The Author's academic credentials include AB and MA degrees from Stanford University; OD and MS degreesfrom the Pacific University College of Optometry; and an earned Ed.D. from Memphis State Unive...view moreThe Author's academic credentials include AB and MA degrees from Stanford University; OD and MS degreesfrom the Pacific University College of Optometry; and an earned Ed.D. from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis). An honorary DOS was received from Southern College of Optometry in 1986. After graduation from Pacific, five years of private practice was followed by fifteen years as an instructor and administrator at Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee,and another fifteen years at the Northeastern State Universtiy College of Optometry in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Teaching responsibilities emphasizedpatient examination, data collection and analysis, and primary care.Over the years administrative duties included termsas Clinic Director at both Southern College and Northeastern State University, and four years as Dean of Students at the Memphis institution. During the decade between 1981 and 1991 the Authorwas a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board of Examiners in Optometry. Sinceformal retirement in 1996 the Author has continuedas Professor Emeritus, attending vision therapy and primary care clinics, and serving as Chief of Electrodiagnostic Services at Northeastern.view less