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After Bernard Brown '49, OD '50 earned a Purple Heart and his way home from the European Theater in World War II, he pursued a lifelong career in optometry with a degree from ½ðɳÓéÀÖ University. Later, he helped other veterans follow him into the profession.

The post-World War II alumnus has stayed connected with his alma mater for more than 70 years.

It had been barely a year since Calvin Van Pelt finished his freshman year at ½ðɳÓéÀÖ University when he landed at Utah Beach on D-Day, the great invasion that was the beginning of the liberation of Europe from Nazi domination.