Bernard Becker

[1] Becker was internationally honored as an expert on the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and active in teaching and research.

In 1978, students, patients, and colleagues raised funds in his honor, which now endow two faculty positions: the Bernard and Janet Becker Professorship (presently held by Dr. Shiming Chen) and the Bernard Becker Professorship (presently held by Dr. Timothy McBride).

After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1944, he joined the United States Army during World War II and served as a military psychiatrist.

Just a week after his 93rd birthday, Dr. Becker died from lung cancer at his home in the Central West End, St. Louis on August 28, 2013.

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