Left to right: Dr. Donald Mutti; Dr. Joseph Alutto, Interim President of The Ohio State University; Dr. Melvin Shipp; and Archie Griffin, President and CEO of The Ohio State University Alumni Association. (Photo by Kevin Fitzsimons, OSU)
Educators from The Ohio State University College of Optometry were recently honored by the National Academies of Practice (NAP) and the Ohio State Alumni Association.
Dr. Melvin Shipp, Professor and Dean of the College of Optometry, received NAP’s James A. Boucher Award of Excellence. The award is given to a NAP Optometry Academy member who has made exemplary contributions to health care and the profession of optometry, upholding NAP’s mission of advancing science and the concept of interdisciplinary health care.
Dr. Donald Mutti, the Wildermuth Foundation Professor in Optometry, received a 2013-14 Ohio State Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Teaching. Dr. Mutti has been teaching Optics of the Eye since 2001. He also teaches Ophthalmic Optics and advises graduate students in the Graduate Program in Vision Science.