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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005705b.htm person Schultz Donald Herbart AACR2 7 April 1911 24 August 1987 Place of Birth Summertown, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Toorak Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Optical physicist Inventor Donald Schultz was an optical innovator and instrumental in the formation and growth one of the world's largest ophthalmic lens companies. Initially indentured to his uncle, Carl Laubman, at Laubman & Pank optometry practice, Schultz completed his optometry training in 1929. During WWII he was co-opted to Weapons Research Establishment, to developing optical instruments for the war effort. After the war he returned to Laubman & Pank where the instrument construction department developed instruments ranging from an aerial photostereoscope to a binocular catadioptric magnifier for low-vision patients. In the1950s he experimented with the new plastic material CR39, inventing a process to produce scratch-resistant optical lenses by the millions. Scientific Optical Laboratories of Australia (later SOLA International), a subsidiary of Laubman & Pank, continued to work on this and other innovations including helium-neon lasers and low-vision aids. The pioneering Schultz-Crock spectacle-mounted indirect ophthalmoscope, developed by Schultz from a prototype of Gerard Crock, remained in production for over 35 years and was sold world-wide. It received an Australian Design Council award for outstanding industrial design. The later Combined Operating Magnifier and Indirect Ophthalmoscope (COMINDO) for use in retinal surgery was awarded the Prince Philip Prize for Australian Design. 1929 1929 Education - Graduated in optometry, University of Adelaide 1931 1955 Career position - Lecturer in Optometry, University of Adelaide 1940 1945 Career position - Co-opted to Weapons Research Establishment, Adelaide 1944 1976 Career position - Director, Laubman & Pank 1960 1976 Career position - Director, Scientific Optical Laboratories of Australia Pty Ltd (later SOLA International Pty Ltd) 1972 1972 Career position - Founding member, National Vision Research Institute 1975 1975 Magnifier and Indirect Ophthalmoscope) 1976 1976 Life event - Retired 1980 1980 Award - Honorary Life Membership, Victorian College of Optometry 1987 1987 Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, Flinders University

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 Schultz, Donald Herbart (19110407-19870824)

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 'Schultz, Donald Herbart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Schultz, Donald Herbart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Schultz-Crock binocular ophthalmoscope McAllister, Ian L.; Keeler, Richard; and Burrows, Clive Schultz-Crock binocular ophthalmoscope 2013 Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 41 603-6 Book Section: Schultz, Donald Herbert (1911-1987), optical physicist, optometrist, inventor and benefactor Bettison, Jim Schultz, Donald Herbert (1911-1987), optical physicist, optometrist, inventor and benefactor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 397-8 Journal Article: Donald Herbert Schultz, intellectual, inventor and benefactor, 1910 - 1987 Watkins, Rod D. Donald Herbert Schultz, intellectual, inventor and benefactor, 1910 - 1987 2004 Clinical and Experimental Optometry 87 3 187-90