LETTER TO AROL AUGSBURGER FROM (SANITIZED)

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CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0
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RIPPUB
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K
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4
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December 22, 2016
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September 23, 2009
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25
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Publication Date: 
March 8, 1985
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LETTER
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Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 _ 7 3.7 L .\ v CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D. C. 20305 PUBLIC AFFAIRS Phone: (703) 351-7676 8 March 1985 Arol Augsburger, O.D., M.S. Curator, Optometry The Ohio State University Celebrity Eyewear Collection 320 W. 10th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 Dear Dr. Augsburger: Thank you for writing Director Casey for whom I am responding. Enclosed is a picture of Mr. Casey. We are pleased that you chose Mr. Casey to be included in your collection, however, we are unable to send you a pair of glasses. Your work is certainly very admirable and we wish you all the best. Sincerely, Public Affairs STAT L3 Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 DDCI EXDIR D/PAO AO/DCI C/IPD/OIS ACTION. INITIAL 4 `MAR 192 Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 ~,..._..... ,. ?^.try 85- 737 The Ohio State University College of Optometry 338 West 10th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210-1240 Phone 614-422-2647 February 18, 1985 William Casey Office of the Director CIA Washington, DC 20905 Dear Mr. Casey: In a recent national publication I saw you pictured wearing a pair of distinctive glasses. As a person well known and respected by the public, your role model in using glasses to more effectively allow you to see during your work is of great interest to me as curator of The Ohio State University Celebrity Eyewear Collection. This special collection currently includes former President Gerald R. Ford, Vice President George Bush, Senator Howard Metzenbaum, John Denver, Red Skelton, and Joan Rivers. I invite you to be part of this collection which emphasizes the importance of good vision in the lives of successful people. In addition to bringing a positive , ublicity to The Ohio State University and its fine programs,Xw 4e4i also emphasizes the significant role you have played in your successful professional endeavors. If you agree to be part of this project, please send your carefully packaged and previously worn spectacles along with a photograph of you wearing them to: The Ohio State University College of Optometry Celebrity Eyewear Collection 320 W. 10th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210 ATTN: Dr. Arol Augsburger, Curator Thank you in advance for considering this proposal, and I look forward to hearing your positive response or answering any questions you may have regarding this collection. Sincerely, Arol Augsburgei', O.D., M.S. Curator, Optometry Museum AA/bs 4 30j---, Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0 WILLIAM CASEY Secretive as befits a spy boss, the CIA director has reversed that agency's slide but angered some congressional leaders, who charge that he has kept them in the dark about sensitive co- vert operations. Approved For Release 2009/09/25: CIA-RDP87M00539R002403940025-0