Louis J. Girard helped to popularize contact lens fitting as a medical procedure. He was co-author with Whitney J. Sampson, MD and Joseph W. Soper of a text, Contact lenses, published in 1968.

Dr. Girard was Professor of Ophthalmology at the Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, USA, is a highly regarded medical school and leading center for biomedical research and clinical care...

 in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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. He served as chair of the department from 1958 to 1970.

Dr. Girard is a graduate of Rice University

Rice University

William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...

 and wrote the Rice Fight Song for the Rice Owls

Rice Owls

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in 1940. In 1985, he received the University's Distinguished Alumni Award.