Talk:ORBIS International

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I thought Orbis was started before 1982, and that Oliver Foot was the man with the vision who started it. Why no mention of him? Mdecker london 08:12, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Correct, ORBIS was originally established as a U.S. non-profit organization in 1973. It took nine years to obtain a donated aircraft from United Airlines, raise the necessary funds, and equip and convert the plane as an eye hospital. The aircraft first operated as a hospital in 1982--flying to Panama on March 1st of that year to carry out its first teaching program. ORBIS was the vision of ophthalmologist Dr. David Paton, former head of the Department of Ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Oliver Foot joined the organization in 1982 and led ORBIS as president and executive director for much of the time until earlier this year. He remains as president. [Geoffrey Holland, executive director, ORBIS International, Sept 16, 2007] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.247.216.124 (talk) 22:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)