Visions_07Spring by Southern College of Optometry

Spring 2007

inperspective SPRING 2007 VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Shannon Reynolds Torbett, MHP EDITOR Jim Hollifield DesignER Susan M. Doyle Photographer Phillip V. Ridings

Mission Statement To Educate Men and Women in the Art and Science of Optometry

In this Issue… New President Named.......................4 75th Anniversary Celebrated.............6 SECO Coverage.................................8 Hayes Center Launches................... 10 Class Notes......................................12 In Memoriam..................................13 Faculty and Staff Highlights............ 15 News Briefs...................................... 17 Philanthropy In Action.................... 18 2006 Honor Roll of Donors............ 19 Visions is published through the Office of Institutional Advancement. Copies are available without charge to alumni and friends and online at www.sco.edu/visions Correspondence should be sent to: SCO Visions Editor 1245 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 Phone: (901) 722-3264 Fax: (901) 722-3340 Email: jhollifield@sco.edu

by William E. Cochran, OD ’68, President

A Quarter Century of Progress Twenty-five years ago the college was just completing its 50th year celebration. Now, twenty-five years later, SCO is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding. From its humble beginning in 1932, the college has matured into a major force within the optometric education enterprise. Approximately fifteen percent of the optometrists in the U.S. are SCO graduates. Today’s campus houses one of the largest (55,000 sq. ft.) eye care facilities in the country. Once considered a regional institution, SCO recruits nationally and internationally. The SCO student population consistently represents 44-46 of the 50 states. Since 1982 the college’s campus has more than doubled its property with the purchase of the Exxon station, the BP station, the Admiral Benbow Motel, the Catalina Apartments, Bellevue Baptist Church property, J-Wags and Ed’s Camera Shop. All of these properties have been razed and restored either for parking, green space or the new Eye Center. Additionally all of the existing buildings, including the Tower, have been renovated. The college has no deferred maintenance. The college’s financial condition has significantly improved during the last twentyfive years. A non-existent endowment fund has grown to almost $10 million and the institution’s reserve fund value has increased from $2 million to $38 million. The 1982-83 Non-regional tuition was $11,688; Regional tuition was $7,488. The 2006-2007 Non-regional tuition is $19,950; Regional tuition is $14,950. For this twenty-five year period, tuition increased an annual average of 3%, far below the national average college tuition increase. As admission standards improved, SCO students’ performance on National Board examinations improved substantially. For the past seventeen years SCO student performance has consistently exceeded the national passage rate on all parts of the NBEO exams. Graduation rates have climbed from 85% to 98%. Faculty recruitment and development have been special priorities resulting in enhanced teaching, scholarship and patient care. SCO faculty members rightly take pride in their individual achievements as well as the quality of teaching and patient care delivered. The commitment of faculty and staff is evident the minute one steps on campus. The participation of alumni in supporting the college financially as well as recruiting students continues to increase. The annual and special campaigns have resulted in $5-6 million being contributed by alumni and friends of the college. And the encouragement of SCO alums is still the number one reason applicants give for considering optometry as a career and SCO as their choice for optometric education. By almost any outcomes measure, Southern College of Optometry is successfully carrying out its mission of educating men and women in the art and science of optometry. How was all of this accomplished? I believe success is the result of having a mission, establishing goals to achieve that mission and having all of the institution’s constituents becoming a part of achieving the mission. Students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni have joined together to achieve excellence in optometric education. By contributing your talent and resources, the college has experienced success in achieving its mission. You are a vital part of that success. As the college approaches the next twenty-five years leading to its centennial celebration, we (students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni) must not become complacent. Excellence in optometric education is a moving target. I urge all of us to continue to nurture this institution. If we don’t, then who will?

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With Retirement Nearing, President Cochran Keeping Busy President William E. Cochran, OD ’68, is keeping busy until the end of his tenure. At February’s SECO meeting in Atlanta, hundreds, if not thousands, of SCO alumni and friends in the ophthalmic community sought out Dr. Cochran to wish him well upon his impending retirement. As he hosted his last SECO President’s Reception, Dr. Cochran recalled how SCO’s alumni had worked to improve the college’s reputation over the past twenty years. “In 1985, we had zero – zilch – in terms of dollars going to fund scholarships for our students,” he said. “Thanks to the generosity of many people in this room and others across the country, SCO ranks at the top of our field.” Also in February, Dr. Cochran attended the white coat ceremony at the Indiana University School of Optometry and addressed the students and assembly as the guest speaker. Another February date of distinction for Dr. Cochran was a presentation on leadership to other college presidents at the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) conference in Nashville. A member of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO), Dr. Cochran has traveled for a half dozen meetings of the organization over the past year, the most recent being to Chicago at the beginning of March. In March he also traveled to Puerto Rico for a meeting of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO). He just finished writing a guest column entitled “My Best Day in Optometric Education” that will appear in an upcoming issue of Optometric Education published by the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO). Dr. Cochran “slowed down” a little in April as he began spending time with President-elect Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78, in preparation for the transition in leadership at SCO. Dr. Cochran will deliver the commencement address on Friday, May 11th, 2007 at his last graduation ceremony as president. However, even after he officially leaves office the next day, Dr. Cochran plans in June to attend the AOA Congress meeting in Boston as SCO continues its 75th Anniversary celebration there. Meanwhile, SCO’s Student Government Association (SGA) honored him for his years of service with a resolution at its April meeting. The SGA’s resolution read:

Board of Trustees Renames Faculty Development Endowment for Dr. Cochran SCO’s Faculty Development Endowment has been renamed the William E. Cochran, OD, Faculty Development Endowment in honor of SCO’s soonto-be retiring president. The Board of Trustees renamed the fund in honor of Dr. Cochran and approved matching up to $100,000 in funds contributed to the endowment during SCO’s 75th Diamond Anniversary Campaign. The board’s commitment matched $50,000 given by Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ’74, former chair of the board, who made the initial pledge as a challenge to the board, alumni and others who wish to honor Dr. Cochran as he nears retirement. The endowment provides educational support to SCO faculty members in pursuit of advanced degrees. Anyone wishing to make a gift to honor Dr. Cochran may pledge to the William E. Cochran, OD Faculty Development Endowment. For more information, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 1-800-238-0180, ext. 4. Anyone who knows Dr. Cochran also knows just how modest he can be; nevertheless, SCO welcomes cards or notes of appreciation for the college’s fifth president as he prepares to retire May 12, 2007. Alumni who would like to wish Dr. Cochran well on his retirement may write him at SCO, 1245 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.

In recognition of a lifetime of service to optometry and your dedication and support to more than 3,000 optometry students during your 24 years of SCO leadership, the SGA expresses its appreciation to President William E. Cochran, OD upon the occasion of your retirement. Dr. Cochran will be feted at what’s affectionately being referred to as the “Billy Bash” on Saturday, May 12. SCO faculty and staff will join invited guests in honoring him with a reception and dinner at the Memphis Botanic Garden. Dr. Cochran’s wife of 39 years, Carolyn, beat her husband to retirement. Mrs. Cochran retired in February as an interior designer. Like her husband, though, Mrs. Cochran is keeping busy, providing her designing expertise as the college renovates a portion of the 10th floor housing the new offices for The Hayes Center for Practice Excellence. VISIONS • SPRING 2007

Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78, FAAO, will become only the sixth SCO president in the college’s 75-year history when he assumes office as president on Monday, May 14, 2007. He became an employee of the college as president-elect on April 1, when he began a six-week period of working with and observing Dr. Cochran. During this transition period, Dr. Phillips is learning more about different departments, roles and functions within the college. Prior to his arrival in Memphis, Dr. Phillips studied historical material, including documents, manuals, self-studies, board minutes and other reports, to prepare for the transition period with Dr. Cochran. He also was on campus in March to participate in the college’s budget process. Dr. Phillips was named president after a six-month process headed by SCO’s Presidential Search Committee. The college’s Board of Trustees accepted the committee’s recommendation at its January meeting and offered Dr. Phillips the position. The former regional executive director for TLC – Laser Eye Center’s Tennessee operations, Dr. Phillips graduated from SCO in 1978. He earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Milligan College in east Tennessee. A resident of Johnson City, also in eastern Tennessee, Dr. Phillips is a past president of the Tennessee Optometric Association, SECO International and the Tennessee Academy of Optometry.

Richard W. Phillips, of Southern He has practiced optometry for nearly 30 years; in 1983, he merged practices with David Wilson, MD, marking the first OD/ MD partnership in the state. A Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, Dr. Phillips was named OD of the Year in 1998 by the TOA. Following a special weekend of commencement, an on-campus 75th Anniversary celebration and an event honoring Dr. Cochran upon his retirement, Dr. Phillips will assume the SCO presidency on Monday, May 14th. On Saturday, October 6th, Dr. Phillips will be formally inaugurated as president in an official ceremony at Lindenwood Christian Church. Until then, announcement of his selection has already generated interest from the Memphis and optometric press. In an interview in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, SCO Board of Trustees Chair Howard F. Flippin, OD ’59, praised Dr. Phillips’ selection. “Dr. Phillips met all our criteria, and we expect positive

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things for the college,” Dr. Flippin said. Dr. Phillips’ formal introduction to 160 SCO staff and faculty members came on Tuesday, February 27 when he and his wife, Lucy, attended the college’s annual Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day Luncheon. The president-elect and Mrs. Phillips received a standing ovation from the assembly. Dr. Phillips shared one of his father’s favorite sayings about how people are given two ears and one mouth for a reason. “I want to listen and learn from you all,” he told the faculty and staff members in attendance. He outlined three immediate goals for the early days of his presidency: working together as a team, continuing the pursuit of excellence, and never settling for mediocrity. “We will work to continue making SCO respected and a benefit to our community, and I will need your help,” he added. For some of SCO’s long-time faculty and staff members, Dr. Phillips will be the third president to serve during their service to the college, a remarkable testament to the personal commitment of these dedicated employees.

t Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ’74, and President-elect Phillips at the SCO Booth at SECO.

Drs. Phillips and Cochran share a light moment at the SCO Alumni Reception in Atlanta. q

OD ’78, FAAO Named Sixth President College of Optometry Dr. Phillips Says Farewell as He Trades East for West Tennessee Prior to his recent move to Memphis, Dr. Phillips was honored with a send-off in Johnson City, where the Johnson City Eye Clinic, Alcon and area optometrists hosted a reception in his honor. Family on hand to mark the occasion were (pictured above L to R): Dr. Phillips’ wife, Lucy; parents-in-law, Henry and Laura Nell Hill; parents, Dr. G. Richard and Rebecca Phillips; daughter, Sarah; Dr. Phillips; and son, Richard J. Phillips. Dr. Phillips’ daughter, Melissa Phillips Reading, was not able to attend. Others present included SCO Board of Trustees member A. Thomas Hyde, OD ’76, and Hal Phillips, ’07, an SCO fourth-year finishing his externship in east Tennessee. Dr. Phillips was presented with several gifts, including a farewell cake ahead of his imminent move to Memphis.

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p Mrs. Phillips, Dr. Phillips and Dr. Cochran chat at the President’s Reception at SECO. u Dr. Phillips addresses alumni for the first time at the SCO Alumni Reception in Atlanta.

c e l e b ra t i n g o u r 7 5 t h A nn i v e rsar y Southern College of Optometr y has officially launched its yearlong celebration of 75 years of outstanding achievement as one of the nation’s oldest and most respected institutions of optometric education. Founded in 1932, SCO little resembles the college’s early years when a ramshackle threestory building first housed classrooms. To celebrate this auspicious milestone, the college is marking the achievement in a variety of ways. Most of Memphis now knows that SCO is observing a big birthday. In late January, Mid-South Color Labs, located in

Jackson, Tennessee, installed two colorful 75th Anniversary fabric mesh banners measuring 70 by 40 feet on the tower’s east and west sides of the building. “You can’t miss SCO, and people are noticing,” said SCO Board of Trustees member Donna Abney, MBA, who is co-chairing the college’s 75th Anniversary campaign with former board chair Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ’74 (see p. 7 for more details about the campaign’s co-chairs). The distinctive 75th Anniversary artwork also appears on t-shirts that were distributed to students, faculty and staff. The college’s seal was redesigned as the 75th Diamond Anniversary Seal. Representing a major component of the 75th Anniversary artwork, the 75th Diamond Anniversary Seal was printed on rolls of stickers and given to administrative staff throughout the college. The colorful stickers are being used on outgoing correspondence

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to help spread the message about the college’s anniversary. A 75th Anniversary DVD is being finalized to be distributed to alumni and friends of the college who make a commitment to the 75th Anniversary Campaign in 2007. And the celebration’s only getting started – the college’s official 75th Anniversary Reception will be held on the SCO Tower Patio immediately following this year’s commencement ceremony.

The college’s alumni are playing a major part of marking this milestone achievement by representing SCO and the profession in all 50 states and several countries around the globe. “There’s probably not a town in America where there’s not been an SCO graduate at one point or another over the past 75 years who has made an impact,” said President William E. Cochran, OD ’68. Congratulations are in order to each member of the SCO family for all we’ve done together to make 75 years a legacy of distinction.

• The 2007 graduation program begins at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 11, with the 75th festivities to immediately follow. Alumni and friends of the college are cordially invited to join the celebration in Memphis. • Alumni officially marked the celebration at the SECO meeting in Atlanta (see separate SECO story on p. 8) • Shannon Torbett, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, has already represented the college and the 75th at February’s Heart of America meeting in Kansas City and at March’s Southwest Council of Optometry’s meeting in Dallas. • SCO’s 75th also will be observed at the AOA meeting in Boston, the Academy meeting in Tampa, and other occasions as the year unfolds. • Fall Homecoming / CE 2007 will keep the 75th celebration going in Memphis the weekend of September 14-16, 2007.

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75th Campaign Co-Chairs Named SCO is commemorating seventy-five years of outstanding achievement and leading the way as co-chairs of the 75th Diamond Anniversary Campaign are Donna Abney, MBA, and Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ’74. Donna Abney has served on the Board of Trustees since 2002 and is currently Secretary of the Board and Chairman of the Institutional Advancement Committee. As an Executive Vice President at Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, she is acutely aware of the prominence SCO holds in the Memphis community and throughout the nation. “As a board member, I am extremely proud to be associated with an institution the caliber of SCO,” she said. “As a lay person, I can recognize and appreciate its excellence.” Dr. Greenberg was honored as an Lifetime Achievement Recipient in 2006. This award honors alumni who have shown extraordinary leadership skills and have made a lasting contribution to the profession of optometry and SCO. Those leadership skills were demonstrated when in 1998 she was elected the first woman to chair the SCO Board of Trustees. She served as a Board member from 1995 until 2003, having completed the maximum eight-year term. “Optometry’s future is so bright,” notes Dr. Greenberg. “That is one reason this 75th Anniversary Campaign means so much to me. It demonstrates how far optometry and SCO have come. I want SCO to remain at the top as the ‘best of the best.’ But keeping the bar raised to this high level requires the support of the people who understand how we have gotten to this position… our alumni.”

Alumni Celebrate 75th More than 750 alumni and friends of the college celebrated the kick-off to SCO’s 75th Anniversary at the SECO meeting held in Atlanta. Considered by many to be the premier alumni event of any of the optometry schools at SECO, this year’s alumni reception drew a significant crowd to the Omni Hotel. With the CNN studios in the background, alumni watched a sneak preview of the college’s 75th Anniversary DVD to be distributed later in the year. President William E. Cochran, OD ’68, thanked alumni for supporting the institution and noted such support has been a cornerstone for SCO’s success in recent years. President-elect Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78, making his first official appearance before alumni, thanked Dr. Cochran for making the college a nationally respected institution of optometric education. A former SECO president, Dr. Phillips pledged to continue SCO’s traditions of excellence. Dr. Cochran later hosted his final President’s Reception for alumni who have provided sig-

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Anniversary at SECO nificant financial support to the college. Several Board of Trustees members attended, as well as alumni representing decades from the 1940s to present day. Frank Gibson, OD ’68, Director of Extern ships, also hosted a breakfast meeting and information exchange program for doctors who serve as adjunct faculty members. Students complete externship rotations in these doctors’ offices. SCO’s presence throughout SECO emphasized the 75th Anniversary theme; the college’s 75th Anniversary seal and artwork were present on banners and even a set of cakes for alumni. The college also introduced a new booth celebrating SCO’s past, present and future history. SCO alumni sported official 75th Anniver sary seal “stickers” on their name badges. The same stickers could be found on little bags of 75th Anniversary M&M candies in blue and gold, the school’s colors. The SECO trade show and CE event draws the largest number of SCO alumni outside the college’s traditional fall Homecoming in Memphis.

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HCPE Launches Inaugural Program Culminating nearly two years of planning, The Hayes Center for Practice Excellence (HCPE) recently launched its inaugural program at SCO in Memphis. Private Practice Primer for Recent Graduates targeted optometrists in practice five years or less in any practice setting. Nationally recognized consultants, Jerry Hayes, OD ’73, and Neil Gailmard, OD, led the line-up of noted faculty participants, including Jim Venable, OD ’89, Gerald Eisenstatt, OD ’84, and Jared Powelson, OD ’96. A series of presentations and small group break-out sessions highlighted the weekend. The Hayes Center for Practice Excellence at SCO was established in 2005 through the generosity of Dr. Jerry Hayes and his wife, Cris, along with subsequent matching funds from SCO. One of the first of its kind, HCPE focuses on teaching optometrists how to manage the business side of their practice. The center marks a giant step forward for the profession, helping to establish that the business of optometry is just as important to the health of the profession and individual practices as the art and science of optometry. The HCPE exists to serve as a resource for all optometrists through educational program offerings and optometric business resources. During his inaugural remarks to attendees, Dr. Hayes advocated the need for providing a resource in which optometrists could turn for optometric business principles. “We want to create that platform where practicing ODs can go to get an organized base of information that will help them be more successful on the business side of their practice,” Dr. Hayes said.

• organizing study groups who get together to share business-related information. The inaugural HCPE attendees already have realized the benefit of participating in the center’s inaugural offering. After attending the first event, Melissa Schwebach, OD ’05, of Fort Mill, South Carolina, wrote, “Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the program last week at The Hayes Center in Memphis. I came back to work with great ideas and a renewed enthusiasm for private practice.” Another comment came from Melissa McCully, OD ’01, of Fargo, North Dakota. She echoed the excitement generated at the HCPE inaugural program. “Thank you for all of your advice, encouragement, and inspiration to be a successful independent practice owner,” she wrote Dr. Hayes after the event. “On the flight home from Memphis, I wrote four pages of ‘things to do’…Your interest in my practice and my immediate and longterm concerns made me realize how lucky I was to be at The Hayes Center…I have raved to everyone I know about how wonderful the weekend was!” Resources and information regarding future programs are available on-line at http://hayescenter.sco.edu/. Questions can be directed to Dr. Kristin Anderson, Executive Director at 901.722.3277 or email at kanderson@sco.edu

Your interest in my practice and my immediate and long-term concerns made me realize how lucky I was to be at the Hayes Center… I have raved to everyone I know about how wonderful the weekend was! — Melissa McCully, OD ’01

SCO President William E. Cochran, OD ’68, saluted Dr. Hayes for his foresight and generosity. “He has been very successful in his professional career and Jerry has not kept his success to himself. He is an avid supporter of the profession,” remarked President Cochran. Additionally, Dr. Cochran recognized the commitment of Vision Service Plan (VSP) in promoting the mission of The Hayes Center. VSP awarded a substantial grant to HCPE in support of the Private Practice Primer for Recent Graduates and established an educational partnership for future program offerings. As The Hayes Center develops, its goals include: • providing continuing education services, • a website with an organized database of information, • a “matchmaking” service to link younger optometrists with more established optometrists looking for practice partners or buyers, and

Kristin K. Anderson, OD, has been named Executive Director of The Hayes Center for Practice Excellence. Dr. Anderson, who has also served the college as Director of Continuing Education since 2003, will oversee the center’s programs, resources and activities. An Associate Professor, she is a graduate of the Illinois College of Optometry. Construction work is underway to provide the Hayes Center a physical presence on the SCO campus on the site of the old bookstore on the 10th floor of the tower. The HCPE suite includes a conference room equipped for teleconferencing, a reading room containing articles and information written or compiled by Dr. Hayes, and offices. President Cochran’s wife, Carolyn, has been volunteering her time and service to help with the suite’s interior decoration.

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Prevent Blindness Tennessee Honors SCO with Lifetime Achievement Award this public affirmation by Prevent Blindness Tennessee,” he added. Accompanying Dr. Burke to represent SCO were Jim Venable, OD ’89, Aaron Kerr, OD ’98, Chris Lievens, OD, and Kristin Anderson, OD.

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Mathews, OD was also in attendance. Dr. Representing SCO at the First Annual Celebration of Sight Gala 2007 were (l to r) Drs. Jim Venable, Aaron Kerr, Kristin Anderson, James Burke and Chris Lievens.

Prevent Blindness Tennessee recently honored SCO with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a special dinner and ceremony in Nashville. The Annual Celebration of Sight Gala 2007 honored individuals and organizations from optometry and ophthalmology who work to prevent blindness and to support programs that provide vision health services in Tennessee.

Mathews was recently appointed to a threeyear term on the board of Prevent Blindness Tennessee. Keynote speaker was Tom Sullivan, a blind entertainer who has won Emmy and Grammy Awards for his television and music work. Sullivan recounted the many obstacles he overcame to find success in Hollywood. He encouraged Tennessee’s eye care professionals to give blind or visually impaired patients hope that they, too, can achieve their potential in life.

Presented by Dr. Bred Kehler and the Tennessee Optometric Association, SCO’s award was accepted by James Burke, OD ’77, Vice President for Clinical

Programs. “Performing public service has been an integral, although subtle, part of SCO’s efforts to educate interns and develop health care professionals from our beginning,” Dr. Burke said in his acceptance remarks. “On behalf of our students, faculty, staff, tens of thousands of our patients and alumni, SCO is grateful for

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classnotes 1947… Eugene Zuckerman, OD, has moved from Boynton Beach, Florida to Memphis.

1952… Bert Miller, OD, is recuperating after knee replacement surgery on both knees. Dr. Miller lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

1962… Jim Lewis, OD, had the roof of his practice ripped off by the tornadoes that hit Dumas, Arkansas in February 2007. Dr. Lewis was thankfully uninjured.

1977… Edwin Ben Boyd, OD, has joined Jackson Davenport Vision Centers in Charleston, South Carolina. Jack Schaeffer, OD, is currently serving as Chair of the Contact Lens and Cornea Section of the American Optometric Association.

1979… Bill Ratcliff, OD, and his brother Chris Ratcliff, OD, ’90, lost their state-of-the-art practice to a fire on January 10 of this year. A large fire destroyed the building that housed the Ratcliff brothers’ practice and several other businesses in Huntington, West Virginia. Tri-State Eye Care lost equipment, 30 computers and frames worth $60,000, according to reports. A month after the fire, Drs. Ratcliff re-opened their practice two doors down in the Huntington Bank building. A feature story about the disaster appears in the March 26 issue of AOA News.

1980… Richard Kimmich, OD, has joined Adams Optics in downtown Athens, Georgia. Dr. Kimmich also maintains a specialty practice on corneal refractive therapy in Watkinsville, Georgia. A Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry, he has annually traveled since 1988 to third world countries to lead teams aiding impoverished residents with vision needs.

1984… Stacey Meier, OD, was recently installed as president of the Great Western Council of Optometry (GWCO) at the organization’s annual congress in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Meier practices in Phoenix, Arizona with fellow classmate, Gregory Meek, OD ’84.

1985… Jim Buckner, OD, and his wife, Shelly, are the parents of a baby boy, William Blake, born January 25, 2007. He joins older sister, Bailey, age 7.

Peter V. Candela, OD, was installed as Vice President of the South Carolina Optometric Association (SCOA) at the organization’s 2006 presidential reception by J. Wayne Buck, OD ’78, AOA Trustee. Robert P. Aitken, OD ’84, was also installed as an SCOA Trustee. Kendall L. Krug, OD, authored a guest editorial about the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding system in the March 2007 issue, Volume 78, Number 3, of Optometry, the Journal of the AOA.

1996… Craig Pruitt, OD, married Candace Tucker on December 28, 2006. Dr. Pruitt practices in Duncan, South Carolina.

1997… Nick Marcopulos, OD, married Elissa Mulrooney, an attorney, on December 16, 2006 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Downtown in Memphis. Dr. Marcopulos, who has two offices in his Memphis practice, was profiled in a Valentine’s Day newspaper article in the Commercial Appeal about how he met and proposed to his wife. The couple first met at a concert in 2004.

1998… Carol Ratliff Minton, OD, has joined the Milan Eye Clinic in Milan, Tennessee. She has formed a partnership with William (Tim) Brewer, OD ’85. Dr. Minton purchased the practice from James E. Carter, OD ’71, following his recent retirement.

1999… Patricia Flippin Westfall, OD, was recently appointed by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe to the State Board of Health. Dr. Westfall also was recently named Businesswoman of the Year by the Searcy Chamber of Commerce.

2000… USAF Major Jeffrey J. Autrey, OD, is the Officer in Charge of Cadet Optometry at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Major Autrey co-authored an article on military optometry in the March 2007 issue of Optometry, the Journal of the AOA. Shannon Campbell Franklin, OD, is now living in Crozet, Virginia with her husband, Alan, and their children, Spencer, 3 ½, and Emmy, 2. Dr. Franklin recently opened a practice in Charlottesville. She also was elected as a trustee for the Virginia Optometric Association (VOA). Amanda Steele Johnson, OD, and her husband, Bryan, report the birth of a son, Jack Christian, born May 20, 2006.

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Troy McKay, OD, and his wife, Fran, are the parents of a baby girl, Gabriella, born September 20, 2006. Stacie Travis Moore, OD, and husband, Steven Patrick, report the birth of their son, Walker Ryan Moore, born January 14, 2007. He joins big brother, Steven Patrick, Jr. Ellyn Johnson Owens, OD, and Chris Owens, OD ’01, are the parents of a new son, Charles Emory “Charlie,” born December 5, 2006.

2001… Justin Schroeder, OD, and Allison Whitener, OD, are the parents of a daughter, Kate Hayden, born in September 2006. She joins big brother, Luke Clayton, 5, and sister, Sydney Glen, 3. Dr. Schroeder practices at Dyersburg Family Eye Care in Dyersburg, Tennessee, and Dr. Whitener practices at Bootheel Eye Care in Caruthersville, Missouri.

2002… Curtis Shaffer, OD, was commissioned as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Reserves at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi on Sunday, February 11, 2007. Dr. Shaffer attends monthly drills with the 403rd Wing one weekend a month. He also will be participating in Commissioned Officer Training this year at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama. He writes, “I would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as I pursue this endeavor.”

2003… Jessica Willcox Norris, OD, and her husband, Josh, report the birth of a son, Griffin Michael, born May 3, 2006.

2005… Adam Bryan, OD, and his wife, Kristy Tart-Bryan, OD, announce the birth of their son, Adam Clarkson Bryan, born Wednesday, April 4, 2007.

2006… Christina Clark, OD, married Anthony Smith on June 24, 2006. Dr. Smith, who is practicing in Memphis, plans to take a first anniversary trip with her husband to Hawaii later this year. Michael Curl, OD, is practicing in Appomattox and Lynchburg, Virginia with David Harmon, MD. Rob Storment, OD, opened a new private practice January 2, 2007 in Derby, Kansas. His practice includes comprehensive eye care and a complete optical dispensary. Josh Woodland, OD, is practicing in Salem, Virginia at the Salem VA Hospital.

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1949 — George N. Burley, OD, Vermilion, OH 1950 — Donald J. Fricke, OD, Bloomfield, NE

Edmund L. Prendergast, OD, Richwood, WV

Sidney B. Schrum, OD, Goldsboro, NC

1951 — William B. Stoudemire, OD, Marion, SC 1954 — Paul R. Herda, OD, Hendersonville, NC 1955 — Richard F. Phipps, OD, Kansas City, MO

Lee M. Walker, OD, Cartersville, GA

1956 — Paul G. Jahnke, OD, Newberg, OR 1965 — James C. Hamilton, OD, Jackson, MS 1969 — Fred J. Teaster, OD, Farmerville, LA 1972 — John E. Creamer, OD, Dunnellon, FL Solly Mobley Carter, Jr., OD ’36, died on his 98th birthday, December 23, 2006, at his home in El Dorado, Arkansas. At the time of his death, Dr. Carter was believed to be SCO’s oldest alumnus and the last living member of the Class of 1936. Born in Picayune, Mississippi, Dr. Carter played baseball at Auburn University. After the Philadelphia Athletics drafted him as a pitcher in 1930, he faced such baseball legends as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. When he left the team, Dr. Carter played for the Memphis Chicks and used his baseball proceeds to fund his SCO education. After establishing the first optometric practice in Dickson, Tennessee, Dr. Carter served as a Lt. Commander during World War II and later settled in Arkansas; in 1948 he served as president of the Arkansas Optometric Association. Adam J. Raymond, OD ’99, died Friday, March 23, 2007 in Dripping Springs, Texas as a result of an early morning traffic accident in which he was struck and killed while riding his bicycle. Dr. Raymond, 36, had served as Chief of Optometry for the Austin VA Medical Center. A Major in the U.S. Army, he had been scheduled to deploy to Iraq. He is survived by his wife, Libby, and their fourmonth-old son, Adrian. A college savings fund has been established for Dr. Raymond’s infant son. Donations may be sent to USAA IMCO, P.O. Box 659453; San Antonio, TX 78265. Checks should be made payable to: USAA College Savings Plan. Please include the account number, 500611133-01.

classnotes Griffin Optometric Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary Following the path that their father forged, brothers Powers Griffin, OD ’78, Randy Griffin, OD ’83, and Patrick Griffin, OD ’89, are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Griffin Optometric Group, based in San Clemente, California. Not only is celebrating a 50-year anniversary a huge milestone in just about any business, celebrating 50 years in a business where a father and three brothers worked in the same offices is unique. The early years By 1957, Ted Griffin, OD ’54, had accomplished several things. For example, he had graduated from Southern College of Optometry, had served as an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps and as an OD at the Army Hospital in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Upon seeing a brochure touting the beauty and charm of San Clemente, California “Dr. Ted” and his wife Jeanne packed up and moved to San Clemente, a town of about 7,000 people. “Dr. Ted” and Jeanne’s family grew to three sons, Powers, Randy and Patrick, and a daughter, Beth. Over the years, “Dr. Ted” built a thriving practice. As his sons became old enough to decide their career paths, each chose to follow in the footsteps of his father. Although their undergraduate schools were different, each son graduated from “Dr. Ted’s” alma mater, Southern College of Optometry. “We all were very fortunate that we could spend eight years in school – and were able to do so because of the support that our family gave us,” explained “middle sibling” Randy. The family optometric business grows In 1978 the oldest son, Dr. Powers Griffin, joined the practice. As the practice grew, and with Dr. Randy Griffin attending SCO, a second office was established in Laguna Niguel in 1980. By 1989, the youngest brother, Dr. Patrick Griffin, had joined the Griffin Optometric Group, giving it the unusual distinction of being one of only a few father-and-three-sons practices in the United States. In a business where four people have the same last name, to avoid confusion, the brothers continued with the tradition that Dr. Ted began. That is, being referred to as “Dr. Powers,” “Dr. Randy,” and “Dr. Patrick.” Unfortunately, at the end of 1998, the beloved “Dr. Ted” passed away following a battle with cancer. The family business must go on “Of course, we were devastated when our father passed away,” said Powers. “The way he lived his life was an inspiration for all of us. Our dad was humble and giving, and he influenced all of us, instilling a

‘work hard, play hard ethic,’ but he never pressured us to join him in the business – we each decided that on our own.” According to Randy, “Our dad had a lot of forethought, had a lot of business sense and above all, was a good doctor – he demonstrated that hard work pays off, and we all have benefited from and have built on that.” Knowing that the growing business must go on, in 1999 Griffin Optometric Group expanded once again by adding another optometrist, and in 2003 a third location was opened. Celebrating Griffin Optometric Group’s 50th anniversary “We are so very, very proud of celebrating our 50th anniversary and what we have accomplished between my father, my brothers and myself – not many businesses have even been around for 50 years in San Clemente,” said Powers. Eyeing the future The three brothers will continue investing in the business and along with their associate doctors and staff, will work to always improve the practice, while continually improving patient care. “We are planning for cutting edge, new equipment, and possibly adding staff. I don’t see us changing dramatically in the near future,” explained Randy. “We have three great locations and I like where we are today.” All three doctors strongly agree about one thing. “It is really important that our patients and staff understand how very appreciative and grateful we are to them. We would not be where we are today if not for the confidence they put in us,” said Patrick. The doctors of the Griffin Optometric Group strive to continue the progressive, forward-thinking, and patient-oriented practice that their father, “Dr. Ted,” envisioned in April of 1957. Please visit: www.GriffinOptometric.com Email Drs. Griffin at: DrGriffin@GriffinOptometric.com

L to R: Patrick Griffin, OD ’89, Powers Griffin, OD ’78, and Randy Griffin, OD ‘83 continue the family tradition started by their late father, Ted Griffin, OD ’54.

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faculty&staff highlights Faculty Appointments Gerald Eisenstatt, OD ’84, Assistant Professor, has been named Chief of Ophthalmic Services in The Eye Center. His duties include managing the optical and lab component and internal marketing materials for The Eye Center. He also maintains practices in downtown and east Memphis. Keith Gray, OD, has joined the faculty part-time as an Assistant Professor. Owner of Eye Centric, Dr. Gray is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry. A member of the NOA, he has served as a board member of Southern Eye Associates. Aaron Kerr, OD ’98, Assistant Professor, has been named Director of SCO’s Nursing Home Services. Dr. Kerr first joined the faculty in 1999. She recently represented SCO in a Family Council Meeting at the Americare Health and Rehabilitation Center. Dr. Kerr delivered a presentation describing SCO’s services at nursing home facilities and at The Eye Center. The purpose of the meeting was to invite residents’ family members to learn more about Americare’s consulting services. Marc Taub, OD, has joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Taub previously served several years on the faculty at Nova Southeastern University in Florida where he specialized in pediatrics and binocular vision. A graduate of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Dr. Taub completed a primary care residency with an emphasis in pediatrics at Nova Southeastern University.

Faculty Accomplishments J. Bart Campbell, OD ’87, Professor, Marlon Utech, OD ’78, MS, Associate Professor, and Charles Connor, OD, MA, PhD, Professor, recently attended CIBA’s annual contact lens educator’s conference. Meeting topics included teaching conversational skills to optometry students and recent developments in the contact lens field. The day before the educator’s conference, Drs. Utech and Connor attended a CIBA-sponsored symposium on silicone hydrogel lenses. David A. Damari, OD, Associate Professor, presented the Board Review program for students at SECO 2007. Dr. Damari, SCO’s Chair of the Department of Assessment, has added The Ameri

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can Association of Medical Colleges, the organization that administers the MCAT, to a list of organizations that retain him as a consultant on visual disabilities under the American Disabil ities Act. His other clients include the National Board of Medi cal Examiners, the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, the CFA Institute, and the Graduate Management Ad missions Council, the organization that administers the GMAT. Michael Gerstner, OD ’97, Assistant Professor, presented a COPE CE lecture entitled, Ocular Complications Associated with Diabetes, Hypertension, and Elevated Cholesterol: The Standard of Care and Emerging Treatments for 2007, at the Bay Point Symposium held in Evansville, Indiana on March 14, 2007. H.S. Ghazi-Birry, MS, MD, PhD, OCS, OD ’01, Associate Professor, recently attended and participated at a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Advisory Board. At the American Academy of Optometry meeting in Denver, Dr. Ghazi-Birry served as the Written Examination Chair, and was a member of the Oral Examination Committee which awarded the first Diplomate in Neuro-Ophthalmology. Pinakin Gunvant, BS Optom., PhD, Assistant Professor, coauthored an article entitled, Predicting Visual Field Loss In Ocular Hypertensive Patients Using Wavelet-Fourier Analysis Of GDx Scanning Laser Polarimetry for the May 2007 issue of Optometry and Vision Science. The article was produced in collaboration with Moorfields Hospital, England, and the University of Louisville. Dr. Gunvant, in collaboration with the University of Louisville and LV Prasad Eye Institute, India, co-authored an article for the Journal of Glaucoma entitled, Application of ShapeBased Analysis Methods to OCT Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Data in Glaucoma. Pinakin Gunvant, BS Opt, PhD, Assistant Professor, Christopher Lievens, OD, MS, Associate Professor, James M. Newman III, OD ’73, MS, Professor, Freddy Chang, OD, MS, PhD, Professor, Charles L. Haine, OD, MS, Professor, co-authored an article for the July 2007 issue of Clinical and Experimental Optometry entitled, Evaluation of some factors affecting the agreement between the Proview Eye Pressure monitor and the Goldmann applanation tonometer measurements. W.C. Maples, OD ’68, MS, Professor, co-authored an article entitled, Treating the Trinity of Infantile Vision Development: Infantile Esotropia, Amblyopia, Anisometropia in Optometry & Vision Development, Volume 37, Number 3, 2006.

faculty&staff highlights Dr. Maples also co-authored an article entitled, Near Point of Convergence Norms Measured in Elementary School Children in the March 2007 issue of Optometry and Vision Science, Volume 84, Number 3. Dr. Maples also recently lectured at a three-day seminar for the Mexican Association of Functional Optometrists. Erin Nosel, OD ’01, Assistant Professor, was recently interviewed about amblyopia and eyecare topics on the “Eye on Vision” program that airs on WYPL, FM 89.3. Shilpa Register, OD, MS, Assistant Professor, has been named Interim Chief of Low Vision Rehabilitation Services. Recently elected as Chair of the American Academy of Optometry’s Primary Care Section Symposium, Dr. Register is also an ACOE consultant. Dr. Register also had a paper accepted for the Health Professions Educational Research Symposium in January entitled, The Evolution of Academic Scholarship. Glen Steele, OD ’69, Professor, recently presented a paper on retinoscopy at the Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium in Washington D.C. At SECO 2007 in Atlanta, Dr. Steele actively participated as a member of the CE Committee and has since attended the SECO planning meeting for 2008. At a recent InfantSEE® meeting in Dallas, Dr. Steele led a discussion entitled, Novel Approaches in Infant CE. InfantSEE® state leaders from 49 states were joined by AOA officers, trustees and representatives. Scott Steinman, OD, PhD, and his wife, Barbara Steinman, OD, have illustrated a third textbook, Low Vision Rehabilitation by Scheiman et al. (SLACK Publications, 2007). Their illustrations included simulations of the perception of low vision patients according to the latest psychophysical and clinical studies, and three-dimensional computer graphics of patient examination and treatment. Dr. Steinman also has been invited to write a monthly column on advanced object-oriented programming techniques for the RBLibrary web site. RBLibrary is an educational web site run by engineers of Real Software for computer programmers who use the REALbasic programming language. Dr. Steinman's invitation comes as the result of his optometric educational and research software, as well as the excellent reviews of his classroom and tutorial-based teaching from computer professionals.

Marc Taub, OD, Assistant Professor, co-authored an article entitled, Topical Treatment in Our Most Vulnerable Patients, Review of Optometry. 2007;144(1):68-78.

AAO Denver, December 2006 Lectures/WORKSHOPS: Charles G. Connor, OD, MA, PhD, Professor Symptomatic Relief of Dry Eye with Progesterone Cream Michael Gerstner, OD ’97, Assistant Professor Gonioscopy Workshop Pinakin Gunvant, BS Optom., PhD, Assistant Professor, and Charles L. Haine, OD, MS, Professor Analysis of Atypical Retardance Pattern RNFL Estimates Using Shape-Based Analysis To Identify Glaucomatous Eyes Posters: Janette Dumas, OD, Instructor Optic Nerve Hypoplasia Associated with Prenatal Exposure to Cocaine Aaron Kerr, OD ’98, Assistant Professor Vision Loss in Allergic Fungal Sinusitis: A Case Report Thomas Landgraf, OD, Professor OCT Use in the Differential Diagnosis of Megalopapilla Versus Glaucoma Long Term Follow-up of an Unusual Case of Ocular Ischemic Syndromen Christopher W. Lievens, OD, MS, Assistant Professor, Gayatri Patel, OD ’06, and Anna Leggett, ’07 The Effect of Multipurpose Solutions on the Ocular Surface II Bernard I. Sparks III, OD ’77, MS, Professor A Comparison of Symmetrically Bilateral Versus Dominant Eye Placement of Vertical Prism in a Hyperphoric Population

SECO Atlanta, February 2007 Posters: Michael Gerstner, OD ’97, Assistant Professor Diagnosis of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in a Patient with Recurrent Conjunctival Hemorrhages H.S. Ghazi-Birry, MS, MD, PhD, OCS, OD ’01, Associate Professor Thyroid Orbitopathy: A Case Report Aaron Kerr, OD ’98, Assistant Professor Ocular Complications from Allergic Fungal Sinusitis Christopher W. Lievens, OD, MS, Assistant Professor and Jennifer Meadows, ’07 Uveitis Rounds SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY

news briefs Sarah C. Miller, OD, MS, Primary Care Resident, John Mark Jackson OD ’99, MS, Assistant Professor, Kristin K. Anderson, OD, Associate Professor Contact Lens Management of the Post-surgical Cornea

More Than 200,000 Served – and Counting

Jennifer A. Sanderson, OD, Instructor The Pregnant Patient: Practical Pearls of Prescribing Lectures/Presentations: Kristin K. Anderson, OD, Associate Professor Telescopes and Driving Low Vision Rehabilitation: Addressing the Needs of the Diabetic Patient H.S. Ghazi-Birry, MS, MD, PhD, OCS, OD ’01, Associate Professor Ocular Drug Update Effective Coding and Reimbursement Strategies Diabetes and the Eye Eye in Systemic Disease Visual Side Effects of Eye Medications

Staff Appointments Beth Gitz, MS, has joined the staff as SCO’s Alumni Relations Associate in Institutional Advancement. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana, she previously spent four years as a community representative for the American Cancer Society in Arkansas. Her duties at SCO include handling all alumni-related special events such as Homecoming, Convocation, SECO and others, alumni writing for VISIONS, reunion giving, as well as coordinating SCO’s Placement Service. Amy LaPorte has joined the staff as SCO’s Meeting Coordinator in Institutional Advancement. A graduate of Grand Valley State University with a degree in advertising and public relations, she previously was employed at Memphis Family Vision Practice. Her SCO duties include coordinating oncampus meetings, departmental meeting planning and assisting with catering needs of the college.

Staff Promotions Delrita Branch has been promoted to Financial Aid Counselor in the Financial Aid Office. Ms. Branch, who attended UT Martin and Shelby State Community College, joined SCO in 2001 as a Financial Aids Records Analyst.

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Dr. Glen Steele instructing a student during an infant’s first eye exam.

Gary Snuffin, Director of Eye Center Operations, recently reported that The Eye Center’s computer system noted a significant milestone – the 200,000th patient in 16 years of electronically recording patient information. The number boggles the mind when one takes into account just how many patients have been seen at SCO over 75 years – truly a lifetime of service. Mr. Snuffin also noted that The Eye Center also has added a notable number of insurance carriers in a short period of time. In fact, The Eye Center now handles insurance for patients in excess of 520 different plans and counting.

Service in the Field Aids Children SCO faculty and students saw a total of 2,495 children during school screenings conducted last fall, according to data compiled by Dr. Bill Rainey, Coordinator of Community Outreach. The children were seen at 24 different schools during the Fall Quarter over 57 different screening days from August 29 through December 21. Using the Modified Clinical Technique, SCO saw children ranging in age from three years (Pre-K) through the eighth grade level. Of the 2,495 children, 649 were referred for a comprehensive eye and vision evaluation, a 26 percent referral rate. The numbers are consistent with screening reports that cite how one in four schoolchildren typically has a vision problem. School screenings continue through the Spring Quarter, led by Dr. Rainey during the military service and absence of Dr. Cheryl Ervin.

Students Soar on National Boards SCO students exceeded the national average on Part II of their board exams. SCO enjoyed a 94 percent passage rate, compared to the 89 percent national passage rate. Dr. Dave Damari reports that 100 percent of third-year students have passed Part I of their boards.

philanthropy in action

It’s a busy time at SCO. Graduation is days away and there’s a certain buzz in the clinic as exchanges are overheard among our fourthyear students about where they plan to establish their optometric careers. There’s the excitement of a new face on campus; Dr. Richard Phillips has joined SCO as President-elect and is taking advantage of every moment he has with Dr. Cochran until his retirement on May 13th. While Dr. Cochran is filling his “dance card” for retirement, those of us on campus are a bit wistful to see him go and everyone, it seems, has a story to tell. Then there’s that little thing, the 75th Diamond Anniversary Campaign and year-long celebration, both concluding on December 31, 2007. So many wonderful things to celebrate and so many reasons to be proud of one’s connections to SCO. The saying goes that it takes about twenty years to create an overnight success and many would argue in the case of SCO, this process started twenty-four years ago. Anyone who has spent more than five minutes with William E. Cochran, OD knows that he is a man without an ego, a man that has spent his tenure at SCO working every day to fulfill the College’s mission of “educating men and women in the art and science of optometry.” Under his leadership, tempered by character and acuity of vision, the efforts of talented faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of the college have transformed SCO into the top optometry school in the nation. This happened one day at a time, and required tenacity,

by Shannon Reynolds Torbett, MHP, VP for Institutional Advancement

patience and the belief by all that SCO could be the standard by which others would come to emulate. The 75th Diamond Anniversary of Southern College of Opto metry is an opportunity to celebrate the rich history of the institution. SCO alumni have served their patients, communities, their states and the nation in many, many roles. Student referrals have not only strengthened SCO’s competitiveness, but have enabled this great family to grow and prosper. You only have to look at the following pages and see that excellence starts with strength in numbers. Over twenty years ago, when Charlie William’s gift of $15,000 to establish SCO’s first endowed scholarship was presented in December 1985, many would have never guessed that today there is nearly $8.5 million in endowment funds at SCO. More than 141 endowed scholarships were awarded to SCO students this year, meaning that over 30% of students received a scholarship to defray expenses at arguably one of the “best buys” in graduate education in America. Through leadership and vision, providing a gift to the college is not a donation, but an investment in the future of optometry. Seventy-five years of rich history, progress, dedication and stewardship have defined the SCO story. Each of you has an opportunity to not only preserve, but strengthen the profession each and every day. While dealing with coding, scope of practice issues and other challenges along the way, it is easy to forget the foundation of optometry – optometric education. No matter how you choose to support SCO, there is no better time than now to invest in the future of Southern College of Optometry and the future of this great profession!

Nominations Now Being Accepted for 12th Annual SCO Lifetime Achievement Awards Nominations are encouraged for SCO’s annual Lifetime Achievement Awards. The award winners for 2007 will be recognized during the annual Alumni Luncheon held during the Fall 2007 Homecoming festivities in September. Any SCO graduate may submit nominations. Selection is made by representatives from the Board of Trustees, faculty and student body. The deadline is June 30, 2007. The nominee must: • Be of outstanding character, exemplifying the standards of professional conduct for optometrists. • Have graduated a minimum of 20 years prior to nomination. • Possess an outstanding record of achievement, leadership and/or service to SCO or the profession as a practitioner, teacher, administrator, researcher, or member of organized optometry. For additional information on how to make a nomination, please contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at (901) 722-3216 or go online to the college’s website at www.sco.edu.

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This year’s Honor Roll of Donors listing is being included in this issue of VISIONS to recognize those individuals who made gifts between January 1 and December 31, 2006. Every possible effort was made to list correctly the names of all contributors. Should you notice an error or omission, please notify the Office of Institutional Advancement at 1-800-238-0180, ext. 4.

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Members of the Legacy Society have made provisions for Southern College of Optometry as part of their estate planning in the form of a bequest, trust agreement, or life insurance. Through their foresight and generosity, these donors help preserve the legacy of the college and build a strong future for SCO. Raleigh S. Althisar, Sr., OD ‘50 Charlene Burnett, OD ‘83 Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD ‘80 John E. Christie, OD ‘50 R. Nash Cochran, OD ‘44 Douglas L. Conrath, OD ‘66 George B. Coyle, OD ‘50 I. D. Engram, OD ‘63 Robert E. Federhen, OD ‘49 Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ‘74 Sidney I. Greenberg, OD ‘65 Robert Lowell Henry and Evelyn M. Henry William R. Jackson, OD ‘52 Ralph P. Langenfeld, OD ‘54 David H. Owen, OD ‘81 S. Michael Polakoff, OD ‘44 Dr. Richard L. Powell, OD ‘68 Frederick M. Rosemore, OD ’48 and Marion G. Rosemore Frank G. Smith, Esq. Ernie Valamides Lisa R. Wade, MPA, OD ‘84 Lloye L. Whitfield, OD ‘55 Al T. Witcher, OD ‘45

John L. Hester, OD W. Jack Runninger, OD

Class of 1948 Henry F. Burns, OD Arnold F. Hodges, OD Hamp A. Morrison, OD Fredric M. Rosemore, OD*

Class of 1949 Erskine E. Ashbee, OD James M. Byrn, OD Eugene R. Cantwell, OD* Oscar Crow, OD* Robert E. Day, Sr., OD Roderick P. Grant, OD Jack O. Phillips, OD

Class of 1950 Neil R. Gurwitz, OD C. Wayne Shearer, OD Denson L. Smith, OD

Class of 1951 Belvin G. Dollins, OD Thomas J. Gallaher, OD* George W. Gleason, OD Ralph A. Halvorsen, OD Charles B. Schooler, OD Patsy Schooler, OD Joseph F. Wiggins, OD

Class of 1952 Gerald Hoffman, OD Richard L. Hopping, OD

Class of 1953 Burton P. Bodan, OD* G. Worthy Pegram, Jr., OD G. Robert Vines, OD

Class of 1954 Anthony Alvarez, OD Dudley C. Beaty, Jr., OD John B. Bowen, OD Ralph P. Langenfeld, OD Rene J. Pigeon, OD Mack Smith, OD

Class of 1955

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Martha Wade Greene, OD*

Class of 1946 Ramona P. Clifton, OD O. Woodrow Pittman, OD VISIONS • SPRING 2007

Robert J. Bryant, OD Gilbert Butler, OD Sidney M. Edelstein, OD William G. Hendrix, OD*

Class of 1956 Col. (Ret.) John T. Leddy, OD

Class of 1957 Earl S. Changar, OD James P. Gardner, Jr., OD Allen E. Westby, OD

Class of 1958 Currie Dean Barker, OD Hugh N. Cox, OD Donald K. Temple, OD

Class of 1959 Howard F. Flippin, OD* John N. McGehee, OD

Class of 1960 Bernard M. Friedland, OD John B. Hedman, OD Franklin D. Martin, OD Russell G. Palmer, OD

Class of 1961 Roy L. Gooch, OD Alan E. Pressman, OD Charles H. Smart, OD

Class of 1962 James B. Black, OD Lynn H. Church, OD* Joseph A. Lamendola, Jr., OD Robert L. Sams, OD Anton L. Young, OD

Class of 1963 T. Joel Byars, OD* Irby Dell Engram, Jr., OD Charles P. Haddad, OD* Sidney H. Slavin, OD Harry M. Sulzberger, OD Howard W. Tucker, Jr., OD*

Class of 1964 John T. Lee, OD* Gary C. Simpson, OD Wyatt R. Taylor, OD*

Class of 1965 Eugene Miller Bane, Jr., OD* Sidney I. Greenberg, OD* James C. Hamilton, OD Gerald A. Krumbholz, OD* James D. Sandefur, OD M. Alan Schwartz, OD

Class of 1966 Douglas L. Conrath, OD Wallace W. Towle, OD

Class of 1967 Curtis V. Bare, OD Ronald B. Gantt, OD John A. Gazaway, OD* David A. Gladwell, OD William L. Herbold, OD Charles Ingram, OD Marlene S. Mendenhall, OD C. Ellis Potter, OD

Class of 1968 Joseph J. Beaman, OD* William E. Cochran, OD*

Willis C. Maples, OD Richard L. Powell, OD* Alta I. Spurrier, OD*

Class of 1969 Edwin N. Anguas, OD L. Allen Fors, OD* David L. Nelson, OD Alva S. Pack, III, OD Robert L. Phillips, OD Glen T. Steele, OD*

Class of 1970 Timothy P. Allen, OD

Class of 1971 Bernard Arnold, OD James M. Collins, OD Sidney J. Stern, OD*

Class of 1972 Ronald D. Blum, OD Jeffrey H. Cohen, OD Jimmy C. Dawson, OD Jimmy H. Elam, OD* Dan E. Freeman, OD Gene A. Harman, OD Robert M. Malatin, OD Charles G. Pope, II, OD Jerome Sude, OD

Class of 1973 Gerald A. Mayer, OD James M. Newman, III, OD* Leon A. Renaud, OD

Class of 1974 Peter B. Benvenuto, OD* Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD* Bob Gene Roberts, OD Robert W. Smalling, OD Theron C. Smith, III, OD

Class of 1975 Stephen P. Akre, OD Allan Leslie Barker, OD Frederick E. Bodenhamer, OD Robert M. Cress, OD Edward E. Crowe, OD Alan P. Fisher, OD Charles Lowell Jones, OD* William E. Sterling, Jr., OD* Morris H. Weaver, OD*

Class of 1976 Martin S. Appel, OD John W. Baldwin, OD Steven D. Bravard, OD* Richard C. Buck, OD Robert L. Burns, OD James M. Campbell, II, OD William R. Chism, OD Stanley M. Dickerson, OD Frank Evans, Jr., OD

2006 honor ro of frdonorsrf Roger W. Fitch, OD Phillip A. Gelwick, OD Alan L. Ginsburg, OD* John D. Hudkins, OD A. Thomas Hyde, OD* Thomas Lentz, OD Ervin W. Leuth, OD Howard B. Levinson, OD William J. Luck, OD Mark E. Mather, OD Charles Scot McArthur, OD George S. McCarter, OD* Brian J. McNerney, OD F. Mason Smith, OD* Rosalind O. Smith, OD Larry D. Snider, OD William R. Spooner, OD Robert H. Warren, OD Donna R. Wike, OD Michael E. Wilson, OD Brunswick R. Wong, OD

Class of 1977 James H. Burke, OD* Wilburn Lord, Jr., OD Gary R. Morgan, OD Lawrence A. Routt, OD* Bernard I. Sparks, III, OD

Class of 1978 Robert E. Botts, OD J. Wayne Buck, OD Steve T. Cauble, OD Glenn I. Goldring, OD Charles F. Hyman, OD* David H. Mills, OD Billy S. Moscow, OD James D. Rubin, OD Marlon R. Utech, OD Larry E. Williams, OD

Class of 1979 Gary M. Akel, OD Daniel J. Brothers, OD Danny W. Cross, OD William M. Dickerson, Jr., OD James D. Mayes, OD

Class of 1980 Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD* Gilan L. Cockrell, OD Richard D. Gurley, OD Frank E. Houser, OD Jay R. Kimberley, OD David D. Kirby, OD Lewis B. Kizer, OD Lawrence J. LaTour, OD Sharon Berger Moscow, OD Mark L. Owens, OD Rod L. Rallo, OD John W.L. Smith, OD Brian C. Sommer, OD Stuart R. Tasman, OD John B. Witherspoon, OD

Class of 1981

Merle C. Baker, OD

Mark C. Brown, OD Camile L. Chiasson, OD* John D. Dodd, OD C. Jeff Foster, OD* Alvin Lewis Frey, Jr., OD L. Shepard Hamrick, Jr., OD Roger I. Jones, OD Stephanie P. Layman, OD Jerd W. Poston, OD Frederick W. Tillman, OD William Terry Wood, OD

Class of 1982 Alan K. Bugg, OD* Michael J. Coons, OD Jeffrey C. Jessup, OD Gary L. Mancil, OD Douglas E. Radish, OD Dean N. Shissias, OD James J. Whitelock, OD*

Class of 1983 J. Dean Baggett, OD Joseph L. Bertagna, OD* Charlene Burnett, OD* Charles A. Callaway, OD* Mary Shackleford Carlton, OD Shawn P. Doherty, OD Tim R. Fields, OD Stephen Randy Griffin, OD Lynn Stone Kebert, OD Christopher B. King, OD Helen J. King, OD George Ordynsky, OD Carol L. Scott, OD Russell T. Simmons, OD John C. Snyder, OD

Class of 1984 Richard A. Alsobrook, OD* Edward E. Cho, OD Gerald Eisenstatt, OD Glen A. Lamonica, OD Lisa Rossmeyer Wade, OD* William T. Yoe, OD

Class of 1985 Kathryn M. Beggs, OD* Miguel A. Bosch, Jr., OD Jon O. Olson, OD Carol-Lyn G. Ordynsky, OD William T. Reynolds, OD Jean Ann Toomey, OD Lori A. Weiss, OD

Class of 1986 Janice A. Barr, OD James O. Davis, OD Joe E. Ellis, OD* Paul L. Harman, OD J. Keith Kleinert, OD Keith L. Miller, OD Donald L. Weiss, Jr., OD

Class of 1987 John B. Campbell, OD Brian A. Kahn, OD Leroy Norton, Jr., OD

Oscar Ramos, OD James P. Theroux, OD

Class of 1988 Kenneth Lee Arndt, OD C. Andrew Clarke, OD John E. Flack, OD Kelly J. Hoy, OD Robert B. Jordan, OD Jeffrey C. Squire, OD Amy Butterfield Ward, OD

Class of 1989 Gregory P. Gerdes, OD Martha S. Gore, OD Nancy N. McShan, OD James E. Venable, OD Janet L. Walsh, OD

Class of 1990 Lady Britton Aycock, OD Lorena Miller Cron, OD Michael V. Holland, OD Sara H. Milici-Bopp, OD David W. Moss, OD

Class of 1991 Thomas A. Currey, Jr., OD

Class of 1992 William M. Holman, OD George W. Pegram, III, OD

Class of 1993 John R. Gallaher, OD

Class of 1994 Craig W. Dunlap, OD Jeffrey A. Dunn, OD James David Jaco, OD M. Elizabeth McIntosh, OD Gregory S. Usdan, OD

Class of 1995 Marilyn S. Burich, OD Alan L. Byrd, OD Elizabeth T. Howard, OD Judy Y. Jones, OD* Michael J. Martin, OD M. Lloyd Mason, OD

Class of 1996 Jason D. Duncan, OD Richard D. Durocher, OD Andrew W. Howard, OD Cindy N. Mack, OD Jared T. Powelson, OD Amelia L. Woods, OD

Class of 1997 John E. Anderson, OD Terri D. Anderson, OD Antoniette J. Driver, OD Michael D. Gerstner, OD* Michael S. Rothschild, OD Lee Anne Whitworth, OD Patrick Whitworth, OD

Class of 1998 Caroline L. Cade, OD

Christine Cook, OD David Russell Hamlin, OD Aaron Kerr, OD Janice McMahon, OD April D. Smith, OD* Brian D. Smith, OD* Karen Bell Smith, OD Sylvia E. Sparrow, OD*

Class of 1999 Brent L. Croft, OD John Mark Jackson, OD Jonathan Knutson, OD Jennifer M. Lesslie, OD Charles Houston Teaters, OD Chad J. Thompson, OD* Daniel Weber, OD

Class of 2000 Kimberly Ann Ambrosino, OD Crystal M. Brimer, OD John Philip Foster, OD Brian Leigh Keplinger, OD Allison Haddad Miller, OD Mark W. Shirey, OD Audra D. Steiner, OD Marty S. Traylor, OD Janna Zbozien, OD

Class of 2001 Joshua W. Baker, OD Jeneé Barth, OD Margo D. Boler, OD Thomas C. Coleman, OD Hani S. Ghazi-Birry, OD Kristopher A. May, OD Marcus L. Meadows, OD Nikki S. Meadows, OD Rachel A. Morgan, OD Paul D. Mormon, OD Erin R. Nosel, OD Tonya M. Reynoldson, OD Gordon D. Russell, OD Christy L. Taylor, OD Shauna L. Witt, OD

Class of 2002 Joshua A. Coleman, OD Cathy M. Guidry, OD Robert Daniel Lyons, OD Jennifer Meister, OD Mark J. Roy, III, OD Christopher Thomas, OD Kevin Tran, OD Carrie Williams, OD

Class of 2003 Christopher William Brackett, OD Margaret Shelton Brya, OD Andrea Elizabeth Chinn, OD Robert Neil Christen, OD Alison Lee Lindorfer, OD Somer Johnson Lyons, OD Travis Shane McDonald, OD Jaimie Michelle Pfeifer, OD Keith Allan Schrunk, OD

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Joseph Don Weatherford, OD Christina Rae Wofford, OD

Class of 2004 Chevron L. Ergle, OD Diane M. Redding, OD Brian G. Shipley, OD

Class of 2005 Amanda R. Cox, OD

Class of 2006 Summer A. Anderson, OD Sara K. Armand, OD Nicholas B. Askren, OD David K. Bailey, OD Neil W. Brogden, OD Michael S. Croft, OD Angela L. Dabbs, OD Justin W. Davenport, OD Matthew W. Dinslage, OD Steven C. East, OD James R. Glass, OD Tara R. Hake, OD Charity Angela Hertzog, OD James Mark Hertzog, OD Jessica L. Hillner, OD Stephanie N. Judkins, OD Preston G. Linley, OD Jacob B. List, OD Lindsay Kristin McKinley, OD Stephen Matthew McKinley, OD Kristi R. Merritt, OD Summer L. Moorer, OD Matthew A. Pigg, OD Chad E. Poole, OD William R. Storment, OD Stephen C. Sulyi, OD Natalie J. Swanson, OD Daniel A. Taylor, OD Shane Wynne Theobald, OD Kristin M. Van Berclave, OD Shane N. Vogel, OD Sherylan A. Webb, OD Teri K. Whittaker, OD Hayley L. Woodall, OD Kristen L. Yates, OD Todd W. Zerger, OD

Friends

Foundat ions, A ssoci at ions and Corporat ions

The following made contributions to Southern College of Optometry during the 2006 calendar year. These gifts supported the Annual Campaign, the Building Fund, various Endowment Funds, and student, faculty and staff activities/events. 2020 Vision Center VISIONS • SPRING 2007

AGIA, Inc. Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Allergan American Optometric Association American Optometric Foundation America's Best/National Vision, Inc. Ankeny Lions Club Arkadelphia Lions Club Ashland City Lions Club The Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc. Athens Lions Club Atkins Lions Club Augusta Servant Lions Club Badger Lions Club Bartlett Lions Foundation Mita and Robert P. Bates, III Batesville Lions Club Bausch & Lomb Jeffrey Bayme, DMD and Michele Bayme Bayou Ophthalmic Instruments, Inc. Beaman Lions Club Biggar Lions Club Blytheville Lions Club Kevin L. Boester Bonner Springs Lions Club Boscos Squared Brentwood Lions Charities Brinkley Lions Club Byhalia Lions Club Capitol Hill Lions Club Carl Zeiss Meditec Carl Zeiss Vision, Inc. Carpenter/Sullivan, LLC Centerburg Lions Club Central City Lions Club Emily S. Chambers Champion Windows and Doors Cherokee Lions Club Cherry Valley Lions Club CIBA Vision Clemson Lions Club Coletta’s Italian Restaurant College of Optometrists in Vision (COVD) Collins Lions Club Colo Lions Club, Inc. Columbia Host Lions Club Columbus Grove Lions Club Conifer Lions Club Karey Conway, OD Coopervision Cornelius Lake Norman Lions Club Crete Lions Club Crossville Lions Club Dalewood-Lakeside Lions Club Davenport Breakfast Lions Club Davenport Lions Club Davidson Lions Club Davidson River Lions Club Declo Lions Club Derby Lions Club Deshler Lions Club Designs for Vision, Inc. Carmen and Steven Draper Dunlap Lions Club Dyersburg Lions Club

Eagle Vision, Inc. East Gastonia Lions Club East Millard Lions East Nashville Lions Club East Ridge Lions Club Ellisville Lions Club Enhanced Vision Eschenbach of America, Inc. Essilor Eyecarecenter, OD, PA Eyecare East, PLLC Farragut Lions Club Firebirds Rocky Mountain Grill First Tennessee Bank Florence Lions Club Charities, Inc. Floyd Lions Club Fredonia Lions Club Fuquay Varina Lions Club Future Optics, Inc. Garden City Broncbuster Lions Germantown Lions Club Giltner Lions Club Goodyear Auto Service Center – Union Ave. Goose Creek Lions Club Gordon Lions Club GP Lens Institute Graceland Harley-Davidson Herman E. Gram Grand Casino Resort Tunica Grant Lions Club Green Country Lions Club Greenup Lions Club Greenville Host Lions Club G.T. Laboratories, Inc. Guntown Lions Club Gurley Lions Club Hamer Lions Club Hastings Evening Lions Club Hastings Noon Lions Hazelhurst Lions Club Hazen Lions Club Heart of America Contact Lens Society Heartwell Lions Club Heber Springs Lions Club Heine USA Hernando Desoto Chapter IAAP Hi Plains Lions Club Hildreth Lions Club Hilton Lions Club Hixson Lions Club Holcomb Lions Club Holly Springs Lions Club Horse Cave Lions Club Horseshoe Bend Lions Club Huey’s Humboldt Evening Lions Club Huntsville Lions Club Indianola Breakfast Lions Club Indianola Noon Lions Club Inman Images Irondequoit Lions Club Jackson Old Hickory Lions Club Jampa Lions Charities, Inc. Jarrett’s Restaurant Jefferson Lions Club

JAEB Center for ATS Studies Jobson Publishing Co. Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies-Matching Gifts Jonesboro-Nettleton Lions Club Kansas Optometric Association Keeler Instruments, Inc. Kincaid Lions Club Kirwin Lions Club Knights of Columbus #4713 Knox North Lions Club Kochville Lions Club L & M Chair Covers, LLC La Crosse Lions Club Lafayette Lions Club Lakeland Lions Foundation Joe Lammel Lascassas Milton Lions Club LaVergne Lions Club Le Chardonnay Wine Bar & Bistro LeHigh Lions Club Leones De Las Montanas (Lions Club of Tucson, Inc.) Lexington Lions Club Limestone Lions Club Lions Club of Blue Springs Lions Club of Bluefield Lions Club of Carroll Lions Club of Dewitt Lions Club of Lawrence Foundation River City Lions Club of Memphis Foundation Lions Club of Nephi Lions Club of Salmon Lions Club of Shelby Charity Fund Lions Club of WaKeeney, KS Lions Club of Wayne NE, Inc. Anita Y. Liu Logan Lions Club Lola Lions Club Presentation LS&S Group, Inc. LWW Vision Care, Publishers of New OD Lytton Lions Club Magna Lions Club Malco Theatres Manhattan Lions Club Marchon Eyewear, Inc. Marion West Memphis Lions Club Marshalltown Evening Lions Club Martin Lions Club Maxwell Lions Club Sandra M. McCann McEwen’s On Monroe McMinnville Lions Club Memphis Bluff City Lions Club Memphis Family Vision Practice Memphis Pizza Cafe Memphis SCO Lions Club Methodist Hospital Midland Reformed Church Midtown Vision Center Karna and John W. Minnett Molly’s La Casita Monticello Lions Club Morehead City, NC Lions Club Mt. Pleasant Lions Club #11528

honor ro of fr2006 donors Murfreesboro Lions Club Murphysboro Lions Club Muvico Theater National Academy of Practice In Optometry (NAPO) Neil’s Neligh Lions Club Kim Huong Thi Nguyen NoIR Medical Technologies Noon Lions Club of Great Bend Northwest Lions Club Norton Lions Club Ocular Instruments, Inc. Odyssey Medical, Inc. Olive Branch Lions Club On The Border Mexican Grill Outback Steakhouse Overland Park Host Lions Club Paragould Lions Club Major Robert E. Parfitt Paris Lions Club Russell P. Parks ParMasters Pat O’Brien’s – Memphis Paulette’s Restaurant Pease & Curren, Inc. Perryville Lions Club Pine Bluff Downtown Lions Club Pizza Hut Plough Foundation Jeanne and Randel J. Polk Poteau Evening Lions Club Poudre Valley Lions Club Precision Optical Laboratory Prentiss Lions Club Mary E. Quan, ’09 R.L. Speck & Associates, Inc. Raleigh Lions Club Redfield Lions Club Reedmeister’s RGP Lens Institute Rio Loco River City Management Group, Inc. Riverdale Lions Club Robertson Optical Laboratories Sac City Lions Club Salon Christopher SCO Class of 2006 Searcy Lions Club Seattle Lake City Lions Senath Lions Club Seymour R. Marco Family Foundation Shamir Insight, Inc. T. Shimada Sean Skierczynski, ’09 Southeast Optometric Vision Forum Southern Council of Optometrists, Inc. (SECO) Southern Optical Southpark Lions Club Southwest Contact Lens Society Spencerport Lions Club St. Anthony Lions Club Starbucks Coffee Starkville Lions Club State Center Lions Club Stereo Optical Company, Inc. Stillman Valley Lions Club

Student Loan Express (CIT Group Inc.) Sun City 79ers Lions Club Sunrise Lions Project Sutherland Lions Club - District 38N John E. Sweeney Tennessee Affiliate of AFVA Tennessee Optometric Association The Bar-B-Q Shop The Bay Point Anterior Segment Symposium, Inc. The Cupboard Restaurant The Eye Center at SCO The Grove Grill The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc. The National Ornamental Metal Museum The Orpheum Theatre The Peabody Hotel TLC Vision Corporation Toomey & Baggett Eyecare Clinic, PLLC Transitions Optical, Inc. Troutman Lions Club Tyler’s Quarterly United Postal Service (USPS) United Way of the Mid-South University Heights Lions Club US Bank Utica Area Lions Club Vision Service Plan Vistakon Volk Optical Kenneth M. Votava VRF Wall Lake Lions Club Walman Optical/X-Cel, Inc. Wal-Mart Optical Division Water Valley Lions Club Watertown Lions Watkins Uiberall, PLLC Welch Allyn Co. West Memphis Noon Lions Club Williams Consulting Group Woodinville Lions Club Wynne Lions Club X-Cel Contacts Yates Center Lions Club Yia Yia’s Euro Cafe

Board

of Trustees, Facult y and Staff

Gene Bagaglio, MBA Paula L. Baker Diane Balazsy Earnestine H. Barge Mimi Beard Peter B. Benvenuto, OD ‘74* Delrita Branch William B. Brookshire Larry H. Bryan, CPA Jennifer K. Bulmann, OD James H. Burke, OD ‘77* Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD ‘80* T. Joel Byars, OD ‘63* Winona Caldwell* David M. Cale, OD John B. Campbell, OD ‘87 Camille L. Chiasson, OD ‘81* Freddy Chang, OD, MS, PhD Jerry L. Clay* William E. Cochran, OD ‘68* Thomas C. Coleman, OD ‘01 Charles G. Connor, Jr., MA, PhD, OD* James T. Cooperwood David A. Damari, OD* Velma J. Dickson* Susan M. Doyle Robin J. Drescher, OD, MS* Janette D. Dumas, OD Jason D. Duncan, OD ‘96 Gerald Eisenstatt, OD ‘84* Jimmy H. Elam, OD ‘72, MS, EdD* Cheryl E. Ervin, OD Tressa F. Eubank, OD* Sunnie J. Ewing Ann Z. Fields Carol A. Fleming Sadie M. Fleming* Howard F. Flippin, OD ‘59* L. Allen Fors, OD ‘69, MEd* John T. Fortner Cecily Freeman Cindy Garner* Phylicia D. Gates John A. Gazaway, OD ‘67* Herman George Michael D. Gerstner, OD ‘97* H.S. Ghazi-Birry, MS, PhD, MD, OD ‘01 Rosemary E. Gordon Robin Graves, MS Martha R. Greenberg, OD ‘74* Lenard A. Grice, MBA Pinakin Gunvant, BS Optom., PhD Charles L. Haine, OD, MS* Nancy C. Harris Betty J. Harville-Brown, OD* Joseph H. Hauser, MBA* Denise E. Henson Angela Y. Hobbs Jim Hollifield Susan K. Hollinger William Hopper Mona G. Howard A. Thomas Hyde, OD ‘76* John Mark Jackson, OD ‘99, MS James B. Jalenak, Esq. Linda D. Johnson, OD* Aaron Kerr, OD ‘98

Christopher B. King, OD ‘83 R. A. Landers, OD, MS Harold L. Lashlee Mike Lawson Col. John T. Leddy, OD ‘56 Christopher Lievens, OD, MS* Willis C. Maples, OD ‘68, MS Erie Mathena Sherry D. Mattingly Kristopher A. May, OD ‘01 Sheri Monroe Sandra C. Morgan* Darwin L. Mormon, OD* Paul D. Mormon, OD ‘01 Ken Mulholland, Jr., MS James M. Newman, III, OD ‘73, MS* Leroy Norton, Jr., OD ‘87 Erin R. Nosel, OD ‘01, MS Ralph E. Parkansky, OD, MS, MBA* Brenda P. Pearson, MS Guy R. Pike Richard L. Powell, OD ‘68* Jared T. Powelson, OD ‘96 M. Jo Propst Wayne F. Provines, OD Wayne W. Pyeatt* Bill B. Rainey, OD, MS Brenda H. Rakestraw Shilpa J. Register, OD, MS Phillip V. Ridings Andrew J. Rixon, OD Jacqueline M. Sansone, OD Richard Savoy, OD Jeffrey P. Scarpace Robert W. Smalling, OD ‘74 Denson L. Smith, OD ‘50 F. Mason Smith, OD ‘76* Frank G. Smith, III, JD* Karen B. Smith, OD ‘98 Mack Smith, OD ‘54 Mark A. Sowell Bernard I. Sparks, III, OD ’77, MS Sylvia E. Sparrow, OD ‘98* Janine G. St. John Scott A. Steel, OD Glen T. Steele, OD ‘69* Sandra Stephens Dean Swick, MBA* Wyatt R. Taylor, OD ‘64* Lisa M. Temple Mary Thornley, EdD Shannon Reynolds Torbett, MHP Lisa C. Tracy Marlon R. Utech, OD ‘78, MS James E. Venable, OD '89 Lisa R. Wade, OD ‘84* Penny K. Walker Carolyn J. Warren James D. Willis Janna Zbozien, OD ‘00

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Tributes

Southern College of Optometry appreciates the following contributions to the college in celebration or memory of loved ones.

R. Nash Cochran, OD ’44 Linda D. Johnson, OD Clifton and Arma Covington Scott R. and Sara R. Andreas Dr. Irving L. Dunsky Tressa F. Eubank, OD

Brunswick R. Wong, OD ’76 Mother of Randy Miller Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87 B.B. Parks, OD ’48 Mr. & Mrs. Russell P. Parks

Alice Garber Stanley M. Dickerson, OD ’76

Amos Charles Pearl William E. Cochran, OD ’68 and Carolyn Cochran

Ray Glass, OD ’50 Denson L. Smith, OD ’50

Bobbie Pollard Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87

Richard A. Goodson, OD ’66 Earnestine H. Barge David M. Cale, OD Michael D. Gerstner, OD ’97 Wayne F. Provines, OD

Lillian Pomerant Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87

William E. Cochran, OD ’68 Gene A. Harman, OD ’72 Earnestine H. Barge Michael S. Rothschild, OD ’97

Samuel H. Horner, Jr., OD ’49 Martha Wade Greene, OD ’45

Norman Rubin, OD ’50 Neil R. Gurwitz, OD ’50

Dorothy Hunderup Tressa F. Eubank, OD

John W. Sprinkel, III, OD ’00 Audra D. Steiner, OD ’00

John Gram Herman E. Gram and Suzanne M. Gram

Cheryl D. Johnson, OD ’82 Earnestine H. Barge Tressa F. Eubank, OD

Alice Tidwell Steele William E. Cochran, OD ’68 and Carolyn Cochran

Richard Gram and Family Herman E. Gram and Suzanne M. Gram

Bernard L. Kahn, OD ’52 Jeffrey Bayme, DMD and Michele Bayme

W. David Sullins, Jr., OD ’65 National Academy of Practice In Optometry (NAPO)

Tom and Janice Gram Herman E. Gram and Suzanne M. Gram

Charles D. Kirby, OD David D. Kirby, OD ’80

Alys Y. Walker, OD ’45 Martha Wade Greene, OD ’45 William T. Yoe, OD ’84

IN HONOR OF Robert Barker Herman E. Gram and Suzanne M. Gram Susan S. Barker Herman E. Gram and Suzanne M. Gram

John B. Minnett, OD ’50 Robert P. Bates, III and Mita A. Bates John W. Minnett and Karna Minnett Randel J. Polk and Jeanne M. Polk Vaughn D. Parfitt, ’84 Major Robert E. Parfitt Virgil L. Rhodes, OD ’50 and Peggy Rhodes Tennessee Affiliate of AFVA Joel B. Spiegler, OD, PhD Amelia L. Woods, OD ‘96 Lisa Rossmeyer Wade, OD ’84 Margaret Shelton Brya, OD ’03

IN MEMORY OF Don and Sara Andreas Scott R. and Sara R. Andreas Lillian Baxter William E. Cochran, OD ’68 and Carolyn Cochran James Billingsley William E. Cochran, OD ’68 and Carolyn Cochran Colonel Edward “Buzz” Bzdula, OD ’81 Timothy P. Allen, OD ’70 C. Jeff Foster, OD ’81 Stephanie P. Layman, OD ’81 Carrie P. Clark Phylicia D. Gates

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Mother of Mrs. Roz Konter Jeffrey Bayme, DMD and Michele Bayme Donald Landgraf William E. Cochran, OD ’68 and Carolyn Cochran Sidney I. Greenberg, OD ’65 and Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ’74 Jack "Chip" Maxwell, OD ’76 Martin S. Appel, OD ’76 John W. Baldwin, OD ’76 Steven D. Bravard, OD ’76 James M. Campbell, II, OD ’76 William R. Chism, OD ’76 Stanley M. Dickerson, OD ’76 Frank Evans, Jr., OD ’76 Roger W. Fitch, OD ’76 Phillip A. Gelwick, OD ’76 John D. Hudkins, OD ’76 A. Thomas Hyde, OD ’76 Thomas Lentz, OD ’76 Ervin W. Leuth, OD ’76 William J. Luck, OD ’76 Mark E. Mather, OD ’76 Charles Scot McArthur, OD ’76 George S. McCarter, OD ’76 Rosalind O. Smith, OD ’76 and Theron C. Smith, III, OD ’76 Larry D. Snider, OD ’76 William R. Spooner, OD ’76 Robert H. Warren, OD ’76 Donna R. Wike, OD ’76 Michael E. Wilson, OD ’76

Helen Poskosh William E. Cochran, OD ’68 and Carolyn Cochran

Donald L. Walker, OD ’45 William T. Yoe, OD ’84 Claude M. Walters, Sr., OD ’45 Martha Wade Greene, OD ’45 James B. Washam, OD ’51 James M. Byrn, OD ’49 James W. Yoe, OD ’49 William T. Yoe, OD ’84

Leadership

Donors to 75th Campaign 2006

$1,000 or more pledges or gifts Donna Abney, MBA Stephen P. Akre, OD ‘75 J. Dean Baggett, OD ‘83 Eugene Miller Bane, Jr., OD ‘65* Allan Leslie Barker, OD ‘75 Larry H. Bryan, CPA J. Wayne Buck, OD ‘78 Alan K. Bugg, OD ‘82* James H. Burke, OD ‘77* Charlene Burnett, OD ‘83 and Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD ‘80* Charles A. Callaway, OD ‘83* Freddy W. Chang, OD Camile L. Chiasson, OD ‘81* William E. Cochran, OD ‘68 and Mrs. Carolyn Cochran*

William M. Dickerson, Jr., OD ‘79 Robin J. Drescher, OD* Tressa F. Eubank, OD* Howard F. Flippin, OD ‘59* Thomas J. Gallaher, OD ‘51* John A. Gazaway, OD ‘67* Roy L. Gooch, OD ‘61 Martha Rosemore Greenberg, OD ’74 and Sidney I. Greenberg, OD ‘65* Whitney Hauser, OD ’01 and Mr. Joseph H. Hauser, MBA* Richard L. Hopping, OD ‘52 Arthur Thomas Hyde, OD ‘76* James B. Jalenak, Esq. Linda D. Johnson, OD* Helen J. King, OD ’83 and Christopher B. King, OD ‘83 David D. Kirby, OD ‘80 Gerald A. Krumbholz, OD ‘65* Howard B. Levinson, OD ‘76 Alison Lee Lindorfer, OD ‘03 Janice McMahon, OD ‘98 Jennifer Meister, OD ‘02 David H. Mills, OD ‘78 Darwin L. Mormon, OD* Paul D. Mormon, OD ‘01 Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ‘80 and Billy S. Moscow, OD ‘78 Mr. Kenneth Mulholland, Jr., MS Ralph E. Parkansky, OD* Brenda P. Pearson, MS Richard L. Powell, OD ‘68* Precision Optical Laboratory* Wayne W. Pyeatt* Shilpa J. Register, OD Fredric M. Rosemore, OD ’48 and Mrs. Marion G. Rosemore* Michael S. Rothschild, OD ‘97 James D. Sandefur, OD ‘65 Keith Allan Schrunk, OD ‘03 C. Wayne Shearer, OD ‘50 Robert W. Smalling, OD ‘74 F. Mason Smith, OD ‘76* Frank G. Smith, III* Southern Council of Optometrists, Inc.* Audra D. Steiner, OD ‘00 Dean Swick, MBA* Tennessee Affiliate of AFVA Mary Thornley, EdD Jean Ann Toomey, OD ’85 Shannon Reynolds Torbett, MHP James E. Venable, OD ‘89 Vision Service Plan* Walman Optical/X-Cel, Inc.* Lee Anne Whitworth, OD ’97 and Patrick Whitworth, OD ‘97 Joseph F. Wiggins, OD ’51 James D. Willis Christina Rae Wofford, OD ‘03

SCO Board of Trustees Howard F. Flippin, OD ’59 – Chair Searcy, Arkansas Donna Abney, MBA Germantown, Tennessee Larry H. Bryan Memphis, Tennessee John A. Gazaway, OD ’67 Eagle Grove, Iowa A. Thomas Hyde, OD ’76 Morristown, Tennessee James B. Jalenak, Esq. Memphis, Tennessee Linda D. Johnson, OD Jackson, Mississippi Christopher B. King, OD ’83 Englewood, Florida Kenneth L. Mulholland, Jr. Germantown, Tennessee Richard L. Powell, OD ’68 Lincoln, Nebraska Wayne W. Pyeatt Memphis, Tennessee Robert W. Smalling, OD ’74 Warren, Arkansas F. Mason Smith, OD ’76 Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina Mary Thornley, EdD Charleston, South Carolina Mayor A C Wharton, Jr., JD Memphis, Tennessee Michael D. Gerstner, OD ’97 Faculty Representative Memphis, Tennessee Kimberly Oncavage, ’08 Student Representative Whiteville, North Carolina

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