Optometrist of the Year

The Optometrist of the Year award is the IOA‘s highest award and is bestowed upon the member who has demonstrated not only contributions to his profession, but also service on behalf of the visual welfare of the public and service to the community at large.

Previous Winners

2024  Todd Niemeier, O.D. - Evansville

2023 James Ferguson, O.D. - Highland

2022 Herb Price, O.D. - Logansport

2021 Richard Schamerloh, O.D. - Bluffton

2020 Robert Kirkpatrick, O.D. - Madison

2019 Joseph Thallemer, O.D. - Warsaw

2018 James Stewart, O.D. - Muncie

2017 Linnea Robbins-Winters, O.D. - New Carlisle

2016 Polly Hendricks, O.D. - Borden

2015 Walter Egenmaier, O.D. - Evansville

2014 Victor Malinovsky, O.D. - Bloomington

2013 James Haines, O.D. - Zionsville

2012 Roger M. Haywood, O.D. - Evansville

2011 James E. Hunter, O.D. - Indianapolis

2010 John J. Offerle, O.D. - South Bend

2009 Majorie J. Knotts, O.D. - Indianapolis

2008 David J. Weigel, O.D. - Greensburg

2007 R. Alan Roush, O.D. - Kendallville

2006 Edwin C. Marshall, O.D. - Bloomington 

2005 Dennis Miller, O.D. - LaPorte

2004 David M. Wilson, O.D. - Muncie

2003 John Fawcett, O.D. - Kokomo

2002 Robert Moses, O.D. - Merrillville

2001 Steve Levin, O.D. - Whiting

2000 Steven A. Hitzeman, O.D. - Bloomington

1999 John G. Ashman, O.D. - Muncie

1998 William Kirby, O.D.

1997 Russel Bolyard, O.D.

1996 Richard Windsor, O.D.

1995 Linda Casser, O.D.

1994 Douglas C. Morrow, O.D.

1993 Eli B. Hendrix, Jr., O.D.

1992 Jonathan E. Kintner, O.D.

1991 James W. Carty, O.D.

1990 Donald E. Robbins, O.D.

1989 Don R. Downing, O.D.

1988 Richard D. Hall, O.D.

1986 Ralph Zehner, O.D.

1985 O. Oren Olinger, O.D.

1984 Stephan A. Van Cleve, O.D. 

1983 R. Lewis Scott, O.D.

1982 Carl Golightly, O.D.

1981 Donald W. Conner, Jr.,O.D.

1980 Homer L. Moore, O.D.

1979 Angelo D. Meneghini, O.D.

1978 Chet Curry, O.D.

1977 Albert B. Stroud, O.D.

1976 James M. Harmon, O.D.

1975 Jack Bennett, O.D.

1974 W.D. Yeager, O.D

1973 R. Lewis Scott, O.D.

1972 D.R. Reed, O.D.

1971 Robert E. Wolter, O.D.

1970 Robert L. Shoemaker, O.D.

1969 Henry W. Hofstetter, O.D.

1968 Kenneth E. Kintner, O.D.

1967 Donald Conner, Sr., O.D.

1966 Robert G. Corns, O.D.

1965 R.W. Tubesing, O.D.

1964 H.F. Garton, O.D.

1963 K.O. Dutton, O.D.

1962 E. Fisher, O.D.

1961 L.M. Wedeking, O.D.

1960 E.J. Cain, O.D.

1959 Roy Denny, O.D.

1958 C.B. McDaniel, O.D.