Education
Folk graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory School in 1940, and subsequently served as second lieutenant during World World War World War II
Folk graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory School in 1940, and subsequently served as second lieutenant during World World War World War II
With Martin Urist, Folk helped found the "Chicago" school of strabismus, whose ideas competed with and stimulated those of Marshall M. Parks, Arthur Jampolsky, and other prominent strabismologists. During the 1950s and 1960s, Urist and Knapp"s contributions led to a much improved understanding of so-called A and V "pattern" strabismus, where the amplitude of deviation varies in upand downgaze. President Chicago Ophthalmologic Society, 1973 The first Eugene R. Folk Doctor of Medicine Endowed Lecture was presented by Burton J. Kushner, Doctor of Medicine at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting on October 15, 2005.
Doctor Sherwin J. Isenberg gave the second Folk Lecture on September 26, 2006 at The University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary.
The third Folk lecturer was David Guyton, who spoke on strabismus on September 19, 2008.
A charter member of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, he later served as President of this organization.