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Mertz New Educator Travel Award
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Mertz |
The Mertz New Educator Travel Award originated in 2003 when AOCLE, at the annual meeting, elected to honor Dr. George Mertz for his strong support of optometric education. Earlier that year Dr. Mertz had unexpectedly passed away too early. George had been very active in his support of AOCLE as well as other educational initiatives in his role heading up the Academic Affairs Department for Vistakon.
To honor Dr. George Mertz, AOCLE funds the travel and expenses of new contact lens educators to attend the annual AOCLE meeting and workshop. The educator must have a significant role in the contact lens program at the affiliated school or college of optometry and have not attended an AOCLE workshop previously. An application supporting an educator's nomination is prepared by the contact lens clinic chief from that person's school or college. Contact lens clinic chiefs submit applications to the executive committee by a date communicated to them each year. The executive committee then selects candidates to receive the award. |
Mertz New Educator Travel Award Recipients
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2008 |
Nicky Lai
Eunice Myung Lee
Mika Moy |
The Ohio State University
Southern California College of Optometry
University of California, Berkeley |
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2007 |
Matt Lampa |
Pacific University |
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2006 |
Jason Chin
Josh Lotoczky
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New England College of Optometry
Michigan College of Optometry |
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2005 |
Jean-Sebastien Dufour
Earlena McKee |
University of Montreal
Northeastern State University |
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2004 |
Wanda Lam
Sri Thota |
Illinois College of Optometry
University of Houston |
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