Louis J. Girard helped to popularize contact lens fitting as a medical procedure. He was co-author with Whitney J. Sampson, MD and Joseph W. Soper of a text, Contact lenses, published in 1968.[1]
Dr. Girard was Professor of Ophthalmology at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.[1] He served as chair of the department from 1958 to 1970.[2]
Dr. Girard is a graduate of Rice University and wrote the Rice Fight Song for the Rice Owls in 1940. In 1985, he received the University's Distinguished Alumni Award.[3]
References
- ^ a b Hellemans, Alexander; Bryan Bunch (1988). The Timetables of Science. New York, New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 367. ISBN 0-671-62130-0.
- ^ "Our History - Baylor College of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology". Archived from the original on 2010-06-02. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
- ^ "Association of Rice Alumni - Honors & Awards". Archived from the original on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2010-07-02.