Last week we were informed of the passing of former NOAA Administrator (1985-87) and physicist Dr. Anthony – Tony – Calio. Known for his strong leadership, Dr. Calio advanced the effort to modernize NOAA’s National Weather Service, which included the development of NEXRAD radar – a major advancement for its time – as well as AWIPS 90, the first program of its kind to bring operational satellite data to the forecasting community.