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In Memoriam

We remember ...

ARVO acknowledges the passing of the following deceased members. To submit an obituary for publication on this page, please use our notification form (photos may be included if available).

Gary Marc Lazarus, OD, PhD — Nov. 23, 2025 — EY

John Sloper, DPhil, FRCS, FARVO — Oct. 19, 2025 — EY

Kostadinka Bizheva, PhD — Sept. 6, 2025 — CO

Jean-Marie Parel, PhD, FARVO — Aug. 10, 2025 — LE

Prasad S. Kulkarni, PhD — July 15, 2025 — PH

Hoover Chan, PhDApril 30, 2025 — VI

Jay M. Enoch, OD, PhD (ARVO President 1973) — March 16, 2025

J. Carlos Pastor — Jan. 30, 2025 — RE

David S. Papermaster, MD — Oct. 12, 2024 — BI

Ramin Tadayoni, MD, PhD — April 20, 2024 — RE

Joseph Izatt, PhD — April 7, 2024 AP

Alison McDermott, PhD, FARVO — March 14, 2024 — CO

Adam M. Sillito, PhD — Dec. 17, 2023 — VN

Edward L Howes Jr., MD, Ed. — June 4, 2023 — AP

Stephen P. Bartels, PhD — May 4, 2023 — EY

Jim Schwiegerling, PhD — April 5, 2023 — CO

Alice R. McPherson, MD — Jan. 16, 2023 — RE

Michael A. Steinmetz, PhD — July 30, 2022 — VN

David R. Hinton, MD, FARVO — June 7, 2022 — RC

Robert B. Aramant, PhD, FARVO — May 31, 2022 — RC

Mortimer Civan, MD, FARVO — April 17, 2022 — PH

Jules Baum, MD, FARVO — Dec. 27, 2021 — CO

Gerard A. Lutty, PhD, FARVO — Dec. 2021 — RC

Janice A. Vranka, PhD — Aug. 26, 2021 — BI

Anthony J. Adams, OD, PhD, FAAO — July 16, 2021 — VI

Piyush C. Kothary, PhD — June 28, 2021 — BI

Gottfried O.H. Naumann — June 5, 2021 — AP

Robert (Bob) F. Miller — March 1, 2021 — VN

Manuel (Manny) Datiles III, MD — Feb. 12, 2021 — LE

David B. Soll, MD — Jan. 12, 2021 — LE

Robert B. Welch, MD — Jan. 5, 2021 — RE

Joan Stein-Streilein, PhD — Jan. 4, 2021 — IM

Peter Yoshio Evans, MD — Dec. 18, 2020 — RE Section

Robert S. Jampel, MD, PhD — Nov. 26, 2020 — EY Section

James Ganley, MD, PhD — March 16, 2020 — CL Section

Robert A. Prendergast, MD — May 4, 2020 — IM Section

Ronald J. Hagadus, MD — Feb. 1, 2020 — GL Section

James D. Zieske, PhD, FARVO — Jan. 7, 2020 — CO Section

Eleanor Eaton Faye, MD, FACS — Jan. 7, 2020

Elizabeth WoldeMussie, PhD, FARVO — Jan. 6, 2020 — PH

Richard H. Masland — Dec. 13, 2019 — VN Section

James L. Funderburgh, PhD, FARVO — Nov. 27, 2019 — CO Section

Ruth van Heyningen, DPhil, DSc — Oct. 24, 2019 

Ronald Klein, MD, MPH, FARVO — Aug. 31, 2019 — CL Section

Terry J. Bergstrom, MD — June 23, 2019 — GL Section

Alain P. Rousseau, MD — May 20, 2019 — RE Section

Randy Wheelock, BBA — March 24, 2019 — RE Section

Donald Armstrong, PhD, DSc — Jan. 25, 2019 — RE Section

Robert Dippner, PhD —  Dec. 4, 2018 — VI Section

 Howard Backman, LScO, OD — Sept. 29, 2018 — CL Section

 David R. Pepperberg, PhD, FARVO — Sept. 2, 2018 — VN Section

 R. Rand Allingham, MD, FARVO — Aug. 27, 2018 — GL Section

 Robert H. Webb, PhD — Aug. 23, 2018 — RE Section

 Venkat Reddy, PhD, FARVO — June 30, 2018 — LE Section

 Christopher A. Paterson, PhD, DSc, FARVO — March 30, 2018 — PH Section

 Perry Rosenthal, MD — March 3, 2018 — CO Section

Lionel Rubin, VMD — Feb. 11, 2018 — AP Section

Robert Reinecke, MD, FARVO — Jan. 17, 2018 — EY Section

 Harvey Lincoff, MD — Nov. 25, 2017 — RE Section

 Gerhard Zinser, PhD — Nov. 19, 2017 — GL Section

 Thomas Cornsweet, PhD — Nov. 11, 2017 — VI Section

 Jer Kuszak, PhD, FARVO — Oct. 9, 2017 — LE Section

 Martin J. Steinbach, PhD, FARVO — June 24, 2017 — EY Section

Roger F. Steinert, MD — June 6, 2017 — CO Section

Bert M. Glaser, MD — April 27, 2017 — RE Section

David A. Luce, PhD — April 15, 2017 — GL Section

Eliot Berson, MD, FARVO — March 17, 2017 — RE Section

Anita Hendrickson, PhD, FARVO — March 7, 2017 — AP Section

Bosco Tjan, PhD — Dec. 2, 2016

 Lynette Feeney-Burns, PhD — July 23, 2016  

Lynn A. Olzak, PhD — Oct. 13, 2016 — VI Section

Barrett Haik, MD, PhD — July 22, 2016 — EY Section

Christina Enroth-Cugell, MD — June 15, 2016 — VN Section

Scott Smemo, PhD — May 19, 2016 — RE Section

Abraham Spector, PhD — April 19, 2016 — LE Section

Friederike Mackensen, MD — April 19, 2016 — IM Section

Robert Nussenblatt, MD — April 17, 2016 — IM Section

John Krauskopf, PhD — Feb. 3, 2016 — VI Section

Henry F. Edelhauser, PhD — Dec. 3, 2015 — CO Section

Endre A. Balazs, MD — Aug. 29, 2015 — RE Section

Brien A. Holden, PhD — July 28, 2015 — CL Section

Philip G. Ralston, Jr., MBA — July 4, 2015 — RE Section

Roger Vogel, MD — June 9, 2015 — RE Section

David C. Beebe, PhD, FARVO — March 27, 2015 — LE Section

Naomi Weisstein, PhD — March 26, 2015 — VI Section

Ronald M. Burde, MD — Feb. 25, 2015 — EY Section

George Waring, III, MD, FACS — Jan. 27, 2015 — CO Section

Robert Wordinger, PhD — Jan. 23, 2015 — GL Section

Fikry Riad, MD  — Dec. 12, 2014 — LE Section

Harris Ripps, PhD, DSc, FARVO  — Sept. 18, 2014 — VN Section

Allen M. Granda, PhD — July 7, 2014 — VN Section

Elisabeth Latour, PhD — June 2014 — RE Section

Ronald E. Smith, MD, FARVO  — March 17, 2014 — IM Section

David Epstein, MMM, MD — March 6, 2014 — GL Section

Melvin Rubin, MD — Feb. 23, 2014 — RE Section

James M. Hill, PhD, FARVO — Oct. 9, 2013 — IM  Section

David H. Hubel, MD — Sept. 22, 2013 — VN Section

Bernard Becker, MD, FARVO — Aug. 28, 2013 — GL Section

Francis Marzulli, MD — Aug. 26, 2013 — PH Section

Raili Kerppola, MBA, PhD — June 19, 2013 — RE Section

Ramesh C. Tripathi — June 4, 2013 — GL Section

Ian P. Howard, PhD — June 1, 2013 — VI Section

Deegan Lew, OD —May 1, 2013 — CO Section

Stephen J. Ryan, Jr., MD, FARVO — April 29, 2013 — RE Section

Keith W. McNeer, MD — April 29, 2013 — EY Section

 Chandler Dawson, MD, FARVO — March 26, 2013 — IM Section

Carlos G. Bianciotto, MD — July 24, 2012 — AP Section

Josh Wallman, PhD, FARVO — March 3, 2012 — AP Section

James O'Rourke, MD, MSc — October 29, 2011 — IM Section

Hansjoerg E. J. W. Kolder, MD, PhD — October 23, 2011 — VN Section 

Davida Y. Teller — October 12, 2011 — VI Section  

David J. Apple, MD — August 18, 2011 — Cl Section  

Mitchell H. Friedlaender, MD — July 28, 2011 — IM Section

Raniyah Ramadan — July 25, 2011 — IM Section  

Carl Kupfer, V, MD — April 7, 2011 — CL Section  

David A. Newsome, MD — February 24, 2011 — RE Section  

John Lott Brown — January 16, 2011 — VI Section 

Carl R. Ingling, PhD — September 11, 2010 — VI Section

Ahuva Dovrat, MD, PhD — August 31, 2010 — LE Section

Elwin Marg, PhD — July 15, 2010 — VN Section

W. Richard Green, MD — July 8, 2010 — AP Section

Arnall Patz, MD — March 10, 2010 — RE Section

Michael Danciger, PhD, FARVO — January 4, 2010 — BI Section

Robert B. Barlow, PhD, FARVO — December 24, 2009 — VN Section

Paula C. Gebhardt — November 23, 2009 — CO Section

Kazuhiko Ukai, PhD — November 1, 2009 — VI Section

Marcus C C Lim — October 31, 2009 — CL Section

Steven M. Podos, MD — October 10, 2009 — GL Section

Jeffrey P. Gilbard, MD — August 12, 2009 — CO Section

Thom J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD — August 4, 2009 — GL Section

Carl B. Camras, MD, FACS — April 14, 2009 — GL Section

Yuichiro Ohtake — March 19, 2009 — GL Section

M. Rosario Hernandez-Neufeld, DDS — March 17, 2009 — GL Section

Yasuo Tano, MD — January 31, 2009 —RE Section

Vaegan, PhD — November 6, 2008 — RE Section

Kenji Kitahara, MD — October 28, 2008 — VI Section

Ruxandra Sireteanu, PhD — September, 2008 — VI Section

Lorrin A. Riggs, PhD (ARVO President 1977) — April 8, 2008 — VI Section

James E Jumblatt, PhD — January 26, 2008 — CO Section

Judah Folkman, MD — January 15, 2008 — AP Section

Muriel Isolde Kaiser-Kupfer, MD — January 10, 2008 — CL Section

Arthur P. Ginsburg PhD — January 1, 2008 — VI Section

Rueben Adler, MD — December 31, 2007 — RC Section

Bernard Schwartz, MD PhD — November 10, 2007 — GL Section

Gayle W. Rutherford, MD — April 11, 2007 — RE Section

Kenneth C. Swan, MD (ARVO President 1951) — February 23, 2007 — AP Section

Ronald J. Casey, MD — January 17, 2007 — GL Section

George Duncan, BSc PhD — January 17, 2007 — LE Section

Arthur A. Gold, MD — December 15, 2006 — CL Section

Seymour Zigman, PhD — December 14, 2006 — LE Section

Matthew C. Kartch, MD —December 14, 2006 — CL Section

Henk Spekreijse, PhD — October 20, 2006 — VN Section

Robert M. Boynton, PhD — September 4, 2006 — VI Section

Ramon F. Dacheux, II, PhD — May 30, 2006 — VN Section

Joel C. Axt, OD, PhD — January 13, 2006 — CL Section

on R. Polansky, MD — April 9, 2005 — GL Section

Maurice Rabb, MD — June 6, 2005 — RE Section

Charles L. Schepens, MD — March 28, 2006 — RE Section

Steven T. Schuschereba, PhD — May 9, 2005 — AP Section

Michael E. Yablonski, MD PhD — April 26, 2005 — GL Section

Jose A. Zadunaisky, MD PhD — August 20, 2005 — PH Section