December Monthly Lunch with the Honorable Chase Untermeyer
Ambassador Chase Untermeyer will speak on the US relationship with Saudi Arabia, from the early days when Texans began poking in the sands looking for oil to the present, when the Trump Administration maintains close ties with the Saud family despite widespread criticism of their rule.
Chase Untermeyer is founding chairman of the Qatar-America Institute, which aims to increase understanding of the important Qatari-American relationship in security, education, and energy. From 2004 until 2007, he was United States ambassador to Qatar, on appointment of President George W. Bush.
A 1968 graduate of Harvard College with honors in government, he served during the Vietnam War as an officer in the United States Navy aboard a destroyer in the Western Pacific and as aide to the commander of US naval forces in the Philippines. Upon his return to Texas, Ambassador Untermeyer was a political reporter for the Houston Chronicle and a member of the Texas House of Representatives, elected for a district in Houston.
He left the Legislature in 1981 to go to Washington as executive assistant to then-Vice President Bush.Three years later, President Reagan appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower & Reserve Affairs. When George Bush became president in 1989, Mr Untermeyer returned to the White House as Director of Presidential Personnel and in 1991 was appointed Director of the Voice of America.
TxGC MEMBERS ALWAYS GET $5 OFF!
- TxGC Members, use the discount code, provided via email, at check out, and get $5 off regular or advance, online price, for each ticket purchased
- $35 per person (regular price)
- $30 per person (advanced, online price) – price extended through event
MENU
- Ice tea, water, soda, cash bar
- Choice of Sicilian salad or Mama’s gumbo
- Choice of entree
- Chicken John Kim: grilled chicken topped in mushrooms, roasted peppers, white wine butter sauce
- Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce: traditional penne pasta with Mama’s slow cooked meat sauce
- Blacked Trout: filet topped with etoufee served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and vegetables
- Choice of chocolate cake or cheesecake
Combined Arms presents 2019 Army vs. Navy, the OFFICIAL party of both the West Point Society of Greater Houston and USNA Alumni Assoc., Texas Gulf Coast.
Saturday December 14, 2019
Doors open @ Noon
Kickoff @ 2pm
Little Woodrow’s Midtown: 2306 Brazos St. Houston, TX
RSVP welcome -free event
Sponsorships are welcome and needed. Proceeds go to Combined Arms, as well as the WPSGH and TxGC Foundation. Click here > Combined Arms Army vs. Navy Sponsor Form
RSVP helps us with headcount. Free event (buy your own beer).
Navy is headed to the Liberty Bowl against Kansas Sate. Come watch the game at Marquis II, stay for the NYE party.
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In January, each year, the TxGC Foundation awards the Smith-McCool Sword to the Midshipment from the Chapter area, with the highest order-of-merit, going into their First Class year. The sword, is named after astronaut Michael Smith ’67, who was lost in the Challenger disaster, and astronaut William McCool ’83, who was lost int he Columbia disaster.
The award and keynote address is presented annually by NASA Astronauts. This year, Astronaut Michael Foreman USNA ‘79.
This year’s recipient is MIDN 1/C Jonathan Peck. Jonathan is from the Clear Lake Area in Houston. He studies Mechanical Engineering, accompanied with a Chinese Minor. Jonathan is a proud member of 13th Company. During his time at the Naval Academy, he has served as Plebe Summer Regimental Safety Officer, Plebe Summer Administrative Officer, Squad Leader, Company 1st Sgt, and Company Training Sgt. He is a member of the Club Water Polo Team, Midshipmen Without Borders ECA, and the 13th Company Intramural volleyball team.
Currently, he is conducting research as a Trident Scholar and will serve as a Platoon Commander next semester. He will be commissioning into the Civil Engineering Corps upon graduation.Michael James Foreman is a 1979 USNA Aerospace Engineering major, with a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. He is a retired U.S. Navy pilot and a NASA astronaut. While with NASA, Foreman was part of a mission that delivered the Japanese Experiment Module and the Canadian Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator to the International Space Station. Foreman was also a crewmember of the STS-129 mission in November 2009. In 2018, he was elected mayor of Friendswood, Texas. His wife Lorrie is a civil engineer.
Tickets are $35 if purchased after Dec 30
- Only $30 if purchased online, prior to Dec 30
- TxGC Members always get $5 each ticket
February Speaker: John Augusto ‘02, USNA Alumni Assoc. Trustee
John Augusto will provide an update from Annapolis; the latest priorities for both USNA and the Alumni Association and provide a discussion and answer questions about how the Alumni Association is serving the Alumni and how best the Alumni can still serve the Academy.
John recently returned from the Winter Board of Trustees meeting where he represents the TxGC Chapter as a Trustee. The Trustees are responsible for governing the Alumni Association and advising the Naval Academy on matters related to the Alumni Association to include fundraising, donations, governance, and various other matters. John sits on both the Member Services and Admissions committees.
TxGC MEMBERS ALWAYS GET $5 OFF!
- TxGC Members, use the discount code, provided via email, at check out
MENU
- Ice tea, water, soda, cash bar
- Choice of Sicilian salad or Mama’s gumbo
- Choice of entree
- Chicken John Kim: grilled chicken topped in mushrooms, roasted peppers, white wine butter sauce
- Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce: traditional penne pasta with Mama’s slow cooked meat sauce
- Blacked Trout: filet topped with etoufee served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and vegetables
- Choice of chocolate cake or cheesecake
March Speaker: Don Houk, Lone Star Flight Museum
Living History Presentation: The Doolittle Raid: Immediately after the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt ordered our military to attack Tokyo, the capital of the Japanese empire. At that time, we did not have an airplane that would go that far. Therefore, under a tight veil of secrecy, Lt. Col. James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle was selected to put together a plan to place medium Army bombers on an aircraft carrier for the purpose of completing the order issued by President Roosevelt. Many things went wrong! By special permission by the Doolittle Raiders themselves, Lone Star Flight Museum presents the only first-person presentation of this momentous event.
TxGC MEMBERS ALWAYS GET $5 OFF!
- TxGC Members, use the discount code, provided via email, at check out
MENU
- Ice tea, water, soda, cash bar
- Choice of Sicilian salad or Mama’s gumbo
- Choice of entree
- Chicken John Kim: grilled chicken topped in mushrooms, roasted peppers, white wine butter sauce
- Penne Pasta with Meat Sauce: traditional penne pasta with Mama’s slow cooked meat sauce
- Blacked Trout: filet topped with etoufee served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and vegetables
- Choice of chocolate cake or cheesecake
Buddy Wellborn ‘59 Annual N* Football VIRTUAL Lunch
Special presentation, game to game, Navy football preview and predictions by Mike Yeager ‘76
- Free event for TxGC members
- Disc. code sent via email newsletter
- $5 for non-TxGC members
- Online, virtual event via Zoom
- Limited to 100 attendees
Mike Yeager, ’76, played QB and slot back on the ’73,’74,’75 Navy football teams that won three Commander-In-Chief’s Trophies beating Army 3 times by a combined score of 100-6. Upon graduation, he served in USMC Artillery for 5 1/2 years. After leaving the service, he began a career as a petroleum engineer with ExxonMobil for 26 years and served as the CEO of BHP Petroleum for 8 years. He now serves as a Trustee on the Athletic and Scholarship Program committee at USNA providing needed funds for all 33 Navy Sports teams and is active with local Houston Marine Corps League Detachment #324 providing funeral honors for deceased Marines and assisting local Marines in need.
Last minute pop us watch party. Get out of the house in a socially responsible way, with your fellow Alumni.
- 7pm Tonight
- The Marquis II: 2631 Bissonnet St.
- In accordance with COH COVID guidelines for bars
- Must be 21 or older
RSVP helps us plan headcount for early opening. Sign up and join fellow Alumni and friends for Navy football at The Marquis II, for a special, VIP event. Drink specials. COVID guidelines in effect for bar and lounge venues. NO ONE UNDER 21 YEARS OF OLD PLEASE.
October Virtual “Lunch” Presentation with Prof. Richard Murray, PhD, Bob Lanier Chair in Urban Public Policy, and Director of Survey Research Institute, University of Houston
- Free event for TxGC members
- Disc. code sent via email newsletter
- $5 for non-TxGC members
- Online, virtual event via Zoom
- Limited to only 100 attendees
Richard Murray is a native of Louisiana with B.A. and M.A. degrees in Government from Louisiana State University (1962, 1963) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Minnesota (1967). Dr. Murray has taught at the University of Houston since 1966, and is the Bob Lanier Chair in Urban Public Policy. After serving as the Director of the University of Houston Center for Public Policy for over nine years, he is now concentrating on the Center’s polling operations as the Director of the Survey Research Institute.
His academic interests are in Houston and Texas politics, focusing on campaigns and elections, political parties and interest groups, and public opinion. Professor Murray has written extensively in these areas including co-authoring Texas Politics: An Introduction (6 Editions, 1972-1992), and Progrowth Politics: Change and Governance in Houston (1991), while teaching courses ranging from graduate seminars to introductory American Government.
Professor Murray has previously consulted in more than 200 political campaigns. He conducts polls for The Houston Chronicle, other media, and local governments, and is the political commentator for the local ABC affiliate, KTRK-TV, Channel 13. In addition, his analyses and commentary are carried by television and radio, as well as print media such as The New York Times, Washington Post, L.A. Times, and The Houston Chronicle.