Ohio State University and its College of Optometry

Historical Significance: The optometry course at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio began in 1914 as a two year course. Charles Sheard, a physicist and lecturer in the Physics Department, established the course. The course became a 4-year degree course in 1914. This book contains photographs of Charles Sheard, Glenn Fry, Frederick Hebbard and Richard Hill who lead the optometry school over the years. There are only a few photographs of the optometry school itself,most are of OSU as a whole. OSU optometry is significant because under Glenn Fry (1909-1996) particularly it pursued significant research and graduated a number of optometrists with PhD degrees in the late 1950s who were later to take leading roles in research and in leading USA optometry schools. They included Westheimer, Alpern, Enoch, Grosvenor, Hofsetter and others. Glenn A Fry was Dean of the Ohio State University Optometry College from 1935 to 1966. Picture is from the book and is of the then new optometry school built in 1950.