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Home My WebLink About2003-2025 Exploring History Luncheon Speaker Log Historic Preservation committee’s exPloring History luncHeon sPeakers (2003 – Present) Initfal 2024 project completed by Carla Elliott, HPC member. 2 Background Informatfon In October 2024, the Historic Preservatfon Committee launched a project to consolidate all past Exploring History Luncheon (EHL) informatfon into one, easy-to-use locatfon/document. The goal is to assist luncheon planners in their task of identffying topics and speakers for future luncheons. To that end, programs from the last 21 years (2003 – 2025) have all been located and organized into one comprehensive document. The document, a Word file tftled, “Exploring History Luncheons Speaker Log,” is located on the flash drive in the pocket at the front of the red binder. The file was printed and placed in the binder for easy access. To maintain a comprehensive list of speakers for future EHLs, please do these two things: 1. Open the Word document on the flash drive and add the luncheon speakers for each year, and 2. Place a printout of each new year in chronological order in this red binder. The following were sources for luncheon data for years 2003 - 2024: • 2003 – 2012: Sherry Frisk (HPC member) provided the link below for speaker entries: https://opendoc.cstx.gov/WeblinkPublic/Browse.aspx?id=504906&dbid=0&repo=DOCUMENT-SERVER • 2013 – 2020: Tom Turbiville (HPC member) provided speaker data. Tom indicated that he pulled these years from archived copies of The Eagle (BCS newspaper) that he obtained through the Larry Ringer Library. • 2021 and 2022 speaker data was located using the city’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CityOfCollegeStatfon. Once on this page, search for “Exploring History.” • 2023 and 2024 speaker data was provided by Luis Perez (Parks and Rec Dept). • Videos of luncheons were also found on the city’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofcollegestatfon. Once on this page I searched, “Exploring History.” • I was able to locate many of the videotaped luncheons here as well: https://brazoslife.com/learn- about-college-statfons-fascinatfng-history-through-our-monthly-lectures/. Look for link, Video Archive: Exploring History Lunch Lectures. 3 Exploring History Luncheons Speaker Log Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date 2003 Haskell Monroe Old Times Are Not Forgotten: I Hope September 10, 2003 Gary Halter Formatfon of City of College Statfon October 15, 2003 Calvin Boykin In Honor of Veterans November 19, 2003 2004 NO RECORD OF A JANUARY 2004 PROGRAM NO RECORD OF A JANUARY 2004 PROGRAM NO RECORD OF A JANUARY 2004 PROGRAM Panel: Lucile Young, Rev. Neal Nutall, Marjorie Thompson Black History Month February 23, 2004 Rita Portales Local Hispanic History May 5, 2004 Dr. Henry Dethloff, TAMU Early Inceptfon of A&M College of Texas June 23, 2004 Dr. Charles Schultz, TAMU Life on A&M Campus from 1876-1900 July 21, 2004 Edwin Price, TAMU History of TAMU Internatfonal Affairs August 25, 2004 Julia Black Styling Jim Crow: African American Beauty Training During Segregatfon September 22, 2004 Michael R Waters Camp Hearne: The Story of German POW in the Texas during WWI October 27, 2004 NO RECORD FOUND OF A NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 2004 PROGRAM NO RECORD FOUND OF A NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 2004 PROGRAM NO RECORD FOUND OF A NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER 2004 PROGRAM 2005 Carey McCauley, Jr. From Montgomery to Bryan: The Price of Civil Rights February 16, 2005 Panel: TAMU Internatfonal Faculty History In the Making: Internatfonal Faculty in College Statfon March 30, 2005 Rosemary Boykin Italians of Brazos Valley April 20, 2005 Daniel Hernandez Hispanics in Culturally Mobile B/CS Community May 18, 2005 Lou Zaeske, Jr. Texans of Czech Ancestry in Brazos Valley June 22, 2005 4 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Joe Townsend “A” is for Ag: History of A&M Agriculture July 20, 2005 Jim Mazurkiewicz Brazos County Agriculture: Reviewing Our Past August 24, 2005 Red Cashion CS as WWII Homefront During WWII September 21, 2005 Eddie Harrison Buffalo Soldiers in WWII October 19, 2005 Peter Hugill History of Transportatfon in Brazos County: People In, Cotton Out November 16, 2005 2006 Dr Alston Thoms Historical and Archaeological Glimpses into Ancient Natfve American Foodways in Brazos Valley Feb 15, 2006 Ellen Marquis Horner of Texas Research Ramblers Genealogical Society Cemeteries of Brazos County March 15, 2006 TAMU Traditfons Council: Carol Lacey, Lindsey Hudson, Laura Wood, Zach Hamilton, Wesley LeRouax History of A&M Traditfons April 19, 2006 Emil Ogden Brazos Oil and Minerals May 17, 2006 Pastor Sam Hill from Roans Chapel – he shared African American tales from the book, The Word on the Brazos (1953). Preacher Tales from the Brazos Bottom June 21, 2006 Pat Barrett (Associate Director of Brayton Fire Field) History of Texas Fire Training School July 19, 2006 Sara Alpern A History of Women at Texas A&M August 16, 2006 David Woodcock (Director of TAMU College of Architecture’s Center for Heritage Conservatfon) Heritage: A Guide to the Future September 20, 2006 Steve Beachy (Director of Parks and Rec) Discrepancy in what was provided on the link in project hold and what was actually on the YouTube link Evolutfon of Parks and Rec in CS Sam Sharp spoke on Philanthropy in Brazos Valley County October 18, 2006 5 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date on the city’s website. The YouTube link on city’s site shows Sam Sharp speaking about a different topic than the evolutfon of parks and rec in CS… Clara Mounce NOTE: The link for November was broken, however I found an Excel file that showed that Clara Mounce from Carnegie Library spoke History of Libraries November 15, 2006 2007 Dr. James Smallwood (Board of Directors East Texas Historical Associatfon The Millican Riot in 1868 January 24, 2007 Jeff Carroll (Blinn Social Sciences) Did You Know? Local History and Texana February 21, 2007 SGT Janice Kemp College Statfon Police Department: 68 Years of Community Involvement March 21, 2007 Dr. H. Richard Adams Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M April 2007 John Blair Where’s Dr. Bringhurst: An Historical Investfgatfon of His Life and Death May 2007 Warren Finch History of the George Bush Presidentfal Library June 20, 2007 Rev. Bob Waters A History of Churches in Brazos County July 2007 David L. Chapman (Assistant Director University Archivist TAMU) and John Happ (Director Easterwood Airport and former councilman) Brazos County Aviatfon History August 15, 2007 Don Powell The Fightfn’ Texas Aggie Band September 19, 2007 James L. Boone, Jr. PhD All Aboard! The Ghost Trains of Brazos Valley October 17, 2007 6 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Retfred Lt. Colonel Alton B. Meyer, USAF (Retfred) A Veteran’s Story: By Alton B. Meyer -- Vietnam War Experience as a POW from 1967 - 1973 November 14, 2007 No December 2007 Program No December 2007 Program No December 2007 Program 2008 Mstr Off. Rhonda Seaton Early History of the CS Police Dept January 16, 2008 Bill Youngkin, A&M ‘69 Brazos Valley Heroes February 20, 2008 FOUND NO INFORMATION FOR MARCH 2008 PROGRAM. FOUND NO INFORMATION FOR MARCH 2008 PROGRAM. FOUND NO INFORMATION FOR MARCH 2008 PROGRAM. Ross Albrecht (CS Parks Dept) Last Train Stop in Aggieland April 16, 2008 William T. Harper This was the last presentatfon untfl September. That year they noted there would be no summer lunches. Eleven Days in Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, TX May 21, 2008 Panel: Tom Turbiville, moderator (Sports Director WTAW), John David Crow (1957 Heisman Trophy Winner), R.C. Slocum (former TAMU head football coach), Billy Pickard (TAMU director of athletfcs) History of Aggie Football: Then and Now September 17, 2008 Emmet Fox and Ron Silva Museum of the American G.I. October 15, 2008 Michele Meade (Deputy Emergency Coordinator, Brazos County) Department of Emergency Management November 19, 2008 NO DECEMBER 2008 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2008 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2008 PROGRAM 2009 Nancy Tiner, D.A. R. and Brazos County Historical Commission Member El Camino Real de Tejas January 21, 2009 7 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Etha Gray, Author of Odyssey of Courage, and the Brazos Valley African American Museum African American Heritage in Brazos Valley February 18, 2009 Dr. Henry Dethloff (Professor Emeritus of History, TAMU) Texas Aggies Go to War March 18, 2009 Jim Jobling, Archeology Conservatfon Research Lab, TAMU The Lasalle Shipwreck Recovery and Restoratfon of her Artffacts April 15, 2009 Dr. Ray James, Lt. Commander, Texas Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Lawerence Sullivan Ross and Other Confederate Generals May 13, 2009 Dr. Alston Thoms, Anthropologist, TAMU Natfve American Food Ways June 17, 2009 Michele Wendt and special guest from past, Courtney Groce Liendo Plantatfon July 15, 2009 Dr. Sylvia Grider, Professor Emerita, TAMU When is a Window Just a Window? History of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Millican August 19, 2009 Merrill and Paul Bonarrigo History of the Messina Hof Winery September 16, 2009 Dr. James F. Cooper History of Medicine in the Brazos Valley October 21, 2009 Kerry Chandler History of Bryan Air Base November 18, 2009 NO DECEMBER 2009 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2009 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2009 PROGRAM 2010 Donna Beth McCormick, Chair, Governor’s Mansion Docents Texas Governor’s Mansion Restoratfon January 13, 2010 Casey Eichhorn Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum February 17, 2010 Becky Stark Nugent, author and book signing If the Devil had a Wife, Lutcher Stark Family History and Book Signing March 17, 2010 Washington on the Brazos News from the Birthplace of Texas April 21, 2010 Helen F. Sheffield, Lecture and book signing Women of Courage: They Never Gave Up May 19, 2010 8 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Robert Borden, Opinions Editor (Lecture and book signing, “Historic Brazos County”) The Eagle: 134 Years of Serving the Brazos Valley June 16, 2010 Pete Norman, Librarian Free Masonry in Brazos Valley July 21, 2010 Stephen L. Moore, book signing Eighteen Minutes: The Battle of San Jacinto and the Texas Independence Campaign August 18, 2010 Becky Stark Nugent This looks like maybe they had an “extra” presentatfon tagging on to the one back in March 2010??? I found a flyer for it in the archived files. If the Devil had a Wife… the Rest of the Story – audio tapes of the late Homer Stark August 25, 2010 Sergeant Mike Neu, 36th Sustainment Brigade, Texas Army Natfonal Guard A Soldier’s Story from Iraq September 15, 2010 Portrayed by Denny Hair, 3rd Army Living Historians and Museum of the American GI General George S Patton, Jr. October 20, 2010 Colonel James R. Woodall, USA (Retfred), book signing Texas Aggie Medals of Honor: Seven Heroes of WWII November 17, 2010 Glenn Davis NOTE: One file of a formal brochure said there would be no lunch in December, however I found a flyer that mentfoned this presentatfon by Glenn Davis in December… not sure whether it was presented or not. How We Lived in Wellborn Before Television December 7, 2010 2011 Barbara Althaus (Note: in 9/2024, on the city’s YouTube channel, this presentatfon was labeled Jan 2010. I believe that must be an error because in “Kyle Tough” January 19, 2011 9 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Jan 2010, HPC had a different speaker) Glenn D. Davis Images of America February 16, 2011 Cathy Lazarus Camp Hearne: WWII German Internment Camp March 16, 2011 William T. Harper “Mr. Bob Wiatt, ‘Mr. F.B.I. – A Look Back” April 20, 2011 Lt. Gen. Randolph House, USA (Retfred) Veteran’s Park and Lynn Stuart Pathway – A Guided Tour May 18, 2011 Scott Delucia, Chase Murphy, Tom Turbiville and Jay Socol WTAW An Early Radio History June 15, 2011 Robert Borden, Opinions Editor, The Eagle Brazos County Media – Not just a one newspaper town July 20, 2011 NO AUGUST 2011 PROGRAM NO AUGUST 2011 PROGRAM NO AUGUST 2011 PROGRAM The Honorable W.T. McDonald, Jr. A Short History of the Laws and Legal Community of the Brazos Valley September 21, 2011 Bill Terrell Allenfarm: Four Generatfons Sponsor, CS PARD Senior Program (Marci Rogers) October 19, 2011 Jim Singleton Sponsor: Texas Trading Post (Linda Harvell) Unique Brazos Valley Architecture November 16, 2011 NO DECEMBER 2011 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2011 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2011 PROGRAM 2012 Colonel John Vilas The Magic and Mystery of Millican January 18, 2012 Everett Gibson, PhD, Johnson Space Center How to Steal a Moon Rock February 15, 2012 John Willingham, author Edge of Freedom (Battle of Goliad) March 21, 2012 Tom Hatiield, PhD, Senior Research Fellow and Director, Military History Instftute and UT-Austfn Rudder: From Leader to Legend April 18, 2012 Ben Hardeman Save the Queen! May 16, 2012 10 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Lou Hodges, Associate Professor RPTS Reliving Texas History – Muskets, Canons, and Knives June 20, 2012 Wendy Patzewitsch, Visitfng Lecturer, Geography, TAMU Brazos River History and a Levee July 18, 2012 FOUND NO AUGUST 2012 PROGRAM FOUND NO AUGUST 2012 PROGRAM FOUND NO AUGUST 2012 PROGRAM John Adams, PhD Texas A&M Corps of Cadets History September 19, 2012 Todd Samuelson Hidden Treasures of Cushing Library October 17, 2012 William T. Harper, author Second Thoughts: Presidentfal Regrets with Their Supreme Court Nominatfons November 14, 2012 NO DECEMBER 2012 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2012 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2012 PROGRAM 2013 Dennis Davenport Me and Fish Jones January 2013 Wayne Sadberry Brazos Valley African American Museum February 2013 Sunny Nash From Excavatfon to Oral History (Big Mama Didn’t Shop at Woolworth’s) March 2013 Alston Thoms Natfve American Prehistory in the Brazos Valley April 2013 James Woodall Military Heritage of Texas A&M and the Texas Aggie Medals of Honor May 2013 Dennis Goehring Junctfon Boys and Economic Development History of College Statfon June 19, 2013 Jason Hancock, Exhibit Specialist from George Bush Library College Statfon’s 75th Anniversary July 17, 2013 Red Cashion NFL Officiatfng August ?, 2013 David Woodcock, Professor Emeritus Note: If you go to the YouTube link on the city’s website you’ll find that Justfn Curtsinger presented and not David Woodcock Unique Architecture and History of College Statfon September 18, 2013 11 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Margaret Griffith, Sarah Hensz, Linda Harvell A few of the first women accepted to TAMU October 16, 2013 James Boone, Bob Pardo, Mike Neu Tribute to Veterans November 14, 2013 NO DECEMBER 2013 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2013 PROGRAM NO DECEMBER 2013 PROGRAM 2014 Bart Humphreys History of College Statfon Fire Department January 2014 Andy McCrady Wildfire in Texas: Lost Homes and Firewise Living February 19, 2014 Henry Mayo History of Land Development and Constructfon in College Statfon March 19, 2014 Did not find a speaker name Explore the Development of Texas A&M University with the Cushing Library Map April 2014 Jim Olson Bush School of Government and Public Service May 2014 Henry Dethloff and John Adams Capturing Aggieland’s History June 2014 Dr. Walter Kamphoefner The Many Languages of Texas Immigratfon History July 2014 FOUND NO RECORD OF AUGUST 2014 PROGRAM. FOUND NO RECORD OF AUGUST 2014 PROGRAM. FOUND NO RECORD OF AUGUST 2014 PROGRAM. Deborah Cowman This History of the Brazos Valley Museum September 2014 Tweed Scott Travelling Texas October 2014 Steve Beachy Veteran’s Memorial Long Range Statue Project November 2014 There was no record of a December luncheon There was no record of a December luncheon There was no record of a December luncheon 2015 Did not find speaker name San Jacinto: Formatfon of an Archaeological Battlefield Site in 1836 January 2015 Anne Black History of MSC OPAS February 2015 12 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Jerry Moore Burton Cotton Gin and Museum March 2015 Lyman Hardeman Texas A&M: The First 25 Years April 2015 Glenn Cochran Buffalo Soldiers May 2015 Rusty Rush and Harry Wharton Texas World Speedway June 2015 Rabbi Peter Tarlow Internatfonal Travel July 2015 Tom Turbiville Heroes of the Valley August 2015 Did not find speaker name Kyle Field and A&M Athletes September 2015 Steve Beachy Veteran’s Day Plans for Veteran’s Park October 2015 J. Griffis Smith Texas Highways Photographer November 2015 Steve Aldrich From Texas to Bastogne December 16, 2015 2016 Did not find speaker name Steam Power on the Brazos January 2016 Colonel James Woodall 12 Aggie Heroes February 2016 Leslie Wolfenden The Meridian Highway: Advancement of Auto Accommodatfons March 2016 Amy Earheart The Millican “Riot” of 1868 April 2016 Did not find speaker name Spanish Cowboys Influence on Texas Cowboys May 2016 Leisha Mullins The Museum of the American G.I. June 2016 FOUND NO RECORD OF JULY 2016 PROGRAM FOUND NO RECORD OF JULY 2016 PROGRAM FOUND NO RECORD OF JULY 2016 PROGRAM John Adams The Fightfn’ Texas Aggie Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor August 2016 Linda Harvell, Margaret McMurray Griffith, Fran Kimbrough The First Woman at Texas A&M September 21, 2016 Pat Baker The History of Allen Academy October 2016 Esther Carrigan and Jenny Lamb Celebratfng the College of Veterinary Medicine – 100 years November 16, 2016 13 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date 2017 Did not find a speaker name To Bataan and Back January 2017 Did not find a speaker name Brazos Valley African American Museum February 2017 Henry Dethloff History of Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M March 15, 2017 Did not find a speaker name Bernardo Galvez April 2017 Glenn Cochran Western Author, Zane Grey May 2017 Mark Taylor Joanna Troutman Pope (Texas Flag) June 2017 Henry Mayo El Camino Real July 2017 Bill Welch History of Landscape Architecture Department at Texas A&M August 2017 Payne Lara Note: If you go to the city’s YouTube channel it shows that Sept 19, 2017 was a presentatfon by Dr. Don Powell, Hullabaloo – The Fightfn Texas Aggie Band. I believe this to be an error. I already had Dr Powell’s presentatfon to be back in Sept of 2007 and the archived Eagle newspaper entry showed Sept 2017 to be a presentatfon by Payne Lara. Statues at Veteran’s Park September 2017 FOUND NO RECORD OF A 2017 PROGRAM FOUND NO RECORD OF A 2017 PROGRAM FOUND NO RECORD OF A 2017 PROGRAM Felice House Cowgirl Paintfngs November 2017 No December luncheon in 2107 No December luncheon in 2107 December 2017 2018 Joseph Nagyvary Violence and Violins January 2018 14 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date Lucille Young Lincoln Center February 2018 Lisa Berg Washington on the Brazos March 21, 2018 Rachel Medders Carnegie History Center April 2018 Larry Ringer College Statfon Library System May 2018 Peter Witt Edith’s War July 2018 NO RECORD OF A 2018 PROGRAM NO RECORD OF A 2018 PROGRAM NO RECORD OF A 2018 PROGRAM Jennifer Hargis A History of Stage Center Theater September 19, 2018 Steven Aldrich Economic Development of Brazos County October 2018 John Comstock My Experience as a Survivor of Aggie Bonfire Collapse (1999) November 2018 No December luncheon in 2108 No December luncheon in 2108 No December luncheon in 2108 2019 Dr. Dary Dega Degallery January 16, 2019 Jerry Cooper Muster Speeches February 2019 Johnny Keown Aviatfon History in Brazos Valley March 2019 Peter Witt History of Innuit Print Making April 17, 2019 Vivian Dube Wendish Museum May 19, 2019 Glenn Cochran These are the Rivers that Water the Land June 2019 Jennifer Caudle History of Calvert July 17, 2019 James Lindley Gillespie County Country Schools August 21, 2019 Jerry Cooper People I have Known Who Have Had an Impact on A&M and College Statfon September 18, 2019 Ronnie Horcica The Czechs in Texas: Family Friends and More October 16, 2019 Dennis Kubiak Bremond’s Polish Community November 2019 (The city’s YouTube said below the video that he was the December speaker but the video itself had November as his presentatfon date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38R sByv1GKI&list=PLnI77WIvWvosA5qmwgjs Y8mj9_dEUbmdt&index=10) 15 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date No December lunch in 2019 No December lunch in 2019 No December lunch in 2019 2020 Peter Witt Exploring the Antarctfc Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage January 2020 Phil Banks Texas Law History February 2020 (CANCELLED – COVID) Beautfful: The Carole King Musical March 2020 2021 These came from Tom Turbiville and the archived Eagle files from Ringer library…I don’t think that there were speakers for the entire 2021 season as COVID was still fairly active …that might explain why there were no lunches for half of 2021… Larry Johnson & Scott Simpson College Statfon Police Department City youtube channel shows this to be uploaded in 2018, however in their talk they reference upcoming 2008 so I believe this presentatfon may have been in 2007 sometfme. I contacted Larry Johnson about presentatfon date. He could not remember when they did it, but said he retfred in 2012 so it must have been before 2012… Scott Simpson didn’t remember either. Sherry Frisk A Few of Many College Statfon Cemeteries September 15, 2021 Linda Harvell The Maggies of Texas A&M University October 15, 2021 I FOUND NO RECORD OF A NOV 2021 PROGRAM I FOUND NO RECORD OF A NOV 2021 PROGRAM I FOUND NO RECORD OF A NOV 2021 PROGRAM David Kipp Stories and History of TAMU Singing Cadets December 2021 2022 David Fujimoto 9-11 & Operatfon Enduring Freedom January 2022 Jane Cohen & Sherry Frisk Tomb of the Unknown Solder and the Never Forget Garden February 2022 David South Aggie Sports March 2022 Warren Finch Bush Library April 2022 16 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date FOUND NO RECORD FOR MAY OR JUNE PROGRAMS. Also, the city’s YouTube has only 10 videos for 2022… not sure what happened to the other 2 luncheons Col. James R. Woodall The Book of Aggie Lists July 20, 2022 Sherry Frisk Manning & Nita Smith Aug 17, 2022 William Wright Eagle Pinnell: Filmmaker and Outlaw of Regional Cinema September 21, 2022 Karl Mooney Gazing into the College Statfon Mayor’s Crystal Ball October 19, 2022 Stephan C. Beachy Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial: A Walk in the Park November 16, 2022 Warren Finch Bush Family Christmas Traditfons December 2022 2023 Rob Clark Live From Aggieland (Musical Performances on TAMU’s campus) January 18, 2023 Barry Davis Brazos Valley African American Museum February 15, 2023 Ben Jeter Past and Present Texas Wine March 15, 2023 Chandler Wahrmund Washington on the Brazos April 19, 2023 Shirley Dupriest Genealogy 101 May 17, 2023 Marc Parrish A&M Consolidated 100th Anniversary June 21, 2023 Tweed Scott Texas One and Indivisible July 19, 2023 Lauren Lewis and Noah Ragonis Blue Bell Creamery August 16, 2023 Sherry Frisk Never Forget Garden September 20, 2023 Karen Martfndale Nautfcal Archeology October 18, 2023 Col. Jim Steele 20th Anniversary of Iraq War November 15, 2023 Dr. Robert Holzweiss History of Trains December 13, 2023 2024 Vicki Smith-Dicky History of Brazos County Sheriffs January 17, 2024 17 Speaker’s Name Presentation Title Presentation Date RC Slocum, Mark Johnson, John Thornton, Alan Cannon History of Aggie Sports February 21, 2024 Brad Lancaster CS Southside 101 March 20, 2024 Tom Turbiville BV Veterans April 17, 2024 Mayor John Nichols The Mayor’s Crystal Ball May 15, 2024 Barbara Moore Juneteenth Program June 12, 2024 Shane McAuliffe Texas Bucket List July 17, .2024 Jennifer and John Carpenter Photographing Aggieland August 21, 2024 Megan Woytek Arts Council Brazos Valley September 18, 2024 Mary Mike Hatcher, Bill Hicks, Ben Downs, and Scott Delucia 102 Years of WTAW Radio October 16, 2024 Michael Gomez CANCELLED Benjamin Knox presented instead A Pictorial History of Bryan/College Statfon 1980s Editfon CANCELLED Benjamin’s tftle: November 20, 2024 Pete Normand WD Fitch December 11, 2024 18 2025 Panel: Henry Lewis, and Friends (Curtfs Thompson, Faye Daily, Lorenzo Grays, and James Steen) The Lincoln School: 1940s – 1960s January 15, 2025 Gordon Lohmeyer The History or the Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service February 19, 2025 Valerian Miranda, Ph. D, College of Architecture, TAMU Director Emeritus, CRS Center Influence of Local Architecture Firm, Caudill Rowlett Scott, on Residentfal Architecture in College Statfon” March 19, 2025 Megan Sullivan and Yeny C. Saenz, Coordinator for Brazos County Health District’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Office Brazos County Health District’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Office April 16, 2025 Jo Marlowe Vice President for Marketfng and Communicatfons with the Brazos Transit District May 21, 2025 Monte Nesbitt PhD Extension Specialist & Assistant Professor The Deep Roots of Pecan Tree History in the Brazos Valley June 18, 2025 Rodney Hill, Presidentfal Professor Wood Carvings and Sculptures at Texas A&M University July 16, 2025 Ben Liles, Hervey and Hensel Panel August 20, 2025 Kimmy? History of Street Names in College Statfon September 17, 2025 ??? October 15, 2025 Sherry Frisk Never Forget Garden Update November 19, 2025 ??? December 10, 2025