Join us for our monthly luncheon at 11:30am Wednesday, September 11, at the Saltgrass Steak House located at 10614 Research Blvd. Dan Rice ’88 will discuss West Point history, leadership, and his new book “West Point Leadership: Profiles of Courage,” which highlights 180 grads who have led America in nearly every type of endeavor-military, government, politics, space exploration, athletics, academia, and business. Potential cadet candidates are also invited. http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/happening-now/index.html#http://video.foxnews.com/v/2611729941001/new-book-examines-impact-of-west-point-leaders/?playlist_id919

Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30am Wednesday, August 14 at the Salt Grass Steakhouse located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Lester Morris. He is a former tour director, author and transplanted Englishman who met his wife during one of his three week tours of Great Britain.  In 1984 she dragged him to Austin and subjected him to hot weather, hot food and Mopac.  Lester is Read More

Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30am Wednesday, August 14 at the Salt Grass Steakhouse located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Lester Morris. He is a former tour director, author and transplanted Englishman who met his wife during one of his three week tours of Great Britain.  In 1984 she dragged him to Austin and subjected him to hot weather, hot food and Mopac.  Lester is Read More

Our society Board of Directors is pleased to announce Jennie Choi ’05 as our newest board member and Treasurer.  After leaving active duty, she earned an MBA from Columbia University while gaining experience through multiple internships.  Jennie brings with her a wealth of experience in veteran-owned small business, non-profit operations and university admissions, all of which make her a valuable addition to our board of directors as we seek to accomplish our mission Read More

Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30 Wednesday 10 July at the Salt Gr ass Restaurant located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Joseph Kopser. He serves as CEO/Founder of RideScout. He served in the Army for 20 years as a Cavalry officer after graduating from West Point in 1993 with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. His last assignment in the Army was teaching Leadership and Strategy Read More

Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30 Wednesday 12 June at the Salt Grass Restaurant located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Jim Stokes. The topic of his presentation will be West Pointers in early Texas. Considering how few West Pointers there were in the early 19th century, he found it interesting how so many found their way to Texas, and how so many of them and Read More

NOTE THE TIME CHANGE: Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:00 (instead of 11:30) Wednesday 8 May at the Salt Grass Restaurant located at 10614 Research Blvd.   Our speaker will be Jerry Patterson. He is the Texas Land Commissioner and is a candidate for Lt. Governor.  Jerry graduated from Texas A&M in 1969 and was commissioned in the USMC.  He served in Vietnam and in Marine fighter squadrons Read More

In conjunction with Keep Austin Beautiful, the society sponsored it’s 11th clean-up of Mt. Bonnell this weekend.  Joining us were numerous individual volunteers and groups from David Weekley Homes and the Mexican American Association of Pharmacy Students from UT.  We collected numerous bags of litter, cleared up piles of previously downed limbs and the MAAPS crew did an amazing job weeding and mulching the large flower beds at the top. Read More

Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30 Wednesday April 10th at the Salt Grass Restaurant located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Stan Bacon ’58. The topic of his presentation will be prostate cancer. Stan has been the list moderator for the Class of 1958 Prostate Cancer Support Group for the past 11 years and has assisted eight other classes in organizing their own groups. He will address Read More

Please join the West Point Society at 6pm, April 5, at 3009 Industrial Terrace #150, Austin, TX, for a fun and unique happy hour event. Mike McGovern ’95 has started a great craft brewery here called Austin Beerworks. We will get a brief tour and tasting session. Please bring cash; for $10 you can keep a pint glass and use it to sample the different brands. RSVP to wpsctx@gmail.com -OR- directly to Read More