Biographical Sketch

Henry R. Moore, O.D., M.Ed.

Personal:

 Marital status, Married, two children.

Present Position:

Preferred Office Coordinator, Vision Health Management Systems, Inc.

Staff Optometrist, Plano Optometrist, Ltd.

Consultant American Optometric Association

Associate Director, Plano Vision Development Center

Consultant Illinois Optometric Association

Past President’s Council, National Optometric Association

Consultant Area A. School Mental Health – Project to Advance Creativity in Education – Chicago Board of Education

Convention Planner, National Optometric Association

Trustee, East-West University

Education:

Doctor of Optometry 1946, Illinois College of Optometry, Licensed April 1, 1947.

Master Degree, Loyola University in Education, February 1973.

Postgraduate studies in Child Vision State College and Perception Training – 1956.

Undergraduate studies at Virginia State College, Petersburg, VA 1942

Undergraduate Studies at Prairie View University, Texas (1942)

Professional Activities:

Practicing Optometrist 1947 to present.

Clinical Associate of the Optometric Extension Foundation (post graduate for nineteen years)

Illinois Optometric Association Committee on Vision Problems of Children and Youth – Chairman, 1968-1969.

Great Lakes Optometric Seminars, 1964 - Present

Public Health Association, Chicago Central City Optometric Society.

Appointed to State of Illinois Board of Examiners for Optometry – January 1972.

Past Chairman, Inter professional and Lay Relation Committee, International Association of Board of Examiners in Optometry.

Gesell Institute of Child Development Seminars, 1968 – 1969.

Professional Activities Continued:

Lecturer at the National Conference of Optometric Organization, Sponsored by the American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO., 1970; the American Association, Conference on Urban Optometry, Columbus, OH 1970.

Appointed to Region V Health Advisory Committee, Health, Education and Welfare, May 1972 – Chaired by E. Frank Ellis, M.D.

Guest Lecturer and Facilitator: Public and Private schools throughout Chicago on Child Vision Perception Techniques.

Workshops – for teachers – training and in-service for Visual Perception Techniques.

Consultant Woodlawn Experimental School Project - lecturer, in-service training and facilitator to advance Visual Perception Techniques, 1970 – 1971.

Presenter – Symposium on “Systemic and Ocular Diseases: Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, March 1977.

President, National Optometric Association, 1978 – 1979

Past President, Chicago Mid-South Optometric Society.

President, International Association of Board of Examiners in Optometry 1979 – 1980.

Selected by Optometry Examining Committee to represent Illinois as a delegate to the International Board of Examiners for the years 1973 – 1980.

Getman Seminars on Child Vision Development – 1964, 1966, 1968 and 1969

Great Lakes Optometric Seminars, 1964 – 1972.

Honors:

Chicago Mid-South Optometric Society – E. H. Atherly Memorial Award for distinguished service to the vision care profession, 1969.

The Illinois Optometric Association Outstanding Public Relations Achievement by a member, 1971.

Beta Sigma Kappa Honor Fraternity 1979.

Field Work:

Chicago Host Vision Perception Seminar – Directed by Plano Child Development Center – three days, March 1971 – for optometrist and educators.

Loyola University – Serves as host to practicum in reading for Plano Child Development Center.

Other Activities:

U.S. Army – South Pacific Area, 1942 – 1944.