October 11, 1833

P. O. Hooper, known as the father of Arkansas medicine, was born in Little Rock (Pulaski County). He was one of the founders of the Medical Department of Arkansas Industrial University, now the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS). Hooper was also a founder and the first president of the Arkansas State Medical Association, a founding board member and director of the Arkansas Lunatic Asylum (renamed the Arkansas State Hospital in 1933), and vice president of the American Medical Association.