Mike Alverson

Professional: Prior to his retirement in 2012, Mike worked at the Dallas Fort Worth Hospital Council Foundation where he managed a large federal grant awarded in 2010 to help primary care physicians in North Texas select and successfully implement Electronic Health Records in their practices. Previously, he was Vice President - Information Services and Deputy Chief Information Officer for Texas Health Resources (THR). THR, one of the largest faith-based, nonprofit health care systems in the United States, earned consistent national recognition for its innovative and high performing technology environment. Before joining THR in 1990, he was Vice President of Information Systems at Lincoln Property Company. Before joining Lincoln in 1985, he was a Manager of information systems consulting for Peat Marwick. Mike began his career as a Computer Systems Staff Officer for the United States Air Force.

Recognition: Mike was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his service with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon and the Air Force Commendation Medal. He was named Information Technology Executive of the Year in 2009 by the Dallas Fort Worth Chapter of the Society for Information Management.

Education: Mike is a fellow "brat", graduating from Wiesbaden in 1963. He Alverson earned a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, an MS in Engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and an MBA with distinction in Finance from American University in Washington, D.C.

Teaching and Lecturing: Mike served over 20 years as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Edwin L. Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, the MBA program of the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Irving, Texas, and the Masters in Healthcare Administration program of the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas.

Editors Note:  Sally Downing Thomas '64 has seen his presentation on the JFK Assassination and says that it is fantastic!  So don't miss it!!    

Then

My name is Jon Klein. I attended Dreux from Sept 1963 to my graduation in June 1964. I was not a Military Brat. I was a Diplomats Brat. My father, Burton H. Klein, was a Special Ambassador to NATO. During WWII, my father was a Navigator dropping Paratroopers on D-Day. My father was on the Strategic Bombing Survey Sept 1945. All Air Force Officers are required to read this report. Furthermore, my father was on Truman's Council of Economic Advisors. For many years, he was Head of the Economic Department at the Rand Corp in Santa Monica, California. He finally was a Professor of Economics at Cal-Tech in Pasadena.

After Dreux, I attended UC Santa Barbara and graduated with a BA in European History and a Secondary Teaching Certificate. I next worked at our family's Motel in Santa Barbara and for the new owner for the next 14 years. My next venture was to work for a company named The Game Keeper. It was a chain of Game and Hobby Stores located in malls on the West and East Coasts. In 1999, we were purchased by Wizards of the Coast that manufactured: Dungeons and Dragons, Magic the Gathering and for 5 years manufactured Pokémon Cards. I became an Operations Manager assisting the VP of Retail Operations as well as opening new Game Keeper and Wizards of the Coast stores. Sadly, we were purchased by Hasbro. They purchased us for our manufacturing arm and in 2004 they closed all of the retail stores. My career in Games came to an end.

Now.

I met my wife Alice at UC Santa Barbara. Last December 21, we celebrated our 45th Wedding Anniversary. We have three Great Kids. Our eldest  

daughter lives in Toronto with her husband and our two grandsons. Our middle daughter, Lisa, is a nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Our son Joseph, who has a degree in Digital and Motion Picture Production and a Masters in Computer Science, works for a company in Baltimore. By the way, my wife is a three star General. She has worked for General Electric, General Motors and General Dynamics. She was a Software Engineering Manager. For the last 11 years we have lived in Omaha, Nebraska.

What I remember most about Dreux is having a great roommate, Phil Gabler. We have kept in touch for over 51 years! Next, having Mr. Francis' European History Class, including his Fish- Nietzsche. As a hobby, I have collected items from the time of Napoleon. I have a document that Napoleon signed for pensions for 55 solders that died in action. I also have dispatch that Admiral Lord Nelson wrote in July 1803. I cannot forget to mention Apkarian's Economics Club. I thought it was great to take a Club trip by bus to Paris. There we visited Merrill Lynch Brokerage and purchased 5 shares of Studebaker Company to watch its progress over the school year. Also, the guys got to walk through the French Stock Exchange floor briefly.

Alice and Jon will be attending the 2015 Reunion in San Antonio.