HINDSIGHT: Journal of Optometry History P-ISSN 2374 3271 E-ISSN 2374-328X July, 2021 Volume 52, Number 3 Editor: David A. Goss, OD, PhD School of Optometry Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 dgoss@indiana.edu Contributing Editors: John Amos, OD, MS, DOS School of Optometry University of Alabama Birmingham, AL 35233 eyedoc@uab.edu Chair Lilien Vogl, OD drvogl@cox.net Board Liaison James Deom, OD, MPH dr.deom@gmail.com Editor David A. Goss, OD, PhD dgoss@indiana.edu Linda Casser, OD lcasser@salus.edu Viktoria Davis, OD viktoria@davismn.net W. Howard McAlister, OD, MPH mcal@umsl.edu Raymond I. Myers, OD rimyersod@gmail.com Carol Parker, OD drparker4564@gmail.com Optometry Cares® - The AOA Foundation James Deom, OD, MPH Board of Directors dr.deom@gmail.com Kelsey Wolf Program Manager KWolf@aoa.org Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History publishes material on the history of optometry and related topics. As the official publication of the Optometric Historical Society (OHS), a program of Optometry Cares®-The AOA Foundation, Hindsight supports the mission and purpose of the OHS. ON THE COVER The official publication of the OHS, published quarterly since its beginning, was previously titled Newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society, 1970- 1991 (volumes 1-22), and Hindsight: Newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society, 1992-2006 (volumes 22-37). Use of the current title, Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History, began in 2007 with volume 38, number 1. The electronic edition and digital copies of all back issues, indexes, and additional information about the journal are available at: https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight/issue/archive. Manuscripts can be submitted for publication at the journal website (https:// scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight). Alternatively, a Microsoft Word document can be submitted by email to the editor: dgoss@indiana.edu. OHS Committee 2021 Photo and bust of Otto Wichterle, discoverer of the material used in the first soft contact lens (images courtesy the Wichterle family), and the Czech Republic stamp issued in 2013 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Wichterle's birth (image courtesy the Contact Lens Museum). HINDSIGHT: Journal of Optometry History 45 HINDSIGHT Journal of Optometry History Publication of the Optometric Historical Society Volume 52  Number 3  July 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS 58 48 News 46 Editorials From the Editor: Theme Issue on the History 47 of Soft Contact Lenses David A. Goss, O.D., PhD Articles The Early Pioneers of Global Soft Contact Lens 48 Development Nicholas Grant, BSc, Mari Fujimoto, O.D., Patrick Caroline, COT, Craig Norman Toward Disposability of Contact Lenses 58 Carol Parker, O.D., Kara Tison, O.D., Raymond Myers, O.D. Coupling of the International Society for 64 Contact Lens Research with the Evolution of Soft Contact Lenses Craig Woods, PhD, MCOptom, Desmond Fonn, Dip Optom, M Optom SPECIAL ISSUE: FOCUS ON SOFT CONTACT LENSES In 1959 Dr. Maximillian Dreifus of the Second Ophthalmological Clinic in Prague fit some of the first soft lenses in practice. (Image courtesy the Wichterle family) Dr. Carol Parker 64 Cover of International Society for Contact Lens Research: The First 30 Years by Raymond Myers, O.D.