<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/stories/2012/march/03062012borishobituary.php" dsn="news"><featured/><top-stories/><homepage/><pubDate>08/07/2017 05:09:27 PM</pubDate><title>UH Mourns Loss of Former Professor and 'Father of Clinical Optometry,' Irvin M. Borish (1913-2012)</title><subtitle/><description>Irvin M. Borish, O.D., DOS, former University of Houston College of Optometry Benedict Professor, died after a brief illness Saturday, March 3 at age 99. He was considered the “Father of Clinical Optometry.”</description><author>Shawn Lindsey</author><author-email>selindsey@uh.edu</author-email><author-phone/><image/><categories/></item>