Dave is from Media, Pennsylvania, the youngest child of Doris and Joe LeGrand, Sr.  After earning a BSBA at Slippery Rock University in 1984, he completed his apprenticeship in ocularistry under his brother Joe LeGrand, Jr.

Dave and his wife Niki have three grown children and two amazing dogs.  They enjoy gardening, pickleball, church and mission trips.

Dave earned a diploma from the American Society of Ocularists (ASO) and is certified by the National Examining Board of Ocularists. He has volunteered for the ASO extensively; six years as Education Committee Co-Chair, three years on the Board of Directors, and currently is a faculty member of the ASO's College of Ocularistry.  His favorite volunteer position, though, was Editor of The Journal of Ophthalmic Prosthetics, which Dave did for four years.

Three of Dave's articles are:

• * "Going for a Mission and Returning With a Purpose: Making Prostheses in
  Northwest Haiti" in 2012
• * The History of Plastic Scleral Cover Shells in 2007
• * A review of the book Long Time, No See in 2005

Dave has a heart for missions and has been on two dozen including ones to Mississippi, Haiti and Honduras.  His compassion for people shows in all of his work wherein his patients invariably become friends.

Daily Press wrote about David’s Work, “Artificial eye gives NN woman back her looks.”
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Virginia Pilot wrote an article titled, “A job for the perfectionist: Chesapeake man is one of 2 people in Virginia who make prosthetic eyes” By Robyn Sidersky
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