Hamburg, Germany, background; mathematics study, University of Pennsylvania and Göttingen; teaching, Susequehanna University, 1932-1935; staff member, 1935-1940, director, 1940-1957, American Optical Co., Bureau of Visual Sciences; consultant, Dartmouth Eye Institute, 1935-1947: studies on aniseikonia, eikonometer; Adelbert Ames, Jr., Alfred Bielshowsky, Walter Lancaster, others; lecturer, 1950-1952, and instructor,
1953-1957, in ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa, 1957-1971; discusses teaching optics, nationwide, associations with P. J. Leinfelder, Hansjoerg E. Kolder, Frederick C. Blodi, Gunter von Noorden, Robert E. Bannon; professional papers, studies, awards, hobbies.
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Paul Boeder: Ophthalmology Oral History Series: Paul Boeder, PhD. Teacher of Physiological Optics.
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Boeder, Paul. "Paul Boeder: Ophthalmology Oral History Series: Paul Boeder, PhD. Teacher of Physiological Optics." Interview by Sally Smith Hughes in 1989. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1992. Interview date(s) 1989
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