Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 1996

About Alcon Vision Care, Inc.

Alcon was founded in 1945 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The company started as a small pharmacy in Fort Worth and was named for its founders, pharmacists Robert Alexander and William Conner. Conner and Alexander focused on sterile ophthalmic products, which no other company specialized in at the time and built their business by researching eye care products that would reduce contamination and increase safety. Today, Alcon has operations in 75 countries and their products are sold in over 180 countries.