# Fay Boozman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fay_Boozman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fay_Boozman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Boozman > Source revision: 1350879125 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American ophthalmologist}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Fay Boozman | image = | office = Director of the [Arkansas {{nowrap|Department of Health}}](/source/Arkansas_Department_of_Health) | governor = [Mike Huckabee](/source/Mike_Huckabee) | term_start = February 1999 | term_end = March 19, 2005 | predecessor = Sandra Nichols | successor = Paul Halverson | state_senate1 = Arkansas | district1 = 33rd | term_start1 = January 9, 1995 | term_end1 = January 11, 1999 | preceded1 = [Reid Holiman](/source/Reid_Holiman) | succeeded1 = [Dave Bisbee](/source/Dave_Bisbee) | birth_name = Fay Winford Boozman III | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|11|10}} | birth_place = [Fort Smith, Arkansas](/source/Fort_Smith%2C_Arkansas), U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2005|03|19|1946|11|10}} | death_place = [Rogers, Arkansas](/source/Rogers%2C_Arkansas), U.S. | party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) | spouse = Vickey Manchaca | children = 3 | education = {{indented plainlist| *[University of Arkansas](/source/University_of_Arkansas_for_Medical_Sciences) ([MD](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine)) *[Tulane University](/source/Tulane_University_School_of_Public_Health_and_Tropical_Medicine) ([MPH](/source/Master_of_Public_Health))}} | branch = [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) | service_years = 1971–1979 | rank = [Major](/source/Major_(United_States)) | unit = [Arkansas Air National Guard](/source/Arkansas_Air_National_Guard) | battles = [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War) | relations = [John Boozman](/source/John_Boozman) (brother) }} '''Fay Winford Boozman III''' (November 10, 1946 – March 19, 2005) was an American [ophthalmologist](/source/ophthalmologist) and politician who served as a member of the [Arkansas Senate](/source/Arkansas_Senate) from 1995 to 1999. Boozman was born in 1946, the son of Marie Nicholas and [U.S. Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) master sergeant Fay Winford Boozman Jr. He attended [Tulane University](/source/Tulane_University), [Hendrix College](/source/Hendrix_College) and the [University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences](/source/University_of_Arkansas_for_Medical_Sciences), receiving a degree in ophthalmology.{{disputed inline|date=January 2025}}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2025}} Boozman and his brother [John](/source/John_Boozman) founded an eye clinic. He was married to Vickey and had three children.{{Cite web |title=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fay-boozman-12068/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Encyclopedia of Arkansas |language=en-US}} He served in the [Arkansas Air National Guard](/source/Arkansas_Air_National_Guard) from 1971 to 1977, becoming a major in February 1977 and serving in the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).[https://books.google.com/books?id=6drlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA155 "Alphabetical List of Officers by State: Arkansas"] ''Air National Guard Register'', Departments of the Army and the Air Force, [National Guard Bureau](/source/National_Guard_Bureau), Washington, DC, September 30, 1979, page 155.{{Cite web |title=AllPolitics - Senate Retirements In '98 - May 13, 1997 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/05/13/spotlight/cook/ |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=CNN}} He was elected to the Arkansas Senate in 1994 from the 33rd district. Boozman was Arkansas' Republican nominee for U.S. Senate [in 1998](/source/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas). During the campaign, Boozman caused controversy with his comments about rape, claiming that women rarely became pregnant after being raped due to a hormone he described as "God's little protective shield". He ultimately lost to Representative [Blanche Lincoln](/source/Blanche_Lincoln) by 13 points. His younger brother, John, would go on to defeat Lincoln to win the Senate seat [in 2010](/source/2010_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas). In 1999, Boozman was named director of the [Arkansas Department of Health](/source/Arkansas_Department_of_Health) by [Mike Huckabee](/source/Mike_Huckabee), a post he held until his death in 2005.{{cite web |last=Hammer |first=David |date=March 20, 2005 |title=Health Department director Fay Boozman dies in accident on Rogers farm |url=https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366458/posts |work=[Free Republic](/source/Free_Republic) |agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |accessdate=September 1, 2021}} Boozman died on March 19, 2005, following an accident at his farm in Rogers. Local officials say he was working alone in his barn when part of the structure collapsed, causing his death. After this, the College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, from which he graduated, was renamed after him. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/fay-boozman-12068/ Fay Boozman] at the [Encyclopedia of Arkansas](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Arkansas) *{{Find a Grave|10662599}} {{S-start}} {{s-ppo}} {{S-bef|before=[Mike Huckabee](/source/Mike_Huckabee)}} {{s-ttl|title=[Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) nominee for [United States Senator from Arkansas (Class 3)](/source/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Arkansas)|years=[1998](/source/1998_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas)}} {{S-aft|after=[Jim Holt](/source/Jim_Holt_(Arkansas_politician))}} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boozman, Fay}} Category:1946 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Arkansas National Guard personnel Category:Republican Party Arkansas state senators Category:Baptists from Arkansas Category:Politicians from Fort Smith, Arkansas Category:Southern Baptists Category:University of Arkansas alumni Category:Tulane University alumni Category:United States Air Force officers Category:20th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fay Boozman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Boozman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Boozman?action=history)). 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