We are saddened to hear that Professor Robert O. Nneli, the Dean of the School of Basic Medical Sciences at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ebonyi, died in a motor accident in April 2017 at the age of 69. He joined the university in 2012 after spending close to 20 years at Abia State University. He was educated at St. Patrick’s Secondary School Emene in Enugu and the University of Calabar. His physiological work covered a wide range of issues on cardiovascular and occular problems in the Nigerian population.