46 Volume 52, Number 3, July 2021

OHS HOSTS “BLAST FROM 
THE PAST” LECTURE AT 
OPTOMETRY’S MEETING

On June 25, 2021, the yearly Blast from the Past lecture was 
presented by W. Howard McAlister OD and Jeffrey L Weaver OD.  
Their lecture entitled “Military Optometry from World War I to 
Present” was well attended by history buffs, AFOS members and 
active military Optometrists.  Drs. Weaver and McAlister cited the 
significant contributions made by military ODs and their impact 
on contemporary optometry.

FIVE LUMINARIES INDUCTED 
INTO THE NATIONAL 
OPTOMETRY HALL OF FAME

The American Optometric Association and Optometry Cares – 
The AOA Foundation were pleased to induct the following doctors 
of optometry into the National Optometry Hall of Fame during 
Optometry’s Meeting® on June 25, 2021: 

Tony Q. Chan, O.D. (2020)

Robert A. Koetting, O.D. (2020)*

Michael H. Mittelman, O.D. (2019)

Marvin R. Poston, O.D. (2021)*

Satya B. Verma, O.D. (2020)

Pictured is Marlene Poston Bell, who accepted the award on 
behalf of her late father, Marvin Poston, O.D.

Since 1998, the National Optometry Hall of Fame has recognized 
and honored optometrists who are luminaries of the profession – 
those who have made significant and long-lasting contributions 
to the optometric field.

*denotes posthumous inductee

NEWS
doi: 10.14434/hindsight.v52i3.33943

Marlene Poston-Bell accepting the award on behalf of her late father, 
Marvin R. Poston, O.D.

W. Howard McAlister, O.D. and Jeffrey L. Weaver, O.D. presenting 
during the "Blast from the Past" lecture at Optometry's Meeting 2021.

Tony Q. Chan, O.D. accepting his award.