Emeritus Directors

The American Board of Ophthalmology salutes its founding fathers and recognizes the efforts of all individuals who, by serving on our Board of Directors, have graciously donated their personal time and professional expertise to the development and maintenance of high standards in the practice of ophthalmology.

An asterisk (*) indicates the individual is deceased.

Director Years of Service
Wendell Reber, MD* 1915 -1916
Alexander Duane, MD* 1915 - 1917
Frank C. Todd, MD* 1915 - 1918
Myles Standish, MD* 1915 - 1922
Edward Jackson, MD* 1915 - 1925
William H. Wilder, MD* 1915 - 1935
Edward C. Ellett, MD* 1915 - 1947
Hiram Woods, MD* 1915 - 1925
Walter B. Lancaster, MD* 1915 - 1943
William Campbell Posey, MD* 1917 - 1919
John E. Weeks, MD* 1917 - 1923
John R. Newcomb, MD* 1919 - 1922
Walter R. Parker, MD* 1920 - 1933
A.E. Bulson Jr., MD* 1921 - 1923
Allen Greenwood, MD* 1921 - 1942
Lee Masten Francis, MD* 1922 - 1926
William Zentmayer, MD* 1922 - 1929
Frederick C. Tooke, MD* 1924 - 1929
F. Phinizy Calhoun Sr., MD* 1924 - 1933
James M. Patton, MD* 1926 - 1930
John M. Wheeler, MD* 1926 - 1931
William H. Crisp, MD* 1928 - 1938
Luther C. Peter, MD* 1930 - 1936
John Green Jr., MD* 1930 - 1944
S. Judd Beach, MD* 1930 - 1949
Joseph L. McCool, MD* 1932 - 1935
Thomas D. Allen, MD* 1934 - 1935
John N. Evans, MD* 1934 - 1937
Conrad Berens, MD* 1934 - 1947
Everett L. Goar, MD* 1934 - 1948
Clifford Walker, MD* 1936 - 1939
William L. Benedict, MD* 1936 - 1944
Cecil S. O'Brien, MD* 1937 - 1950
Daniel B. Kirby, MD* 1938 - 1945
Georgiana D. Theobald, MD* 1938 - 1949
Grady Clay, MD* 1939 - 1942
Frederick C. Cordes, MD* 1941 - 1951
Theodore L. Terry, MD* 1943 - 1947
Algernon B. Reese, MD* 1943 - 1950
M. Hayward Post, MD* 1944 - 1951
Robert J. Masters, MD* 1945 - 1952
John H. Dunnington, MD* 1946 - 1953
Derrick Vail, MD* 1946 - 1953
Phillips Thygeson, MD* 1947 - 1952
Edwin B. Dunphy, MD* 1947 - 1954
Walter S. Atkinson, MD* 1949 - 1956
Brittain F. Payne, MD* 1949 - 1956
Francis H. Adler, MD* 1950 - 1957
James H. Allen, MD* 1951 - 1958
F. Bruce Fralick, MD* 1951 - 1958
Gordon M. Bruce, MD* 1952 - 1959
Paul A. Chandler, MD* 1952 - 1959
Michael J. Hogan, MD* 1952 - 1959
Alson E. Braley, MD* 1953 - 1960
John S. McGavic, MD* 1954 - 1961
Kenneth C. Swan, MD* 1954 - 1961
Merrill J. King, MD* 1955 - 1962
Harold H. Joy, MD* 1957 - 1964
C. Wilbur Rucker, MD* 1957 - 1968
Arthur Gerard DeVoe, MD* 1958 - 1977
W. Banks Anderson Sr., MD* 1959 - 1962
Harold G. Scheie, MD* 1959 - 1966
A. Edward Maumenee, MD* 1960 - 1976
Fred M. Wilson, M.D* 1960 - 1976
Robert N. Shaffer, MD* 1960 - 1979
F. Phinizy Calhoun Jr., MD* 1961 - 1977
Leonard Christensen, MD* 1962 - 1974
Frank W. Newell, MD* 1962 - 1974
John W. Henderson, MD* 1963 - 1975
John M. McLean, MD* 1965 - 1968
David O. Harrington, MD* 1965 - 1977
Irving H. Leopold, MD* 1966 - 1979
Bernard Becker, MD* 1967 - 1974
Joseph A.C. Wadsworth, MD* 1967 - 1979
Frederick C. Blodi, MD* 1968 - 1980
Robert W. Hollenhorst, MD* 1968 - 1980
William F. Hughes, MD* 1968 - 1980
David Shoch, MD* 1969 - 1980
Edward W.D. Norton, MD* 1969 - 1981
Goodwin M. Breinin, MD* 1970 - 1981
Robert P. Burns, MD* 1970 - 1982
DuPont Guerry III, MD* 1971 - 1983
Bradley R. Straatsma, MD 1973 - 1980
William H. Spencer, MD* 1974 - 1981
David Paton, MD 1975 - 1982
Bruce E. Spivey, MD 1975 - 1982
J. Donald M. Gass, MD* 1976 - 1983
Thomas P. Kearns, MD* 1976 - 1983
G. Richard O'Connor, MD* 1976 - 1983
Melvin L. Rubin, MD* 1977 - 1984
Dan B. Jones, MD 1978 - 1985
Robert B. Welch, MD* 1978 - 1985
Marshall M. Parks, MD* 1979 - 1986
Thomas D. Duane, MD* 1981 - 1984
Paul R. Lichter, MD 1981 - 1988
Froncie A. Gutman, MD 1982 - 1989
Robert E. Kalina, MD 1982 - 1989
Robert R. Waller, MD 1982 - 1989
Frederick T. Fraunfelder, M.D 1983 - 1990
Thomas H. Pettit, MD* 1983 - 1990
Stephen J. Ryan, MD* 1983 - 1990
George W. Weinstein, MD* 1983 - 1990
Robert D. Reinecke, M.D.* 1984 - 1987
Ronald M. Burde, MD* 1984 - 1991
George Edw. Garcia, MD* 1984 - 1991
Robert C. Drews, MD* 1985 - 1992
William Tasman, MD* 1985 - 1992
W. Banks Anderson Jr., MD 1986 - 1993
J. Brooks Crawford, MD 1986 - 1993
John T. Flynn, MD* 1987 - 1995
Malcolm N. Luxenberg, MD* 1987 - 1995
Douglas R. Anderson, MD 1988 - 1995
B. Thomas Hutchinson, MD* 1988 - 1996
Denis M. O'Day, MD* 1989 - 1995
H. Stanley Thompson, MD* 1989 - 1996
John L. Keltner, MD 1990 - 1997
Dennis M. Robertson, MD 1990 - 1997
George R. Beauchamp, MD* 1991 - 1998
Ronald E. Smith, MD* 1991 - 1998
Morton E. Smith, MD 1992 - 1999
Robert L. Stamper, MD 1992 - 1999
William E. Benson, MD 1993 - 2000
Fred M. Wilson II, MD* 1993 - 2000
Allan E. Kolker, MD* 1994 - 1997
John G. Clarkson, MD 1994 - 2001
Lee R. Duffner, MD* 1995 - 2002
William T. Shults, MD 1995 - 2002
Richard L. Abbott, MD 1996 - 2003
M. Bruce Shields, MD 1996 - 2003
Susan H. Day, MD 1997 - 2004
Charles P. Wilkinson, MD 1997 - 2004
Daniel M. Albert, MD 1998 - 2005
William F. Mieler, MD 1998 - 2005
Richard P. Mills, MD* 1998 - 2005
George B. Bartley, MD 1999 - 2006
Donald S. Minckler, MD 1999 - 2006
Edward G. Buckley, MD 2000 - 2007
Mark J. Mannis, MD 2000 - 2007
David W. Parke II, MD 2005 - 2007
Gregory L. Skuta, MD 2001 - 2008
James S. Tiedeman, MD 2001 - 2008
Donald N. Schwartz, MD 2005 - 2008
Martha J. Farber, MD* 2002 - 2009
David T. Tse, MD 2002 - 2009
Ivan R. Schwab, MD 2003 - 2010
Martin Wand, MD 2003 - 2010
David M. Meisler, MD 2006 - 2010
Marilyn B. Mets, MD 2004 - 2011
James C. Orcutt, MD 2004 - 2011
Wallace L.M. Alward, MD 2006 - 2013
Janet L. Davis, MD 2006 - 2013
David J. Wilson, MD 2007 - 2014
Anthony C. Arnold, MD 2008 - 2015
R. Michael Siatkowski, MD 2008 - 2015
John E. Sutphin Jr., MD 2008 - 2015
Nancy A. Hamming, MD 2009 - 2016
H. Culver Boldt, MD 2009 - 2016
Philip L. Custer, MD 2009 - 2016
Stephen D. McLeod, MD 2014 - 2016
Keith H. Baratz, MD 2010 - 2017
J. Douglas Cameron, MD, MBA 2010 - 2017
Paul P. Lee, MD, JD 2010 - 2017
Sophia M. Chung, MD 2011 - 2018
Claude L. Cowan Jr. MD 2011 - 2018
Kenneth M. Goins, MD 2011 - 2018
Dale K. Heuer, MD 2011 - 2018
Harold E. Shaw Jr., MD 2012 - 2019
Bhavna P. Sheth, MD, MBA 2012 - 2019
Lanning B. Kline, MD 2013 - 2020
Debra J. Shetlar, MD 2013 - 2020
David C. Herman, MD, MSMM 2014 - 2021
Jane A. Bailey, MD 2015 - 2022
Julia L. Stevens, MD 2015 - 2022
K. David Epley, MD 2016 - 2023
Don O. Kikkawa, MD, MBA, FACS 2016 - 2023
Andreas K. Lauer, MD 2016 - 2023
   
Public Director Emeritus
Theodore R. Marmor, PhD 2001 - 2002
Suzanne T. Anderson, MBA 2003 - 2010
Christine W. McEntee, MBA 2009 - 2016
Matthew E. Fitzgerald, DrPH 2011 - 2018
Scott Wallace, JD, MBA 2016 - 2019
   
Secretary-Treasurer/Executive Director
Frank C. Todd, MD* 1916 - 1917
William H. Wilder, MD* 1918 - 1935
John Green Jr., MD* 1937 - 1943
S. Judd Beach, MD* 1944 - 1948
Edwin B. Dunphy, MD* 1948 - 1954
Merrill J. King, MD* 1955 - 1965
Francis H. Adler, MD* 1965 - 1979
Robert N. Shaffer, MD* 1980 - 1985
William H. Spencer, MD* 1986 - 1995
Denis M. O'Day, MD* 1996 - 2006
John G. Clarkson, MD 2007 - 2016