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Louis J. Girard
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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]
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