Louis J. Girard Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hellemans, Alexander. The Timetables of Science. Bryan Bunch. Simon and Schuster. New York, New York. 1988. 0-671-62130-0. 367. registration.
2. Web site: Our History - Baylor College of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology. 2010-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20100602042335/https://www.bcm.edu/eye/index.cfm?PMID=7949. 2010-06-02. dead.
3. Web site: Association of Rice Alumni - Honors & Awards. 2010-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20100620154839/http://alumni.rice.edu//honors_year.html. 2010-06-20. dead.