Thomas H. Peters Memorial Lecture Presenters
The Thomas H. Peters Memorial Fund was established at Berkeley in 1956 through gifts from his family and friends. Dr. Peters was not an alumnus of our school, but rather studied optometry at night at the California College of Optometry in San Francisco. He owned a private practice in Oakland, served two terms as COA President, and taught continuing night courses for optometrists. Perhaps his greatest achievement for Berkeley Optometry was his negotiation with university administration that laid the foundation for the establishment of the school. His ten-year effort culminated in the 1948 dedication of what is now Minor Hall.
1957 – Monroe J. Hirsh
1958 – Eiwin Marg
1959 – Mark R. Rosenszweig
1960 – Giles S. Brindley
1961 – Frank Wevmouth
1962 – Alex C. Sherriffs
1963 – Chauncey D. Leake
1964 – Harace Barlow
1965 – Frederick Crescitelli
1966 – Henry B. Peters
1967 – Earl F. Cheit
1968 – Tom Cornsweet
1969 – Derek H. Fender
1970 – Jack Hobson
1971 – Meredith W. Morgan Jr.,
1972 – Merton Flom
1973 – Robert Biller
1974 – Ralph Freeman
1975 – Alan Tomlinson
1976 – Jule Jose Griebrok-Assercq
1977 – Michael Fukai
1978 – Marianne Decker
1979 – Jay Enoch
1980 – Henry Peters
1981 – Russell DeValois
1982 – Richard Hopping
1983 – Phillip Isenberg
1984 – Meredith W. Morgan Jr.
1985 – Gerald Westheimer
1986 – Henry B. Peters
1987 – Lawrence Thal
1988 – Roy Brandreth
1989 – Lesley Walls
1990 – Richard Hill
1991 – Meredith W. Morgan Jr.
1992 – Anthony Adams
1993 – Richard Hill
1994 – Merton Flom
1995 – Karen Walker Brandreth
1996 – Thomas Wiley
1997 – John McGreal
1998 – Gunilla Haegerstrom-Portnoy
1999 – Chris A. Johnson
2000 – Michael Harris
2001 – Ian Bailey
2002 – Karia S. Zadnik
2003 – Edward Revelli
2004 – Anthony Adams
2005 – Suzanne M.J. Fleiszig
2006 – George E. Foster
2007 – Bernard Dolan
2008 – Dennis M. Levi
2009 – Lee A. Goldstein
2010 – Lou Catania
2011 – Donald Korb
2015 – Barry Weissman, OD, PhD
2016 – Martin S. Banks, MA, PhD
2017 – Don Mutti, OD, PhD
2019 – Jorge Cuadros, OD, PhD
2020 – Will Tuten, OD, PhD
2023 – Karsten Gronert, MS, PhD