A life of service – and a little hockey
Alberta optometrist Dr. Gerry Leinweber (OD ’80) wears many titles with pride. Optometrist. Practice owner. Clinic director. Consultant. Founder. Volunteer. Donor. Husband. Father. Grandfather.
But it might be a title he no longer holds – that of hockey player – that influenced his career path as he received surprise passes and stickhandled the puck in new directions.
Leinweber grew up in Jasper, playing hockey amidst the mountains. When he was in goal, he did well at stopping the close-in shots but had trouble with the long ones. Noticing the problem, his mother took him to an optometrist and he got his first glasses at the age of 12.
“Lo and behold, I was watching TV with my dad, and I said, ‘Hey, I can see the puck!’” Leinweber remembers.
