J. Reimer Wolter, MD

Obituaries J. Reimer Wolter, MD J. Reimer Wolter, MD, trained at the University of Hamburg in 1949 and emigrated to the United States and the University of Michigan in 1953, where his love of ophthalmic pathology influenced countless ophthalmology residents. He was chief of ophthalmology at the Ann Arbor Veterans’ Administration Hospital from 1962 through 1987 and dedicated himself to resident education in orbital, cataract, and retinal surgery and in laser therapy. As the first editor of the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and as the author of nearly 350 published scientific manuscripts and chapters, his pioneering works covered basic ophthalmic pathology, birth defects and malformations, neurohistopathology, and the earliest documentations of the ocular reactions to intraocular lens implants. Reimer had a strong will and a fierce competitive spirit, and he loved sailing, gardening, and oil painting. His dedication to his family and to the Department of Ophthalmology at Michigan was palpable every day! Richard Lewis, MD Houston, TX

AAPOS lost a valuable member when, at the age of fifty-four, Keith Steven Morgan died of cancer in his home. Dr. Morgan was born in New Orleans, and attended Louisiana State University Medical School, where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. Subsequently, he completed a residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where he worked with Gunter von Norden, and a Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology at Indiana University under the tutelage of Eugene Helveston and F. Daryel Ellis. From 1977 to 1991, Keith taught pediatric ophthalmology at the LSU Eye Center, and was the Director of Ophthalmology Education at Children’s Hospital. As a member of the New Orleans Academy of Ophthalmology, he helped organize the annual Symposium on Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. He received honor awards from both the American Academy of Ophthalmology and American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. Keith served as a section editor of Ocular Surgery News from 1996-1999. While at the LSU Eye Center, his research included aphakic and high myopic epikeratophakia in children, as well as photorefraction and photoscreening. During his fellowship he co-authored a retrospective study on con-

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