Next ARA Program – Friday, September 19
Our next ARA luncheon will be held on Friday, September 19th, 2025, in the Alcon Crossroads Conference Center (old Alcon Cafeteria). Andy Taft, CEO of Downtown Fort Worth, Inc., will speak to us on the continuing development of Downtown Fort Worth including the exciting Heritage and Paddock Parks Project.
As part of our 30th Anniversary Celebration, Brad Kling, our former ARA President, will return to say a few words about the ARA. Brad was our third president following the founder, Frank Buhler, and Andy Lubrano.
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.
As at our previous luncheon, we’ll have the opportunity to speak to some of the Alcon Research Clinic team and to sign up to participate in a research study.
Agenda
11:30 Members and guests sign in
12:00 Luncheon buffet opens
12:50 Welcome and Introductions – Pat Cappelletti, President, ARA
1:00 Program – Andy Taft, President, Downtown Fort Worth, Inc.
2:00 ARA – 30 years! A few words by Brad Kling, past President, ARA, 2009 – 2019
2:45 Raffle
3:00 Announcements and other ARA business
3:30 Event ends
Reservations & Charges
Email us at ARA-RSVP@alcon-ara.com to make your reservation, no later than September 12th. 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
The “Full Return to Office” starts September 2nd so Fridays will be a full working day for all employees again. Security will still do their best to reserve a section for us in the front lot, but it may be smaller than what we have been having.
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 September 19th. Also, mark your calendars for our Holiday Lupper 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.
