LA. Student Elected AOSA President

The largest student organization in optometry, AOSA’s 6,500 student membership includes more than 95% of all students in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada.

Chapman becomes the first SCO student to serve as AOSA President since Jeffrey Dunn, OD ’94, was elected in 1993; prior to that, Michael Goins, OD ’81, led the AOSA in 1980-1981. A native of Monroe, Louisiana, he is a 2012 graduate of Louisiana State University. Chapman’s other leadership includes service as an AOSA Trustee, AOA-PAC National Liaison to the American Optometric Association, and as an SCO Student Ambassador.

Chapman will spend his optometry externship later this year at the practice of SCO Board of Trustees member Chris Wroten, OD ’02, a former president of the Optometry Association of Louisiana and the AOA’s Young Optometrist of the Year in 2012.