Optometrist of the Year

2024	Randy Kempfer, O.D.
2023	Sam Villella, O.D.
2022	Bridget Axelson, O.D.
2021	Viktoria Davis, O.D.
2020	Not Awarded
2019	Mary Gregory, O.D.
2018	Patrick Wellik, O.D.
2017	Nick Colatrella, O.D.
2016	Jim Hess, O.D.
2015	Tina McCarty, O.D.
2014	Teresa Theobald, O.D.
2013	G. Troy Mork, O.D.
2011	Duane Rutz, O.D.
2010	Marlane J. Brown, O.D., F.A.A.O.
2009	Lane Robeson, O.D.
2008	Elizabeth Gilthvedt, O.D.
2007	Michael Fuchs, O.D.
2006	Mike Perez, O.D.
2005	Bruce Storhaug, O.D.
2004	Wendy Goldsmith, O.D.
2003	Don Sipola, O.D.
2002	Pat O’Neill, O.D.
2001	Gary Jensen, O.D.
2000	Tim Neitzke, O.D.
1999	Greg Kraupa, O.D.
1998	Jeffrey Mackner, O.D.
1997	Michael Nagel, O.D.
1996	Christine Leska, O.D.
1995	Christine Janty, O.D.
1994	Mark Hennen, O.D.
1993	Janyce Jordahl, O.D.
1992	James Molde, O.D.
1991	Greg Kraupa, O.D.
1990	John Lahr, O.D.
1989	JoAnn Sipola, Honorary O.D.
1988	Jon Scott Walker, O.D.
1987	Richard Perrott, O.D.
1986	John Muellerleile, O.D.
1985	Kerry Beebe, O.D.
1984	Charles Kirk, O.D.
1983	Robert Hersman, O.D.
1982	Dean Stensrud, O.D.
1981	George Robertson, O.D.
1980	Byron Petersen, O.D.
1979	John Schaefer, O.D.
1978	Gary Gross, O.D.
1977	Russell Dorland, O.D.
1976	Earl Doelle, O.D.
1975	Robert Yaeger, O.D.
1974	Charles Picard, O.D.
1973	Burt Skuza, O.D.
1972	Stanley Harmon, O.D.
1971	Louis Allgeyer, O.D.
1970	Wyllis Akre, O.D.
1969	John Kennedy, O.D.
1968	Jack Von Bokern, O.D.
1967	Walter Nordin, O.D.
1966	Marvin Halgren, O.D.
1965	Paul Slaton, O.D.
1964	Milton Mootz, O.D.
1963	Carel Koch, O.D.
1962	Lorne Holmes, O.D.
1961	Leo Meyer, O.D.
1960	Roger Lindquist, O.D.
1959	G.N. Getman, O.D.