President Arnold Oliver rang the bell and started the meeting at 12:01 pm. David Hartman led the invocation with another outstanding, heartfelt prayer. Both Cara Sauceda and Stacie Cook were absent, so Arnold Oliver led the club in singing You’re a Grand Old Flag.
Kenn Hill came as a guest of his wife, Shirley Craft. Dr. Keith Lamb, interim President of Midwestern State University came as a guest of Dave Hartman. Larry Tegtmeyer brought his son, Andrew Tegtmeyer as a guest.
Richard Boyd and Marvin Groves had birthdays this week. Although Marvin was absent, Richard Boyd was present and was recognized for his birthday.
Please keep Stacie Cook and Cara Sauceda in your thoughts as they battle illnesses for themselves or family members.
For our brag bucket, Shirley Craft bragged on Dave Hartman for providing such great programs. Dr. David Spencer rejoiced because family members moved from Oregon to Arkansas, thus cutting travel time for visits greatly.
Dave Harman introduced Steve Sosland, Vice Chancellor Texas Tech University System. I believe Dave might have introduced Steve as a “Professional Disruptor”. Steve Sosland is a West Point graduate. Steve started his talk by having a picture of a twelve-year-old girl on the screen. He explained that she was sick, and her mother gave her medicine and when she went to check on her, she was dead. This was September of 1982 and was the start of the Chicago Tylenol Murders. The scene then moved to New Jersey where the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson, manufacturers of Tylenol capsules, were deciding what steps to take. The Tylenol had been tampered with and had been laced with potassium cyanide which poisoned anyone who took the tampered drug. This was the moment when Johnson & Johnson made a dramatic decision to recall all Tylenol. Not some, not just lot numbers, not just in Illinois, but all. That decision spoke volumes about values. Johnson & Johnson then began work on tamper proof packaging. Steve Sosland continued his talk about values and how he first began recruiting junior military officers for positions and then was asked to be Chief Operating Officer at Hill Country Medical when they needed help. Steve then helped the University of North Texas develop stated values and then took on a similar task with the Texas Tech University System. The number of people mentioned as influential in the topic of values was amazing. From Ann Rhoades of Southwest Airlines fame to Jim Collins, American author, to James E. Burke of Johnson & Johnson, Steve gave us a view of how important stating and then living your values is. Then he presented the Values Journey for MSU Texas and ended by talking about the Rotary 4 Way Test.
The speaker’s gift to Steve Sosland was a book donated to Wichita Falls High School. After the Rotary 4 Way Test, President Arnold adjourned the meeting at 12:56 pm.