1972-1973 Senior Class President of The Ohio State College of Optometry
1973 present in Clinical practice Specializing in Cornea and Contact Lenses (Drs. Bayshore, Swanson, Sowers, Lee and Yager, O.D., P.A.)
1977 Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry
1978 Diplomate of the Section on Cornea and Contact Lenses of the American Academy of Optometry
1983-1999 President of the Florida Chapter of The American Academy of Optometry
1989-1990 Chair of the Section on Cornea and Contact Lenses of the American Academy of Optometry
1992-2008 Board Member of the American Academy of Optometry
2005-2006 President of the American Academy of Optometry
2003 Selected Gas Permeable Practitioner of the Year by Contact Lens Manufacturers Association
2012 Awarded the Eminent Service Award from the American Academy of Optometry