in Fairbanks, AK.  She received
her bachelor's from Montana State
and her doctor of veterinary medicine
from  Washington State.  Those eight
years out of Alaska filled her lifetime
limit.  When she's not helping people
and pets she enjoys hiking, camping,
cooking and reading.  She shares
her life with her husband Joe,  a
young and rowdy black lab named
Jet, a pleasure horse named
Gwendolyn (used only for Gwen's
pleasure) and a cat named Howard
who just can not understand why she
needs other animals in her life.
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