title: Perspective: why was our academy formed?
authors.forename: Merton C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Flom
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009907:Optometry / Q000193:education / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States