Established September 23, 2005, with gifts from Thomas F. Mauger (MS 1981, OD 1981, MD 1984) and L. Carol Laxson (PhD 1982, MD 1985); used to support a professorship position for the Ophthalmology and Visual Science Department Residency Program Director or another clinical-educator or clinician-scientist who has distinguished himself/herself. The required funding level for a professorship was reached with additional gifts from Dr. Mauger and a fund transfer by the College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology. Revised and position established August 31, 2018.