2015 TIAA Annual Meeting, May, 2015
TIAA members met on May 14 for the TIAA Annual Meeting. It was held at the beautiful Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Center, a favorite location for many of our members. Refreshments were served and buses ran from the Texins Activity Center on the...
Texas Rangers Baseball Game, May 1, 2015
Twenty TIAA members and their guests were bussed to Globe Life Park in Arlington, TX, to watch the Texas Rangers play against the Oakland Athletics on May 1. Our favorite team is still trying to win the World Series -- this year with a new coach and some...
Chickasaw Cultural Center Visit, April 2, 2015
Wow, what a great way to spend April 2. Forty-two TIAA members and guests climbed into a large luxury passenger bus and traveled about 135 miles to visit the Chickasaw Cultural Center near Davis, OK. The Chickasaw Nation consists of 7,648 square miles...
Bass Performance Hall Tour, February, 2015
Fifteen TIAA travelers hopped on a new Echo bus and toured the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on February 18. We learned that it was completed in 1998 entirely with private funds with Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass donating one city block...
Reunion Tower Tour, March 2015
This structure was recently ranked in the Dallas Morning News: Guide as a “Top 10 Jaunt” because it isn’t just about seeing what’s below from 560 feet in the air but about expanding your horizons. There are loads of entertaining and...
Dallas Police Headquarters Tour, January 29, 2015
TIAA members and guests learned about “Law and Order” at the Jack Evans Police Headquarters building where we visited several investigation areas (including homicide), the crime scene fingerprint area and the high technology fusion center...
2015
Samurai Museum Tour, Dallas, January 8, 2015
On January 8 ten TIAA members and guests took a free tour at the Samurai Museum after a delightful lunch at a French Bistro in downtown Dallas. This museum is one of the world's only museums dedicated to samurai art and displays beautiful suits of armor...
Dallas Arboretum and the 12 Days of Christmas, November, 2014
Once again, the Dallas Arboretum kicked off the autumn season with one of the most spectacular pumpkin and gourd displays in the world. The garden was transformed with thousands of blazing-colored floral exhibits as 50,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash come...
2014 Texas Instruments Retiree Luncheon
The Annual TI Retiree Luncheon was held at the Mesquite Convention Center on Thursday, November 13. Doors opened at 9:30 a.m., with a barbeque lunch served at 11:30 a.m. The speaker this year was Dr. Venu Menon, Vice President for Analog...
2014 TIAA Golf Tournament
The 15th Annual TIAA Charity Golf Tournament raised more than $36,400 in donations and pledges for two worthwhile charities: the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and The Senior Source. TI and the Texans Credit Union were underwriters for the tournament, making...
Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District, October 10, 2014
We zipped back in time to see the current herd make its twice-daily cattle drive. Then we looked around the Stockyards Station for an exciting blend of old and new Texas with its many shops and the best of Texas grub. Some of us walked the Texas...
2008 Texas Instruments Retiree Luncheon
The November 18, 2008, luncheon at the Mesquite Convention Center brought together about 850 former TIers, spouses, TI volunteers and exhibitors. Almost all the 617 attendees who turned in survey cards indicated they liked the event. The Levee Singers Dixieland...
Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaelogy, July, 2014
TIAA members went to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History to see the science and history of field archaeology. We walked in the footsteps of a beloved film hero, Indiana Jones, and saw some of the world’s most impressive material remains and...
Sixth Floor Museum Tour, September, 2014
This museum is located on the sixth and seventh floors of an early 20th-century warehouse also known as the Texas School Book depository. The permanent exhibit contains approximately 45,000 items including films, photographs and artifacts that chronicle President...
Linda Smittle’s Peace Corps Presentation, July, 2014
TIAA welcomed home Linda Smittle and heard about her two-year adventure in serving with the Peace Corps in Ghana. Linda was the TIAA Volunteer of the Year in 2011, and she brings a unique perspective on things to do after retirement! (About 8% of the...
Ham Orchards, July, 2014
On July 1 TIAA members and guests went to Terrell and stocked up on the “jewels of the summer" (a.k.a. hand-picked, ripe peaches), fat blueberries, red tomatoes, blackberries, etc. at a well-known farm market store. We bought fresh, canned...
Health and Aging Seminar, June 4, 2014
As we age, we are faced with increased medical challenges. These challenges are no reason to slow you down! We heard from experts in the fields of vision, podiatry and heart health at this seminar. These health professionals gave tips on the best ways to...