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The American Optometric Student Association is a St. Louis, MO-based not-for-profit comprised of 7,100 students actively enrolled in optometry programs at 25 schools and colleges accredited by the Accrediting Council on Optometric Education.

The mission of the American Optometric Student Association is to improve the visual welfare and health of the public, to promote the profession of optometry, and life-long commitment to the AOA and AOA state affiliates, and to enhance the education and welfare of optometry students.

In 1967, three optometry students founded the AOSA, Ellis Hoffman of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry; Ray Myers, of Indiana University and Burton Worrell, of the Berkeley School of Optometry. Myers was the charter president. . The 50th president of the AOSA was elected in January 2017, he is Andy Mackner. The executive director is Robert Foster

Notable programs in 2017 included working with Luxottica to provide funding for 25 optometry students to travel to Tanzania for mission work

More than 2,000 members of the AOSA attended the June 2017 Optometry's Meeting in Washington, DC