Brien Anthony Holden, OAM, PhD, DSC His Significant and Role in the Development of Contact Lenses, the Institutions and Global Vision Care
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The purpose of this paper is to describe Brien Holden’s enormous contributions to the science and development of soft contact lenses,
the creation of associations and centers for research and how he was responsible for making Australia and, in particular Sydney, the
epicenter of the contact lens research world for the better part of 40 years. His ingenuity with support of his co-workers generated hundreds
of millions of dollars in royalties from co-development of contact lenses, which were ploughed back into research and funding of his
humanitarian programs to provide eyecare services and spectacles for millions of underprivileged visually impaired people. His memorable
achievements and awards are unsurpassed in our era but arguably the most significant is his research and fostering of education on contact
lenses that contributed to the growth of contact lenses throughout the world.
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