The Bay Area Geriatrics Community recently lost one of our greatest friends, innovators, and pioneers with the passing of Dr. Larry Feigenbaum. Decades before almost anyone else, Larry saw how how our health system was failing to meet the needs of older patients coping with frailty and disability. So much of what is happening in San Francisco to improve the care of older persons can be traced to Larry's vision. In 1978, Larry established the first fellowship in Geriatric Medicine in the western United States at Mount Zion Hospital in San Francisco, a premier community hospital and teaching affiliate of UCSF. He was so far ahead of his time. It would be another 20 years before UCSF even had a Division of Geriatric Division. I wonder if our current fellows realize that the opportunity they have to learn Geriatric Medicine has its roots in Larry's vision. Larry also saw the need to integrate social services with medical care. He played a crucial role in the establis