July 2007 - Jerry Coley

Our speaker, Jerry Coley, presented a "Review of The Kennedy  Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy." On the morning of the assassination, Jerry Coley, who worked in the advertising department of the Dallas Morning News, spent sometime drinking coffee with Jack Ruby, who had arrived at the office to place his weekly advert in the newspaper. Ruby spent far longer than usual in the office. He also seemed interested in looking at the Texas School Book Depository (the Dallas Morning News office provided a good view of the building).

Coley and another worker from the building, Charlie Mulkey, decided to go and watch the JFK motorcade. Ruby said he was not interested in seeing JFK and remained in the office. This is the same Ruby who was so upset by the assassination of JFK that he decided to go and kill Lee Harvey Oswald.

What the documentary failed to reveal was just how many events occurred by pure chance over the weekend of the assassination if the official version is to be believed.

	Firstly, Oswald was a social misfit who buys a rifle and decides he wants to assassinate prominent political figures to gain his place in history. By chance, he gets a job in a tall building and, by chance, President Kennedy passes right in front of the building a few weeks later.
	Secondly, extra security from the 112th Military Intelligence Group could have stopped the assassination from occurring but, by chance, when an offer of their services was made to the Secret Service it was categorically refused on the one occasion it was really needed.
	Thirdly, a press car with TV cameras and press photographers would usually have been following just behind the Presidential Limousine but, by chance, they were put back several places in the motorcade so that no film or photographs of the actual assassination were taken by any professional press photographers or TV cameramen.

There seems to have been rather a lot of happenstances of history going on that weekend! Jerry Coley will present many more mysterious facts about the assassination for your consideration.

June 07 - Dave Tanner

Dave Tanner presented a program on  AMERICA’S PATRIOTIC MELODIES:  The Stories Behind The Songs. America’s treasury of heart-stirring patriotic songs will grow even more meaningful to audiences who hear Dave’s re-telling of the courageous, humorous, and even incredible stories behind their composing. From Yankee Doodle to God Bless America, with many stops in between, you’ll get to know the composers and their times, while discovering the common thread that unites these wonderful tunes: “American” ends in “I can.”  A great program for the upcoming 4^th of July

May 2007 - Coopers Aerobic Center

 

April 2007 - The annual Outstanding Senior Engineering Student Awards Meeting & Steve Kellmeyer

The Technical Club of Dallas will announce the winners of its Outstanding Senior Student Awards given to engineering students at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas at Dallas.

Steve Kellmeyer, noted author, presented our program entitled “The Problem of Islam.”  Mr. Kellmeyer discussed the visions which formed the basis for Mohammed's beliefs, gave an overview of the history of Islam and its interaction with Europe and discuss some of the theological problems Islam poses, both for itself and for non-Muslims. He also discussed the similarities and differences between Islam, Judaism, Catholicism and Protestantism. Because he has graduate degrees in both European history and theology, his analysis is thorough, penetrating and unique.

March 2007 - John Smith

Our March program was presented by John Smith with Lockheed Martin. He presented a program on the F-35 “Lightning II” Stealth Fighter. The Mission if the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is to provide the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force with an affordable and stealthy tactical aircraft for the 21st century. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is the only fighter capable of simultaneously conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground combat missions with near impunity while providing the war fighters with unprecedented situational awareness across the battlefield.

February 2007 - Jamil Tirhi

Mr. Tirhi is a Senior United States Probation Officer- Cybercrime Specialist with the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Agency.

 January 2007 - William Duncan Blaydes

Mr. Blaydes presented a program on the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Dallas area is strategically located at a crossroads of international trade.  Since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994, trade with our northern and southern neighbors has greatly increased.   Canada, China and Mexico are the United States´ top three international trading partners, respectively, and the NAFTA highway that connects Canada, the U.S., and Mexico runs directly through the southern sector of Dallas County. 

 

2006

December 2006 - Christmas Celebration

Dave Tanner has spent 30 years as one of Dallas' most sought after entertainers. He has acted (in the Oscar-winning "The Trip To Bountiful," among others), worked in over 300 radio and TV commercials, played "Farmer Dooley" on Barney The Dinosaur, and been a researcher for Paul Harvey's The Rest Of The Story.

November 2006 - Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman, president of Llano Estacado Winery, presented a program on the history of Llano Estacado Winery and presented three of their most popular wines at a wine tasting session for our members.

October 2006 - Fred Gotcher

Fred Gotcher, with Texas Utilities, discussed the announced $10 billion investment that calls for eleven new coal-fired units to be added at existing TXU plant sites. TXU is planning to build the units in Fannin, Freestone, McLennan, Milam, Mitchell, Robertson, Rusk and Titus Counties.

September 2006 - Joe Macko

Joe Macko will present a program on Texas Rangers Baseball. Joe is in his 34th season with the Rangers, his fifth as a Special Assistant. The last original Rangers' employee from the team's first season in Texas in 1972, Joe retired as a fulltime employee in December, 2000 after six years as the visiting clubhouse manager. He now works with both the Rangers baseball operations and community relations departments.

August 2006 - Dr. Arthur P. Bollon

Dr. Arthur P. Bollon presented a program on "The Quest for a human Blood Substitute".

July 2006  - Stanford W. Lynch

Stanford W. Lynch, P.E. presented an innovative plan for high speed rail transportation within the Texas High Speed Rail and Multimodal Transportation Corridor. The Texas T-Bone is created from the resulting alignment that connects San Antonio to Dallas and that stops in the Killeen/Temple area to connect Houston via College Station.

June 2006 - Don Gardner

Mr. Gardner is the Downstream Technology Senior Advisor in ExxonMobil's Corporate Planning Department. In this role, he is responsible for assessing the impact of technology on long-term energy demand, and developing research and business strategies to position ExxonMobil to take advantages of emerging trends.

May 2006 - Perfecto M. Solis

Mr. Solis, Assistant Vice- President of Project Development for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. He serves as the DFW Skylink Program Manger responsible for the Design, Construction and Implementation of all the facilities associated with the Airport's New Automated People Mover System.

 Apr 2006 - The annual Outstanding Engineering Senior Student Awards Meeting.

 The Technical Club of Dallas will announce the winners of its Outstanding Senior Student Awards given to engineering students at Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Arlington and University of Texas at Dallas.

March 2006 - Kevin Sweeney

Pressure situations.  Kevin is a retired Lt. Colonel in the Air National Guard.  Kevin is a renowned pilot having flown combat missions in both Viet Nam and Desert Storm.  During a Desert Storm mission while Kevin was the Aircraft Commander of a KC-135 (military version of the Boeing 707 four engine jet) the two engines on his left wing came completely off the airplane.

February 2006 - George R. Milner III.

The title of his presentation was "Federal Prosecution Tactics - Are They Out of Control?"

January  2006 - The Technical Club of Dallas Officers.

Each officer will present a short biography for himself and outline the goals he has established for his office in 2006.

2005

December 2005 - Dave Tanner

 The Christmas party was highlighted by an excellent program of interesting historical stories and songs by Dave Tanner.

November 2005 - J. David Swaim.

Mr. Swaim is the Managing Partner of Tidwell Swaim & Associates and is Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Nationality Law. 

October 2005 - Judge Harlin D. "Cooter" Hale

Judge Hale presented a talk about the bankruptcy process, including the appointment of federal judges, the nature of bankruptcy cases, and the impact of the new, major bankruptcy legislation on your business.  Nine out of ten bankruptcy cases are the result of severe illness, divorce, or loss of employment.

 Last updated - August 7, 2007