Vision Plaza Head Dr. Greenberg Dies
Times Picayune  08-4-1996

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Dr. Tom Irving Greenberg, an optometrist and founder of Vision Plaza, a chain
of eye-care centers, died Saturday of cancer at East Jefferson General
Hospital.

He was 60.

Dr. Greenberg was born in Galveston, Texas, and lived in New Orleans many
years.

When Vision Plaza opened in Lakeside Shopping Center in 1964, Dr. Greenberg
was the first optometrist to have an optical and optometric office in a major
shopping center.

He received a bachelor of arts degree from Tulane University and a degree in
optometry from the Massachusetts College of Optometry in Boston. He was
certified by the Louisiana State Board of Optometry, the Mississippi State
Board of Optometry, the Maryland State Board of Examiners in Optometry, the
International Association of Boards of Examiners in Optometry and the
Louisiana Eye Foundation.

Dr. Greenberg was a member of the Louisiana Optometry Association and the
Touro Synagogue.

Survivors include his wife, Marjory Ostin Greenberg; a son, Jeffrey T.
Greenberg; three daughters, Jodi G. Brilliant of Annapolis, Md., and Deborah
and Susan Greenberg; and four grandchildren.

A funeral will be held today at 4 p.m. at House of Bultman, 3338 St. Charles
Ave. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. There will be a private burial.