By now you’ve heard about the death of Dr. Frank Fontana, universally known as “Uncle Frank” throughout optometry. Many of us who were close to him—and that’s hundreds of people at least— are taking it pretty hard. Because Uncle Frank truly did feel like a member of the family. To give just one example, Uncle Frank used to call me every month when he received his copy of Review of Optometry. We’d chat about the topics in the issue, and sometimes he would recommend new authors for us to try. But mostly he was calling to tell me I was doing a good job. Read more about “Uncle Frank” in this column from Jack Persico, Review of Optometry’s editor in chief.