History of The Club
Accommodation Club was founded in Zurich on August 19th 1989, in order "to foster research on cataract surgery designed to preserve and restore accommodation". Club Founders were Jean-Marie Parel, Okihiro Nishi, Eduard Haefliger, Fritz Treffers and Edward WD Norton.
"On the 19th of August 89, we were all at an international meeting in Zurich. Haefliger and Nishi were arguing a bit in the spirit of friendly competition - I told them we were very few and should work together, and Nishi suggested the idea of a club."
"The Club is not registered anywhere and has no charter or constitutions or by-laws ... we're a bunch of friends with a common goal." Jean-Marie Parel, Club President
Club Members
The Accommodation Club welcomes all researchers working in the area of accommodation, including clinicians, surgeons, scientists, engineers and industry.
Core members (called 'Chevaliers') help to organise meetings and maintain Club communications.
Key Club Officers
| President | Jean-Marie Parel | USA | |
| Vice President | Eduard Haefliger Rafael Barraquer | Switzerland Spain | |
| Past Vice President | Frits Treffers | Holland | |
| Emeritus Presidents | Joaquin Barraquer Edward WD Norton† | Spain USA | |
| Secretary General | Arthur Ho | Australia | |
| Past Secretary General | Philippe Sourdille | France | |
| Deputy Secretary General | Mariela Aguilar | USA | |
| Associate Secretary General | Fabrice Manns | USA | |
| Honoris Causa | Chevalier de Tadini† Julius Kessler† Lavit P Agarwal† Edward WD Norton† Pascal Rol† Jose I Barraquer† Paul Kaufman Jackson Coleman Brien Holden | Italy Austria India USA Switzerland Colombia USA USA Australia | |
| Chevaliers | Jean-Marie Parel, 1979 Frits Treffers, 1980 Joaquin Barraquer, 1981 Eduard Haefliger, 1984 Tsutomu Hara, 1985 Okihiro Nishi, 1987 Philippe Sourdille, 1992 Rafael Barraquer, 1993 Franck L Villain, 1993 Yoshiko Takesue, 1993 Hans-Joachim Hettlich, 1993 Robert Stegman, 1993 Sonia Yoo, 2004 Arthur Ho, 2004 Fabrice Manns, 2006 Adrian Glasser, 2006 Ronald R Krueger, 2006 Arlene Gwon, 2008 Mary Ann Croft, 2008 Thom Terwee, 2008 Robert Augusteyn, 2010 William Culbertson, 2010 Rob GL van der Heijde, 2010 Noberto Lopez-Gil, 2010 Raymond Myers, 2010 | USA Holland Spain Switzerland Japan Japan France Spain France Japan Germany South Africa USA Australia USA USA USA USA USA Holland Australia USA Holland Spain USA |