ARA Luncheon Update, Friday April 5th

Our next ARA luncheon will be held on Friday, April 5th, 2024, in the Alcon Crossroads Conference Center (old Alcon cafeteria). Fred Schneiweiss, Doctor of Pharmacy, Alcon’s Director of Pharmacoepidemiology, retired, will be our speaker at the April luncheon.

The April topic is The Lowdown on Vitamins (or everything you need to know about vitamins).

Every year consumers spend billions of dollars buying and consuming vitamins. We all know they are supposed to be good for you and improve health. Different vitamins are marketed for energy, eyes, skin, nails, digestive health, bone structure, and many more uses. Studies proclaim they have clinically proven that vitamin supplements are needed for a healthy lifestyle. This presentation will provide you with the information you need to decide if vitamin supplementation is a necessary part of your daily life.

Sign in will start at 11:30 in the Crossroads and the buffet will open at noon. 

If you want to attend, make your reservations no later than March 25th. If you plan to attend email us at ARA-RSVP@alcon-ara.com or leave a voicemail on our Alcon number, 610-670-3801.  

As usual for our quarterly luncheons, there is no charge for members and $10 for guests. If you haven’t paid your $10 dues for 2024, you can do so when you sign in or send your check to:

           Alcon Retirees Association

           P.O. Box 173416

           Arlington, TX 76003-3416

Don’t forget to bring your Alcon Retirees Gold card to get onto campus. Enter at the Main Gate as usual.

Agenda

Location: Alcon Crossroads Conference Center (old cafeteria)

11:30 – Sign in for ARA members and guests

12:00 – Buffet lunch

1:00 – Welcome and Introductions, Pat Cappelletti, President, ARA 

1:10 – Presentation on The Lowdown on Vitamins, Fred Schneiweiss

2:00 – Comments and Wrap Up

2:30 – Event ends

I’m looking forward to seeing you!

Pat Cappelletti
President, Alcon Retirees Association


Winter 2024 In HindSight

Please enjoy the Winter 2024 In HindSight Newsletter. The newsletter has information from our December Lupper.

To view the In HindSight Newsletter from the website, login and choose the Newsletter box, on the right-hand side.


ARA Holiday Lupper, Friday, December 8th, 11:30

Dear ARA Members,

Our Holiday “Lupper” will be held on Friday, December 8, 2023, on the Alcon campus in the Crossroads Conference Center (old Alcon cafeteria). We are pleased to welcome David Endicott, Chief Executive Officer, Alcon, back this year to be our speaker. As usual, it will be a festive event. Plan to arrive at 11:30 to sign in. See the agenda below.

Gary Rush and the Maxwell Hall Band are returning to play jazzy holiday music. After the program, we’ll have our traditional raffle and play some games like Alcon Trivia.

Parking spaces will be reserved in the same location as before, directly across from Tower A and a short walk to the Alcon Crossroads Conference Center (old cafeteria). Golf carts will be available for those needing assistance.  

If you want to attend, make your reservations no later than December 1st.  You can email us at ARA-RSVP@alcon-ara.com or leave a voicemail on our Alcon number, 610-670-3801, to make your reservation. This will help us know how many are attending in order to have appropriate seating and food for all.

As usual for our annual Lupper, the fee for members is $10 and $15 for guests. If you haven’t paid your $10 dues for 2024, you can do so when you sign in or send your check to:

Alcon Retirees Association

P.O. Box 173416

Arlington, TX 76003-3416

Don’t forget to bring your Alcon Retirees Gold card to get onto campus. Enter at the Main Gate as usual.

Agenda

11:30              Sign in starts for members and guests.

12:15              Buffet opens.

1:05                Welcome and introductions by Pat Cappelletti, President, ARA.

1:15-1:45        Featured Speaker David Endicott, Chief Executive Officer, Alcon.

2:00                Raffle and Alcon Trivia game.

3:00                Announcements and Wrap up.

3:30                Event ends.

Pat Cappelletti
President, Alcon Retirees Association

 


ARA 2023 Luncheons – Announcements

Our first ARA luncheon of the year took place on March 6th. For the first time we went to the Schollmaier Auditorium for the presentation after lunch in the Crossroads. We will follow this same arrangement for the September luncheon and our Holiday Lupper in December.

ARA Monday June 5th, Luncheon

The next quarterly luncheon is Monday, June 5th. We will start with a tour of the Alcon Experience Center in Tower C with Mary Williams, Manager, AEC, at 10:45am. After the tour ends at noon, we’ll walk to the Crossroads Conference Center (old cafeteria). For those who would like to see the pictures of our former Alcon Leadership, we’ll walk through the “Hall of Fame” in Tower B on our way to lunch. They were recently moved there. The buffet lunch with open at 12:45.

Please note the Following Luncheon Date Changes

ARA Quarterly Luncheon, FRIDAY, September 15th. Tom McDonald will present Part 3 of the History of Alcon, in the Schollmaier Auditorium after our lunch in the Crossroads. Sign in will start at 11:00.

ARA Annual Holiday “Lupper”, FRIDAY, December 8th. Details to be provided.

Pat Cappelletti

President, Alcon Retiree Association


In HindSight – In Memoriam Ed Schollmaier

The passing of Ed Schollmaier was felt by the communities he served, especially Alcon, TCU, the Fort Worth Opera, and the city of Fort Worth. Many of our current members started their careers at Alcon when Ed was the CEO and have many memories of his leadership, his kindness, and his stories.  We created this special edition of In Hindsight to honor his service to our varied communities and to remember the impact he had on so many of us retired Alcon employees.

The In HindSight Newsletter has been published in memoriam to Ed Schollmaier.  After you log in, Go to Newsletter.


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 the initial password is your respective zip code. Once logged-in, you will have the opportunity to change the password.

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.