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Dr. Walter Werner Holland Professor Emeritus of St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School in London Commander of the British Empire (CBE) Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (FFPH) Professor of Health, London School of Economics and Political science (LES) Honorary Member of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA) We are sunk in grief after hearing that Dr. Walter Werner Holland, a distinguished leader in Epidemiology and Public Health, is with us no more. We lost an irreplaceable person in the world. Please accept our sincere condolences, and may his soul rest in peace. Dr. Holland, who served on the IEA Executive Committee for long time, had contributed to promote the activities of Japanese epidemiologists by inviting some of them to be members of the IEA Executive Committee, by participating in international collaborative works, and by holding the international scientific meeting of the IEA (Regional and international) in Japan. He frequently delivered lectures and gave much valuable advice in Japan during his very busy days. It should be noted that he kindly accepted the role of co-planner of the postgraduate education course of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine in Japan, responding to a request from the late Professor Itsuzo Shigematsu (Councilor of the IEA 1981–84, Former Chairman of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation [RERF], Former Head of the Department of Epidemiology of National Institute of Public Health [NIPH], Japan). Dr. Shigematsu highly appreciated the research and its practical applications to service in the local community made by Dr. Holland and his colleagues and wished to share the details with younger colleagues. With the cooperation of the British Council in Japan, the Japan-Britain co-sponsored “British Epidemiology and Public Health Courses” was held for 1 week in January 1994 (Organizer: H. Yanagawa, Jichi Medical University), with the main theme of “The Methods and Applications of Epidemiology and Public Health”. This course was sponsored by the British Council, the Cooperative Foundation against Environmental Pollution, and the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. It was also supported by the Japan Epidemiological Association (JEA) and the Japan Public Health Association. Dr. Holland played major roles in the course, together with his colleagues from the United Kingdom. The course was successfully completed. Japanese participants, having a great shock, wished to have another course someday. With Dr. Holland’s cooperation, the 2nd course was held in Osaka in 1996 (Organizer: Dr. T. Hashimoto, Wakayama University), followed by a 3rd course in Hiroshima in 1998 (Organizer: Dr. K. Kodama, RERF). The final seminar was held in Fukuoka in 2001 (Organizer: Dr. S. Matsuda, University of Occupational and Environmental Health). We should express our thanks again to Dr. Holland for his tremendous efforts and generosity. Not only the participants in the course, but also many members of the JEA, were subsequently stimulated by the course to modify their ways to study and practice. As a consequence, the activities of JEA changed and improved. Dr. Holland gave a presentation on the history of the IEA from 1984–1995 at the 14th International Scientific Meeting (ISM) of IEA, held in Nagoya, Japan (President: Dr. K. Aoki) and introduced a book edited by him entitled “Foundations for Health Improvement: Productive Epidemiological Public Health Research 1919–1998, the Nuffield Trust, 2003”, describing the evolution of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 20th century. The book opened our eyes for developmental history. Another book, entitled “Development of Modern Epidemiology: personal reports from those who were there”, gave us a wealth of knowledge on the history of epidemiological concepts, methods, development of epidemiology by specific disease, application to public health services, and occupational and social epidemiology. The book also provided a historical review of epidemiological studies in various countries. Now, we do not know how to express our thanks to him. A brief profile of Dr. Walter Werner Holland is as follows: He graduated from London St. Thomas’ Hospital Medical School in 1954, receiving medals in physiology and gynecology and scholarship. He was posted to the Central Public Health Laboratory Service of Royal Air Force, where he studied

Memories of Dr. Walter Werner Holland