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1950s Garner H. Downey, OD ’50, passed away on Feb. 1, 2022, at the age of 99. His office of optometry was opened above Downey’s Furniture, his mother and father’s furniture store in Virginia, in 1950. He retired in 2010 after working 59 years. Donald H. Lakin, OD ’53, passed away on Feb. 1, 2022, at the age of 91. After graduation from high school, Dr. Lakin attended the Detroit Institute of Technology in Michigan and then PCO, from which he graduated in 1953 with his Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree. Dr. Lakin practiced in the Detroit area for over 30 years, establishing what is now Family Eye Care Associates. Floyd M. Lapidow, OD ’53, passed away on Oct. 17, 2021. Dr. Lapidow graduated from Burlington High School, attended the University of Vermont, and graduated from PCO. He practiced in Essex Junction, Vermont, for more than 50 years, retiring in 2000. Charles Lester LeValley, Jr., OD ’53, passed away on Aug. 10, 2021, at the age of 92. After receiving his doctorate and board certification, he established his practice in Lakeland, Florida, under the name “Dr. Lester LeValley, Optometrist” and later on “LeValley Vision Center.”
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Joseph A. Bouchard, Jr., OD ’54, passed away on Dec. 6, 2021, at the age of 97. He was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, and was a resident of Claremont, New Hampshire, for 51 years. In 1969, he purchased the Optometric Practice of Dr. Porter O. Dexter in Claremont, New Hampshire in which he moved his family in 1970. Melvin H. Winter, OD ’54, passed away on Oct. 1, 2021, at the age of 90. Born in Bronx, New York, he was a graduate of City College of New York and PCO. He opened his optometry practice in Newport News, Virginia, and practiced for 53 years. Jerome H. Resnick, OD ’55, passed away on May 2, 2021, at the age of 89. After graduating from The Bronx High School of Science, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at New York University and his Doctorate of Optometry at PCO. After his tour in the military, he opened his office in the village of Keeseville, nestled between the Adirondacks and Lake Champlain in New York. Thayne W. Maurer, OD ’57, passed away on Nov. 18, 2021, at the age of 89. Born on June 5, 1932 in Tremont, Pennsylvania, he was a 1950 graduate of the Tremont Senior High School, and a 1957 graduate of the then Pennsylvania State College of Optometry (PSCO). Dr. Mauer had his own practice for 50
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biology from Virginia Commonwealth University and a doctorate from the PCO. He practiced optometry in private practice in Virginia.
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Roxanne Del Frari, MS ’84, passed away on Jan. 4, 2022. In 1984, Del Frari earned her master’s degree as part of the first class in Low Vision Rehabilitation at PCO.
Gilbert E. Selvin, OD ’62, passed away on Sept. 30, 2021, at the age of 88. Dr. Selvin was born in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Arkansas State University, served in the U.S. Army, and then attended PCO. Jeffrey M. Kramer, OD ’63, passed away on Oct. 22, 2021, at the age of 85. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from the Pennsylvania School of Optometry in 1963. Dr. Kramer built a successful optometric practice in Clifton Park, New York.
J. Maria Danyi, OD ’87, passed away on July 23, 2021. She attended the University of Maryland, graduating with a bachelor’s in microbiology in 1983 and then attended PCO, graduating in 1987. Dr. Danyi had an optometry practice in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, for 36 years.
2000s 1970s Harold B. Wagner, OD ’79, passed away on Jan. 26, 2022 following a long battle with a chronic medical condition complicated by COVID-19. Dr. Wagner lived in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and practiced optometry until his retirement in 2018.
1980s George A. Stephenson, OD ’83, passed away on Oct. 24, 2021. He was a graduate of the College of William and Mary, received a master’s in
Thomas E. Fisher, AuD ’03, passed away on May 23, 2021. He was employed as an audiologist in Champaign, Illinois, and then relocated to Wausau, Wisconsin, in 1979 and joined Ear, Nose and Throat Associates. He continued to be dedicated to his patients at ENT Associates until his retirement in May of 2019. Alicia M. Krupa, OD ’08, passed away on Feb. 1, 2022 after a four-and-a-half-year battle with colon cancer. After graduation from college, she was employed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals as a research scientist before transitioning to the National
