Coming up – ARA 2025 Holiday Lupper
Our Alcon Retirees Association Lupper will be held on Friday, December 5th, 2025, in our usual location, the Alcon Crossroads Conference Center (old Alcon Cafeteria). We are pleased to welcome back Patrick Collier who spoke to us at our Lupper in 2022. Patrick now is the Senior Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Technical Operations Management. He leads all aspects of manufacturing, supply chain, health, safety & environment, global security, and corporate facilities.
We’ll enjoy a delicious buffet lunch and listen to jazzy holiday music provided by Gary Rush and the Holiday Horns who will be back this year. The wine bar will be back again, too.
Tom McDonald will be available once again to sign copies of his book, Alcon Laboratories, A Vision Fulfilled, 1947-1997. Books will also be available for purchase during the luncheon.
Geneva Padron, Alcon Research Clinic team, will be there again for those who are interested in talking about participating in a research study.
In the spirit of the holidays, this year we’re going to have a Toy Drive that’s sponsored by the Fort Worth Police Department. Bring your new unwrapped toys for children from birth to 14 years old. We’ll have a place to put them.
Before the Lupper is over, we’ll make a toast to the ARA and our 30-year anniversary! We appreciate what our founders did – Frank Buhler, Andy Lubrano, Brad Kling – and what all of you contributed.
Agenda
11:30 Sign in for members and guests. Appetizers. Bar opens. Festive holiday jazz music.
12:00 Buffet opens.
12:50 Welcome and Introductions – Pat Cappelletti, President, ARA
1:00 Featured Speaker – Patrick Collier, Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing & Technical Operations Management
2:00 Tom McDonald, author of Alcon Labs – A Vision Fulfilled, 1947-1997.
2:10 Announcements
2:30 Games. Raffle. Prizes.
3:30 Event ends
Reservations & Charges
Email us at ARA-RSVP@alcon-ara.com to make your reservation, no later than November 28.
If you are bringing a guest, include their name when you RSVP and if they will ride with you.
For the Lupper, the charge is $10 for members, $15 for guests. If you haven’t paid your $10 dues for 2026, you can pay in cash or check when you sign in or send your check to:
Alcon Retirees Association
P.O. Box 173416
Arlington, TX 76003-3416
Parking
Parking spaces will be reserved with orange cones. Golf carts will be available to take those who need assistance to the Crossroads Conference Center and back to the parking lot after the program.
I’m looking forward to seeing you on December 5th!
Pat Cappelletti
President, Alcon Retirees Association
Summer 2025 In HindSight
The ARA Summer Newsletter is available now.
To view the In HindSight Newsletter from the website, login and choose the Newsletter box, on the right-hand side.
ARA 2025 Luncheon Dates
Our remaining 2025 luncheons will be on the Alcon Campus, on the following Fridays:
On September 19th, we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ARA.
We will end the year with our December 5th Holiday Lupper.
ARA Website Information
To access the ARA Members section, you will need an email address and password. Please use your email address that you have previously provided for the ARA roster and password you setup when you requested membership.
We welcome your feedback. Send us an email — if you click Contact at the upper right of the home page, our respective email addresses can be found.
[Important: We have a large number of ARA members for whom we do not have an email address. Thus, if you are unable to sign-in to the member section as instructed above, this mostly likely means we need your email address to record in the database before you can access this section of the website. In this case, please send your name and email address to Pat Cappelletti at ‘pcappelletti@alcon-ara.com’. Many thanks!]
New Alcon retirees ready to join ARA – please proceed to click on the link “Sign Up Today” and fill-in the requested information. Your registration will be reviewed and acknowledged shortly.
