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Houston Aggie Website to Ensure You Don’T Miss a Minute of Houston Aggie News, Please Go to and Click on the “Update” Button Now www.HoustonAgs.org | Fourth Quarter 2013 ® HOUSTON Keeping the Spirit AGGIEof Aggieland thanks graciasdankesalamat grazie tackmerci obrigado natick mahalo toda kiitosxie xie arigato Happy Holidays COMING SOON The New and Improved Houston Aggie Website To ensure you don’t miss a minute of Houston Aggie News, please go to www.HoustonAgs.org and click on the “update” button now. 45011_.indd 7 12/17/13 9:51 AM The Houston A&M Club is the largest association of former students in the world. HAMC is run by volunteers and funded entirely by donations. Contents Membership is FREE, but registration is required each year to ensure page 3 Howdy from the Houston A&M Club President that our records remain current. page 4 Spirit of An Aggie Entrepreneur www.HoustonAgs.org Fellow Students: A Collection of Aggie Poetry The HAMC is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization recognized under section 501(c)(3). Our Federal Tax ID# is 76-015741. page 5 HAMC Builds Bridge from College Station... 99 Bottles of Beer...Aggie Volunteers at iFest Houston Aggie, P.O. Box 27382 Houston, Texas 77227-7382 page 6 An Aggie Abroad: Ubud, Bali The Houston Aggie Magazine, published four times per year (in page 7 Muster March, June, September, and December), is the official publication of the HAMC and is free to all members. Opinions expressed are not page 8 Put a Bit of Aggieland in Your Next Event necessarily those of the HAMC or the editor. Content may not be reprinted without the permission of the author, artist, or editor. page 10 Farewell Address from President Loftin Submissions are encouraged and should pertain to page 11 Texas A&M Releases 2014 Conference Football Schedule news/information relevant to Houston Aggies. Send to: Houston Aggie Magazine, c/o deborah lawson ‘92, P.O. Box 940082, Houston, Texas 77094-7082 page 12 Kudos, Whoops, and Good Bull! [email protected] page 13 College Night Submissions may be edited for length, grammar, accuracy, or for Coach’s Night any other reason. Articles may also appear on the HAMC’s website. Please contact the editor for additional information, including page 14 Future Aggies deadlines. Houston Aggie Events Important reminders: page 15 Houston Aggie Events Please ask your employer about matching your contributions to the Houston A&M Club. Because the Houston Aggie Magazine is sent via bulk mail, it is not Like our Facebook page! forwarded or returned. Please remember to update your address on the website: www.HoustonAgs.org. www.facebook.com/houstonags Editor: deborah lawson ‘92 Designer: Adriana Dean ‘06 Follow us on Twitter @HoustonAMClub Gary Markham ‘71 Ken Homfeld ’74 Jerry Mercer ‘75 Wes Jordan ’85 Tom Gregory ‘80 Alan Wakim ’89 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Matt Spiekerman ’94 Vincent F. Fratinardo ’00 Robin Thomas ‘08 Robert Scates ‘97 Melissa Weynand ’02 Chris Michalec ‘03 All submissions are welcome, but publication cannot be guaranteed. PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS. Deadlines REACH HOUSTON AGGIES. 1st Qtr: January 1 ADVERTISE IN THE 2nd Qtr: April 1 HOUSTON AGGIE! 3rd Qtr: July 1 4th Qtr: October 1 Contact deborah@lawsonlegal. net for details! page 2 | www.HoustonAgs.org 45011_.indd 8 12/17/13 9:51 AM Howdy from the President “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” ― Hunter S. Thompson “Wow! What a Ride!” I couldn’t have said it better myself. My year as President has been a rollercoaster of people, places, and emotions; but, I wouldn’t trade it for anything! To everyone who has supported me on this e-ticket ride, “THANK YOU!” Although the year will be drawing to a close when you read this, I write it with Thanksgiving looming just a week away – a huge reminder that there are thousands of Aggies and friends who deserve my thanks, now and always. I had so many things that I wanted to accomplish when I took on this role. Some worked out, others didn’t, but I can honestly say that I’m skidding in broadside, thoroughly used up and worn out, but loudly proclaiming this to be the best year it could have been, all thanks to the Aggies I’ve worked with, met, and have yet to meet in person. Thanks to Johnny Manziel for making football entertaining again and reminding me why I love the game. I’ve had the privilege of watching the two greatest quarterbacks of all time live at Kyle Field. Bucky Richardson ’92 taught me to love the game and Johnny Football brought me back to it (along with second deck, 45 yard line seats). But it is Mike Evans who took my lucky number to new heights and made Johnny look good. Thanks Mike! I can’t wait to watch y’all next year, wherever that turns out to be. Thanks to Bowen Loftin ’71 for being the best mentor a president could ask for and representing everything great about the Aggies. Bowen, I am honored to have served with you. Your friendship means the world to me and I look forward to visiting Columbia next time we play the Tigers. The University of Missouri system is lucky to have you, my friend. Thanks to all the Aggies who gave their time this year to ensure that the Houston Aggies stayed connected. I don’t think most people realize how many Directors, Officers, and Chairs it takes to put on the events and activities the HAMC hosts throughout the year, not to mention the Reveille Club, Howdy Club, and Aggie Moms. Y’all are my rocks, the firm foundation on which the Houston Aggies stand and prosper. Finally, thanks to Adriana Dean, who helped transform this Newsletter into what it is today. And thanks to the Aggies who have reached out to me to share their stories and photos. You are the true heart of the Houston Aggies. Please continue to send your stories to me. I love sharing them with each and every one of you. So as my presidential journey draws to an end, I invite you to stay connected to me as I start a new adventure. You can find me planning events at the Sam Houston Race Park, where live horse racing returns in January. If anyone is interested in fun and unique meeting and event space, please be sure to give me a call. I’d love to share the excitement with you. I can’t wait to see what 2014 brings. Thanks and gig ‘em! deborah lawson ‘92 Advertisers Patrick D. Mahoney Attorney at Law Commercial & Residential Real Estate Law CORPORATE LEGAL Board Certified by Texas Board of Legal INSURANCE FINANCIAL 2800 Post Oak Boulevard Specialization Suite 3200 Houston, TX 77056-6167 950 Echo Lane, Suite 333 (713) 499-4664 Fax (713) 499-4699 Houston, Texas 77024 713-552-1700 [email protected] www.HoustonAgs.org | page 3 45011_.indd 9 12/17/13 9:51 AM Spirit of an Aggie Entrepreneur What would you do if you had access to a machine, woodworking, or metal work shop? An electronics lab with advanced 3D design software and a 3D printer? With access to the tools, equipment, space, and training, anything you can image could be possible. The Inventor’s Mill brings the ultimate tool shop to the Houston area. Phil Birkelbach ’93 grew up in a small West Texas town, working as a ma- chinist in the machine shop that his Grandfather started after the war. After graduating from high school, Phil attended Texas A&M, where he met, and later married, Shannon ’94. (You may remember Shannon from a story Spirit of an Aggie Entrepreneur in the Second Quarter 2012 HoustonAggie.) For the In his free time, Phil flies. He’s been a pilot most of last eighteen years, Phil has been working as an engineer for a small company his life, soloing a glider when he was just 14. In 2005, that builds control systems for the offshore oil and gas industry. he finished building his own airplane and has really enjoyed flying it. “I love to build things, which is why I went to engineering school. Lately, I miss having access to the tools that I Fellow Students: had growing up in that machine shop. I have more ideas than I have time, A Collection of Aggie Poetry but I want to build bigger and more interesting inventions.” To reach that Glenn Phillips ’01 has spent a long time in Aggieland, with a lot of time to think about what it goal, Phil started a small business: means to be an Aggie. When he found that meaning difficult to explain, he wondered if poetry The Inventor’s Mill, which will allow would make it easier. Seven years and 120 pages of poetry later, he has his answer. “It is still member to use tools and equipment hard to explain, but poetry helped me document my experience as part of the Aggie family,” that may not have been possible be- fore. For more information about this As he prepares to receive his fourth degree this May, Glenn collected his poems into a book as a Aggie start-up: please visit farewell to Texas A&M. All profits from the sale of the poems will fund an Aggie Ring www.inventorsmill.com. Scholarship named in honor of his cousin, Jeff Wetuski ’91, who passed away while still a student.
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