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| Date | Agenda/Speaker | Meeting Details |
| Jan 16 | Cancelled | NA |
| Feb 20 | Futurist and former technology
executive Jack Rienhart Topic: "When computers get smarter than us." |
Regular Meeting |
| Friday Mar 28 |
Ed Tilden, Programs Director &
Webmaster Topic: "The USNA Alumni Assoc., Midlands Chapter Web site" |
Regular Meeting |
| Apr 17 | Jim Gambrell, Director of
Economic Development for the City of Columbia. Topic: "Economic Development in Columbia" |
Regular Meeting |
| Friday May 16 Evening meeting |
Our own Randolph Brooks, Capt. USN (Ret), USNA '69. Science teacher at Dreher HS, and Richland District One Teacher of the Year 2003. | Palmetto Club Cocktails 6:15 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Speaker 7:30 pm |
| June 7 Saturday |
USNA Class of '07 send-off lunch. | 1200 Ft. Jackson O'Club $15.00 RSVP Don Jenkins 803-798-2003 |
| Sep 18 |
Dan Dowdey, Currator, SC State
Museum Topic: "Submarine Warfare during the Civil War" |
Regular Meeting |
| Oct 16 |
Kenneth Clark, '60. Lessons learned as 1st year state legislator for District 96 | Regular Meeting |
| Nov 21 |
Meeting Cancelled due to USC vs. Navy basketball game 8:00 p.m. Nov 21st. | |
| Dec 17 Evening Party |
To celebrate our forthcoming victory in the Army-Navy Game, and to share the Holiday spirit, we will have our final event of 2003 on Wednesday, December 17, from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at the home of O.W. and Barbara Dixon, 6 West Lake Road in Spring Valley. | 6 - 8 p.m. Home of O.W. and Barbara Dixon |
| Jan 15 | Dell Isham, Director of the SC
Sierra Club, former military officer, legislative leader, and mayor. Topic: "South Carolina's Future Quality of Life" |
Regular Meeting |
| Feb 19 | Dr. John VanZee, USC, Director
of Fuel Cell Research. Topic: "Fuel Cell Research Program at USC" |
Regular Meeting |
| Mar 18 | Bill Summer, SRS & Adjunct Professor with USC Nuclear Engineering Department. Topic: "The Hydrogen Economy" | Regular Meeting |
| Apr 15 | Tax Day Special: Dave Maslow, Financial Advisor with Waddell & Reed, Inc. His topic is "The Forgotten Strategy for Retirement Income." He will tell us how to successfully break through the "background noise" with the most simple and fundamental strategy of using equity investing to retire more comfortably. | Regular Meeting |
| May 21 PM |
Mr. Jim Peters, Executive VP/CEO South Carolina Association of Realtors, and a former Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) government & business leader. Topic: Psychological Warfare in Rhodesia compared to the US situation in Iraq today. | Palmetto Club Cocktails 6:15 pm Dinner 7:00 pm Speaker 7:30 pm |
| Sep 16 | Joell Ryan-Cook, Deputy Director of the Columbia Museum of Art. | Regular Meeting |
| Friday, Oct 22, PM | Our own Skip Steele | Palmetto Club Cocktails 1815 Dinner 1900 Speaker 1930 |
| Nov 18 Lunch |
Brad Smith, Executive Director, Souper Bowl of Caring | Regular Meeting |
| Friday, Dec 3, PM | Holiday Social at home of Jean & George Davis | 1815 - 2000 |
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Start meeting at The Summit Club |
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| Jan 13, 2005 | No Speaker - club social and lunch (NOTE: This meeting is on the 2nd Thursday due to a scheduling conflict) | Regular Meeting |
| Feb 17 | Tim Kana - President and founder of Coastal Science & Engineering. His topic is "A Primer on Coastal Erosion." | Regular Meeting |
| Mar 17 | Stoney Hilton - video presentation about the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley. | Regular Meeting |
| Apr 21 | Cdr Gordon Oliver, USN, Commanding Officer of VFA-86 out of Beaufort, SC. His topic will be tales of his squadron's deployment to the Persian Golf in support of Iraqi Freedom operations. | Regular Meeting |
| May 14 PM |
Spring Social at the home of Craig & Pandra Lemrow on Lake Murray. | |
| Sep 16, 2005 Friday |
Speaker: Tommy Johnson, one of our board members, who attended the annual USNA Alumni Association in Annapolis. He will brief us on the meetings to include portions of the meeting presentations. | Regular Meeting |
| Oct 20 | Ed Tilden, Chapter president; "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" - an overview. | Regular Meeting |
| Nov 11 PM Friday |
Midlands SC Chapter 10th Anniversary celebration. | Cocktails 1815 Dinner 1900 Celebration 1930 |
| Dec 15 PM |
Holiday Social at the home of OW and Barbara Dixon, 4103 Parkman Dr., Columbia, one house off Beltline between Trenholm Rd. and Forest Dr. Click the link on the right for a map. | Location: OW & Barbara
Dixon's home. When: 1800 - 2000 |
| Jan 19, 2006 | Jim Gambrell, Director of Development for the City of Columbia -- "Economic Development in Columbia." | Regular Meeting |
| Feb 16 | Ed Tilden,
Implementation of the Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA) |
Regular Meeting |
| Mar 16 | Capt. Stephen Kintzley, USMC,
USC NROTC Instructor -- his experiences in Iraq & Somalia. |
Regular Meeting |
| Apr 20 | Dr. John Dean, USC School of the Environment and an emeritus Professor of Marine Science. His expertise is international fisheries management. He also served as a director of the SC Coastal Council when it was started in the 1970s. | Regular Meeting |
| May 19 PM |
Spring Social at the home of Skip Steele, 17 Running Fox Rd (Wildewood). Click link on right for map and directions. | Location Home of Skip
Steele. When: 1800 - 2000 |
| Thursday Aug 17 | Board meeting | |
| Thursday Sep 21 | Ed Tilden - Report on 2006 Chapter Presidents' meeting in Annapolis | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Oct 19 | John Scanlan '83 - author of Dink-Gadink | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Nov 16 | Kenneth Clark '60, SC State
Representative District 96 - Aiken & Lexington Cos. - "Report from the state legislature."
Ken's legislative website |
Regular meeting 1200-1300 Damon's Grill, 900 Senate St. |
| Thursday Dec 14 (PM) | Holiday Social: Thursday, December 14th at Tommy & Hope Johnson's home from 1830-2030 for heavy hors d'oeurves and drinks. RSVP Tim Kana at [email protected] or 787-3382 (wk). | 1830 - 2030
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| Thursday Jan 18 | Regular meeting w/speaker | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Feb 15 | Regular meeting w/speaker | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Mar 15 | Regular meeting w/speaker | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Apr 19 | Regular meeting w/speaker | Regular meeting |
| Thursday May 17 (PM) | Spring Social at the home of Craig & Pandra Lemrow on Lake Murray. - CANX due inclement weather. Rescheduled for Fall. | 1815 - 2000 |
| Thursday Aug 30 | Board meeting | |
| Saturday Sep 22 | Social at Pandra and Craig Lemrow's lake house. | |
| Thursday Oct 18 | Skip Steele - "Adventures in Afghanistan" | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Nov 15 | Regular meeting - no speaker | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Dec 13 (PM) | Holiday Social: Home of Julie and Tim Kana. | 1830 - 2030 |
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Meetings changed to Second Thursdays |
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| Thursday Jan 10 | James Fowles - "Recent Developments in U. S. Labor Relations" | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Feb 14 | Mike Switzer, host of SC ETV Radio Network's "South Carolina Business Review" program weekdays at 7:52am | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Mar 13 | Tommy Johnson, Chapter President - Annual USNA Update | Regular meeting |
| Thursday Apr 10 | Ali Borchardt, Associate Director, Columbia Art Museum | Regular meeting |
| Saturday May 17 (PM) | Spring Social - Home of Skip and Yong Sue Steele, 17 Running Fox Road - Wildwood - Northeast Columbia. Phone: 803-788-6775. | 1700 - 1900 |
| Wednesday Aug 12 |
Board Meeting - all members invited but RSVP required NLT July 31st. | Reservations |
| Thursday Sep 17 | Speaker: Gary Moffatt, "A New Nuclear Plant in Jenkinsville to Meet South Carolina's Needs" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 15 | Jim Gruber '73, "The Great White Fleet - One Sailor's Memories Through Postcards." | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 19 | Tim Kana '71 - "HUGO - 20 years later - lessons learned" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Dec 10th (PM) |
Holiday Social: Home of Tut & Dick (RADM '48) Robertson, 3806 Kilbourne Rd., Columbia, SC 29205. All members & spouses are invited! Please RSVP to Tim Kana. | 1830 Directions Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 12th |
Army-Navy Football Game Party - Carolina Ale House, Columbiana Mall Centre - Details | 2:30 PM |
| Thursday Jan 21 | John Sherrer, Director of Cultural Resources Historic Columbia Foundation - "Historic Columbia Foundation: Its role in education, research, historic preservation, and the stewardship of cultural resources." | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 18 |
Brad Warthen, Former Sr. Editor, The State - "The Demise of
Newspapers - Is it True?" http://bradwarthen.com/ |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 18 | Professor Venkat Lakshmi, Chair, Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, USC - "Water: Sometimes too little, At times too much", http://www.geol.sc.edu/lakshmi/ | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 15 | Lunch social & discussion of chapter's future plans. | Regular meeting Reservations |
| May 31 (PM) | Navy Social - Memorial Day @ The Dixons' | 1830-2130 Reservations |
| Thursday Sep 16 | Mike Kehoe - "Ideas for the future of USNAA - Midlands SC Chapter" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 21 | Ron Anderson, NAI Avant, representing the Great Columbia Chamber of Commerce - "The Proposed Richland County Transportation Plan and Referendum." | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 18 | Prof. John Kupfer - USC Geography Department - "Climate, water management and ecosystem health at Congaree National Park" http://www.sc.edu/news/newsarticle.php?nid=1394 |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Dec 10 | Holiday Social - Home
of Tut and Dick Robertson, 3806 Kilbourne Rd. Bring your spouse! |
1830-2100 Details & Directions |
| Saturday Dec 11 |
Army-Navy Football Game Party jointly with the West Point Society of Columbia. 2:30 PM Sporting News Grill in the new Holiday Inn located at the intersection of Hwy 378 and I-26 in West Columbia. | Please RSVP NLT Dec 1st to Ed Tilden - [email protected] |
| Thursday Jan 20 | Bill Dukes, Chairman of the
Board of Directors Honor Flight of South Carolina www.honorflightsc.com |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 17 | Ed Tilden '71 will present on "Net Neutrality" - what it is and the pros and cons. | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 17 | Tim Kana '71 - "Coastal Erosion and Solutions: Conventional Wisdom and Some Common Misconceptions regarding Scales of Change, Sea Level Rise Impacts and the Future of your Favorite Beach" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 21 | Special Guest speaker:
USC Men's basketball Coach Darrin Horn. Darrin Horn Profile |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Friday Jun 3 | Spring Social
@ home of James ('82) and Nora Fowles.
4531 Bellefield Lane, Columbia, SC 29206 |
1900 - 2130 Drinks & heavy snacks provided. Please RSVP to Tim Kana (see below) |
| Thursday Sep 15 | NO MEETING - 16 September event instead | |
| Friday Sep 16, 1900 | Reception for the USNA Superintendent | Summit Club |
| Saturday Sep 17 | Navy @ South Carolina Football Game and Tailgate | Photo Albums |
| Thursday Oct 20 | Cancelled | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 17 | Our own Bill Andress '61 - ""An Update on the Crisis in Dharfur" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Dec 15 6-9 PM |
Holiday Social The Dixon's, 4103 Parkman Drive - Beltline & Parkman |
RSVP Dixons, 803-790-5831 |
| Saturday Dec 10 1430 |
Army-Navy Football Game THE SPORTING NEWS GRILL located in the HOLIDAY INN HOTEL & SUITES, Columbia-Airport, 110 McSwain Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169 |
RSVP to either Jay Folk,[email protected] or to Rick Miller, [email protected] by Thursday, 8 December 2011 |
| Thursday Jan 19 | Kennon A. Artis '88, Strategic Communications Officer, Arlington National Cemetery - "The Arlington National Cemetary - Honoring our Heroes" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 16 | Bull Street Redevelopment Plan | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 15 | Ann Holtschlag, Columbia Green | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Mar 17 | Founders Day (West Point) at Ft. Jackson |
Click link for PDF flyer/ registration form. |
| Thursday Apr 19 | Dr. Jim Kellogg, USC Dept. of Earth and Ocean Sciences, an applied geophysicist graduate of Princeton University and former chair of the Dept. of Geological Sciences at USC. His presentation will be: "Using satellites to measure plate motions in the Andes and Caribbean - Is the Panama Canal moving?" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Apr 20 | Celebrate Freedom at Finley Park | Click link for details. |
| Jun TBD | Spring Social | TBA |
| Thursday Sep 19 | Chapter planning meeting & socializing | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Wednesday Oct 16 | Dan Mann, AAE, Executive Director Columbia Metropolitan Airport - "The state of air transportation" | Regular meeting Holding Room Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 21 | Tim Kana, '71: "SC Beaches - Are they in better shape than 30 years ago?" | Regular meeting McMeekin Room Reservations |
| Dec 14, Saturday | Holiday Social - Home of Julie and Tim Kana, 1386 Kathwood Dr 29206 | 1600 |
| Saturday Dec 14 |
Army-Navy Football Game |
TV-CBS (1500) |
| Thursday Jan 16 |
Regular meeting with no speaker | Regular meeting Ballroom Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 20 | Jim Knapp, Professor, Dept. of Earth & Ocean Sciences, will speak on potential oil resources off the SE coast. Here is his Presentation (PPTX) |
Regular meeting Holding Room Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 20 | CDR Brice Lund, XO of the NROTC unit at USC. He will tell us about the NROTC program and how it is helping meet the needs of today's Navy. USC NROTC Website - Staff |
Regular meeting Holding Room Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 17 | Jacqueline Michel, Ph.D., President Research Planning, Inc. will discuss the Deepwater Horizon aftermath. |
Regular meeting McMeekin Room Reservations |
| Saturday May 17 | Home of Marc Stanley '74 at his Prosperity home on Lake Murray. | Spring Social Reservations |
| Thursday Sep 18 | Kickoff planning meeting - no speaker | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 16 | Chris Timmers, USMA '71 - "Columbia Chamber of Commerce" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 20 | Dr. Tom Vogt, Director USC Nanocenter http://www.nano.sc.edu/about/leadershipteam/tomvogt.aspx |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Dec TBD | Holiday Social - Location TBD | Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 13 |
Army-Navy Football Game |
TV-CBS (1500) |
| Thursday Jan 15 |
Bob Beauregard, Master of Maersk California, "The Maersk Alabama incident" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 19 | Paul Gaffney '68 - "The Navy Oceanography program" (TBC) |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 19 | Craig Augenstein host our chapter and the USNA Women's Golf team at Forest Lake Country Club (TBC) |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 16 | Regular meeting with speaker | Regular meeting Reservations |
| May TBD | Spring Social - Location TBD | Reservations |
| Thursday Sep 17 | Dr. Haiqing Kaczkowski, CSE - "Folly Beach County Park Restoration Project" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 15 | Randy Brooks - "Railway Measuring in the Modern Era" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 19 | Greg Hughes, Contract Construction - "Fire Flies new Minor League Ball Park" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 12 |
Army-Navy Football Game & Social @ Nancy and Mike Kehoe's house. |
4 PM |
| Thursday Jan 21 |
Tim Lorentz - "Update on the VC Summer new reactor construction" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 18 | John Sherrer, author of the book Remembering Columbia, will discuss his book and answer questions. Autographed copies of the book will be on sale for $27 (Make check out to "Historic Columbia"). |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 17 | Erich Miarka, Gills Creek Watershed Association - "October flood mitigation." |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 21 | Kerry Kuhlkin, Director of Education & Engagement for the Columbia Museum of Art - "Art museum future plans" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| 21 May, 1800 | Spring Social - Home of James & Nora Fowles, 429 Windward Point Road, Columbia, SC (on Lake Murray). Bring your own favorite hor d'oeuvres & BYOB (sodas and tea provided), VERY casual (Directions needed? Call James – 803-351-7882) |
Reservations |
| Thursday Sep 15 | Business Planning | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 20 | Tom Ledbetter, Midlands Technical College: "SC Technical College System - A History of Success - A Future of Promise" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 17 | Meghan Hickman, Executive Director of Engenuity SC - an economic development nonprofit focused on enhancing the Midlands' competitiveness and prosperity. | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 10 |
Army-Navy Football Game |
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| Dec 3, 2016 |
Fall Social | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Jan 19, 2017 |
Tim Kana - Hurricane Matthew and How Storms Have Impacted Our Beaches | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 16 | Bill Andress - The situation in South Sudan |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 16 | Col (R) Mike Dawson, USA - The River Alliance, Report from the Water’s Edge |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 20 | Dan Beaty, Program Manager, Richland Penny Program http://www.richlandpenny.com/project-plan/project-map/ |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| 20-May, 1800 | Spring Social at Lake house of James and Nora Fowles | RSVP |
| Thursday Sep 21 | Michael Williams, HR Manager at Michelin Plant in Lexington, SC | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 19 | Dr Keith Kenney, Multisensory Communications professor, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications: "Multisensory communications - new ways of providing and getting news and information." | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 16 | Robin White '62, "VC Summer project abandonment" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 9, 1500 |
Army-Navy Football Game |
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| Dec 9 |
Fall Social at the home of Ed & Polly Tilden | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Jan 18, 2018 | Carl Blackstoner, CEO of Columbia Chamber of Commerce | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 15 | Dr. Stephen Bower, Ph.D., Command Historian, US Army Soldier Support Institute, Fort Jackson, "Why was General Sherman so Mean in SC?" |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 15 | Dr. John Kupfer, USC Department of Geography |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 19 | Brad Warthen, Former Sr. Editor, The State - "Current Events" |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Friday May 5 | Spring Social at the Fowles, 429 Windward Point Rd Lake Murray | RSVP |
| Thursday Sep 20 | Dr. Walter Edgar, "Southern Campaign of the American Revolution in SC." http://www.walteredgar.com/ |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 18 | Sean Carrigan, candidate for SC's 2nd Congressional District (currently held by Joe Wilson) | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 15 | Phil Gaines, recently retired State Parks Director, "A Park Ranger's Journey: Lessons learned, Memories made" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 8, 1500 |
Army-Navy Football Game |
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| Saturday Dec 15, 1700 |
Fall Social at the Kana's home | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Jan 17, 2019 |
Tom Holland, a Southern Writer and Photojournalist, "SC Back Roads" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 21 | Dr. Lori Ziolkowski, USC Assistant Professor, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, "Climate Change: Dispelling Myths" |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 21 | Della Watkins, Executive Director Columbia Museum of Art |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 18 | Speaker TBD |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| May TBD | Spring Social | RSVP |
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2019-2020 |
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| Thursday Sep 19 | Organizational meeting |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Oct 17 | Ed Henkler '78, "Thriving with Blindness" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Nov 15 | Chuck Tebrich, '66, "50th Anniversary of the TET Offensive" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Saturday Dec 15, 1500 |
Army-Navy Football Game |
CBS TV |
| TBD Dec |
Fall Social - Cancelled | Reservations |
| Thursday Jan 16, 2020 |
Mike Brennan '72, "Remote Power Industry" | Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Feb 20 | General Caslen, USA (Ret.), President of UofSC, "Vision for UofSC" |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Mar 19 | Doug Walker '90, "Navy ROTC and JROTC Programs" - CANCELLED due to COVID-19 |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| Thursday Apr 16 | Dr. Frank Avignone III, Carolina Endowed Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, "The Big Bang" - CANCELLED (To be rescheduled) |
Regular meeting Reservations |
| May TBD | Spring Social - CANCELLED | Reservations |