James Kesteloot (l), president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired, receives the AOA’s Apollo Award, the organization’s highest award presented to the general public, from outgoing AOA president Kevin Alexander, OD.	Arol Augsburger, OD (l), president of the Illinois College of Optometry, accepts the AOA Distinguished Service Award from outgoing AOA president Kevin Alexander, OD.
Elizabeth Muckley, OD, the American Optometric Association’s Young Optometrist of the Year, addresses the Optometry’s Meeting opening general session after receiving her award.	At Optometry’s Meeting, “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno performs at the closing Presidential Celebration, sponsored by Hoya Vision.

SEATTLE--Optometrists and paraoptometrices from around the country gathered here last month for Optometry’s Meeting, incorporating the 111^th annual American Optometric Association (AOA) Congress and the 38^th annual American Optometric Student Association conference.

During the event, the AOA honored several people with awards for their accomplishments in eyecare, and elected new officers for the coming year. Kicking off the meeting as keynote speaker, sponsored by Essilor, was Christopher Gardner, author of the book The Pursuit of Happyness, which was made into a movie starring Will Smith. Optometry’s Meeting also featured five days of continuing education classes and three days of an exhibit hall. ■

During the Optometry Hall of Fame reception, past inductee Melvin Shipp, OD, dean of the Ohio State University College of Optometry, chats with Linda Fette (l) of the Ohio Optometric Association and OOA president Karen Riccio, OD.	Optometry Hall of Fame past inductees (l to r) John Robinson, OD; Richard Hopping, OD; Jimmy Bartlett, OD; and Melvin Shipp, OD, pose with outgoing AOA president Kevin Alexander (r) at a reception honoring Optometry Hall of Fame inductees.
Optometry’s Meeting keynote speaker Christopher Gardner (l) is congratulated on a dynamic talk by Danne Ventura and Rod Tahran, OD, of Essilor of America, which sponsored Gardner’s speech.	Chatting in the Optometry’s Meeting exhibit hall are (l to r) Essilor’s Mike Daley, Steve Schuster of Hydrogel Vision and Ed Greene of The Vision Council.
At the Santinelli International booth, Gerard Santinelli (c) welcomes Brian Linde, OD (l), and Brad Kimball, OD, of Heights Eyecare in Billings, Mont., who stopped by to discuss upgrading their existing Santinelli equipment.	Signet Armorlite’s Ed DeRosa (l) takes a break at his booth to visit with Jim Goodman of the American Optometric Association.
Transitions Optical’s Grady Lenski (l) discusses the Hispanic eyecare market with Hector Santiago, OD, who just became dean of the Midwestern University College of Optometry in Glendale, Ariz.	Chad Fleming, OD (l), of Wichita, Kan., checks out the latest software updates from Ryan Wineinger, OD (r), of OfficeMate, as OfficeMate’s Bill Hatch looks on.