Organisations including the College of Optometrists and the BCLA have expressed their sadness at this week’s news that optometry pioneer Professor Brien Holden has died following a heart attack.
Professor Holden, founder of the Australia-based Brien Holden Vision Institute, was noted as a huge supporter of the BCLA over the years.
He was regular and very popular speaker at its annual conference including at this year’s meeting in Liverpool where he was a chair and speaker at the Myopia Management Day.
Brian Tompkins, president of the BCLA, said: ‘Brian will be sorely missed by many people and especially by the BCLA and our thoughts are with his family. On a personal level, he was a friend, a mentor and a valued colleague. We shared many things over the years – beer, food and stages, but importantly the aim to promote contact lenses and healthy vision. He was a legend in his time and will be sorely missed by those who were lucky enough to know him.’
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