Dr. Borish graduated from the Northern Illinois College of Optometry – a predecessor to ICO – in 1934. He served on the school’s faculty for eight years, including as assistant dean. He then established a private practice in Kokomo, Ind., and was instrumental in starting the Indiana University School of Optometry and the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry. Dr. Borish’s influence has been felt at ICO and every other optometry school in the nation for decades. He authored numerous textbooks, including the much-used Clinical Refraction, and was granted five patents for contact lenses, including bifocal contacts. He was a founding member of the Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Optometry, was a president of the Indiana Optometric Association and the editor of the Indiana Journal of Optometry. He served as adjunct faculty at several schools. When Dr. Borish retired from IU in 1982, he assumed the Benedict Professorship of Optometric Practice at the University of Houston. The school later established the Irvin M. Borish Chair in Optometric Practice, an endowed chair with more than $1 million of support. In 1995, Indiana University honored him by establishing the Borish Center for Ophthalmic Research. Dr. Borish received numerous awards during his career, including the the prestigious AOA Apollo Award for the visual betterment of mankind in 1968 and the AOA Distinguished Service Award in 1989. He was inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame in 1998. Dr. Borish is survived by his daughter, Fran Goldman, of Dallas, Penn. #FatherofModernOptometry #IrvinBorish #obituary

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At the conference, ICO’s NOSA Chapter tied for Chapter of the Year. This is an exceptional honor, as the award is voted on by NOSA students across all optometry schools. Rina Sheth, former ICO NOSA president and current National NOSA secretary, came away with $3500 in scholarships Nicole Akpunku was elected as the National NOSA Student Resource Liaison for the 2016-2017 year. 

MA, DOS, dean of Illinois College of Optometry from 1955 to 1971, and president from 1972 to 1982, died Rosenbloom’s role in optometry, both as an educator and a leader, has been recognized numerous times.

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Quinn about the recent changes to Medicaid, noting that the program needs to work for all Illinois residents opportunity today to tour the Illinois Eye Institute, a clinic on Chicago’s South Side that plays a critical role