Elwin Marg

Elwin Marg
Born(1918-03-23)March 23, 1918
Saint Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJuly 15, 2010(2010-07-15) (aged 92)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California at Berkeley
Known forElectrooculogram
Mackay-Marg Tonometer
Minerva Foundation
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
Optometry
InstitutionsUniversity of California at Berkeley

Elwin Marg (March 23, 1918 – July 15, 2010) was an American optometrist and neuroscientist at the University of California at Berkeley. He was the first to receive a PhD from UC Berkeley School of Optometry. It was he who gave the name electrooculogram, a technique for measurement of nerve impulse in the eye.[1]

He developed an improved tonometer that avoided use of anaesthetics for the first time in optometrical diagnosis. With his wife he established a non-profit neuroscience organisation, the Minerva Foundation in 1983.[2]

  1. ^ Donnell J. Creel (July 2011). "The Electroretinogram and Electro-oculogram: Clinical Applications". Webvision. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  2. ^ Gerald Westheimer (2010). "IN MEMORIAM: Elwin Marg". senate.universityofcalifornia.edu. University of California. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 4, 2013.