Greetings! It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Arch McNamara. Dr. Arch was a beloved member of the Keystone Divers and Dudas Diving Duds community. Many of you knew him from dive trips or KDA presentations and considered him a friend. I have attached the annoucement published on the Ciavarelli Funeral Home website. Services will be held this coming Sunday and Monday for anyone wishing to attend. Please pass this email on to anyone that may not be on our mailing list. James Archibald McNamara Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on Oct. 15, 1955 Departed on Sep. 30, 2010 and resided in Ambler, PA. Visitation: Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 & Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 Funeral Mass: Monday, Oct. 11, 2010 Cemetery: Private Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions. Dr. James Archibald Gerard McNamara, 54, of Ambler, died on September 30, 2010. Arch leaves to remember and give thanks for his life his loving wife and best friend of 26 years, Dr. Judith Ellen Melick and his two wonderful children, daughter Kelly Elizabeth and son David James. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, on October 15, 1955 to the late Dr. James Archibald and the late Rose (Peyton) McNamara. He received both his undergraduate degree and Medical Doctor degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He completed an internship at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa Hospitals. He then completed a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. Dr. McNamara was a physician for Mid-Atlantic Retina Association. He was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, and was a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He was an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Retina Society, the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology, the New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Greater Philadelphia Ophthalmologic Society (serving as President from 1996 to 1997). Dr. McNamara received the Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 1993 and the Senior Achievement Award of the AAO in 2006. He had been a board examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. He had served as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and had been a scientific reviewer for various ophthalmologic publications. He had conducted clinical investigations and contributed to numerous publications on vitreoretinal diseases. He had been involved in collaborative clinical trials on diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and retinopathy of prematurity. Dr. McNamara had been a visiting professor/lecturer for several universities in the United States, Canada and abroad, as well as a guest speaker for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Wills Eye Institute. Dr. McNamara was a past chairman of the Ethics Committee, Wills Eye Institute and served on Wills Eye Institute's Credentials Committee. Arch loved scuba diving, underwater photography, theatre, music, and spending time with his family. Several of his underwater photographs were contest prizewinners. In addition to his wife and children, he is survived by five adoring sisters: CeAnn McNamara, Eleanor McCarthy (Dominic), Mary Parsons (Charles), Frances Cook (Jonathan), Kelly McNamara, as well as many cherished relatives, dear friends, and patients. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Arch's name to a Scholarship Fund at Memorial University of Newfoundland, American Diabetes Association, PO Box 11454, Alexandria, VA 22312, Shark Research Institute, PO Box 40, Princeton, NJ 08540, or charity of one's choice. Information about Ciavarelli Funeral Home Obituary from the Philadelphia Inquirer