Summary
Dr. Robert Morrison, The eye doctor is known as a pioneer in the creation of soft contact lenses, and became “the eye doctor of the rich and famous.” Morrison was raised in Harrisburg, and lives in a Mid-century modern marvel in Susquehanna Twp. were he used to entertain American and international celebrities.
Son, Robert Morrison, is the principal and owner of Creative Technology and Management Services, a Harrisburg IT company which has designed and converted hundreds of management manual systems into 95%+ paperless systems.
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PennLive, – October 4, 2010
A 2007 article in the Review of Optometry listed Morrison among the pioneers of contact lenses. He’s pictured next to a Rolls Royce given to him by the Queen of the Netherlands, a patient.
Other patients included Barbara Walters, Regis Philbin and Lynda Carter, who played “Wonder Woman.”
He identifies them, he explains, only because they publicly named him as their eye doctor.
There were others, he says, including two U.S. presidents, who he won’t name because of medical privacy.
PennLive, – January 9, 2015
Dr. Robert Morrison at his home in Susquehanna Township in late 2010. (file photo, Christine Baker)
Dr. Robert Morrison, a Harrisburg native and internationally-known optometrist, died of pneumonia on Thursday in Florida, said his daughter, Patricia Morrison Schimberg.
He was one of the first to capitalize on soft contact lenses, made millions and had a long roster of famous clients. Yet his daughter said he always viewed himself as “a small town boy.”
