Our speaker for this month’s meeting will be Martin Frey, the first person in history to climb the tallest peak on each of the seven continents, sail across all of the planet’s seven seas, ski to both the North Pole and the South Pole and circumnavigate the globe. The evening promises to be a real high point. Please join us for this exciting (Mount) Timpanogos Club meeting!
January 25, 2024 Club Meeting
We’re delighted to have Richard G. Hinckley, one of our own club members, speak to us on Thursday, January 25th at 6:00 pm at the Alta Club. He will speak to us about Church hosting and people he has entertained during his rich experiences in church service.Richard received a degree in economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Stanford University, served as a bishop (twice), stake president and as a member of two other stake presidencies, a sealer in the Salt Lake Temple, president of the Church’s Utah Salt Lake City Mission, and in April 2005 was accepted by the church as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. In October 2011 general conference, he was released from the First Quorum of the Seventy and designated as an emeritus general authority.
November 30, 2023 Club Meeting
On Thursday, November 30th, Dr. Vivek Srikumar will enlighten our understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is a machine’s ability to perform the cognitive functions we associate with human minds, such as perceiving, reasoning, learning, interacting with an environment, problem solving, and even exercising creativity. Because of the power of AI and the changes it will bring, it’s crucial that we get a grasp of what it is and is not. Dr. Srikumar is an associate professor in the Kahlert School of Computing at the University of Utah. He co-leads the Utah Natural Language Processing Group and has dedicated research of AI.
October 26, 2023 Club Meeting
On Thursday, October 26th, Jim Jardine, one of our own club members, will teach us about C. S. Lewis, one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. Jim taught an Honors English Class at the University of Utah on C. S. Lewis, so he is very well suited to discuss this great author. We are very fortunate–Jim is one of Utah’s Legal Elites. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University, J.D., and was recognized as Outstanding Lawyer of the Year, Federal Bar Association, Utah Chapter, 2006 and Distinguished Lawyer of the Year, Utah State Bar, 2005. We’re honored to be instructed by such an accomplished individual. Please join us for this outstanding evening.
September 7, 2023 Club Meeting
On Thursday, September 7th, Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez will address us. Dr. Tuminez is the president of Utah’s largest school, Utah Valley University. The university has over 43,000 students. She graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from BYU, a master’s degree in Soviet Studies from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Tuminez’ education and accomplishments are impressive and even more so when we learn she was born in a Philippine farming village and later moved to the lloilo City slums. Her educational pursuits led her to the United States. She is an author and a former Microsoft executive. She and her husband, Jeffrey S. Tolk, have three children. We eagerly await her message to us as we begin another wonderful season of Timpanogos Club gatherings,
May 25, 2023 Club Meeting
This will be our last meeting for the 2022/2023 season — the time when we always look forward to welcoming spouses or another guest to join us for dinner and a musical program. We have invited a fantastic trombone trio to entertain us. If you have ever heard the Canadian Brass or the Empire Brass, you will know how rich this brass ensemble music can be. Please join us for a wonderful musical conclusion to our Timpanogos Club year.April 27, 2023 Club Meeting
At our next club meeting, on Thursday April 27th, it will be our privilege to hear from one of our club members, Hardin Eyring. He will share with us some insights into some of the members of his prominent family. We are eager to hear his message for us, and as always, we look forward to our wonderful association with one another as club members.
Membership Notes: We would like to make sure each of us is aware of changes in our club membership roster. We are sad to note the recent passing of club members David Gillette and Wallie Rasmussen, as well as Robert Brinton’s wife Marilyn. We will miss them, and wish their families our love and deepest sympathy. In recent months the following new members have been welcomed into the Timpanogos Club: Ralph Dewsnup, Karl Lind, John Kasteler and Larry Maxfield. Please take the opportunity to get to know them at our next club meeting.
March 23, 2023 Club Meeting
We will be fortunate to have Natalie Gochnour speak to us. Natalie serves as an associate dean in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and director of the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. She is a native Utahn and westerner, who loves our rugged mountains and expansive red rock, along with the opportunity of having grown up skiing and hiking in the Wasatch Mountains, backpacking in the Uinta Mountains, and camping or hiking anywhere on the Colorado Plateau.Her career working in the Utah governor’s office, with a Cabinet member in Washington, D.C., with the Salt Lake Chamber and at the David Eccles School of Business has exposed her to incredible life lessons about economic leadership, community building and civil society. You may also have seen shares her views occasionally published in the Deseret News. We are looking forward to her message to the Timpanogos Club — please join us!
February 23, 2023 Club Meeting
Our speaker in February will be Dr. Keith N. Finlayson — one of our club members. Keith is a well-known photographer, whose spectacular photography is often featured on local TV news broadcasts. He also has expertise in the subject matter of LDS church photographs. We look forward to hearing his presentation at our meeting on February 23rd.
January 26, 2023 Club Meeting
The guest speaker for our January meeting will be Georges Bonnet. He oversees the seismic stabilization and restoration of the Salt Lake Temple, Temple Square, and the plaza south of the Church office building, for the LDS Church. We look forward to a fascinating presentation regarding this massive project, which is of great interest to all of us. We hope to see everyone there!