The Seeing Eye history

In 1930, two British women, Muriel Crooke and Rosamund Bond, heard about The Seeing Eye and contacted Dorothy Eustis, who sent over one of her trainers.

According to the 1931 City Directory, both Morris and his parents lived at 3809 Richland Ave; where their home used to sit is now the property of the West End Synagogue (home currently there was built years later).

1934 Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA) was established.

1940 Leamington Spa opened as the first UK guide dog Training Centre.

By the time of Eustis’s death in 1946, The Seeing Eye had supplied more than 1,300 guide dogs to the blind.

By the 20th anniversary date of the school's opening (January, 1949), "The Seeing Eye" had placed roughly 1,600 dogs throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Hawaii (also listed since it was not yet a state).

Much of her own fortune went into The Seeing Eye, and no outside fund-raising was required after 1958.

In 1965, the organization moved to its current 60-acre campus in Morris Township, NJ, which includes administrative offices, student residences, a veterinary clinic and kennels.

After her death in 1968, Kay Francis estate gave greater than $1 million to this organization.

In April 2005, a lifelike bronze statue of Morris Frank and his dog Buddy was erected on the northeast corner of the Morristown Green.

In 2014, The Seeing Eye celebrated its 85th anniversary.