After reading about the Union County Historical Society’s August meeting, I know you will want to know more about Arthur Bohanan. The following is a biographical sketch of this interesting man:

Arthur M. Bohanan is an internationally award winning patented inventor, researcher, lecturer and writer, a Certified Latent Print Examiner (one of 860 in the world) and a certified police instructor with 55 years in the study and practical application of forensics in thousands of violent crime scenes. He earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from East Tennessee State University with further studies at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Bohanan created the first Internet Crimes Against Children, ICAC, task force in Tennessee in 1998 and worked in an online undercover capacity until he retired in May of 2001 as a Police Specialist III, former AFIS Manager and a Senior Forensic Examiner with the Knoxville Police Department (26 years). Mr. Bohanan twice received the Knoxville Police Officer of the Year award. Bohanan was inducted into the International Hall of Fame in Atlanta, sponsored by the Inventors Clubs of America, with two distinguished awards plus a doctorate in science and technology for pioneering research involving children’s fingerprints. He has responded to many major disasters including the Columbia Space Disaster, the World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina. He has assisted in eight airline crashes to help identify the human remains. He is currently conducting research to locate lost graves and determine the gender of the long dead in 20 seconds or less.

This man has been greatly blessed with many gifts and continues to bless those with whom he comes in contact.