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EW NEWS & OPINION 15 Solomon, Gared Auferth, Manford Tetz, Suresch Pandy, and others. David received the ASCRS Innovators (Kelman) Award and the Binkhorst Medal, was inducted into the ASCRS Ophthalmology Hall of Fame, and received the American Academy of Ophthalmology Life- time Achievement Award. He was recognized with similar unique and outstanding awards in Asia and Eu- rope and is known throughout Latin America and the rest of the world for his major contributions to our spe- cialty. On a personal level, David was a good friend and a delightful person with a subtle sense of humor. He had a passion for history, especially the history of science, the Civil War, and music. He liked to inform oph- thalmologists that Johann Sebastian Bach died shortly after his health began to deteriorate as a result of a botched cataract surgery by an itin- erant surgeon. David reminded us that the first hostilities of the Civil War took place in Charleston, his home, with the Confederate bom- bardment of Fort Sumter. He had an enormous corpus of knowledge and was a great lover of music. While living in Charleston, he served on the boards of the Charleston Sym- phony and the Charleston Ballet and was active in Chamber Music Charleston. He was pleased that his home was the model for one of the houses on Catfish Row, the stage set- ting for the American opera "Porgy and Bess." He loved to travel, was fluent in German, and had a special affection for his dachshunds. His wife, Ann, was the love of his life and a favorite of their friends throughout the world. A few years after their marriage, David was diag- nosed with a malignancy, which re- quired surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Ann nurtured, maintained, and cared for him mag- nificently over the ensuing years as he dealt with the chronic pain and the terrible side effects of his surgery and anti-cancer treatments. David continued to travel and teach in spite of his infirmities. Be- cause of the strength of his character and the help of his wife, he was able to persist. He will be missed by those of us who knew him well and by eye surgeons all over the world who de- rive greater professional satisfaction from improved surgical outcomes as a result of his work. In his book, Sir Harold Ridley and His Fight for Sight, David educated ophthalmologists and the public on the early history of intraocular lenses and lens implantation. He often stated that Harold Ridley changed the world. What we can say about David Apple is that he vastly improved the world that Harold Ridley changed. EW October 2011 of the human crystalline lens and the ciliary body sulcus, and factors that contributed to less invasive phacoemulsification techniques. I personally had the experience of working with David in his lab on cortical cleaving hydrodissection, safe techniques for implantation of new IOL designs, and endolenticular phacoemulsification techniques through a continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. David trained scores of medical students and fellows, the Apple Korps, many of whom along with his co-workers have gained interna- tional recognition in our field. These respected leaders include Ehud Assia, Nick Mamalis, Liliana Werner, Kerry

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