A Brief History

Len Rice began his veterinary career as a youthful volunteer at Cherrydale Veterinary Clinic in Arlington.   After studying chemistry at VA TECH for 3 years, he entered the Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.  Dr. Rice and his wife, Barbara then moved to Ithaca, New York where Dr. Rice completed an internship at Cornell University.  After moving back home to northern Virginia, he began what would turn out to be 17 years of practice at Pender Veterinary Centre in Fairfax.  

Jason Bollenbeck spent his youth traveling the world but eventually settled down at the University of Illinois for his veterinary degree.  Dr. Bollenbeck then joined Pender in 1998 where he and Dr Rice formed a friendship that led to a joint interest in owning their own clinic. They realized that goal with the purchase of Towne Animal Clinic in January, 2006.