After more than 30 years at Ferris, Dr. Michael Cron, dean and pro­fes­sor at the Michigan College of Optometry (MCO) announced his retire­ment effec­tive after Aug. 23, 2012.

Cron felt this was the right time and plans to spend qual­ity time with his wife and family.

After earn­ing his Doctorate in Optometry from the Illinois College of Optometry, Cron estab­lished a pri­vate prac­tice in Spring Lake before com­ing to MCO as a full-time edu­ca­tor. Holding the posi­tion of a clin­i­cal instruc­tor to his cur­rent role as dean of MCO, Cron has spent 34 years at Ferris. In this time, he has had the oppor­tu­nity to work with every class that has grad­u­ated from MCO. “I have had such pride and joy in see­ing grad­u­ates of the MCO pro­gram be suc­cess­ful,” Cron said.

His teach­ing, clin­i­cal, and research inter­ests are in the areas of pedi­atric vision, vision devel­op­ment, learning-related vision prob­lems, and vision ther­apy. Cron has also taught and lec­tured in the areas of neu­roanatomy, neuro-optometry, and trau­matic brain injury.

Cron is an active par­tic­i­patant in numer­ous orga­ni­za­tions includ­ing Jaycees, three dif­fer­ent com­mu­nity 
the­atre groups, local pub­lic school advo­cacy groups, Boy Scouts, and local children’s sports orga­ni­za­tions as well as the American and Michigan Optometric Associations, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development.

Cron has over 25 pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing two book chap­ters, sev­eral review arti­cles, and other arti­cles on visual acu­ity in chil­dren, vision ther­apy, opto­met­ric text­book use and refer­ral writing.

Since becom­ing MCO’s dean, Cron has been respon­si­ble for over­see­ing and help­ing coor­di­nate the con­struc­tion of and move into MCO’s new $26.7 mil­lion state-of-the-art facility. 



Cron is thank­ful for the chance to work with the peo­ple he did and will greatly miss all of them. Cron’s pas­sion for work­ing with stu­dents and his lead­er­ship will surely be missed at Ferris.

“I have had a lot of good times and expe­ri­ences at Ferris,” Cron said. “There will most cer­tainly be a lot of things I will miss.”

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