The African Council of Optometry joins the global optometry community in the sorrow and the mourning following the recent death of Dr. Uduak Udom which occurred on the 14th January 2019. Dr Udom was once the president of the African Council of Optometry and one of Africa’s key players in local and global optometry. Dr. Udom was a remarkable woman who gave endlessly to the delivery and advancement of optometry in her home country, Nigeria; in Africa and around the world. With