SUMMER 2024
CLASS NOTES: SUMMER 2024
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1973
Alan Levy has retired from his solo practice in Maryland. Well wishes in retirement from ICO,
1977
Congratulations to Joan Stelmack on receiving the Dr. Jerry P. Davidoff Vision Care Award. Dr. Stelmack is Director of Low Vision Service at the University of Illinois Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science. She specializes in low vision rehabilitation and contributes to ophthalmology resident education and research.
1978
Photographer and ICO Emeritus Professor, Dominick Maino, is exhibiting beautiful and haunting images that transport the viewer into a world of timeless elegance and mystery at the Fat Cat Gallery in Oak Park, IL. His mastery of composition, light, and shadow, captures the essence of the natural world in exquisite color and black-and-white images. Congrats, Dr. Maino.
Congratulations to Bill Park, the Illinois Optometric Association’s optometrist of the year for 2023.
1980s
1985
In January, Michael Rayher and John Maciejewski participated in the 20th anniversary CT-Vosh mission trip to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Their group examined and treated over 3700 patients in four days and provided free glasses, sunglasses, and medication.
1990s
2000s
2002
Brian Conran retired from his practice in Fon Du Lac, WI in December 2022. We wish Dr. Conran well.
2010s
2016
Jesus Martinez, owner of St. Rose Eye Care in Henderson, NV, was named “Young Optometrist of the Year” by the Nevada Optometric Association. Great job!
Well wishes to alumna and faculty member Mallory Mclaughlin on the birth of her baby.
2020s
Friends and Family
Mea Culpa
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The following abbreviations denote predecessor names of the Illinois College of Optometry.
NICO: Northern Illinois College of Optometry
CCO: Chicago College of Optometry
MCO: Monroe College of Optometry
