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ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT BERKELEY OPTOMETRY

THE FUNDAMENTAL MISSIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY

of California are teaching, research, and public service. Berkeley Optometry

excels in all of these.

Our greatest responsibility as educators in a public university is to foster

graduates who are capable of providing for the public good and have the com-

mitment to do so. The message we strive to impart is that our graduates have a

responsibility toward humankind as well as to their profession. That responsi-

bility is embodied within the Optometric Oath:

“ I will provide professional care for those who seek my services, with

concern, with compassion, and with due regard for their human

rights and dignity. I will place the treatment of those who seek my

care above personal gain and strive to see that none shall lack for

proper care. I will do my utmost to serve my community, my coun-

try, and humankind as a citizen as well as an optometrist.”

These are not just words that are recited at meetings or graduations; they

represent a philosophy that should be embodied within every public insti-

tution. Our students come here not only

because they are smart; they come because

they are passionate about helping others.

Whether they are native or foreign born, priv-

ileged or disadvantaged, have suffered per-

sonal hardship or not, our charge is to inspire

that sense of responsibility toward serving

mankind. I believe we do a good job of that.

As I travel throughout the country and have

the opportunity to talk to our graduates, I

am proud of what they do as professionals,

as members of their communities, and as

parents and grandparents helping to prepare

future generations.

At Berkeley Optometry, we continue

to make an impact on the world through

ground-breaking optometric research and by reaching out to provide quality

eye care. I hope that will be evident as you read this and future issues of Berkeley

Optometry Magazine. I look forward to hearing from you and always welcome

your thoughts at [email protected].

dean’s note

DENNIS LEVI, OD, PHD, FAAODean, School of Optometry

This magazine is printed on recycled-content paper.

EXECUTIVE EDITORLawrence Thal

MANAGING EDITORJennifer C. Martin

EDITORBarbara Gordon

ASSISTANT EDITORJohn Fiorillo

EXECUTIVE ART DIRECTORMolly Sharp

ART DIRECTORJohn Fiorillo

PHOTOGRAPHYJohn Fiorillo and Ken Huie

PRODUCTION MANAGERMolly Sharp

WRITERS/CONTRIBUTORSJohn Fiorillo, Meng Lin, Austin Roorda,

Christine Wildsoet

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3 THANKS TO BERKELEY . . .Facts and statistics that illustrate the outstanding institution your alma mater has become.

4 THE EARLY YEARS OF BERKELEY OPTOMETRY By John Fiorillo

Over a century ago, optometrists inspired by the profession’s potential launched the effort that resulted in the birth of Berkeley Optometry. Here’s a look at the people and events that shaped our school.

12 NEW VIEWS OF THE HUMAN RETINA By Austin Roorda

How the adaptive-optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO) sheds new light on optical disorders and potential treatments.

14 RESEARCH ON MYOPIA By Christine Wildsoet

Studying the causes and progression of myopia is opening up new directions for treatment.

16 BERKELEY OPTOMETRY’S CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTER By Meng Lin

We’re proud to present the stunning accomplishments of Berkeley Optometry’s CRC.

23 BUILDING FOR EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIPBerkeley Optometry’s vision for the future.

2 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

9 STUDENT FOCUSA glimpse of our professional future.

10 NEWS & NOTES

19 BERKELEY OPTOMETRY—A FISCAL SNAPSHOTEver wonder where our school’s funds come from and go to?

20 FACULTY SPOTLIGHTA look at the newest faculty educating our profession.

22 BERKELEY OPTOMETRY ALUMNI BENEFITSA trip to China, free legal service consultations, and more.

24 CLASS NOTESWe know you’ve been wondering what your classmates and colleagues have been up to…

27 SCHOOL SUPPORTA complete listing and recognition of our many generous supporters.

39 MEET TAMMY, DIRECTOR OF PHILANTHROPYGetting to know Tammy, an important pillar of our support.

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ELCOME TO OUR NEW MAGAZINE, Berkeley Optometry.

Inside you will discover how your school is touching countless lives—

students, patients, educators, and colleagues. We are all extremely grate-

ful for the support from alumni and friends of the School of Optometry.

We thank you and encourage your continued support of the work we do

in preparing future generations of practitioners and educators.

Early last year we surveyed our graduates to determine what it is you

want from our school in order to better serve your needs. (For lack of bet-

ter contact information, we used the California State Board of Optometry

mailing list for our graduates who maintain a California license. We realize

this misses many of you, so please e-mail us or use the insert in this magazine to update your contact informa-

tion.) Fortunately, three members of the Class of 2009, Eileen Ng, Matt Wilkening, and Ben Cheung, were also

interested in this subject and were willing to take this on as an OD Project. While they have not finished writing

up their results, what is clear at this point is that our continuing education programs, alumni directory, and social

and networking events were highest on your list of expectations. It was also clear from your comments that we

have not done a very good job communicating with you, and we are doing the following to fix that:

■ We are sending broadcast e-mails to those for whom we have good addresses. If we do not have yours,

please let us know by e-mailing [email protected].

■ We have completed an updated University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry directory—a

first step in improving our mutual abilities to communicate with each other. It will be available in

December.

■ We have published the first issue of Berkeley Optometry Magazine and have plans to do an annual issue

for all alumni and friends of the school.

■ We have many social events planned—a trip to China, football tailgates, opportunities to meet with the

dean, and more. We will communicate those by e-mail, so be on the lookout.

While we know you want better and more frequent communication from us, be assured that we also want

to hear from you. Throughout the magazine you will see phone numbers and e-mail addresses to make that

easier. Please, stay in touch and let us know how we are doing to meet your needs as alums! We know that our

responsibilities to you do not end upon your graduation.

If you have a private practice, please consider putting Berkeley Optometry Magazine in your waiting room

after you are finished reading it. Perhaps the magazine will encourage some of your younger patients to consider

a career in optometry. And please send us your comments—in future issues we would like to replace this page,

Letter from the Editor, with Letters to the Editor.

LAWRENCE THAL, OD, MBA, FAAOAssistant Dean, External Relations and DevelopmentSchool of [email protected]

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (from U.S. News & World Report doctorate program rankings; highest possible score is 5; mean rankings listed):

UC Berkeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 MIT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.8 Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.6 Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Wisconsin-Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 University of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 UCLA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Texas-Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0

97% of Berkeley’s graduate programs rank among the top 10 in their fields.

TOP UNIVERSITIES (from “World University Rankings” by The Times of London, based on a three-year average, 2004–06):

1. Harvard 2. MIT 3. Cambridge 4. Oxford 5. UC Berkeley 6. Stanford

BERKELEY’S ENDOWMENT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED in the past decade from $1.1 billion to $2.9 billion (data as of June 30, 2008). (Note that it still lags far behind those of peer private institutions.)

Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $34.9 billion Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $22.5 billion Stanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17.2 billion Princeton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.8 billion MIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.9 billion Berkeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2.9 billion

UC BERKELEY HAS PRODUCED 41 NOBEL LAUREATES among its faculty and alumni. The first of these was Ernest Lawrence, who, at the age of 29, unlocked the gates to the world of the atom with his invention of the cyclotron.

SUCCESS IN FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION: Despite fierce competition from elite private universities, UC Berkeley has had a 72% success rate in recruiting new faculty in the past decade, and in the past five years has retained almost 70% of faculty whom other institutions tried to recruit.

BERKELEY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN GENERAL

Berkeley is the opportunity of a lifetime for many of our students: 36% of our students come

from families with annual incomes under $45,000. In fact, Berkeley educates more students

from these income brackets than all the Ivy League schools put together.

• 87% come from public schools.

• 30% are the first in their family to attend a four-year college.

• 75% of all undergraduates receive financial aid.

• 98% of entering freshmen are among the top 10 of their high-school class.

• Berkeley has more Peace Corps volunteers than any other university since the start of the

program.

• There are 450,000 UC Berkeley alumni worldwide.

• In 2007–08 over 90,000 donations accounted for more than $409 million in private

support to UC Berkeley.

PATIENT CAREAt the Meredith Morgan and Tang Eye Centers on the Berkeley Campus alone, there are more than 75,000 patient visits each year. The total number of patients cared for by Berkeley Optometry students is significantly increased as a result of their experiences during the three or four 10-week external rotations they complete during the fourth year. The numbers of patient encounters for the average Berkeley Optometry student during training are 560 for third-year students and 2,000 for fourth-year students.

BERKELEY OPTOMETRY STUDENTSApplicants for the class that started in August 2008: 246

Enrolled: 68

Mean age at admission: 23

Number of women: 50

Number of men: 18

Number of states represented: 9

Average GPA: 3.53

Average OAT score: 360

PART I: BASIC SCIENCEBerkeley: 87.3%

National: 74.8%

PART II: CLINICAL SCIENCE

Berkeley: 100%

National: 91.5%

PART III: PATIENT CAREBerkeley: 100%

National: 96%

Optometry National Boards NBEO Examination Pass Rates BERKELEY 2007

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B E R K E L E Y O P T O M E T R Y

“All the material gain I have in this world I must credit

entirely to optometry. The little knowledge I have, by which I am able to render fair service

. . . has come to me by virtue of those who sacrificed before me. Therefore, if success in life is to leave the world a little better for having been in it, then I feel honor bound to give to that which has given to me.”

—GEORGE L. SCHNEIDER, JANUARY 18, 1923

A MEETING WITH UC PRESIDENT BENJAMIN WHEELER

In 1907, a committee of three optometrists from the California State Association of Optometrists met with Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, about establishing a “Course in the Science of Optometry.” The com-mittee consisted of George Schneider of Berkeley, Charles Wood of Oakland, and Frederick Chinn of Sacramento. This would be the first of many meetings between optometrists and the University, comprising a 16-year undertaking leading to the inaugural optometry curriculum in August 1923.

Although President Wheeler responded favorably, he wanted to consult his “ocu-list” friends. Schneider, Wood, and Chinn immediately understood that there would be troublesome obstacles to overcome, not least of which was determining the role, if any, of the often antagonistic medical profession. They also had to persuade administrators and faculty to support a professional curriculum at the University, as well as finance the course and recruit students.

Schneider and his allies would succeed only after tireless effort and resilience in the face of repeated setbacks and opposition from both outside and within the profession of optometry. The early advocates of a “Course in the Science of Optom-etry” believed passionately in the righteousness of their cause—for them it was a mission of historical proportions. They wanted to advance optometry through

professional and scientific instruction, to put it on an equal footing with other health-care professions. These were remarkable men, dedi-cated to the proposition that both the profession and the public would benefit from an affiliation with the University—an institution of interna-tional repute with exacting standards of education and growing achievements in research.

George Schneider was foremost among these pioneers—a visionary optometrist who would guide the process from start to finish, and who would become the first lecturer in optometry at the University of California. The early history of Berkeley Optometry serves, in part, as a biography of Schneider’s professional life. Through it all, he stands out as a person of ideals, patience, persistence, cleverness, kindness, and vision. Without him there might never have been a School of Optometry on the Berkeley campus.

THE PROFESSION BEFORE BERKELEY OPTOMETRY

When Schneider and his colleagues began their campaign, optom-etry was struggling to survive and define itself as a profession. Special interests threatened to foil attempts to organize into optometric associations or gain legitimacy through statutory regulations. The medical profession in particular was determined to maintain its hegemony in health care and the marketplace by excluding optometrists from all but the manufacture of eyeglasses. Standing alongside these medical activists were many opticians and optometrists. They were among the most vocal of obstruc-tionists, not wanting to jeopardize their lucrative businesses by changing the rules or increasing the number of better-trained practitioners. Advocates of a university curriculum also faced widespread prejudice from a public that viewed optometry with suspicion. After all, until the start of the 20th century, anyone could practice optometry—there were no educational prerequisites or

any requirements to demonstrate proficiency in the practice of vision care. It was not until 1901 that states began passing statutes defining and regulating the profession (California did so in 1903), and two decades would pass before all the states had optometry laws on their books.

These developments took place in a rapidly changing world. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a land boom and resulting population explo-sion created a need for more expert vision care. The expansion of the University’s student body, faculty, research, and infrastructure also opened possibilities for a professional program in optometry.

The mobilization for a curriculum was thus intimately associated with urban development, educational prog-ress, legal protections, and professional advancement. Advocates of the course understood these larger issues as they labored to elevate the profession, which was, in their view, a prerequisite to establishing a curriculum at a world-class university.

THE ROLE OF ORGANIZED OPTOMETRY

Optometric practice was changed in California largely through the efforts of the more forward-thinking members of the profes-sion. The lobbying by organized optometry for a curriculum was critical to winning over University officials and faculty. Yet these activists did more than voice their support—they also agreed to pay for the costs of the inaugural courses. In 1922–23, Schneider organized a campaign to collect pledges totaling more than $9,000 (a considerable sum in those days) in support of the first year’s instruction. In the second year, all operating costs were met by the assessment of higher annual license renewal fees (raised from $2 to $10, with $8 going to support the curriculum and research). This represented an extraordinary instance of private practitioners entirely financing a professional program at a public university.

George L. Schneider (1874–1928)First Lecturer at Berkeley Optometry

Le Conte Hall, the home of the Department of Physics, circa 1925–26, with the

Campanile and a corner of Bacon Hall (no longer standing) in the background.

Beginning in 1923, the curriculum in Optometry was assigned temporary offices and

clinic space on the attic floor, plus an optics lab with spectacle-making equipment

in the basement.

This portrait was taken circa 1926–27 at the Athens Athletic Club in Oakland,

California. The men, all practicing optometrists and members of local and state

optometric associations, had been active in lobbying for the curriculum in optom-

etry at the University. (Left to right, front row, seated): Charles Mueller, William

Fraser, Herbert Schultz, Fred Laufer, George Schneider, and Edward Hardy; (Back

row, standing): Morris Kittredge, Fred Watson, Charles Wood, Wallace Doig, William

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board examinations, and find gainful employment. Anything less would be seen as a failure of the curriculum to prepare its gradu-ates for a professional life. Minor also believed (correctly) that gaining the endorsement of University administrators and faculty for an independent school would require long years of effort.

Support from California optometrists remained critical for the survival and expansion of the program. Organized optometry was the curriculum’s financial lifeline, for in the early years the sole support of the program came from the redirected $8 portion of state license renewal fees. Should the program fail in the view of optometrists, they might call in their fees legislatively and force the University’s hand—to either support the program on its own or shut it down.

Minor’s concerns went beyond monetary considerations. He wanted optometrists to believe that the program would advance the profession for the benefit of both the practitioner and the public. With the approval and occasional direct involvement of optometrists at large, he could build the professional program and guarantee its long-term survival. This period in the history of Berkeley Optometry was characterized partly by Minor’s effort to foster an ongoing cooperative relationship with optometrists and

their professional organizations.For 23 years, Minor directed and expanded

the program, working toward independence from physics while improving the range and depth of a curriculum suitable for the practice of optometry. He did this despite a rather unsteady start. At first, student recruitment faltered—a cause for great concern in an unproven curriculum, but then it took off. Enrollment for all optometry registrants increased from 13 students in 1929 to 64 in 1933. In 1934, Minor graduated the so-called “Wonder Class.” Eighty percent (11 of 14 graduates) were honor students, an astonishing percentage within a single program at the University. This group rep-resented the highest scholastic achievement of any

PHYSICS-OPTOMETRY

In the fall of 1923, Berkeley Optometry offered its first classes. The fledgling program was, however, a poor relation to well-established University departments, and it had much to prove. Optometry was not an independent department or school, nor even a division within a home department—it was merely a two-year curriculum for junior and senior undergraduates. Initially, students graduated with a BS degree in Physics and a Certificate in Optometry; in 1929, the major was revised to Physics-Optometry. The program was thus a curious hybrid of physics courses and practical/theoretical optometry, making it vulnerable to criticism from skeptics among faculty and administrators across the cam-pus. To put it bluntly, people were watching, and some were all too eager to see the experiment fail.

The Department of Physics was an ambivalent host who con-sidered optometry’s occupation of rooms in Le Conte Hall to be, at best, a temporary expedient. It would tolerate the intrusion only as long as space was available. In the meantime, it expected optometry students to hold up their end of the bargain by taking all the required physics courses and performing, on average, at the same level as physics majors. None of these conditions were met, and despite parallel expan-sion of the physics and optometry programs and the growing need for more space, another quarter century would pass before the interlop-ers found lodgings in a separate building.

RALPH MINOR’S TENURE AND LEGACY

Berkeley Optometry began when the University appointed Ralph Minor in 1923 as “Professor of Physics in charge of Optometry.” Minor’s chal-lenge was to transform what amounted to an experiment in professional instruction into an independent school of optometry. Undergradu-ates had to complete the curriculum, pass the state

Ralph S. Minor (1876–1961)First Dean of Berkeley Optometry

Clinical rooms on the third floor of Le Conte Hall in the 1930s. Nine refracting rooms were equipped through gifts of apparatus and machinery made by individuals and organizations.

(L) Clinic room with complete American Optical Company unit and, at the left, the Ferree-Rand Perimeter; (R) Clinic room equipped with Bausch and Lomb Ophthalmological Unit

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class during the first 10 years of the program. Minor and others frequently cited the “Wonder Class” as evidence of bona fide schol-arship among its graduates, which boosted the effort to expand the program and gain independence. Included among these graduates was Meredith W. Morgan Jr., destined to become the third dean of Berkeley Optometry.

DEVELOPING THE FACULTY AND CURRICULUM

From the beginning, Ralph Minor displayed a talent for recruit-ing excellent faculty. Frederick Mason (1886–1954) was the first, accepting a position as full-time instructor in 1924. (Schneider continued his private practice in downtown Berkeley and thus lec-tured part-time.) The irascible Mason became an outstanding fig-ure in the history of Berkeley Optometry, notable for introducing high standards of scholarship and advancing professional devel-opment. A taskmaster who was as demanding of himself as of others, Mason had a significant and enduring impact on an entire generation of optometry students. Minor also established Berke-ley Optometry’s first instructional alliance with medicine when he appointed Milton Shutes, MD, as a lecturer in ocular pathology. Others would follow, particularly Marshall Atkinson (’40, MD UCSF ’46), who resisted sustained criti-cism and threats of sanctions from organized medicine. (Atkinson had committed the unpardonable sin of teaching ocular pathology in an optometry school.) He remained undeterred, believing that medicine should cooperate with optometry for the benefit of public health.

Minor worked continually on curriculum development, gradu-ally toning down the emphasis on mathematics and physics (much to the displeasure of the physics

department) while introducing more instruction and training in the physiological and pathological aspects of vision. He also oversaw the re-equipping of refracting rooms and the optics laboratory, as the number of patients receiving eye-care services increased.

The research component, too, needed expansion and guid-ance in order to produce vision science investigations that Uni-versity faculty and administrators, optometrists, and the public could appreciate and support. Physiological optics became a primary focus. As he was nearing retirement, Minor would rely increasingly on Kenneth Stoddard (PhD Stanford University, OD Berkeley Optometry ’36), who by June 1938 had left private clinical practice to join the optometry faculty. Minor admired the energetic direction provided by Stoddard, who succeeded Minor as dean in 1946, the inaugural year for the Graduate Program in Physiological Optics (now called Vision Science).

ALUMNI AND STUDENTS

Optometry alumni and student associations were also launched during Minor’s tenure. The Optometry Alumni Association of the University

of California began in 1926 as a small, loosely knit group holding educa-tional meetings in Le Conte Hall. Angus McLeod ’25, from the first graduating class, and Albert Reinke ’26 were instrumental in establish-ing the association and making it a more formal organization by writ-ing its first by-laws in 1931.

The student association was closely allied with the Omega Delta National Fraternity of Optome-trists until 1941, when they drafted the first constitution for the Asso-ciated Optometry Students of the University of California.

The “Wonder Class” of 1934. (L to R, front row): Prof. Ralph J. Minor, Head of Curriculum; Edward I. Goodlaw; King C. Louie; Audra Mae Booth; Chauncey M. Smith; and Halley E.

Stephenson; (middle row): Walter A. Robinson; U. Sinclair Ives; Meredith W. Morgan Jr.; Harold A. Jacobsen; C. Roger Brissman; and Raymond L. Ng; (top row): Frederick L. Mason (Lecturer

in Optometry); Herbert S. Player; George H. Voorhies; and Robert D. Newton [not pictured: Harold W. Tower).

Frederick Mason (left) speaking with Ralph Minor at the Berkeley Optometry

Commencement in May 1936, the same year in which Mason published his

influential textbook Principles of Optometry.

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INDEPENDENCE

On July 1, 1941, the Regents finally approved an independent “School of Optometry” (although it was still housed in the phys ics building). Minor was named its first Director (he would become the first Dean in 1945, one year before his retirement).

Now that the program had evolved into a professional school, Minor continued to work for the funding of a new building. On November 16, 1939, he and Thomas Peters (1886–1956; president of the California State Association of Optometrists, 1938–40) wrote a report providing the association membership with a cogent summary of events leading up to an independent school of optometry and the possibility of a new optometry build-ing. California optometrists, as they had in 1923, responded enthusiasti-cally, and by May 1941 they had pledged seed money totaling more than $80,000. Despite the tragedies of World War II and the ensuing economic disruptions, leaders in the state association kept their eyes on the prize, collecting the money behind the pledges during the years 1942–1946 as they waited for the opportunity to promote the new building once again.

As if the war were not enough of a diversion, the school narrowly escaped relocation when, in 1942, some UCLA alumni, aided by fac-ulty at the private Los Angeles School of Optometry (later the Southern California College of Optometry), attempted to per-suade UC president Robert G. Sproul that construction of the proposed building should be moved to the UCLA campus. Sproul was willing to accept either Berkeley or UCLA as the

new home for optometry (he seemed to prefer UCLA), but he would not decide without hearing from the California State Association of Optometrists (once again, a remarkable acknowledgment by the University of the role played by orga-nized optometry). Berkeley alumni and other sympathetic optometrists quickly rallied to protect the Berkeley site. In September 1943, the state association voted unanimously in favor of Berkeley.

In early 1947, the state legislature drafted assembly bill AB-2118 to appropriate $300,000 (to be added to the funds already raised by organized optometry) for a new optometry building. On July 8, 1947, Governor Earl Warren (1891–1974, future Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) signed the

bill. By this time, however, post-war inflation had made it unfea-sible to construct a building of sufficient size and quality for a mere $380,000. President Sproul and the Regents then provided an alternative by approving the conversion of Durant Hall into the optometry building.

More than a half century of program change and develop-ment would follow the early period of Berkeley Optometry—a story that will be told in detail in a forthcoming book.* After more than 80 years of clinical and research program develop-

ment and facilities enhancement, Berkeley Optometry—once only the dream of pioneering optometrists—stands as the premier institution of its kind, graduating the best trained optometrists in the profession and hosting a world-renowned vision science research program. ■

(L) View of the “Optometry Building” during the 25th Anniversary Celebration and Dedication on June 22, 1948. The audience (partly visible on the left) was composed of faculty,

staff, students, and members of the American Academy of Optometry (whose annual congress was held in San Francisco that year). The building, formerly called the Emergency

Classroom Building and then Durant Hall, would undergo five years of interior remodeling before Berkeley Optometry enjoyed full occupancy. It was rededicated as Ralph S. Minor

Hall in 1970.

Students conducting visual function studies in the physiological optics

laboratory in Le Conte Hall, circa late 1940s–early 1950s, using haploscopes

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*This text has been excerpted and adapted from John Fiorillo’s forthcoming Berkeley Optometry—A History.

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DORA SZTIPANOVITS Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1980, Dora Sztipanovits moved to the U.S. at the age of three, after her father received a visiting professorship at Vanderbilt University. Not able to visit their former home until 1989, the family has returned every other sum-mer since then. Dora grew up bilingual; her close ties to Hungary, her language, and her frequent trips there created a lasting bond with her culture.

In 2002 Dora graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BS in biomedical engineering. She then obtained a master’s degree in the same field at Vanderbilt University. Her interest in optometry stemmed from her back-ground in biomedical engineering, specifically in the area of orbital naviga-tion systems. During graduate school, she discovered an interest in vision and more importantly, a desire to work in direct patient care. She is honored to be one of the recipients of The Dr. John R. and Norma M. Austin Optometry Student Support Fund, which is given to students who demonstrate a high level of academic distinction.

Introduced to a number of specialties at Berkeley Optometry, Dora decided to delve into ocular disease. During her internship at the Omni Eye Center in Atlanta, she was exposed to pre and post-operative care, witnessed multiple cataract extractions, and assisted in the management of ocular diseases. In 2008–2009 she will be doing a residency in ocular and refractive surgery in Nashville. Her goal is to obtain more experience in a variety of refractive and ocular surgery procedures so that she can offer proper pre and post-operative care independently in the future. Optometry has vast potential for growth in surgical co-management, and she looks forward to bringing her knowledge and skills to this area.

Dora’s research focused on the development of an orbital endoscopic system to deliver neuro-protective agents to the optic nerve. Optic neuropathies are hard to treat due to the difficulty reaching the optic nerve in the tight neurovascular environment of the orbit. By combining an orbital endoscope with a flexible electromagnetic tracking system, it is possible to quickly and accurately locate the optic nerve. Her project focused on assessing the accuracy of such a tracked endoscopic system as well as implementing it in phantom and animal models.

ALVARO CASTILLO

Alvaro was born in Nicaragua, but his family moved to the United States when he was one year old to escape the political turmoil in Nicaragua. After Alvaro completed high school in Florida, he moved with his family to Fresno, where his father had gotten a job. Interested in healthcare but not yet decided on a specific career, Alvaro spent a couple of months looking for a job. During this time he found he needed to see an optometrist,

where he overheard a conversation among the office staff about hiring someone for data entry. He applied for the position and was hired. He found

working at a small office to be a great way to learn about optometry, and he decided to become an optometrist. With an undergraduate scholarship in hand, Alvaro returned to Florida for college before being accepted into Berkeley Optometry, where he could be close to family again.

Now in his final year at Berkeley Optometry, Alvaro has discovered a pas-sion for community service. At Berkeley Optometry, Alvaro learned about Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), and he saw that VOSH went to countries like Nicaragua to provide vision services to the indigent. Alvaro found a genuine desire to help the people of Nicaragua, and in VOSH he found the perfect vehicle. His participation in VOSH, with two trips to Nicaragua and one to the Dominican Republic, led him to become even more active in school and the community. He has served as president of VOSH at Berkeley Optometry, and he has been honored to receive the Thomas B. Hewitt Volunteer Public Service grant. Alvaro believes that his volunteer experiences at Berkeley Optometry have given him skills that can benefit his community both locally and worldwide. His current plans are to pursue private practice, but Alvaro always intends to remain active with VOSH.

PATTY OH

Patty grew up in Seattle in the pre-Starbucks/Microsoft/Nirvana era. More hippy than trendy, she went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon to get her bachelor’s degree in biol-ogy. She then continued southward to the Bay Area, where she worked as a research assis-tant at UCSF and UC Berkeley. At Stanford University Patty earned her MS in biology, but then she decided to make a career switch. Unsure where her future lay, she worked a few

years in the high-tech industry and then lived in Brazil for two years. She then decided to move back to the Bay Area to pursue optometry.

Believing it is important to take time from studies or work to participate in the community, Patty continues to be active in public service. In her first year at Berkeley Optometry she served as the Class of 2010 Philanthropy Chair, helping to organize and recruit students for numerous philanthropic activities, including nine vision screenings. As a second-year student, Patty was the school’s Bay Area Optometric Council Representative, serv-ing to bridge the local optometric professional societies with Berkeley Optometry. Since the professional societies have a large philanthropic component, many of her responsibilities extended to community vision screenings. During her first two years of optometry school, Patty volun-teered at diabetes health fairs, children’s health fairs, senior citizen vision screenings, Latino health screenings, Special Olympics exams, and vision services for the indigent. In January 2007 she traveled to Palau as part of the Volunteers of Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH) program. There she and other students examined nearly a thousand Palauans and distrib-uted hundreds of pairs of glasses.

Patty feels fortunate to have found a career that values public service. Her public service activity and academic achievement have resulted in several awards: the 2006–2007 UCBSO Student Leadership and Service Grant, the 2007 Summer NEI T35 Research Grant, the 2008 Great Western Council of Optometry Scholarship, and the 2008 Raymond L. Eng Family Professional Student Support Award.



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Associate Professor Austin Roorda joined the Berkeley Optometry and Vision Science faculty in January 2005. His innovative applications of modern optics to the study of the human visual system have the potential of improving the diagnosis and understanding of ocular disease and dysfunction. Shown here, Dr. Roorda is at work on the adaptive-optics scanning laser opthal-moscope (AOSLO), which can record video with cellular-level resolution in living human eyes.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF RETINAL IMAGING

After one year of training, optometry students will learn that the optical principles behind ophthalmoscopy are quite simple. In fact, the optics of the eye were well described by Kepler in the 1600s. A series of technical insights involving a partially silvered mirror and a properly directed light source led to the invention of the direct ophthalmoscope by Helmholtz in 1850. Since then, ophthalmoscopy has improved by employing better ways to get illumination into the eye and to properly capture the light exiting the eye. The development of photography and the electronic flash lamp, for example, represented major advances.

One of the most significant developments in ophthalmoscopy was the invention of the scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO). This is a special-ized version of a scanning laser microscope, which builds an image by recording the scattered light from a focused spot as it is scanned across the region of interest. The only difference between a microscope and an ophthalmoscope is that in a microscope, one uses a high-quality objec-tive and can look at whatever sample is placed on the microscope stage, whereas in an SLO, the optics of the eye serve as the objective lens and the retina is always the sample.

Having the optics of the eye serve as the objective lens in an SLO imposes a major limit on performance. High-quality microscope objec-tive lenses are well designed for one specific task—that of focusing light to a small spot. The optics of the eye, however, are designed for a multi-tude of tasks, including wide-angle viewing, dynamic focusing (accom-modation), operating in a variety of lighting conditions, and lasting the lifetime of the person using it. As such, the eye rivals any manufactured imaging system in functionality; but when it comes to pure image qual-ity, it leaves a lot of room for improvement.

The primary limits to image quality in the eye imposed by defocus and astigmatism are relatively easy to overcome. Spectacles have been used for centuries, contact lenses in the last 50 years, and more recently, cor-neal reshaping has been accomplished using lasers. But there are imper-fections in the eye that are not correctable with conventional methods. In optometric lingo, such eyes have been classified as having irregular

astigmatism, but this term is rapidly being replaced by high-order aberrations, which can be quickly and accurately measured using a host of commercially available devices called wavefront sensors. No sooner had wavefront sensors become available to measure these high-order aberrations than efforts were underway to correct for them. Wavefront-guided refractive surgery, for example, uses aberration measurements to generate a custom correction that will not only relieve your need for glasses but also give you sharper vision. You can even purchase spectacle lenses that will correct your high-order aberrations.

In the Ophthalmic and Visual Optics Lab at Berkeley Optometry, we employ a technique called adaptive optics, or AO, to correct for high-order aberrations. Our correction is done on a bench-top, so it is not portable, but it does enable us to test vision with images that are sharper than the patient has ever experienced in their lifetime. Moreover, it allows us to see inside the eye with a resolution that is unprecedented.

ADAPTIVE OPTICS: FROM THE TELESCOPE TO THE OPHTHALMOSCOPE

AO was developed by astronomers, who were faced with blurry images of distant objects caused by turbulence in the earth’s atmosphere (the twinkling-star phenomenon). To overcome the problem, they developed ways to measure the effects of the turbulence and invented deformable mirrors to correct for them. Today, most major telescopes employ some type of AO system and, as a result, large ground-based telescopes can take pictures with resolutions rivaling that of the Hubble Space Telescope.

These technical developments by astronomers set the stage for vision scientists to attempt the same. In 1996, David Williams, Donald Miller, and Junzhong Liang completed the world’s first adaptive-optics ophthal-moscope. They showed the first extensive mosaics of cone photorecep-tors ever taken from living eyes.

After completing a PhD at the University of Waterloo (where I had been frustrated in my attempts to take high-resolution images with a modified SLO), I had the opportunity to work with the AO ophthalmo-scope at the University of Rochester. By 1998, we managed to map the trichromatic cone mosaic, representing the first major scientific outcome

NEW VIEWS OF THE HUMAN RETINABY AUSTIN ROORDA, PHD


Three optical sections of a human

retina. (A) shows the photoreceptor

mosaic. Focusing up (B) reveals the

blood vessels and (C) the nerve fibers

that run across the retinal surface.

of this new technology. However, that ophthalmoscope had limitations in image frame rate as well as image contrast that scanning laser methods could potentially overcome. So I spent three years at the University of Houston developing the adaptive-optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope, or AOSLO. Completed in 2001, the AOSLO could record real-time videos of the living retina on a microscopic scale. The real-time aspect allowed us to see single leukocytes coursing through the smallest retinal capillaries and track the motion of the eye better than any other device. Moreover, the AOSLO was confocal, making optical sectioning of the retina possible.

A NEW WAY TO SEE EYE DISEASE

By offering microscopic views of the inside of the eye, AO imaging is driving a paradigm shift in how ophthalmoscopy is used for clinical and basic science. In collaboration with Jacque Duncan, an ophthalmologist from UC San Francisco, we have been measuring the structural proper-ties of patients with a variety of retinal degenerations. Little is known about how many of these diseases progress on a cellular scale. In fact, the tissue structure of some conditions, such as NARP (neuropathy, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa) has never been studied. Seeing these cells in living eyes, therefore, can shed new light on how these diseases progress.

In an era where our understanding of the genetic basis of eye disease is blossoming, AO imaging will be useful in determining the complex ways in which these mutations affect the retina. Furthermore, knowledge of the molecular underpinnings of these diseases is beginning to generate novel therapies, and AO imaging represents possibly the most sensitive technology to measure their outcomes. Without sensitive outcome mea-sures, the development of therapies is hampered. Dry AMD, for example, progresses so slowly that the amount of time and money required to determine whether a drug is effective is prohibitive for drug companies. Sensitive, cellular-level imaging biomarkers for the disease have the potential to reduce the time and cost significantly.

THE FUTURE

The potential applications of AO are far-reaching, as any ophthalmic imag-ing modality can benefit. Some labs are already working on incorporating AO into OCT systems. As the technology matures, costs will fall and AO may become part of routine clinical practice. Your standard retinal camera, for example, might use a basic AO system to quickly correct for defocus and astigmatism. Your phoropter may eventually employ an AO system with a built-in autorefractor to replace the myriad of lenses they current use. Not only could the AO phoropter converge quickly to the desired refractive correction, but the AO system could demonstrate what vision would be like if high-order aberration were corrected. You could also have patients preview multifocal or progressive-addition lens designs.

At the other end of the spectrum, new developments in AO will also facilitate the most advanced ophthalmic imaging systems. Already, researchers are using AO with autofluorescent imaging as well as extrin-sic fluorescent dyes to help visualize otherwise invisible cells in the ret-ina, like ganglion cells. By offering microscopic access to the retina, AO systems will be used not only to image the anatomy but also to measure functional properties of the cells that we see.

In the Ophthalmic and Visual Optics Lab we continue to work in both directions, from the most applied to the most advanced appli-cations, and Cal is the best place to develop and use this technology. Berkeley Optometry leads the way in basic and clinical vision research and offers access to the best researchers in other disciplines, both on campus and in the Bay Area. ■

Optical Researcher Yuhua Zhang and Associate Professor Austin Roorda standing beside

AOSLO generation II. The AO system employs a compact micro-electro-mechanical

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The image spans 1.2 degrees (~0.36 microns) in a region about 300 microns from the

foveal center (located up and to the left of the image). The left image is without adap-

tive optics. The right image is taken after AO is turned on. The image is brighter and has

higher contrast and improved resolution, revealing the array of cone photoreceptors

in the eye.

faculty research

Educated in Australia, Professor

Wildsoet joined Berkeley Optometry

in 2000. Professor Wildsoet teaches

systemic and ocular pharmacology as

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Myopia, or short-sightedness, while not a modern disease, is now present in epidemic levels in Asia—over 90% in some university student populations. In the U.S. in 1999, spec-

tacles, contact lenses, and doctor visits accounted for $8.4 billion/year, and LASIK surgery another $2.1 billion/year in healthcare costs. Spec-tacles alone cost $15 billion in 2002, with over 150 million Americans using corrective lenses to compensate for refractive errors.

Myopia is a leading cause of blindness. Although there is general agreement that human myopia is mainly due to excessive elonga-tion of the eye, the causes of that elongation are poorly understood. Genetic factors likely play a role, but myopia’s increasing prevalence suggests environmental factors may also contribute. This notion is not new. In Juler’s 1904 Handbook of Ophthalmic Science and Practice, there is a section devoted to the treatment of progressive myopia: “All work must be stopped,” he advised, “No reading or writing is to be permitted.” Other equally impractical recommendations followed. But the urgency of Juler’s concern is understandable, because progressive myopia can lead to sight-threatening staphylomas, or scleral bulges.

The Wildsoet Lab studies refractive development, particularly myo-pia. We are a multidisciplinary team—clinician researchers, molecu-lar biologists, bioengineers, and optical engineers—working toward new understandings and therapies for this old problem. We perform human studies to learn more about the problem, and we use animal models, cell cultures, and molecular biological techniques to investi-gate the mechanisms underlying myopia and test potential therapies. To supplement our approaches and anchor us to real-world problems, we collaborate with other research laboratories as well as with clini-cal and industrial researchers. Our collaborators include researchers from the Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, where refractive surgery (radial keratotomy) originated. Our lab also partici-pates in the NEI-funded Summer Research Training program for OD

students and UC Berkeley’s Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program, providing mentors for future clinicians and scientists.

Animal studies have taught us a great deal about how refractive errors are regulated during development in the process known as emmetropiza-tion. From chicks, we learned that young eyes grow in response to their visual environment. When spectacles lenses are fitted to chicks to impose refractive errors, their eyes adjust their growth to compensate. Amazingly, their eyes can distinguish hyperopia (where the eye is too short for its optical power) from myopia (where the eye is too long) and increase or decrease eye growth appropriately. We also learned that eye growth is regu-lated within the eye—the brain is not needed, although the nature of the visual information is critically important. These observations have rein-vigorated myopia research, raising many questions about how eyes decode defocus and the signal pathways underlying eye-growth regulation.

Our lab is currently using chick and guinea pig models, in vitro cell and tissue models, and human subjects to study fundamental questions such as these:

• What aspects of visual experience influence the development of myopia?

• How are growth signals relayed from the retina (where image defo-cus is detected) to the sclera (which grows to correct defocus)?

• Can myopic growth be inhibited pharmacologically or with engi-neered tissue scaffolds?

• What are the roles of optical aberrations, accommodation anom-alies, and peripheral refractive errors in myopia development, and can they be manipulated optically to control myopia?

• Does myopia affect retinal structure and gene expression in ways that predict myopia-related pathologies?

We have three on-going current projects of particular interest, described on the next page.

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CAN CONTACT LENSES CONTROL MYOPIA PROGRESSION?

An unexpected but potentially important result from our animal studies was that bifocal spectacle lenses are able to slow eye growth. It was therefore fascinating to learn that Berkeley Optometry alumnus Thomas Aller (OD ’83) had noted in his clinical practice a slowing of myopia progression with bifocal soft contact lenses. Similar to chicks reared with our special “multizone” spectacle lenses, myopic children wearing concentric bifocal contact lenses showed little or no increase in their eye length, whereas children wearing standard soft contact lenses showed the familiar pattern of progression. We are currently testing optimized lens designs in chicks and guinea pigs. Accommodation (near focusing abil-ity) and peripheral (as opposed to central or foveal) refractive errors are thought to be involved in myopia progression, so in separate studies, we are testing the effects of bifocal contact lenses on these factors. Disentangling such multiple mechanisms is a major research challenge. Clinician scientists Janice Tarrant, MS, OD, and Maria Liu, MD, OD, are directing these studies. They are also studying orthokeratology (ortho-K), which uses rigid contact lenses worn overnight to flatten the cornea. There are intriguing parallels between ortho-K effects and those of bifocal soft contact lenses, not least of which is that ortho-K slows eye growth.

GENES AND RETINAL PATHOLOGY IN MYOPES

In our animal studies, we discovered that the gene for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a target of therapy for age-related macular degeneration, shows increased expression in myopic eyes. This result provides a possible explanation for the connection between myopia and retinal pathology. VEGF gained notoriety as a mediator of retinal neovascularization and is the target of two drugs (Macugen and Lucentis) now widely used to treat age-related macular degeneration. We also found the expres-sion of the receptor for insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) to be increased in myopia. Insulin and related growth factors are better

known for their role in regulating blood glucose. Our result fits with their additional growth modulatory roles, and leaves open the question of whether myopia is a product of insulin resistance, like Type 2 diabetes, as others have speculated. We plan to target IGF-1 in research into drugs for controlling myopia progression. This work involves a team of researchers led by Professor Wildsoet, and including scientist Zhan Zhang, PhD, Vision Science graduate stu-dent Yan Zhang, MD, and optometry student Thien Nguyen, BA.

USING TISSUE ENGINEERING TO STRENGTHEN THE MYOPIC SCLERA

We are also engineering new materials to reinforce eyes damaged by high myopia. The weakened scleras of highly myopic eyes can become unstable and develop bulges called staphylomas, with seri-ous visual consequences. Surgical reinforcement with cadaveric tissue is the only available treatment. We are making and testing injectable hydrogel polymers that stiffen after implantation. These can then be used as tissue scaffolds to facilitate cell attachment, migration, and proliferation, and also as vehicles for drug deliv-ery directly to the sclera. Similar to the materials used in contact lenses, they are well tolerated by the body. Bioengineer James Su is leading this project, and bioengineer Prema O’Brien is developing a bioreactor to screen drugs for their anti-myopia potential.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS ARE THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS

Our multidisciplinary, translational research relies on the expertise of many collaborators: Professors Kevin Healy and Song Li from the Bioengineering Department at the University of California, Berke-ley; Brian Ward, MD, a Los Altos–based retinal surgeon involved in scleral support surgery; Thomas Aller, OD, a San Bruno–based optometrist; Jie Song, PhD, from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (formerly of the Molecular Foundry); Brad Boyce, PhD, and Reese Jones, PhD, of Sandia Laboratories; Vicki Nguyen, PhD, from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Johns Hop-kins University; Sally McFadden, PhD, of the School of Psychol-ogy of the University of Newcastle, Australia; Elena Tarruta, MD, and Elena Iomdina, PhD, from the Moscow Helmholtz Research Institute of Eye Diseases, Russia; and Likun Ai, MD, of the Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, China. ■


Animal studies use form deprivation, as shown, or negative lenses

(hyperopic defocus) to induce myopia, and positive lenses (myopic

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THE BIRTH OF THE CRC

The private sector has long had a keen interest in opportuni-ties to collaborate with Berkeley Optometry’s world-class research faculty. Indeed, industry has funded a variety of

studies in our faculty’s research laboratories. Some of these inves-tigations have produced significant results, leading to important discoveries in both fundamental and applied science. Until the spring of 2004, however, Berkeley Optometry did not have an independent research center capable of accommodating a wide array of industry sponsored, patient-based clinical trials and prod-uct development studies. Consequently, the school had to decline most industry proposals for patient-based investigations because of insufficient space and personnel within its individual basic sci-ence laboratories.

All this changed on April 15, 2004, when Berkeley Optom-etry established the University of California, Berkeley, Clinical Research Center (CRC). The CRC’s initial objective was to bridge the gap between clinical and basic science research through indus-try driven, patient-based research known as translational research.

Dean Dennis Levi and former Associate Dean Suzanne Fleiszig selected Meng C. Lin as director of the CRC. As both a clinician and research scientist, Dr. Lin was extremely well qualified to lead the CRC. She had earned her OD degree from The Ohio State Uni-versity School of Optometry in 1996 and a PhD in Vision Science from Berkeley Optometry in 2002. She first conducted patient-based research during a residency in advanced contact lens and ocular diseases at the University of Alabama School of Optometry (1996–97). Dr. Lin accepted a position as a post-doctoral research fellow at Berkeley Optometry (1997–99) and entered the Vision Science graduate program in 1999. She was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor in 2001 and Senior Research Optometrist in 2002 before accepting the directorship of the CRC. Dr. Lin was

intrigued by the challenge of establishing a clinical research center

that could accommodate a broad spectrum of research with direct

applications to improved patient care.

Given very modest startup funds (helped in part by the Sarver

Foundation and CIBA Vision), Dr. Lin recruited an expert research

staff and simultaneously searched for funds to pay their salaries

for the long term. She developed project proposals whose study

designs were guided by her knowledge of industry needs as well

as her desire to answer questions about ocular surface response

to contact lenses. As Dr. Lin’s expertise was focused on the effects

of contact lenses on tear film and corneal physiology, she sent

her first research proposals to contact lens companies eager to

find ways to improve contact lens products and lens care. Within

months, industry responded enthusiastically to her proposals, and

the CRC bloomed from one person with a dream to a research

team that today numbers 20. The acquisition of fully equipped,

state-of-the-art imaging systems with automated data-manage-

ment software followed a similar trajectory. With these, the CRC is

able to complete 45–60 patient visits per day and promptly com-

plete data management and analysis, efficiency that is attractive to

R&D divisions in biomedical device companies.

Despite the eager response from the private sector, changes in

University procedure were necessary for the CRC to respond with

the procedural agility and speed required by industry. Dr. Lin

negotiated with the assistant vice chancellor of research, as well

as with representatives of Extramural Funds Accounting and the

Industry Alliance Office, to establish practical and efficient meth-

ods for collaborating with the private sector. The new procedures

represent a critical and sustaining achievement for the CRC and

Berkeley Optometry.

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RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE CRC

The CRC’s diverse research studies have been interrelated and share the ultimate goal of improving the safety and comfort of contact lens wear. They feature interdisciplinary methodologies that make use of epidemiology, advanced statistical analyses, cutting-edge laboratory techniques, and clinical knowledge and skills.

SOFT LENS SURFACE PROPERTIES AND DEPOSITS

The relationship between lens surface properties and lens perfor-mance in the eye has long fascinated Dr. Lin. In the winter of 2004, Dr. Lin initiated joint studies between the CRC and UC Berkeley’s Chemical Engineering Department to understand the effect of wetting agents and the thickness and stability of the pre-lens tear film on lens wearing comfort. Dr. Lin veri-fied that wetting agents do not have a uniform effect across different lens materials. Rather weak correlation was also found between laboratory findings (e.g., in vitro and ex vivoadvancing contact angles of a buffered saline on pristine and worn contact lens surfaces), clinical results (e.g., in vivo lens surface quality and tear film stability testing), and subjective lens wearing comfort—a triad of investigations exemplifying translational research. These findings produced a new direc-tion of research on lens-induced dry eye among soft lens wear-ers, who experience different degrees of symptom relief when using various lens care products. Preliminary data show that protein removal efficacy differs significantly among lens care regi-mens. This finding suggests a number of possible interventions for treating the deposits that cause ocular reactions to lens wear. In May 2007, Dr. Lin began a series of very promising projects with Tatyana Svitova, PhD, the first chemist employed by the center, to develop methodologies for analyzing lipid and protein deposits on worn soft contact lenses. They are also studying the interfacial phenomena in tear film, that is, protein and lipid interactions at the tear film/air interface and the role of these tear constituents in providing overall tear film stability.

CORNEAL EPITHELIAL BARRIER FUNCTION AND CONTACT LENS WEAR

Clinicians remain concerned that hypoxia (insufficient oxygen lev-els) during overnight contact lens wear may compromise corneal epithelial integrity. Researchers once believed that improvements in oxygen transmissibility of lens materials would neutralize the threat of hypoxia during overnight lens wear. Dr. Lin designed a clinical trial to test this assumption. The results indicate that even with newly developed oxygen-transmissible lenses, the integrity of the corneal epithelial barrier can be greatly compromised. As the corneal epithelium recovers much faster with rigid than with soft lenses, Dr. Lin is currently examining whether irrigation with unpreserved saline solution upon awakening might enhance post-lens tear mixing under a soft lens, thereby speeding up the recovery process. Concurrently, Dr. Lin is also conducting a longitudinal trial to understand the relationship between corneal epithelial barrier function and lens wear duration.

THE ETHNICITY FACTOR

Dr. Lin’s patient-based investigations include studies in ethnicity effects on corneal response to contact lens wear. She discovered that fundamental differences in ocular anatomy and physiology (pri-marily in the eyelid structures) between Asian and non-Asian eyes lead to distinct ocular responses in each group. After developing a method to measure the tear film thickness between a soft contact lens and the cornea (post-lens tear film, PLTF), she confirmed that Asian PLTF is significantly thinner than that in non-Asian eyes. The combination of a thinner PLTF and tighter upper lids applies


Dr. Lin in one of the CRC’s examination rooms, housed on the first floor of Minor Hall Addition


five years of clinical experience at an HMO in Washington State, Dr. Hsiao took a one-year sabbatical to learn how to carry out small sample size clinical studies. Upcoming fellows include Thao Yeh (’07) and Bill Liu, MD, a visiting ophthalmologist from Taiwan.

For OD residents, Dr. Lin hopes to create, in collaboration with the directors of the Berkeley Optometry residency program, a patient-based research program within the CRC that culminates in a residency-master’s degree. Residents would improve their clini-cal skills while learning research methodologies, which might lead some to pursue careers in clinical research or motivate others to col-laborate in clinical trials while running their own private optometric practices.

The CRC offers optometry students the opportunity to be directly involved in clinical studies, learning firsthand how small and large-scale studies are conducted, how patient recruitment is accom-plished, and how data are collected. Some also have the opportunity to present research findings before annual meetings of the American Academy of Optometry and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.

THE FUTURE OF THE CRC

Although much has already been accomplished, the CRC is still in its infancy. Dr. Lin is planning to seek funding for broader research, including pharmaceuticals, ophthalmic optics, and functional vision assessment and enhancement. To accomplish this, the CRC will call upon the expertise of Berkeley Optometry’s faculty clinicians and research scientists. With sufficient funding, an expert staff, and a wealth of ideas for future investigations, there is no telling how far the CRC may go in advancing clinical research and engaging vision scientists in translational patient-based research.

Dr. Lin is grateful to the Berkeley Optometry community for its generous support, as well as to friends and alumni in the private sec-tor for their collaboration. She especially wants to acknowledge the dedication of her research team—optometrists and fellows, research-ers and scientists, professional support personnel, and undergradu-ate and OD student assistants. ■


higher shear force to the ocular surface, resulting in greater stress to the corneal epithelial cell layer. Asian eyes are thus more susceptible to micro-trauma to the corneal epithelium during lens wear. This finding is notable because changes in corneal epithelial integrity fol-lowing overnight lens wear, even with high oxygen-transmissibility lens materials, are significantly greater among Asians.

Dr. Lin found ethnicity differences played an important role in the severity and frequency of dry eye disease (DED) within a large popu-lation of contact lens wearers and nonwearers. Results suggested that Asians have much less stable pre-corneal and pre-lens tear film. Therefore, tear breakup time, a traditional cutoff for clinical assess-ment of tear film stability, may not always be an adequate parameter for Asian patients.

Dr. Lin plans to expand her research into ethnicity differences to ophthalmic treatments including overnight orthokeratology and refractive surgery. Joint research projects with basic science faculty are also on the menu. One such investigation is underway with Berkeley Optometry’s Clifton Schor, OD, PhD. Drs. Lin and Schor are investigating the ethnic and usage factors influencing the onset of presbyopia by measuring dynamic focusing ability and the optical properties of the eye.

Dr. Lin is concerned that most clinical studies in the contact lens field have ignored the effect of ethnicity and typically do not stratify into Asian and non-Asian eyes. Therefore, Dr. Lin has adopted as a guiding principle of CRC research that study populations must be ethnically diverse.

A PLACE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dr. Lin sees the CRC as a training ground for post-doctoral fellows, residents, and optometry students interested in clinical research. The center welcomes the creative thinking necessary to develop, conduct, and complete successful clinical studies. Dr. Lin has established one-year clinical research training fellowships, in which post-doctoral trainees are taught how to obtain approval from an institutional review board, design studies and methodologies, plan sample sizes, and manage and analyze data. Two recent alumni have successfully completed fellowships —Tan Truong (OD ’04) and Carol Hsiao (OD ’00). Dr. Truong had extensive experience in laboratory research but was interested in combining his clinical and research skills. After

Dr. Lin, Dr. Svitova, and Research Assistant Helen Wier, MS make final adjustments to a

captive-bubble apparatus. This device is used to measure advancing and receding con-

tact angles to evaluate solid-surface wettability. The photograph on the right shows

the optical glass chamber containing aqueous solution and an air bubble sandwiched

between the lens placed in a holder (lower part) and a bubble holder (top part) of

the device. The digital video camera transmits images to a computer, where a LabView

program analyzes images and calculates contact angles between the soft lens surface

and the air bubble moving on top of it.

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Of the school's nearly $20–million annual budget,

only $3.4 million comes from the state of California.

This has changed dramatically from earlier days,

when nearly the entire cost of education at the

University of California was supported by the state.

Research funding includes funds from private

industry, the federal government (National Institutes

of Health [NIH], Department of Defense, National

Science Foundation), the state, the University of

California, and various nonprofit organizations.

Other sources include continuing education revenue,

contract and grant overhead funds, STIP (short-

term investment pool) income on endowments, and

other miscellaneous funds.

Professional degree fees (PDF) are paid by students

and are designated by University policy as two-

thirds for the support of the school and one-third

for student awards. Note that no tuition comes

directly to Berkeley Optometry, as tuition goes to

the Graduate Division of the University.

General funds are funds provided by the state.

Berkeley Optometry receives state funds only for

salaries paid to ladder-rank faculty.

Student support includes funds provided to students

in the form of awards from training grants and paid

positions (research, teaching, and work-study).

Faculty salaries and benefits includes payments for

research, clinical faculty, and other academic titles.

Berkeley Optometry Fund Sources

Fiscal Year 2007–08*

Berkeley Optometry Expenditures

Fiscal Year 2007–08*

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*Estimated—year-end amounts were not finalized at press time.

LU CHEN, MD, PHDLu Chen joined UC Berkeley’s Vision Science graduate program and School of Optometry in fall 2007 as a profes-sor of eye disease and development, where she holds the Morton D. Sarver Endowed Chair. Dr. Chen is also an adjunct faculty member at the Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Chen received her MD and ophthalmology residency training from top programs in China and often served as a translator for foreign visiting scholars during their lectures and surgeries.

Dr. Chen came to the U.S. to pursue her PhD degree in ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Louisville and the Kentucky Lions Eye Research Center. She did her postdoctoral training at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, first as an NIH/NEI-sponsored trainee in the Molecular Bases of Eye Diseases program and later as a recipient of an individual NIH/NRSA fellowship. This was followed by promotions to junior fac-ulty positions at both the Schepens Eye Research Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Chen’s research activities have focused on molecular and cellular mechanisms of ocular inflammation and immunity. In recent years, she has employed unique corneal models to study molecular regulation of lymphatic vessel development and its application to inflammation and transplantation immunity. Corneal lymphatic studies have broad implica-tions—the lymphatic network penetrates most tissues in the body, and its dysfunctions have been found in a wide array of diseases including cancer metastasis, diabetes, delayed wound healing, and lymphedema, among many others. Dr. Chen has presented her results at a number of national and international conferences. Her scientific breakthroughs have been published in high-impact journals, including Nature Medicine. In her spare time, Dr. Chen enjoys travel, reading, writing, music, and cooking.

XIAOHUA GONG, PHD Xiaohua Gong is an associate professor at Berkeley Optometry’s Vision Science pro-gram. He teaches anatomy and physiol-ogy of the eye and the molecular basis of vertebrate eye development and related diseases. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate research programs on the campus.

Born in China in 1964, Xiaohua received a BA in pharmacy at the former Shanghai

Medical University (renamed the School of Pharmacy at Fudan University) in 1983. After graduation, he worked as a teaching and research assis-tant in pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism at Shanghai Medical University. He received his MS in molecular genetics at Shanghai Medical University in 1989.

In 1990 Xiaohua went to Boston University as a visiting fellow, later mov-ing with his lab to the Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH, Harvard Medical School. In 1997 he received his PhD in macromolecular and

cellular structure and chemistry at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla. Xiaohua did a one-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Diego. At the end of 1998, Xiaohua joined the Department of Cell Biology at The Scripps Research Institute as an assistant professor. In 2000, he received a five-year R01 grant from the National Eye Institute to study the signaling pathways in the lens. In 2002, he received a second R01 grant to study the genetic models for cataractogenesis and was also a co-investigator of a vision science core grant funded by the NEI.

Since joining Berkeley Optometry in 2003, Xiaohua has served as instructor, admission chair of the Vision Science graduate program, member of the graduate advisory committee, faculty member of the chancellor-regents scholar program, and faculty member of the School of Optometry admissions committee.

Xiaohua’s primary research areas are lens development and cataract formation, and retinal development and degeneration. He has published a number of papers in top-tier peer reviewed scientific journals. His long-term research goal is to understand the basic mechanisms of eye development and disease and to develop new intervention methods to either delay or prevent aging and disease-related vision loss.

He lives in Moraga with his wife and their three boys and enjoys sports, music, and outdoor activities.

BRUNO OLSHAUSEN, MS, PHDBruno Olshausen received his BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1986 and 1987, and his PhD in computation and neural systems from the California Institute of Technology in 1994. He did his postdoctoral work in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University from 1994–1996, and he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Biological and Computational

Learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1996. He joined the faculty at the University of California, Davis in the fall of 1996, and in 2005 moved to UC Berkeley, where he is currently associate professor of neuroscience and optometry. He also directs the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, a multidisciplinary group that is developing mathematical and computational models of brain function.

Olshausen’s research focuses on understanding the information pro-cessing strategies employed by the visual system for tasks such as object recognition and scene analysis. Computer scientists have long sought to emulate the abilities of biological vision systems in digital computers, but achieving performance anywhere close to that level has proven elusive. Olshausen is studying the response properties of neurons in the brain and attempting to construct mathematical models that can describe what neurons are doing in terms of a functional theory of vision. He aims not only to advance our understanding of the brain but also to devise new algorithms for image analysis and recognition based on how brains work. This work is highly interdisciplinary in nature, so Olshausen advises PhD students from a wide variety of graduate programs, including vision sci-ence, neuroscience, biophysics, and engineering.

Olshausen is also co-founder of IQ Engines, a startup company that is developing novel algorithms for mobile image search. He lives in San Francisco with his partner, Raul Gorospe, and when not in the lab can be found playing piano, hiking, or sailing on the bay.

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KARSTEN GRONERT, PHDKarsten Gronert joined the Vision Science graduate program at Berkeley Optometry as acting associate professor in fall 2007 and was appointed to the Solon M. and Pearl A. Braff Chair in Clinical Optometric Science in January 2008. In addition to mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, he is the co-instructor for the systemic and ocular pharmacology courses for the OD program. His NEI-sponsored

research is focused on defining the role of lipid signals in inflammatory/immune responses of the eye and developing therapeutic approaches to limit the consequence and progression of ocular injury and diseases.

Born in Germany in 1965, Karsten received his BS in biology with a minor in chemistry in 1987, and his MS in biology in 1990, from the University of Texas at El Paso. Karsten obtained his PhD in cell physiology in 1995 from New Mexico State University and then moved to Boston for postdoctoral training in inflammation and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he made seminal contributions to the area of endogenous anti-inflammatory circuits. His findings have been published in top-tier journals, including Nature Immunology, Journal

of Clinical Investigation, and Journal of Experimental Medicine. At Harvard Medical School he was promoted to instructor in 1999 and assistant profes-sor in 2002. He moved to New York Medical College in 2003, and in 2005 he was promoted to associate professor in pharmacology and ophthalmology.

Karsten is also the co-inventor on a patent application for the discovery and use of omega-3 PUFA (fish oil) derived signals as neuroprotective agents. In 2003, Karsten was awarded “Young Investigator in Inflammation” at the 8th International Conference on eicosanoids and other bioactive lipids relative to cancer, inflammation, and related diseases.

Recognized as an expert in the formation and molecular mechanism of action of lipid mediators in inflammatory diseases, Karsten serves as an ad hoc reviewer on numerous specialty journals, the National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Defense, as well as for foundations such as the Wellcome Trust and the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation. He is currently on the board of associate editors for Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators.

Karsten, his wife Jacqueline, and daughter Zoe reside in Walnut Creek and enjoy traveling, hiking, and swimming. He also enjoys herpetology as a hobby.

MICHAEL SILVER, PHD Michael Silver became involved in vision research as a graduate student at UCSF. His doctoral thesis focused on the effects of impaired vision on the development of the visual areas of the brain. This work measured changes in the density of con-nections between neurons in the visual system resulting from impaired vision. This line of research helped characterize animal models of amblyopia to better

understand the brain abnormalities associated with this disease. Following graduate school, Dr. Silver was a postdoctoral fellow at the RIKEN Institute in Wako-shi, Japan and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

in Tübingen, Germany, where he continued conducting animal research on the structure and function of visual areas in the brain.

The development of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allowed a number of research topics that had previously been limited to animal research to be studied in the human brain for the first time. Dr. Silver received training in fMRI at Stanford University and in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley before joining the Berkeley Optometry faculty in summer 2005. His research is on the neural bases of perception, attention, and learning in the human visual system. This work produced the discovery of two new brain areas, IPS1 and IPS2. Silver’s laboratory continues to study the functional connections between IPS1, IPS2, and other visual areas in order to better understand the flow of information in the visual areas of the brain.

Dr. Silver also conducts research on the medication Aricept. In addition to being prescribed to patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Aricept is a useful research tool. Studies in the Silver laboratory have shown that Aricept reduces the spatial spread of activity in some brain areas in response to a visual stimulus, increasing the spatial precision of neurons in the visual system. Patients with macular degeneration suffer from a loss of vision in the central part of their visual field. Their remaining peripheral vision has very low precision, resulting in difficulties in visual functions such as reading or recognizing facial identity. Laboratory members are currently testing whether Aricept increases spatial precision at the perceptual level and whether this can enhance visual abilities in patients with macular degeneration.

Dr. Silver lives in Berkeley with his wife Jennifer Mitchell (also a neuro-scientist) and their sons Talyn and Gryphon.

AUSTIN ROORDA, PHDAustin Roorda received his PhD in Vision Science and Physics from the University of Waterloo, Canada in 1996. In a post-doctoral appointment at the University of Rochester, he used the world’s first adaptive-optics ophthalmoscope to mea-sure the properties of human photo-receptors, which included mapping the trichromatic cone mosaic. From 1998 to 2004 he was at the University of Houston College of Optometry, where he designed

and built the adaptive-optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope (AOSLO). AOSLO systems have been replicated in many vision science labs, and Austin has licensed his patent to a company that is currently developing a commercial version of the AOSLO. He is on the executive committee of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Adaptive Optics and holds grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Foundation Fighting Blindness. He is the recipient of two major awards, the Borish Outstanding Young Researcher Award (American Academy of Optometry) and the Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award (University of Houston). In 2005, lured by the geographical, intellectual, and political climate of the Bay Area, Austin decided to move to Berkeley, along with his wife, Kate. They now reside in El Cerrito with their three-year-old daughter, Tess. Austin took on the position of chair of the Vision Science graduate program in 2008. His current research involves both clinical applications for microscopic retinal imaging and basic investigations of the structure and function of the visual system.


ALUMNI AND FRIENDS TRIP TO CHINA

We are planning a trip to China of approximately 14–17 days in October or November 2009. We anticipate that the cost would be in the range of $3,500–$4,000 per person including airfare, first-class

accommodations, entry fees, and most meals. The highlights would include as many of the following as possible: the Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, Summer Palace, Forbidden City, Three Gorges Dam, Beijing, Xian, Temple of Heaven, Shanghai, Guilin, Yangshuo, 2008 Olympic sights, Hong Kong, and a Yangtze or Li River cruise. Stay tuned and be sure we have your e-mail address for further information.

OPTOMETRIC TECHNICIAN TRAINING

Through Boston Reed College, train-ing for your optometric technicians is available at a significant discount. A 260-hour course is being offered to which our alumni can send techs to be trained for under $2,300. The

course includes everything an optometric technician needs to be competent, starting day one. The faculty for this course is from Berkeley Optometry. Boston Reed is the largest provider of allied health training nationwide. Training is scheduled for Saturdays, so technicians can work for you while they train. For more information contact Boston Reed at 800-201-1141 or online at www.BostonReedCollege.com.

FREE LEGAL SERVICE CONSULTATIONS

We are pleased to announce that we have arranged with two prominent law firms in San Francisco for free

legal consultations and reduced fees for alumni and fac-ulty who might need legal services. If you think you might need an attorney or have a quick legal question, you may call 888-392-1960 to receive a free 15-minute consultation from attorneys at Sideman & Bancroft LLP and Futterman & Dupree LLP. If more time is needed, you may choose to take the information you’ve already received to any attorney of your choice, or you may engage the attorney you just spoke with at rates discounted as much as 21%. The services

covered by the program include representation and counsel-ing in transactions and disputes commonly arising in the practice of optometry and related business matters: employ-ment/human resources issues, state board regulatory issues, commercial law, business contracts, real estate matters (including leases), professional liability, federal and state tax controversies (including tax audits), and partnership/entity formation and dissolution. If you require services in areas not covered by the program, the program attorneys may be able to refer you to appropriate professionals outside the program. Again, if you have any questions, please feel free to call 888-392-1960.

BERKELEY OPTOMETRY HISTORY PROJECT

Thanks to John Fiorillo, who has spent nearly two years working on the project, we are very close to hav-

ing a comprehensive published history of our school. The history is divided into four periods (preliminary years to 1923; 1923–1948; 1948–1978; and 1978–present). According to John, “I have browsed through more than 1,200 journals from the 1890s through the 1930s, searching for information on the early days of optometry and the negotiations between local optometrists, President Wheeler, key campus faculty, and campus officials to initiate an optometry program on campus (1907–23). It has been worth the effort!” Those who have had the privilege of reading portions of this have agreed this is a “must-have” addition to our libraries. (We have included “The Early Years of Berkeley Optometry,” a much-condensed summary, in this magazine to whet your appetite.) The expected publication date of the book is the first half of 2009.

BERKELEY OPTOMETRY ALUMNI DIRECTORY

We have just completed work on the 2008 University of California, Berkeley, School of Optometry

Alumni Directory, which provides complete and up-to-date references of all Berkeley Optometry alumni. For those who have authorized us to publish it (for alumni use only), we are including home address; names of spouse and children, if applicable; and professional information. Listings will appear under class year, geographical area, and area of prac-tice. Our goal was to make this all-new alumni publication the most comprehensive graduate reference available.


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A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPACE

Optometry at UC Berkeley had its roots in the Department of Physics in the attic and basement of LeConte Hall in 1923, where it remained for 25 years. The “Optometry Building” was dedicated in July 1948. Formerly known as Durant Hall, the building was actually erected in 1941 to house the Navy V12 program. In 1970 the building was renamed Minor Hall to honor the memory of Ralph S. Minor, the first dean of the school. Minor Addition was built in 1976, providing a substantial expansion of space and facilities. However, a number of optometry research labs were still housed in Cowell Hospital, which was demolished in 1993. Two new floors were added on top of Minor Hall in 1992 to accommodate those labs.

Since 1992 there have been two important renovations: the Eyewear Center in Minor Addition was renovated in 1995, and the 4th floor of Minor Hall was renovated in 2002. This second renovation resulted in a beautiful new library, The Pamela and Kenneth Fong Optometry & Health Sciences Library; a state-of-the-art lecture theater; a computer lab for students; and two new research laboratories.

Despite the expansion and renovations, space and infrastructure remain serious challenges to the continued success of the program. Ralph Minor would have little difficulty recognizing the ground floor of Minor Hall, which has not been updated in decades, and the space is poorly utilized. We have reached our capacity in research, teaching, and clinical space, with no room for expansion.

THE COMMUNITY HEALTH CAMPUS (CHC)

A number of early discussions were held regarding the possibility of a new community health campus on the state Department of Health Services site in Berkeley. It would have housed the School of Public Health, the School of Optometry, and portions of both the Department of Psychology and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. The CHC was envisioned as a place to bring together the fields of public health, neuroscience, psychology, optometry, and vision science to address the major health challenges of our time. However, the site is too small to accommodate all four units with the space we need to expand, there would be no wet labs, and it is unclear whether there would be parking for patients. Finally, the costs would be prohibitive.

EXPANDING WITHIN

We have revised our capital plans to expand and make better use of the space we have. Our plans involve capturing new space under the breezeway between the two buildings and using our existing space better to provide these advantages:

■ Improved access and a sense of entry to the School of Optometry and its complex’s assets

■ An enlivened exterior plaza between Minor Hall and Minor Addition■ Improved quality of space for students, faculty, and staff ■ A new staff lounge and a new student lounge■ A new flexible state-of-the-art classroom that can hold 20–70 students

A NEW SURGICAL SUITE

A key goal of the current campaign is to establish a surgical center in the Meredith W. Morgan University of California Eye Center in Minor Addition. The Berkeley Optometry Eye Surgical Center will occupy approximately 1800 square feet on the first floor of Minor Addition and will include these facilities:

■ Three pre/post-op examination rooms with private reception area■ A cutting-edge (literally) surgical suite

We anticipate that the center will be used for cataract surgery as well as other procedures, including minor retinal and eyelid surgery. It will serve as a referral center for optometrists to send their patients for their procedures and co-management. We are optimistic that this new facility will make Berkeley Optometry the leading surgery center in the area.

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Students, faculty, and alumni of Berkeley Optometry can take great pride in our school. Our students lead

the nation in National Board scores, our faculty regularly receive high honors and recognition for their research, and our alumni are leaders in the profession and the academy.

A key goal of the next fundraising campaign is to ensure that Berkeley Optometry has both the facilities and the infrastructure that we need—not only to maintain our excellence but also to continue to lead the profession in optometric education and vision research.

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42 Art Layton has been retired for 17 years in Paradise, CA. He’s

still reading the journals and playing music in the community band, and he’d love to hear from classmates ([email protected]).

51 Bernard Press was elected president and CEO of

OcumatRx, Inc. a medical device com-pany that has developed a scleral implant to treat glaucoma and ocular hypertension. This device, the COPRI, provides an alternative, cost-effective treatment in a minimally invasive surgi-cal procedure.

58 George Sanchez is still prac-ticing in Tempe and Miami, AZ.

Larry Creasey recently sold his prac-tice to Steven Rosales ’96. He contin-ues to be active in COA and AOA and presently serves as AOAPac keyper-son coordinator. In April Larry and a number of other California optom-etrists and optometry students were in Washington, D.C., discussing issues of importance to patients and optometry with members of Congress. He serves on three ministry teams at his church (a major time commitment). He and his wife, Betty, take several camping trips each year in their travel trailer. In September ’08 they’ll go on a tour of Israel, but they’ll be back in time for his 50th reunion. E-mail Larry for reunion details and to help him get all the e-mail addresses of classmates ([email protected]).

63 Charmaine M. Eng retired in 1999 from Santa Clara

Kaiser Permanente Medical Group in Optometry after 36 years. Her husband, Stephen Ngin, passed away in 2002. Charmaine has three adult children; her older son married last fall, and her daughter Serene, also an optom-etrist, married in summer ’08. Since 2000 Charmaine has traveled to Europe, India, and cruised to New England, the Caribbean, and Australia/New Zealand. She belongs to the American Association of University Women and is chairman of the Parkinson’s Patients Support Groups, Inc. Although she is almost completely retired (and enjoying every minute of it!), she still attends optometric programs.

66 Lee Goldstein is currently president of the California

State Board of Optometry. He was originally appointed in 2003 and then reappointed for a second (and final) four-year term in 2007. He is past president of the California Optometric Association (’97–’98). Lee is currently the vice chair of the Legislative Committee of the COA and involved in the SCOPE legislation process. He sold his practice in 2006 and moved to Three Rivers, CA. His wife Marcia (Cal grad ’64) and he enjoy the rural and somewhat more “wild” lifestyle, though he comes out of the hills frequently for meetings. He is also a senior volunteer in the Office of the National Chair of Volunteers of the American Red Cross and a moderator

of the ARC Chapter Chair Institute. Lee served on the National Board of Governors of the ARC from ’99 to ’05.

Don Schmidt sold his practice after 40 years and has retired to La Quinta, CA. “I may have been one of the first to completely retire, as I have not held an ophthalmoscope in almost two years. Desert life is great and I wish I had done it sooner. Best to all of you, retired or not!”

69 Abraham Bromberg obtained an MS in physiological optics

from the University of Houston in 1980. He has been a member of the American Optometric Association since 1967 and a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry since 1970 (the only fellow of Mexico now). He has been in private practice since 1970, mainly in low vision and specialty contact lens cases. He was a professor teaching physiological optics and anomolies in binocular vision at the Career of Optometry, Instituto Politecnico Nacional from 1970 to 1988 and served as dean from 1983 to 1985. He was also a professor at Career of Optometry, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico from 1997 to 1998 teaching low vision. He served as President Colegio Nacional de Optometristas 1990–1994. He wrote Vision Baja, a book for patients and relatives but also useful to ophthal-mologists and optometrists.

70 John Arvizu became a fellow of the American Academy of

Optometry in 1974. He began his profes-sional career by founding the Optometry Department at the Alviso Family Health Center in 1970. Private practice beck-oned in 1974, and he left to join Kaiser Permanente in 1989. John served on the California State Board of Optometry from 1980 to 1986. He was elected

to the Gilroy Unified School Board in 1977 and served as its president three times before retiring from the board in 1996. John’s clinical interests are in general optometry, contact lenses, and refractive surgery. He is board licensed in diagnostic and therapeutic drugs. He also provides emergency eye care for the general physician staff in Gilroy.

Marvin “Marv” Neill has retired from active optometric practice after more than 37 years. He served on active duty as an Air Force optometrist for 19 years and retired from the Air Force in 1990. From 1991 through 2007 Marv was a Northern California Kaiser Optometrist in South Sacramento and Elk Grove, CA. He enjoys being with his grandchildren more often and expanding his hobby of amateur astronomy.

72 Stephen Heiden has been practicing in Hollywood,

FL since 1972. He joined his father’s practice (another Berkeley Optometry alum, Herbert Heiden ’39). Stephen is a member of the American Academy of Optometry. He has been an active member of the Hollywood Rotary Club for 30 years. His wife Susan and he celebrated their 38th wedding anniver-sary in June. They have three children: Zachary, Gregory, and Alexis. Zachary is the staff attorney for the ACLU of Maine. Gregory is an attorney for the California Public Utilities Commission. Alexis Heiden Strauss, OD New England College of Optometry, practices in Washington, D.C. “I have great mem-ories of my four years at Berkeley. Looking forward to reading about the people I was with in school.”

74 Stephen R. Chun is in his 33rd year of private optometry

practice in Berkeley, which he started in 1975 with Mark Fujikawa ’73. Their stand-alone office building, erected in 1948 by Henry Takahashi ’26, has always been maintained as an optom-etry office. Stephen served on the California State Board of Optometry (1986–1994) as its president and chair of the licensure examination, the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (1989–1995), and recently started global health optometry projects in Asia. As a clinical professor of optometry at UC Berkeley for the past 26 years, he had the oppor-tunity to help bring optometry to China and Korea. He initiated an optometry program between Berkeley Optometry and Beijing University where 51 fourth-year interns from Berkeley Optometry completed their clinical rotations at that university’s three teaching hospitals. Since 1976, when a small group from his

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Asian Optometric Study Group, June 2008 meeting: Back row (L to R): Joseph Wong ’74, Harry Chan ’76, Eddie Haw ’75, Jeff Ko ’73, Ken Owyang, Thomas Chong ’72, Gary Louie ’79, Roger Chan, Edward Low ’74, Arthur Siu ’74, Stephen Chun ’74. Front row: Grace Leong, Keri Owyang ’07, June Chun ’74, Trish Hom ’97, Barbara Jung, Stephanie Baba ’78, Diana Yuen ’80, Susan Han ’00, Kelly Shintani ’00, Jocelyn Niimi ’07.


Class of ’74 (Arthur Siu, Joseph Wong, June Chun, Bruce Dong, Ed Low, and he) formed the Asian Optometric Study Group (AOSG), they’ve been meeting every month for dinner, an educational meeting, and fellowship. Over the years, AOSG has inducted new members from other Berkeley Optometry Classes (Kelly Shintani ’00, Susan Han ’00, Patricia Nguyen Hom ’97, Sharon Lee ’03, Connie Liang ’03, Gary Louie ’79, Jeff Ko ’73, Diana Yuen ’80, Stephanie Nishimura Baba ’78 , Thomas Chong ’72, Harry Chan ’76, Kathy Harano ’75, Eddy Haw ’75, Mark Fujikawa ’73) and most recently from the Class of 2007 (Jocelyn Niimi, Keri Owyang). In his volunteer time, he serves as both an architectural guide for adults and a storyteller for primary-school chil-dren at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. His wife of 31 years, Doris Sze Chun, a professor of Asian Studies and Chinese Language and an avid docent at the De Young, Legion of Honor, and Asian Art Museums of San Francisco, has “reopened my eyes to my interests in art, culture, nature, science, history, and travel.”

Mike Wong served three years in the U.S.A.F. after graduation. He has been at San Jose Kaiser for 32 years. Still a Cal football season-ticket holder since 1970 and having not missed a bowl game yet, Mike is hoping the Bears reach the Rose Bowl soon. He has been a volunteer leader with the Second Harvest Food Bank for about 15 years. He also handles high-school recruitment and outreach for Cal in the San Jose, Cupertino, and Fremont high schools. His daughter graduated from Cal in 2002 and is now an RN at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. His son graduated from UC Irvine and has been at the Disneyland payroll office for six years.

75 Art Low is still involved with the COA after 32 years

practicing optometry. He is currently Secretary-Treasurer of Local Societies COA-PAC and working to expand the

scope of optometry through Senate Bill 1406. Also, every November he does a Lions In Sight trip to Mexico. This year, classmate Tim Coughlin will be joining him. Art couldn’t get either of his sons to go into optometry, but he’s still proud of them. Ryan is with the Oakland Police Department and Evan is a Campbell City Councilman and delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Art still enjoys fishing and golf but is now spending even more time trying to learn ballroom dancing with his new wife, Swan.

Larry Thal retired from his practice in Kensington, CA the early part of this year. His partner of ten years, Russell Cotteral ’88, carries on in the practice Larry started in 1977. Larry still holds an appointment at Berkeley Optometry, where he serves as assistant dean, clini-cal professor, and practice management instructor. Since graduating in 1975 he has served on the State Board of Optometry and COA Board of Trustees, and he retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Being half retired gives him more time to visit his daughters—Danielle, who graduated from Tulane and is a teacher in New Orleans; Nicole, a sophomore at University of Arizona in Tucson; and Arielle, a freshman at Emory University in Atlanta. He is also a frequent traveler to Guatemala, where he provides mostly therapeutic care to an indigent Mayan population that gets no care otherwise, as part of a large medical and surgical team—Hospital de la Familia. He serves on that board, as well as on the board of Bentley School. His wife Esther is the COO of a San Francisco law firm. Larry and Esther celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in December.

76 Lisa Moon is practicing in Grass Valley, CA with husband

Jerry Chan ’75. Daughter Tiffany Chan ’10 is currently an enthusiastic third-year student at Berkeley Optometry. Lisa was awarded Best Optometrist honors by The Union readers (local newspaper). Lisa is an optometrist by day and actress

by night. She is the producing Artistic Director/President of Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra (CATS) in Grass Valley/Nevada City, CA. CATS has won many awards for excellence and provides cultural diversity via quality entertainment, workshops, and classes. Lisa was awarded the May Martin Goyne Outstanding Woman Award for Entrepreneur of the Arts. She can be reached at [email protected].

Karen Springer retired from private practice two and a half years ago to devote herself to community volunteer work, including serving on the regional board of an international educational foundation called Facing History and Ourselves. Retirement also has given her more time to travel and spend time with her dad, Harry Springer ’42. In the past year, life took an unexpected turn when her husband Mel was asked to help start a new genetics company in Cambridge, UK with some former colleagues. Karen and Mel have moved to Cambridge for one to two years—a big change after living in the same home for 32 years. Karen will continue her involvement with Facing History and Ourselves in the London office. This move has brought them closer to daughter Mara, who is a professional cellist in Vienna, Austria. But it takes them farther away from daughter Jill, who graduated from UCB in 2004 and is working for the internet social-networking company Hi5 in San Francisco. Karen plans to visit CA every two months to see her daughter and her dad, who is living independently and continuing to do well at age 90.

77 John Demshar has kept him-self busy doing humanitarian

work for the last 17 years: he has made 34 trips to San Felipe, Baja with Flying Samaritans to do eye clinics; 26 trips to Mexico, Central and South America, India, and Sri Lanka; and spends two days each month providing vision exam-inations at a local homeless shelter.

78 Noel Perry: “Hello Classmates! It’s said time flies when you’re

having fun, so I guess I’m having fun, as the time certainly has fled past. Soon after obtaining an AS in opticianry from Canada College in Redwood City, our family moved to Carmel. My business was a struggle, but happily my wife’s

yarn shop was a hit and kept the wolf from the door. Our kids were very happy here. After a few years I returned to working for the government (there’s much to be said for a steady income and good health coverage). A number of years later my wife decided she’d had it with the yarn shop (although she continued to do well with it), and after graduating from law school passed the bar and opened her solo practice in the area specializing in wills, estate planning, and elder law. We went on a sight-seeing trip to China in March 2008. The children have provided us with six grandkids. Life marches on. Please stay in touch by dropping a note to [email protected].”

79 Janet Carter: “There is a lot to report, but probably the most

surprising thing is that after almost 29 years I have left the Reno/Tahoe area. We loved our home there, and it was a great place to raise our children. But life has its own twists and turns, and my husband Jerry found that his life (and business) was taking him more and more frequently to southern Nevada. This past winter I finally decided to join him (winter is always a good time to move south...)! I have joined a group practice in Las Vegas, and I am busier than ever. Our two sons are living in our house in Reno while they finish their college years at the University of Nevada, Reno, where they anticipate graduating in 2009. Andy plans to go on to study emergency medicine, and Ed hopes to join his long-time love Aya in Tokyo, where she plans to go for an MBA after her ’08 gradu-ation from UNR. Ed will look for a job teaching English there, and we will look forward to visiting them both! Jerry and I took advantage of the buyer’s market in Vegas, and we now live in a large house in the northern LV suburbs. We have lots of room for visitors (that’s a hint)! We love the desert and are enjoying explor-ing the many outdoor and indoor enter-tainments this area offers. I continue my time on the NBEO and Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO) Boards of Directors, and this year I am serving as President of the NBEO Board. So it is certainly a busy and productive time in our lives!”

Steven H. Schwartz: “After receiving my OD, I continued my research train-ing at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, receiving a PhD in physio-logical optics. From 1997–2007, I served as dean and vice president for Academic Affairs at SUNY College of Optometry, where I am now an associate profes-sor. The professional accomplish-ment of which I am most proud is my

All in the family: Jerry Chan ’75, Tiffany Chan ’10, and Lisa Moon ’76 at the 2008 White Coat Ceremony

Karen Springer ’76 with her father, Harry Springer ’42


textbook, Visual Perception: A Clinical Orientation, published by McGraw-Hill and now in its third edition. I live with my wife, Lenge, in the East Village of Manhattan, but we spend many week-ends at our house in Woodstock, NY. We think of Woodstock as “Berkeley in the Catskills.”

84 Janie Evans has a grand-child, Madeline Adai, born

12/31/2007.

Joy (Ng) Sarver is a volunteer optom-etrist with Lions in Sight, a Lions Club International organization, whose mis-sion is to provide free eye examinations and glasses to the needy in devel-oping countries around the world. Joy currently coordinates the 10 clinics that Lions in Sight conducts each year throughout Mexico and is always in need of optometrists. Consider bringing your high-school or college-age child along as an introduction to public ser-vice. If you are interested, please con-tact Joy at [email protected].

85 Vengu Lakshminarayanan moved to the University of

Waterloo in Canada as a professor of optometry, physics, and electrical engi-neering in 2006. Previously he had served on the faculty at University of Missouri in St. Louis for a dozen years. Vengu has taught a variety of courses in the optometry curriculum and in the gradu-ate program in both institutions and has trained a number of graduate students (both PhD and MS). He has been very involved professionally both nationally and internationally and has received a number of awards and recognitions. One of the commitments that gives him great satisfaction is his work with a UNESCO project teaching optics and photonics in developing countries using locally avail-able materials and technologies. He sure does miss Berkeley!

88 Nida Goulding is licensed in Hawaii, California, and

Washington. She is available for fill-in positions around Pasadena, CA, and northwestern Washington, or in Hawaii. She recently left a position on Kauai and has been living in Victoria, Canada,

awaiting future assignments. Nida joined VOSH this year and hopes to attend the Canada mission to Viet Nam in October as well as her Berkeley Optometry 20-year reunion.

Karen Griffith writes that the Class of ’88 will have a reunion on the evening of October 18th. Details will be mailed to classmates. If you haven’t received either an email or postcard from us, please contact Edna Lee ’88 at [email protected] or Karen Griffith at [email protected].

Lester “Les” Silverman was named Commissioner of the Parking and Public Improvements Commission in Manhattan Beach, CA. He opened a new, modern, high-end office in the most visible place in Manhattan Beach.

89 William A. Hare has been a research scientist at Allergan,

Inc. since leaving Berkeley in 1993. He leads an effort to discover novel treat-ments for glaucoma, retinal disease, and other acute and chronic neurode-generative disorders. In the past year he has been an invited lecturer/par-ticipant in the Neuroprotection and the Eye Conference at Duke University, a neuroprotection symposium at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Academy of Optometry, and the Glaucoma 2008 Conference held in Malmo, Sweden. He also presented data at the 2007 World Glaucoma Conference in Singapore, where his presentation received special recogni-tion in the scientific program. He lives with his family in Tustin, CA, a pleasant 35-minute bike ride from Allergan. He would enjoy hearing from any Berkeley friends ([email protected]).

91 Melissa Sheppard “retired” from CA practice in 2006, mov-

ing to North Dakota with her husband of 31 years. They are near the Badlands and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where they operate a busy gunsmithing business. They are also active in ama-teur radio, where Melissa is the ARRL Public Information Officer. She partici-pates in cowboy action shooting and is a co-founder of the Badlands Bandits. In

addition, she is an active volunteer with the local Red Cross, the local health department, and her church. There is no low vision care there, and she is considering whether she should pro-vide it. The weather is mild—less snow than she saw in CA. If you come to the Badlands, stop and see her at R & G Gunsmiths, Dickinson, ND.

94 Judy Chang worked at Pacific Eye Associates in San Francisco

and was co-director of optometric ser-vices at California Pacific Medical Center for eight years. She was study coor-dinator for drug studies including the Genentech rhufab studies (Marina) and Inspire Pharmaceuticals. She now lives in the Rockridge area of Oakland and is married to Dr. Benjamin Mark Davis. Their preschooler son, Aaron, goes to Cal gym-nastics, golden bear level. “GO BEARS!!”

95 Tony Chahine has been mar-ried four years (his wife’s name

is Ruba), has no kids, and is in solo, private practice in La Canada, CA. He became a diplomate in the Cornea and Contact Lens Section of the American Academy of Optometry in 2007.

96 Susy Yu: “My daughter Ilsa turned two years old this past

summer. My husband Brian Kim will finish his residency and start working for Kaiser Permanente. I’m currently serving as vice president of the California State Board of Optometry. I work as Director of Business Strategy and Operations Support for Kaiser Permanente, in the regional admin-istrative offices for Vision Services in the Southern California region.”

98 Larisa Johnson-Tong and hus-band Hai Tong, OD (UMSL ’96)

welcomed twins, Violet and Elliot, on February 7, 2007.

99 Raymond Chin was married on April 12, 2008 and honey-

mooned in Australia. He received the Santa Clara County Optometric Society (SCCOS) Young OD of the Year Award in 2006 and became a member of the SCCOS Board of Trustees in 2007.

Scott Kamena practices in Livermore with three other ODs. He is married to Jennifer, and they have a three-year-old daughter, Audrey, and a new son, Evan, who was born in late April. Scott is running for State Assembly and has been receiving generous sup-port from ODs throughout California. Check out his campaign website at www.ScottKamena.com.

00 Paul Lin has recently opened his second office, Castaic

Optometry, in Castaic, CA, with wife

Phuong Quach, OD (Indiana University School of Optometry ’02). His other office, Antelope Valley Family Optometry in Palmdale, CA, was pur-chased in January 2006. Paul has been an active member of the AOA and COA, and is the current president of the Mojave Desert Optometric Society. He is a member of the local Chamber of Commerce. When he has free time, he enjoys hiking and running half- marathons.

02 Seng Lim purchased a 35-year-old private practice in 2006

and has been practicing solo ever since. He married in August of 2006 and now has a beautiful baby girl, Alexa.

Sonia (Sidhu) Sethee welcomed her first child, a baby girl, in June ’08. She is happily married and living in Boston, MA. After completing her residency at SUNY in pediatrics, she worked in private practice in Los Angeles for one year. She has been at Children’s Hospital in Boston for the last three and a half years. She examines children with a multitude of visual problems, from monitoring neurofibromatosis to fit-ting aphakic contact lenses in infants. Sonia started the Binocular Vision Clinic and began implementing vision therapy for the first time in the history of the hospital. There are 11 pediatric ophthal-mologists and two optometrists in her practice; the other optometrist is a low vision specialist. She is also a profes-sor at Harvard Medical School through the Department of Ophthalmology and has an active role in teaching medi-cal students, ophthalmology residents rotating through pediatrics, and oph-thalmology fellows specializing in pediatrics. She is an adjunctive faculty member at New England College of Optometry, lecturing and conducting labs in binocular vision disorders/visual perceptual issues. She enjoys blending clinical work with teaching.

05 Melissa (McGowan) Terrill is currently practicing in a multi-

disciplinary clinic in Madison, WI. She and Mike have been married two and a half years now and welcomed their first child in July ’08.

Melissa Sheppard ’91 and Dave Sheppard at the annual North Dakota State Championship Shoot at Enderlin, ND in June 2007.

Paul Lin and family at his office open-ing March 29, 2008: Paul, wife Phuong Quach, parents Joe Chou and Tiffany Hsu, and children, Phoebe and Preston.

Joy Ng Sarver '84 provided this photo of Lassa Frank '86 with another happy Lions in Sight patient in Chiapas de Corso, Mexico.


$1,000,000 and abovePamela P. Fong ’77 and Kenneth S. Fong

Foundation Fighting Blindness

$500,000 to $999,999Bausch & Lomb Company

CIBA Vision Corporation

CooperVision, Inc.

Minerva Foundation

Polymer Technology Corporation

$250,000 to $499,999Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

John R. Austin ’52 and Norma M. Austin

Solon M. Braff ’37* and Pearl Braff*

Benjamin Nerenberg ’41* and Lillian Nerenberg

Summit Technology, Inc.

UC Optometry Alumni Association

Vision Service Plan

Vistakon

Western Interstate Commission

$100,000 to $249,999Chiron Corporation

East Bay Community Foundation

Herbert A. Elefant ’39 and Florence Elefant

International Retinal Research Foundation

David Marco

Seymour R. Marco Family Foundation

Elwin Marg OD ’40, PhD ’50

Multi-Optics Corporation

Whitehall Foundation, Inc.

$50,000 to $99,999American Lung Association

American Optometric Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Weylin Eng ’66 and Roselyn Eng

Fight for Sight Research Division

Monroe J. Hirsch ’40* and Winifred M. Hirsch

Human Frontier Science Program

Life Sciences Research Foundation

Lions Clubs International Foundation

Edwin B. Mehr ’41* and Helen Mehr*

Linda Morgan and Somkham Outhisak

Meredith W. Morgan Jr. OD ’34, PhD ’41* and

Ida E. Morgan*

NEDO

Paragon Vision Sciences

Pilkinton-Barnes Hind, Inc.

William C. Race

Alan B. Robertson ’62* and Virginia T. Robertson*

Dorothy Bates Searls*

Lawrence W. Stark*

Eleanor Sweigert*

Vision West, Inc.

$25,000 to $49,999Thomas Aller ’83 and Virginia Aller

Otto E. Anderson ’39* and Patricia Anderson*

BD Biosciences CLONTECH

Donald Brucker ’56*

William J. Burlington ’40* and Maxine C.

Burlington

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Arthur Chong ’36 and Flora Chong

Eliscu & Sisenwein Fund, Inc.

L. Edward Elliott ’65

Eyesys Technologies

Sarah N. Fisher ’95

Sarah Norma Ann Fisher Trust

Fontana Optometric Group

Ford Foundation

Michael G. Harris ’66 and Dawn Block

Hoya Lens of America, Inc.

Institute Alfred Fessard

Johnson & Johnson

Kambar Philanthropic Fund

Donald Korb and Joan Exford

Neurometrics Institute

Nikon, Inc.

Osaka Medical School Department of

Neurophysiology

Leonard Osias ’48 and Irene Osias

Paris Miki, Inc.

Peerless Lighting

Primary Eyecare Network

Dale A. Rorabaugh ’74 and Lorraine Rorabaugh

Don Sarver ’71 and Terry Sarver

Marvin Smotrich ’63 and Mehrey Smotrich

SOLA Optical USA, Inc.

Sony USA Foundation, Inc.

Harry Springer ’42 and Eppie Springer*

Karen Springer ’76 and Mel Kronick

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Lawrence S. Thal ’75 and Esther G. Thal

Varilux Corporation

$10,000 to $24,999Clark M. Abramson ’73

Anthony J. and Elna H. Adams

Aigan Company Ltd.

Air Perm, Inc.

Altana Pharma AG

American Academy of Optometry

American Foundation for Vision

Asahi Optical Company Ltd.

Auxiliary to the American Optometric

Association

Auxiliary to the California Optometric

Association

Charles M. Bailey ’82 and Frangee M. Bailey

Richard and Lynda Baker

Baum & Blake

David B. and Marilyn R. Baum

Berkeley Optometry Class of 1951

Tom and Susanne Campbell

Canon, Inc.

Collin S. Chu ’71 and Lily F. Chu

Stephen Chun ’74 & Doris Sze Chun

CLAO Education & Research Foundation

Con-Cise Contact Lens Company

Linda A. Cushing ’89

Warren V. De Haan ’66

Mary E. Eastwood ’88

Ronald P. Emrich ’67 and Carolyn B. Emrich

Charmaine M. Eng ’63 and Stephen M. Ngin*

Raymond L. Eng* ’34

Jay M. and Rebekah Enoch

Steven E. Faith ’86

Joseph E. Farrington ’51

Fremont Optometric Group

Fuji Optical Company Ltd.

Jack L. Gallant and Kathleen A. Martin

Cheslyn M. Gan ’89

Fernanda Garrett*

IBM Corporation

Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Interval Research Corporation

J. Bliss Imaging Systems

Timothy C. Jankowski ’80 and Roseann L.

Jankowski

Jerold Janks ’69 and Gail Janks

Frank V. Johnson Jr. ’51* and Tina Johnson

William C. Kadell ’70 and Sally Kadell

Karen Kallmann ’73

Jennifer H. Kao ’83

David M. Kasanoff ’87

Katz & Klein, Inc.

Keeler Instruments, Inc.

Kenson Group LLC

Curtis Keswick ’75 and Kathleen Keswick

Stanley A. Klein

Jeffrey Ko ’73 and Cynthia Ko

Shiu Y. Kwok

Steven L. and Caroline A. Lehman

Marilyn and Dennis Levi

Susan T. Lin ’88 and Reuben K. Rivera ’85

Jimmy Low ’52 and Lillian Low*

Martin Optical Service, Inc.

Tohru Matsumoto

Alvin May ’39 and Jean May

Deborah A. McBride ’78 and Edward M. Buckley

L. Bruce Mebine ’68 and Elizabeth O. Mebine

Robert Melrose ’82 and Rosemary Melrose ’82

Menicon Company Ltd.

George W. Mertz Jr. ’75*

Mieko’s Properties

Mind & Life Institute

Monsanto Company

Sheldon Morgenstern

Thomas R. Nagy ’49 and Vicie M. Nagy

Orinda Optometry Group

Kung-Wu Peng

Howard Pflug ’47 and Marcia C. Pflug

Judith A. Prima ’75

RGP Research Institute

Mabel Robinson*

Rockridge Optometry

Kenneth K. Sakazaki ’86 and Jennifer L. Sakazaki

San Joaquin Optometry Group

Joy Ng Sarver ’84 and Larry A. Sarver ’80

Morton D. Sarver ’47* and Merle Sarver-Lutz*

Schering-Plough Foundation, Inc.

Donald Schmidt ’66 and Georgenia Schmidt

Irma Schretter

Schwab Fund

Kenneth Schwaderer ’71 and Susan Schwaderer

Charles E. Seger ’48

Howard I. and Joyce Shao

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Sola/Barnes-Hind

Sony Corporation

Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Department

of Toxicology

Ernest K. Takahashi ’69 and Jenny M. Takahashi

Tanaka Optical Company

Bernhardt N. Thal ’48* and Betty S. Thal

Tokyo Optical Company Ltd.

Topcon Corporation

Tracy K. Tsuetaki ’86

Eugene Y. Tsujimoto ’64 and Aileen M. Tsujimoto

University of Florida Foundation, Inc.

Karen Walker Brandreth ’68 and Roy Brandreth ’53

Waseda College of Ophthalmic Optics

Washin Optical Company Ltd.

Nora Weissman

Welch Allyn, Inc.

Wilshire Foundation, Inc.

Barry Winston ’70

Tetsushi Yasuma

Scott K. Yokoi ’86 and Suzanne E. Ishii

Carl Zeiss Vision

Wayne Zimmerman ’73

$5,000 to $9,999Alcon Foundation

American Optometric Association

Aptos Optometric Center

Association of Schools and Colleges of

Optometry

Roger J. Barr ’49 and Ruth A. Barr

David J. Barreto ’76*

Bay Area Vision Centers

Gerald W. Belanger ’62*

Beta Sigma Kappa, Inc.

Jeffrey D. Braff ’64 and Susannah D. Braff

Nadine I. Brubaker ’82 and Steven L. Howell ’82

Richard M. Buxbaum and Catherine B. Hartshorn

California Optometric Association

B.S. Cazden ’64 and Janet Steward

Leslie K. Chan ’69 and Sheila Chan

Marjorie Cohn

Scott P. Daly ’83

David L. Dennis ’77

Sidney G. Emerson ’59

Empire Optometry Associates

Christina Enroth-Cugell and David Cugell

Essilor of America, Inc.

Carrie M. Estrada ’86 and Joseph J. Estrada ’87

Thomas B. Ewers ’75

Bernard H. Faibish

Bernard S. Feldman ’52 and Ellen Feldman

Garry Fish ’70 and Christine Fish

William E. Fleischman ’49*

Mark Fujikawa ’73 and Georgia Fujikawa

John Funnell ’76

Anthony P. Gianotti ’79

Victor Gin ’73 and Frances Gin

Sheldon M. Golden ’59 and Janet S. Golden

Lee A. Goldstein ’66 and Marcia M. Goldstein

Edward I. Goodlaw ’34

Raymond D. Gurney ’41*

Jane M. Hafen ’84

Eleanor Hattori ’70 and Ricky Hattori ’70

Bret T. Hewitt and Deborah N. Pinkerton

Hewlett Packard Company Financial Services

Center

Bruce A. Hinkley ’74 and B. Diane Hinkley

Cheng J. Huang

Linda K. Hur-Calmere ’90 and Jeffrey A.

Calmere ’89

Chris H. Iwata ’74 and Pauline Iwata

Richard D. Jones ’73 and Karen A. Jones

Marshall Kamena ’65 and Barbara Kamena

Raymond Kan ’58

Leon Kaster ’47* and Sally B. Kaster*

Henry Y. Kawahara ’46 and Suga Kawahara

Wright Kawakami ’41 and Grace A. Kawakami

Douglas H. Kay ’75

Mary Keller*

Nicholas G. Kerry ’72 and Judith C. Kerry

Paul A. Kiyan ’75 and Beverly N. Kiyan

Kenneth P. Lee ’54 and Blanche Lee

David M. Leibel ’48 and Tillie M. Leibel

Douglas J. Leo ’80 and Kathleen A. Leo

A. Saul Levine ’52 and Joyce P. Levine

Victor A. Lim ’70

Wilbur W. Linville ’48*

Livermore Optometry Group

Robert B. Mandell and Mary P. Mandell

Marcolin USA, Inc.

Donald M. Matsumoto ’80

Karin E. Meng ’86

Menicon Co. Ltd.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Gregory L. Miller ’75 and Sharon Miller

Edwin Morris

Douglas R. Myers ’72 and Nancy E. Myers

John L. Nelson ’69

Rebecca L. Ng ’70

Paul R. Nielsen ’49*

Novartis Ophthalmics AG

Hiromi Ochiai

Ocu-Ease Optical Products

Ocular Instruments

Ikuzo Okamoto ’76

Optoc Ogura Company

Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.

Oroville Vision Optometric Group

Gary A. Osias ’80

Wilhelm G. Overeem ’58*

Pacific Eyecare Center Optometry

Raul Pegueros ’59 and Dorothy L. Pegueros

Pentax Vision, Inc.

Primary Eyecare Optometrics

Edward J. Revelli ’77 and Jeanette Revelli

Loretta L. and Paul R. Rice

Charles H. Richards ’80 and Nancy A. Richards

Steven Rocchi ’81 and Barbara Rocchi

Sacramento Contact Lenses

San Mateo County Optometric Society

David Sattler

Kenneth R. Seger ’75 and Lizbeth B. Seger

Ronald G. Seger ’74

Leonard J. Shenkin ’64 and Gerry Shenkin

Takao Shishino ’51

Arthur Siu ’74 and Donna M. Siu

Rochelle B. Slamovich ’80

Sola Ophthalmics

Sola-Syntex Ophthalmics

Richard A. Solis ’62 and Cheryl Solis

Supreme Council 33 AA Scottish Rite

Brigitte Tarabanovic

John Tarabanovic

Transitions Optical, Inc.

Robert Turcios Sr. ’57 and Barbara Turcios

U.S. Civilian Research & Development

Foundation

UCO Optics, Inc.

Vision One Credit Union

Volk Optical, Inc.

Gloria E. Waite ’66 and Ray L. Waite

Sheldon Wechsler ’52 and Dorothy M.

Wechsler

Wesley-Jessen, Inc.

Meredith M. Whiteside ’97 and Richard C.

Van Sluyters

William Wong ’73

Raymond H. Wu ’80

Shinichi Yamade

Yong Yu

Randall W. Yumori ’80 and Marion M. Yumori

Carl Zeiss, Inc.

school support

Berkeley Optometry gratefully acknowledges the alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations listed below. These gifts and

pledges support every aspect of the school, and we thank all of you for your loyal and generous support. Listed below are the

best records we have. If you see an error, please let us know as we want to recognize your generosity properly. Please excuse any

omissions, and help us correct our records if needed.

We have included deceased donors for whom we have records in the amounts of $5,000 and above. They are indicated by an *.

Unless otherwise noted, class years indicate award of the optometry degree.


$1,000 to $4,9993M Co.

Howard M. Abrams ’39

Aaron D. Adame ’86 and Elena E. Adame

Alameda/Contra Costa Counties

Paraoptometric Society

Richard T. Arakawa ’63 and Frances T. Arakawa

ARCS Foundation, Inc.

Art Optical Contact Lens, Inc.

Walter H. and Vivian Axelson

Loren M. Azevedo ’78 and Linda W. Azevedo ’81

Azus Foundation

Jeffrey L. Azus ’86

Timothy P. Bacon ’86

Roy L. Baker ’76

Dennis R. Bales ’75

Frances A. Bannon

James R. Barnes ’60 and Debbie B. Barnes

T.B. Barnes ’78

Thomas B. Bartlett ’51* and Marilynn S. Bartlett

Bay Area Optometric Council

Bay Glass Research

Gary R. Bell ’72

Berkeley Optometry Student Association

Sheldon A. Berlant ’66 and Sally K. Berlant

Eric P. Bien ’59 and Lily Y. Bien

Louis J. Blechman ’60

Merrill J. Bonander ’60 and Laurice A. Bonander

Allan G. and Sydne K. Bortel

Sandra L. Boyd ’71

Barry D. Braff ’67

Dennis Brewer ’71 and Caryl Brewer

Brotman Communications

Roland D. Brubaker

California Community Foundation

California Optical Labs Association

Thomas M. Callan ’83

Cambridge Research Systems Ltd.

Michael E. Carney ’70

Darrell B. Carter OD ’51, PhD ’57 and Mary

K. Carter

Center for Karatoconus

Central California Optometric Society

Tony Chahine ’95

Alan B. Chan ’74

Christine L. Chan ’75

Robert S. Chan ’62 and Louise S. Chan

Chang Trust

Patricia W. Chang ’78

Charmant Group, Inc. USA

Shao-Pin and Li-Li Chen

Robert Chew ’55 and Nina Chew

Deborah D. Chew-Long ’78

Karen and Richard Childs

Edmond Chong ’42

Lawrence M. Chong ’59 and Marie W. Chong

Stephen M. Chow ’58

Ciba-Geigy Corporation

Robert M. Cibull ’57 and Jeanette C. Close-Cibull

Thomas H. Clark ’51 and Lois O. Clark

Jacob M. Cohen ’52

John and Julie Connor

Converse Consultants, Inc.

Cooper Laboratories, Inc.

Lawrence L. Creasey ’58

James T. Crosby ’49 and Virginia P. Crosby

Charles H. Daily ’68

John C. Daly Jr. ’52 and Betty L. Daly

Yang Dan

Danker & Wohlk, Inc.

Danker Laboratories

John P. Demshar Jr. ’77

Desert Visionaries

Grace G. Deutsch ’43 and Howard Deutsch

Lise K. Tong ’86 and Robert Di Martino ’84

Robert A. Di Pietro ’74

Stanley K. Dickens

Arnold Dolmatz ’52

Davida J. Dong-Leong ’78 and Richard G. Leong ’78

William K. Dorrance ’67

Dow Corning Corporation

Dow Corning Ophthalmics

Jack A. Elefant ’49 and Seena P. Elefant

Engineers & Scientists of California

Estacada Vision Clinic

Thomas H. Eves ’55 and Diane K. Eves

Eyeota Eyewear LLC

Family Vision Centers, Inc.

John A. Faraone ’58

Irving Fatt*

Terry Feigenbaum ’61 and Gail Feigenbaum

Philip Feldman

H. Jack Fennel ’67 and Betsey L. Fennel

Dean E. Fewtrell ’83

Fisons Pharmaceuticals

Suzanne M. Fleiszig

Darrin P. Fleming ’87 and Margaret E. Fleming

Flow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Henry K. Fok ’77

Barbara E. Fong ’72

James J. Forte ’67

Donald N. Freeman OD ’72, PhD ’80

Allan N. Freid ’52

Frontier Contact Lenses, Inc.

Steve I. and Marjorie Fujioka

Rod A. Garcia ’79

David W. Gayle ’88 and Irene Gayle

David I. Geffen ’82 and Sylvia H. Geffen

Gibeson & Company

Howard A. Glendon ’57

Albert V. Glenn ’41

Golden Family 1997 Revocable Trust

Janis V. Gong ’73

Gregory L. Goodrich

Brett R. Greenwood ’88 and Laraine R. Low ’88

Karen A. Griffith ’88

Carl A. Grondona Jr. ’57

Ernest J. Grosso ’72 and Linda Grosso

Bartholomew J. Guarisco ’46 and Alice L. Guarisco

Ralph P. Guiduli ’74

Anacleto Gutierrez ’73 and Bernadett P. Gutierrez

Kenneth R. Hall ’72 and Carol F. Hall

David J. Halsey ’75 and Lisa R. Halsey

Candace Hamel ’77

R. Kent Hartnett ’83 and Sherri L. Hartnett

Hattori Vision Optometry

Hawaii Optometric Association

Maryjane T. Healey ’99

Heart of America Contact Lenses

E. Scott Hendricks ’55

Morris Henteleff

Peter V. Hetzner ’74 and Sue Ann Hetzner

Hewlett-Packard Company

James F. Hicks ’63 and Deanna Hicks

Hinkley Optometric Group

Alexis K. Hisaka

Jeffrey A. Holbert ’75

Judith G. Holcomb ’75

Robert H. Honnors

David P. and Marily A. Howekamp

Cammax Hunt ’79 and Marc Shaw ’79

Susan Hurwitz

Hydron Laboratories

Denise T. Iwata

Gerald Jacobs

Stacy B. Jacobs ’89 and Paul E. Jacobs

James J. Jacobson ’38 and Evelyn Jacobson

Norman Jacoby

Jampolsky Family Trust

Arthur J. Jampolsky ’40 and Margaret C.

Jampolsky

Ronald F. Janda ’87

Michael J. Jauregui ’64

Jewish Community Endowment Fund

Sharon M. Joe ’90 and Gregory G. Hom ’91

Glenn A. Johnston ’77

Jane M. Kadoya ’80

Herbert Kallmann ’41*

Fred and Beth Davis Karren

Marvin R. Kasanoff ’55 and Sarah Kasanoff

Nick Kazarian ’81 and Lorraine Kazarian

Jennifer M. Kent

Robert Kenyon ’78 and Cynthia Vahlkamp

Kenton E. Kerr OD ’59, PhD ’69

Morris Kirschen ’41 and Harriette Kirschen

Kontour Kontact Lens Company, Inc.

Donald R. Korb & Associates

Leslie D. Kratz

Vaidyanadhanu V. Krishnan

James J. Kubo ’39 and Tsugi Kubo

Blake S. Kuwahara ’86

Nels T. Larson ’72

David J. Lau ’84

Arthur Layton ’42 and Helen Layton

Seymour and Alyce J. Lazar

Alan N. Lee ’71

George K. Lee ’77

Gin Lee ’63 and Julienne Lee

Jeffrey B. Lee ’72 and Susan L. Lee

Gertrude Leeman ’37

Clifford Leong ’65

Robert W. Lester ’41* and Jane V. Lester

Levine & Barreto Optometrists

Brian Levy ’76 and Dianne A. Levy

Bernard N. Lew ’52

Lewis & Lewis Optometrists

Michael R. Lewis ’74 and Laura S. Lewis ’74

Seymour Lewis* and Jeanette S. Lewis

Gary L. Liberman OD ’68, PhD ’75

Norman G. Licht ’51

Donald W. Lightford ’51

Henry Linker ’48 and Eva B. Linker

John S. Liu ’78

Manuel M. Lopez ’62

Warren I. LoPresti ’51

LACOS

Arthur W. Low ’75 and Swan Hsieh

Edward Low ’74 and Ida Low

Manhattan Beach Vision Group

Albert G. Mar ’76

Mattingly International

L. Bruce Mebine ’36 and Dorothy Mebine

Jay H. Messinger ’72 and Judith S. Messinger

Cameron A. Mitchell ’72

George Miyake ’40* and Yoshi Miyake

Ken Miyamoto ’65

Moderne Eye Optometry

James B. Monical ’53 and Jacqueline Monical

Jon Q. Montoya ’98

Robert R. Moon ’35

Leanor O. Mott

Donald O. Mutti OD ’82, PhD ’92

Hartune Neffian ’61

John M. Neishi ’87

Edward R. Nell ’78

Ronald Ng ’76 and Terasa Ng

David R. Norcott ’86

Jeremy M. Norman

North Bay Optometric Society

Jerry P. Nystrom ’72 and Elly Q. Nystrom

Somi Oh ’83 and Sukhwan Oh

Bruno A. Olshausen

Jin S. Ong ’53 and Lily T. Ong

Ralph Ong ’53

Lawrence K. Onitsuka ’57

Optometric Research Foundation

Orange Medical Instruments

Oregon Optometric Group Provider

Deborah A. Orel-Bixler ’93

Parity Software Development Co.

Thomas G. and Patricia S. Paulson

Jack O. Pence ’42*

Richard C. Peters ’40* and Ramona W. Peters

Pfizer, Inc.

Roger H. Phelps ’70

Herbert S. Player ’34

Plenum Publishing Corporation

Kenneth A. Polse ’68 and Joyce L. Polse

David R. Pope PhD ’95

Practice Consultants

Practice of Optometry

Bernard Press ’51 and Helen Press

Burnell A. Raulino ’55 and Rose M. Raulino

Shirley Y. Reeves ’87 and Richard W. Reeves

Melvin J. Remba ’59 and Bella Remba

Wolfgang H. Renken ’66 and Ingrid E. Renken

Alejandra Reyes ’84

Donald B. Rhodes ’68

Richmond Optical Company

Ronald Robinson ’53

Robert Rockstein ’47 and Lila Rockstein

Joan D. Rogin

Robert G. Rosenberg ’41 and Shirley K.

Rosenberg

Samuel G. Rosenthal ’48 and Irene G. Rosenthal

Sigmund Sabin ’53 and Esther Sabin

Carole L. Sachs ’67

Sacramento Valley Optometric Society

San Francisco Foundation

San Francisco State University

George M. Sanchez ’58 and Bertha B. Sanchez

Santa Clara County Optometric Society

Carol and Randy Schilling

Jay L. Schlanger ’77 and Lydia J. Schlanger

Charlette L. Schmidt-Sutter and Erich E. Sutter

Steven H. Schwartz ’79

Donna L. Scolaro ’88

Seattle Vision Care Center

Emmy T. Seger

Jeffrey Sellman and L. Savannah Lichtman

James E. and Debora L. Sheedy

John W. Sherman ’56 and Colleen Sherman

Eugene Shlyakhov ’80 and Susan Shlyakhov

Nancy E. Shoji ’83

Signet Armorlite, Inc.

Helena M. and Manuel P. Silva

Clifford A. Silverman ’86

Richard Z. Simsarian ’54 and Diane M. Simsarian

Joseph Singer ’38 and Evelyn Singer

Irving A. and Branna E. Sisenwein

Thomas P. Smiley ’80

Gary E. Smith ’73 and Pauline Smith

Marvin L. Smotrich OD, Inc.

William Smulyan ’46

Michael G. Sonnleitner ’70

Specialty UltraVision, Inc.

Harold Stein ’49 and Shirley R. Stein

Iris K. Steiner

Thomas J. Stratton ’71

SunSoft

Takagi Manufacturing Company Ltd.

Ernest K. Takahashi

Ernest S. Takahashi ’37 and Mabel Takahashi

Katsuto Takei ’37

Robert M. Theaker ’91

Jamie M. Totsubo ’82

Robert Tovey ’87 and Prudence Tovey

Henny L. Toy ’80 and Linda J. Tomoda Toy

Alice B. Trayle ’44

Tri-County Optometric Society

Eiichi Tsuchida ’41 and Himeko K. Tsuchida

Kevin K. Tsuda ’91

Ubu Productions, Inc.

Wesley S. Umeda ’84

Valley Optometric Care

Corina Van de Pol OD ’90, PhD ’99

Brad R. Van Sluyters

Lydia and Craig Van Sluyters

Fausto O. Vardanega ’56

Vision Faire Optometry

Vision Sciences

Vision Search Foundation

Vision-Ease, BMC Industries, Inc.

Vistakon

VISX, Inc.

John T. Volponi ’52 and Peggy A. Volponi

Lesley L. Walls ’68 and Mary Ann Keverline-

Walls ’67

Wal-Mart Foundation

Lilly A. Walters ’65

William Wan ’56

Ms. K.H.C. Wang

Yih-Ing A. Wang ’79 and Shi-Ping Fan

Eugene A. White Jr. ’51 and Clarice B. White

Christine F. Wildsoet

Bruce W. Wilke ’68

Diane H. Williams ’80 and Malcolm D. Williams

Wilshire Foundation, Inc.

G. Barnard Wilson ’71

Paul J. Wilson ’74 and Carol W. Wilson

Thomas W. Wing ’74

George Winston ’42

Steven L. Wissing ’67

M.G. Wittlin ’62

Elmer Wong ’84 and Nancy M. Wong

Jason C. Wong ’56

Joseph Wong ’74 and Catherine Y. Wong

James Woodlee

P. Harold Woodring ’79

Burton E. Worrell Jr. ’69

William Wright ’49

Jean A. Wrightnour ’88

Jin-Tang Xue

Page A. Yarwood ’76

Irving S. Yasney ’39

James M. Yasuda ’55 and Dorothy T. Yasuda

Su-Ling Yeh

Steven S. Yoo ’93

Zeiss Humphrey Systems

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

Under $1,000Anonymous Donor

Claudine E. Abrami

Bruce P. Abramson ’91

Archie M. Ackroyd ’65

Craig W. Adams ’97

Jay R. Adams ’56 and Nancy D. Adams

Adi D. Adins ’68 and Roberta E. Van Buren-Adins

William F. Adkins ’76

Debra H. and Albert H. Adler

V. Sanford Agarth Jr. ’62 and Sandra L. Agarth

Leslie and Frank Aguayo

Samuel L. Ahn ’99

Jack T. Aikawa ’54 and Grace N. Aikawa

Alameda/Contra Costa Counties Optometry

Society

Albany Berkeley Optometry

Kathleen M. Albert

Timothy G. Albert ’85 and Marina F. Albert

Alcon Vision Care

Alconox, Inc.

Arthur H. Alexander ’75

Deanna S. Alexander ’87 and Daniel W.

Alexander

Debra L. Alexander ’89 and Kenneth U.

Alimento ’91

Marklin L. Alford

All Family Optometric Care

William G. Allayaud

Sara L. Alvarez ’78

Edward P. Andersen ’91

Ann S. Anderson

Beverly A. Anderson ’85 and Woodrow B.

Anderson

Joyce V. Anderson

Mark M. Anderson ’76

Karlyn G. Ang ’86 and James A. Ang

Rosalie Anixter

Margaret Anthony

Linda G. Anzalone ’86 and John V. Anzalone

John J. Apffel ’60 and Lucy A. Apffel

Jaime Arambula ’05

Michael Arao ’77

Gary P. Archer ’87 and Dorothy E. Bailey-Archer

Arizona Grantmakers Forum

Arizona Republic

Allan C. Armstrong ’85 and Diane R. Armstrong

Marcie E. Arnesty-Olian ’81

Arnold & Purcell OD Optometrists

Edward J. and Mollie Arnold

Lois I. Arnold

Seth L. Arnold ’57 and Joyce K. Arnold

Peter and Anna Arvelas

John H. Arvizu ’70

Kim L. Asher ’91 and John D. Asher

Darel E. Ashley Jr. ’73

Paula C. Asmus ’90

Association of Contact Lens Educators

school support


Under $1,000 (cont.)

Arol Augsburger

Donald H. and Claire G. Auslen

Auxiliary to the San Francisco Optometric

Society

Auxiliary to the California Optical Labs

Association

Auxiliary to the Redwood Empire Optometric

Society

Avant-Garde Optics, Inc.

David Baba ’83

Stephanie N. Baba ’78

Ben Backus

Wilfred J. and Nilgiri Baer

Andrew T. Bahill

Michael J. Baiad

Neal J. Bailey

Ian L. and Valerie M. Bailey

Bradley R. Baker ’81 and Linda Baker

Roberta C. Baker ’77

Nikita Balashov

Sylvia L. Baldwin

William R. and Honey E. Baldwin

Roslyn D. Ballard ’83

Kenneth H. Ballentine ’80 and Lynne A.

Ballentine

Alvin Bandar ’51

Larry D. Banks ’75

Martin S. Banks

Clifford A. and Harriet R. Barbanell

Fern R. and Edward W. Barker

Joseph T. Barr

Jack Barrett

Virginia L. Bartalini

Eric J. Bass ’85 and Patricia Sakamoto

Robert J. Bassett ’65 and Joan Bassett

Clyde D. and Gail S. Batavia

Katherine C. Batavia

Betty Q. Bates ’68 and James Bates

Andrew S. and Aline M. Bau

Bay Vision

Bayshore, Swanson, Sowers, Lee & Yager

Optometrists

Charles A. Bayshore

Robert G. and Joan P. Bea

Marcus Bearse Jr. and Mara M. Bearse

Richard J. Beck ’64

Jack W. Beeman

Sam and Ellen Bercovich

Clarke Berdan II

Seymour Berek ’51 and Eva Berek

Peter Bergenske ’78

David M. Berke II

Berkeley Optometric Group

Berkeley Optometry Class of 2000

Berkeley Tonometer Company

Donna M. Bernadou

Ellen Berne

Bernell Corporation

Daniel E. Bernet ’77 and Victoria P. Bernet

Jay K. Berry Optometric Corporation

Linda R. Bertram ’86

Rita M. Bhakta ’01

Bio-Medic Polymers

Julius and Phyllis Blackman

Milton C. Blackman ’66

Alexander D. Blake Jr. ’71

Al L. Bliss

Sam Bloch

Bloom Investment Co.

Gail Bloom

H.W. Bloom

Howard S. Bloom

Joel B. and Rochelle Blumenfeld

Dale and Phyllis Bogan

Michael B. Boggs Jr. ’86 and Andrea D. Boggs

Rose Chavez Boggs

Mike Bommarito

Paul F. Bommarito ’52

Joseph A. Bonanno OD ’81, PhD ’87

Joseph S. Bonanno

Gregory A. Boomer ’79

Lucy Borden and Christopher Cesar

Borel Eye Doctors

Beatrice and Irvin Borish

Joan C. Bossart

Michael and Mary Boulitsakis

Mark C. Bowman ’83 and Leigh A. Owyang ’83

Dolly E. Boyer

Richard B. Boyle ’75 and Carol A. Boyle

Patricia R. Bozin

Melvin W. Bradfield ’43

Neal S. Braff ’81 and Janice R. Braff

Stanley D. Braff ’39

Daltha M. Bras ’56

Mack Bras

Barbara M. Brawley

Dennis R. Brewer OD, Inc.

David and Margaret L. Brezel

Brickley Family Trust

Barbara C. Brickley ’46 and James L. Brickley

Vernon Bridges

Bridges & Funnell Optometry

Abraham Bromberg ’69

David C. Brosnan ’99 and Julie A. Brosnan

Gregory G. Brott

Charles F. Brown ’47 and Elaine B. Brown

Daniel O. Brown ’76

Mary Ellen L. Brown and Robert W. Brown Jr.

Ted Brown

William V. Brown ’83

Lawrence L. Brownson

Marshall Buckner

Patricia and Richard Buffler

Robert R. and Beverly B. Bulmore

Dennis Burger ’68 and Barbara Burger

Germaine N. Burke ’89 and Jerome A. Burke

Thomas F. Burke II ’75

Jean M. Burn ’89

Booker T. and Audrea W. Burnett

Paul J. Burns ’52

Ramon Burstyn ’54 and Adeline T. Burstyn

John C. Burton Jr. and Martha A. Burton

Susan L. Bynum ’91 and David R. Bynum

C. Edward Williams OD

C & E Distributing

C.R. Cabrera ’75

Ross J. and Lillian M. Cadenasso

Mary G. Caetano

California Community Foundation

Cambridge Associates LLC

Mary R. Camera

Carrie Campbell

Government of Canada

Tracey R. Candy PhD ’97

Warren A. and Amelia N. Carleton

Pamela E. Carlson ’00

David D. Carlton ’77

Carmel Mountain Vision Care

A.D. Carr

David A. Carter ’84

Janet L. Carter ’79

Marilyn A. Carter

Rick Carter Insurance Agency

Robert S. Carter ’81

William D. Carter

Anthony Cavallerano

Center for Ophthalmic Research

Central Coast Optical

Central Coast Optometric Society

Saul Cepeda Jr. ’84 and Ann Cepeda

Tony Chahine OD, Inc.

Robin L. Chalmers ’79

Bruce C. Chan

Camay Chan ’83

Camille Chan

Gerald D. Chan ’75

Harry W. Chan ’76

Hoover Chan PhD ’89

Jill V. Chan ’81

Chea-Yo Chang ’07

Jason D. Chang ’06

Patricia Chang Optometric Group

Chapter Un P.E.O. Sisterhood

Charles P. Wolf OD, Inc.

Gertrude Chartove

Douglas L. Chase

Tiranjan and Dilbagh S. Chattha

Julie E. Chen ’99

Julie S. Chen ’00

Yong-S Chen and Kon-Hsin C. Wang-Chen ’78

Doris T. Cheng ’77 and Tsen C. Cheng

Helena Cheng ’99

Simon S. Cheng ’98

T.C. Cheng, Inc.

Beatrice R. Cherry

Karen R. Chester ’87

Irene M. Chew ’91

Ngoot and Benny Chin

Selma L. Chin ’91

Kin M. Ching ’67

Stephen K. Ching ’89 and Lori K. Ching ’88

Carole C. Chinn

Stephen Chinn ’72

Shunichi and Satoe Chisaki

Edmund Y. and Nora C. Chiu

Paul S. Chiu and Yu C. Tse

Sara Y. Chiu ’06

Yee-Mui V. Chiu

Nicholas G. Choppelas ’61

Amenda Y. Chou ’02

Joyce K. Chow

Leila L. Chow ’90

Deal Chrislow

Layne R. Christensen ’84

Nicholas C. Christie ’71

Valerie S. Chun

Khin-Poh Oscar Chung ’77 and Janette M. Chung

Clark M. Abramson OD, Inc.

Michael F. Clark ’73

H.J. and Nadine J. Clemens

David J. Cloutier ’89

Coastside Eye Care Optometry

Terry L. Coates ’74

Ann M. and Marshall J. Cochrane

Barbara A. Cohn

Marilyn T. Cohn

Allison Coit

Betty S. and Robert Combs

Community Foundation of the United Jewish

Federation

James N. Conard ’78

Phyllis and David Cook

James L. Cooperman ’83

Brett B. Cornelison ’88

Laurence H. Cornett ’40 and Vivian V. Cornett

Bert C. Corwin

Timothy S. Coughlin ’75 and Judy Coughlin

Cow Hollow Foundation

William P. Cox

Michael A. Crognale

John S. Cullison

Geoffrey P. Cumming ’86

Charles J. Dahlman ’85

Virginia W. Daly

Douglas O. and Lucille V. Danielsen

O.D. Dannenberg

Karen L. Darkenwald ’86

Robert H. and Elizabeth D. Darrow

Richard C. David ’75

David Davidson ’69 and Wicca J. Davidson

Dan and Elena Davis

H.E. Davis

H.E. Davis & Associates

John K. Davis

Dayton Optometric Center, Inc.

Ximena M. Daza ’94

Karen K. De Valois

Marc D. Dea ’99

Marianne R. Decker-Okamura ’76 and Robert

J. Okamura ’75

Laurence M. DeDonato ’78 and Brenda L.

DeDonato

Joan P. Dehovitz and Aaron H. Braun

Clifford O. and Mary L. Delauer

Stephen J. Dentone ’81

Edward A. Denz ’83

Designs for Vision

Robert Di Pietro OD, Inc.

Richard Dianda

Luella F. Dilling

Discovery Eye Care Optometry

Robert Dister ’87

John B. and Deborah R. Dixon

Hien Do

Long T. Do ’97 and Nina T. Do ’98

Bernard J. Dolan ’80 and Jane Dolan

Phyllis B. Dolloff

Ron Domingo

Bruce G. Dong ’74

David W. Dong ’81

Michael I. and Beverly Donham

Leigh M. Donley and Gregory M. Fite

Marjorie C. Dooley

William E. Dore ’56

Helen D. and David M. Dornbusch

Dow Chemical Company

Robert F. Dowd ’60

Helen Ducoff

Irwin Dudow ’65

Gordon W. Duffy ’48 and Jean M. Duffy

Melvin and Constance Dunn

Henry and Geraldine Y. Duong

Bruce G. Duvall ’83 and Karen Duvall

Robert S. Eakin ’43 and Rose K. Eakin

Gerald J. Easton

Harold Easton

Eastwoods Visual Design

Patricia Ebright ’97

Richard L. Edge ’64

Laurie C. Efferson ’93

Sherri M. Egashira ’92

Jack M. Elizares ’79

Gail N. Ellias ’91 and Joseph Ellias

Stephen R. Ellis

George P. Elmstrom

Jonathan W. Emerson

Amy S. and Erick Y. Emi

Candace J. Eng

Helen L. Eng

Tiffany H. Eng

Weylin G. Eng OD & Associates

Mary Ann and Richard Engelbrektson

Engineers and Scientists of California

Kenneth J. and Janet M. Englert

Eric Y. Ericson ’74

Marilyn Ersepke

Arlene D. Espiritu ’05

Theodore and Eleanor Eubanks

Janie L. Evans ’84 and Robert H. Archer

Robert L. Evans

David G. Ewell Optometric Corporation

Richard Ewing ’66 and Rene Ewing

Executive Women International

Ex-L’s

Eye Club, Inc.

Alan Fallows ’44 and Irene Fallows

Family Eye Care Optometry, Inc.

John A. Faraone OD, Inc.

L. David Farberow

Barry Farkas

Allyson T. Farrell ’76 and Robert B. Farrell ’76

Fashion Optical Displays

Michael F. Fauria ’84

Aileen M. Feldman ’82 and Jerome A. Feldman

Steven and Diane Feldon

Charles W. and Clavel R. Fender

Michelle E. Fessler ’91

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Kenneth L. Fields

Donaldo R. Figueroa ’80

Carolina Filice

Nat Finkel Living Trust

Nat J. Finkel ’81

Michele E. Fisher

Nathan Fisk

Jon E. Fitzpatrick ’84 and Terri A. Fitzpatrick

Catherine Fleming ’84

William E. Fleming

David B. and Ann Flinn

Merton C. Flom OD ’51, PhD ’57 and Penelope

S. Flom

Roanne E. Flom ’84

Myrna Flores

Linda Beck Flynn ’91 and Stephen F. Flynn

Thomas A. Flynn ’79

David Y. Fok

Virginia R. and Richard Folkers

Anna Fong ’79 and Richard J. Berquist

Brian K. Fong ’84 and Julianne K. Fong ’86

Daniel K. Fong ’87

Darlene Fong ’88

Helen K. Fong ’78

John Fong ’71

Pamela J. Fong ’82

Gene E. Fonger

C. Robert and Doris E. Ford

Carlos Ford

Jean Fortna

Fortuna Optometry

Brad Fortune PhD ’98

Robert M. Foss ’77

Phyllis L. Foster

Claudia Foutz

Edward O. France Jr. ’76

Rozanne M. Fratto ’92

Aldo E. Frediani

Dale D. Freeberg

Barbara J. and Paul Freeman

Alan French ’74 and Jo Ann French

Christian Freska

Arthur Friedman ’39 and Norma Friedman

Lawrence Fromm

Jack M. Fugate

Kenneth Y. Fujimoto

Totomi and Sachiyo Fujita

Michael E. Fukai ’71

Barak Gale ’86

Luis Garcia-Margarida

Garey Family Vision Center

Mrs. R.H. Garland

Hartley M. Gaylord ’53

Betty B. Gee ’77

Samuel M. Genensky

Gerald A. Gerash ’57

Mary C. Gerhart ’83

William P. Gerlach ’76

William P. Gerlach, Inc.

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Gerrey

Alan Gevins

Michael L. Giese ’07

Gita Ghadimi ’02

Avanti A. Ghanekar

Marianne S. Ghatta ’97

James S. and Theresa Giampiccolo

Laura Giampiccolo ’80

Duane P. Gibson ’93

Harold R. Gibson

James A. Gibson ’79 and Kathleen Gibson

James F. and Geneva Gibson

Diane P. Gil

Tyra Gilb

Gilbert Family Trust

Peter S. Gilbert

Beverly S. Gilbert and Robert E. Gilbert Sr.

Loraine and Joe Gilbreath

Brian A. Gin ’06

Reba and Morris Ginsburg

Gary R. Glacken ’57 and Maryetta Glacken

Benjamin Glaser ’51 and Lillian Glaser

Michael A. Glazeski ’79

Neil Glenesk ’84 and Patricia T. Glenesk

Gail Gloom

Andrew Glucs ’83 and Pilar M. Glucs

Joan C. and William C. Godfrey

Stephen Godfrey ’86

school support


Under $1,000 (cont.) Harvey P. Gogol ’53 and Arlene S. Gogol

Daniel and Tanette Goldberg

Teresa A. Goldberg ’78 and Robert M. Diaz

Golden Empire Optometric Society

Sidney Goldhor ’41

J. Norton and Ethel E. Goldman

Ronald L. Goldstein ’59

Alexander Goncalves ’81

Stephen G.S. Goo ’96

Bette Gordon

James and Judith Gordon

Janet and Murray Gordon

Robert L. Gordon

Peter Gotsch

Bette L. Gould ’76 and Dennis R. Gould

Denise J. Graessley ’95 and William W.

Graessley

Lawrence and Dorothy Graf

Emil W. Graff ’59

Robert J. Graham ’87 and Rhonda A. Graham

Grant Optometric Group

Anthony J. Gravante

Donald R. and Mary A. Gray

Daniel P. Grayson ’66 and Sandra P. Grayson

John J. Greaney

Robert M. Greathouse Jr. and Marilyn F.

Greathouse

William A. Greensides ’47

Robert B. Greer ’93 and Jeanene A. Greer

Elizabeth M. Grenier ’96

Julie Griebrok-Assercq ’70

John R. Griffin ’58 and Carol A. Griffin

Anna Griffith

Elizabeth W. Griffith

Kristen S. Griggs ’99

Israel Grinberg

John D. Grisham OD ’69, MS ’77

Bernard Grolman

Tem R. Gronquist ’97 and Joanne Gronquist

Catherine and Kenneth Gross

Leon J. and Ellyn R. Gross

Rita J. Gross

Howard E. and Diane D. Grunes

Michael J. Guarnotta ’82

Martin D. Guevara ’84

Rene B. and Lorraine S. Guevara

Guggenheim Revocable Trust

Robert G. Gutierrez

Leo R. and Carol S. Gutstein

Susan L. Guyon

Maria P. Ha ’01

Gunilla Haegerstrom-Portnoy OD ’72, PhD ’83

and Robert C. Portnoy

Alden N. Haffner

Guy Halferty III and Diane Halferty

Bradley I. Hall ’95 and Ann M. Wendt

Jack G. Hall ’78

Hall and Chu Optometrists

Cynthia Hamblin ’89 and Charles Hamblin

David W. Hamill ’80

Charles P. Hammer ’62

Lola L. Hammons

Jamie L. Hancock ’94

Wallace M. Handeland ’76

Lesli D. Handmacher ’75

William A. Hare PhD ’89

James M. Harmon ’73

Charles W. Harpur ’82 and Judith H. Harpur

Andrea E. Harris

Gertrude Harris

Kenneth L. Harris ’75 and Hannelore M. Harris

Ronald L. Harris ’69

Lawrence Harrison

Bert H. Hartzell ’48 and Shirley Hartzell

Lisa H. Harvey ’83

Henry K. Hashioka ’41

Michael B. Hatashita ’80 and Denise A. Hatashita

Eddy L. Haw ’75 and Katherine S. Harano ’75

Jack Hazekamp

Frederick W. Hebbard OD ’49, PhD ’57

Tokuji Hedani ’39

Heiden & Heiden PA

Herbert Heiden ’39

Stephen Heiden ’70 and Susan Heiden

Richard and Patricia Heimans

Carl L. Hejna ’73

C. Ivan Heling

Stuart B. Heller

Mark R. Helmus ’81 and Joann L. Helmus ’86

Harvey Herman

Jennifer K. Herman

Leighton R. Herman

Arthur M. Hernandez

Susan E. Hewlett ’87

Karen L. Hexem ’79

Steven E. Heyman ’72

Adam L. Hickenbotham ’03

Yvette N. Hida ’91 and Dennis R. Hida

High Desert Optometric Group

Richard M. Hill OD ’58, PhD ’61 and Leonora

M. Hill

Thomas H. Hilsenrath ’90

Harold E. and Mary E. Hinrichs

Mardi L. and Ralph F. Hints ’84

David S. Hironaga ’94

Monroe J. Hirsch Trust

Geoffrey A. and Francia V. Hirsch

Craig K. Hisaka ’72 and Julie K. Hisaka

Larisia M. Hladun-Nickeson ’02 and Mark

Nickeson

Domingo and Delia Ho

Karen R. Hobbs

M. Pia Hoenig ’89

Michelle Hoff ’94 and Chris Hoff

Mavis S. and Donald N. Hoffman

Nancy R. Hoffman and Jacques Wolgelenter

David A. Hoh ’83

Peter Z. and Hagar Holan

Jeffrey A. Holbert Professional Corporation

George G. Hom

Milton Hom ’81 and Jill Hom

Morton H. Horn ’54

Tammy C. Hong ’01

James Honl

Donald C. Hood

Richard L. Hopping

James Hornberger ’60 and Jeanne Hornberger

John G. and Virginia A. Horner

Bruce A. Hornstein ’83

Gerald S. Horwitt ’60

Sandra G. Horwitz ’79

Stephen Hoverman

Alison and Peter Howard

Steve Howard

William S. Howard

Chih-Don Hsiao ’98

Swan I. Hsieh

Christine Y. Hsu

Michael A. Hsu ’79

Emily F. Hsui ’99

Suzanne Huang ’85

June and Howard Hubbard Jr.

Larry C. Huey ’98

Stanley Huey ’76

Vicki L. Hughes ’78

Kenneth E. Huie

Albert J. Hum

Danny Hum ’80

Humphrey Instruments, Inc.

Humphreys & Marchant ODs Ltd.

Thomas and Isabel Hunt

Ethel Hyde

Mark S. Ichikawa ’84 and Jennifer Y. Ichikawa

Ruth H. Ikeda and Osamu Ikeda ’76

Illinois College of Optometry

In Sight Eyecare Center

Indo American Optometry Outreach

Milton M. Inouye ’48

Insight Eye Care Center

Insight Optometry

Invision Optometry

Ben W. Israel

Harriet Ivey

Michael W. Jackson ’76

George and Elizabeth Jacobs

George L. and Elizabeth Jacobs Trust

Joan R. Jacobs

Tillie Jacobs

Melville S. Jacobson ’51

Neeru and Arvind Jain

Donald K. James

Howard H. and Pauline Jan

Elaine C. Jang ’40

Johnny Y. Jang ’78

Audrey C. Jaques ’76

Eugene I. Jast

Paul Jensen ’86

Sandra H. Jeong ’86 and Arthur Jeong

Edwin B. Jeung ’77

Jewish Community Foundation

Franklin and Rose Jin

Shirley Jin ’86 and Mark Suzuki

Steven S. Jio ’79 and Jill A. Jio

Camilla Joe ’89

George B. Johanson ’55

Johnson & Hetzner

Lance B. Johnson ’61

Tina Johnson

Ashby C. Jones OD ’78, PhD ’84 and Ellen C.

Brischer ’82

Bethany S. Jones

Helen C. Jones

Janet M. Jones

Randall T. Jose ’69

J.E. Josephson

John T. Ju ’75

Joseph L. Judson

Richard W. Jue ’84 and Susanna Li-Jue

Ton F. Jue ’51 and Thelma Jue

William W. Kaiser ’66

Carl Kallmann

Rodger T. Kame

Terry E. and Diane L. Kamrin

Akio Kanai

Lillian Kantor

James and Hui Kao

Jennifer H. Kao ’83 and Randy J. Tan

Richard J. and Edith S. Kapash

Elliott and Patricia Kapchan

Harry Kaplan

Glenn A. Kaprielian ’74 and Marsha A. Kaprielian

Dennis Karambelas

Steven Kasinof

Irving H. Kass ’42 and Elizabeth Kass

John V. and Carol L. Kasser

Katz Family Trust

Allan H. Kaufman ’53 and Shirley R. Kaufman

Paul and Yvette Kay

Therese L. Keck

Roderick Keener OD ’71, PhD ’79

Edward L. and Carole L. Keller

Jeffrey T. Keller ’64 and Susanne S. Keller

Kathleen D. Keltz ’77

Kathleen G. Kennedy ’88 and James A. Misener

Kensington Optometry

Emily Kenyon ’80

Michelle F. Kerr ’91

Melvin C. and Georgeanne C. Kerwin

Stephen D. Kessler ’80

Sarah E. Key ’03

Jerry M. Keyes ’61

Farnaz Khankhanian ’89

Mary L. Kieffer

Thomas D. Kiggins ’67

Joanne S. Kim ’79

Walter S. Kim ’80

Donald H. and Annette Kincaid

Kenneth B. King Jr. and Patricia A. King

John J. Kinney ’71 and Janice A. Kinney

Duane I. Kirk ’78

Duane Kirschbaum

Stephanie J. Kirschbaum ’87

David G. Kirschen OD ’72, PhD ’77 and Alyse

S. Kirschen

Willliam K. and Hilda F. Kitchin

Janice Klein

Robert N. Kleinstein ’69

Joel Kletzelman ’74

Joel Kletzelman OD, Inc.

Steven L. Kline ’80

Steven L. Kline OD, Inc.

Jeffrey W. Klink ’79 and Janice D. Taylor

Billie Z. Knight ’77

John L. Knight ’53 and Martha Sproul Knight

Karl R. Koch ’59

F & F Koenigkramer Co.

Cynthia R. Koenigsberg ’81

Sallie Koenigsberg

Robert A. Koetting

Irene M. Koga ’87

Elwood H. Kolb

Richard C. Koleszar ’73

Paul Komm ’46

Michihiro Kono ’65 and Carol K. Kono

Hedda Kornfeld

Keith H. Kosakura ’97

John Y. Koyama OD, Inc.

Sanford G. Koyama ’68

David A. and Le’ellen Kratochvil

Gregor and Ingeborg Kress

Corliss Krivoy

Sheldon and Florence Kronfeld

E. Fritz Kruger ’52

Peter J. Krupocki ’63

Douglas J. Kubo ’74

Ronald J. Kubo ’70

John F. Kulischak ’89

G.J. Kuroda

Kuwabara and Yamane Optometrists, Inc.

Thomas Kvamme ’86

Phenny S. Kwan ’75

Paul E. Labissoniere ’73

Lafayette Eye Associates

James A. Laffin ’73 and Linda A. Laffin

Adolphus W. Lages

Jacqueline K. and Lester Lai

Lakeview Vision Clinic

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan PhD ’85

Edgar J. Lana

Gale E. Lana

Ila M. and Michael Landendorfer

Robert C. Lansdon

Michael C. Larsen ’99 and Linda Larsen

Almon E. Larsh Jr.

Angelo M. and Georgina W. Larussa

Patrick Lauro ’87

Michael Lavieri Jr. ’71

Julius C. and Lina Law

Kenneth Lawenda

Thomas Lawrence

Thomas J. Lawrence

G.A. Le Tourneau

A.L. Learner

Dorothy Learner

Mary Lechner ’91

Alice S. Lee ’87 and Joo B. Lee

Barkley C. Lee ’73

Chester Lee ’74 and Doris K. Lee

Cindy Lee

Corey M. Lee

Dennis Lee ’74 and Suzanne Lee

Diana L. Lee and Alexei V. Filippenko

Douglas and Marion H. Lee

Edna F. Lee ’88 and Clifford A. Lee ’88

Ellen J. Lee OD ’95, PhD ’03

Erny Lee ’78

Eugene Lee ’62 and Beverly A. Lee

Eugene A. and Rose L. Lee

Faye M. and Arnold T. Lee

Foon M. Lee

Joanne M. Lee ’75

Kenneth M. Lee ’76

Michael C. Lee ’68

Michael L. Lee ’78

Michele A. Lee ’93

Roxanne M. Lee ’78

Salena M. Lee ’96

Scott F. Lee ’02 and Chrystine D. Lee

Helen Lee-Mong and Sean Mong

Leland Lehnus

Donald M. Leibel

Hazel Leichter Scott

David R. Leong

Jerome M. Lerner ’42 and Florine B. Lerner

William W. and Colleen Leslie

Lulu S. Lester ’73 and Stephen F. Lester ’73

Robert M. Levan

Howard Levenson ’58 and Barbara A. Levenson

Harry J. Levin ’41 and Jean B. Levin

Judith and Jonathan Levin

Milton I. Levin ’71 and Pamela W. Levin

Stella Levin ’03

Frances H. Levine

Norma J. Levingston ’73

Elise Lew ’86 and Henry W. Louie

Rita Lew ’85 and Curtis G. Fong

Lewis S. Lim & Associates

Marilouise S. Lewis

Margaret M. Liberman

Lim and Schrader Optometrists

Chester W. Lim ’74

Jimmy L. Lim ’82 and Suyin G. Lim

Lewis S. Lim ’02

Valerie A. Lim ’05

Alan E. Limfat ’90 and Lucille Limfat

Jenny Y. Lin ’06

Meng C. Lin PhD ’02

Eileen M. Linder ’89 and Shawn A. Linder

Richard J. Lindholtz ’45

Barbara J. and Reinhard Lindner

William S. Lindsay

Ellen R. Linsey ’77 and Michael S. Linsey

James S. Linville ’87 and Laura A. Linville

Kathleen M. Linville

Richard M. and Nancy S. Litvak

Richard L. and Judith Litwin

Andrew Liu and Brenda Baker

Arlene E. Livingston

Estelle S. Lizon

Stella E. Lizon

Jerry S. Lombardi ’64

Deborah A. Long ’89 and Milo Long

Thomas Longa

Ronald B. and Eileen M. Looney

Ralf W. Lorenz ’64 and Lynn Lorenz

Philip J. Loring ’71

Lori Lott

Diana L. Lou ’92

Key W. Lou ’59

Donald E. Louie ’65 and Midori U. Louie

Emile Louie

Gary Louie ’79 and Stephanie Louie

Low Vision Diplomatic Program

Evelyn A. Low

Kathleen V. Low ’84

Lawrence and Margie Lowber

Lawrence Lowe

Robert L. and Kathleen Lowry

Randall T. Lum ’93

Lumberton Optometric Center

Karen J. Lum-Nackley and John E. Nackley

Henry Lurie and Inga E. Cherman

Todd Lyckberg

Patrick J. Lydon ’81

Gerald J. Lynch

Leonard W. Ma

Gary D. Maas ’75 and Robin L. Maas

MacAm Devices

Manfred MacKeben

Morton G. Macks

Donald I. and Kristin MacLeod

Robert W. Madden ’61 and Diane M. Madden

Marvin C. Mah ’80 and Pamela W. Mah

Kelvn K. Mak ’77

Frances Z. Makower

A.H. Malin

Irene L. and Frank T. Malley

Emily Maloney

Richard G. and Barbara C. Maloney

school support


Under $1,000 (cont.) John T. Maltsberger

Tania M. Mantua ’90

Victoria L. Mar ’98

Victoria L. Mar OD Ltd.

William March ’59 and Opal D. March

Evan R. Marchant ’91

Joseph J. Marchionna

Marco Ophthalmic Inc.

Richard H. Marcus ’79

Seymour C. Marcuse Jr.

Rebecca M. and Laurence M. Malin

Nina F. Margolis ’89 and Todd M. Margolis

Maridon Family Living Trust

Franl Maridon

Samuel and Lydia Markowitz

Clifford V. Marks

H.V. Marsell

Elizabeth R. Marshall

Lorraine H. and Leonard A. Marshall

Earl R. Martin

Mary Martin

Michael and Gail F. Martin

Sylvia C. Martin

Benjamin K. Marumoto ’62

Aleane & George Mason

Andrea L. Masters ’83

Gilbert M. Matsuoka ’79

Robert Matsushima ’84 and Teresa Matsushima

Matthew Y. Matsuzaki ’71

Marguarita Mattei

Michael S. Matthews ’76

Diane P. Mattson

Errol W. Mauchlan

Lawrence May

Joy F. and George S. Maze

Mark D. McAdams ’74

James N. McBride

Susan M. McCafferty ’83

John A. McConnaughey ’60 and Jean

McConnaughey

Dale L. McCoy

Jean McCoy

William J. McDonald Jr. ’70 and Mary A.

McDonald

Franklin S. and Lois McFeely

Patricia H. McGlinchy

Morton McGregor

Richard J. McGuire

Nancy H. McKay and Mark A. McKay ’88

Christopher and Suzanne McKee

John J. McNally ’79 and Heike McNally

Mebine Family Trust

Medical Research Council of Canada

Ateev and Anna S. Mehrotra

Moshe Mendelson ’90

Wendy L. and Ronald L. Merrill

John A. Merslich ’80 and Mickie L. Merslich

Dawn H. Messer ’84 and Timothy I. Messer ’84

Ada Mew

Arey K. Mew ’71

A.W. Meyer

Bill Meyer

Kellee D. Meyer ’88

Ian J. Middleton ’71 and Carol L. Middleton

William F. Middleton Jr. ’73

Paula J. Milano

Kenneth A. Miles ’70

Philip R. Mill ’69

Millbrae Vision Center

Dawn M. Miller

Ralph B. Miller

S. Glen Miller

Sara R. Miller

Sheldon H. Miller

Sheldon S. and Nikki Miller

Walter and Judith Miller

Mary B. and Robert C. Minaker

Alma L. Minter

Alice C. Mitchell ’44

James H. Mitchell ’68

Cedric Mitsui ’90 and Patricia Mitsui

Lawrence G. Mock ’73

Judy Mohraz

David C. Moline ’82

Geri B. Monheimer

Lisa E. Moon ’76

Jane D. Moorman

James Morioka

Bryan Morris

Kenneth L. Morris ’39

Susan S. and Mark M. Morris

Morrison Associates

James Moses ’53

Ralph Moses ’51

Hubert L. and Jean R. Moshin

Ann Moskowitz

Mt. Airy Vision Center

Mt. Eden Lions Club

Cecilia Mui ’80 and Esmond Chan

Kathy Mulvey

Ted and Janet Mundy

Norma H. Murphy

Pamela L. Murphy ’82

Murray Vision Center

Earl T. Myers ’78

Lori A. Myers ’85 and Steven D. Myers

Paul E. Naftali ’89 and Helene Naftali

Nagy Family Trust

Betty Nagy

David A. Nakagawa ’72

T. Clifford Nakajima ’49 and Nancy T. Nakajima

Jack H. and Sumi K. Nakashima

Gerald A. Nankin ’55 and Natalie A. Nankin

William L. and Dorothea K. Nary

Nationwide Insurance Foundation

Natoma Company

Neefe Optical Lab

Robert M. and Mimi T. Negendank

Peter R. Nehrebecki ’71

Marvin W. Neill ’70 and Annajean Neill

Gary B. Nelson ’73

Marvin J. Nelson ’46

Alan V. Nerenberg ’73

Richard W. Neumaier ’57

Richard W. Neumaier Trust

Maurice J. Newman ’52

Ronald T. Ng ’75

Shirley M. Ng ’05

Thien H. Ng

Bach-Kim T. Nguyen ’95

Lina T. Nguyen ’06

Negar Niazi ’01

Mark Nider ’78

Fred Nieder

Linda Nielsen

Dean K. Nishijima ’80

Wayne A. Nishio ’81

Mary M. Nixon

Arthur Y. Nomura ’54 and Grace Nomura

T.W. Nooney

Cecil and Margaret Norcott

Northwest Optometry Associates

Norwest Foundation

Angela M. Nossoff and Ian R. Nossoff ’88

Edward F. Nuccio ’84

Fred. L. Nungesser Jr.

Sherrie A. Nunn

Suzanne H. Nylander ’82

Jerry Nystrom

Walter and Vera Obermeyer

Robert and Carroll O’Conner

Gary K. Oda ’65 and Judy K. Oda

Corrine R. Odineal ’85 and Robert D. Odineal

John A. and Patricia O’Donnell

Judith E. Oh ’05

Nancy M. Ohama ’79

Leslie S. Ohari ’90

Ojai Valley Optometric Group

Dorothy T. Okamoto ’77

Jeffrey S. Okamoto

Robert S. Okamoto

Roy Okamoto ’59

R. Okamura & M. Decker OD, Inc.

Jennifer N. Okano

Robert M. O’Leary

Mary Lou and Rollie G. Olson

Norman H. and Patricia Olson

Optimaxx International

Orange Belt Optometric

Yvette R. Ordronneau

Ernest K. Oshiro ’85

Seizen Oshiro

Osias Consultants, Inc.

Osias Family Trust

Gordon K. Ota ’82

Mary Alice and John Otis

Richard Otte

E. Jack Ottosen ’59 and Carol L. Ottosen

Owens Corning

Ronald T. Oye ’72

Clyde W. Oyster

Debbie M. Ozaki and Gary K. Ozaki ’84

Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center

James R. Packwood ’36 and Naoma L. Packwood

Edward J. Page ’49 and Adella Page

Stephen J. Page ’83

Dennis L. Palm ’79

Edgar A. Parker ’86

Leroy Parrish

Bruce J. Parsons ’49

Neha N. Patel ’02

Douglas R. Patten

Leon W. Patterson ’58 and Sandra J. Patterson

George A. Patton ’82

T.O. Paul

Celeste A. Paz ’83

Raymond M. Paz ’48

Marquita M. Pearman

Thomas R. Pearson ’84 and May W. Pearson

Raymond F. Pedersen ’86

Robert E. Pedersen ’84

Richard B. Pederson

Salvatore J. and Margaret L. Penza

Cecilia Perez ’83 and Salvador Perez

Marisa A. Perez ’06

John D. Perry

Corey G. Persons ’93

Richard C. Peters

Clifford E. Peterson Jr. ’63 and Jo A. Peterson

Garrick K. Peterson ’88 and Jeannette L. Peterson

Delbert G. and Helen Peterson

Terry J. Peterson

Kristin Peterson-Salgado ’97 and Paul Salgado

John H. and Sybille A. Pfluke

Robert Pfost ’71

Todd R. Pickens ’77

Piedmont Travel Service

Albert L. Pierce

James and Kathleen Pinckney

William R. Pinkerton ’59

Gerald T. Pittler ’77

Pixar Animation Studios

Martin S. and Rochelle Pollens

Joseph E. Pompura ’65

Victoria W. Pond

Sik Nam Poon

Edmund Portnoy

Maurice G. Poster

Marvin R. Poston ’39

George Poulo

Costos C. Poulos

John M. Powell ’70

Eugene P. Prather ’59

Precision Optical

Precision-Cosmet Company, Inc.

Bernard Press Enterprises, Inc.

Press Family Trust

Irvin L. Pressman ’47 and Annette Pressman

John R. Prewett ’81

Price Waterhouse LLP

Emil Prigge ’75

Richard C. Prima Jr.

Edward P. Prindle

Robert D. Pruess

James T. Pun

Lawrence Purcell ’49 and Marion L. Purcell

Kazuko K. Puro ’64

Lois L. Quick

Debra A. Quick-Jones ’85

Jennifer S. Quirante ’94

Jeffrey C. Rabin OD ’81, PhD ’91 and Suppatra

S. Rabin

Franz Rad

Mona L. Radice

L. Dale Ralston

Constance Ramos

Mary J. Rasmus

Salumeh Rastani ’07

Eldon D. Ream ’71

Robert R. Rector ’51

Red Bluff Vision Center

Kevin M. Reeder ’88 and Cheri Reeder

Patricia J. Reese

Maxine Reeves

David L. Rehder

Paul L. Reimers ’72 and Margaret Reimers

Leonard and Fay Reisfelt

Margaret E. Rendler

Ben and Evelyn Renfree

Wolfgang H. Renken OD, Inc.

Paul Resnick and Joan M. Karlin

Ralph E. Retherfoard

Anthony J. Revelli ’72

Revlon Health Care Group

Derrell L. Rhinehart ’64

George E. Rich

Stuart P. Richer ’81

William K. Riedel

Alan J. Riezman ’79

Joanne S. Rigdon ’02

Robert H. Riggert ’78

Bruce A. Riggs

Kevin M. Riggs ’84

Rio Hondo Optometric Society

Edward and Gloria Riordan

Hillis Rittenberg ’35

Donald W. Roberts ’57

Gregg J. Roberts ’78

H. Eugene Roberts ’62

Nathan J. and Susan S. Robfogel

Thomas P. Rogers ’77

Valerie M. Rogers ’78

James S. Ronan ’68 and Robin C. Ronan

Sally Rooksby

Howard I. Rose ’62 and Leslie S. Rose

Paul Rosen ’53 and Shirley M. Rosen

Ignace Rosenberg ’62

Sheri and Joel Rosenberg

Sarah R. and Alfred A. Rosenbloom

Samuel G. Rosenthal ’48

Louis Ross

Richard E. Ross ’70 and Vicki Ross

Wanda P. Ross

Gertrude Roth

Niles Roth OD ’56, PhD ’61 and Jean Roth

Thomas R. and Karen M. Rowley

Constance M. Ruben

Harold Rubenstein

H. Claude Rudd ’64

David P. Rudiak ’81 and Roberta Gould

Belle Rudoff

Joan Rueda

Claudia Ruegg

Cynthia P. Ruggeiro ’84

Cora Ruhr ’59

Vicki L. Rushakoff

Idona and Bernard Rust

Eric Rutledge

Christopher A. Ruzicka ’87 and Laura L.

Lacey ’89

Joy and L. Ryon

Nicolette J. Sacco-Brown ’87

Robert M. Sachs ’63

Sharon B. Sacks

Harry G. Sadoian ’51 and Helen Sadoian

Manabu and Trudy Sakamoto

Shoya and Ikuko Sakazaki

George P. Saleen ’49

Danita C. Sam ’84

Reed A. Sammet ’83

William Sammons

Stanley E. Samuelis

San Joaquin Optometric Society

Elvyra F. San Juan

A. Sandoval

Wendy L. Santizo ’85 and Werener J. Santizo

A.L. Sarantinos

A. Sarantinos and L. Peters, Inc.

Sarver and Yokoi Optometrists

Joseph D. Sasaki ’38

Thomas C. Sather ’78

James K. Saunders ’61 and Delores A. Saunders

Gary L. Savage OD ’73, PhD ’88 and Sherry Savage

Albert l. Scaief ’70 and Nicole Scaief

Laura M. and Joseph R. Scalabrino

Jessica Schar

Dorit M. Scharff ’88 and Gregory Scharff

Arthur G. Scharlach

Yolanda M. Scheer ’03

Kyle Schell ’86

Robert J. Scherman

Michael J. Schermer

Jay Schlanger OD, Inc.

Paulette P. Schmidt

Russell S. Schmidt ’73 and Charlene I. Schmidt

Mathias and Patricia Schmutz

Robert E. Schoen ’76

Robert L. Schoenberg ’80

Ruth T. Schoenberg

David M. and Claire Schoenfeld

Ruth Scholler

Albert J. Schomacker ’51

Clifton M. Schor ’72 and Nance Wilson

Donna O. Schor

Judith L. Schrader and Wayne C. Schrader ’74

Charlotte S. Schwartz

Helen Schwartz

Michael W. Schwartz ’79

William Schwartz

Janet A. and Walter Schwegman

Donald D. Schwellenbach ’83

David B. Scollin ’81 and Christy B. Scollin

Scott Family Fund

Edmond E. Seay III

Donadl D. Sebanc ’68

Nicholas Selby ’84 and Sandra Selby

John and Mary Selhorst

Harold B. Senter ’39

Richard and Susan Sequeira

Lincoln A. Service Jr. ’82

Rosemary and Paul V. Shadid

Paula D. Shadid ’84

Sangita V. Shah ’92 and E. Price Stover

Viraj J. Shah ’03

June M. Shane

Shane-Michael Optical Company

Allan W. Shapiro MD, Inc.

Barbara Z. and Dolph Shapiro

Jean C. Sharp

Shasta Professional Eye Care Center

Daniel M. Shen ’89

David J. Shen ’96

Melissa M. Sheppard ’91 and David Sheppard

Lawrence and Monica J. Shih

Chad T. Shimazaki ’05 and Jennifer Shimazaki

Yuji P. Shinfuku ’85

Laurel W. Shockey

Fred Shorr ’51

Ronald B. Short ’84

Ronald C. and Lourdes B. Short

Suzanne Shupe

Barbara Shupin

Sidney A. Shute ’47

Rand W. Siekert ’91

Mariann T. and Ronald Sielawa

Society of Sigma Xi Alpha Beta

Peter V. Signorotti ’49

Irvin Silberstein ’42 and Sylvia Silberstein

Mary and Albert Silverman

school support


Under $1,000 (cont.)Lester Silverman ’88

Andrea C. Silvers

Albert Simon

Bette A. Simon

Helen J. Simon

Jean M. Simon

Larry Simpfenderfer ’83 and Paula

Simpfenderfer

Ward B. and Sadie S. Skinner

Margaret E. Skov

Carol L. Slette ’86

F.E. and A.M. Smith

Harold and Marian Smith

Lassie R. Smith

Loren D. Smith ’81

Sheldon K. Smith

William H. and Gertrude K. Smith

SmithKline Beecham Foundation

Everett M. Snow

Irving Sokolow ’37

Solomon Snyder & Klein Optometrists

Sonnfilter Holding AG

Sonntag-Reeve Medical Corp.

Clayton G. Soo Hoo ’48 and Bess Soo Hoo

Lionel W. and Katherine A. Sorenson

Lionel W. Sorenson MD, Inc.

Southern California College of Optometry

Lenore & C.N. Spalaris

Angelo Spataro ’97

Tammy Spath

Bonnie L. Spector ’75

Raymond Dale Spencer ’72

Anne Spicer-Cobble

Mark E. Spivack ’88

Earl G. Spomer Sr.

Donald and Theresa Springer

Alice St. John

Beatriz F. St. John

Anna Stael

Stanislaus Optometric Center

Arnold L. Stanley ’52

Jeffrey S. Starr ’82

Robert L. Stasey

Steefel Levitt & Weiss PC

Yvonne M. Steffen

Gary A. and Holly E. Steiger

Stein Family Trust

Mrs. Herbert Stein

Deborah E. Steinberg ’88 and Ross B. Redding ’87

Max and Devora K. Steiner

Marian L. Steinmetz

Frederick W. Stellhorn ’70

Geraldine Stern

Lawrence H. Stern ’62

Victor Stern

Audrey Stoddard

Donald J. and Marie U. Stoker

Donald E. Stover ’81

Don Stover Optometry

Roger B. Strange ’71

Lewis H. and Dara O. Strauss

Jerald W. Strickland

Lynn D. Stromness ’88 and Julie Stromness

Stromness Vision

Gloria M. Stupfel

Harrison Sturgis Jr.

Mark D. Sturgis ’84

Timothy P. Suorsa ’97 and Luisa P. Suorsa

Timothy Suorsa Optometry

Penelope Sholes Suter ’84

Kenneth E. Sweeney ’81

Elizabeth N. Sweetnam ’84

Eugene and Ellen Switkes

Genevieve L. Snyder

Sol and Phyllis M. Tabak

Table Rock Family Vision Care

Akira Tajiri ’49 and Naomi Tajiri

Takahashi & Sakazaki

Masakazu M. Takahashi ’64

Masai Takeshita ’39 and Aiko Takeshita

David W. Tam ’82 and Linda S. Tam

Dr. and Mrs. Edward Tamler

Cimberly E. Tamura

Ken Y. Tanisawa ’73 and M. Barbara Tanisawa

Fran Tanner

Lesley Gilb Taplin

Colleen C. Tashiro

June Tatsuno

Peter H. Taylor ’82 and Marna C. Taylor

Frank Tendrick

Eric Y. Teng

Seiju E. Terada ’83

Michael J. Thaanum ’78 and Kathryn A. Thaanum

Fletcher H. Thames ’82

Aleta Thielmeyer

James Thomas

Susan L. and Eugene D. Thompson Jr.

G. Douglas and Suzanne D. Thompson

Matthew D. Thurlow

Time, Inc.

Paola S. Timiras

Charlotte A. Tlachac ’78

Laura A. Toepfer ’87

Gay K. Tokumaru ’88

Alice Tokuyama ’41 and S.S. Tokuyama

Richard Tom ’89 and Judy S. Lee ’89

Wesley F. Tom ’90

William Y.S. Tom

Terry and May Tong

William H. Tonsall ’64

Roger Blake H. Tootell

Joseph Torres ’87

Leland C. Toy ’76

Sandy Toy

Kathy Tran ’05

Taylor N. Tran ’06

Thien-Chau H. Trang ’90

Transamerica Corporation

Tri Valley Optometry

Phyllis and Norman Troyer

Herb Trumble

Robert T. Trumm

Albert T. Tsuda

David M. Tsukamoto ’59

David L. Turetsky ’81

Isadore Turetsky

Jeanette M. and Michael D. Twa

Katherine and Charles Twigg

Mitchell Tyler and Katherine Blood

U.S. Optical Specialties, Inc.

UCSOS Women’s Auxiliary

Yoshio and Diane S. Umemoto

United Way of the Bay Area

University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Waterloo

Gail and Kazuo Unno

Stephen M. Uno ’86

Louise M. Vail ’83

Roger and Marie Valine

Vallejo Eye Clinic

John A. Van Every ’73 and Joyce Van Every

J.A. Van Pelt

Sylvia Vanegas

Peter Vasilevsky

David W. Vastine

Mark A. Ventocilla ’94

David N. Vered

Jack and Kathleen Vieth

Viewpoint Eye Care LLC

Ronald S. Vigil ’97

Rizal K. Villareal

Peter S. Visendi ’72

Vision Care Center

Vision Works Optometry

Visioncare

Visiontech, Inc.

Bernard E. Vodnoy

Frederick E. Vogelsberg and Louise L. Vogelsberg ’56

Vicki J. Volbrecht

Raymond and Pamela Volker

James E. Volponi ’84

Julia A. Voorhies

Jon G. Wada

James V. Waldron ’77

David F. and Tedra Wallen

Walnut Creek Optometry Group

Lily S. Wang ’76

Michael Wang ’92

Mark E. Warlen ’84

Nancy P. Warlen

Warm Springs Optometric Group

Randall B. Watkins ’73

Richard L. Webber PhD ’71

Michael and Shernaaz Webster

school support

Chancellor Robert Birgeneau has observed that “The vast majority of Americans

are educated in public universities that cannot provide the financial aid packages

of private universities with large endowments. Ironically, it could become more

expensive for a student from a family of low or moderate means to attend a public

university than for a student from a well-to-do family to attend a private college.”

Why are scholarships important to Berkeley Optometry? Scholarships are

important for several reasons: they help the school stay competitive with other

schools and colleges of optometry that have many scholarships to offer, they help keep

student indebtedness down, and they help attract the best students to the school.

What is an endowed scholarship? Funds generated by an endowed scholarship

are used in perpetuity to provide financial assistance to students who meet certain

criteria specified by the donor in a gift agreement with the school. The minimum

amount to establish such an endowment is $50,000.

How are these funds generated? The donated funds are invested in the

University Pooled Endowment Fund in order to earn interest. Roughly five percent

of the annual interest earned is disbursed as scholarships, with the remainder going

back into the corpus of the scholarship, allowing for future growth. For example,

in 2007 these funds netted 12 percent. Seven percent increased the corpus of the

fund, and 5 percent was used to fund scholarships. This formula amounts to a

$2,500 annual scholarship for each $50,000 endowment.

What is a gift agreement? Gift agreements are designed to ensure that a donor’s

gift is used exactly as the donor intended. The gift agreement specifies explicit details

regarding the uses and limitations of a donor’s contribution. For example, the donor

may wish to give preference to students who excel in a certain area of practice.

How many endowed scholarships does the school need? In a perfect world,

the school would have one for each student, with each one large enough to cover

all student costs. Our short-term goal is to provide 60 endowed scholarships,

which would benefit 25 percent of the school’s students.

How many endowed scholarships does the school have currently? Thirty-four

are endowed; however, at the current time none of these scholarships provide a full-

ride scholarship. All of the scholarships provide partial assistance. With the cost of

tuition rising, students are grateful for any amount of help they can receive!

For further information please contact Tammy Spath at 510-642-2643 or e-mail

[email protected].

The Tony and Elna Adams Optometry Student Diversity Support Fund

The Dr. John R. and Norma M. Austin Optometry Student Support Fund

The Drs. Stephen R. Chun and Doris Sze Chun Professional Student Support Fund

The Ciba Vision Endowed Student Scholarship Fund

The Theodore Cohn Vision Science Fellowship Fund

The Contact Lens Clinic Faculty Professional Student Support Fund

The Russell DeValois Vision Science Fellowship Fund

The Dr. Raymond L. Eng Family Professional Student Support Fund

The Rupert E. Flower Scholarship Fund

The Dr. Cheslyn Gan and Dr. Linda Cushing Optometry Student Support Fund

The Robert Greenwood Private Optometric Practice: Patient Management

Professional Student Support Fund

The Harris Family Scholarship Fund

The Dr. Michael G. Harris Professional Student Support Fund

The Thomas B. Hewitt, O.D. Volunteer Public Service Grant Fund

The Curtis W. Keswick Alumni Veterans’ Affairs Residency Low Vision Student

Support Fund

The Ko Clinic/UC Optometry Alumni Professional Student Support Fund

The Jeffrey and Cynthia Ko Family Optometry Student Support Fund

The George Lee/UC Optometry Alumni Ophthalmic Optics Professional Student

Support Fund

The Dr. Robert W. Lester Professional Student Support Fund

The Dennis and Marilyn Levi Optometry Student Support Fund

The Carl Moore Contact Lens Professional Student Support Fund

The Peng Family/UCBSO Alumni Association Professional Student Support Fund

The Morton Sarver Vision Science Fellowship Fund

The Drs. Morton D. and Donald S. Sarver Professional Student Support Fund

The A. Lee Scaief/UC Optometry Alumni Patient Management Professional

Student Support Fund

The George L. Schneider Memorial Scholarship

The Dorothy Bates Searls Endowed Fund

The Larry Stark Vision Science Fellowship Fund

The Drs. Bernhardt N. and Lawrence S. Thal Professional Student Support Fund

The UC Optometry Alumni Ocular Disease Professional Student Support Fund

The Meredith M. Whiteside and Richard C. Van Sluyters Professional Student

Support Fund

The UCBSO Class of 1971 Professional Student Support Fund

The UCBSO Class of 1986 Professional Student Support Fund

The Berkeley Optometry Class of 2008 Professional Student Support Fund

Berkeley Optometry’s Endowed Scholarships

Endowed Scholarships


Under $1,000 (cont.)

Steven K. Weekes ’95 and Chitsupang S. Weekes

Bernard Weigman

Michael J. Weiner

Richard Weisbarth

William W. Weisman ’60

Norman J. Weiss

Barry A. Weissman OD ’72, PhD ’79

Stanley A. Weitzman ’67

Lester D. Welch ’56

Michael D. Welch and Kelly J. Welch ’90

Paul J. Werdell ’72 and Diane Werdell

Dave Werfel

John S. Werner

Wesley Jessen Corporation

Lyman R. and Lois C. West

Gerald Westheimer

Westwood Vision Care

James C. White ’49 and Irene O. White

Paul D. Whitesides ’67 and Bonnie M.

Whitesides

Frances Whitmore

Robin L. Whitmore

Whitney Family Fund

William D. Whitted ’75 and Pamela A.Whitted

Bruce C. Wick ’72

Robert B. Widerspan ’84 and Lois A. Meyer

Nancy G. and Kenneth A. Wiener

Timothy A. Wilkins

Jenni A. Wilkinson

Ray R. and Janet Willhart

Maria T. Williams ’92 and Joseph Williams

Jennifer W. and Hugh A. Williamson

Martin and Janet Winderl

Winslow-Kingston Vision Centers

Mark E. Winston ’82

Phyllis J. Wishard

Eddie Wissen

D. Ray Witt

Cherise M. Wolas

Charles P. Wolf ’72

Phyllis D. and Stanley W. Wolf

George J. and Karen L. Wolff

Boris and Marilyn Wolper

Bettina Wong ’84

Gingee Wong ’77

Gordon M. Wong ’84 and Lynn M. Wong

Jacinto R. Wong ’87

Lana Wong ’76

Michael G. Wong ’74 and Donna L. Wong

Michael J. and Terrina G. Wong

Norman H. Wong ’75 and Irene N. Wong

Randall K. Wong

Rodney Y. Wong OD ’71, PhD ’71

Rose C. Wong

Sharon L. Wong ’86 and Craig A. Fong ’83

Siu G. Wong ’70

Betty F. Woo ’53 and Calvin N. Woo

Mary L. Woo ’49

Michael C. Woo ’90

Robert L. Woodberry

Kevin Woodburn ’79 and Virginia Woodburn

Barbara E. Woodruff

Wallace J. and Dorothy Worden

Ikuko Nakao Workman

William E. and Diane P. Wormsley

Barbara Worthing-Jones and Larry M. Jones

Kenneth L. and Margaret G. Woznak

Willard and Merrill Wylie

Wani E. Wynne ’78 and Kenneth E. Abreu

Michiyuki L. Yamaguchi ’51

Harvey Yamamoto

Stanley J. and Joyce M. Yamane

Sarah C. Yang

Alice L. Yau

Alvin P. Yee ’76

Jane D. Yee ’81

Joanne Yee ’81 and Paul Yee

Jonah S. Yee ’88

Paul P. Yee ’98

Stephen T. Yee ’75

Wilbert Y. Yee ’40

Sandra M. Yelen ’92

Paul C. Yi ’02

Feb S. and Amy Yokoi

Richard Yook ’68 and Roberta C. Yook

Mark H. Yost

Edwin S. and Joan T. Young

Joseph C. Young ’67

L.R. Young

Nancy N. Young and Dwight Looi

Victor R. Young ’67 and Patricia H. Young

Yili Zhen ’06

Younger Mfg. Co.

Karla Zadnik OD ’82, PhD ’92 and Kurt A. Zadnik

Sylvain Zanger ’54 and Hanna Zanger

Penelope and Steve G. Zantos

Vera and Joseph Zatkin

Allison S. Zaum ’98

Tom Zeko

Betty Zinman

Harold S. Zlot ’60 and Mary Zlot

Judy Zollman and Mary Glick

Edward R. Zouhar ’56 and Estella Zouhar

Lorraine A. Zulim ’76

Steven C. Zweig

In-Kind Gifts from Corporate Friends

Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Allergan, Inc.

Anderson Floors

Carl Zeiss Meditec

Compulink Business Systems

Essilor of America

Eye Imaginations

Marchant Eyewear

Riechert Analytical Instruments

Signet Armorlite, Inc.

Spectera United HealthCare

school support

THE SOLON M. AND PEARL

A. BRAFF CHAIR IN CLINICAL

OPTOMETRIC SCIENCE

The first endowed chair in Berkeley’s School

of Optometry was created by a renowned

California optometrist who helped develop one

of the first corneal contact lenses. Established

in 1992, the Solon M. and Pearl A. Braff Chair

in Clinical Optometric Science honors the donor and his wife, who died in 1990.

A native of New York, Dr. Braff earned his BS from the School of Optometry

at Berkeley in 1937. He entered private practice in Southern California and

became the first optometrist in the nation to specialize in contact lenses.

In 1946, Dr. Braff designed and produced with co-workers the first patented,

hard plastic corneal contact lens—a major breakthrough in the industry. He also

discovered the means of taking impressions of the patient’s eye without the use

of anesthesia. In 1971, he developed one of the first soft lenses to gain approval

from the Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Braff was named 1982 Alumnus

of the Year by the School of Optometry for his long-standing generosity to the

school and its contact lens clinic.

Pearl Adelman Braff was also a strong supporter of the University from

which her husband and two sons graduated. She earned her undergraduate

degree from California State University at Los Angeles and taught elementary

school in Arcadia.

THE MORTON D. SARVER MEMORIAL CHAIR

Created to honor the memory of a distinguished alum-

nus and faculty member of Berkeley’s School of Optom-

etry, the Morton D. Sarver Memorial Chair is helping

to support new contact lens and corneal research. Mor-

ton Sarver, who received his OD in 1947 and his MS in

1962, became world-renowned for his clinical work in

this field. His most notable contribution was pioneering

research that simplified a technique for fitting lenses to

people with severe astigmatism.

Such was Dr. Sarver’s love for the optometric profession that two sons fol-

lowed him to Cal and into a joint practice. Although he was internationally rec-

ognized throughout his career, including being named the Practitioner of the

Year by the American Academy of Optometry in 1984, his most treasured honor

was receiving the 1978 Most Liked Professor Award at the School of Optometry,

where he taught for over 30 years. He died in 1986.

In 1987, with gifts from family, friends, colleagues, and the contact lens in-

dustry, the Morton D. Sarver Memorial Endowment Fund was established to

support programs such as an annual lecture series and research and graduate

student support. In 1992, the fund was redesignated as the Morton D. Sarver

Memorial Chair, to be held by an outstanding scholar in the basic and applied

studies of contact lenses and corneal research.

THE PAMELA AND KENNETH

FONG CHAIR IN OPTOMETRY

AND HEALTH CARE

The newest chair in Berkeley’s School

of Optometry was created by Pamela

and Kenneth Fong in June 2008. The

Pamela and Kenneth Fong Chair in

Optometry and Healthcare addresses

the Fongs’ desire to provide research

and graduate student support related

to health care, vision care, and social

welfare that would have an impact on the greater China region.

Pamela Fong, OD, practiced optometry in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and

North Carolina for many years. She was a member of the management team

of Clontech Labs, Inc., in Palo Alto. Dr. Fong received her BA in mathematics

from San Francisco State University and her OD from Berkeley Optometry in

1977. She is the recipient of the 2001 Alumnus of the Year Award from Berkeley

Optometry. Dr. Fong is a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation, served on the

Board of Vision New America, and has been an Advisory Board member of the

U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C.

Kenneth Fong, PhD, is the Chairman of Kenson Ventures, LLC. Kenson

specializes in venture financing and strategic consulting to biotech companies.

Prior to founding Kenson, Dr. Fong was the founder and CEO of Clontech

Laboratories, a leader in the molecular/cell biology market. Dr. Fong received

his BS in biological sciences from San Francisco State University and his PhD in

molecular biology from Indiana University. He is a trustee of the California State

University System and a trustee of the UC San Francisco Foundation.

Kenneth and Pamela’s son, John C. Fong, received a BA in Asian American

Studies from UC Berkeley in 2006.

Pamela and Kenneth Fong have been generous benefactors to Berkeley

Optometry. In 2000, they established the Fong Optometry and Health Sciences

Library in Minor Hall.

Berkeley Optometry’s Endowed Chairs


Dean’s Circle ($1,000 and up)

Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

Thomas Aller ’83 and Virginia Aller

John Austin ’52 and Norma Austin

Carl Zeiss Vision

Jacob Cohen ’52 and Arlene Cohen

Warren De Haan ’66

Joseph Farrington ’51

Sheldon Golden ’59 and Janet Golden

Maryjane Healey ’00

Winifred Hirsch

Jimmy Low ’52

Howard Pflug ’47 and Marcia Pflug

Richard Leong ’78 and Davida Leong ’78

Edward Revelli ’77

Betty Thal

Lawrence Thal ’75 and Esther Thal

Nora Weissman

Wayne Zimmerman ’73 and Susan

Zimmerman

Benefactor ($500–$999)

Allan and Sydne Bortel

Tony Chahine ’95

Steven Howell ’82 and Nadine Brubaker

Howell ’82

Jennifer Kent

Edward Low ’74 and Ida Low

Robert Mandell

Jon Montoya ’98

Alejandra Reyes ’84

Joan Rogin

Donald Schmidt ’66 and Georgenia Schmidt

Ernest Takahashi ’68 and Jenny Takahashi

Corina Van de Pol ’90*

Partner ($250–$499)

Howard Abrams ’39

Shao-Pin and Li-Li Chen

Edmund and Nora Chiu

Jeffrey A. Holbert ’75

Johnson & Johnson

Jane Kadoya ’80

Jeffrey Klink ’79

Lewis Lim ’02

Henry Linker ’48 and Eva Linker

Jerry Lombardi ’64

Warren LoPresti ’51

Thomas Nagy ’49 and Vicie Nagy

Gordon Ota ’82

Jennifer Quirante ’94

Sigmund Sabin ’53 and Esther Sabin

Nicolette Sacco-Brown ’87

Nancy Shoji ’83

Marvin Smotrich ’63 and Mehrey Smotrich

Michael Sonnleitner ’70

Tammy Spath

Jamie Totsubo ’82

Eugene Tsujimoto ’64

Sheldon Wechsler ’52 and Dorothy

Wechsler

Burton Worrell ’69

Jean Wrightnour ’88

Friend (up to $249)

Craig Adams ’97

Samuel Ahn ’99

Timothy Albert ’85 and Marina Albert

Deanna Alexander ’87 and Daniel Alexander

Edward Anderson ’91 and Janet Anderson

Karlyn Ang ’86 and James Ang

John Apffel ’60 and Lucy Appfel

Jaime Arambula ’05

Kim Asher ’91 and John Asher

David Baba ’83

Roslyn Ballard ’83

David Berke

Neha Bhojraj ’02

Eric Bien ’59 and Lily Bien

Joseph Bonanno ’81*

Jeffrey Braff ’64 and Susannah Braff

Neal Braff ’81 and Janice Braff

Karen Walker Brandreth ’68 and Roy

Brandreth ’53

Barbara Brickley ’46 and James Brickley

Charles Brown ’47 and Elaine Brown

Daniel Brown ’76

Susan Bynum ’91 and David Bynum

Pamela Carlson-Theriot ’00

Janet Carter ’79

Gerald Chan ’75

Robert Chan ’62 and Louise Chan

Chea-Yo Chang ’07

Jason Chang ’06

Julie Chen ’99

Helena Cheng ’99

Sara Chiu ’06

Layne Christensen ’84

Thomas Clark ’51 and Lois Clark

David Davidson ’69

Ximena Daza ’94

Robert Di Pietro ’74

William Dorrance ’67

Gail Ellias ’91

Charmaine Eng ’63

Arlene Espiritu ’05

Terry Feigenbaum ’61 and Gail Feigenbaum

Nat Finkel ’81

Garry Fish ’70 and Christine Fish

Thomas Flynn ’79

Barbara Fong ’72

Edward France ’76

Gerald Gerash ’57

Marianne Ghatta ’97

James Gibson ’79

Michael Giese ’06

Brian Gin ’06

Bette Gould ’76

Daniel Grayson ’66

Kristen Griggs ’99

Tem Gronquist ’97 and Joanne Gronquist

Ralph Guiduli ’74

David Halsey ’75

William Hare ’89* and Maryann Hare

James Harmon ’73 and Cynthia Harmon

Peter Hetzner ’74

Yvette Hida ’91

David Hironaga ’94

Judith Holcomb ’75

James Hornberger ’60 and Jeanne

Hornberger

Suzanne Huang ’85

Stanley Huey ’76

Osamu Ikeda ’76 and Ruth Ikeda

Shirley Jin ’86 and Mark Suzuki

Glenn Kaprielian ’74 and Marsha Kaprielian

Michelle Fessler Kerr ’91

Sarah Key ’03

Sanford Koyama ’68

Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan ’85*

Patrick Lauro ’87

Arthur Layton ’42

Mary Lechner ’91

Alice Lee ’87

Edna Lee ’88 and Clifford Lee

Michael Lee ’68

Scott Lee ’02

Dennis and Marilyn Levi

Harry Levin ’41 and Jean Levin

Stella Levin ’03

Lewis Lim ’02

Valerie Lim ’05

Alan Limfat ’90 and Lucille Limfat

Jenny Lin ’06

John Liu ’78

Diane Lou ’92

Donald Louie ’65 and Midori Louie

Kelvin Mak ’77

Victoria Mar ’88

Robert Matsushima ’84 and Teresa

Matsushima

Mark McKay ’88

Rosemary Melrose ’82 and Robert

Melrose ’82

Alice Mitchell ’44

Lawrence Mock ’73

Lisa Moon ’76

Mark Morris ’61 and Susan Morris

Lori Myers ’85 and Steven Myers

Richard Neumaier ’68

Shirley Ng ’05

Lina Nguyen ’06

Gary Oda ’65 and Judy Oda

Judith Oh ’05

Ernest Oshiro ’85

Leonard Osias ’48 and Irene Osias

Ronald Oye ’72

Bruce Parsons ’49

George Patton ’82

Robert Pedersen ’84

Marisa Perez ’06

Bernard Press ’51 and Helen Press

Kazuko Puro ’64

Salumeh Rastani ’07

Stuart Richer ’81

Robert Rockstein ’47 and Lila Rockstein

Thomas Rogers ’77

Valerie Rogers ’78

Samuel Rosenthal ’48 and Irene Rosenthal

Kenneth Sakazaki ’86 and Jennifer Sakazaki

Wendy Santizo ’85 and Werener Santizo

Yolanda Scheer ’03

Michael Schermer

Jay Schlanger ’77 and Lydia Schlanger

Russell Schmidt ’73

Robert Schoenberg ’80

Michael Schwartz ’79

Steven Schwartz ’79

Donna Scolaro ’88

David Scollin ’81 and Christy Scollin

Charles Seger ’48

Viraj Shah ’03

David Shen ’96

Chad Shimizaki ’05 and Jennifer Shimizaki

Takao Shishino ’51

Irvin Silberstein ’42 and Sylvia Silberstein

Clifford Silverman ’86

Irving Sokolow ’37

Harry Springer ’42

Lynn Stromness ’88 and Julie Stromness

Timothy Suorsa ’98

Eric Teng

Matthew Thurlow

Laura Toepfer ’87

Alice Tokuyama ’41 and Samuel Tokuyama

Joseph Torres ’87

Taylor Tran ’06

Kevin Tsuda ’91

Charles Twigg ’83 and Katherine Lange

Stephen Uno ’86

Ronald Vigil ’97

Mark Warlen ’84

Paul Whitesides ’67 and Bonnie Whitesides

Diane Williams ’80 and Malcolm Williams

Kevin Woodburn ’79 and Virginia Woodburn

Kenneth and Margaret Woznak

Paul Yee ’88

Wilbur Yee ’40

Nancy Young and Dwight Looi

Yili Young ’06

Allison Zaum ’98

Lorraine Zulim ’76

Berkeley Optometry Annual Fund Donors (July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008)

school support

Annual contributions to Berkeley Optometry (as well as campuswide) are recognized by The Charter Hill Society, Berkeley’s annual giving recognition program. Gifts and pledge payments directed to unrestricted, endowment, and capital funds all count, and will be recognized at the following levels: Members ($1,000–$2,499); Affiliates ($2,500–$4,999); Associates ($5,000–$9,999); Partners ($10,000–$24,999); and Investors ($25,000 plus).

Charter Hill Society

The Meredith W. Morgan Society

Class year denotes year of OD degree. Asterisk denotes PhD degree.


The Benjamin Ide Wheeler

Society was established

in 1987 to recognize and

thank visionary individuals whose

planned gifts have provided essential

philanthropic support that has enabled Cal to

become one of the world’s great universities. Planned gifts include

bequests in wills or living trusts; life income plans such as gift

annuities, charitable trusts, and pooled income funds; and beneficiary

designations of retirement plans, brokerage accounts, and life insurance

policies.

The society is named for Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the

University from 1899 to 1919. Not only did President Wheeler

transform Berkeley from a small western public university to one of

the most distinguished centers of learning in the nation, he also was

responsible for arranging the first life income gift to the University of

California—a charitable trust from Jane K. Sather.

According to Dr. Sheldon Wechsler ’52, president of the Optometry

Associates of the Benjamin Ide Wheeler Society, “With proper

planning, these gifts allow alums to make significant investments in

the School of Optometry while not adversely affecting our retirement,

the education of our children, or their future inheritances—these

gifts to the University come after that, from what may well end up

being taxes paid to the state or federal governments.”

Berkeley Optometry appreciates receiving information from members

of the Wheeler Society regarding the specific purpose of any planned

gift. This allows the University to review your gift language to ensure

that your philanthropic intention for the school can be implemented.

If you have provided for the University in a planned gift but have

not yet informed us, please do. We are very grateful to members

of the Wheeler Society for carrying on a vital tradition of support.

If you would like to speak with someone about your gift planning

needs, please contact Tammy Spath at the School of Optometry:

510-642-2643 or [email protected].

Optometry Associates ofthe Benjamin Ide

Wheeler SocietyAnthony and Elna Adams*

Otto Anderson ’39

Norma and John Austin ’52

Charles Bailey ’82

Ian and Valerie Bailey

Robert Benn ’54†

Roy Black ’52†

Roy Brandreth ’53 and Karen

Walker-Brandreth ’68

Charles Brown ’47*

Bettina Bruckman†

Lily and Collin Chu ’71

Doris Sze and Stephen Chun ’74

Jeanette and Robert Cibull ’57

Allen Coe ’50

Jack Cohen ’52

Barbara and Theodore Cohn†

Charles Conrad ’40

Lawrence Creasey ’58

Bonnie Curtis-Leibee ’69

John Daly ’52

Scott Daly ’83

Herbert Elefant ’39

Roselyn and Weylin Eng ’65*

Steven Ngin and Charmaine

Eng-Ngin ’63

Jay and Rebekah Enoch

Joseph Farrington ’51*

Bernard Feldman ’52

Kenneth and Pamela Fong ’77

Allan Freid ’52

Michael Harris ’68*

Frank Johnson Jr. ’51*†

Barbara and Marshall Kamena ’65

Henry Kawahara ’46*

Cynthia and Jeffrey Ko ’73

David Leibel ’48

Dennis and Marilyn Levi

Joyce and A. Saul Levin ’52

Jeffrey Lieberman ’89

Henry Linker ’48

Warren LoPresti ’51

Jimmy Low ’52

Robert Mandell

Edwin Mehr ’41†

Meredith Morgan Jr. ’42*†

Thomas Nagy ’49

Lillian and Benjamin Nerenberg ’41*†

Maurice Newman ’52

Leonard Osias ’48

Paul Peng ’86

Jeanette and Edward Revelli ’77

Donald Sarver ’71

Charles Seger ’48

Eliott Shane†

Leonard Shenkan ’44*†

Sylvia and Irvin Silberstein ’42

Bette and Mervyn Simon ’37*†

Curtis Simmons ’82

Richard Simsarian ’54

Branna and Irving Sisenwein

Roberta Smith

Harry Springer ’42

Eleanor Sweigert†

Jenny and Ernest Takahashi ’68

Betty and Bernhardt Thal ’48*†

Esther and Lawrence Thal ’75

Charlotte Tlachac ’78

Bryan Vanesian ’89

Lesley Walls ’68 and Mary Ann

Keverline-Walls ’67

Sheldon Wechsler ’52

William Wong ’73

* Founding member

† Deceased

school support

Dear Berkeley Optometry Alum,

When Berkeley Optometry asked me to explain why I have donated to the

school every year since graduating 13 years ago, I was reluctant at first. I much

prefer my anonymity. However, if sharing my feelings helps encourage others to

do the same, then it may be worthwhile to step out of the shadow for a moment.

When I reflect on my years as an optometry student, I remember them as 90%

hard work and 10% fun. That 10%, however, still outweighs the other 90% by

leaps and bounds. (Credit classmate Patrick Clark for this perspective.) I do

not view tuition as payment for an education. Rather, it is an investment in

Opportunity. We all received the same education: we attended the same lectures,

listened to the same instructors, and took the same tests. The Opportunities,

however, depended solely on what we chose to make of them before, during,

and long after classes were over.

If I based my donations on the courses I took, how hard I had to study, and

how difficult it was to pass some classes, then I probably wouldn’t contribute

a cent. I paid for, and received, an education. Quid pro quo. But when I reflect

on where I am in my life today, all these years after graduation, and how the

Opportunities Cal offered me continue to pay dividends, then I find myself

still thankfully indebted to our alma mater.

The reason I donate is simple. Tuition pays for a Cal education. My donations

help fund the Cal Opportunity. There are so many events and activities Berkeley

Optometry wants to sponsor but cannot afford without our donations. So I do

my part to contribute, knowing that with my help an Opportunity may present

itself to some students slogging through their classes—an Opportunity that

might just be the 10% that makes everything so worthwhile.

Tony Chahine ’95

Alumni gifts open doors for students. We invite you to make a gift today. You may give to the Berkeley Optometry Annual Fund to directly fund programs that are vital to the success of the optometry program. Or, if you prefer, you may direct your contribution to The Cal Fund to support Berkeley as a whole. Whatever you are able to give, you will have a meaningful impact on the bright and dedicated students who are following in your footsteps. Thank you very much for your support and your commitment to Berkeley Optometry.

− Tammy SpathDirector of PhilanthropyUC Berkeley School of Optometry

Why I Give to Berkeley

OptometryMy donations help fund the

Cal Opportunity.

Tammy Spath joined Berkeley Optometry in the new position of Director of Philanthropy in the fall of 2006. Many of you have already been in touch with her, and she looks forward to many more relationships with alumni. Here we ask her a few questions about herself and her position:

So what exactly does a development officer do?

I think that the work of a development officer can be summed up as relationship building—from engaging alumni through campus events and communication to identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding the school’s donors.

How did you get started in this field?

My first experience in university advancement was in the Alumni Relations department at Stanford Law School, where I was involved in increasing the number of programs throughout eight regions. I also did the programming for the Alumni Weekend event in the fall. In addition, I worked with alumni volunteers to launch the Latino Alumni Association, the Black Alumni Association, and the Asian Pacific American Alumni Association. Since the external relations department was considered a “big shop” at Stanford, we saw the connection between alumni relations, communications, and fundraising. I was intrigued by the long-term relationships the frontline fundraisers forged with donors, and I became interested in moving over to the fundraising side. (I also wanted to move to

the East Bay.) I accepted a position with the Annual Fund at the Haas School of Business, where I worked with volunteer reunion classes and class giving committee volunteers. I also led the student campaign efforts for both the undergraduate and MBA graduating classes. I was excited when the opportunity arose to work at Berke-ley Optometry and move into a frontline fundraising position. Since this was a new department at the school, I looked forward to leveraging the skills and experiences from my other positions to help build the program at Berkeley Optometry.

What sorts of events and fundraising opportunities do you foresee for the coming year?

We are entering an exciting new stage for Berkeley Optometry. The September launch of the “Campaign for Berkeley” includes many new fundraising opportuni-ties to build the school’s endow-ment pool for student support and faculty recruitment and retention, and also to make essential capital improvements to Old Minor Hall and the Meredith Morgan Eye Center. In terms of events, we hope alumni will join us for football tailgate and CE events on campus. We also plan to coordinate with the University’s Regional Program effort to bring Berkeley Optometry events to Southern California and other areas with large numbers of graduates.

What do you like most about working at Berkeley?

I believe in the public mission of the University of California, Berkeley. I am particularly impressed by the public service per-formed by the students and graduates of Berkeley Optometry. They are truly making a difference in this world, and I am hon-ored to support this effort. It is gratifying to contribute to work that is impacting the lives of so many people.

One of my favorite aspects of development work is building connections among individuals. For example, some students helped with a “thank-a-thon” event last September. They called to thank donors for making a gift to the school. One of the sec-ond-year students spent more than 30 minutes on the phone with an alum from the Class of 1948. It was really inspiring to see the connection made across the generations of Berkeley Optometry graduates. I enjoy meeting people, hearing their stories, and con-necting and engaging alumni to one another and the school.

How can alumni give back to the school?

There are so many ways for alumni to give back to the school. I think it is best summed up as sharing your time, talents, and treasures. Exactly how people give depends on what stage they are in their lives and where their focus lies. Our hope is that everyone will participate in some way. Every donation and volunteer effort makes a difference!

“ Every donationand volunteer effort makes a difference!”

Berkeley Optometry’s Director of Philanthropy

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