Hindsight: Journal of Optometry History publishes material on the history of 
optometry and related topics.  As the official publication of the Optometric Historical 
Society (OHS), a program of Optometry Cares®-The AOA Foundation, Hindsight 
supports the mission and purpose of the OHS. 
 

Members and officers of the OHS Advisory Committee 2016 
 
President: Ronald R. Ferrucci, rferrucci@juno.com (2017)* 
Vice-President: Chuck Haine, chaine1@icloud.com (2016) 
Secretary-Treasurer: Irving Bennett, irvbennett23@gamil.com (2016) 
Members: John F. Amos, eyedoc@uab.edu (2019) 
Lynn M. Brandes, lynnbrandes@comcast.net (2019) 
Alden Norman Haffner, anhaffner@msn.com (2018) 
Bill Sharpton, sharpton@windstream.net (2017) 
George Woo, George.woo@polyu.edu.hk (2019) 
Karla Zadnik, Zadnik.4@osu.edu (2018) 
 
*term expires 
 

Optometry Cares ® - The AOA Foundation 
 
T. Joel Byars, O.D., Liaison to Heritage Services, Board of Directors 
jbyarsod@bellsouth.net 
 
Rebecca Hildebrand, Director 
RAHildebrand@aoa.org 
 
Brittany Broombaugh, Development Officer 
BBroombaugh@aoa.org 
 
Kirsten Pourroy Hébert, Heritage Services Specialist 
The Archives and Museum of Optometry 
khebert@aoa.org 

 
The official publication of the OHS, published quarterly since its beginning, was 
previously titled Newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society, 1970-1991 
(volumes 1-22), and Hindsight: Newsletter of the Optometric Historical Society, 
1992-2006 (volumes 22-37).  Use of the current title, Hindsight: Journal of 
Optometry History, began in 2007 with volume 38, number 1.  Back issues, indexes, 
and additional information about the journal are available at:  
 
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight/issue/archive.     
 
Manuscripts can be submitted for publication at the journal website 
(https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight).  Alternatively, a Word 
document can be submitted by email to the editor. 

mailto:rferrucci@juno.com
mailto:chaine1@icloud.com
mailto:irvbennett23@gamil.com
mailto:eyedoc@uab.edu
mailto:lynnbrandes@comcast.net
mailto:anhaffner@msn.com
mailto:sharpton@windstream.net
mailto:George.woo@polyu.edu.hk
mailto:Zadnik.4@osu.edu
mailto:jbyarsod@bellsouth.net
mailto:RAHildebrand@aoa.org
BBroombaugh@aoa.org
mailto:khebert@aoa.org
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight/issue/archive
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/hindsight