The American Eye Study Club has established two named lectures and an award in honor of several prominent members.
1st (1987) - Philip Knapp, MD 2nd (1988) - Stanley M. Truhlsen, MD 3rd (1989) - Edward W. D. Norton, MD 4th (1990) - Robert B. Welch, MD 5th (1991) - Louis J. Girard, MD 6th (1992) - Thomas R. Hedges, Jr., MD 7th (1993) - Robert J. Brockhurst, MD 8th (1994) - Malcolm A. McCannell, MD 9th (1995) - Eugene M. Helveston, MD 10th (1996) - Thomas E. Acers, MD 11th (1997) - Morton S. Cox, Jr., MD 12th (1998) - James C. Newton, MD 13th (1999) - Edward K. Isbey, Jr., MD 14th (2000) - A. Robert Bellows, MD 15th (2001) - Murray A. Johnstone, MD 16th (2002) - F. Daryel Ellis, MD 17th (2003) - Terry Bergstrom, MD 18th (2004) - Donald L. Hall, MD 19th (2005) - Z. Nicholas Zakov, MD 20th (2006) - Walter Peterson, MD 21st (2007) - Harold E. Shaw, Jr., MD 22nd (2008) - William Quayle, MD 23rd (2011) - John G. Clarkson, MD
24th (2012) - Barrett G. Haik, MD 25th (2013) - Joe McFarland, MD 26th (2014) - George Ellis Jr., MD
27th (2015) - William J. Knauer, III, MD 28th (2016) - Gregory L. Skuta, MD 29th (2017) - Steven V.L. Brown, MD 30th (2018) - Martin Wand, MD 31st (2019) - John A. Irvine, MD 2020 - no meeting 32nd (2021) - Edward K. Isbey III, MD 33rd (2022) - Bradley Fouraker, MD 34th (2023) - Ann Acers-Warn MD
The Albert D. Ruedemann, Jr. Lecture
The Ruedemann Lecture was established in the late 1980s to honor the memory of Dr. Albert D. Ruedemann, Jr., one of the creators and founding members of the American Eye Study Club. Just as Ed Isbey, Jr. is now, Dr. Ruedemann was the driving force behind the AESC for many years and served as its Secretary-Treasurer for nine years and as its President in 1967 during his last year as an Active member. He was a brilliant and innovative clinician, surgeon, and thinker who practiced in Detroit, Michigan, where his father, also an ophthalmologist, was a Professor at Wayne State University and the first Director of the Kresge Eye Institute. For more than two decades, many of our profession's leading figures have delivered this lecture in Dr. Ruedemann's honor.
Watch a video in which Elsie Ruedemann reminisces about Al.
1st (2004) - H. Dunbar Hoskins, Jr., MD 2nd (2005) - George Ellis, Jr., MD 3rd (2006) - Clay B. Tousey, Jr. 4th (2007) - C.P. "Pat" Wilkinson, MD 5th (2008) - Bruce E. Spivey, MD 6th (2009) - B. Thomas Hutchinson., MD 7th (2010) - Stephen A. Kamenetzky, MD 8th (2011) - William L. Rich, MD
9th (2012) - Richard L. Abbott, MD 10th (2013) - Thomas Weingeist, PhD, MD 11th (2014) - Michael X. Repka, MD MBA
12th (2015) - Paul R. Lichter, MD 13th (2016) - Susan Day, MD 14th (2017) - David W. Parke II, MD 15th (2018) - George A. Willliams, MD 16th (2019) - Edward Buckley, MD 2020 - no meeting 17th (2021) - Paul P. Lee, MD JD 18th (2022) - Stephen McLeod, MD 19th (2023) - David C. Herman, MD
AESC Foundation Jerry & Donna Knauer Lecture
The American Eye Study Club Foundation was established in 2003 as a charitable trust to support the educational and philanthropic goals of the AESC. An annual lecture was started the following year to highlight the Foundation and to recognize a member who embodies the principles for which it stands. At the 50th AESC annual meeting in 2007, it is fitting that this lecture be named for Jerry and Donna Knauer, a charter member of the AESC and strong supporters of the Foundation.
John H. Killian Award
In memory of Dr. John H. Killian (entering class of 1985), the Club honors a member of a "graduating class" other than the president who has embodied the spirit and active participation that characterized John's involvement in the American Eye Study Club.
1999 - Thomas L. Beardsley hhh 2000 - Richard P. Wilson 2001 - Arlo C. Terry 2002 - Todd Zwickey 2004 - E. Randy Craven 2005 - J. Brent Bond 2008 - Bradley D. Fouraker 2009 - Anthony P. Johnson 2011 - William S. Clifford 2012 - G. Phillip Matthews 2013 - Constance E. West 2015 - Derek Sprunger 2016 - Louise Mawn 2018 - Tom Lee 2019 - Daniel E. Neely 2022 - Joseph M. Coney
