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 2017 

President: Ronald R. Ferrucci, rferrucci@juno.com (2017)* 
Vice-President: John C. Townsend, john.townsend@va.gov (2018) 
Secretary-Treasurer: Irving Bennett, irvbennett23@gmail.com (2021) 
Members: John F. Amos, eyedoc@uab.edu (2019) 
R. Norman Bailey, nbailey@uh.edu (2021)
Lynn M. Brandes, lynnbrandes@comcast.net (2019) 
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 

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.