Frank Thorn

Background

Thorn, Frank was born on April 17, 1940 in New York, United States. Son of Frank and Cathrine Elizabeth (Gundersen) Thorn.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Rennselear Polytechnic Institute, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1967; postdoctoral trainee, University of California, 1967-1969; OD, North-East College Optometry, 1979.

Career

Research assistant, U. Rochester, Rochester, New York, 1962-1967; associate professor, Pacific U. College Optometry, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1969-1975; executive director, Oregon Optometric Center, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1974-1975; research associate, U. Rochester, 1975-1976; associate professor, North-East College Optometry, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979-1985; professor, since 1985; director research, North-East College Optometry, Boston, Massachusetts, since 1985. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, 1982-1995. Consultant Essilor International Corporation, Paris, 1982-1988, Bausch & Lomb Company, Rochester, 1985-1989.

Achievements

• Frank Thorn has been listed as a notable Vision scientist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees North-East College Optometry, Boston, 1987-1988. Board directors Oregon Zoological Research Center, Portland, 1972-1975. Member Association Research Vision & Opthalmology, American Association Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Sondra Joy Koonz, May 23, 1959. Children: Sondra Joy, Laura Ann, Renee Louise Thorn Magovsky, Cynthia Lynn Thorn Koivisto.

Father:

Frank Thorn

Mother:

Cathrine Elizabeth (Gundersen) Thorn

Spouse:

Sondra Joy Koonz

child:

Laura Ann Thorn

child:

Sondra Joy Thorn

child:

Renee Louise Thorn Magovsky Thorn

child:

Cynthia Lynn Thorn Koivisto Thorn