ALUMNI MAGAZINE
ANNUAL REPORT
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President’s Corner
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Richard W. Phillips, od ’78, faao
President
Kristin K. Anderson, od
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Jim Hollifield
Editor/Director of Communications
Susan M. Doyle
Senior Creative Designer
Erin Jaffe
Multimedia Specialist
OWEN BELL
Multimedia/Graphic Design Assistant
Honor Roll of Donors
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Convocation 2012
trustees
Jarrett Johnson, OD ’90 – Chair
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Homecoming 2012
Eugene M. Bane, Jr., OD ’65
Salem, Virginia
Doug Clark, OD
Hoover, Alabama
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Student Life
James B. Jalenak, Esq.
Memphis, Tennessee
Brian L. Jones, MBA
Germantown, Tennessee
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Class Notes
Christopher B. King, OD ’83
Englewood, Florida
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD ’74
Red Bay, Alabama
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SCO Focus
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ’80
Roswell, Georgia
Ryan H. Powell, OD ’02
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News Briefs
Kansas City, Missouri
Steven Reed, OD ’95
Magee, Mississippi
James Sandefur, OD ’65
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Out and About
Oakdale, Louisiana
Carla Sanderson, PhD
Jackson, Tennessee
Robert W. Smalling, OD ’74
Warren, Arkansas
Visions Alumni Magazine is
published through the Office of
Institutional Advancement.
Copies are available without charge
to alumni, faculty, staff, students
and friends of the college. A digital
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www.sco.edu/visions.
A.L. Spivey, III, OD ’67
Please send comments, contributions
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Office of Institutional Advancement
1245 Madison Avenue
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Scott Ensor, OD ’01
McKenzie, Tennessee
Leticia W. Towns, FACHE
Memphis, Tennessee
Cristie Upshaw Travis
Memphis, Tennessee
Faculty Representative
Memphis, Tennessee
Stephanie Lew, ’14
Student Representative
San Ramon, CA
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Each year at Southern College of Optometry is different. I’m sure
that’s been true throughout our 80-year history. This year, however,
generosity, along with an inspiring commitment from our faculty, staff,
and community partners, that helped us reach this milestone.
seems unique. In 2012, we announced and began construction on
You’ll also see in this report that we’ve secured two significant
our new $9.4 million academic expansion project, an endeavor that
grants from different philanthropic organizations in Memphis
will strengthen our academic program and our position as a leader in
in recent months. The community is taking note of our progress
optometric education.
and appreciating the benefit of hosting one of the nation’s leading
I have said repeatedly that this project is more than a building,
because we’re also working to expand the number of scholarships we
offer our best students. We’re also strengthening our clinical program
optometry colleges. We’ve made inroads in making the case that SCO is
a jewel to the Memphis community.
As we strengthen our community ties, we’ve worked to ensure
that stewardship of your support is sustained and earned.
This effort is a five-year, comprehensive campaign, so our
positive momentum must continue to secure a better
future for SCO. We need your commitment and enthusiasm
as alumni and friends now more than ever to make our
success a reality.
Another area of progress we’ve made this year is
rooted in our effort to establish a culture where you, our
graduates, make the connection between supporting your
alma mater and providing a better future for our profession
as we lead optometry forward. Our profession has always
been one to demonstrate unselfishly the need to support
the optometric practice of the future, whether it is through
legislative action or by supporting optometric education.
by expanding patient care opportunities for our interns that benefit the
This year, every single member of our Board of Trustees
patients we serve as well. Since we formally announced this campaign
pledged a substantial gift to our campaign, and 92 percent of our
at SECO in March, we’ve had incredible excitement and a positive
faculty and staff pledged their support. We’re heartened to see alumni
response. The idea of improving our academic facilities, increasing
willing to raise the bar. In return for your support, we affirm our
our scholarship opportunities and expanding patient care outreach is
continued efforts to work diligently for the betterment of optometric
obviously a winning proposition for all SCO stakeholders.
education and in turn, the profession of optometry. Together, we will
This year, we’ve made history in the first stages of our campaign,
gaining more support at this point than ever before in the college’s
history. As you will see in this annual report, we’re in sight of $3 million
in pledges and gifts, a new record for SCO. Alumni and friends, it is your
take SCO to the next level and look back in 2013 with even greater pride
on all that we accomplished this year.
Thank you for your support. Here’s to a successful and prosperous
2013 from everyone at Southern College of Optometry.
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OUR MISSION
A few years ago, SCO refined its mission
by focusing on three primary guiding principles by which our mission originates. This
concentrated approach allows everyone at SCO
to focus on the direction and philosophy that
guide the college under the governance of our
Board of Trustees.
Students are our primary stakeholders in
optometric education. Numerous secondary
stakeholders include our alumni, the public,
our patients and others. Serving our students
and preparing them for the profession of optometry drives our mission, which is to lead
the profession by:
Educating the Best Possible
Healthcare Providers
Promoting Lifelong
Learning
Fostering a Personal
Commitment to Service
In this year’s annual report issue, we’ll ex-
amine progress as it relates to these principles.
SCO is a customer service-driven organization,
committed to the highest levels of meeting
the needs of our students. Optometric education at its highest caliber is a core value in all
that we undertake at SCO. We are more committed than ever before in raising the bar in
optometric education.
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Each year at Southern College of Optometry is different. I’m sure that’s been true throughout our 80-year history. This year,
however, seems unique. In 2013, we announced and began construction on our new $9.4 million academic expansion project, an
endeavor that will strengthen our academic program and our position as a leader in optometric education.
I have said repeatedly that this project is more than a building, because we’re also working to expand the number of scholarships
we offer our best students. We’re also strengthening our clinical program by expanding patient care opportunities for our interns
that benefit the patients we serve as well. Since we formally announced this campaign at SECO in March, we’ve had incredible
excitement and a positive response. The idea of improving our academic facilities, increasing our scholarship opportunities and
expanding patient care outreach is obviously a winning proposition for all SCO stakeholders.
This year, we’ve made history in the first stages of our campaign, gaining more support at this point than ever before in the
college’s history. As you will see in this annual report, we’re in sight of $3 million in pledges and gifts, a new record for SCO. Alumni
and friends, it is your generosity, along with an inspiring commitment from our faculty, staff, and community partners, that helped
us reach this milestone.
You’ll also see in this report that we’ve secured two significant grants from different philanthropic organizations in Memphis
in recent months. The community is taking note of our progress and appreciating the benefit of hosting one of the nation’s leading
optometry colleges. We’ve made inroads in making the case that SCO is a jewel to the Memphis community.
As we strengthen our community ties, we’ve worked to ensure that stewardship of your support is sustained and earned. This
effort is a five-year, comprehensive campaign, so our positive momentum must continue to secure a better future for SCO. We need
your commitment and enthusiasm as alumni and friends now more than ever to make our success a reality.
Another area of progress we’ve made this year is rooted in our effort to establish a culture where you, our graduates, make the
connection between supporting your alma mater and providing a better future for our profession as we lead optometry forward. Our
profession has always been one to demonstrate unselfishly the need to support the optometric practice of the future, whether it is
through legislative action or by supporting optometric education.
This year, every single member of our Board of Trustees pledged a substantial gift to our campaign, and 92 percent of our faculty
and staff pledged their support. We’re heartened to see alumni willing to raise the bar. In return for your support, we affirm our
continued efforts to work diligently for the betterment of optometric education and in, turn, the profession of optometry. Together,
we will take SCO to the next level and look back in 2013 with even greater pride on all that we accomplished this year.
Thank you for your support. Here’s to a successful and prosperous 2013 from everyone at Southern College of Optometry.
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Educating the Best Possible
Healthcare Providers
By recruiting and providing top optometry students with the
academic and clinical education they need, SCO prepares optometrists who practice at the fullest of their potential.
Progress Items to Note
>>Construction began in May on our new, state-of-theart classroom and auditorium building with flexible
spaces that support best practices for technology
needed by 21st century students.
>>SCO’s first-year class had a 3.54 cumulative GPA, the
highest in SCO’s history for an entering class.
>>The Hayes Center assumed responsibility for career
counseling and placement services. All first-years
received career planning, and the number of practice
opportunities available to our students increased
by 60%.
>>Fifty-three percent of our students received scholarships or regional tuition benefits, a percentage SCO
hopes to increase with your support in 2013.
>>SCO recorded a 0% default rate for student loans, the
16th consecutive year of data reflecting how well our
graduates are able to repay their loans.
>>A record 185 people attended Discover Optometry, our
bi-annual, daylong event to introduce undergraduate
and high school students to optometry.
>>SCO also hosted our third annual Alumni/Child
Admissions Forum. SCO’s Class of 2016 has 10 legacy
students in it.
>>SCO’s minority student recruitment outreach resulted
in 20% minority enrollment for the Class of 2016.
>>Our emphasis on the importance of residency
programs resulted in 50 students from the
Class of 2012 applying for residencies, the highest
of any program in the country. SCO’s residency
program is also the largest in the country, with
40 residents participating in 23 programs for the
2012-13 academic year.
>>The Class of 2012 scored 99% on Part I of the National
Boards, 98% on Part II and 99% on Part III. The Class
of 2013 scored 92% the first time they took Part I, compared to the 85% national average.
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Promoting Lifelong Learning
The concept of lifelong learning is vitally important to optometric education. The concept is introduced to our students and
encouraged in our graduates as essential to our profession.
Progress Items to Note
>>The strength of any academic program begins with
securing accreditation. SCO underwent regional
and ACOE accreditation this past year with positive
reaffirmation resulting.
>>SCO continues to embrace emerging technology as
critically important learning tools for our students.
Instructional technology is actively part of the design
of SCO’s new classroom.
>>SCO’s Clinical Programs play an important role in this
area, including completion this past year of the Digital
Observatory for the new Advanced Procedures Theater,
as well as completion of a new Optical Laboratory.
>>The Eye Center is using iPads to streamline the
check-in process, one of several positive developments
resulting in higher patient satisfaction scores
on surveys.
>>SCO’s Summer Research Program is now in its fourth
year; this past summer saw 25 students participate,
resulting in 10 presentations, one published paper, two
papers currently in revision, and significant support of
industry sponsorship through Alcon and CIBA Vision.
>>SCO is launching a comprehensive review of our
Continuing Education Program to consider scope of
practice issues, needs of future ODs, and to examine
alternate delivery formats to meet the needs of our
graduates.
>>SCO is developing training needs for all employees
based on their job roles and skill sets to keep our
faculty and staff abreast of new ideas and technology
important to optometric education.
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Fostering a Personal
Commitment to Service
Our students recognize the importance of a commitment to
service through the example of our employees and alumni and a
growing emphasis on the college’s commitment to service in our
local community.
Progress Items to Note
>>SCO has emphasized the importance of customer
service to its employees, resulting in a high level
of dedication that fosters enhanced service to our
stakeholders.
>>Service-based learning is being implemented through
our recently launched program called focus, or
Facilitating Optometric Curriculum Using Service.
>>As a testament to our commitment to service, SCO’s
Clinical Programs provided $1,043,530 in professional
services to the community’s indigent or other at-risk
populations in the last fiscal year.
>>Our Community Vision Health Services continue to
provide increased service opportunities, including
Project S.A.V.E. (Students and Advocates for Vision in
Education), that resulted in more than 800 children
being served in the program’s first year.
>>Creation of new Pediatric/Community Health
residencies resulted in more than 600 children being
served in the community.
>>SCO launched a new community health initiative,
Diabetes Awareness in 2012, our first ever approach
to increasing community awareness and developing
faculty, staff and student involvement with public
health issues related to eye health and vision care.
>>The importance of process improvement – and
the idea that improvement cannot occur without
change – began with the formation of a new employee
committee to examine ways that SCO’s employees
can better fulfill our mission.
>>Our faculty and staff serve as role models for our
students in this area. This year, Dr. Jim Venable was a
finalist for the Memphis Business Journal’s Healthcare
Heroes Award representing The Eye Center’s
Community Services, while Dr. Janette Dumas was
recognized as one of the city’s top leaders under the
age of 40.
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Honor Roll of Donors
Since launching in March 2012, SCO’s “Envision Our Progress”
campaign has proven to be a momentous endeavor. Motivated by
a firm commitment to improving the quality of optometric education, this campaign will make a positive impact on our students
and graduates in the coming years.
Raising $4,000,000 to construct our new academic facilities,
consolidate teaching labs and research areas, provide more scholarships and to support clinical education is no light undertaking.
As you will see in this Honor Roll of Donors list, SCO’s full Board
of Trustees and our President and Vice Presidents have made significant commitments to this campaign. Scores of alumni, faculty
and staff have pledged their support.
These lists of donors reflect the strength of commitment to
this campaign. Your generosity and support has also proven useful in signaling to our ophthalmic partners and the Memphis
community that SCO is serious about enhancing the quality of
our program. An even greater point of pride would be to see this
list grow by this time next year to include even more alumni. Your
support will allow SCO to enhance its stature in the community,
the profession and beyond.
Pictured in our Honor Roll of Donors spread is Alumni Council
member Horace Deal, OD ’97, who helped lead his class’s effort to
endow the Jimmy Sheridan Memorial Scholarship. After the untimely passing a few years ago of Jimmy Sheridan, OD ’97, Dr. Deal
and others in his class sought to remember their classmate with a
meaningful gift. In just two short years, the class responded to the
challenge, and Dr. Deal presented the first scholarship this year to
Georgia student, Keri Cassels, ’14.
The students of SCO, the primary stakeholder in our day-today mission, join the entire SCO community in extending our
collective appreciation to everyone who has supported the college
through the years and particularly during 2012, a momentous
year in SCO’s history. Thank you for allowing us to strengthen our
academic facilities, scholarship opportunities and patient care exposure for our interns and our community.
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Cumulative Gifts
The following have made gifts through
June 30, 2012. (*) Deceased donors have been
included in this listing as a tribute to their
lasting legacy.
$500,000 and Above
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Jerome A. Hayes, III, OD ’73
The Assisi Foundation of
Memphis, Inc.
$250,000-$499,999
Robert L. Henry, OD* and
Evelyn M. Henry*
Marco Family Foundation
Marion Rosemore and
Fredric M. Rosemore, OD ’48*
Vision Service Plan
$100,000-$249,999
Allergan, Inc.
Eugene M. Bane, Jr., OD ’65
Robert E. Federhen, OD*
Sidney I. Greenberg, OD ’65
William R. Jackson, OD ’52*
Lions Club of Memphis
Foundation
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD ’74
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
James D. Sandefur, OD ’65
SECO International, Inc.
Sidney J. Stern, OD ’71
Vistakon Division of Johnson &
Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
Lisa Rossmeyer Wade, OD ’84
Joseph F. Wiggins, OD ’51*
$50,000-$99,999
American Optometric Foundation
Kristin K. Anderson, OD and
Christopher Lievens, OD, MS
Allan Leslie Barker, OD ’75
and Susan S. Barker
Charlene Burnett, OD ’83 and
Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD ’80
Camile L. Chiasson, OD ’81
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
and Mrs. Carolyn Cochran
CIBA Vision Corporation
Ramona P. Clifton, OD ’46
Essilor of America, Inc./Varilux
John A. Gazaway, OD ’67
Charles G. Glaser, OD ’74
Richard L. Hopping, OD ’52
Arthur Thomas Hyde, OD ’76
Helen J. King, OD ’83 and
Christopher B. King, OD ’83
Laser Diagnostic Technologies,
Inc.
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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ’80
and Billy S. Moscow, OD ’78
Ohio State University Research
Foundation
Omni Eye Service, Inc.
Michael Polakoff, OD ’44*
Precision Optical Laboratory, Inc.
Stuart R. Tasman, OD ’80
Transitions Optical, Inc.
United Way of the Mid South
Wesley-Jessen Corp.
$25,000-$49,999
Association of Schools & Colleges
of Optometry
Auxiliary to the Arkansas
Optometric Association
Bausch & Lomb
Ronald D. Blum, OD ’72
T. Joel Byars, OD ’63
Freddy W. Chang, OD, PhD
Doug Clark, OD
Melanie A. Crandall, OD ’77
Eckerd Foundation Grant
Program
Tressa F. Eubank, OD
Glenn I. Goldring, OD ’78
Whitney H. Hauser, OD ’01
and Joseph H. Hauser, MBA
Heidelberg Engineering
William G. Hendrix, OD ’55
Johnson & Johnson Family of
Companies
Jarrett A. Johnson, OD ’90
Kentucky Optometric Association
Kentucky Optometric Foundation
Lakeland Lions Foundation
John T. Leddy, OD ’56
Robert M. Malatin, OD ’72
Marchon Eyewear, Inc.
New Orleans Contact Lens Society
David L. Parker, OD ’95
Richard L. Powell, OD ’68
Wayne W. Pyeatt
Steven T. Reed, OD ’95
Lewis Reich, OD, PhD
W. Jack Runninger, OD ’47
Robert W. Smalling, OD ’74
Southwest Contact Lens Society
W. David Sullins, Jr., OD*
William D. Sullins, Sr., OD ’39*
The BANZAI Consortium
The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.
James E. Venable, OD ’89
Wal-Mart Optical Division
Barry A. Winston, OD ’74
Harold J. Winston, OD ’41*
First-year scholarship recipients (sitting, L-R): Brennan Berwald, Halie Cottrill, Feyi Aworunse;
(standing, L-R): Frank Carusone, Aaron Buchanan, Joseph Brewer, Daniel Brigham, Jaimen
Dixon, Hunter Chapman
Jerry M. Winston, OD ’67
Samuel A. Winston, OD ’11
$10,000-$24,999
Abbott Medical Optics, Inc.
Donna Abney
AEN, Inc.
Charles H. Aldridge, Jr., OD ’80
Alston & Bird
American Heart Association
American Optometric Association
America’s Best/National Vision Inc.
Daniel S. Anderson
Sara R. Andreas*
Scott R. Andreas
Atlanta Optometric Foundation, Inc.
J. Dean Baggett, OD ’83
William H. Ballinger, III, OD ’05
and Erin Ballinger
Rick D. Bartlett, OD ’81
James A. Boucher, OD ’61
Amanda Brewer-Lord, OD ’97
and Stephen F. Lord, OD ’89
J. Wayne Buck, OD ’78
Robert L. Burns, OD ’76
Charles A. Callaway, OD ’83
J. Bart Campbell, OD ’87
Phillip L. Carney, Jr., OD ’92
Charles Retina Institute
John Edward Christie, OD, ’50*
Judith A. Clay, OD ’70
and Edward K. Walker, OD ’49*
Cherry B. Cockrell, OD ’81
and David A. Cockrell, OD ’81
Gilan L. Cockrell, OD ’80
Douglas L. Conrath, OD ’66*
Dennis L. Cowart, OD ’80
Stanley M. Dickerson, OD ’76
William M. Dickerson, Jr., OD ’79
George W. Ducote, Jr., OD ’40*
Howard Dyer, III
Sidney M. Edelstein, OD ’55
Gerald A. Eisenstatt, OD ’84
Joe E. Ellis, OD ’86
M. Scott Ensor, OD ’01
Patricia Estes Walker, OD
Ann Z. Fields
Howard F. Flippin, OD ’59
Larry E. Forth, OD ’77
C. Jeff Foster, OD ’81
Thomas J. Gallaher, OD ’51
Germantown Lions Club
Michael D. Gerstner, OD ’97
Lowell H. Gilbert, OD ’65
Grand Encampment Knights
Templar
Billy C. Greene, OD ’49*
Richard D. Gurley, OD ’80
H. W. Durham Foundation
Charles L. Haine, OD
and Connie Haine
I. J. Halpern, OD ’74
Daniel Houghton, Jr., OD*
Linda D. Johnson, OD
Lois Johnson
Charles Lowell Jones, OD ’75
Aaron Kerr, OD ’98
David D. Kirby, OD ’80
Gerald A. Krumbholz, OD ’65
Beau D. Willis
Tom A. Wright
Sarah Futch Wroten, OD ’03 and
Christopher W. Wroten, OD ’02
$5,000-$9,999
First-year scholarship recipients (sitting, L-R): Dani Gretz, Emily Edwards, Leah Lentz,
Lauren Lusardi; (standing, L-R): Gabe Fickett, Chris Harlan, Adam Malik, Trent Gaasch,
Blake Hayden
Howard B. Levinson, OD ’76
Wilburn Lord, Jr., OD ’77
Luxottica Group
Ted A. McElroy, OD ’93
Memphis Family Vision Practice
David H. Mills, OD ’78
Mississippi Optometric
Association
Mississippi Optometric
Foundation
Darwin L. Mormon, OD
Paul D. Mormon, OD ’01
Dale L. Morris, OD ’73
Fred H. Mothershed, OD ’75
Michael Neff, OD ’68
William C. Oliver, OD ’63
Richard C. Orgain, OD ’77
Major Robert E. Parfitt
Ralph E. Parkansky, OD
Pearle Vision
Pilkington Barnes Hind, Inc.
Plough Foundation
PMC Commercial Trust
Geoffrey Ryan H. Powell, OD ’02
J. Martin Regan, Jr.
Joseph W. Remke, Jr., OD*
Joseph W. Remke, III, OD ’76
Robert D. Remke, OD ’87
Michael S. Rothschild, OD ’97
Mark J. Roy, III, OD ’02
Jack L. Schaeffer, OD ’77
Allan G. Schoen, OD ’72
C. Wayne Shearer, OD ’50
William Y. Shields, OD
Silhouette Optical Ltd.
F. Mason Smith, OD ’76
Frank G. Smith, III
Rosalind O. Smith, OD ’76
and Theron C. Smith, III, OD ’74
Sylvia E. Sparrow, OD ’98
A.L. Spivey, III, OD ’67
Emily J. Sprague, OD ’04
Jerome Sude, OD ’72
Mrs. W. David Sullins, Jr.
J. Craig Swaim, OD ’77
Dean Swick
Marc Taub, OD, MS
Tennessee Association of
Optometric Physicians
Tennessee Independent Colleges
& Universities Association
Tammy Pifer Than, OD ’95
and Aung Than, PhD
The Egg Factory, LLC
Sharon Holden Thomas, OD ’83
and Stuart J. Thomas, OD ’84
Robert H. Thurmond, OD ’50*
TLC Management Services, Inc.
TLC Vision Corporation
Toomey & Baggett Eyecare
Clinic, PLLC
Jean Ann Toomey, OD ’85
Robert G. Traylor, OD ’63
Gregory S. Usdan, OD ’94
Walman Optical/X-Cel, Inc.
Christine M. Weinreich
and Scott Gettig
West Tennessee Optometric Society
David West
Abbott Fund
Stephen P. Akre, OD ’75
Timothy P. Allen, OD ’70
Andrew Woodfin Miller
Foundation
Martha and Nat Baxter
James H. Burke, OD ’77
Orman Campbell, OD ’49
Carl Zeiss Vision Inc.
Cynthia M. Cato
Century Optical, Inc.
Emily S. Chambers
R. Nash Cochran, OD ’44*
Steven L. Compton, OD ’78
Cumberland Optical Company
David A. Damari, OD and
Mrs. Rita Frumento Damari
Howard S. Demps
Designs for Vision, Inc.
Dickson Eye & Health Clinic
Robin J. Drescher, OD, MS
Tommy J. Ducklo, OD ’78
East Memphis Lions Club
L. Allen Fors, OD ’69, MEd
Cecily Freeman
Daniel G. Fuller, OD
Roy L. Gooch, OD ’61
Heart of America Contact
Lens Society
Jim Hollifield
James B. Jalenak, Esq.
Jobson Publishing Co.
Dr. Paul Johnson and
Mrs. Mary Backlund
Brian Jones
Eugenia Y. Kao, OD ’01
Keeler Instruments, Inc.
Ralph P. Langenfeld, OD ’54
William C. Lofty, OD ’52*
Logo of the Americas
William J. Luck, OD ’76
Mrs. Carole Lusk Hoskins
Irvin Mauldin, OD ’47*
Horace L. May, OD ’48
Mentor O & O, Inc.
James M. Newman, III, OD ’73, MS
Omni Eye Services
Alva S. Pack, III, OD ’69
Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Parks –
Odell Associates
Jo Ann Payne, OD ’90
and Gregory W. Payne, OD ’89
Pease & Curren, Inc.
Pfizer Inc.
Sue T. Prchal, OD ’79
and Gerald J. Prchal, OD ’79
Jennifer Sanderson, OD
and Andrew J Rixon, OD
Robertson Optical Laboratories, Inc.
Richard Savoy, OD
Sallye Sawyer Scott, OD ’78
Clifton G. Sites, II, OD ’77
Billie P. Skinner, OD ’76
Charles H. Smart, OD ’61*
and Mary K. Smart
Sola Optical USA, Inc.
Southern Cultural Heritage
Corporation
Glen T. Steele, OD ’69
and Brenda Steele
Kurt T. Steele, OD ’95
Sunsoft Corporation
Tennessee Affiliate of AFVA
The Bay Point Anterior Segment
Symposium, Inc.
Cristie Upshaw Travis
Howard W. Tucker, Jr., OD ’63
United Methodist Church
United Parcel Service
Utah Vision Foundation, Inc.
Visionworks, Inc.
Lori A. Weiss, OD ’85 and
Donald L. Weiss, Jr., OD ’86
Welch Allyn, Inc.
Al T. Witcher, OD ’45*
$1,000-$4,999
2M Eye
Stewart L. Abbey, OD ’63
Trey Adams
Phillip E. Agee, OD ’72
AGIA Inc.
Paul Ajamian, OD
Gary M. Akel, OD ’79
David E. Alexander, OD ’80
Michael W. Alexander, OD ’80
Ronald D. Allen, OD ’63
Allied Irish Bank
Mark A. Altfillisch, OD ’92
Anthony Alvarez, OD ’54*
American Foundation for
Vision Awareness
R. Keith Amiel, OD ’68
Lisa C. Anderson
William J. Anderson, OD ’52
Edwin N. Anguas, OD ’69
Annabel K. Stephens
Anonymous Donation
Raul E. Arencibia, OD ’88
David A. Arthur, OD ’66
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
Erskine E. Ashbee, OD ’49
Justin Ashe
Ashland City Lions Club
Atlanta Frame Express
Atlanta Metro Lions Club
Jo-Ann B. Augustine
Auxiliary of Tennessee
Optometric Association
Auxiliary of the Association
of Seventh
T. R. Averitt, OD ’62
Ashley Baker, OD ’04
Cynthia E. Baker, OD ’83
Donald Lee Baker, OD ’74
Ivan B. Bank, OD ’83
Ron M. Bannister, OD ’77
Earnestine Barge
Currie Dean Barker, OD ’58
Bartlett Lions Foundation
Marshall H. Bates, OD ’49
Deanna J. Baxter
Bayou Ophthalmic Instruments, Inc.
Joseph J. Beaman, OD ’68
King S. Beardsley, OD ’67
Michael B. Beckerman, OD ’71
Jason M. Beddingfield, OD, ’06
Kathryn M. Beggs, OD ’85
William S. Benkelman, OD ’67
Emile J. Bernard, Jr., OD ’49*
Ray D. Bess, OD ’63
David L. Bettis, OD ’53
Biocompatibles Eye Wear, Inc.
Frederick L. Birmingham, OD ’84
T. G. Blackman, OD ’84
Robin S. Blair, OD ’74
Larry W. Bloomingburg, OD ’75
Bloomington Lions Club
Blytheville Lions Club
Frederick E. Bodenhamer, OD ’75
Thomas H. Boeke, OD ’60
Emily M. Bosley, OD ’95 and
William G. Bosley, III, OD ’95
Robert E. Botts, OD ’78
Jennifer Bourn, OD ’02
Randall D. Bowling, OD ’71
Karen A. Bowyer, PhD
Dwight D. Boyd, OD ’90
Randy Brafford
Delrita Branch
Dr. Kenneth B. Brehne
and Mrs. Gayle Brehne
Brinkley Lions Club
Kenneth W. Brooks, OD ’76
William B. Brookshire
Mrs. L W. Brown
L. Wayne Brown, OD ’63*
Larry H. Bryan
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Glen E. Bryant, Sr., OD ’49
Robert J. Bryant, OD ’55
Alan K. Bugg, OD ’82
Roger L. Burch, OD ’72
Tasso S. Butler, Jr., OD ’77
J. Gordon Butterfield, OD ’54
George N. Butterworth, OD ’04
James M. Byrn, OD ’49
Winona M. Caldwell
Wayne M. Cannon, OD ’62
Eugene R. Cantwell, OD ’49
Carle Foundation Hospital Auxiliary
Dori Carlson Helgeson, OD
Carl J. Carnaggio, OD ’72
Nicholas C. Caro, MD
Carotek, Inc.
Carpenter/Sullivan, LLC
Thomas V. Casella, OD ’78
John E. Casto, OD ’60
Center for Keratoconus
Joe A. Chambers, OD ’70
Chester County Lions Club
Darby Chiasson, OD ’99
Jerry L. Clay
William A. Clement, OD ’54*
Joseph D. Cloarec*
Fred S. Cloninger, OD ’65
Coal Hill VFW Scholarship Fund
1205 Carolina
James R. Coats
Mark G. Coble, OD ’77
Glenn M. Cochran, OD ’80
W. D. Cochran, OD ’70
Jeffrey H. Cohen, OD ’72
Janet Provencal Collier, OD ’96
Larry Collins
Community First National Bank
Conforma Contact Lenses
Donald W. Connell, OD ’08
Charles G. Connor, Jr., OD
Andrew G. Cook, Jr., OD ’81
Mark J. Cook, OD ’78
Michael G. Cook, OD ’78
Corcoran Lions
James V. Cornetta, OD ’81
Covington Lions Club
Al H. Covington, OD ’78
Donald V. Covington, OD ’82
George B. Coyle, OD ’50*
John P. Crawford, OD ’65*
William J. Crawford, OD ’82
Robert M. Cress, OD ’75
Gary G. Crook, OD ’72
G. Robert Crosby, OD ’63
Crossett Lions Club
Oscar Crow, OD ’49
First-year scholarship recipients (sitting, L-R): Courtney Melchione, Marla McNutt, Darah
McDaniel, Devon Morris; (standing, L-R): Robert Phyfer, Brett O’Connor, Taylor Neumann,
Monica Perry
William M. Crow, OD ’49
Julian A. Crowder, OD ’78
David H. Curtis, OD ’78
Paul Y. Cuthbertson, OD ’44*
Elizabeth Mason Darby, OD ’01
David L. Davidson, OD ’64
Barry J. Davis, OD ’65
Donnie R. Davis, OD ’71
James O. Davis, OD ’86
Marion B. Davis, OD ’47
and Mrs. Mary Davis
Norden W. Davis, OD ’61
Horace Deal, OD ’97
William R. Dellinger, OD ’64
Thomas F. Deloatch, OD ’82
Delta Gamma Foundation
Charles Denaburg, OD ’62
Thomas D. Dennis, OD ’66
Norman J. Dery, OD ’69 and
Bonny Lou Eads, OD ’69
James W. Devine, OD ’83
David Dick, OD ’69
Velma J. Dickson
Kennan A. Doan, OD ’80
John D. Dodd, OD ’81
Richard H. Dohrn, OD*
Michael T. Dorkowski, OD ’04
Paul K. Douglas, OD ’63
Susan Doyle
Drs. Foster and Steele Family
Optometry
Debarah A. Wallace, OD ’86
and Peter C. Dubin, OD ’86
Michael J. Duffy, OD ’78
Janette D. Dumas, OD
Jason D. Duncan, OD ’96
Craig W. Dunlap, OD ’94
Dunlaw Optical Laboratories, Inc.
Erin D. Dunphy, OD ’97
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Dupuy
Richard D. Durocher, OD ’96
Dyersburg Lions Club
Dr. Steven Edelstein
William Edmondson, MAT, OD
Max Edrington, OD ’72
M. Scott Edwards, OD ’77
Jimmy H. Elam, OD ’72
David C. Eldridge, OD ’78
J. Grady Elliott, Jr., OD ’92
James H. English, OD ’66
Robert M. Epstein, OD ’74
George S. Erlbeck, OD ’49*
Cheryl E. Ervin, OD
Exxon Company, USA/Volunteer
Involvement Fund
Eye Care Clinic of West Tennessee
Eyecare Associates Of Kentucky
Fallbrook Eyecare Center
Gregory L. Fanelli, OD ’76
Delton L. Fast, OD ’75
Bradley W. Fielding, OD ’84
Roland Fink, OD ’40*
First Tennessee Bank
Alan P. Fisher, OD ’75
Elizabeth Fisher
David Fisher, Jr., OD ’90
Fisons Pharmaceuticals
First-year scholarship recipients (sitting, L-R): Kay Powell, Rebecca Wenig, Whitney Seltman,
Amy Sickman; (standing, L-R): Gerald Stinson, Will Price, Ryan Wilkerson, Preslee Trammell
Robert C. Fitzhugh, OD ’79
and Mrs. Linda S. Fitzhugh
Carol A. Fleming
Sadie M. Fleming
Nathan F. Ford, OD ’50
R. Dianne Foster
David L. Foutch, OD ’87
Melvin B. Fox, OD ’54
Michael C. Frier, OD ’75
and Cathy Loper Frier, OD ’77
Future Optics, Inc.
G.T. Laboratories, Inc.
John Gammon Foundation
Stacy L. Gandy, OD ’92 and
Jimmy S. Gandy, OD ’92
John M. Garber, OD ’76
James P. Gardner, Jr., OD ’57
Cindy Garner
Elizabeth M. Garrett, MS
Wesley E. Garton, OD ’80
Herman George
Germantown Lions Club
Erin R. Nosel, OD ’01, and
Hani S. Ghazi-Birry, OD ’01
Frank S. Gibson, OD ’68
Gift of Sight Foundation
Herman H. Ginger, OD ’72
Alan L. Ginsburg, OD ’76
W. Carter Glass, OD ’76
The Goldsmith Foundation, Inc.
Richard A. Goodson, OD ’66*
Rosemary E. Gordon
William D. Gordon, OD ’82
Phillip H. Gray, OD ’78
Stuart M. Greenberg, OD ’01
Martha W. Greene, OD ’45*
Mark A. Greer, OD ’87
Earl W. Guinn, OD*
Thomas H. Gulley, OD ’68
Neil R. Gurwitz, OD ’50
Garry Haas, OD ’67
Tonyatta T. Hairston, OD ’01
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Halsted
James C. Hamilton, OD ’65*
L. Shepard Hamrick, Jr., OD ’81
Wilburt D. Hanisco
Jeffrey S. Hankin, OD ’78
Gene A. Harman, OD ’72
Paul L. Harman, OD ’86
Kathryn A. Harrington
Paul Harris, OD
Betty J. Harville, OD
Richard D. Hazlett, OD, PhD
Cynthia Heard, OD
Charles B. Heiner, OD ’61
William L. Herbold, OD ’67
Hernando Lions Club
Harold C. Herring, Jr., OD ’74
Kent B. Hill, OD ’70
Richard L. Hill, OD ’67
HMI Buying Group
Hnedak Bobo Group
Arnold F. Hodges, OD ’48
Gary M. Hoffard, OD ’72
Gerald Hoffman, OD ’52
Edward R. Hoge, Jr., OD ’67
William M. Holman, OD ’92
Daniel C. Horton, OD ’01
Stephen M. Houghton, OD ’74
Larry J. Housley, OD ’68
Elizabeth T. Howard, OD ’95 and
Andrew W. Howard, OD ’96
Hoya Lens of America
Hoya Optical Laboratories
Morry W. Hsu, OD ’01
James J. Hulen, OD ’73
Humboldt Lions Club
Donald P. Humphrey, OD ’72
Margaret I. Hunnicutt, OD
John M. Hunt, OD ’84
Indiana University Foundation
Charles Ingram, OD ’67
Inspire Pharamaceuticals, Inc.
J.A. Majors Company
J.B. Lippincott Co.
Jackson Old Hickory Lions Club
John Mark Jackson, OD ’99
Jaeb Center for Health Research
Paul G. Jahnke, OD ’56*
E. D. Jamieson
W. Michael Jamison, OD ’82
Donald E. Jenks, OD ’54
Gordon W. Jennings, OD ’81
Harold L. Jennings, OD ’64
Jewish Foundation of Greensboro
John-Kenyon American
Eye Institute
Jolynn and Kenneth Johnson
Ray H. Johnson, OD ’68
Warren S. Johnson, OD ’84
Dr. Burnett Joiner
Robert B. Jordan, OD ’88
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
Michael B. Kane, OD ’78
Mark R. Kapperman, OD ’87
Charles V. Kelly, OD ’57*
Marie C. Kelly, OD ’85
Charles D. Keylon, OD ’71
Michael D. Kiihnl, OD ’81
Nelson C. Klaus, Jr., OD ’72
J. Keith Kleinert, OD ’86
James M. Kluckman, OD ’74
and Mrs. Tammie Kluckman
Robert A. Koetting, OD ’47*
Steven R. Koganovsky, OD ’75
Patricia M. Kowalski, OD ’88
Adam B. Krafczek, Jr., Esquire
Jodi E. Krahwinkel, OD ’96
Kendall L. Krug, OD ’85
KS Foundation for Vision
Awareness, Inc.
Lafayette Lions Club
Carol P. LaGrange, OD ’55*
Jane Watson Lamb, OD ’69
and Roy D. Lamb, OD ’68
Joseph A. Lamendola, Jr., OD ’62
Lawrence J. LaTour, OD ’80
Charles D. Lawler, OD ’64
Loy D. Lawler, OD ’49*
Mike Lawson
Louis J. Layton, OD ’67
Thomas Lentz, OD ’76
George A. Lever, OD
Jim D. Lewis, OD ’62
Alison L. Lindorfer, OD ’03*
John K. Lindsay, OD ’81
Lions Club International Dist. 12-L
Treg M. Long, OD ’87
Lookout Valley Lions Club
Loudoun Douglas High Alumni
Assoc. Inc.
Ralph Lovell
LWW Vision Care, Publishers
of New OD
Scott L. Lyon
Robert E. MacKey, OD ’62
Maddox Foundation, Inc.
Maddox Hockey, Inc.
Leroy Magee
Maine Optometric Association
Willis C. Maples, OD ’68
Diane G. Markee, M.Ed.
Thomas J. Marquardt, OD ’74
Marsh Affinity Practice
Neill R. Marshall, OD
Martin Lions Club
Louis and Ellen Martin
Erie Mathena
Mark E. Mather, OD ’76
Barbara Jennings, OD
and Dennis E. Mathews, OD
John A. May, OD ’63
James D. Mayes, OD ’79
John A. McCall, Sr., OD ’49
Lenward R. McCalla, OD ’85
George S. McCarter, OD ’76
Charles R. McClintick, OD*
Joe O. McClure, OD ’51
Robert W. McCullough, OD ’77
Douglas V. McKillip, OD ’70
Joe N. McKnight
Janice McMahon, OD ’98
Charles E. McMasters, OD ’84
Michael S. McQuaig, OD ’77
Gov. Ned R. McWherter*
Kathryn G. Melonas
Memphis Blind Lions Club
Memphis Lens Company, Inc.
Memphis Mid-City Lions Club
Merck & Co., Inc.
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First-Year Scholarships Awarded
Thirty-four students from SCO’s Class of 2016 received first-year
scholarships collectively totaling $145,000. Thanks to all our alumni
and friends for making these awards possible.
Presidential Endowed Scholarship ($10,000)
Courtney Melchione, Lexington, VA
Amy Sickman, Parkville, MO
Rebecca Wenig, Cary, IL
Ryan Wilkerson, Lebanon, MO
Dean’s Endowed Scholarship ($7,000)
Joseph Brewer, Pinedale, AZ
Daniel Brigham, St. Augustine, FL
Jaimen Dixon, Boise, ID
Emily Edwards, Cedarcreek, MO
Marla McNutt, North Canton, OH
Board of Trustees Endowed Scholarship ($5,000)
Frank Carusone, Columbiana, OH
Gabriel Fickett, Waynesboro, PA
Adam Malik, Madison, AL
Devon Morris, Ocean Springs, MS
Brett O’Connor, Jacksonville, FL
Kay Powell, Madison, WI
Dr. Robert E. Federhan Scholarship ($5,000)
Will Price, Lakeside, AZ
Dr. William R. Jackson Scholarship ($4,000)
Brennan Berwald; Butler, MO
Dr. Camile Chiasson Scholarship ($3,000)
Michael Wiles, Norman, OK
Dr. Martha Rosemore Morrow Scholarship ($3,000)
Jacob Dufour, Rogers, AR
SCO Alumni Endowed Scholarship ($3,000)
Feyi Aworunse, Nashville, TN
Dani Gretz, Orange Park, FL
Gerald Stinson, Holly Springs, MS
Dr. Cheryl Johnson Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)
Taylor Neumann, Council Bluffs, IA
Drs. Helen and Christopher King Scholarship ($2,000)
Halie Cottrill, St. Marys, WV
Edgar Family Scholarship ($2,000)
Darah McDaniel, Mountain Home, AR
New Orleans Contact Lens Society Scholarship ($2,000)
Hunter Chapman, Monroe, LA
Omni Eye Services-Memphis Endowed Scholarship ($2,000)
Whitney Seltman, Alpharetta, GA
Sullins Family Scholarship ($2,000)
Monica Perry, Kingsport, TN
Alston & Bird Endowed Scholarship ($1,000)
Robert Phyfer, West Point, MS
Dr. J. Leonard Supman Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)
Preslee Trammell, Greenville, MS
Dr. Ramona Porter Clifton Scholarship ($1,000)
Blake Hayden, Owensboro, KY
Dr. T. Joel Byars Scholarship ($1,000)
Leah Lentz, St. Marys, GA
Dr. Thomas Gallaher and Mrs. Elizabeth Gallaher Scholarship ($1,000)
Trent Gaasch, Peoria, IL
Dr. Vaughn Parfitt Scholarship ($4,000)
Aaron Buchanan, Morgantown, WV
Drs. Charlene and Fred Burnett Scholarship ($1,000)
Chris Harlan, Memphis, TN
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Allyson P. Mertins, OD ’97
Metro Optics, LLC.
Mid-South Premier Ophthalmics
Terry Milius
Sally S. Miller, OD ’80 and
Charles David Miller, OD ’78
Millington Lions Club
Robert C. Mills, Jr., OD ’89
Minnie Flaura and Roseanna
Turner Fund
Terry D. Moehnke, OD ’77
John H. Mohr, OD ’61
Tiffany Kay Monahan, OD ’00
Nicole Y. Monroe, OD ’99
Sheri Monroe
Montgomery Martin
Contractors, LLC
Lee R. Moore, Jr., OD ’80
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
Sandra C. Morgan
Harold E. Morrill, Jr., OD ’75
Morris Education
Ronald C. Mozingo, OD ’78
Theodore A. Mueller, OD ’77*
Kenneth Mulholland, Jr.
Joseph W. Myers, OD ’64
Naperville Noon Lions Club
Nashville South Lions Club
National Academy of Practice in
Optometry (NAPO)
Nebraska Foundation for
Vision Awareness
James L. Nedrow, OD ’65
New Jersey Society of Optometric
Physicians, Inc.
Nikon, Inc.
John S. Niles
NoIR Medical Technologies
Jefrey C. Northcutt, OD ’88
Northeast Memphis Lions Club
Leroy Norton, Jr., OD ’87
Ocular Instruments, Inc.
Odyssey Medical, Inc.
David Olive, OD ’99
Keith M. Oliver, OD ’79
Ooh La La de Paris Eyewear
Optical Dynamics Corporation
Optometric Extension Program
Foundation, Inc.
Optometry’s Charity – The AOA
Foundation
Optos, Inc.
Carol-Lyn G. Ordynsky, OD ’85
and George Ordynsky, OD ’83
Larry Otten, OD ’77
Lyn Brown Oxley, OD ’84
J. Minor Pace, OD ’84
PACO Research Corporation
Paragon Optical Company
Paris Lions Club
Jerry B. Park, OD ’66
Randall T. Parrish, Jr., OD ’78
Dale E. Patrick, OD ’77
Warren O. Patrick, OD ’49*
W. Stan Peacock, OD ’84
Brenda and Greg Pearson
John S. Peery, OD ’84
G. Worthy Pegram, Jr., OD ’53
N. Gene Perkins, OD ’57
Walter F. Peterson, OD ’59
Clifford I. Phillips, OD ’78
William A. Pike, OD ’72
Pilkington Barnes Hind USA
Austin and Melissa Pittman
C. Ellis Potter, OD ’67
James L. Price, Jr., OD ’74
Wayne F. Provines, OD
Charles R. Pruden, Jr., OD ’59
R.L. Speck & Associates, Inc.
Kenneth W. Rader, OD ’55
Gary E. Radish, OD ’69
Brett K. Radow, OD ’80
Dr. and Mrs. Mohammad
Rafieetary
Kim C. Raharja, OD ’06
Samuel C. Rainey, OD ’51
Brenda H. Rakestraw
Raleigh Lions Club, District 12-L
Raleigh Lions Club
Rod L. Rallo, OD ’80
J. Gregory Reasons, OD ’87
David J. Reed, OD ’68
Richard A. Reeves, OD ’75
and Debra Lee Reeves
Shilpa J. Register, OD
Leon A. Renaud, OD ’73
William T. Reynolds, OD ’85
Tonya M. Reynoldson, OD ’01
Virgil L. Rhodes, OD ’50*
and Mrs. Peggy Rhodes*
J. Scott Richardson, OD ’75
Dr. Joel W. Richardson, Jr.
Gary A. Roach, OD ’72
Edward L. Robbins, OD ’51
James C. Robbins, OD ’67*
Thomas A. Roberson, OD
Bob G. Roberts, OD ’74
Michael N. Robertson
S.W. Robertson, OD ’67
Nathaniel D. Robinson, OD ’91
William E. Robinson, Jr., OD ’74
Rochester Optometric Society
Richard Rogers, OD ’78
Stuart D. Rogers, OD ’82
W.W. Rogers
Walter S. Rose, OD ’90
Mr. and Mrs. Lance Rosemore
Howard K. Ross, OD ’78
Timothy A. Ross, OD ’85
Lawrence A. Routt, OD ’77
Gregory C. Russell, OD ’97
Kay U. Saslawsky
Henry V. Sawyer, Jr., OD ’78
Jeffrey Scarpace
Charles A. Schaible, OD ’74*
David K. Schandler
Gary L. Schreiner, OD ’72
Keith A. Schrunk, OD ’03
James R. Schuchert, OD ’72
SCO - Student Government
Association
Jeremy C. Scoggins, OD ’01
Donald C. Scott, OD ’85
Stephen Selby, OD ’42
E. Michelle Sellers
James E. Sellers, OD ’75
Tim Markam Sellers, OD ’98
Diane R. Serex-Dougan, OD ’81
Fred R. Shanks, OD ’74
Denise Q. Shepard, OD ’79
Donise Sheridan, OD ’97
Dean N. Shissias, OD ’82
Steven R. Shum, OD ’71
William D. Simmons, OD ’62
Gary C. Simpson, OD ’64
J. Scott Simpson, OD ’75
Charles M. Smith, OD ’79
Dennis L. Smith, OD ’81
Denson L. Smith, OD ’50
Michael K. Smith, OD ’02 and
Kimberly Zimmer Smith, OD ’03
Larry D. Snider, OD ’76
Gary R. Snuffin
Larry L. Snyder, OD ’66
Southeast Optometric Vision Forum
Southern Optical Company
Thomas Soviar, OD ’83
Bernard I. Sparks, III, OD ’77
Spartanburg Lions Club
Joel H. Springan, OD ’84
Kenneth N. Springer*
Alta I. Spurrier, OD ’68
Rebecca V. St. Jean, OD ’97
Kevin D. Stallard, OD ’96
Thomas J. Stander, OD ’82
Stanfield Baptist Church
State of Oklahoma
Scott A. Steel, OD
Audra D. Steiner, OD ’00
Scott B. Steinman, OD
Sandra Stephens
Stereo Optical Company, Inc.
William E. Sterling, Jr., OD ’75
Cathy D. Stern, OD
Christopher J. Strelioff, OD ’96
Frederick Norman Stringer, OD ’49
Robert G. Stroud, OD ’59*
Student Government Assoc. of SCO
Student Loan Express (CIT Group Inc.)
George Chuck Stumpf, Jr., OD ’82
Harry M. Sulzberger, OD ’63
SunTrust Bank
William C. Sutherland, OD ’66
Sandra L. Swaringen, OD ’81
April K. Swim, OD ’00
Terrence M. Swinger, OD ’64
Thomas H. Swords, OD ’73
Sharon E. Tabachnick, PhD
David D. Talley, OD
Mike Tannehill, OD ’75
James F. Tanner, OD ’64
Lloyd A. Tantum, OD ’78
Wyatt R. Taylor, OD ’64
Randall Teague, OD ’78
Van M. Teague, OD ’81
Jerome M. Tempel, OD ’78
Tex-O-Con, Inc.
D. W. Thaxton, III, OD ’66
Charles E. Thomas, OD ’84
Gerald M. Thomas, OD
Mary Thornley, EdD
Charles P. Tillman, OD ’49*
Charlie P. Tillman, Jr., OD ’83
James E. Tillman, OD ’69
Wylie W. Tirey, OD ’67
Shannon Torbett and Matt Torbett
Thomas E. Townsend, OD ’75
Lisa C. Tracy
John D. Tumblin, OD ’54
Tunica Lions Club
John J. Turley, OD ’54*
U.S. Vision
Union Planters Bank
University of Houston
Donald G. Upton, OD ’81
Michael D. Usdan, OD ’67*
USF&G Corporation
Marlon R. Utech, OD ’78
Mr. and Mrs. Van Vance
Richard W. Varley, OD ’77
Cary J. Vincent, OD ’78
Mark H. Vinson, OD ’82
Virginia Optometric Association
Vision Care Inc.
Vision Training Products, Inc.
Christina Rae Vogel, OD ’03
Volk Optical, Inc.
Mark C. Ward, OD ’86
Garey E. Ware, OD ’66
Terry M. Warren, OD ’79
Morris H. Weaver, OD ’75
Kenneth A. Weinberg, OD ’77
West Memphis Lions Club
Jerry D. West, OD ’72
Walter D. West, OD ’75
White Station Lions Club
Whitehaven Lions Club
James J. Whitelock, OD ’82
Lee Anne Whitworth, OD ’97 and
Patrick Whitworth, OD ’97
William K. Wieland, OD ’66
Donna R. Wike, OD ’76
Sidney J. Wiley, Sr., OD ’51*
Williams Consulting Group
Neika Williams
Leslie and Robert Williams
Roger C. Wineinger, OD ’76
H. Ralph Winton, OD ’60
Wisconsin Optometric Association
Brunswick R. Wong, OD ’76
Frederick J. Wright, OD ’69*
James E. Wright, Jr., OD ’50
Joe G. Wright, OD ’63*
Wynne Lions Club
William T. Yoe, OD ’84
Anton L. Young, OD ’62
Eugene Zuckerman, OD ’47*
Legacy Society
Members of the Legacy Society have made
provision for Southern College of Optometry
as part of their estate planning in the form
of a bequest, trust agreement, life insurance
or other form of planned gift. Through their
foresight and generosity, these donors help
preserve the legacy of the college and ensure
the future for SCO.
Charlene Burnett, OD ’83
Frederick R. Burnett, OD ’80
George B. Coyle, OD ’50
I.D. Engram, OD ’63
C. Jeff Foster, OD ’81
Sidney I. Greenberg, OD ’65
Ralph P. Langenfeld, OD ’54
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD ’74
David H. Owen OD ’81
Richard L. Powell, OD ’68
Donald C. Reynolds, MOpt, MPH
Mrs. Marion G. Rosemore
Frank G. Smith, III, Esq.
Mr. Ernie Valamides
Lisa R. Wade, OD ’84
Al T. Witcher, OD ’45
Alumni Gifts
by Class
The following alumni made gifts between
July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
1946
Ramona P. Clifton, OD
1947
Harold S. Cohen, OD
Eugene Zuckerman, OD*
1949
Joyce R. Adema, OD
Glen E. Bryant, Sr., OD
Orman Campbell, OD
Oscar Crow, OD
George S. Erlbeck, OD*
John A. McCall, Sr., OD
1950
Nathan F. Ford, OD
Neil R. Gurwitz, OD
C. Wayne Shearer, OD
Hal Trimmier, OD
1951
Jack R. Hillard, OD
Wilbur C. Treadwell, Jr., OD*
1952
Gerald Hoffman, OD
1953
Norman Krell, OD
G. Worthy Pegram, Jr., OD
G. Robert Vines, OD
1957
James P. Gardner, Jr., OD
Allen E. Westby, OD
1958
Currie Dean Barker, OD
George L. Haffner, OD
1959
Howard F. Flippin, OD
Charles R. Pruden, Jr., OD
1960
Rufus B. Antley, OD
Bernard M. Friedland, OD
Franklin D. Martin, OD*
J. Robert Mitchem, OD
Paul E. Thomas, OD
1961
Roy L. Gooch, OD
John H. Mohr, OD
Richard E. Morgan, OD
Alan E. Pressman, OD
Curtis C. Shockley, OD
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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS
1962
1971
Lynn H. Church, OD
Joseph A. Lamendola, Jr., OD
Jim D. Lewis, OD
William D. Simmons, OD
Anton L. Young, OD
1963
Ray D. Bess, OD
T. Joel Byars, OD
Paul Dale Jagers, Jr., OD
Howard W. Tucker, Jr., OD
1964
William R. Dellinger, OD
Ronald B. Gurin, OD
John T. Lee, OD
Wyatt R. Taylor, OD
1965
Eugene Miller Bane, Jr., OD
Fred S. Cloninger, OD
James D. Sandefur, OD
1966
Douglas L. Conrath, OD*
Thomas D. Dennis, OD
Paul D. Michalove, OD
William C. Sutherland, OD
Ray D. Williams, OD
1967
Robert O. Black, OD*
Richard E. Falls, OD
Ronald B. Gantt, OD
John A. Gazaway, OD
Edward R. Hoge, Jr., OD
S.W. Robertson, OD
A.L. Spivey, III, OD
1968
R. Keith Amiel, OD
Joseph J. Beaman, OD
Larry E. Blackmon, OD
William E. Cochran, OD
Henry J. Decker, III, OD
Richard L. Powell, OD
Earl H. Rock, OD
Alta I. Spurrier, OD
1969
Walter F. Cygan, OD
Dean L. McCormack, OD
Glen T. Steele, OD
Frederick J. Wright, OD*
1970
Timothy P. Allen, OD, MS
Joe A. Chambers, OD
Paul W. Derrick, OD
Douglas V. McKillip, OD
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Randall D. Bowling, OD
James H. Minesinger, OD
Steven R. Shum, OD
1972
William C. Coffee, OD
Jimmy H. Elam, OD
Melvin C. Evers, OD
Donald P. Humphrey, OD
Gary A. Roach, OD
Jerry D. West, OD
William J. Yearta, OD
1973
Alan L. Blatterman, OD
Allen D. Findley, OD
James Jay Hulen, OD
James M. Newman, III, OD
Leon A. Renaud, OD
1974
Donald Lee Baker, OD
John D. Bishop, OD
Robin S. Blair, OD
Richard M. Bossin, OD
David H. Dow, OD
Robert M. Epstein, OD
Thomas J. Garrity, OD
Charles G. Glaser, OD
Harold C. Herring, Jr., OD
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD
Miles W. Rhyne, Jr., OD
Bob Gene Roberts, OD
Robert W. Smalling, OD
John F. Thompson, OD
Bruce G. Young, OD
1975
Stephen P. Akre, OD
Allan Leslie Barker, OD
Larry W. Bloomingburg, OD
Robert M. Cress, OD
Keydron Dwane DeRosa, OD
Alan P. Fisher, OD
Harold E. Morrill, Jr., OD
Randall S. Ramsey, OD
J. Scott Richardson, OD
J. Scott Simpson, OD
James W. Stuckey, OD
1976
Richard C. Buck, OD
Stanley M. Dickerson, OD
John M. Garber, OD
Alan L. Ginsburg, OD
W. Carter Glass, OD
Arthur Thomas Hyde, OD
Thomas Lentz, OD
Howard B. Levinson, OD
Mark E. Mather, OD
Joseph W. Remke, III, OD
William R. Spooner, OD
Donna R. Wike, OD
Brunswick R. Wong, OD
1977
Ron M. Bannister, OD
Mark G. Coble, OD
Cornel H. Leblanc, OD
Robert W. McCullough, OD
Michael S. McQuaig, OD
Henry B. Miller, OD
Terry D. Moehnke, OD
Richard C. Orgain, OD
Larry Otten, OD
James L. Parkerson, OD
Jack L. Schaeffer, OD
Bernard I. Sparks, III, OD
J. Craig Swaim, OD
Richard W. Varley, OD
Kenneth A. Weinberg, OD
1978
Robert E. Botts, OD
James S. Campbell, OD
Thomas V. Casella, OD
Steven L. Compton, OD
Al H. Covington, OD
David H. Curtis, OD
Tommy J. Ducklo, OD
Glenn I. Goldring, OD
Jeffrey S. Hankin, OD
Charles F. Hyman, OD
David H. Mills, OD
Billy S. Moscow, OD
Gary M. Moss, OD
Richard W. Phillips, OD
Frank A. Romano, OD
Henry V. Sawyer, Jr., OD
Jerome M. Tempel, OD
Marlon R. Utech, OD
1979
Gary M. Akel, OD
Gary S. Appel, OD
Danny W. Cross, OD
William M. Dickerson, Jr., OD
Van M. Dunn, OD
Robert C. Fitzhugh, OD
Kathryn M. McCullough, OD
Keith M. Oliver, OD
Charles E. Porch, OD
Denise Q. Shepard, OD
William R. Shumaker, OD
Charles M. Smith, OD
William L. Turner, OD
Terry M. Warren, OD
1980
Michael W. Alexander, OD
Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD
Jay R. Kimberley, OD
Lawrence J. LaTour, OD
G. Steven Malone, OD
Lee R. Moore, Jr., OD
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD
Rod L. Rallo, OD
1981
Rick D. Bartlett, OD
Camile L. Chiasson, OD
James V. Cornetta, OD
Max M. Downey, OD
Alvin Lewis Frey, Jr., OD
David E. Hankins, OD
Kendall B. Harris, OD
John F. Holland, OD
Charles T. Inman, OD
Roger I. Jones, OD
Michael D. Kiihnl, OD
Daniel O. Mosser, OD
William D. Sizemore, OD
Dennis L. Smith, OD
Sandra L. Swaringen, OD
1982
Alan K. Bugg, OD
James O. Cloepfil, OD
Michael J. Coons, OD
Thomas F. Deloatch, OD
Debra A. Hammerer, OD
John R. Hammerer, OD
W. Michael Jamison, OD
Gary L. Mancil, OD
Charles A. Nassauer, OD
David H. Ritchie, OD
Dean N. Shissias, OD
Anthony L. Stubits, OD
Bonnie F. Taylor, OD
David E. Witherspoon, OD
DeAnne F. Witherspoon, OD
1983
Cynthia E. Baker, OD
Charlene Burnett, OD
Charles A. Callaway, OD
Mary Shackleford Carlton, OD
James W. Devine, OD
Eddie S. Epperson, OD
Paul T. Fulghum, OD
Thomas K. Gober, OD
David N. Hinkley, OD
Christopher B. King, OD
Helen J. King, OD
1986
Top Classes by Participation
CLASS
Year
% Giving
by Class
2012
2011
1987
1978
1962
1983
2010
1982
1968
1974
1961
1994
1976
2000
1997
1979
1981
1992
1986
1977
1998
2001
1958
1964
1975
1960
73%
23%
15%
15%
14%
12%
12%
12%
12%
11%
11%
11%
11%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
9%
9%
9%
9%
9%
9%
Janice A. Barr, OD
Alan Fertel, OD
Steven Friedman, OD
Paul L. Harman, OD
Charles R. Hughes, Jr., OD
J. Keith Kleinert, OD
James H. Sawyer, OD
Peter A. Spear, OD
Mark C. Ward, OD
1987
J. Bart Campbell, OD
William E. Conn, OD
David L. Foutch, OD
Mark A. Greer, OD
Brian A. Kahn, OD
Mark R. Kapperman, OD
Treg M. Long, OD
Charles S. Miles, OD
Leroy Norton, Jr., OD
Francis L. Pinard, OD
J. Gregory Reasons, OD
Robert D. Remke, OD
James P. Theroux, OD
1988
Raul E. Arencibia, OD
Arnold M. Huskins, OD
Patricia M. Kowalski, OD
Jefrey C. Northcutt, OD
1989
Henry G. McQuirter, OD
Mark A. Pulliam, OD
Rhett H. Richardson, OD
John S. Sharpe, OD
Thomas Soviar, OD
Sharon Holden Thomas, OD
Charlie P. Tillman, Jr., OD
1984
Robert P. Aitken, OD
Edward E. Cho, OD
Gerald A. Eisenstatt, OD
J. Minor Pace, OD
John S. Peery, OD
Stuart J. Thomas, OD
Jon E. Treadway, OD
Lisa R. Wade, OD
1985
Kathryn M. Beggs, OD
Roger L. Benjamin, OD
Russell H. Chambless, OD
Marie C. Kelly, OD
Lenward R. McCalla, OD
Jon O. Olson, OD
J. Curtis Taylor, OD
Nancy N. McShan, OD
Robert C. Mills, Jr., OD
Michael R. Sigmon, OD
George Sherman Thurmond, II, OD
James E. Venable, OD
Dick S. Whitaker, OD
1990
David Fisher, Jr., OD
Arthur Andy Haley, OD
W. Brent Hall, OD
Michael V. Holland, OD
Angela C Howell, OD
Jarrett Ann Johnson, OD
Walter S. Rose, OD
1991
Nathaniel D. Robinson, OD
Rhonda Snipes Thurmond, OD
1992
Eric K. Botts, OD
J. Grady Elliott, Jr., OD
Jimmy S. Gandy, OD
Stacy L. Gandy, OD
William M. Holman, OD
Gary S. Holtzman, OD
James Shawn McBride, OD
George W. Pegram, III, OD
William L. Yoos, OD
1993
Ted A. McElroy, OD
1994
Craig W. Dunlap, OD
Laura L. Flockencier, OD
Jay Arthur Kavanagh, OD
Terry L. Kirkland, OD
M. Elizabeth McIntosh, OD
Kay F. Royal, OD
Daniel E. Smith, OD
Scott L. Spivey, OD
1995
Marilyn S. Burich, OD
Tracy Decker Burroughs, OD
Pamela L. Finley, OD
Elizabeth T. Howard, OD
Nadine Maki, OD
Philip L. Nicholson, OD
David L. Parker, OD
Steven T. Reed, OD
1996
Janet Provencal Collier, OD
Jason D. Duncan, OD
Richard D. Durocher, OD
Andrew W. Howard, OD
Jodi E. Krahwinkel, OD
Jared T. Powelson, OD
Kevin D. Stallard, OD
1997
John E. Anderson, OD
Terri D. Anderson, OD
Leland H. Bowen, OD
Amanda Brewer-Lord, OD
Horace Deal, OD
Tracy L. Fish, OD
Michael D. Gerstner, OD
Steven E. Goldenberg, OD
Michael S. Rothschild, OD
Gregory C. Russell, OD
Rebecca V. St. Jean, OD
William F. Waterbury, OD
1998
Darla Barrow, OD
Matthew Casey, OD
Aaron Kerr, OD
Janusz Luka, OD
Mary Lee Pemberton, OD
Janice McMahon, OD
Dana M. Nolan, OD
Tchula Morgison Ripton, OD
April D. Smith, OD
Brian D. Smith, OD
Sylvia E. Sparrow, OD
1999
Jill C. Browning, OD
Darby Chiasson, OD
Douglas Michael Christman, OD
John Mark Jackson, OD
Jonathan Knutson, OD
Jennifer M Lesslie, OD
Laurel L. Van Horn, OD
Abner Velasco, OD
2000
Joseph Kent Douglas, OD
Karen Joyner Douglas, OD
Benjamin Jordan Franklin, OD
Shannon Franklin, OD
Courtney G. Hoffman, OD
Matthew E. Hoffman, OD
Jennifer L. Johnson, OD
Lara E. May, OD
Lorie Michelle McReynolds, OD
Tiffany Monahan, OD
Jimmy A. Riffe, OD
Audra D. Steiner, OD, FCOVD
2001
Jeffrey M. Anastasio, OD
Elizabeth Mason Darby, OD
Michael Scott Ensor, OD
Stuart M. Greenberg, OD
Whitney H. Hauser, OD
Max P. Hergott, OD
Paul D. Mormon, OD
Gordon D. Russell, OD
Pamela H. Schnell, OD
Aaron G. Thompson, OD
Heather H. Walker, OD
2002
Shelly Anastasio, OD
Jennifer Bourn, OD
Lisa M. Dye, OD
James Fleming, OD
M. Shay Murphy, OD
Geoffrey Ryan H. Powell, OD
Mark J. Roy, III, OD
Kevin Tran, OD
Christopher W. Wroten, OD
2003
Sarah Sutherland Baldwin, OD
Margaret Shelton Brya, OD
Jeremy Michael Durham, OD
Phillip Patrick Fowler, OD
Carrie Fortner Irvine, OD
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Jennifer J. Pitts, OD
Sarah Futch Wroten, OD
Cynthia Lynn Zara, OD
2011
2004
Ashley B. Baker, OD
Michael T. Dorkowski, OD
Cory A. Lindenman, OD
Adam S. Melton, OD
Michael M. Monson, OD
Emily J. Sprague, OD
Tarra L. Vander Leest, OD
2005
William H. Ballinger, III, OD
Pete Wardell, OD
2006
Anonymous
Jennifer L. Jones, OD
Carrie D. Lebowitz, OD
Kristie S. Semrow, OD
2007
Lindsay C. Elkins, OD
Austin C. Krohn, OD
Kristi L. Liu, OD
Haylie Lynne Mulliniks, OD
John Michael Neal, OD
Katy L. Woodall, OD
2008
Ginny L. Ahrens, OD
Andrea D. Beedles, OD
Donald W. Connell, OD
Jill L. Frier, OD
Marc S. Helmy, OD
Emily K. Nail, OD
Claire S. Schmidt, OD
2009
Amy Elizabeth Coburn, OD
Emily R. Conn, OD
Rebecca King, OD
Joseph Sugg, OD
2010
Michelle Brennan, OD
Jeannie Clark, OD
Meredith Cole, OD
David Daughtry, OD
Jessica E. Durham, OD
Gary Granger, OD
Kinsey Honeyman, OD
Felicia Jackson, OD
Danielle Jordan, OD
Thuy Ngo, OD
Nicholas Reid, OD
Erik Romsdahl, OD
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Mandi Smith, OD
Esla Speth, OD
Gene Wong, OD
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Jay M. Butler, OD
Adam J. Couts, OD
Gloria Ding, OD
Jessica L. Dinwiddie, OD
Kyle D. Dohrman, OD
Elissa S. Eblin, OD
Doug W. Ellenberger, OD
Joy Ellenberger, OD
Laura E. England, OD
Wendell Fackrell, OD
Shane W. Frerichs, OD
Allison A. Hoffman, OD
Nicole M. Kosciuk, OD
Katherine L. Marshall, OD
Crystal A. Mirza, OD
Katherine A. Paulsen, OD
Truc Minh Pham, OD
Shira L. Pipkin, OD
Nicklaus J. Richmond, OD
Brandon K. Ross, OD
Blake S. Rust, OD
Mark E. Schaeffer, OD
Joanne P. Smith, OD
Jessica L. Stephenson, OD
Anthony K. Sullenger, OD
Sarah A. Sweeney, OD
Erin R. Swichkow, OD
2012
Jessica A. Allison, OD
Krishaan G. Anderson, OD
Mary I. Armanious, OD
Justin D. Atherton, OD
Kacy W. Barker, OD
Roderick B. Beazer, OD
Lucas J. Bell, OD
Morgan A. Berry, OD
Andrew J. Brauer, OD
Alicia E. Byers, OD
Jennifer S. Childers, OD
William D. Coleman, OD
Marcus H. Cooke, OD
Hilary B. Cox, OD
Jared C. Cox, OD
Stephanie L. Cullinan, OD
Kendra R. Dalton, OD
Marcie M. Daniel, OD
Scott A. DePoe, OD
Sejal P. Desai, OD
Addison P. DiMartino, OD
Dustin J. Dixon, OD
Jenny H. Duncan, OD
Zachary R. Engle, OD
John W. Erickson, OD
Jasmin I. Filpo, OD
Heidi L. Fouch, OD
Jessalyn E. Halsted, OD
Joseph M. Hammond, OD
Martin M. Harris, OD
Jenessa L. Hartman, OD
Lacey D. Hedges, OD
Darren W. Heiner, OD
Heather L. Hildebrand, OD
Carolyn D. Ichter, OD
Justin W. Johnson, OD
Sara D. Khan, OD
Jason Kowallis, OD
Timothy J. LaFreniere, OD
Raymond J. Lambert, OD
Jeffrey J. Lant, OD
Levi C. Mansfield, OD
Tania Mathai, OD
Josh E. McAdams, OD
Tiffany L. McElroy, OD
Diana Mikhail, OD
Brett A. Miller, OD
Alyssa A. Milligan, OD
Jason M. Minton, OD
John P. Nail, Jr., OD
Mark W. Nevers, OD
Do Nguyen, OD
Jessica A. Nisewonger, OD
Joseph C. Olson, OD
Obie G. Pennington, OD
Baley F. Petersen, OD
Mai L. Pham, OD
Eric B. Pierce, OD
Daniel C. Pridemore, OD
Christie L. Puglis, OD
Jessica K. Putnam, OD
Jared P. Quesenberry, OD
Malika R. Rajendra, OD
Adam J. Ramsey, OD
Adam T. Reach, OD
Elizabeth A. Reese, OD
Jonathan P. Reid, OD
Meredith M. Rhodes, OD
Courtney D. Robinson, OD
Amanda Rogers, OD
Corey Z. Rosemore, OD
Sarah R. Rosinski, OD
Brandi M. Salazar, OD
Matthew C. Schwamb, OD
Kristina H. Semaan, OD
Courtney M. Shay, OD
Maya S. Sinulingga, OD
Jennifer M. Snyder, OD
Leewood B. Still, OD
Sarah E. Talley, OD
Brent L. Thornton, OD
Truc L. T. Tran, OD
Gregory M. Valle, OD
Meetal V. Vashi, OD
Michael H. Vuong, OD
Natalie M. Williams, OD
Mary K. Wilson, OD
Joshua C. Yoo, OD
Friends,
Foundations,
Associations and
Corporations
The following made gifts between July 1, 2011
and June 30, 2012.
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Allergan, Inc.
American Optometric Foundation
Anonymous
Association of Schools & Colleges
of Optometry
Julie Berry
Deborah C. Bowles
David M. Cale, OD
Carl Zeiss Vision Inc.
Dori Carlson Helgeson, OD
Charles Retina Institute
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Crawley
Robin J. Drescher, OD
Essilor of America, Inc./Varilux
Lewis Frey, OD
A. Lynn E. Gunn, DDS
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Halsted
Brittany Hayes
Jobson Publishing Co.
John-Kenyon American Eye
Institute
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Johnson
Kentucky Optometric Foundation
Lakeland Lions Foundation
Luxottica Retail, a Luxottica Group
Company
Marchon Eyewear, Inc.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
Darwin L. Mormon, OD
Ooh La La de Paris Eyewear
Optometric Extension Program
Foundation, Inc.
Precision Optical Laboratory, Inc.
Robertson Optical Laboratories, Inc.
John D. Robinson, OD
Gary W. Rogers
Mrs. Marion Rosemore
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roth
SECO International, Inc.
Frank G. Smith, III, Esquire
Southern Cultural Heritage
Corporation
Adele Stinson
Mrs. W. David Sullins, Jr.
David D. Talley, OD
Tennessee Association of
Optometric Physicians
Tennessee Independent Colleges &
Universities Association
The BANZAI Consortium
The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.
Mary Thornley, EdD
Vision Service Plan
Vistakon Division of Johnson &
Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
Wal-Mart Optical Division
Gift-in-Kind
Contributions
The following made contributions of various
items and equipment between July 1, 2011 and
June 30, 2012.
AcuityPro VisionScience Software
Alcon
Alden Optical
Raul E. Arencibia, OD ’88
Bausch & Lomb
CIBA VISION
CLMA/GP Lens Institute
Designs for Vision, Inc.
Eagle Vision, Inc.
Eschenbach of America, Inc.
Essilor of America, Inc./Varilux
Heine USA, Ltd.
Keeler Instruments, Inc.
Ronnie Kirsch
LS&S Group, Inc.
Marchon Eyewear, Inc.
MidSouth Premier Ophthalmics
NoIR Medical Technologies
Jefrey C. Northcutt, OD ’88
Ocular Instruments, Inc.
Odyssey Medical, Inc.
Ooh La La de Paris Eyewear
Larry Routt, OD ’77
Southern Optical
Stereo Optical Company, Inc.
SynergEyes, Inc.
Vision Service Plan
VisionScience Software, Inc.
Vistakon/Johnson & Johnson
Walman Optical/X-Cel, Inc.
Welch Allyn, Inc.
Board of
Trustees, Faculty,
and Staff
The following current and former Board of
Trustees, faculty and staff made gifts between
July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
Anonymous
Trey Adams
Lanell Alphin
Daniel S. Anderson
Kristin K. Anderson, OD
Lisa C. Anderson
Justin Ashe
Jo-Ann B. Augustine
Paula Baker
Eugene Miller Bane, Jr., OD ’65
Owen Bell
Fanisha Boyd
Randy Brafford
Delrita Branch
Kim A. Branscomb
Jon A. Brethorst
William B Brookshire
Shontae Brown
Sabrina Bryant-Miles
Frederick R. Burnett, Jr., OD ’80
T. Joel Byars, OD ’63
Catherine B. Caldwell
Winona M. Caldwell
David M. Cale, OD
J. Bart Campbell, OD ’87
Freddy W. Chang, OD, MS, PhD
Camile L. Chiasson, OD ’81
Stacy Childers
Patricia Cisarik, OD, PhD
Doug Clark, OD
Jerry L. Clay
Lurley Clifton
James R. Coats
Ken Coble
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
Marvin Collins
Charles G. Connor, Jr., MA, PhD, OD
David A. Damari, OD
Kelley Dasinger, OD
Michael Dasinger, OD
Tony Deener
Eula Dickerson
Velma J. Dickson
Troy David Dix
Michael T. Dorkowski, OD ’04
Susan Doyle
Robin J. Drescher, OD, MS
Janette D. Dumas, OD
Jason D. Duncan, OD ’96
William Edmondson, OD, MAT
Gerald A. Eisenstatt, OD ’84
Jimmy H. Elam, OD ’72
Lindsay C Elkins, OD ’07
M. Scott Ensor, OD ’01
Cheryl E. Ervin, OD
Patricia Estes Walker, OD
Tressa F. Eubank, OD
Sunnie Ewing
Ann Z. Fields
Beth Fisher, MS
Carol A. Fleming
Sadie M. Fleming
Howard F. Flippin, OD ’59
Rebecca Foster
Pateaka Franklin
Janice Frazier-Scott
Cecily Freeman
Daniel G. Fuller, OD
Cindy Garner
John A. Gazaway, OD ’67
Michael D. Gerstner, OD ’97
Chris Geswein
Felicia Gladue
Glenn I. Goldring, OD ’78
Rosemary E. Gordon
Sandra Hall
Rodney Hamilton
Melissa A. Hansbro
Kathryn A. Harrington
Paul Harris, OD
Betty J. Harville, OD
Joseph H. Hauser, MBA
Brittany Hayes
Cynthia Heard, OD
Denise E. Henson
Jim Hollifield
William Hopper
Mona Howard
James C. Huff
Arthur Thomas Hyde, OD ’76
John Mark Jackson, OD ’99, MS
Erin Jaffe
James B. Jalenak, Esq.
Jarrett Ann Johnson, OD ’90
Linda D. Johnson, OD
Andrea Jones
Brian Jones
Jennifer L. Jones, OD ’06
Aaron Kerr, OD ’98
Gail Killingsworth
Jeung Kim, OD, PhD
Christopher B. King, OD ’83
William Kress, OD
Harold Lashlee
Mike Lawson
Carrie D. Lebowitz, OD ’06
So Yeon S. Lee, OD
Christopher Lievens, OD, MS
Scott L. Lyon
Dennis E. Mathews, OD
William Maxwell
Wilson W. McGriff, OD, MPH
Kathryn G. Melonas
Terry Milius, MS
George Miller
Debra Mooradian
Debra M. Moore
Sandra Morgan
Darwin L. Mormon, OD
Paul D. Mormon, OD ’01
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD ’74
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ’80
Haylie Lynne Mulliniks, OD ’07
John Michael Neal, OD ’07
Christina Newman, OD
James M. Newman, III, OD ’73, MS
Zakiya Nicks, OD
Leroy Norton, Jr., OD ’87
David Nunley
Carla O’Brian
Richard C. Orgain, OD ’77
Deborah Pannell
Brenda Phelps
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
Guy Pike
Jennifer J. Pitts, OD ’03
Geoffrey Ryan H. Powell, OD ’02
Richard L. Powell, OD ’68
Jared T. Powelson, OD ’96
Mary J. Propst
Brenda Rakestraw
Steven T. Reed, OD ’95
J. Martin Regan, Jr.
Lewis Reich, OD, PhD
Mary B. Rice
Michael Robertson, MEd
James D. Sandefur, OD ’65
Carla Sanderson, PhD
Jennifer Sanderson, OD
Richard Savoy, OD
Anna Schlesselman, OD, MS
Pamela H. Schnell, OD ’01
E. Michelle Sellers
John S. Sharpe, OD ’83
Kristie L. Shepard
Kimberly A. Shropshire
Christine Simonton
Robert W. Smalling, OD ’74
Daniel E. Smith, OD ’94
Frank G. Smith, III, Esq.
Joyce Smith
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Lanell Smith
Jeanie M. Snider
Gary R. Snuffin
Mark Sowell
Bernard I. Sparks, III, OD ’77, MS
Sylvia E. Sparrow, OD ’98
Esla Speth, OD ’10
A.L. Spivey, III, OD ’67
Scott A. Steel, OD
Glen T. Steele, OD ’69
Sandra Stephens
Karen Stevens
Pierre Stinson
Jerry Sullivan
Tracy Sutton
Dean Swick
Sharon E. Tabachnick, PhD, MSLS
David D. Talley, OD
Marc Taub, OD, MS
Wanda Taylor
Wyatt R. Taylor, OD ’64
Janine Tenorio
Pearlie Thomas
Mary Thornley, EdD
Lisa C. Tracy
Cristie Upshaw Travis
Monique Trotter
Stuart Turner
Marlon R. Utech, OD ’78, MS
James E. Venable, OD ’89
Penny K. Walker
Carolyn J. Warren
Christine M. Weinreich, JD
David West
Lynn White
Tiffany Williams
Beau Willis
Kanneese Woods
Bruce G. Young, OD ’74
Melissa Zarn, OD
Brent Dulitz, OD ’77
Harold S. Cohen, OD ’47
John A. Gazaway, OD ’67
Michael Neff, OD ’68
Frank S. Gibson, OD ’68
Michael S. Rothschild, OD ’97
Jessalyn Halsted, OD ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Halsted
Raymond Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Roth
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Crawley
Helen J. King, OD ’83
Christopher B. King, OD ’83
The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.
Willis C. Maples, OD ’68, MS
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
and Mrs. Carolyn Cochran
J. Robert Mitchem, OD ’60
Paul E. Thomas, OD ’60
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
Al H. Covington, OD ’78
George S. Erlbeck, OD ’49
Mrs. Georgia Erlbeck
Adele Epstein
Robert M. Epstein, OD ’74
Sue Gardner
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
John D. Robinson, OD
Marvin Gerson
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Leon H. Gresham, OD ’63
T. Joel Byars, OD ’63
Larry Haun
Marie C. Kelly, OD ’85
Laura Nell Hill
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ’80
and Billy S. Moscow, OD ’78
SGT Faith Renee Hinkley
David H. Hinkley, OD ’83
Richard F. Jackson, OD ’49
Glen E. Bryant, Sr., OD ’49
JoAnne Sterling
Keydron D. DeRosa, OD ’75
and Mrs. DeRosa
Howard Coates Jelks, Jr., OD ’54
Helen J. King, OD ’83 and
Christopher B. King, OD ’83
The Jelks Family Foundation, Inc.
Cheryl D. Johnson, OD ’82
Tressa F. Eubank, OD
Jolynn and Kenneth Johnson
Marvin Lefkoff
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Franklin D. Martin, OD ’60
Miriam H. Martin
Milton Bach
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Inez Midler
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Colonel Edward “Buzz” Bzdula,
OD ’81
Timothy P. Allen, OD ’70, MS
Sanford Midler
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Claude and Kathleen Bartlett
Rick D. Bartlett, OD ’81
Mr. and Mrs. Lennox Chang
Freddy W. Chang, OD, MS, PhD
Morgan Berry, OD ’12
Julie Berry
Jon Paul Chapman, OD ’69
Glen E. Bryant, Sr., OD ’49
William D. Morrison, OD ’76
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
and Mrs. Carolyn Cochran
Hayley Bowles, OD ’12
Deborah C. Bowles
Van P. Cuthbertson, OD ’78
J. Keith Kleinert, OD ’86
Yale and Anita Brazel
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87 and
Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Irving L. Dunsky, OD
Tressa F. Eubank, OD
Donations received July 1, 2011 through
June 30, 2012.
In Honor of
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David P. Sloan, Jr., OD ’48
Orman Campbell, OD ’49
Jack Stauffer
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Robert G. Settimi, OD ’60
Paul E. Thomas, OD ’60
In Memory of
Sidney H. Slavin, OD ’63
Norman Krell, OD ’53
Billy C. Greene, OD ’49
Hal Trimmier, OD ’50
BeBe Holtz
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Gregory Valle, OD ’12
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Halsted
Morris Schneider
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
John William Sprinkel, III, OD ’00
Audra D. Steiner, OD ’00
Amanda Rogers, OD ’12
Gary W. Rogers
Gerald M. Thomas, Sr., OD
Stuart J. Thomas, OD ’84 and
Sharon Holden Thomas, OD ’83
Jason Schneider’s Nephew
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Richard A. Goodson, OD ’66
David M. Cale, OD
Anthony Allen
A. Lynn E. Gunn, DDS
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Linda Brener
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Gary W. Owens, OD ’88
Arnold M. Huskins, OD ’88
Wilna M. Potter, RN
Jack R. Hillard, OD ’51
Henry V. Sawyer, Sr., OD ’50
Hal Trimmier, OD ’50
Georgia Stephens
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
and Mrs. Carolyn Cochran
Robert D. Sullivan, OD ’48
Edward R. Hoge, Jr., OD ’67
Michael Usdan, OD ’67
Edward R. Hoge, Jr., OD ’67
Margaret Weiller
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Joseph F. Wiggins, OD ’51
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
and Mrs. Carolyn Cochran
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
Allan Leslie Barker, OD ’75
and Susan S. Barker
John D. Robinson, OD
Sherrie Wildstein’s Mother
Brian A. Kahn, OD ’87
and Mrs. Sharla Kahn
Harold J. Winston, OD ’41
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
Whitney H. Hauser, OD ’01
and Joseph H. Hauser, MBA
A.L. Spivey, III, OD ’67
William C. Wyatt, OD ’72
Adele Stinson
As with any significant undertaking,
our “Envision Our Progress” campaign
requires vision and commitment. SCO
is grateful to the following individuals
and organizations who are leading our
progress by supporting the Envision
Our Progress campaign at the leadership
level of $10,000 or higher. *
$100,000+
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis, Inc.
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Marco Family Foundation
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
and Lucy Phillips
Plough Foundation
Lisa Rossmeyer Wade, OD ’84
and Martin Wade
$50,000 to $99,999
Anonymous
Kristin Anderson, OD
and Chris Lievens, OD
Eugene M. Bane, Jr., OD ’65
and Becky Bane
Cherry B. Cockrell, OD ’81 and
David A. Cockrell, OD ’81
Amanda Brewer-Lord, OD ’97 and
Stephen F. Lord, OD ’89
Joe E. Ellis, OD ’86 and René Ellis
John A. Gazaway, OD ’67
and Suzanne Gazaway
William D. Gordon, OD ’82
and Charvie Gordon
Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD ’74
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ’80 and
Billy S. Moscow, OD ’78
James D. Sandefur, OD ’65
and Lana Sandefur
Stuart R. Tasman, OD ’80
and Mary Tasman
Barry A. Winston, OD ’74
Jerry M. Winston, OD ’67
Samuel A. Winston, OD ’11
$25,000 to $49,999
Edwin F. Adams, III, OD ’76
The Banzai Consortium
Doug Clark, OD and Connie Clark
Charles G. Glaser, OD ’74
and Cathy Glaser
Glenn I. Goldring, OD ’78
and Jamie Goldring
Whitney H. Hauser, OD ’01
and Joseph H. Hauser, MBA
Jarrett A. Johnson, OD ’90
and Kevin Berger
Helen J. King, OD ’83 and
Christopher B. King, OD ’83
David L. Parker, OD ’95 and
Ashleigh Parker
Steven T. Reed, OD ’95
and Kendra Reed
Lewis Reich, OD, PhD
and Diane Reich
James E. Venable, OD ’89
$10,000 to $24,999
Danny and Jan Anderson
Auxiliary to the Arkansas
Optometric Association
William H. Ballinger, III, OD ’05
and Erin Ballinger
Ashley C. Baker, OD ’04
Allan L. Barker, OD ’75
and Susan Barker
Alan K. Bugg, OD ’82
J. Bart Campbell, OD, ’87
and Dawn Campbell
Ramona P. Clifton, OD ’46
William E. Cochran, OD ’68
and Carolyn Cochran
Brian E. Colletto, OD ’01
Estate of Douglas Conrath, OD ’66
Horace Deal, OD ’97 and
Caroline Deal
Scott Ensor, OD ’01 and
Lisa Ensor
Patricia Estes Walker, OD
Tressa F. Eubank, OD
Fred Farias, III, OD ’87
Ann Z. Fields
David Fisher, Jr., OD ’90
and Nanette Fisher
Michael D. Gerstner, OD ’97
and Jennifer R. Gerstner
John F. Holland, OD ’81
Aaron M. Kerr, OD ’98
and James Hutto
Howard Levinson, OD ’76
and Barbara Levinson
Ted A.McElroy, OD ’93
and Kristin McElroy
Michael Neff, OD ’68
and Jane Neff
Geoffrey Ryan H. Powell, OD ’02 and
Amy Powell
Michael S. Rothschild, OD ’97 and
Christy Rothschild
Mark J. Roy, III, OD ’02
and Theresa Roy
Gregory C. Russell, OD ’97
Sallye Sawyer Scott, OD ’78
A.L. Spivey, III, OD ’67
and Vee Spivey
Robert W. Smalling, OD ’74
and Jan Smalling
Emily J. Sprague, OD ’04
Dean Swick
Sharon Holden Thomas, OD ’83 and
Stuart J. Thomas, OD ’84
Terry L. Tucker, OD ’84
Vision Service Plan
Christine Weinreich
and Scott Gettig
David and Susan West
Sarah Futch Wroten, OD ’03 and
Christopher W. Wroten, OD ’02
* Donor list reflects gifts received
July 1, 2011 through December 1, 2012.
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SCO HAPPENINGS
SCO Successes Shine at Convocation
Southern College of Optometry held its 27th annual Convocation ceremony in October to honor achievements by SCO’s
alumni, students, faculty, and staff.
First-year students received their white coats, signed SCO’s academic honor code and recited the optometric oath for students.
Scholarships and other honors totaling nearly $100,000 were awarded in recognition of academic excellence, leadership or service. Many student scholarships were made possible through the generous and consistent financial support of SCO alumni to the
Annual Fund and the Endowed Scholarship Fund.
SCO President Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78, presented two distinguished alumni with awards. Receiving the
Lifetime Achievement Award was Nathan Ford, OD ’50, an East Tennessee native who became his county’s first fulltime optometrist. A devoted advocate for education, he was elected at age 27 to his local school board, and several
years later, he was elected to four terms in the Tennessee legislature. The practice he started in 1950 later recruited SCO
graduates from the Classes of 1961, 1981, 1995 and 2010. In 1980, he was named Tennessee’s OD of the Year.
Kelly Kerksick, OD ’02, received SCO’s Young Alumni Award. Dr. Kerksick founded Midwest Vision Care in
Columbia, Illinois following her graduation. She serves as a Key Opinion Leader for Bausch & Lomb and Vistakon. She
serves as chief editor for New O.D., an online optometric publication, as a clinical examiner for the National Board of
Optometry, and as a faculty member for The Vision Care Institute. She also serves as Director of Professional Services
for Vision Source, a premier organization for ODs in private practice.
In recognition of their dedication to SCO, Dr. Phillips presented the President’s
Special Recognition Awards to Jennifer Sanderson, OD, faculty, and Ken Coble, staff.
John Mark Jackson, OD ’99, received the Burnett Faculty Recognition Award.
Faculty of the Year Awards were presented to Scott Ensor, OD ’01 (two awards),
William Kress, OD (three awards), John Mark Jackson, OD ’99, Carrie Lebowitz, OD
’06, and Jared Powelson, OD ’96.
A Board of Trustees resolution was also presented to Samuel Johnson, ’13,
former student representative to the Board.
Members of the Class of 1962 reunited in cap and gown
during Convocation.
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Appreciation is extended to SCO’s alumni and friends for their generous financial support that allowed the following students
to receive scholarships and awards:
Alumni and Friends
Rosemore Family Endowed Scholarship
Jennifer Henry ’13
Ashley Gentrup ’13
Stephanie Lew ’14
National Board of Examiners
in Optometry Award
Nathan Rock ’13
Robyn Christenson ’13
Mauldin Family Scholarship
Sara Faulkenberry ’13
Class of 1978 Scholarship
Lekha Samuel ’14
Ashley Ballard ’14
Class of 1984 Scholarship
Justin Jackman ’13
Christopher Prough ’14
Class of 1997
Jimmy Sheridan Memorial Scholarship
Keri Cassels ’14
Class of 2001
Scott Whitaker Memorial Scholarship
Adam Young ’14
James and Edna Duncan Award
Kathryn Huebner ’14
Alumni Council Endowed Scholarship
Heather Jones ’13
Dr. Allan and Mrs. Susan Barker
Endowed Scholarship
Erinn Tolomei ’14
Dr. Freddy Wilfred Chang
Endowed Scholarship
Nathan Rock ’13
W. David Sullins Endowed Scholarship
for Leadership
Scott Matthews ’13
Dr. Charles L. Haine Human Physiology
Endowed Award
Andrew Brown ’15
Wayne W. Pyeatt Endowed Scholarship
Robyn Christenson ’13
Peggy Remke Memorial Endowed
Scholarship
Kyle Kragenbrink ’13
Dr. John A. Gazaway Endowed Scholarship
Samuel Johnson ’13
Kansas Alumni Endowed Scholarship
Brandon Hadel ’14
Class Scholarships
Classes of ’54, ’56, ’59 Scholarship
Christina Grosshans ’14
Classes of ’60, ’61, ’63 Scholarship
Aja Kimrey ’15
Classes of ’64, ’65, ’66 Scholarship
Stacey Hoins ’14
Classes of ’67, ’68, ’69 Scholarship
Kaila Egan ’13
Classes of ’70, ’71, ’74 Scholarship
David Hite ’13
Class of 1977 Scholarship
Brittany Radke ’13
Corporate Partners and
Ophthalmic Industry
OneSight Research Foundation
Dr. Stanley Pearle Scholarship
Ellen Elmore ’13
Janine Henry ’13
Review of Optometry Award
Meaghan Horton ’14
Walman Optical Company Award
Lucas Cook ’14
Heather Jones ’13
Samantha Triplett ’14
J. Pat Cummings Scholarship
Catherine Kerr-Niermann ’13
Vision Service Plan Scholarships
Nora Cothran ’13
Ellen Elmore ’13
UPS Scholarships
Ashley Helton ’13
Wal-Mart Scholarship
Jordan Rothlisberger ’15
Jenna Hall ’14
Landon Brewer ’13
Wal-Mart Project Foresight
Team Award
Justin Jackman ’13
Joshua Watt ’13
Precision Optical Laboratories
Endowed Scholarships
Janine Henry ’13
Allison Lyerly ’13
Ocular Instruments Award
Elena Lopez ’15
Susan Evans ’14
Megan Johnson ’13
Welch Allyan Co. Award
Emily Evans ’15
Heine USA Award
Sara Myers ’13
Military Services
Scholarships
Basic Science and
Clinical Science Awards
Air Force
1st Year Basic Science Awards
Megan Kortum ’13
Marc Musto ’15
Army
Derek Black, ’13
Todd Christensen ’14
Amy Combs ’14
Andrew Loudon ’14
Diana Pust ’13
Navy
Katherine Allen ’16
Jordan Paul ’14
State and Professional
Associations
Kentucky Optometric Association
Scholarship
Amanda Phelps ’13
Canaan Montgomery ’14
Michigan Foundation for Vision Awareness
Scholarship
Heather Jones ’13
Mississippi Optometric Association
Scholarship, honoring Dr. William E.
Cochran
Aubrey Fulton ’13
Tennessee Association of Optometric
Physicians Scholarship
Jennifer Elder ’13
The Virginia Lindsey Lions
Leadership Award
Ellen Elmore ’13
Alison Bozung
Andrew Brown
Jacob Dufour
Elizabeth Fioravanti
Michelle Glass
Aja Kimrey
Jacob Muller
Michael Richardson
Scott Ronhovde
Jessica Taylor
1st Year Clinical Science Awards
Emily Evans
Craig Hossenlopp
Barbara Jodoin
Aja Kimrey
Kaitlin Mayo
Jacob Muller
Cody Patterson
Jessica Taylor
Michael Wiles
Kaeleen Zink
2nd Year Basic Science Awards
Bret Butterfield
Lucas Cook
Christina Grosshans
Stacey Hoins
Micah Juedes
Anna Lammers
Nathan Stahr
Sarah Thompson
Erinn Tolomei
Douglas Wright
2nd Year Clinical Science Awards
Leah Beckman
Robert Botts
Andrew Bradbury
Savannah Brunt
Keri Cassels
Ross Chatwin
Susan Evans
Daniel Foster
Erinn Tolomei
Ashley Varakalayil
3rd Year Clinical Skills Awards
Jennifer Allee
Kathryn Barberic
Nora Cothran
Ellen Elmore
Jessica Elmore
Aubrey Fulton
Ashley Gentrup
Lauren Krawczyk
Sara Myers
Diana Pust
Keeler Instruments Award
Barbara Jodoin ’15
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SCO HAPPENINGS
Homecoming, Fall CE and 2012 Reunions
Thanks go to the hundreds of alumni and guests who made this
help make next’s event an even greater success, so mark your calendars for
fall’s Homecoming and CE Weekend such a success. SCO has worked with
October 3-6, 2013. Reunions will be held for classes ending in a ‘3’ or ‘8,’ so
alumni in recent years to plan reunions, dinners and activities that ap-
whether you’re from the Class of 1963 or the Class of 1988, we hope to see
peal to graduates from all decades. Your enthusiasm and attendance will
you here in Memphis!
Reunion Class of 2007 attendees: (l to R) Drs. Karen Johnson,
Shonda Wood, Michael Hausmann, Amanda Higdon, and
Steve Kasprzak
Ashley Helton, ’13 and Ashley Baker, OD ’04, Alumni Council
member
Jane Compton and Steve Compton, OD ’78
Beau Willis and Curtis Shaffer, OD ’02
Chelsea Spalding, ’14 and Lekha Samuel, ’14
Emmett Smith, OD ’86 and his wife, Leesa Hogg Smith, OD ’87
Alumni Council member Fred Farias, OD ’87
Joseph Lamendola, OD ’62 and T. Ross Averitt, OD ’62
Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78, Larry Young, OD ’62 and
his wife, Kathy
Martha Rosemore Morrow, OD ’74 and
Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow
Mimi Rust and Blake Rust, OD ’11 and Joyce Smith
Nora Cothran ’13 and Nathan Ford, OD ’50, 2012 Lifetime
Achievement Award Recipient
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Lucy Phillips, Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78, Martha Sams and
Robert Sams, OD ’62
Sherry Wei, ’15 and Inna Timshina, ’15
Class of 1962 at their 50-Year Reunion Luncheon
Vee Spivey and Al Spivey, OD ’67, SCO Board of Trustees
William Gordon, OD ’82, Charvie Gordon and
James Davis, OD ’86
Reunion Class of 2002
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STUDENT NEWS
The Hayes Center for Practice Excellence is pleased to join SCO
in presenting the Graduating Class of 2013.
The Hayes Center works with students to find placement opportunities online at sco.edu/placementservice. Alumni are invited to post your practice
opportunity information on our site or contact Carla O’Brian in The Hayes Center at [email protected]. The Class of 2013 looks forward to networking with
our alumni and friends as they finalize their post-graduation practice plans.
Matt Aaker
Catherine R. Abbott
Laguna Hills, CA
Salem, VA
VA, TN
Miles Ashley
Vicksburg, MS
Southaven, MS
Trenton, TN
NC
Wilson, NC
Jennifer Allee
Knoxville, TN
Camille S. Barberic
Mandy Basaly
Sarah Bassett
NC, GA
TN, GA, LA
MI, GA
FL, GA
Greensboro, NC
Memphis, TN
Roswell, GA
Brett Bordner
Mana Boushehri
Tony Brand
Kurt Brawner
GA, TN, NC
GA, SC, AL
VA, MD, PA
NE, TX, MO
AR
Molly Camerer
Michael Case
Kansas City, MO
Tu Bui
Cal Callewaert
MO, KS, IL
CO, OR, KS
Bridgette A. Connorton
Nora Cothran
Daniel E. Creviston
LA
TN, NC
WA, OR, ID
New Orleans, LA
Newport, TN
Jessie Elmore
Sara A. Faulkenberry
TN
NC
NC, SC
Hope Mills, NC
Columbia, SC
Wichita, KS
Branson, MO
Marion, IA
Leigha Davis
Omaha, NE
Memphis, TN
Andrea Chancey
Robyn Christenson
KS, MO, NE
MN, NE, SD
Satanta, KS
Claremont, SD
Adam Beaubien
Wartburg, TN
TN, GA, VA
Melissa L. Broaddus
Springfield, MO
MO, KY
Joy Chuang
Duluth, GA
Greg Eakins
Kaila Egan
Jenny Elder
MS, TN, TX
IA, MN, WI
TN
Aubrey V. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Geary
Ashley Gentrup
Sarah N. Gore
MS, TN
PA, CA, LA
NE, IA, KS
MO, TN, IL
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CN
Chris Fisher
Marion H. Flowers
TN, GA, MS
Leland, MS
Benton, KY
Dallas, NC
NC, TN, SC
MB, MN, FL
Lake Havasu City, AZ
Okemos, MI
Wynne, AR
Laura R. Ashe
Janelle S. Driedger
Moses Lake, WA
AZ, TN
Cory Bastin
Landon Brewer
Derek Black
Fresno, CA
Corona, CA
Hopkinsville, KY
OH, KY, IN
Dacula, GA
Alan Arabi
Ocala, FL
Robert Binkley
NC, SC, UT
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Matt Aldrich
VA, TN
Miramar, FL
Sharon Barber
Ellen O. Elmore
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IL, MO, CO
Willowbrook, IL
Boonville, NC
Gleason, TN
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Hughson, CA
Utham Balachandran
Kala Brown
Monticello, AR
Jonathan Coble
Brent Adamson
NC, VA, SC
Spencerville, OH
Barrett Brown
Cookeville, TN
Roba Bakir
Durham, NC
Andrew Bibo
Anna Ablamowicz
Natchez, MS
Harriston, MS
Boyertown, PA
Waukon, IA
Wayne, NE
Somerville, TN
St. Charles, MO
James K. Grant
Tyler Groce
Stephanie Hahn
SC, TN, FL
NC, VA, TX
NC, SC, GA
Middleburg, FL
Van Lang Huynh
Wichita, KS
Maria Kirkpatrick
East Bend, NC
Justin C. Jackman
Seth Jenkins
UT, AZ, T
ID, OR, UT
American Fork, UT
Nathan Klein
Henderson, KY
Toronto, Ontario, CN
Allison D. Lyerly
Mojgan Marvasti
KY, OH, WV
Clemmons, NC
NC
Matthews, NC
ON, NY, NJ
Memphis, TN
Idaho Falls, ID
Julianne Koch
Fort Smith, AR
Scott Matthews
Smithfield, NC
Ashley Helton
Iuka, MS
Erick Johnson
Cordova, TN
Megan D. Kortum
Grand Island, NE
TN, GA, NC
Janine J. Henry
Jennifer J. Henry
Jessica H. Hildebrand
David Hite
SC, IL, TN
CA, CO
VA, NC, TN
UT, CO
Homer Glen, IL
Megan Johnson
Baton Rouge, LA
Kyle Kragenbrink
Columbia, TN
Homer Glen, IL
Hopkinsville, KY
Sam Johnson
Heather M. Jones
IA, NC, SC
MI
Creston, IA
Saranac, MI
Orem, UT
Katie Kerr-Niermann
St. Peters, MO
Carrie Hughes
Tampa, FL
Erin Kindy
Rogers, AR
TN, OK
Lauren Krawczyk
Mallorie Lindsey
Mason Livingston
Jacob D. Long
SC, GA, LA
TN, MS, CA
UT, AZ, CO
MS, TX, FL
LaPlace, LA
Memphis, TN
Huntington, UT
Batesville, MS
Lauren A. May
Celisha Merriman
Scott R. Moscow
Sara R. Myers
Jared W. Nelson
Nathalie Nguyen
TN, MS, AL
IL, MO, KY
GA
KS
UT, CO, ID
TN, SC, GA
Rossville, TN
Anna, IL
Roswell, GA
Salina, KS
Mantua, UT
Memphis, TN
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available
Walter Pang
Batesville, MS
MS, TN
Ashley Parsons
Pinch, WV
Rinku N. Patel
Kellen E. Pathroff
Amanda M. Phelps
Kimberly Phillips
Whitney Pollock
SC, GA, FL
ND, TX
KY
FL, AR
CO
Orangeburg, SC
Bismarck, ND
Burkesville, KY
Winter Park, FL
Ashley M. Shuler
Michael A. Shurtz
MN, TN, VA
TN, KY
TX, AZ
Nathan D. Rock
Hannah J. Schmidt
Rachana Shah
NC, SC, TN
MI, VA, WA
MS, AL, WI
GA, TN, AL
Duluth, GA
Surrey, British Columbia, CN
Addie Smith
Alicea S. Smith
Kristen Spears
Anthony Stacy
Chris Stewart
Travis L. Thompson
Melissa A. Vanzin
LA, TN, MS
MS
FL, GA, TN
TN, VA, SC
PA, WV, OH
Amite, LA
Ridgeland, MS
Washington, MI
Tallahassee, FL
Waukesha, WI
Crofton, KY
Josh Watt
Anthony A. Weaver
Joel Weis
Benjamin S. Winters
CO, NM, WY
FL, GA, SC
IA
OR, ID, UT
Sedalia, CO
Panama City, FL
Prescott, IA
Vale, OR
Little Rock, AR
Dena Woodhams
Atlanta, GA
Shiv Sharma
Katey Shea
Zophia L. Rendon
NE, KS
Raleigh, NC
Knoxville, TN
Brittany E. Radke
Sacramento, CA
Kristin Reed
Papillion, NE
Diana Pust
Yates Center, KS
Winona, MN
Washington, PA
Oliver Springs, TN
Kevin Virnig
Tobaccoville, NC
Hastings, MN
MN, WI
Anderson, SC
Van Vo
Garland, TX
NC, TX
Rikson R. Zollinger
Fargo, ND
ND, SD, NE
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CLASS Notes
Send us news of your accomplishments along with a photo. Items will appear in the magazine or in our monthly alumni e-newsletter, SCOnline. Send news to the Office of Institutional
Advancement, 1245 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104-2222; fax 901-722-3379 or email [email protected].
’60s
Wayne Cannon, OD ’62, is
President-elect of the South
Carolina Optometric Association.
Ed Hoge, OD ’67, recently retired
after practicing 42 years in
Tullahoma, Tennessee.
William E.
Cochran, OD
’68, President
Emeritus,
recently welcomed a new granddaughter,
Lucia Carolina Cochran, pictured.
Parents are Jamie and Valentina
Cochran.
’70s
Bill Coffee, OD ’72, was recently
reappointed to the Arkansas
State Board of Optometry by
Gov. Mike Beebe.
David Curtis, OD ’73, was elected
to the State Senate in North
Carolina in November.
Bob Branch, OD ’78, is serving
as Vice President of the South
Carolina Optometric Association.
Al Covington, OD ’78, was
named to the Cole Foundation, a
permanent endowment fund of
Foundation for the Carolinas.
Joe Rouw, OD ’04, and his wife,
Nadira Shadeed, OD ’05, who
coordinated the entire
day’s event.
Hal Breedlove, OD ’83, and Joseph
Droter, OD ’88, were appointed to
the Virginia Board of Optometry
by Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Lisa Rossmeyer Wade, OD ’84, was
recently named to the 2012 Who’s
Who Most Influential Citizens
list in a northern Mississippi
magazine.
’90s
Jarrett Johnson, OD ’90, SCO
Board of Trustees chair, was this
year’s recipient of the Optometry
Association of Louisiana’s
Public Service Award, given in
recognition of extraordinary
service to the visual welfare of
mankind.
Walter Rose, OD
’90, and his son,
Samuel, recently
stopped by SCO
for a campus visit
and a tour of The Eye Center.
Deborah Long, OD ’80, was
re-elected to the South Carolina
House of Representatives on
November 8.
’00s
Sharon Berger Moscow, OD ’80,
SCO Board of Trustees member,
recently volunteered for the
Special Olympics in Georgia.
Other alumni participated,
including Denise Shepard, OD ’79,
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Two outstanding SCO alumni
were inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame
this summer. Congratulations
to President Emeritus William
E. Cochran, OD ’68, and James
Boucher, OD ’61, both of whom were inducted at a ceremony
during the AOA meeting in Chicago.
Dr. Cochran served as SCO’s president from 1984 through
his retirement in 2007. During his leadership, The Eye Center
at SCO was constructed. Dr. Boucher served on SCO’s Board
of Trustees, also during construction of The Eye Center. Drs.
Cochran and Boucher are also both recipients of SCO’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by SCO
upon its alumni.
Younger alumni were also well represented at the AOA.
Chris Wroten, OD ’02, was named the AOA’s Young OD of the
Year. He received SCO’s Young Alumni Award in 2011. Full
photo gallery coverage from SCO’s alumni reception and
other AOA events may be found online in the college’s photogalleries at sco.edu.
Cynthia Baker, OD ’83, was interviewed about children’s vision for
the America News Now network.
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William Gordon, OD ’82, is serving
as president of the Optometry
Association of Louisiana.
David Parker, OD ’95, was elected
to the Mississippi State Senate in
November.
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SCO Alumni Honored at AOA
Shannon
Franklin, OD ’00,
was recently
elected president
of the Virginia
Optometric Association. She owns
Crozet Eye Care, Optometrists, in
Western Albemarle, Virginia.
as President of the Southwest
Louisiana Optometric Society.
Tonyatta Hairston, OD ’01, owner
of EnVision Eye Care, Inc., was
recently recognized by the
Mississippi Business Journal as one
of the publication’s top 50 Leading
Business Women.
Melissa Repko, OD ’03, and Taylor
Repko, OD ’03, were recently
profiled in a local newspaper story
about their practice, The Repko
Family Vision Center, located in
Gate City, Viriginia.
CPT (U.S. Army) Terry Ellington,
OD ’02, is currently deployed in
the Kosovo Theater.
Ambareen
Mohamed, OD
’02, and her
husband, Lakhvir
Singh, OD ’03,
welcomed a son, Devin, on May
30. He joins big brother Kadin.
Keith Menard, OD ’03, was named
the Optometry Association of
Louisiana’s Young OD of the
Year. He is currently in private
practice in Lake Charles at the
clinic he founded. He will be
serving another two-year term
Paul E. Collins,
OD ’04, and his
wife, Jessica,
welcomed a
daughter, Brynna
McKinley, on June 7. She is the
younger sister to Braydon Tyler,
age 3.
Mike Dorkowski,
OD ’04, and his
wife, Forest,
welcomed their
second daughter,
Riley Merida Dorkowski, born
November 8, weighing 8 lbs., 1 oz.
Kevin Ritter, OD
’05, and his wife,
Robin, recently
welcomed a son,
Timothy James
Ritter, born August 27, 2012.
Melissa Wood, OD ’05, was
installed as President of the South
Carolina Optometric Association
at the organization’s fall meeting.
Jessica Hillner,
OD ’06, and her
husband, Eric,
welcomed a baby
boy, Mason
Henry, on April 26. He joined big
sister Molly.
Emily Nail, OD ’08, recently
traveled to Africa to perform
volunteer work.
Kim Oncavage,
OD ’08, and
her husband,
Chris, welcomed
a daughter,
Natalie Dianne, born on June 7 in
Greenville, North Carolina.
Narges Kasraie,
OD ’08, is serving
as assistant
professor at the
University of
Incarnate Word Rosenberg School
of Optometry. She is the first
member of her school’s faculty to
be certified as a Diplomate of the
American Board of Optometry.
Shannon Shelley, OD ’08,
and Amanda Kirk, OD ’10,
accompanied a group of SCO
students on a recent RAM trip to
Byrdstown, Tennessee.
Melinda Williams, OD ’08,
married Josh Legg on June 30 in
El Dorado, Arkansas.
Alex Bell, OD ’09,
and his wife
welcomed their
first child, a
daughter, Rooney
Corrine, born June 19. She is also
the granddaughter of Randall Bell,
OD ’83.
Angela TeKippe,
OD ’09, and her
husband, Brian,
welcomed a son,
Blake Alexander,
born May 21 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Ben Brenner, OD ’10, SCO resident,
recently accompanied SCO
students on one of their RAM
mission trips to Appalachia.
Jessica Ellis Durham, OD ’10,
celebrated her husband’s,
Jeremy Durham, election
to the Tennessee House of
Representatives in November.
Lauren Goldsmith, OD ’10, was
named Tennessee’s Young OD of
the Year at the state association’s
fall meeting in Gatlinburg. SCO
Preceptor, Matt Hughes, OD,
was named OD of the Year. New
officers were also inducted,
including Chris Eiler, OD ’01,
adjunct faculty member Dave
Talley, OD, Tonya Reynoldson, OD
’01, and Ross Lumpkin, OD ’10.
Erica Musgrove,
OD ’10, and her
husband, Clint,
welcomed a son,
James Clayton,
on April 14.
Esla Subashi
Speth, OD ’10,
recently
welcomed a
son. Owen Gabriel, was born September 9.
CPT (US Army) Mark Medley, OD
’11, West Point Family Practice
Resident, presented a one-hour
COPE-approved lecture as part of
the SUNY Majors Resident Day CE
event. His topic was “PERRLA or
Problem: A Pupil Primer.”
Ben Taylor, OD ’11, recently joined
the Group Eyecare Center staff in
Medford, Oregon.
Kacy Barker, OD ’12, has accepted
a position at Lord Eye Center in
Savannah, Georgia.
Dustin Dixon,
OD ’12, SCO
resident, and
his wife, Melinda,
welcomed a
daughter, Elisa Flora Dixon, on
October 17.
Do Nguyen, ’12, recently joined the
practice of Warren Johnson, OD
’84, in the Memphis area. He was
profiled in an article appearing in
the Memphis Business Journal.
Sarah Talley, OD ’12, has joined
the staff of Ducklo EyeCare, P.C.,
owned by Tommy Ducklo, OD ’78,
in Nashville, Tennessee.
Elizabeth
Turnage, OD
’12, married
Andrew Reese on
May 26 in
Memphis, Tennessee.
IN Memoriam
1940 Joe B. Davis, OD, Saint Augustine, FL
1941 Norman Tavss, OD, Danville, VA
1943 Saul B. Chernoff, OD, Waco, TX
1946 Otis “Woody” Pittman, OD, Ahoskie, NC
1947 Harold S. Cohen, OD, Mobile, AL
Walker J. Long, OD, Poplar Bluff, MO
1948 Thomas C. Bingham, III, OD, Decatur, AL
George R. Carlton, OD, Alexander City, AL
1949 Earl W. Bennett, OD, Baton Rouge, LA
Joel S. Levy, OD, Columbia, SC
1951 James E. Rudd, OD, Cassville, MO
1953 Joseph H. Blum, OD, Kenner, LA
Tim LaFreniere, OD ’12, married
Courtney Shay, OD ’12, on June 9.
1954 Mitzi M. Robertson, OD, Loganville, GA
John Turley, OD, Kansas City, MO
Levi Mansfield, OD ’12, has joined
Newberry Eyecare Center in Lone
Oak, Kentucky.
1955 Robert T. Dejmek, OD, Appleton, WI
James F. Hudson, OD, Harrison, AR
Alumni Among New Fellows of COVD, Academy
Several SCO alumni recently became Fellows of COVD of the American Academy of Optometry.
Congratulations to the following:
— Margaret Brya, OD ’03, Jarrod Davies, OD ’09, and Ashley Schuelke-Reddell, OD ’09, recently
attained Fellowship in the COVD.
— Jeremy Anderson, OD ’03, Emily Rhetta Conn, OD ’09, Brandon Dahl, OD ’09, Meghan Elkins,
OD ’10, Fred Farias III, OD ’87, Joanna Bomkamp Gebhardt, OD ’11, Ragna Godtland, OD ’10,
Lauren Goldsmith, OD ’10, Nicole Kosciuk, OD ’11, Hilari McFarland, OD ’10, and Glen Steele, OD
’69, recently attained Fellowship in the American Academy of Optometry.
1957 Charles W. Goldsborough, OD, Culpeper, VA
1960 Donald Cobb, OD, Bartlesville, OK
John B. Hedman, OD, Pinellas Park, FL
1961 Joseph R. Devine, OD, Orlando, FL
Frederick L. Malone, OD, Pensacola, FL
1962 John Laneve, Sr., OD, Lynchburg, VA
1967 Robert O. Black, OD, Knoxville, TN
1968 Robert F. Miller, OD, Duncan, OK
1969 Fredrick J. Wright, OD, Sweetwater, TN
1972 Howard A. Malter, OD, Hollywood, FL
1974 William I. Jenkerson, OD, Panama City, FL
1977 Edwin “Ben” Boyd, OD, Charleston, SC
1981 Dan K. Stamps, OD, Burlington, NC
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Faculty Promoted
Two faculty members were recently promoted: William Kress, OD,
was promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor, and Beth Sparrow,
OD ’98, from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, effective July 1.
New Faculty Welcomed
Karen Kehbein, OD, recently joined SCO’s faculty as an instructor. A
graduate of the Indiana University School of Optometry, she completed a
residency in Pediatric Optometry at SCO in 2010.
Joanne Smith, OD ’11, recently joined SCO’s faculty as an instructor.
She recently completed her residency at the Memphis VAMC.
Paul Harris, OD, traveled to Greece this summer to present the OEP
Clinial Curriculum Course: “VT - General Binocular Dysfunctions.”
He presented 35 hours of CE. Dr. Harris also presented “Reading
Speed Variations on Paper vs. Computer vs. Kindle” at the Vision
Performance Institute - Sixth Annual Research Conference held at
Pacific College of Optometry. He also made another presentation
to the Joint Conference on Theoretical and Clinical Optometry at
Pacific College of Optometry and traveled to Australia to lecture in
the fall.
Sharon Lee, OD, hosted a meeting of the ASCO Low Vision Educators
Special Interest Group on campus this past summer.
Chris Lievens, OD, MS, presented a lecture, “Anterior Segment,” at the Fall
meeting of the Tennessee Association of Optometric Physicians.
Pam Schnell, OD ’01, was named Director of SCO’s Continuing Education
Program effective August 1. Dr. Schnell was joined by Paul Harris,
OD, in making several presentations at the Middle Atlantic Optometric Congress in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Kress
Dr. Sparrow
Dr. Kehbein
Dr. Smith
Faculty Highlights
Patricia Cisarik, OD, MS, PhD, Neal Davis, OD ’12, Erin Kindy, ’13, and
Bret Butterfield, ’14 recently had a paper published in the journal,
Perception, 2012, Vol. 41, no. 6, entitled, “A comparison of self-reported and measured autostereogram skills with clinical indicators of
vergence and accommodative function.”
David Damari, OD, was re-inaugurated for a second one-year term
as president of COVD at the organization’s fall meeting. He also
lectured to the third-year class at the University of Houston College
of Optometry on starting a private practice with an emphasis
on vision therapy and to the second-year class on the practical
application of vision science in the classroom. He also lectured at
the Mississippi Association’s fall conference.
Kelley Dasinger, OD, Michael Dasinger, OD, Janette Dumas, OD, Bill Kress,
OD, and Glen Steele, OD ’69, recently attained Fellowship from the
American Academy of Optometry at the Academy’s fall meeting.
Mike Dorkowski, OD ’04, is the SCO investigator in a multi-site study
sponsored by Merck called “A Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study to Assess the Development of Ocular Surface Disease
in Treatment-Naïve Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension Patients vs.
Those without Elevated Intra-Ocular Pressure.”
Janette Dumas, OD, was named one of this year’s “Top 40 Under 40” by
the Memphis Business Journal for being one of the top citizens of
Memphis under age 40. She was honored at a luncheon banquet
and in a Q&A photo spread feature in the publication.
Dan Fuller, OD, helped coordinate the GPLI Cornea and Contact Lens
Symposium meeting recently held on campus. Several SCO faculty
members and alumni participated.
Mike Gerstner, OD ’09, presented a lecture at the SCO Residency Conference in October entitled, “Revisiting Systemic Diabetes and
Retinopathy: Past, Present, and Advancements in Treatment.”
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Glen Steele, OD ’69, recently participated in an InfantSEE strategic
planning meeting in St. Louis. He also traveled to Puerto Rico and
South Carolina to deliver lectures, represented AOA and optometry
with a presentation at the National Coordinating Committee on
School Health and Safety, attended the Tennessee Public Health
Association meeting, and presented a two-day Regional Clinic
Seminar on Infant and Toddler Care and Management in Florida. He
also presented five courses at the recent East/West Eye Conference
and also participated in the President’s Session at the American
Public Health Association meeting in California.
Sharon Tabachnick, MS, PhD, attended the Association of Vision Science
Librarians meeting in Phoenix and made a presentation.
Marlon Utech, OD ’78, MS, John Sharpe, OD ’83, and Freddy Chang, OD,
MS, PhD, recently delivered CE lectures at the Southern Indiana
Pharmacology Seminar in Evansville.
James E. Venable, OD ’89, was named a Healthcare Heroes Finalist by the
Memphis Business Journal. He was nominated for overseeing SCO’s
growing Community Outreach Program.
AOA 2012, Chicago, IL
L E C T U RE p r e s e n tat i o n s
Chris Lievens, OD, MS
Clinical and Comfort Benefits with a Multi-Purpose Disinfecting Solution in Two Global Multicenter Studies
P o st e r p r e s e n tat i o n s
Mandy Mills Dailey, OD ’11, resident
Giant Intracavernous Internal Carotid Artery Aneurysm Presenting as Isolated Cranial Sixth Nerve Palsy
Jason Duncan, OD ’96; Scott Moscow, ’13
Previously Diagnosed Central Serous Retinopathy Determined to be Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
Jason Duncan, OD ’96; Scott Moscow, ’13
Congenital Rubella Retinopathy Discovered During Care for Anterior Uveitis
William Edmondson, MAT, OD; Stacey Hoins, ’14
MRSA Carriers in Contact Lens Wearers at Southern College of Optometry
Lindsay Elkins, OD ’08; Carrie Lebowitz, OD ’06; James Grant, ’13
Neurological vs. Glaucomatous Defects, Reliability, Repeatability, and Overcoming a Macular Hole:
A Case Report in Challenging Perimetry
Sharon Lee, OD; Janna Iyer, OD ’11, resident
Ethambutol Optic Neuropathy and the Role of Low Vision
Sharon Lee, OD
Pamela Schnell, OD’ 01; Elena Lopez, ’15
Visual Perceptual Techniques Addressed by Online Games
Pamela Schnell, OD’ 01; Laura Ashe, ’13
Helpful Use of Smartphones for Patients with Low Vision
Zakiya Nicks, OD; Lindsay Elkins, OD ’08
Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment
Beth Sparrow, OD ’98; Jennifer Jones, OD ’06; Mary Kathryn Wilson, OD
’12, resident; Megan M. Petersen, OD ’11, resident
Purtscher-like Retinopathy Secondary to Acute Alcoholic Pancreatitis
Esla Speth, OD ’10
Diagnosis and Management of a Giant Pituitary Adenoma First Presenting with Visual Symptoms
Photophobia in Generalized Seizure Disorder
Eric Weigel, OD ’12, resident; Annie Yunjie Hao, ’15
Cyclovertical Deviation: A Possible Answer To “Doc, My Glasses Don’t Work”
Tressa Eubank, OD
To Cut, Not to Cut, or When to Cut
AAO 2012, Phoenix, AZ
L E C T U RE p r e s e n tat i o n s
COVD 2012, Fort Worth, TX
L E C T U RE p r e s e n tat i o n s
Paul Harris, OD
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Visual Disorders in a Population of Professional Athletes
Post-Concussion
Scott Ensor, OD ’01
Paul Harris, OD
The Understanding and Clinical Use of Eye Movement Recording Devices in Optometric Practice
Marc Taub, OD, MS; Tina Schiller, ’14
A Comparison of Accommodation with Multifocal Contact Lens to Plus Lenses in Spectacles
P o st e r p r e s e n tat i o n s
Paul Harris, OD; Marc Taub, OD, MS
Comparison of Two Tests of Visual Motor Integration
Marc Taub, OD, MS; Cade Kowallis, ’15; Jordan Netzel, ’15
An Evaluation of Visual Fatigue When Playing 3D Gaming Systems: A Pilot Study
Marc Taub, OD, MS; Lekha Samuel, ’14; Susan Evans, ’14
Optometrist Comfort in Discussing Patient Health Issues
Susan Evans, ’14; Lekha Samuel, ’14
Are Doctors Affiliated with OEP More Comfortable in Discussing Patient Health Issues?
Marc Taub, OD, MS; Tina Schiller, ’14
An Evaluation of Anisometropia and Amblyopia Using the Nintendo 3DS
Marc Taub, OD, MS; Lauren Krawczyk, ’13; W.C. Maples, OD ’68
Can Out of Phoropter Binocular Findings be Substituted for Phoropter Findings?
Karen Kehbein, OD
Developmental Outcomes of Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Case Report
Ocular Injections
Cynthia Heard, OD; Sharon Lee, OD; Anna Schlesselman, OD;
Marc Taub, OD, MS
Incorporating Low Vision into a Primary Care Practice
P o st e r p r e s e n tat i o n s
Sharon Lee, OD; Staci Boon, ’15
Effective Use of Combined Low Vision and Vision Therapy Techniques in the Management of a
Congenital Condition
Patricia Cisarik, OD, PhD
Complications from Fetal Demise Lead to Maternal Vision Loss
Daniel Fuller, OD; Kristal Jones, ’14; Charles G. Connor, OD, PhD
Comfort Questionnaire Comparison of Three Popular Silicone-Hydrogel Soft Contact Lenses
John Mark Jackson, OD ’99, MS
Student Perceptions of Team-Based Learning in Geometrical, Visual, and Physical Optics
Jenna M. Liechty, OD, resident; Daniel Smith, OD ’94
Causes of Papilledema and Retinal Hemorrhages in Young Children
Marc B. Taub, OD, MS; Paul Harris, OD
A Comparison of Two Tests of Visual-Motor Integration
New Board of Trustees Members Announced
At its Fall meeting, SCO’s Board of Trustees named three new members to the board:
Al Spivey III, OD ’67, owner of Spivey Eye Clinic in McKenzie, Tennessee. Also an adjunct faculty member, he is a past
president of the Northwest Tennessee Optometric Association, the National Board of Optometry Part III Council and National
Board Optometry Clinical Skills Committee. He also has served as a clinical examiner for the National Board. In addition to
serving on SCO’s Alumni Council Board, he was a 2011 recipient of SCO’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Ryan Powell, OD ’02, practices in Kansas City, Missouri. Owner of Insight Eyecare Specialties, he is an adjunct faculty
member and has been active on SCO’s Alumni Council. He served six years as a trustee for the Northwest Missouri Optometric
Society and has served as InfantSEE State Liaison in Missouri since 2005. He served as President of the Missouri Optometric
Association in 2009-10. He was named OD of the Year in 2008 by his state association.
Leticia W. Towns, FACHE, is Senior Vice President, External Relations, for the Regional Medical Center of Memphis. She
has more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors and has served in senior executive roles in community
not-for-profit, rural and urban academic delivery settings. Certified in healthcare management, she is a Fellow in the American
College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and a member of the AHA Metropolitan Section Governing Council Nominating
Committee.
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news briefs
Healthy Beginnings Start with Healthy
Eyes, the event featured a number of
Alumni/Child Admissions
Forum Held
participants, including Robin Stevens,
a parent who shared how having a son
diagnosed with blindness changed the life
of her family.
SCO Launches New Event at
the Memphis Zoo
SCO’s Community Outreach Program
recently launched an exciting new event
to help share eye and vision health
information with local children through a
partnership with the Memphis Zoo.
Called “Eye Spy: A Day at the Zoo,” the
event was developed by Zakiya Nicks, OD,
Coordinator of Community Outreach.
Different stations were set up around the
zoo, with zoo maps that day noting SCO’s
locations.
Children under 12 were invited
to register and visit each location to
get “passport” stamps noting their
participation. Prizes and special giveaways
were provided, and an educational booth
was utilized.
The event drew nearly 400
participants throughout a Saturday as a
steady stream of families learned more
about SCO, The Eye Center and eye and
vision health. One hundred student,
faculty and staff volunteers participated
to stage the event.
Sponsored by InfantSEE and SCO, in
partnership with the Allergan Foundation,
presentations also included Dr. Steele
More than a dozen alumni with
and Pam Schnell, OD ’01, Katy Spurlock,
Director of Education and Dissemination
children (or grandchildren) interested in
from The Urban Child Institute, and actor
optometry recently attended SCO’s Third
Tom Sullivan, a supporter of SCO and the
Annual Alumni/Child Admissions Forum
InfantSEE program, pictured.
held on campus.
Dr. Steele was interviewed about the
Open to children of alumni who
event on “Eye On Vision,” a local radio
have completed a minimum of their
program, and the program has since been
junior year in high school, the event
offered at several other optometry colleges.
provided participants with admission
Farewell to Familiar Faces
SCO Hosts New Infant
Eye Health Program
SCO recently bid farewell to two individuals familiar to generations of SCO students
and alumni. Jon Brethorst retired after nearly 36 years of service which included leading
the optical dispensary for nearly 30 years and serving several years as an adjunct
professor. One of SCO’s longer-serving staff members, Brethorst served as Omega Delta
Fraternity chapter advisor for many years.
Kathy Katz, long-time proprietor of the 20/20 Diner, retired to concentrate more on
Glen Steele, OD ’69, chair of the
AOA’s InfantSEE program, recently
She has cooked and prepared untold thousands of soups, sandwiches and cookies for
launched a new program for healthcare
nearly 3,000 students and employees since 1988.
providers, students and others interested
in infant eye and vision health. Called
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Both retirements drew hundreds of comments and memories from alumni on SCO’s
Facebook page. SCO wishes them both success and health in their future pursuits.
The Eye Center
Celebrates Decade
of Success
and application information, academic
and clinical observation, a campus tour,
pictured, Q&A panels and a reception with
faculty, students and President Richard W.
Phillips, OD ’78.
It’s never too early to plan ahead, so
mark the calendar for SCO’s next Alumni/
Child Admissions Forum to be held on
Friday, July 19, 2013 on campus. To register
or for more information, please contact Joe
Hauser or Sunnie Ewing at (901) 722-3228.
SCO Students Serve Others
SCO’s NOSA chapter recently held an
optometry-related arts and crafts session
for kids at the Ronald McDonald House in
Memphis. Participant Virgilio Gozum, ‘15,
reports that the event was a great study
break before finals and NOSA had fun
providing holiday cheer with the kids.
Sports Vision Club Travels to Texas
SCO’s students have been active
throughout 2012 serving others in need
at home and abroad. SVOSH members
traveled earlier this year to seven
Several students from the Sports
international locations to provide free
Vision Club recently attended the Amateur
eye exams and glasses for the residents
Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games in
of Mexico, Belize, Jamaica, Colombia, and
Houston. Athletes, mostly adolescent and
Honduras. The SVOSH team consisted
early teens, came from across the U.S. and
of 101 students and spouses and 13 staff
were joined by teams from Germany and
doctors. In total, SVOSH members saw
Australia.
7,514 patients and gave out 6,298 glasses
Over a three-day period, participant
and 997 sunglasses. Additionally 575
Shawn Joseph, ’14, reports that SCO’s
referrals were made.
students worked with students from other
schools to test about 200 patients with a
dozen or so techniques. “We performed
a couple of the basics as well as a few
unfamiliar procedures involving the
tachistoscope, Wayne saccidic Fixator,
The Eye Center at Southern College
of Optometry celebrated ten years of
providing patient care through a top class
facility for clinical education to more than
1,000 graduates.
Thanks to the foresight of SCO’s Board
of Trustees and a group of forward-thinking
administrators, construction on the facility
began in May 2001 and concluded with
a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on
September 20, 2002.
James E. Venable, OD ’89, Vice President
for Clinical Programs, hosted a special
ten-year celebration event for local alumni,
Memphis community leaders and other
invited supporters in November. During his
remarks, he saluted the vision of President
Emeritus William E. Cochran, OD ’68, Frank
Gibson, OD ’68, Jim Burke, OD ’77, Lisa
Rossmeyer Wade, OD ’84, and Gary Snuffin,
MBA, for leading the design, construction
and fundraising effort that made The Eye
Center a reality.
During the fall, Dr. Venable wrote
several articles about the impact The Eye
Center makes in Memphis for a number of
local publications. A Sunday edition of the
Commercial Appeal newspaper printed a
special front page section about The Eye
Center’s anniversary and an overview of
services provided to patients throughout
the region.
Thanks to all our alumni and friends
for helping make the largest eye health and
vision care facility of its kind a great success
over the last decade. Your support has
enabled The Eye Center to succeed!
and the Howard-Dolman test,” he reports.
“Overall it was a great opportunity to
SCO’s FCO chapter has also been active
on mission trips. Similarly, students,
showcase our proficiencies and pick up a
few new techniques along the way.”
faculty and even staff volunteers have also
been active throughout the year traveling
to a number of Remote Area Medical
L-R: Jarrett Johnson, OD ’90 and Lisa R. Wade, OD ’84
(RAM) trips throughout Appalachia.
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Travel with a Purpose in Honduras
by SCO President Richard W. Phillips, OD ’78
Honduras is a beautiful country. It has a rich history that comes alive in the scenery, which includes Mayan ruins, the
paintings of Jose Antonio Velásquez and the rolling hills. Although Honduras is a beautiful country, they face a variety of difficult
issues that must be overcome in order to help the 50 percent of Hondurans that currently live in poverty. One of these issues is
access to clean water. This past summer, I set out on behalf of the Memphis Rotary Club to help them.
For more than two years, the Memphis Rotary Club has been developing a program to provide clean, safe drinking water to
communities suffering from diseases related to contaminated or inadequately processed water supplies. The club partnered with
an organization called Living Waters for the World for training sessions near Oxford, Mississippi.
After completing training, Rotary members are able to lead mission trips, install clean water systems and educate
Honduran leaders on how, when and why to use clean water. In late July 2012, I had the opportunity to take my first mission trip.
I accompanied a team from Christ the Servant Lutheran
Church in Bellingham, Washington, to El Progreso, Honduras.
Working at the Ulua River High School, we installed a
clean water system that will benefit nearly 5,000 people. Our
first day, we met students, teachers and parents from the
school who told us that we were “the answer to their prayers.”
Most of the children had lost at least one sibling to complications resulting from drinking contaminated water. We immediately realized the privilege and awesome responsibility that
faced us.
In addition to installing a clean water system, our approach was to “train the trainers.” This endeavor involved
educating them on how to teach their community the importance of when and how to use clean water. Our group talked
them through and assisted them in constructing a system
that they will be able to maintain after our departure. Most of
the equipment and supplies made their way to Honduras in
our suitcases. One of the most inspiring things involved the
teachers who make $300 a month – when they get paid – who contributed $150 each to build the structure that now houses the
clean water system.
By the fourth day of the trip, we had the system operating smoothly and had produced nearly 100 five-gallon bottles of clean
drinking water. It would be a difficult contest to decide who demonstrated more pride – the Hondurans or the mission team. We
formed a bond, working together, that is unlike anything I have experienced before.
The dedication service was amazing, featuring speeches by the school’s principal, the town’s mayor and the local contractor
who provided much of the assistance on the building, among others. The event also featured a signature beverage – water from
our system. It was a tremendous feeling to hear so many comments about how great the water tasted. My layover in the Atlanta
airport was very interesting to me. I came face-to-face with a water fountain, just standing there in Terminal E by itself, with no
one truly appreciating the miracle of the readily available water supply we enjoy in this country. As I made my way home, I was
full of new appreciation for all the blessings in my life. I went to Honduras uncertain that I was really cut out to be able to do
such a project, but I left knowing that it will not be my last. Whereas we have, through Rotary efforts, virtually eliminated polio
and other life-threatening illnesses, diseases related to drinking contaminated water are the No. 1 reason children are hospitalized
throughout the world today. No child should die from the lack of clean drinking water. I encourage others to consider projects to
provide clean drinking water. I am exceptionally proud to have been involved in the team, the organization and the process that
allows clean water to flow in one public high school in Honduras. I hope to be involved in similar work in the future, ensuring
viability of even more beautiful countries.
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SCO Raises Community Awareness in 2012
This past year saw a significant effort by the college to increase its
visibility in the Memphis community. From publicizing SCO’s building
program to fostering new relationships with community partners, the
college made good progress in raising awareness about what an asset
SCO is to the local community.
At the start of the year, SCO worked to coordinate the announcement about the new academic expansion project and the kick-off of
the college’s “Envision Our Progress” campaign. Release of the news
was timed to coincide with the formal kick-off announcement at SECO
in Atlanta for alumni. Significant publicity followed in the Commercial
Appeal newspaper, the Memphis Business Journal, the Memphis Daily
News, AOA News and Optometry Times, among others.
Procurement of more than half a million in community foundation grants also made headlines this year. News about grants bestowed
by the Plough and Assisi Foundations resulted in additional headlines
in the local media.
In all of the college’s media efforts, key messages are being communicated that align with SCO’s strategic plan. Specifically, opportunities
for interviews result in emphasizing the fact that SCO assists more than
80,000 Memphis area residents with eye and vision healthcare each
year as well as noting that Memphis benefits by hosting one of the nation’s leading optometry colleges.
As a result of SCO’s increasing visibility, the college has begun actively working to partner with other leading community organizations
or institutions. SCO partnered with the Memphis Zoo over the summer
to host a day-long, interactive information and activity fair for children.
The event was so successful that it’s being planned again for 2013.
In November, SCO partnered with the Memphis Grizzlies just as the
team enjoyed its best start in franchise history and attracted national
attention for its winning streak. When the Grizzlies identified a few
iconic Memphis landmark buildings, SCO’s distinctive 11-story tower
was selected as ideal for displaying large artwork.
The Grizzlies’ marketing team approached SCO, the Orpheum
Theatre and the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau with the idea
of placing larger-than-life images of prominent Grizzlies players on the
sides of their buildings.
“It’s a positive thing for Memphis when two organizations can work
together like this,” said Christine Weinreich, SCO’s Director of Corporate
and Foundation Relations.
Grizzlies’ player Tony Allen now adorns the eastern side of SCO’s
tower. It’s the largest image placed by the Grizzlies and temporarily will
remain there until season’s end. In exchange for hosting the image, SCO
already has received positive publicity about the Grizzlies’ marketing
approach.
Additionally, a 30-second promo spot promoting SCO’s presence in
Memphis will play on the giant Jumbotron TV screens at 10 NBA games
in 2013. As the only optometry college in Tennessee, SCO intends to
continue its relationship with the state’s only NBA franchise.
It’s the kind of awareness-building effort that is seeing results. In
December, the Memphis Chamber of Commerce selected Southern
College of Optometry as one of its 10 organizations
or companies to watch in 2013. The Eye Center
and individual faculty members have also been
nominated for or received community awards in
recent months.
“SCO benefits so many people in the local
community that we intend to continue
spreading the word and looking
for new relationships that will
benefit our students and
patients in 2013,” added
Weinreich.
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News to Note in 2013
The New Year brings new events and items of alumni-related news to note:
SCO’s Continuing Education program
SCO is committed to interacting
with its alumni. We hope to see many
of you at:
January 9
will be surveying alumni to gain your
State Day at SCO
Memphis, TN
perspective on some exciting new program initiatives that may be offered to
Febuary 15-17
our graduates and friends. Your input
Heart of America
Kansas City, MO
is important, so your participation in
this survey will be greatly appreciated.
March 1
Spring CE brochures will also mail
soon, and the event will be held April
12-14 in Memphis.
SECO Alumni Reception
Atlanta, GA
April 12-14
Back by popular demand, SCO is partnering with Harris Connect to publish a new, updated Alumni
Directory. Representatives from Harris will be contacting you to update your practice and other information to share with your fellow graduates. Your information will be used solely to create the new
Alumni Directory which will be offered to all SCO graduates later in the year.
SCO Spring CE
Memphis, TN
May 17
2013 Commencement
Memphis, TN
SECO in Atlanta on
February 27-March 3. SCO’s annual reception
for alumni and friends will be held the
evening of Friday, March 1. Mark the date
June 26-30
for this and other important events using our
Alumni-Child Admissions Forum
Memphis, TN
Make plans to join us for
list of upcoming events throughout the year as
noted on the right side of this page. It’s never too
early to plan to join your alma mater at one of
our many events in 2013!
AOA
San Diego, CA
July 19
October 3-6
Homecoming and Fall CE
Memphis, TN