Robert B. DiMartino
Spring 2016
RBD semester, also known as “Ride Black Dick”.
Stats
Membership Data:
Actives: 52
Associates: 18
Seniority: 6
Pledges: 32
Total: 108
Service Hours: 3884
Rush
Rush week began on January 26th!
Rush events included Info Nights 1 & 2, Cal Star Yoga and Meet the Chapter!
Sponsorship events included Project Open Hand, Palate Testing, and Games and Dessert Night!
Meet the Chapter was moved indoors this semester due to forecasted rain.
NAMESAKE
Robert B. DiMartino is a Professor of Clinical Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry as well as serving as the Chief of External Rotations. He is also currently the Chair of the Institutional Review Board Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects for the Berkeley campus.
In addition to maintaining a presence in a private group practice of Optometry, Dr. DiMartino is a credentialed attending doctor at the School of Optometry with clinical and research interests in glaucoma, the ocular manifestations of diabetes, and the assessment of cataracts. Dr. DiMartino is the most recent recipient of the California Optometric Association’s Outstanding Teaching Award.
Receiving his medical degree in 1984, Robert B. DiMartino has been practicing medicine for over 32 years. Coupled with his compassion for friendship, and knowledge of the latest vision science research many of his patients have called him the best Doctor of Optometry in the East Bay.
Students on the UC Berkeley campus that have had the chance to interact with Robert B. DiMartino through classes such as optometry 246: Disease and Treatment of Anterior Segment Ocular Disease, Vision Science 24, Section 2: Freshman Seminar, and Optometry 441A-C. Specialty Clinics, those who reside in the East Bay Area, say his passion for knowledge, service, leadership, and friendship exude throughout the classroom.
ExECUTIVE commITTEE
PLEDGE COMMITTEE
Sturdy Oak Recipients
Pledge Oak Recipients
GG Maniacs
Pledge Maniacs
Family System
There are seven families this semester: The WURST Family, $preadem, Booty Patrol, Significant Otters, Squad Nation, stEGOsaurus tHO, and Green Milk Teas (GMTs).
The small fam reps are: Katharine Sen, Virginia Yan, Karen Chou, Sierra Lou, Michelle Linh, Carrie Lin, and Vivi Nguyen, respectively.