Apr Lunch: Mike Matson ‘06

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  • *if seats available
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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

GUEST SPEAKER: Mike Matson ‘06

Are you ready for a motivational lunch?! Ready to meet a bad ass? Mike Matson has made a name for himself as an adventurer, most notably earning two Guinness World Records skippering a three-man rowboat over 3,200 miles across the Atlantic! Mike’s love of ocean adventure began at the US Naval Academy, where he first learned how to sail as a crew member of a Navy 44′ MKI visiting ports along the US Eastern Seaboard. Mike was also a member of the Men’s Heavyweight Crew team, the Trap & Skeet team, and completed two marathons. After leaving the Navy, Mike returned home to Houston and became a volunteer firefighter/emergency medical technician in the City of Stafford while simultaneously earning a doctorate in Chemistry from Rice University.  As a new professor, Mike authored Inorganic Chemistry for Dummies and taught undergraduate classes at the local University of Houston-Downtown. When his research shifted from biomedical applications to shale oil extraction, Mike transitioned into the oil and gas industry and currently he is a drilling engineer with Kinder Morgan CO2. Mike first met his wife, Sami, in 7th grade, and they now have two happy, healthy Scouts (Morgan, a Brownie, and Cooper, a Bear) that love living in the Heights. When not at his desk downtown, Mike is likely found weight lifting atCrossFit Live Oak in Montrose with Brian.