Frederic M. Scherer: Over a Half Century—and Counting—of Seminal Scholarly Contributions.

This introduction to the special issue of the <italic>Review of Industrial Organization</italic> in honor of Frederic M. Scherer provides an overview of his many seminal contributions to the scholarly literature about industrial organization, his enthusiastic service and support of the industrial organization community and its scholars, and his leadership and service within the economics profession more generally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]