Dreux American High School
Alumni Association Newsletter
 

March 2015   
 
Board of Directors
President
Charles Brantley '68
Vice President
Jim Adams '66
Treasurer
Marilyn Hutto Turner '62
Secretary
Jan Rupe Batik '66
Director of Alumni Affairs
Vicki Key '67
Board Member
Willy Brewer Taylor '65
Board Member
Anne Childs Smith '64
Board Member
Bill Willis '63
Immediate Past President
Paul Krausman '64

Reunion Coordinator
Doug McPhee '66
Greetings!

Hope everyone is doing well!  We are getting closer and closer to Reunion 2015 and now have 96 people registered and hoping for even more!  Add your name to that list now!!
 
On Friday, March 6th, Greg Labbe '66 will be making a detour of sorts to Lubbock on his way to participate in the Caprock Canyon Enduro in Turkey, TX. We have plans to meet for dinner!  Should be great fun! 

FEATURES IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 
 
Reunion 2015 - Update
Bio on our Lunch Speaker at the Reunion - Fellow brat, Mike Alverson 
Alumni Spotlight - Jon Klein '64
Auction -  Who would like a 1964 Yearbook!   

 

 
DREUX REUNION 2015 UPDATE    
Register Now and Join Us!! 

Dreux AHS All School/All Class Reunion 
May 1-3, 2015 
San Antonio, TX 


We now have 96 people registered to attend the Reunion!  It's certainly not too late to register to attend!!  

**Important" - If you are planning on attending, but just haven't registered yet, please let us know.  It would help greatly in our planning!! 

 

Reunion Registration Fees:     Full Registration   - $225 per person  

      

**Partial registration fees are available if you cannot attend the entire Reunion and those fees are listed in the Reunion 2015 section of the Dreux website.    

  

As a reminder, there will be a **SPECIAL PRIZE DRAWING at the Reunion!!  Registered attendees at the reunion who are current with their 2015 Dues will be eligible for a prize drawing at the Reunion!  The prize will be the reimbursement of your Reunion Registration Fee!!  (the actual amount you paid for your registration).  Information on paying Dues is located in the Dues/Donations section of the  Dreux Website 

  

There are two ways to register for the Reunion!!

  

1.  You can register and pay your registration fee via credit card 

OR 

2.  You can pay by check by completing the registration form and mailing in your check to our Treasurer, Marilyn Hutto Turner '62.  Information on where to send the check is on the Registration form. Click here to access the Registration Form. It's best to use Internet Explorer to access the Registration Form link and you must have Adobe Reader to use the fillable form. 

For those bringing a spouse/guest, you will need to register each person individually/separately.

  

HOTEL INFORMATION:  Drury Plaza Hotel Riverwalk

Hotel Room Rates :  $139 + tax per night for single/double 
                                 $179 + tax per night for a one bedroom suite
 
TO MAKE YOUR HOTEL ROOM RESERVATIONS:
 
You can make your Hotel Reservations online by accessing this link.  
Hotel Reservations may also be made by calling 1-800-325-0720 or calling the hotel directly at 210-270-7799 and refer to our Group # 2218033.   If calling, you MUST use this group number in order to get the rates listed above. 

What's Happening at the Reunion

The DAHS Hospitality Room will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday
for meeting friends, sharing stories and memorabilia


Thursday, April 30: For those coming in early, join us for a "dutch" dinner
                               (location TBD) or explore the Riverwalk
Friday, May 1
  10am-6pm        Reunion Registration
  10am-6pm        Hospitality Room open 
    7pm                Dinner at County LIne BBQ overlooking the Riverwalk
    9pm'ish-12M  Hospitality Room open (after dinner)

Saturday, May 2, 2015
    6:30am             Hospitality Room opens
    8am -                Reunion Registration 
    7am-10am        Breakfast (on your own) 
NOTE: For attendees staying at the Drury Plaza Hotel, a free breakfast each morning is included in your room rate.    
 10am-11:30am     Alumni Association Business Meeting- All Attendees
 12Noon-1:30pm   Box Lunch and VERY interesting presentation on the
                              Kennedy Assassination by Mike Alverson (see bio below)

   1:30pm-5:00pm  Free time for Tours or Hospitality Room

   5:30pm-7:00pm  Cocktails/Snacks in Hotel Lobby
Note: For attendees staying at the Drury Plaza Hotel, this happy hour is provided by the hotel free of charge for guests of the Hotel; there may be a nominal charge for attendees who are not staying at the Drury.

   5:30pm               Group/Class Photo Session in Hospitality Room 

   7:00pm               Dinner/Dance
   
Sunday, May 3, 2015 
   6:30am              Hospitality Room opens
   7:am-10:am       Breakfast (on your own)

 

For information on what to see and do in San Antonio and/or book tours during the free time on Saturday or prior to/after the Reunion, visit the follow sites: 

 

River Barge Rides:  www.RioSanAntonio.com
Trolley Tours:  www.grandtrolleytours.com
                        www.thealamotrolley.com
Double Decker Bus Tours: www.citysightseeingtours.com/sanantonio
Alamo Sightseeing Tours: www.citytoursinc.com 

For Other Visitor Information:  Visit San Antonio  

 

    
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN SAN ANTONIO IN MAY! 

 


INFORMATION ON OUR GUEST SPEAKER
AT THE REUNION (Saturday lunch)


Mike Alverson, Guest Lunch Speaker at the Reunion

 Mike Alverson
Mike Alverson currently devotes his time to being an education docent at the President George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, serving on the West Point Association of Graduates Advisory Council, and serving on the board of the THR Credit Union. He also studies and lectures on the JFK Presidency and Assassination.

 

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.

graduated Stanford with a degree in Modern European Languages.

 

 

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!!    

  

 1964 DREUX YEARBOOK UP FOR AUCTION!! 

Who would like a 1964 La Victoire Yearbook?

 

We are auctioning off a 1964 Dreux Yearbook for the highest donation. The yearbook was donated by former faculty member, Gloria Cline. I am sure there are many out there that either didn't get a yearbook that year or through the years it became lost.  Now is your chance to get one.  It still has the plastic cover on it and has not been signed or autographed. It is in pretty good shape considering it is over 50 years old!   See some photos below.

Here is how it will work:

Those interested in bidding on the 1964 yearbook will send an email to Vicki Key with your bid.  That way it will have a date and time stamp on it (central standard time). 

The minimum bid will be $50.00.  Bids need to be in whole dollars.  The successful bidder will also be responsible for shipping costs (or if the winner is coming to the Reunion, I will bring it with me to give to the winner)

The bidding will start when this newsletter goes out (3/5/2015) and will continue until 12:midnight (CST) on March 31, 2015.  Not everyone opens their newsletter immediately, so I want to give it enough time so everyone will know about it. I will try to post current bids daily on the Dreux website and the Dreux Group page on Facebook.   We've never done this before, so it will be interesting to see how it goes!

Once the winner has been determined, you will have a couple of ways to make your donation.  Either through the donation button on the Dreux website if paying by credit card through PayPal or by sending a check to our Treasurer.  I will contact the successful bidder and work out the details on shipping, etc.

 
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT  

Jon Klein '64

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 Pok�mon 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. 

       

NEED BIOS!!  
 
I NEED BIOS!  
 

Thank you to those who have sent in bios for the Alumni Spotlight feature of the Newsletter.  But I need MORE!  In order for me to continue this feature, I really need people to send me bios on themselves!  I think it's a neat feature and hope you all are enjoying reading about your former classmates.  I would like to get bios on folks from all class years.  So if you haven't already been featured, please send me something to use in future newsletters. 

 

It can be as short or as long as you would like, but basically I am looking for the following information: 

What you did after you left Dreux, i.e. schools attended, military 

What you do/did for a living

Where all have you lived after Dreux

Tell us about your family, hobbies and community involvement, if any

Talk about any special memories you have from your time at Dreux

I would also need a "Now" photo (jpg) of you as well.  

 

Send your bios and "Now" photo to Vicki Key at [email protected].     

 

A BIT OF THIS AND THAT

UPDATING YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION


If your contact information has changed (i.e. email address, postal address, area code or telephone number) and you haven't notified me, please email that information to Vicki Key.  I want to be sure that your contact information is correct in the Dreux AHS Alumni Directory! 
 
COME JOIN US ON FACEBOOK!

The Dreux American High School Group page on Facebook now has 547 members and is still growing.  It's been a lot of fun!  Former friends are reconnecting, uploading photos from Dreux, and having general discussions about the time spent at Dreux.  I have the group as a closed group so that only those people associated with Dreux are involved.  If you are interested in joining us, just use the "request to join" feature on the Group Page or send me a friend request and I would be happy to add you!

If you are on Facebook and have not already joined the group, here is the link to our page so you can join:  Dreux American High School Group Page 

 

Missed a prior Dreux AHS Newsletter?
  You can view them on the Dreux website 

In case you missed receiving any of the past Dreux AHS Newsletters for whatever reason, they are archived and available to view on our Dreux AHS website.  Just click on the link on the front page of the website (www.dreuxalumni.org) to access them.  
 

Dreux American High School was open from 1960-1967.  The first graduating class was 1961.  The school closed in January of 1967. We have a very active Alumni Association.  There have been 7 major reunions over the past 18 years, the last being held in February of 2013 in Orlando, FL.  We have found 1,300+ alumni, faculty and staff and are continuing to locate folks!


Vicki Key
Dreux American High School Alumni Association