Independent Order of Odd Fellows Professorship

The INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS is a fraternal organization dedicated to fellowship among its members, social welfare, and the care of the sick and poor. The first Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges are mentioned in records dating back to 1748 in England. The North American Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded in Baltimore in 1819.

THE ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS VISUAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION (formerly known as the Independent Order of Odd Fellows World Eye Bank and Visual Research Foundation) also established the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Margaret L. Watts Professor’s Research Fund to help support the laboratory activities of the Odd Fellows Professor at the Wilmer Eye Institute.