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Portrait of B. Ralph Chou in a dark suit. He is smiling and wearing a small pin in his lapel.

B. Ralph Chou

BSc UC 1973 - 2024 Award Recipient

Dr. B. Ralph Chou is a Professor Emeritus of Optometry at the University of Waterloo. He is a 1973 alumnus of UC. An expert on solar eclipse eye safety and spectacle lens impact resistance, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Optometry and Canadian lead on ISO Technical Subcommittees on Eye Protection and Ophthalmic Optics. He has been a leading member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto Centre for over 50 years. His contributions to solar eclipse eye safety were recognized in 2022 by the International Astronomical Union with the naming of asteroid 10491 Chou.