1986

Dr. John Harry King, Jr. passes away at the age of 75.

GUATEMALA:  IEF establishes the first USAID funded Child Survival/Vitamin A Deficiency Control Program in Alta Verapaz.

HONDURAS:  IEF establishes the first USAID funded Child Survival/Vitamin A Deficiency Control Programs in the very rural, northern part of the country.  IEF successfully advocates for legislation that all children entering primary school should have their vision measured and trains first grade teachers how to measure vision.

MALAWI:  IEF establishes the first USAID funded Child Survival/Vitamin A Deficiency Control Program in Chikwawa District, southern Malawi.

ST. KITTS:  Dr. Susan Lewallen is posted to the Joseph Franz Hospital 1986-1987 supported by IEF’s William N. & Ramona N. Carrigan Endowment.

ST. LUCIA:  Dr. Jim Martone is posted by IEF to the Victoria Hospital Eye Clinic in the capital Castries in the Caribbean 1986-1987.

ZIMBABWE:  Dr. Larry Schwab is posted by IEF to the Sekuru Kaguvi Eye Hospital and the Ministry of Health in Harare from 1986-1989.

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1990 Dr. JH King, Jr. at IV World Congress, Nairobi with Sir John Wilson


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