Throwback Thursday: 1966 Alumni Association Awards
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Throwback Thursday: 1966 Alumni Association Awards

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Check out this throwback from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry’s Alumni Association Awards ceremony on Saturday, April 30, 1966. Pictured L to R is Harold Kohn, Esq., American Optometric Association (AOA) General Counsel, for the Distinguished Service Award; to Luci B. Johnson, daughter of President and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, for the Public Service Award, accepted by Robert A. Kraskin, OD ’50 in her absence, and J. Donald Kratz, OD ’37, professor and president of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), for the Albert Fitch Memorial Alumnus of the Year Award.  

This year’s Alumni Association Awards will be presented during the Centennial Awards Ceremony, tomorrow, April 26, at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia. The night will also celebrate the 35 new Presidential Medal of Honor recipients.