Charles E. Munn, a veterinarian, is among the first six faculty members. May 1893 Munn leaves in the wake of political turmoil. The position of Chair of Veterinary Science is abolished. The Washington Legislature creates the office of State Veterinarian specifying that they also be the Professor of Veterinary Science at the college and a member of the State Board of Health. Sofus Bertelson Nelson, a native of Denmark, an Iowa State College graduate, and Spokane practitioner, is appointed to the post by the Board of Regents.
Veterinary activities begin immediately at the college.
The original curriculum is not a professional program but is a series of courses intended to supplement agriculture courses or provide preliminary training for students wishing to transfer to another school to complete veterinary degrees. Tuition and room fees are free for Washington residents. This date is considered to be the official birth of today's College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. Classes, laboratories, and the animal hospital are relocated to the newly completed Science Hall, later to be called Arts Hall, and today known as Murrow East. The clinic begins as a free service on one day a week only.