Fred Hollows

Timeline:
1929 was born in New Zealand
1942 given a Bachelor of  Arts degree
1958 married to Mary Skiller
1961 study ophthalmology at Moorfield Eye Hospital in England
1965 move to Australia and became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Unuversity of                 New South Wales in Sydney
1965-1992 was chair of the ophthalmology division
1975 married to his first wife Mary Skiller
1980 married to his second wife Gabi Hollows
1989 he diagnosed with cancer
1992 travelled to Vietnam and set up a foundation
1993 he died


Turning point

After doing some charity work he decided to dedicate his life to medical eye reasons and enrolled himself into Otago Medical School.


Achievement

He became an associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
He set up a foundation which opened modern intraocular lens factories.