2011 ABO-NCLE NATIONAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE

Home / National Academy of Opticianry (NAO) Awards Ceremony

2011 NAO Membership Meeting and
Awards Ceremony

The National Academy of Opticianry (NAO) 2011 Membership Meeting and Awards Ceremony will be held in Cincinnati on September 9, 2011 at 1:00pm at the National Opticians Conference.

The NAO is an organization dedicated to“providing quality education and training for all opticians from entry level to advanced.”

NAO’s role at the ABO–NCLE National Education Conference is to help provide quality education to all those in attendance.

Below are the 2010 recipients of these prestigious awards

Joseph Bruneni Memorial

Education Achievement Award

The Joseph Bruneni Memorial Education Achievement Award was established to recognize educators who have made noteworthy contributions to opticianry education.

Recipient Randy Smith, MS ABOM NCLEC is presented the award by Tom Zizka

2010 Beverly Myers
Achievement Award

The Beverly Myers Achievement Awards were established by Leslie W. Myers on June 21, 1951, in memory of his daughter, Beverly. The awards are “bestowed upon persons who have made meritorious contributions or who have rendered outstanding services to the field of ophthalmic optics."

Recipient Michael A. Ward, MMSc, FAAO is presented the award by Tom Zizka

2010 Hall of Fame

The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize individuals whose contributions to the vision care of the public can be described as “major” and “noteworthy” and/or who have made or are making significant contributions to ophthalmic dispensing.

Edmund Wnuczek, Jr., FNAO of Milwaukee, WI (pictured with Tom Zizka) and
Richard Davenport, FNAO, FCLSA of Charleston, SC are inducted into the NAO Hall of Fame

2010 Certificate of
Appreciation Award

Ellen Stoner, M.A.L.S., ABOM (pictured) is presented the Certificate of Appreciation Award by NAO President Danne Ventura

Also receiving the award is Carole Bratteig from Transitions Optical in
Palm Harbor, FL