A. M. Skeffington

Arthur Marten Skeffington (1890 - 1976) was an American optometrist known to some as "the father of behavioral optometry".[1][2] Skeffington has been credited as co-founding the Optometric Extension Program with E.B. Alexander in 1928.[2] In the mid-1950s, Skeffington first diagrammed his "four circles" model of describing visual processing.[3]

Honors

The College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD) awards the yearly Skeffington Award in his honor, to be awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to optometric literature in the areas of vision therapy and vision development.[4]

Furthermore, there is a yearly Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.kingkong.demon.co.uk/ngcoba/sk.htm [Note: Confirms dates of birth and death - "Arthur Marten SKEFFINGTON (M: 1890 - 1976)".
  2. 1 2 "A.M. Skeffington, O.D.: The Father of Behavioral Optometry." Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. Visionaries (Reprinted from January–December 1991 Issues of Review of Optometry) Copyright 1999 Review of Optometry. Accessed September 19, 2006.
  3. ↑ Merrill D. Bouwan (8 August 1999). "Integrating Vision with Other Senses". Neurodevelopmental Optometry. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  4. ↑ The Skeffington Award, COVD Blog
  5. ↑ Kraskin Invitational Skeffington Symposium on Vision

Further reading

  • Willis C. Maples (October 1998). "A.M. Skeffington: the father of behavioral optometry—his contributions". Ophthalmic Measurements and Optometry. 3579 (17). doi:10.1117/12.328320. (abstract)
  • Sensorimotor Dynamics and Two Visual Systems: Shades of Skeffington & Brock Part 1, The visionhelp blog, 22 May 2011
  • Earl P. Schmitt: The Skeffington Perspective of the Behavioral Model of Optometric Data Analysis and Vision Care, AuthorHouse, 2006, ISBN 1-4259-1054-8


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