1974–1980s
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AIOIS officers from 1975–1977
Source: Kenneth J. Hoffer, MD
Dr. Hoffer in the OR in 1975.
Source: Kenneth J. Hoffer, MD
AIOIS sent out a mass mailing to a list of U.S. oph-
thalmologists obtained by a local Alcon representative.
Dr. Hoffer said it was $25 (that would be $153 today)
to become a member and $100 ($610 today) to become
a founding member. Dr. Hoffer held up his hands to
demonstrate the stack of memberships that subsequent-
ly came in by mail to the Los Angeles P.O. box.
In November 1974, the Scientific Advisory Board
convened for the first time in Dallas, Texas, at the Amer-
ican Academy of Ophthalmolog y Annual Meeting,
and the ball got rolling. By 1975, AIOIS membership
was 300.
