ARA Announcement – Luncheon March 28th, 2025
The next ARA luncheon will be held on Friday, March 28th, in the Alcon Crossroads Conference Center.
Our speaker will be Quentin McGown, who will talk to us about the history of Fort Worth. He is a well-known local historian whose family has lived in Fort Worth for generations. He served six years, three as Chair, on the City of Fort Worth Historic and Cultural Landmarks Commission. He is a past chair of the Tarrant County Historical Commission. Quentin is an attorney, an Associate Judge in Tarrant County’s Probate Court Number One, and author of four books about Fort Worth.
If you have something specific you’d like to hear about in his talk, let me know.
Agenda
11:30 Sign in – members and guests
12:00 Buffet opens
12:50 Welcome and introductions – Pat Cappelletti, President, ARA
1:00 Featured speaker – Quentin McGown, History of Fort Worth
2:00 Announcements
2:30 Event ends
Reservations & Charges
Email us at ARA-RSVP@alcon-ara.com to make your reservation, no later than Friday, March 21st.
If you are bringing a guest, include their name when you RSVP and if they will ride with you.
As usual for our programs, there is no charge for members and $10 for guests. If you haven’t paid your $10 dues for 2025, 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 as usual across from Tower A. 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 March 28th.
Pat Cappelletti
President, Alcon Retirees Association
Summer Crafts Fair
Retirees are invited to attend Alcon’s Summer Crafts Fair on May 6, 2025 in Tower C, 2nd floor Atrium, from 7am to 6pm.
ARA 2025 Luncheon Dates
Our remaining 2025 luncheons will be on the Alcon Campus, on the following Fridays:
On June 20th, Tom McDonald, PhD, will return, following the publication of his book on the history of the first fifty years of Alcon.
On September 26th, we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ARA.
We will end the year with our December 5th Holiday Lupper.
Winter 2024/2025 In Hindsight
The Winter Newsletter is available now – it includes Alcon News and Retiree News, with a report on our December Holiday Lupper. And please join us for our 2025 programs. The ARA Luncheons are scheduled to be in person on the Alcon Campus on Fridays: March 28th, June 20th, September 26th, and December 5th.
To view the In HindSight Newsletter from the website, login and choose the Newsletter box, on the right-hand side.
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.
