Harvard University Club of Houston

THIS FRIDAY - May 6, 2022 - - Harvard University Club & Houston Learning Network honor 3 Houston Trailblazers! - With TV Host & Producer Deborah Duncan as Emcee! Entertainment by Award-Winning International Recording Artist Vel Lewis!

LOCATION: River Oaks Country Club

Topic: 'PROFIT, NON-PROFIT AND HYBRID BUSINESS MODELS'
Program presented by our friends at the Wharton Club of Houston

SEE YOU AT THE HARVARD ALUMNI BOOK CLUB



ALL HARVARD ALUMNI ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN BOOK CLUB!

LOCATION: Asia Society on Southmore Blvd) - a 2-day event

In-person & Virtual attendance options!

HBS CLUB HAS CANCELED THIS EVENT - For more info, contact ClubAdmin@hbsclubhouston.com

SEE YOU ON MARCH 20 - - HARVARD ALUMNI BOOK CLUB



ALL HARVARD ALUMNI ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN BOOK CLUB!

Hear from six companies who will each have six minutes to pitch followed by a five minute Q&A.

FRIDAY at 6:30, SATURDAY at 1, & SUNDAY noon - JOIN US AT RECKLING PARK March 4-6

Alums will Enjoy Complimentary 'Cold' Beverages and Small Bites in the Harvard Tent on Saturday!

Join us outdoors on the porch at Ouisie's Table for a discussion with Chris Hollins & Leo Vasquez

TOPIC: Voting in Texas - - To WAITLIST, email us at HClubHouston@att.net

SEE YOU AT THE HARVARD ALUMNI BOOK CLUB



ALL HARVARD ALUMNI ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN BOOK CLUB!

Beth Rivera ('98) invites you to meet other female MBA's at an All MBA Women's Happy Hour!

LOCATION: Beck's Prime Memorial Park - Tickets are $10 per person

WHO IS INVITED? All women MBA's

A February event featuring Dr. O.H. 'Bud' Frazier, Chief of the Center for Cardiac Support, Dir of Cardiovascular Surgery Research at Texas Heart Institute

A Virtual Event Only

NOTICE: We Switched the January & February book order!

See you in the New Year at the January Book Club Virtual Get Together!

ALL HARVARD ALUMNI ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN BOOK CLUB!

See you at the DECEMBER Book Club Virtual Get Together!

ALL HARVARD ALUMNI ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE IN BOOK CLUB!

Enjoy the Spirit of Friendship, Holiday Cheer & Catered Hors d'oeuvres

LOCATION: Private Residence of Harvard Club Members Scott & Anna Johnson

Valet Service on Blossom Street - - -for ticket info, Email us at HClubHouston@att.net

Harvard - Yale Football, Saturday, November 20th
Join us at The Briar Club Magnolia Ballroom and watch the GAME on huge screen!

IMPORTANT NOTICE - We are limiting SEATS at the GAME this year due to pandemic! Registration Deadline 11/18

See you at the November Book Club Virtual Get Together!

You Are Invited to the Wharton Luncheon Series featuring Senator Ted Cruz - ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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LOCATION: River Oaks Country Club

TOPIC: The Future of our State Economy - Registration closes Nov 9th

DO YOU STILL NEED TO REGISTER - email HClubHouston@att.net to RSVP on event day! VIP Kick-Off Party for the Harvard Crimson Award Gala 2022! LOCATION: Art of The World Gallery - NO WALK INS - Advance Registration Required (no exceptions)!

Early Stage Investing Insights and Strategies for the Energy Transition - A VIRTUAL EVENT

See you at the October Book Club Virtual Get Together!

See the Upcoming Book Selections!

LOCATION: SERCA's Posh Wine Tasting Room in the Heights - EASY PARKING

Enjoy an Evening of Wine, Conversation and Discovery with Serca owners Carolina & Sergio Weitzman!

EVENT NOW WAIT LIST ONLY - No Walk-ins - EMAIL HCLUBHOUSTON@ATT

Featuring Dr. Alberto Todeschini, UC Berkely and pitches from early stage companies in Edge Al and Data Analytics

NOTE - THIS VIRTUAL EVENT IS THIS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY! .

September Book Club - My Brilliant Friend

LOCATION: Kirby Ice House

Join alums from other Ivy Clubs in town.

Join Us at Our Club's First In-Person Event in 2021!

LOCATION: The Boot in the Beautiful Heights!

Fantastic Cajun Food, Ice Cold Beer and More / Plus Awesome H

Meet Pulitzer Prize winner and native Texan, Annette Gordon-Reed

Another Great, Free Virtual Event

MAY BOOK SELECTION: The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck

NOTE - This Speaker Series event has been postponed.

Reschedule Date to be Announced Soon!

Lessons from the Pandemic for Investors and Entrepreneurs

SIGN UP AND JOIN US AT THE NEW WINE TASTING EVENT IN APRIL

Enjoy an Evening of Wine, Conversation and Discovery!

FREE for all Supporting Level Members - - It's a great time to upgrade your club membership and enjoy all the perks!

LOCATION: Virtual Fun Mixer

Join alumni from Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale and other Ivy Clubs

APRIL BOOK: Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arena

SPEAKER SERIES EVENT - A Harvard University Club program for HUC Members

The families behind America's astronaut heroes are just like yours ...sort of. The Father, Son & Holy Shuttle is the hilarious true story of one of those families

A Career Coaching event for all Harvard alumni.

PANDEMIC RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS

Vaccines, Antibodies and Testing

'A HARVARD CLUB MEMBER ONLY EVENT'

HACE 'Harvard Alumni for Climate & the Environment'
Join us for a Virtual Conversation about Clean Energy

Featured Speakers include Stephanie Campbell, Co-founder at The Artemis Fund & Leslie Goldman, a Co-founder of The Artemis Fund.
Afterwards, Leslie Goldman will host a fireside chat with Jessica Mah, Founder & CEO of inDinero.

A Career Coaching event for all Harvard alumni.

MARCH BOOK: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Prof. Friedman is one of the nation's preeminent experts on economic policy!

TOPIC: He will discuss his new book, "Religion and the Rise of Capitalism"

A Fireside Chat with Longtime Energy Expert Ed Hirs

Ed Hirs has been predicting this mess for years!

OPEN TO ALL HUC MEMBERS

FEBRUARY BOOK: Beloved by Toni Morrison

AN HBS VIRTUAL EVENT - Meet Dr. Hotez

Dr. Hotez will discuss the historic COVID19 vaccine development, efficacy and impact!

JOIN US AT A VIRTUAL PITCH NIGHT

AN HBS VIRTUAL EVENT INVITATION - Meet Yale Alumna Tracy Timm

An Interactive Webinar (previously scheduled for Jan 21st - event has been moved to Feb 4th)

Upstream Your Career with Clarity, Confidence, and Certainty

JANUARY BOOK: The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

THE SCIENCE OF COOKING: Science and Cooking: Physics Meets Food, From Homemade to Haute Cuisine

An Insider's Discussion with Co-Founder & Lead Professor Michael Brenner

Featuring 11 companies

An Invitation to the HBS Alumni Angels' Pitch Night

You Are Invited to a Virtual Luncheon - NO CHARGE

TOPIC: HOW FINANCE WORKS

Featuring a Fireside chat with Brad Feld, Co-Founder, Foundry Group

see more info on HOW TO PREP FOR TRIVIA NIGHT?

We accepted a trivia GAME night challenge! HELP US DEMOLISH YALE TONIGHT AT 7 PM

No Charge ZOOM Event

While energy prices have fluctuated many times in the past, it is natural to wonder whether "this time is different."

Featuring 10 IOT/Industry 4.0 Companies!

NOVEMBER BOOK: The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Join fellow Harvard alumna Quincy Houghton (BA '84), Deputy Director of Exhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum in NY & Christine Coulson, Author 'Metropolitan Stories: A Novel.' They will show us The Met that the public doesn't see!

VIRTUAL EVENT

HOUSTONIAN WHO RAN WASHINGTON - Conversation with James Baker's Biographers

Join us for a night of networking and community building! Help us welcome the Class of 2020 and meet people you didn't know moved to Houston after graduation.

OCTOBER BOOK: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Invitation from HBS Houston Alumni Angels

Featuring 15 Leading Edge Companies! - - -NOTE: Participants should upgrade to Zoom 5.3.1 for this event!

Our next BOOK CLUB will meet Virtually on Sept 12th'

Two books by Chinua Achebe 'Arrow of God' & 'No Longer at Ease'

HBS Club of Houston invites you to participate in the May 28th virtual program featuring McKinsey and their perspective on COVID-19

Registration closes on May 26th

INVITATION FROM YALEWOMEN

Yale Needs Women: How the First Group of Girls Rewrote the Rules of an Ivy League Giant, by Anne Gardiner Perkins, Yale '81

MEET THE AUTHOR

TOPIC: Angel Investing in an Economic Downturn!

Harvard Woodlands Happy Hour - CANCELED FOR APRIL

NO BOOK CLUB IN APRIL

Harvard Woodlands Happy Hour - CANCELED FOR MARCH

If you Purchased Theatre tickets, you can donate or exchange your tickets, or ask for a refund by contacting boxoffice@alleytheatre.org.

Enjoy a Piano Sonata by Grażyna Bacewicz & Rebecca Clarke Sonata for viola and piano

Fundraiser to Benefit the HPD Victim Services Unit

Roughnecks are a Professional American Football Team, based here in Houston!

Come out & Cheer for Roughnecks & meet Brian Cooper (HKS '96), Houston Roughnecks' Pres, and Ryan Gustafson (HBS '10), Seattle Dragons' Pres

LOCATION: KIRBY ICE HOUSE, Good Times start rolling at 6 PM -- - YOU MUST BE HARVARD ALUMNI TO ATTEND

COME HUNGRY AND Enjoy Great Eats and King Cake too!

Harvard Woodlands Happy Hour

LOCATION: Hyatt Centric Hotel Cocktail Lounge

The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford

HOST FOR February BOOK CLUB is Vicki Sharp

The book club is open to all HARVARD ALUMNI, and there is no cost to attend!

Join us for a Night to Remember at the Wortham Center Theatre: performance of Verdi's AIDA

Orchestra Section, Front Center

dinner arrangements are in the works at Birraporetti's Theater District Restaurant - JOIN US

LOCATION:Chapman & Kirby-- FREE EVENT

Join alumni from Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale and other Ivy Clubs

MEETING LOCATION: The Royalton - - FREE VALET PARKING

Currently, Pitch Night is highlighting 6 companies with very compelling technologies & services across several industry sectors!

FREE EVENT if you RSVP in Advance

TOPIC: MAKER-CENTERED LEARNING

THINGS FALL APART, by Chinua Achebe

HOST FOR January BOOK CLUB IS LAURA DAVIS

The book club is open to all HARVARD ALUMNI and their guests and there is no cost to attend!

MEETING LOCATION: Offices of JP Morgan

Featuring Energy Disruptors

An Invitation from HBS Houston Alumni Angels to join them at their Nov 19th Pitch Night

LOCATION: La Grange -- FREE EVENT

Join alumni from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and alums from other area Ivy clubs!

HUC members are invited to attend a Harvard Business School Speaker Series featuring Dan Domeracki

Dan is VP Government and Industry Relations at Schlumberger

TOPIC: The Realities of Energy Transition

LOCATION: Pitch 25, near the soccer stadium

speed network and talk with other Ivy alumnae

HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad

HOST FOR NOVEMBER BOOK CLUB IS BEN PORTNOY

The book club is open to all HARVARD ALUMNI and their guests and there is no cost to attend!

LOCATION: Grotto Ristorante

Last week we moved the HLN mixer to Nov 6 in order to not compete with the WORLD SERIES! Please join us tonight at Grotto.

HUC members are invited to attend a Harvard Business School Speaker Series featuring Sunny Vanderbeck

Mr. Vanderbeck is co-founder and managing partner of Satori Capital

An Invitation from HBS Houston Alumni Angels 'Successful Angel Investing, a primer for individuals on investing in early stage companies

NOTE: When registering for this event, you will be redirected to an outside HBS website.

ON-LINE TICKET SALES NOW CLOSED - to check status & for tickets, email us at HClubHouston@att.net

6th Annual Energy Panel Discussion & Networking Event at The Briar Club

LOCATION: TRUCK YARD -- FREE EVENT

Hosted by Young Penn Alumni Club of Houston: Join fellow alumni from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and alums from other area ivy clubs!

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

HOST FOR OCTOBER BOOK CLUB IS VICKI SHARP

The book club is open to all HARVARD ALUMNI and their guests and there is no cost to attend!

LOCATION: The Asia Society
Join us for an exploration of Tibetan culture and unique family history as Ann Tashi Slater reads from her book, Travels Within and Without

LOCATION: The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel

Meet Robert Kaplan, President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas of the 11th District

TOPIC: Economic Conditions and Key Challenges Facing the US Economy

Meet Dr. William Cohn, VP at Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies.

LOCATION: Landmark Cafe @ TMC

MEETING GLOBAL HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES - - BAYLOR GLOBAL HEALTH 'Applying Innovation & Technology to Address Global Challenges in Healthcare' SPECIAL INVITATION FROM YALE ALUMNI NONPROFIT ALLIANCE (YANA)

You are invited to attend 2 HBS Speaker Series events in September!

Meet Lincoln Benet on Sept 17 (Petroleum Club, 35th Floor)

Meet Andre Perold on Sept 26, Location ROC

OUR SEPTEMBER BOOK IS: Anna Karenina by Russian Writer Leo Tolstoy

The Houston Harvard Alumni Book Club is open to all Harvard alumni. Join us - Come see what you've been missing!

LOCATION: 8th Wonder Brewery -- FREE EVENT

Hosted by Young Penn Alumni Club of Houston: Join fellow alumni from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and alums from other area ivy clubs!

Career Services - Event #2 of a four part Series - Bridgepath Career Advisors

LOCATION: LOTTI DOTTI

In Montrose

Career Services four part Series - Bridgepath Career Advisors

LOCATION: REVELRY on Richmond -- FREE EVENT

Hosted by Young Penn Alumni Club of Houston: Join fellow alumni from Harvard, and alums from other area ivy clubs!

You Are Invited - Help Us Welcome Lawrence S. Bacow

LOCATION: Corinthian Houston, 202 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77002

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Houston Harvard Alumni Book Club is open to all Harvard alumni. Host for May Book Club is Ben Portnoy. Location: Bellaire residence - addressed provided after registration

Upstairs Bar and Lounge (in Rice Village) Join other Harvard Alumnus in the Healthcare Industry and unwind at Happy Hour!

Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert

The Houston Harvard Alumni Book Club is open to all Harvard alumni. Hope we see you in April!

LUNCHEON LOCATION: The Hess Corporation

TOPIC: Leadership Through Chapters of Your Life

Note: This is the Hess Corporation located downtown - - not the HESS Club on Westheimer!

SAVE THE DATE, Houston Rockets vs Sacramento Kings

ARRIVE AT 3:45 FOR THE PRE-GAME MEETING / Tip Off is at 5 PM

ONLINE TICKET SALES NOW CLOSED

MEETING LOCATION: Offices of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

Digitization of the Oil Patch featuring John Gibson and 5 Start-ups

An Invitation from HBS Houston Alumni Angels to join them at their March 26th Pitch Night

Come j

WHEN & WHERE: March 21 - 23 at Rice University

37th Annual Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

The Houston Harvard Alumni Book Club is open to all Harvard alumni. Hope we see you in March!

LOCATION: KIRBY ICE HOUSE, Good Times start rolling at 5:30 PM -- - YOU MUST BE HARVARD ALUMNI

COME HUNGRY AND Enjoy Muffuletta's, Shrimp Poboys, New Orleans' Style Roast beef, and more - plus super decorations / beads - all provided by the a

LOCATION: Better Luck Tomorrow

Join recent grads this Thursday at a happy hour gathering!

LUNCHEON LOCATION: The Hess Corporation

Note: This is the Hess Corporation located downtown - - not the HESS Club on Westheimer!

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

The Houston Harvard Alumni Book Club is back on schedule. Hope we see you in February!

Performance at St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Jan 25 - - You are invited to see the concert!

Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The January 13th book club meeting will be rescheduled for another date TBD.

ALL THE KING'S MEN, by Robert Penn Warren

LOCATION: Accenture Innovation Hub, 1301 Fannin, 18th Floor

IT IS FREE - An informative networking social! Hear from key players working to grow Houston's start-up innovation ecosystem & learn how you & your organization can get involved

LOCATION: Goodnight Charlie's

Join fellow alumni from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Penn, Stanford, Princeton, Cornell, Brown & Duke!

LOCATION: Houston Advanced Research Center in The Woodlands
A joint event with the World Affairs Council

REAGAN: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Come see what you are missing - - Join the rest of us at the Houston Harvard Alumni Book Club

LOCATION: The Briar Club

NOTE: Harvard Alumni should use promotion code HUCDISC for special member pricing!

THE MASTER AND MARGARITA, by Mikhail Bulgakov

Be one of the first to attend our NEW HARVARD BOOK CLUB: The Book Club will meet once a month beginning Sept 9th

TEMPORARY BOOK CLUB 'CORONAVIRUS SUSPENSION'



See List of Suggested Books to Read During our Coronavirus Suspension