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March lnternational Dining Club Membership in the club runs coincident with the calendar Saturday, March 1 year. Mernbership is open to all MIT alumni and alumnae, as 7:00 pm well as current undergraduate and graduale students and their parents. Your dues in the local clLrb are used to pay for Cafe Malay printing and mailing this newsletter, sponsor events for local l0234Westheimer high school students accepted at the lnstitr-rte, award prizes al (between Gessner and Beltway 8 on the NW corner at Seagler, local science fairs, and improve local science and math next to Sterling Bank) education through or-rr Leadership in Education Program (LEAP). Although administrative l lrus{.
2007 - Anthony Langley, Arnold Middlc School, Cy-Fair ISD lvy League Night with the Aeros 2007 - Serena Magrogan, Hightower HS, Fort Bend ISD Sunday, February 17th at 4:05 PM 2007 - Mary Piitterson. Harnilton Middle School, Cy-Fair ISD Houston Aeros vs. lowa Stars 1006 - D. Howard. Stratford HS. Spring Branch ISD 2005 - A. Smith. James E. Bay Elcmentary Scl.rool, Clcar Creek ISD Come join fellow Ivy Leaguers Cheer on the Aeros ! 2004 - T. Hugl'res, Northbrook Senior HS, Spring Branch ISD alumni, family friends can save oif tickets 2004 - N. Wilson, Taylor HS. Alief ISD All & $6 2003 - A. Zoller. James F. Bay Elementary School. Clear Creek ISD $25 Center Ice/Club tickets (regLrlarly $31) 2002 - P. Nesrsta, Clear Brook HS, Clear Creek ISD You u,ill purchase your tickets through the Aeros Group Sales 2002 - C. Warden. Cinco Ranch HS, Katy ISD Office - click on this link fbr ticket ordering information: 2001 - P. Thomason, Langham Crcck HS, Fort Bcnd ISD http :ir'rnithouston.or.rrl'aeros2008. pdf 2000 - J. Elston, Taylor HS Katy ISD 1999 - J. Boyd, First Colony Middle School, Fort Bend ISD A big thank you to the Comell Alumni Group of Greater Houston for making arrangements with the Aeros! Ed Rinehart *lnterClub 2007-2008 Board of Directors February Happy Hour (* lnterim elections held January 2008) Thursday, Feb 21, 2008 President - Ram6n San Pedro 6:00pm - 9:00pm President-Elect - Anthony Thomas Cash Bar Past-President - Eric Chan VP-CommunicationsiWebmaster - Stacey Nakamura Saga Food & Wine VP-Membership - Stacey Nakamura 301 7 Milart VP-Programs - *Stacey Nakan'rura (interim) Houston. TX 77006 Chair, MITI0 Programs - Dan DiLorenzo (713) 523-1010 Chair. Educational Outreach - Alex Fernandez 1\,tap Chair, Sloan Alumni Programs . *Eric Chan (interiml *Chenny The Cornell Altrmni Group of Greater Fiouston is hosting the Chair, Community Service - Zhu *lnterClub Secretary/Historian - Amo Bomrner February Happy Hour and it will be held at Saga Treasurer - Steve Murdoch Food and Wine in midtown Houston. Check oLrt the great Enterprise Forum Liaison - Anwer Hlrssain restaurantr'bar profile via Citysearch. We've had (30 guests Education Council Chair - Ed Rinehart turnouts at lnterClub events this year to 100 with - and have a Directors - Marilyn Taggi Cisar, Al Cisar, Sharon Israel, about l0-20 MIT Alumni at each event) stop by great tin.re Hope lo see you there Dave Johnston, Maya Malevich, SLrndy Srinivasan, Gre,e socializing and networking! T'urner. Raul Valdez and don't forget to bring your business cards! MIT Parents Association Liaison Carol and Charlie aThe tlr;uston lnterCltrh is an infirmal "nc.rLrs" of Houslon lvl+ Aluntni Herder groups: Btbson College, Cul Berkelet, Coluntbict, Cornell, U ol Chk'u-7o, Htrn'urd, LIIT, Norlhtrestern, Princeton, Richnnnd Universitt, Smi/h, Anyone interested is welcorne at the rnonthly board meetings, Stonfbrd, I:assar, lI'elleslet,, ttnd Yala. generally held on the flrst Tuesday of the month at 7:00 prn. For more information, please contact Ramon San Pedro, - Dan DiLorenzo clan(i:.rnilhouston.org - Jim Culver i im(Q,.m ithor,,trrr,r.,rrf stexasclubpres(lah"rrn.mit.edu W: (281 ) 897- l0 l3 -Shambhcrvi Kadam shurulthat,i(4,,mithou.gton.org Pictures From The 2007 South Texas Holiday Party !!!
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Dues Paid Members for 2008 (as of Feb 2,2008) The MIT Club of South Texas expresses its thanks for your continued support ofthe Club ! Benefactor Brazzatti, Joe Recent Graduates Murdoch, Stephen Anantharaman, Bharthwaj Tervalon, Albert Arzeno, Natalia Bryn, Peter Sustaining Cantu, Erika Homsy, Paul Franco, Katherine Fu, Caroline Patron Greene, Thomas Baker, Marvin Kadam, Shambhavi Leskin, Katherine Regular McKenna, Nicholas Bae, Jung Shull, Sarah Byrd, James Tong, Raymond Ward, Tarik Calder, Jon t'-., Chang, Lan X,^ Espey, Donald -., ru, Chenny Godbold, Gilbert S. Guimpelson, Bronislav Parents - MultiYear Sustaining Kodama, Koichi Glover, Charles Lin, Susan Major, Robert Parents - MultiYear Patron Metzger, Brianne Fisher, Bobbie and Charlie Powell, Robert Herder, Charlie anc Carol Satcher, Robert Tsai, Chang-Ping Schweizer, Richard Shi, Shuaichen Parents - MultiYear Regular Tan, Stephanie Durand, Larry and Agelia Tubman, Kenneth Mo, Yi-Lung Weinberg, Steve Ray, Doug ard Jana Wong, Eric Sim, Linda lnd Kwok Yan, Huafei (Catherine) Upcoming Events:
Feb 17 - lvy League Night / Houston Mar 1 - LEAP Application Deadline Apr TBD - All MIT Happy Hour Aeros Mar 1 - Dining Club Apr TBD - Dining Club Event Feb 21 - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour Mar '14 - MIT Judging @ Houston Science Apr TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour hosted by Cornell and Engineering Fair Feb 28 - RSVP Deadline for Mar Dining Mar TBD - Houston Rockets Presentation Club and Game Feb TBD - MIT Networking Event Mar TBD - MIT Networking Event Mar TBD - MIT lnstitute Speaker Event Mar TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour For The Latest Event Status Check Our Website and Watch For Our Emails
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Tuesday, March 25,2008 Dr. Harbo Jensen, CM'74 Chevron Vice- President of lnternational Technical 6:00pm - Volunteer Fair Reception (cash bar) Services 7:15pm - Dinner 7:45pm - Presentation Explore what is driving the crude oil and petroleum prodtrct markets with Dr. Jensen. cuffent President of the MIT Ah-unni 2008 Dues Paid Members & Guests: $37 Association. In 2007 oil prices spiked up an amazing -579'o and MlTl0 Recent Graduate Subsidy Rate: $20 ended the year near S100 per barrel. Whether you are mnning for (20 seats available) President or just running to the supennarkel. oil prices will (pay $gZ via SmarTrans''{ now, get $17 rebate certainly inflrence how you nln your life in 20081 Corne and check at event ) enjoy Dr. Jensen's unique perspectives on this vital topic and on MIT Enterprise Forum Members & Guests: $37 MIT. Dr Jensen is on the VIIT visiting committees trf the nuclear Non members: $45 science. rnaterial science, and biological engineering departrnents. A native Bostonian, he earned his BS degree tiom University of Houston-Hilton Northeastern and his PhD from MIT in organic chernistry. He 4800 Calhoun Street now lives in the San Francisco bay area where he was president (713) 741-2500 of the M IT Club of Northern Califbrnia. Check the website for a map o What is driving cnrde oil and petroleum product prices? RSVP 11pm 20,2008 via by CDT, March SEITrans*. r What is the current or,rtlook fbr world supply and See our website mithouston.orq to signup using demand? SmarTransrM o How does Chevron look at the crude oil market? o What economic factors are driving the demand tbr oil'l For more infbrmation, please contact Ram6n San Pedro at . Are there just l0 kinds of people in the world? Those rs p 1j!ah,rrn. rnit. edu that understand binarv & those that do not?
South Texas Volunteer Fair - 2008 Tuesday, March 25,2008 Held during Harbo Jensen cocktail reception (see previous article)
Are You lnterested in Volunteering or Suggesting a New Volunteer Activity? We have a variety of opportunities involving an equally varied range of time commitments!
As a follow up to our inar,rgural Volunteer Fair in 2007. we will again host a Volunteer Fair.
We will be covering the following fbur areas: o Edr-rcational Outreach - Mentoring o Educational Outreach - AlLrmni/ae Lectures i Subject Specific Tutorial Sessions: Stratfold Acadetny r Cornmunity Outreach - Habitat for Hurnanity, Houst Current alurnniiae volunteers will be available to chat about these areas in an informal selting during the Harbo Jensen cocktail reception. We will be looking tbr new ideas from you as well as discussing how we facilitate and train new volunteers. - Stacey Nakamura and Ramon San Pedro [email protected] [email protected] -t- Houston Rockets 2008 - Presentation and 2008 Club Membership Drive Game Save The Date: April 16, 2008 It's time once again, time fbr the annual MIT ClLrb of Soulh Texas men.rbership drive. The MIT Club of South Texas invites Presentation by Rockets Assistant General Manager, p4! you to join or renew your membership for 2008. Merrbership in Morev, Sloan'00 the club runs coincident with the calendar year. Membership is Game Afterwards! open to all MIT alumni and alurnnae. as well as current LA Clippers vs Houston Rockets Lrndergraduate and graduale stirdents and their parenls. Yor.rr dues in the local club are used to pay lbr printing and nrailing this This is a wonderlul opportunity to cheer for the Houston Rockets, newsletler, sponsor evenls fbr local high school students accepted as well as to hear about Sports statistics from the team's general at the lnstitute, award prizes at local science fhirs, and improve manager and MIT alum, Daryl Morey. Details TBA. local science and rnath education throLrgh our Leadership in Education Prograrn (LEAP). Although we do benefit fiom son.re administrative assistance fiom the Institute. the MIT Club of Biofuels Research at MIT South Texas does not receive tiurding tiorn MIT or fiom the Save the date: May 13,2008 Alumni/ae Association. Lasl year was a reoord year for South Texas alumni and parent participation and we look fbrward to An Evening with yor-rr continued support in 2008. Join toclay to get the rnaxirntrm Prof. Kristala Jones Prather benefit tiom your rnembership! Visit our website to sign up: MIT Department of Chemical Engineering ww1y.t11!hSU$S!.o1g Stacet,Nakamuro We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kristala Jones Prather is coming to Houston May 13 as our annual MIT faculty speaker. She will discuss her research qroup's work on biofuels. This year, Dr. Prather won a grant (one of eleven) from the inauqural round of MIT Enerqv lnitiative seed orants: "Microbial synthesis of pentanol as a biofuel." Details TBA. Sign Up Now For 2008 Membership ! Use SmarTransrt/ and save time and postage! See our website mithouston.orq tostgrup using SmarTransrM and to cieck your membership status Please sign me up as a Member of the MIT Club of South Texas for Calendar Year 2008: 2008-03a Class & Course: Work Address: Phone: Preferred Announcement Service - ln addition to our regular [_] Benefactor, $200+ monthly Newsietter, Please specify your preferred contact method [_l Sustaining, $100+ for special members-only events and event reminders. (Your use [_l Patron, $50+ of Email helps the Club control operatrng costs - Your Email address [_] Regular, $25 will be held confidential): U MlTs Recent Grad ('03-,08), $5 [_] Parents (per household per year), $25 E-mail : fl [_] Parents MultiYear (per household for 4 years), $40 one time payment Ll US Postal Service fl FAX: Please circle preferred fax receive times: Day Evening Overnight No Extra Contribution to Leadership ln Education (LEAP):_ Preference Please make check payable to MIT Club of South Texas and return to Mr. Stephen Murdoch MIT Club of South Texas 13190 Trail Hollow Houston, TX 77079 In This Issue: MIT CLUB OF SOUTH TEXAS Inst Speaker - Page I rYgXT Volunteer Recognition - Page I Cluht 2008 Astronaut Talk Page 2 May Newsletter Membership Drive Page 2 South www.mithouston.org Texas lnstitute Speaker and Volunteer Recognition Event Tuesday, May 13,2008 Am6ricas Restaurant nstitute Speaker: 1800 Post Oak Blvd . Kristala Rational Jones Prather'94" Biofuels: (Pavilion Mall) ign of Microbial Factories" Chemical Hcuston, TX 77056 olunteer Focus: Phone: (713) 96X -1492 ducational Council Check our website for a map VF via SmarTransr# by f l:00 PM GDT on Cash Bai'Reception 6:00 Plvl ursday, May 8,2008 Dinner 7:00 PM Program: 7:30 PM To use SmarTransru, please go to our website mithouston.orq Please note that space is limited (first-come, first-served) and due to restaurant policies, late reservations will not be accepted. NationalAward Winners: please contact Ram6n San Pedro to RSVP Educational Counselors: $25 2008 Dues Paid Club Members: $50 Guests of Any of the Above: $50 Non-Members & Guests: $75 Please join us for an evening with Prof. Jones Prather, the Joseph R. Mares (1924) Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her presentation will offer a glimpse into the future of biological conversion of feedstocks into useful chemicals, one promising application being the production of novel biofuels in a "biorefinery." On this night the Club will also recognize and celebrate the efforts of our alumni volunteers, with a special focus on the Educational Council. We will proudly present, on behalf of the Alumni Association, the George B. Morgan'20 Award to its mosi recent winner from our area, James Knoedler '6i. We will also recognize and express our gratitude to all Educational Counselors and Alumni Association Award Winners from the Houston atea, a great number of whom we are proud to count among our Club membership. Our Distinguished Speaker: Kristala Jones Prather is the Joseph R. Mares (1924) Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. Her research interests are focused on the design and assembly of recombinant microorganisms for the production of small molecules. Current efforts include the'development of tools and methodologies for biosynthetic pathway design and forbioprocess improvement. Prather received an S.B. degree from MIT in 1994, and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, both in chemical engineering. She is the recipient of a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award (2004), an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award (2005), and a Technology Review "TR35" Young Innovator Award (2007). This year, Dr. Prather won a grant (one of eleven) from the inaugural round of MIT Energy initiative seed grants: "Microbial synthesis of pentanol as a biofuel." For more information, please contact Ramdn San Pedro -l- 2008 NASA Astronaut Event Working In Space: Building The lnternational Space Station Saturday, June 21,2008 This evenf is sponsored by the Wellesley Club of Houston and the MIT Club of South Texas Speaker: Space Genter Houston la Melroy (Colonel, US Air Force, Retired) Silvermoon Function Room Astronaut 1601 NASA Parkway (formerly NASA Rd. 1) ellesley College'83 Houston, TX 77058 lT'84 281-244-2100 Click here for a map ay, June 21,2008 ickets must be purchased before 11pm CDT, June imately 25 miles south of downtown Houston 1,2008 via SmarTranst' NASA/Clear Lake area. Note: the NASA Parkw of lnterstate 45 may be under construction :1Sam - 1Oam: Registration and light refreshments ne 21. Watch for detour signs Oam - 11 :1Sam: Presentation by Col. Melroy: 1 :1Sam until 7pm: Enjoy Space Center Houston Parking is $5 (not included in ticket price) xhibits and Tram Tours Enter via the main entrance and the attendants will Space Center Houston normally opens at 1Oam, direct you to the Silvermoon Room we will be able to enter starting at 9:1Sam for our Food service is available inside Space Center Houston t. Adults and children 4 and older: $11.50 per person Children under 4: free (but remember to add them to your headcount when you RSVP) lncludes all day admission to Space Center Houston! Light refreshments will be served Tickets must be purchased before I 1pm CDT, June 1 1 , 2008 via SmarTransrM To use SmarTransrM, please go to our website mithouston.orq Tickets will be mailed via US Mail to you the week of June 16. Come join us for a presentation by NASA Astronaut Pam Melroy and enjoy touring the Space Center Houston facilities. Pam will share her experiences as commander of Shuttle mission STS-120 in 2007. Pam is the second woman to command a Shuttle mission and has also sered as pilot on two flights (STS42 in 2000 and STS-112 in2002). A veteran ofthreeShuttlemissions,shehasloggedover924hours(over38days)inspace. PamreceivedherBSdegreeinphysics and astronomy from Wellesley College in 1983 and her MS degree in earth & planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. Although we have designed this event to be of particular interest to children and their families, we encourage everyone to participate and "be a tourist" in our own hometown for a day! Although tickets to Space Center Houston are available for public purchase, we have arranged for a significant group discount (adult ticket prices are normally $18.95!). You must purchase your tickets via SmarTransrM in order to get access to the Astronaut presentation. Questions? Please contact Stacev Nakamura (281) 486-4782 _) _ 2008 Club Membership Drive It's time once again, time for the annual MIT Club of South Texas membership drive. The MIT Club of South Texas invites you to join or renew your membership for 2008. Membership in the club runs coincident with the calendar year. Membership is open to all MIT alumni and alumnae, as well as current undergraduate and graduate students and their parents. Your dues in the local club are used to pay for printing and mailing this newsletter, sponsor events for local high school students accepted at the Institute, award prizes at local science fairs, and improve local science and math education through our Leadership in Education Program (LEAP). Although we do benefit from some administrative assistance from the Institute, the MIT Club of South Texas does not receive funding from MIT or from the Alumni/ae Association. Last year was a record year for South Texas alumni and parent participation and we look forward to your continued support in 2008. Join today to get the maximum benefit from your membership! Visit our website to sign up: www.mithouston.org Sign Up Now_ For 2008 Membership ! Use SmarTransrM and save time and postagel Please sign me up as a Member of the MIT Club of South Texas for Calendar Year 2008: 2008-05 Name: Class & Course: Home Address: Work Address: Phone: Phone: Preferred Announcement Service - ln addition to our regular fl Benefactor, $200+ monthly Newsletter, Please specif,T your preferred contact method [_] Sustaining, $1OO+ for special members-only events and event reminders. (Your use LI Patron, $50+ of Email helps the Club control operating costs - Your Email address ll Regular, $25 will be held confidential): Ll MlTs Recent Grad ('03-'08), $5 Parents (per household per year), $25 E-mail: ll [_] ll Parents MultiYear (per household for 4 years), $40 one time payment U US PostalService [_] FAX: Please circle preferred fax receive times: Day Evening Overnight No Extra Contribution to Leadership ln Education (LEAP):_ Preference Please make check payable to MIT Club of South Texas and return to Mr. Stephen Murdoch MIT Club of South Texas 13190 Trail Hollow Houston, TX 77079 Dues Paid Members for 2008 (as of April 21, 2008) The MIT Club of South Texas expresses its thanks for your continued support of the Club ! Benefactor Dai, Cheng-Ti J. Kellett, John Wagner, Jeanette Herder, Charlie and Carol Brazzatti, Joe Goepfert, George Kodama, Koichi Wang, Dean Tsai, Chang-Ping Dorflinger, Glen Hawsey, Jerry Lantner, Gary Weinberg, Steve - Genssler, Klaus Johnston, David Lantner, Janet White, R. Winslow Parents MultiYear Regular Hussain, S. Anwer Karohl, David Lin, Susan Wong, Eric Durand, Larry and Agelia lsrael, Sharon Lait, Robert Major, Robert Yan, Huafei (Catherine) Mo, Yi-Lung Koch, Stephen Marlow, William Marshall, Peter Ray, Doug and Jana Moore, Joe Marple, Stanley McDonald, Alex Recent Graduates Sim, Linda Kwok Murdoch, Stephen Nakamura, Stacey McMahon, Michael G Anantharaman, Bharthwaj and Tervalon, Albert Pefaure, Jorge Medina, Chris Arzeno, Natalia Westby, Tim San Pedro, Ramon Melroy, Pam Bossi, Patrick Standley, Pamela Metzger, Brianne Bryn, Peter Sustaining Taggi-Cisar, Marilyn Mistry, J. B. Cantu, Erika Costello, David Tang, Sunny Myers, Jeff Fantozzi, Esme Costello, Lisa Xie, Yue Payne, Houston Franco, Katherine Filak, George Zarin, Marni Peaceman, Donald Fu, Caroline Flowers, Daniel Plotkin, Howard Greene, Thomas Flowers, D. Fort Regular Powell, Robert Kadam, Shambhavi Grossweiler, Phillip Adebiyi, Adenike Ricards, Harold Leskin, Katherine Homsy, Paul Bae, Jung Richards, Jason McKenna, Nicholas Kashiwagr, Brian Brady, Tim Richardson, Herbert Shull, Sarah Rinehart, C. Ed Byrd, James Satcher, Robert Tong, Raymond Turner, R. Gregory Calder, Jon Schweizer, Richard Ward, Tarik Chang, Lan Shi, Shuaichen Xue, Liang Patron Chilton, Robert Starkschall, George Zhu, Chenny Bair, R. Stanley D'Angelo, John Stover, Roger Baker, Kate Hadley Dawson, Stephen Szara, Mark Parents - MultiYear Baker, Lawrence Espey, Donald Tan, Stephanie Sustaining Baker, Marvin Godbold, Gilbert S. Thaller, David Glover, Charles Bommer, Arno Goldsmith, Andrew Tomlinson, Peter Parents - Cisar, Al Guimpelson, Bronislav Triebes, Carl MultiYear Patron Curlet, Nigel Hrers, Todd Tubman, Kenneth Fisher, Cutler, Scott Hixson, George Udden, Mark Bobbie and Charlie - 1- Upcoming Events: May 8- RSVP Deadline for lnstitute Jun 11 - RSVP Deadline for Astronaut Jul TBD - All MIT Happy Hour Speaker Event Event Jul TBD - Dining Club Event May 13 - lnstitute Speaker and Volunteer Jun 21 - Astronaut Event at Space Center Jul TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour Recognition Houston Jun TBD - Dining Club May TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Jun TBD - MIT Networking Event Hour Jun TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour For The Latest Event Status Check Our Website and Watch For Our Emails MIT Alum Greq Chamitoff Will be Flying to the lnternational Space Station (lSS) on Shuttle Mission STS-124 Greg is a member of the ISS Expedition Crew 17 Launch is scheduled for May 31, 2008 Check the NASA Website for the latest launch information: www.nasa.gov Astronaut Greeory E. Chamitolf is scheduled to fly to the station as a mission specialist on STS-124. He will take Garrett Reisman's place as an Expedition 17 flight engineer and return to Earlh on shuttle mission STS- 126, which is targeted to launch Oct 16,2008. Chamitoff, who was bom in Montreal, Canada, grew up in San Jose, Calif. He has a doctorate in Greq Chamitoff aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of PhD Course 16,'92 Technology. Photc ccuiiesv of NA.SA. 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TX77058 MtT'84 281-244-2100 Click here for a map Saturday, June 21, 2008 miles Houston in the Tickets must be ourc1rased before 11pm CDT, June 11, \pproximately 25 south of downtown 2008 via SmarTransl \ASA/Clear Lake area. Note: the NASA Parkway ramp o1 nterstate 45 may be under construction on June 21. \Nalcf 9:15am - 1Oam: Registration and light refreshments br detour signs. 1Oam 11:15am: Presentation by Col. Melroy: - (not price) 11:15am until 7pm: Enjoy Space Center Houston Exhibits Parking is $5 included in ticket and Tram Tours Enter via the main entrance and the attendants will direct you to the Silvermoon Room Note: Space Center Houston normally opens at 1Oam, but we will be able to enter starting at 9:15am for our event. Food service is available inside Space Center Houston Adults and children 4 and older: $11.50 per person Children under 4: free (but remember to add them to your headcount when you RSVP) lncludes all day admission to Space Center Houston! Light refreshments will be served Tickets must be purchased before 'll pm CDT, June 1 1,2OOB via SmarTransrM To use SmarTransrM, please go to our website mithouston.orq Tickets will be mailed via US Mail to you the week of June 16. Come join us for a presentation by NASA Astronaut Pam Melroy and enjoy touring the Space Center Houston facilities. Pam will share her experiences as commander of Shuttle mission STS-120 in2007. Pam is the second woman to command a Shuttle mission and has also served as pilot on two flights (STS-92 in 2000 and STS- I 12 rn 2002). A veteran of three Shuttle missions, she has logged over 924 hours (over 38 days) in space. Pam received her BS degree in physics and astronomy from Wellesley College in 1983 and her MS degree in earth & planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984. Although we have designed this event to be of particular interest to children and their families, we encourage everyone to participate and "be a tourist" in our own hometown for a day! Although tickets to Space Center Houston are available for public purchase, we have arranged for a significant group discount (adult ticket prices are normally $18.95!). You must purchase your tickets via SmarTransrM in order to get access to the Astronaut presentation. Questions? Please contact Stacev Nakamura (281) 486-4182 -l- lnstitute Speaker and Volunteer Recognition Event Tuesday, May 13,2008 Our Club recognized and celebrated the efforts of our alumni volunteers, with a special focus on the Edr.rcational Cor.rncil. Local alumna Cordelia Price '78, VP MIT Alumni Association, presented on behalf of the Alumni Association, the George B. Morgan '20 Award to its most recent winner from our area, James Knoedler'61. We also recognized and expressed our gratitude to all Educational Counselors and Alumni Association Award Winners from the Houslon area. Seven MIT Alumni Association Award recipients from our Club were in attendance at this event. '78 L. Knoedler'61, Cordelia M. Price MIT Alumni Association Award Recipients in Attendance Leftto Right: R. GregoryTurner'74, Cordelia M. Price'78, Samuel Denard'74, L. Knoedler'61, Arnold M. Singer'48, C Ed Rinehart '63, Joe F. Moore ' The MIT Club of South Texas Congratulates the Following Alumni Association Award Winners from the Houston area: Bronze Beaver Award The Bronze Beaver Award is given in recognition of distinguished service to the Alumni Glen V. Dorflinger'46 Association and/or the Institute by alumni who have been active in most or all phases of Joe F. Moore '52 alumni activity and who have been outstanding in at least one phase. This award is the Wendyl A. Reis '56 highest honor the Association can beslow upon any of its members. R. Gregory Turner'7-l Henry B. Kane'24 Award The Henrv B. Kane'24 Arvard is given in recognition of exceptional service and Sharon A. Israel '86 acoomplishments in the area of fundraising for the Alumni Association and MIT. Harold E. Lobdell '17 Distinguished Service Award Samuel Denard '74 The Lobdell Award, established rn l9'79, is given in recognition of alumni relations Cordelia M. Price'78 service ofspecial depth over a sustained period. Wendyl A. Reis'56 R. Gregory Turner'74 George B. Morgan'20 Award The George B. Morgan'20 Award is given in recognition of sustained excellence in all Sid F. Atlas '43 aspects of Educational Council activity, including dedication to MIT, an abiding concern James L. Knoedler'61 for and sensitivity to the interests ofprospective students, and exceplional standards of C. Ed Rinehart'63 achievement and professionalism in meeting Council responsibilities. Arnold M. Singer'48 Presidential Citation Award MIT Club of South Texas The Presidential Citation is given in recognition of distinguished service to the Alumni 75th Diamond Anniversary Celebration Association and MIT by alumni organizations. Organizing Committee -2 2008 Club Membership Drive It's time once again, time for the annual MIT Club of South Texas membership drive. The MIT Club of South Texas invites you to join or renew your membership for 2008. Membership in the club runs coincident with the calendar year. Membership is open to all MIT alumni and alumnae, as well as current undergraduate and graduate students and their parents. Your dues in the local club are used to pay for printing and mailing this newsletter, sponsor events for local high school students accepted at the Institute, award prizes at local science fairs. and improve local science and math education through our Leadership in Education Program (LEAP). Allhough we do benefit from some administrative assistance from the lnstitute, the MIT Club of South Texas does not receive funding from MIT or from the Alumni/ae Association. Last year was a record year for South Texas alumni and parent parlicipation and we look forward to your continued support in 2008. Join today to get the maximum benefit from your membershipl Visit our website to sign up: wwrv.mithouston.org 2008-2009 Board of Directors The Club is pleased to announce the 2008-2009 Board of Directors: President - Anthony Thomas President-Elect - Alex Femandez Past-President - Ram6n San Pedro VP-Communications/Webmaster - Stacey Nakamura VP-Membership - Stacey Nakamura VP-Programs - Lan Chang Chair, MITI0 Programs - Vacant Chair, Educational Outreach - Dave Johnston Chair, Sloan Alumni Programs Eric Chan (interim) Chair, Community Service - Chenny Zhu Secretary/Historian - Arno Bommer Treasurer - Steve Murdoch Enterprise Forum Liaison - Anwer Hussain Education Council Chair - Ed Rinehart Directors - Marilyn Taggi Cisar, A1 Cisar, Sharon Israel, Sundy Srinivasan, Greg Turner MIT Parents Association Liaison - Carol and Charlie Herder Anyone interested is welcome at the monthly board meetings, generally held on the first Tuesday of the month at7:00 pm. For more information, please contact Anthony Thomas, stexasclubpres(@a1um.mit.edu Annual Club of South Texas Planning Meeting June 28, 2008 Saturday Noon - 3pm Brainstorming Session For The Next 12 Months of Club Activity! All alumni/ae are invited to participate ! Once again i1's summer time, and that means that its time for our annual planning rneeting. The meeting is scheduled for Noon - 3pm on Saturday, June 28. This is your opportunity to make recommendations for programs and events that you'd like to see over the next year. We expect that our Educational and Community Outreach programs will generate a lot of good discussion. Drop in and join the dialogue! Please contact Anthony Thomas mentor('@mithouston.org if you are interested in participating or have questions (and for driving directions). MIT Astronauts - A Big Year Ahead! Did Yori Know...... From May 2008 to May 2009, a MIT Astronaut will be a member of every Shuttle and ISS Expedition mission? A total of nine MIT Astronauts will be in space from May 2008 to May 2009, and four of the nine will be going to space for the first time: Greg Chamitoff, Stephen Bowen, Dominic Antonelli, and Christopher Cassidy. See table on Page 4 for more detailsl - r- MIT Astronauts: May 2008 - May 2009 ISS Expedition Crew 17 Astronaut Greqorv E. Chamitoff is scheduled to fly to the station as a mission specialist on Up via STS-124 - May 31,2008 STS-124. He will take Garrett Reisman's place as an Expedition 17 flight engineer and Down via 5T5-126 - Nov 10,2008 return to Earth on shuttle mission STS-126, which is targeted to launch Oct 16,2008. Chamitoff, who was born in Montreal, Canada, grew up in San Jose, Calif. He has a Chamitoff, Greqorv E. doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts lnstitute of Technology. PhD Course 16,'92 STS-125 Shuttle Mission NASA Approves Mission and Names Crew for Hubble Space Telescope Repair Mission: Oct 8, 2008 Mission specialists include veteran spacewalkers John M. Grunsfeld and Michael J. Massimino... Grunsfeld. John M. SB Course 8, '80 Massimino. Michael J. SM Course 2, '88 SM TPP, '88 ME, Course 2, '90 PhD Course 2, '92 STS-126 Shuttle Mission NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Endeavour's STS-126 mission. The flight will Nov 10,2008 deliver equipment to the lnternational Space Station that will enable larger crews to reside aboard the complex. The mission specialists are Naw Crndr. Stephen G. Bowen, NASA Bowen. Stephen G. (Lt astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham, Army Lt. Col" Robert S. Kimbrough and lgya..1Qe.& Commander. USN) Heidemarie M. Stefanvshvn-Piper. Boe, Bowen and Kimbrough will be making their first OCE Course 13W, '93 spaceflight. Endeavour will carry a reusable logistics module that will hold supplies and Stefanyshvn-Piper. Heidemarie M. equipment, including additional crew quarters, a second treadmill, equipment for the (Captain USN) regenerative life support system and spare hardware. SB Course 2, '84 SM Course 2, '85 STS.119 NASA has assigned the space shuttle crew for Discovery's STS-1 19 mission. The flight will Dec 4, 2008 deliver the final pair of power- generating solar array wings and truss element to the lnternational Space Station. Air Force Col. Lee J. Archambault will command Discovery. Antonelli. Dominic A. (Commander Naw Cmdr. Dominic A. Antonelli will serve as the pilot. The mission specialists are USN) Joseph Acaba, Richard R. Arnold ll, John L. Phillips and Steven R. Swanson. Antonelli, SB Course 16, '89 Acaba and Arnold will be maklng their first spaceflight. Discovery will carry the 56 truss segment to complete the 361-footlong backbone of the space station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. ISS Expedition Crew 18 NASA astronaut and station veteran Air Force Lt. Col. E. Michael Fincke will command Up via Soyuz Flight TBD Expedition 18. Expedition 18 flight engineers include cosmonaut and veteran station crew Down via STS-127 - TBD member Russian Air Force Col. Salizhan S. Sharipov, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata and NASA astronaut Greqorv E. Chamitoff. Sharipov will command the Soyuz that will carry Fincke. Edward M. him and Fincke to the station in fall 2008 and back to Earth in spring 2009. SB Course 'l 6, '89 SB Course 12,'89 STS.127 NASA has assigned crews for the STS-'127 space shuttle mission and the Expedition 19 TBD International Space Station mission. The STS-127 mission will deliver the final components of the Japan, Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory to the station. Expedition 19 Cassidv" Christopher J. (Lt will double the size of the resident crew on the complex, expanding it to six people. Mission Commander, USN) specialists are Naw Lt. Cmdr. Christopher J. Cassidv, Thomas H. Marshburn, David A. SM Course 13, '00 Wolf and Julie Payette, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. ISS Expedition 19 NASA has assigned crews for the STS-127 space shuttle mission and the Expedition 19 TBD lnternational Space Station mission. The STS-127 mission will deliver the final components of the Japan, Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory to the station. Expedition 19 Thirsk, Robert B. will double the size of the resident crew on the complex, expanding it to six people. SM Course 2,'78 MBA SL15A,'98 ln May 2009, cosmonaut and Russian Air Force Lt. Col. Yuri Lonchakov will command a Soyuz spacecraft that will launch to join Expedition 19 in progress on the station. With Lonchakov will be European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne of Belgium and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert B. Thirsk. Their arrival will expand the station's crew size to six for the first time. Lonchakov and De Winne will serve as flight engineers on the station and return on the Soyuz with Stott. Thirsk also will serve as a flight engineer and will return to Earth on STS-129. Sign Up Now For 2008 Membership ! Use SmarTransrM and save time and postage! Please sign me up as a Member of the MIT Club of South Texas for Calendar Year 2008: 2008-06 Name: Class & Course: Home Address: Work Address: Phone: Phone: Preferred Announcement Service - ln addition to our regular [_] Benefactor, $200+ monthly Newsletter, Please specify your preferred contact method [_] Sustaining, $100+ for special members-only events and event reminders. (Your use LI Patron, $50+ of Email helps the Club control operating costs - Your Email address [_] Regular, $25 will be held confidential): Ll MlTs Recent Grad ('03;08), $5 Parents (per household per year), E-mail: ll $25 [_] ll Parents MultiYear (per household for 4 years), $40 one time payment Ll US Postal Service [_] FAX: Please circle preferred fax receive times: Day Evening Overnight No Extra Contribution to Leadership ln Education (LEAP) Preference Please make check payable to MIT Club of South Texas and return to: Mr. Stephen Murdoch MIT Club of South Texas 13190 Trail Hollow Houston, TX 77079 Dues Paid Members for 2008 (as of May 26, 2008) The MIT Club of South Texas expresses its thanks for your continued support of the Glub ! Benefactor Goepfert, George Kodama, Koichi Wong, Eric Boylan, Mike Hawsey, Jerry Kronenberger, Edward Yan, Huafei (Catherine) Brazzatti, Joe Johnston, David Lantner, Gary Dorflinger, Glen Karohl, David Lantner, Janet Recent Graduates Genssler, Klaus Lait, Robert Lin, Susan Anantharaman, Bhadhwaj Hussain, S. Anwer Maldonado, Georgina Major, Robert Arzeno, Natalia lsrael, Sharon Marlow, William Marshall, Peter Bossi, Patrick Koch, Stephen Marple, Stanley McDonald, Alex Bryn, Peter Moore, Joe Nakamura, Stacey McMahon, Michael G Cantu, Erika Murdoch, Stephen Pefaure, Jorge Medina, Chris Fantozzi, Esme Tervalon, Albert San Pedro, Ramon Melroy, Pam Franco, Katherine Westby, Tim Singer, Arnold Merz, Shane Fu, Caroline Standley, Pamela Metzger, Brianne Greene, Thomas Sustaining Tang, Sunny Mistry, J. B. Kadam, Shambhavi Clark, Virginia Valdez, Raul Myers, Jeff Leskin, Katherine Costello, David Xie, Yue Norvik, Johan K. McKenna, Nicholas Costello, Lisa Zarin, Marni Patten, Rich Shull, Sarah Filak, George Zuteck, Michael Payne, Houston Tong, Raymond Flowers, Daniel Peaceman, Donald Ward, Tarik Flowers, D. Fort Regular Plotkin, Howard Xue, Liang Gomez, Gabriel Adebiyi, Adenike Powell, Robert Zhu, Chenny Grossweiler, Phillip Bae, Jung Ricards, Harold Homsy, Paul Belt, Barbara Richards, Jason Parents - MultiYear Kashiwagi, Brian Brady, Tim Richardson, Herbert Sustaining Nelson, David Byrd, James Satcher, Robert Glover, Charles Rinehart, C. Ed Calder, Jon Schweizer, Richard - MultiYear Patron Turner, R. Gregory Carretto, Joseph Shi, Shuaichen Parents Fisher, Bobbie and Charlie Chang, Lan Starkschall, George Herder, and Carol Patron Chilton, Robert Stover, Roger Charlie Tsai, Chang-Ping Altrichter, Diane M. D'Angelo, John Szara, Mark Bair, R. Stanley Dawson, Stephen Tan, Stephanie Parents - MultiYear Regular Baker, Kate Hadley Espey, Donald Thaller, David Durand, Larry and Agelia Baker, Lawrence Godbold, Gilbert S. Tomlinson, Peter Mo, Yi-Lung Baker, Marvin Goldsmith, Andrew Townsend, Phillip Ray, Doug and Jana Bommer, Arno Guimpelson, Bronislav Triebes, Carl Sim, Linda and Kwok Chan, Eric Harnsberger, Don Tschupp, Ed Cisar, Al Hiers, Todd Tubman, Kenneth Cisar, Marilyn Taggi Hixson, George Udden, Mark Curlet, Nigel Jefferson, Patrick Wagner, Jeanette Cutler, Scott Jernigan, J. Mark Wang, Dean Dai, Cheng-Ti J. Kellett, John Weinberg, Steve Denard, Sam Knoedler. Jim White, R. Winslow -5- Upcoming Events: Jun 11 - RSVP Deadline for Astronaut Jul TBD - All MIT Happy Hour Aug TBD - All MIT Happy Hour Event Jul TBD - Dining Club Event Aug TBD - Dining Club Event Jun 19 - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour Jul TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour Aug TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Jun21 -Astronaut Event at Space Center Hour Houston Aug TBD - Shakespeare / Miller Outdoor Jun 28 - Annual Club Planning Meeting Theater For The Latest Event Status Check Our Website and Watch For Our Emails MIT Alum Greq Chamitoff Will be Flying to the lnternational Space Station (lSS) on Shuttle Mission STS-124 Greg is a member of the ISS Expedition Crew 17 Launch is scheduled for May 31, 2008 Check the NASA Website for the latest launch information: www.nasa.gov Astronaut Grcgory E. Cliarnitoff is scheduled to fly to the station as a mission specialist on STS-124. He will take Garrett Reisman's place as an Expedition l7 flight engineer and retum to Earth on shuttle mission STS- 126, which is targeted to launch Oct 16, 2008. Chamitofl who was born in Montreal, Canada, grew up in San Jose, Calif. He has a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. lll".,"ll"l'l'rlIl'rl'l!"Ill"l'll r"l''lll"'ll"'ll gnL|-6LOLL XI'uolsnoH rc olloH tlerl 06IEI ^ q3oprnN ; uaqdelg r111 - 0/ / I I C I C t**Ol 0V****xx****x***xxxxZ ZOZZZ lrvr^zyclc ;ZZ1.Z)OLL Xt'uo+snoH ctvd lcvr-sod s n I0Z +dV p^tE reluaC ecedg 99191 ]vW ssvtc-l.suE 90-8OOZ 7 3lo' uolsnoqlr uu C].LUOS]Ud sexel qlnos lo qnlc lln / ernLUeljeN s 269'tuZZ'anrngEOn ,f,* &se.w MIT CLUB OF SOUTH TEXAS ffiwLBae&*: August 2008 Flyer I iro South wwu,.mithouston.org i,,'iff,,Texas Reception with Founder of Emerge Global "Hurricanes - What We Don't Know" Friday, August 29,2008 MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas Flagship Event 5:30 - 7:30pm Wednesday, Sept 3, 2008 The Woodlands, Texas 11:30am to 1:00pm RSVP at [email protected] Houston City Club Greenway Plaza, Directions will be provided when you RSVP @ Luncheon fee - $30 RSVP via SmarTransrM (go to www.mitforumtexas.orq) Medha and Shashank Karve'81 and Jusleen Karve, '08 Registration and Networking begin at 11:30am cordially invite you to a cocktail reception with PROGRAM begins at 12:15pm Alia Whitney-Johnson,'08 The MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas lnvites you to Truman Fellowship Winner 2007 Join us for our 2008-09 Season Kickoff Glamour Top Ten College Women Founderof EmergeGlobal www.emerqeqlobal.orq Gene Norman (MIT '82), Chief Meteorologist, KHOU Channel I I Weather Team Empowering Sri Lankan girts who have survived sexual abuse to rediscover a sense of hope, build a strong community, and Gene Norman will address the unique challenge of forecasting fulfill their own visions of the future hurricanes along the Gulf coast, reviewing notable storms of the past, progress made in predictive accuracy, and such active areas ofresearch as the Gulf-Loop current. The Story When l9-year-old Alia Whitney-Johnson arrived in Sri Lanka PROGRAM: in the summer of 2005 to help with the tsunami relief effbrt, she brought with her a jewelry kit, thinking that teaching some l) Unveiling of the MIT Enterprise Forum's Program girls how to make necklaces would be fun. Instead, she found Calendar fcr 2008-Ct9* herself facing a heartbreaking reality where young girls who had survived rape or incest and had the courage to stand up for 2) "Hurricanes What We Don't Know" themselves in court were locked away for years behind walls, *Calendar "Sneak Peek": Reserve the evening of September hiding for their lives from angry family member while giving l Tth when the MIT Enterprise Forum of Texas will convene a birth to and caring for a baby in isolation. panel discussion on the technical and commercialization promises / challenges of "Cloud Computing" These girls taught Alia the power within a strand of glass beads. Coming from past filled pain and ugliness, a with August 2008 Houston *lnterGlub Happy Hour abandoned to a fuhrre of poverty, some of the girls had lost the Thursday, August 21, 2008 ability to even speak. But through time, as they continued to 6-9pm craft the small objects of brilliant colors and surprising textures, glimmering piles of glass cubes and clay spheres, the Sonoma Wine Bar girls began to see that the beauty flowing from their hands 2720 Richmond Ave must also have come from somewhere eise. And cradling the Houston, TX 77098 jewelry born from their artistry, they finally understood that 1 block west of Kirby such beauty arose from their resilience and determination, 713-526-9463 their strength and their love. Thus the Emerge Bead Program was bom as a way io sustain the girls' work, conrrecting them Cash Bar to supplies and training, a global market, and a global community of support. The August 2008 *InterClub Happy Hour is hosted by Harvard University Alumni and will be held at the Sonoma Out of the initial Bead Program came the organization Emerge Wine Bar. Please join us on August 21,20081 Global, with the goal of empowering girls all over the world *InterClub who have survived sexual abuse to rediscover a sense ofhope, We have had excellent attendance at past happy build a strong community, and fulfill their own visions of the hour events and hope to see you at this month's event! future. *The Houston lnterClub is an informal "nexus" of Houston lvy+ 41r^n, groups: Babson, Barnard, UC Berkeley, Brandeis, Brown, U of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, MlT, Mt. Holyoke, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Smith, Stanford, Vassai Washington U, Wellesley, and Yale. Upcoming Events: Aug 21- Houston lnterClub Happy Hour Sept 3 - Enterprise Forum Event Oct TBD - 20th Anniversary of MIT Public Aug 29 - Reception with Emerge Global Sept 14 - MIT Admissions Office Visit Service Center Founder Sept 14 - MIT Golf Oct TBD - Dining Club Event Sept TBD * Houston lnterClub Happy Oct TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour Hour For The Latest Event Status Check Our Website and Watch For Our Emails 2008-2009 Board of Directors The Club is pleased to announce the 2008-2009 Board of Directors: President - Anthony Thomas President-Elect - Alex Femandez Past-President - Ramrin San Pedro VP-Communications/Webmaster - Stacey Nakamura VP-Membership - Stacey Nakamura VP-Programs - Lan Chang Chair, MITl0 Programs - Vacant Chair, Educational Outreach - Dave Johnston Chair, Sloan Alumni Programs - Eric Chan (interirn) Chair, Communitv Service Tarik Ward Secretary/Historian - Arno Bomrner Treasurer - Steve Mr"rrdoch Enterprise Forum Liaison - Anwer Hussain Education Council Chair - Ed Rinehart Directors - Marilyn Taggi Cisar, Al Cisar, Sharon Israel, Sundy Srinivasan, Greg Turner Directors. At-Large - Knut Cezeiiiis, Eiisa Hoiland MIT Parents Association Liaison - Carol and Charlie Herder Anyone interested is welcome at the monthly board meetings, generally held on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm. For more information, please contact Anthony Thomas, president(iirmithouston.ors MIT Alum Greq Chamitoff (PhD Course 16, '92) Flew to the lnternational Space Station (lSS) as a mission specialist on Shuttle Mission STS-124. He replaced Garrett Reisman as Expedition 17 flight engineer ancj wili reiurn to Eariir on shutiie niission STS-126 after working on the ISS for 6 months (STS- 126 is targeted to launch Nov 10, 2008.) Chamitoff, who was born in Montreal, Canada, grew up in San Jose, Calif. He has a doctorate in aeronautics anci astronautics from MlT. Greg is a member of the ISS Expedition Crew 17 and willwork on the ISS for 6 Months! In This Issue MIT CLUB OF SOUTH TEXAS MIT PSCI Reccption Page MSw Dr. Flowers Lecture Page Ciluuhx 2008 MIT Golf Page October Happy Hours - Page South www.mithouston.org MIT Astronauts Page Texas The Club of Soufh lexas Board extends its thoughts and prayers to all alumnae/i who have been affected by Hurricane lke South Texas Reception: MIT Public Service Fowler Distinguished Lecture Series Center (PSC) 20th Anniversary ! Dr. Woodie Flowers Thursday, Oct 23, 2008 Pappalardo Professor Emeritus, MIT 6:30 - 9:00pm October 8, 2008 So Vino Bistro and Wine Bar 4:10 to 5:00 PM 507 Westheimer Road Rm. 112 O&M Bldg. Houston, TX 77006 713-524-1000 Texas A&M University (Complementary Valet and Street Parking Available) College Station, Texas For directions - please see www.sovinowines.com Reception to follow, 5-G PM Cost: Department of Mechanical Engineering $35 per person (2008 dues paid members and their guests) Phone: (979) 845-1251 $35 per person (MlT parents and their guests) $40 per person (non dues paid members and their guests) While this is not a formal MIT Club of South Texas event. we thought we would share this with you, especially those of you Reception includes 2 glasses of wine and heavy hors d'oeuvres living in the College Station areal Alums from the Houston glasses purchased a la carte. $ 10 - additional of wine may be area interested in carpooling to this lectlrre should contact of each ticket will be donated to the MIT Public Service Ram6n San Pedro at [email protected] Center (PSC). RSVP via SmarTranssNl by I lpm CDT October 20, 2008 at MIT Golf our website rvrvw.mi thouston.org A small group of MIT alums is meeting periodically to enjoy a round of golf together. We currently have a group of eight on join Director Please us for an evening with Sally Susnowitz, of our list of participants and normally have a foursome for our celebrate the 20tl' the MiT Public Service Center, as we "come-if-you-can" outings. Please contact Greg Tumer pll- anniversary the Learn about the past, present and of PSCI (4.; mithouston.org if you wish to be included on our e-mail part Student future of the PSC. As of MIT's Division of Life distribution list. and Department of Student Life Programs, the main goal of the PSC is to enrich the educational and life experiences of students through leadership and service opportunities. The October and November Houston "lnterClub provides locally in the Boston PSC volunteer opportunities Happy Hours area as well as domestic and foreign fellowship opportunities. The Stanfbrd Alumni Club of Houston will be hosting the Learn more about the PSC at their websile and how you can October +InterClub happy hour and our Ciub wili be hosting get invoived rvilh the PSC. the November *InterClub happy hour. Check our emails and website tbr the latest scheduling info. We are pleased to have So Vino Bistro and Wine Bar as our venue for this event: they are relatively new to the Houston Our recent happy hours were very well attended and we saw scene and have received excellent reviews. We have reserved many new faces check our website to see pictures from p4g! the entire bar section for our event. Reception includes 2 - happy hours. glasses of wine and heavy hors d'oettvres - additional glasses may be purchased a la $10 of each ticket will of wine carte. *The Houston lnterClub is an informal "nexus" of Houston lvy+ (PSC). be donated to the MIT Public Service Center Alumni groups: Babson, Barnard, UC Berkeley, Brandeis, Brown, U of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Daftmouth, Harvard, The Club of South Texas would like to thank Houston area MlT, Mount Holyoke, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, MIT Parents Medha Karve and Ellen Turner who conceived Smith, Stanford, Vassar, Washington U, Wellesley, and Yale. the idea for a local PSC 20'h anniversary celebration. Medha and Ellen serve on the MIT PSC Leadership Council (think "board of advisors") and Medha's husband, Shashank Karve lncoming Freshmen Sendoff Party '81, has been a long lime supporter of the PSC (an example of Many thanks to MIT Parents Marcela and Larry Dickerson for a unique win win situation: his company lists community hosting the Aug 3, 2008 freshmen sendoff partyl Class of outreach as an executive "key performance indicator" and 2012 freshmen frorn the Houston area were able to meet each helping MIT students with PSC projects in South America was other before heading offto the 'Tute. a natural "fit".) MIT Alums ln Space - Four, At The Same Time! ^o T There havc bcen many times in which two MIT astronauts have been in spacc at the same time (6 Spacc Shuttle missions and I Apollo E3 mission). but for the first time in NASA history, four MIT astronauts #R will be in space simultaneously in November, 2008: oO Greg Chamitoff is currently on the International Space Station (ISS) {R E. Mike Fincke (Colonel USAF) will fly to the ISS on Oct 12, 2008 I'@ via a Soyuz spacecraft Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (Captain USN) and Stephen Bowen .8] : dP re o >i( (Lt Commander USN) will fly to the ISS on Shuttle Mission Sl'S- I # EE 126, tentatively scheduled for Nov 16, 2008. i _ !^ ,- I .@ o.g,6i co i :o I oF -; ! Greg Chamitoff u,ill return to Earth Heidemarie and Stephen via -'l with !o5o s;,oE r I Shuttle Mission STS-126 and Mike will stay on the ISS through April ti 2a a 2009. 6(J u; !r '=> 6 O O ER iaq)o ll--..t H Frorn May 2008 to May 2009, a MIT Astronaut will be a member of every Shuttle and ISS Expedition mission. A total of nine MIT oQ Astronai"rts n'ill bc in space from lt4al. 2008 to N'lay 2009, and fcrur cf a Sign Up Now For 2008 Membership and Get Credit for 2009 ! Use SmarTransrM and save time and postage! Please sign me up as a Member of the MIT Club of South Texas for Calendar Year 2008 & 2009: 2008-1 0 Name: Class & Course: Home Address: Work Address: Phone: Phorre: Preferred Announcement Service - ln addition to our regular ll Benefactor, $200+ monthly Newsletter, Please specify your preferred contact method ll Sustaining, $100+ for special members-only events and event reminders. (Your use LI Patron, $50+ of Email helps the Club control operating costs - Your Email address LI Regular, $25 will be held confidential): U MlTs Recent Grad ('04-'09), $5 Parents (per household per year), E-mail: f_l $25 [_] [_l Parents MultiYear (per household for 4 years), $40 one time payment LJ US PostalService [_] FAX: Please circle preferred fax receive times: Day Evening Overnight No Extra Contribution to Leadership ln Education (LEAP):_ Preference Please make check payable to MIT Club of South Texas and return to: Mr. Stephen Murdoch MIT Club of South Texas 13190 Trail Hollow Houston, TX 77079 Dues Paid Members for 2008 (as of Sept 18, 2008) The MIT Club of South Texas expresses its thanks for your continued support of the Club ! Benefactor Cisar, Marilyn Taggi Dawson, Stephen Richardson, Herberi Jhingran, Vikas Boylan, Mike Curlet, Nigel Espey, Donald Satcher, Robert Kadam, Shambhavi Brazzatti, Joe Cutler, Scott Godbold, Gilbert S. Schweizer, Richard Leskin, Katherine Dorflinger, Glen Dai, Cheng-Ti J. Goldsmith, Andrew Shi, Shuaichen McKenna, Nicholas Genssler, Klaus Denard, Sam Guimpelson, Bronislav Starkschall, George Shull, Sarah Hussain, S. Anwer Goepfert, George Harnsberger, Don Stover, Roger Thomas, Anthony lsrael, Sharon Hawsey, Jerry Hiers, Todd Szara, Mark Tong, Raymond Koch, Stephen Johnston, David Hixson, George Tan, Stephanie Ward, Tarik Moore, Joe Karohl, David Hsu, Jean Thaller. David Xue, Liang Murdoch, Stephen Lait, Robert Jefferson, Patrick Tomlinson, Peter Zakir, Mohammed Tervalon, Albert Maldonado, Georgina Jernigan, J. Mark Townsend, Phillip Zhu, Chenny Westby, Tim Marlow, William Kellett, John Triebes, Carl Marple, Stanley Knoedler, Jim Tschupp, Ed Parents - MultiYear Sustaining Nakamura, Stacey Kodama, Koichi Tubman, Kenneth Sustaining Clark, Virginia Pefaure, Jorge Kronenberger, Edward Udden, Mark Glover, Charles Costello, David San Pedro, Ramon Lantner, Gary Vargas, Herman Parents - MultiYear Costello, Lisa Singer, Arnold Lantner, Janet Wagner, Jeanette Patron Filak, George Standley, Pamela Lin, Susan Wang, Dean Fisher, Bobbie and Fiowers, Daniel Tang, Sunn,rr- tuiajor, Rcbert \leinberg, Steve Charlie Flowers, D. Fort Valdez, Raul Marshall, Peter White, R. Winslow Herder, Charlie and Gomez, Gabriel Xie. Yue McDonald, Alex Wolpert, Michelle Carol Grossweiler, Phillip Zarin, Marni McMahon, Michael G Wong, Eric Tsai, Chang-Ping Homsy, Paul Zuteck, Michael Medina, Chris Yan, Huafei Kashiwagi, Brian Melroy, Pam (Catherine) Parents - MultiYear Nelson, David Regular Merz, Shane Regular Rinehart, C. Ed Adebiyi, Adenike Metzger, Brianne Recent Graduates Durand, Larry and Turner, R. Gregory Bae, Jung Mistry, J. B. Anantharaman, Agelia Belt, Barbara Moorman, Hal Bharthwaj Glombicki. Alan Patron Bera, Cris Myers, Jeff Arzeno, Natalia Mo, Yi-Lung Altrichter, Diane M. Brady, Tim Norvik, Johan K. Bossi, Patrick Ray, Doug and Jana Bair, R. Stanley Byrd, James Patten, Rich Bryn, Peter Reedy, Gary and Kathy Baker, Kate Hadley Calder, Jon Payne, Houston Brzezinski, Amy Sim, Linda and Kwok Baker, Lawrence Carretto, Joseph Peaceman, Donald Cantu, Erika Baker, Marvin Chang, Lan Plotkin, Howard Fantozzi, Esme Bommer, Arno Chilton, Robert Powell, Robert Franco, Katherine Chan, Eric Corwin, John Ricards, Harold Fu, Caroline Cisar, Al D'Angelo, John Richards, Jason Greene, Thomas -3- Upcoming Events: Oct 8 - Dr. Woodie Flowers Lecture at Nov TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Dec TBD - Annual Club Holiday Party A&M Hour (hosted by MIT ! ) Oct 23 - 20th Anniversary of MIT Public Service Center Oct TBD - Houston lnterClub Happy Hour For The Latest Event Status Check Our Website and Watch For Our Emaits ZOZZZ 'uolsnoH rrvv!zycnc 1ZZ1-Z1OLL X1 crvd rcv-Lsod s n IOZ +dV p^t8 relua3 acedg 99191 IIVhI SSVIC.I-SUII eO I -8002 7 3.ro' uolsnoqlr Lu c3.l_uosSud sexel qlnos lo qnlc lln / e.rnLue)ieN s 6ZZ'OAIAOO6LnOn g-f 4::.,,r-AlB/E,,. E I mii'.:*^^^&^I^YA-L".JJk,€ A W&ht * Thank You For 2008! 4 reL {Ltffi-' # #YffiSouth ##ffi [ exas Dear 2008 MIT Club Member, . Reception with MIT Public Service Center Director 2008 has been another record-setting year for the MIT . General-interest programs for our members, Club of South Texas and we thank you on behalf of the including professional soccer and basketball, golf, board of directors and your fellow members for making dining club events, Shakespeare, and happy hours. it possible through your membership support. As you We are a key organizer of the Houston lnterClub may know, the club counts on the support of the (lvy + social network) and our alumni consistently lnstitute but does not receive funding from the alumni participate in disproportionately large numbers at association. lt is our membership dues, proceeds from the lnterClub happy hours. Our informal golf group fundraising events, and volunteers that make our now has ten members and is expected to grow in activities possible. size in 2009. This year, the dues to our local club were used towards . Membership in the MBA Council of Houston the following: (MBACH) . Keeping you informed through email and newsletter These events were all made possible through the announcements. support of our members - thank you again ! . Supporting the community by awarding prizes at We are looking forward to a very successful and active local science fairs and sponsoring science-based 2009: programs in local school districts. We will continue to develop and deliver events of . Continuing support of the Stratford Academy of interest to our local MIT population: Science and Engineering (Stratford High School, Spring Branch ISD). o Our annual lnstitute Speaker o More panel discussions (energy, homeland . Organized local MIT volunteer support to the Spring security, etc.) Branch ISD mentoring program, KIPP-Houston o Dining Clubs program, and the D.R.E.M.E. foundation o Sports events (Rockets, Astros, Dynamo, Aeros) o Social activities to strengthen our relationship . Supporting encouraging professional and the with the community at large development of local educators by awarding scholarships to the Club's Leadership in Education We will also continue our expanding effort in Awards Program (LEAP). 2009 will be our 16th educational outreach providing a constant pipeline of year of LEAP sponsorship! - volunteer mentors as well as increased support to the Stratford Academy of Science and Engineering and . Dinner and presentation: Dr. Harbo Jensen, MIT KIPP-Houston. Alumni Association President We will also initiating in community service o lnstitute Speaker Dinner and presentation: Prof. be activities Prather outreach in 2009. o Volunteer Recognition Dinner Looking forward to seeing you at Club events, MIT Astronaut Lecture at Space Center Houston Anthony Thomas ll '03 Stacey Nakamura'80 President VP Membership Reception with Emerge Global Founder [email protected] [email protected] The MIT Club of South Texas Expresses its thanks for your continued support of the Club ! Dues Paid Members for 2008 (as of December 31, 2008) The MIT Club of South Texas expresses its thanks for your continued support of the Club ! Please check our website for the 2009 Membership Status Roster Benefactor Regular Thaller, David Boylan, Mike Adebiyi, Adenike Tomlinson, Peter Brazzatti, Joe Bae, Jung Townsend, Phillip Dorflinger, Glen Belt, Barbara Truong, Trang (2008 & 2009) Genssler, Klaus Bera, Cris Triebes, Carl Hussain, S. Anwer Borbe, Dexter (2008 & 2009) Tschupp, Ed lsrael, Sharon Brady, Tim Tubman, Kenneth Koch, Stephen (2008 & 2009) Byrd, James Udden, Mark Moore, Joe Calder, Jon Vargas, Herman (2008 & 2009) Murdoch, Stephen Carretto, Joseph Wagner, Jeanette Tervalon, Albert Chang, Lan (2008 & 2009) Wang, Dean Westby, Tim Chilton, Robert Weinberg, Steve Corwin, John Weiner, Ron (2008 & 2009) Sustaining D'Angelo, John White, R. Winslow Clark, Virginia Dawson, Stephen Wolpert, Michelle Costello, David Espey, Donald Wong, Eric Costello, Lisa Godbold, Gilbert S. Yan, Huafei Filak, George Goldsmith, Andrew Flowers, Daniel Guimpelson, Bronislav Recent Graduates Flowers, D. Fort Harnsberger, Don Anantharaman, Bharthwaj Gomez, Gabriel Hiers, Todd Arzeno, Natalia Grossweiler, Phillip Hixson, George Bossi, Patrick Homsy, Paul Hsu, Jean Bryn, Peter Kashiwagi, Brian Jefferson, Patrick Brzezinski, Amy (2008 & 2009) Nelson, David Jernigan, J. Mark Cantu, Erika (2008 & 2009) Rinehart, C. Ed Kellett, John Darilmaz,llkay (2008 & 2009) Turner, R. Gregory Knoedler, Jim Fantozzi, Esme Kodama, Koichi Franco, Katherine (2008 & 2009) Patron Kronenberger, Edward Fu, Caroline Altrichter, Diane M. Lantner, Gary Greene, Thomas Bair, R. Stanley Lantner, Janet Jhingran, Vikas Baker, Kate Hadley Lin, Susan Kadam, Shambhavi (2008 & 2009) Baker, Lawrence Major, Robert Leskin, Katherine (2008 & 2009) Baker, Marvin Marshall, Peter McKenna, Nicholas (2008 & 2009) Bommer, Arno McDonald, Alex Shull, Sarah Chan, Eric McMahon, Michael G Thomas, Anthony (2008 & 2009) Cisar, Al Medina, Chris Tong, Raymond Cisar, Marilyn Taggi Melroy, Pam Ward, Tarik Curlet, Nigel Merz, Shane Xue, Liang Cutler, Scott Metzger, Brianne Zakir, Mohammed Dai, Cheng-TiJ. Mistry, J. B. Zhu, Chenny Denard, Sam Moorman, Hal Goepfert, George (2008 & 2009) Myers, Jeff Parents - MultiYear Sustaining Hawsey, Jerry Norvik, Johan K. Glover, Charles Johnston. David Patten, Rich Parents - StultiYear Patron Karohl, David Payne, Houston (2008 & 2009) Fisher, Bobbie and Charlie Lait, Robert Peaceman, Donald Herder, Charlie and Carol Maldonado, Georgina Pio, Michael (2008 & 2009) Tsai, Chang-Ping Marlow, William Plotkin, Howard Marple, Stanley Powell, Robert Parents - MultiYear Regular Nakamura, Stacey Ricards, Harold Baker, Herb Pefaure, Jorge Richards, Jason Crain, Malinda and Alan San Pedro, Ramon Richardson, Herbert Durand, Larry and Agelia Singer, Arnold Rogers, Enora (2008 & 2009) Eswaran, Vetkav Standley, Pamela Satcher, Robert Glombicki, Alan Tang, Sunny Schweizer, Richard Mo, Yi-Lung Valdez, Raul Shi, Shuaichen Ray, Doug and Jana Xie, Yue (2008 & 2009) Starkschall, George Reedy, Gary and Kathy Zarin, Marni Stover, Roger Sim, Linda and Kwok Zuteck, Michael Szara, Mark Tan, Stephanie The MIT Club of South Texas Expresses its thanks for your continued support of the CIub !