TICUA Hall of Fame Spotlight: Senator John Boozman

TICUA Spotlight: 

Southern College of Optometry Graduate

Senator John Boozman

Two-Term United States Senator, Former U.S. Representative, Advocate for Low-Income Families 

Inducting Institution: Southern College of Optometry

United States Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is the only optometrist to have ever been elected to the United States Senate. 

After graduating from Southern College of Optometry in 1977, Dr. Boozman entered private practice that same year co-founding a family business with his brother that would ultimately become a major provider of eye care to Northwest Arkansas.

Dr. Boozman established the low vision program at the Arkansas School for the Blind in Little Rock and worked as a volunteer optometrist at an area clinic that provides medical services to low-income families. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2001 and served for a decade before his election and subsequent re-election to the United States Senate.