Join us for our monthly lunch at 11:30 this Wednesday, 13 August, at the Saltgrass Steak House located at 10614 Research Blvd. City of Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler will present “The Effect of Growth on Austin.” He is a 1982 graduate of the UT Law School, and currently a principal in the law firm of Barron & Adler representing landowners in eminent domain, condemnation, inverse condemnation, and constitutional takings Read More
Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30 Wednesday 9 July at the Saltgrass Steak House located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Bill Roden ’71. The topic of his presentation will be Army football recruiting. He will discuss what must be done to ensure success in the process and where we stand today. http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/070214aaf.html
Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30 Wednesday 11 June at the Saltgrass Steakhouse located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Joe Marcee. He was one of Major Hasan’s defense attorneys before Hasan decided to represent himself. Joe is leaving active duty and is entering private practice in Round Rock. He will discuss Hasan’s court-martial from his viewpoint.
Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30 Wednesday 9 April at the Salt Grass Restaurant located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Jim Lux. The topic of his presentation will be “Triumph and Tragedy,” a little known WW II story of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator named “Hot Stuff” that was the first “heavy bomber” to complete 25 combat missions three and a half months before the well Read More
Our monthly lunch will be at 11:30 on Wednesday, March 12, at the Saltgrass Steak House, 10614 Research Blvd. Megan Klein will give a presentation on West-Point.Org (WP-ORG), an Austin-based non-profit corporation dedicated to fostering the ties that bind the West Point community together online. Megan is a West Point daughter and one of three employees who keep the wheels turning. Her dad is Jack Price, ’64, one of the Read More
Founders’ Day 2014 registration is now open. Central Texas Founders’ Day, March 22nd at the University of Texas Club Our guest speaker is Colonel Bernard “Bernie” Banks, Head of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. Benny Havens happy hour starts at 6:15pm followed by dinner at 7:15pm Details are available on the registration website: https://secure.west-point.org/wpsct/foundersday/
Our speaker this month will be Dave Anderson, CEO of Novati Technologies. Dave has worked closely with defense contractors and DoD agencies for 30 years to enable the microelectronics that help to provide the latest in military systems for our troops and equipment that protects them. In his presentation he will share non-proprietary information on progress made in development of next-generation electronics for battlefield technology that will help the competitiveness Read More
Happy New Year! Our first monthly luncheon for 2014 will be held at 11:30, January 8, at the Saltgrass Steak House located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be Brook Capps, our society president. He will conduct our annual business meeting, update us on what we’ve done in the past year, and outline plans for this year. We look forward to seeing you there.
Our monthly luncheon will be held at 11:30, December 11, at the Salt Grass Restaurant located at 10614 Research Blvd. Our speaker will be LTC (Ret) Jeffery Addicott who is a full Professor of Law and the Director of the Center for Terrorism at St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio. He served on active duty in the JAG for 20 years–a quarter of that time as senior legal Read More
This event has been rescheduled for this Saturday, December 7. We Friends of Mount Bonnell, supported by Keep Austin Beautiful and PARD, are conducting our 11th volunteer cleanup of one of Austin’s most cherished and visited landmarks in preparation for the upcoming holiday season: Site Name: Mount Bonnell Pre-Holiday Cleanup Description: Clean Mount Bonnell trails and parking lot, weed gardens, and trail repair. Meeting Point: Covert Park, 3800 Mt. Bonnell Read More