[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 181 (Thursday, October 22, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S6400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING DR. ALAN CRANDALL

 Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, today I wish to pay tribute to Dr. 
Alan Crandall, of Salt Lake City, Utah, who passed away on October 2, 
2020. A leader in the ophthalmologic community, Dr. Crandall was senior 
vice chair and director of glaucoma and cataract at the University of 
Utah John A. Moran Eye Center.
  Alan was born on June 13, 1947. In 1969, he received his 
undergraduate degree from the University of Utah, where he stayed to 
earn his medical degree in 1973. He later returned to the University of 
Utah as a professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and 
Visual Sciences.
  In his career, Crandall pioneered several surgical techniques and 
participated in clinical studies used to impact the future of 
ophthalmology and used his skills to further the next generation of 
ophthalmologists through training and mentoring surgeons. As founder of 
the Global Outreach Division of the Moran Eye Center and past president 
of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Dr. 
Crandall spent nearly four decades helping those in need access high-
quality eye care. Dr. Crandall's service to the field of ophthalmology 
continued as a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners and 
the American Board of Ophthalmology.
  His philanthropy was widespread, performing free surgeries in his 
local community and in dozens of developing countries around the globe. 
I traveled with Dr. Crandall to Guatemala and Haiti to help perform 
vision restoring cataract surgeries and saw firsthand his compassion 
and commitment to curing preventable diseases.
  Dr. Crandall's humanitarianism was so renowned that he received 
numerous international awards for his work. He is the only physician to 
have received four of the most prestigious humanitarian awards in 
ophthalmology from the American Glaucoma Society, the American Academy 
of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive 
Surgery, and the Chang Family Foundation. Additionally, Rotary 
International awarded him with both the Health Care Heroes Award for 
Excellence in Health Care and Community Outreach and the Vocational 
Excellence Award for Humanitarian Service.
  On behalf of all ophthalmologists, together we mourn the loss of an 
outstanding surgeon and even greater man. Alan was a steadfast 
ambassador to the field of ophthalmology, and his true selflessness 
will certainly never be forgotten.

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