| A.M. Skeffington Award |
A.M. Skeffington AwardThe A.M. Skeffington Award is presented to the OVDRA Fellow who has made outstanding contributions to the optometric literature in the areas of vision therapy and vision development. Nominations for this award are made by members of OVDRA. The decision is made by a committee of the three most recent award winners, the current President, the Immediate Past President, and a Member-at-Large appointed by the President.
Drs. Neera Kapoor
and Barry Tannen
Drs. Barry Tannen
and Marc Taub
Drs. Michael Gallaway
and John Tassinari Past Recipients
2025 – Dr. Hannu Laukkanen, OD
2024 – Jeffrey Cooper, OD 2023 – John Tassinari, OD 2022 – Kenneth C. Koslowe, OD 2021 – Robert Duckman, OD 2020 – David Cook, OD 2019 – Allen Cohen, OD 2018 – Neera Kapoor, OD 2017 – Marc Taub, OD 2016 – Barry Tannen, OD 2015 – Michael F. Gallaway, OD 2014 – Rochelle Mozlin, OD 2013 – Kelly Frantz, OD 2012 – Penelope Suter, OD 2011 – Edwin Howell, OD 2010 – David A. Goss, OD 2009 – Dominick Maino, OD 2008 – Susan Cotter, OD 2007 – Kenneth Ciuffreda, OD 2006 – David FitzGerald, OD 2005 – Irwin Suchoff, OD 2004 – Eric Borsting, OD 2003 – Paul A. Harris, OD 2002 – Mitchell Scheiman, OD 2001 – Albert Shankman, OD 2000 – W. C. Maples, OD 1999 – Arnold Sherman, OD 1998 – Jack Richman, OD 1997 – John Streff, OD 1996 – James Bosse, OD 1995 – Sidney Groffman, OD 1994 – Harry Wachs, OD 1993 – Louis Hoffman, OD 1992 – Leonard Press, OD 1991 – Richard Apell, OD 1990 – Harold Solan, OD 1989 – Albert Sutton, OD 1988 – Donald Getz, OD 1987 – Daniel Wolff, OD 1986 – Amorita Treganza, OD 1985 – Israel Greenwald, OD 1984 – Robert Kraskin, OD 1983 – G. N. Getman, OD 1982 – Nathan Flax, OD 1981 – Larry Macdonald, OD 1980 – Elliott Forrest, OD 1979 – Martin Birnbaum, OD 1977 – William Ludlam, OD 1976 – Amiel Francke, OD 1975 – Arthur Heinsen Jr., OD 1974 – Robert M. Wold, OD 1973 – Tole Greenstein, OD 1972 – William Lee, OD 1971 – Martin Kane, OD |