Summer 2008 - ICO Worldwide - Illinois College of Optometry

E Y E O N A L U M N I
Alumni Weekend is coming
September 5 - 7, and you are
invited! Make plans to attend.
You’ll enjoy the fabulous city
of Chicago, and renew relationships
with friends and fellow
alumni. On Friday, Sept. 5,
we’re planning the class reunion
and alumni awards reception,
banquet and hospitality suite at
the InterContinental Chicago.
On Sunday, we have Continuing
Education, and in between we’re
scheduling a roster of events for
you to enjoy. Hope to see you in
September.
On another note, have you
visited the excellent ICO
website lately? Go to the
College’s homepage at
www.ico.edu. Among the
wealth of information there,
you can take a virtual tour of
campus, make comments to
the alumni office and send
personal news – the College
wants to hear from you. And
in the near future, you will find
a new online alumni directory.
As always, thank you for your
continual support of the Illinois
College of Optometry Alumni
Association. And thank you to
all the alumni and friends that
currently support the College
with annual gifts.
Robert L. Grazian, OD ’82
President, ICO Alumni Council
ICO Community Kudos
Steven A. Levin, OD ’73, has been inducted into the
National Academies of Practice. Levin was one of
seven optometrists from all over the U.S. to become
part of the prestigious Academy. He has practiced in
Whiting, Ind., for more than 34 years.
Shelley Wu, OD ’01 of Manteca, Calif., was named
2007 Young Optometrist of the Year by the
California Optometric Association. She was honored
for her contributions to organized optometry, her
local optometric society, the Alameda Contra Costa
Counties Optometric Society (ACCCOS), and to her
community. Wu currently practices at Central Valley
Eye Medical Group in Manteca and Stockton.
Larry Van Daalen, OD ’87, has been elected
president of the Iowa Optometric Association.
He is pictured here with ICO President, Dr. Arol
Augsburger, at the IOA convention this year.
Pete Kehoe, OD ’84, was named AOA
president at Optometry’s Meeting in Seattle this
year. He practices in Galesburg, Ill.
Mike Horstman (left) and Jim Kesteloot
(right), were recognized at ICO’s alumni
reception at the AOA meeting in June.
Horstman was named president of the
International Association of Optometric
Executives, and Kesteloot received the
Apollo Award, the AOA’s highest honor
for a non-optometrist.
ICO President, Dr. Arol Augsburger, received the American Optometric
Association’s prestigious Distinguished Service Award at the AOA meeting in
June. Of the citation he said, “The effectiveness of my efforts has only been
possible in states that were committed to leadership and positive change in
optometry. Through combined efforts, the public has benefited by substantial
change in the way optometric care is delivered to the American public. I’m
proud to have had you all in partnership for these important accomplishments.”
This year, Augsburger also became President of Rotary One, the oldest Rotary Club
in the world.
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