- Jun 2, 2003
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Constantine (Gus) Forkiotis went home this morning.
Gus was a "one-er," a character who thought out of the box, a giver, always thinking about serving his patients' needs. I have read Gus' writings (started with Optometric Weekly, for those of you old enough to remember that) since the beginning of my career.
Little did I suspect that I would eventually get to the point where I could call him a friend as well as a mentor. He prescribed low power prisms with the same -- and greater -- effects as Len Kaufmann and I have documented here, for 30 years longer than I have. I was hoping to shake his hand and have a cup of coffee with him in January, now I'll have to wait a while longer.
Yasas, Gus. Yasas!
Gus was a "one-er," a character who thought out of the box, a giver, always thinking about serving his patients' needs. I have read Gus' writings (started with Optometric Weekly, for those of you old enough to remember that) since the beginning of my career.
Little did I suspect that I would eventually get to the point where I could call him a friend as well as a mentor. He prescribed low power prisms with the same -- and greater -- effects as Len Kaufmann and I have documented here, for 30 years longer than I have. I was hoping to shake his hand and have a cup of coffee with him in January, now I'll have to wait a while longer.
Yasas, Gus. Yasas!
