Background
O'Connor, George Richard was born on October 8, 1928 in Cincinnati. Son of George Leo and Sylvia Johanna (Voss) O'C.
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George Richard O'Connor
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AB, Harvard University, 1950; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University, 1954.
Career
Resident in ophthalmology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1957-1960; research fellow, Institute Biochemistry, U. Uppsala, Sweden, 1960-1961; research fellow, State Serum Institute, Copenhagen, 1961-1962; assistant professor ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, 1962-1968; professor, University of California, 1972-1984; director, Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, 1970-1984. Member National Advisory Eye Council National Institutes of Health, 1974-1978.
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Membership
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1955-1957. Member American Board Ophthalmology (examiner), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (trustee 1979-1983, president 1982-1983, Weisenfeld award 1990), American Ophthalmological Society, California Medical Association, Frederic C. Cordes Eye Society, Pan American Ophthalmological Association.
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Recipient Janeway prize College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1954. Doyne medal University of Oxford, 1984. National Institutes of Health grantee, 1962-1984.Recipient Janeway prize College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1954. Doyne medal University of Oxford, 1984. National Institutes of Health grantee, 1962-1984.