Speakers
| Speaker | Date | Topic |
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| Laura Peckham | Apr 16, 2026 12:00 PM |
IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Living and Working in Antarctica
 Laura Peckham will talk to us about her adventures living in working in Antarctica.
About Laura Peckham: Laura Peckham grew up in Austin, TX, and was a 2011 McCallum grad, before heading to Furman University for a bachelor's degree in mathematics. In 2022, Laura quit her job to hike the Appalachian Trail. Afterward, she chose to enter the world of seasonal work, rather than returning to a standard office job. It has been a learning curve of highs and lows, but has taken her to some interesting places, including Antarctica. Laura has spent three seasons - two summers and one winter - working with the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) at both McMurdo Station, and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. She worked in the galley at both stations, and in supply logistics at McMurdo. Her presentation will focus on her personal experience as support staff at a USAP research station. |
| NO MEETING | Apr 23, 2026 |
NO MEETING
NO MEETING |
| NO MEETING | Apr 30, 2026 12:00 PM |
NO MEETING
NO MEETING |
| Amy Bowcam | May 07, 2026 12:00 PM |
IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : TBD
About Amy Bowcam:
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| Angela Smith? | May 14, 2026 12:00 PM |
IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : TBD
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| TBD | May 21, 2026 12:00 PM |
TBD
TBD |
| NO MEETING | May 28, 2026 12:00 PM |
NO MEETING
NO MEETING |
| TBD | Jun 04, 2026 12:00 PM |
TBD
TBD |
| Judge Lee Yeakel (Retired) | Jun 11, 2026 12:00 PM |
IN-PERSON & ZOOM MEETING : Rotary Club of West Austin Board Installation
 Retired Judge Lee Yeakel, a great friend of the Rotary Club of West Austin through the years, will preside over the installation of the new Board.
Judge Lee Yeakel (Retired): Lee Yeakel was a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in 2003.
Before becoming a federal judge, he served as Chief Justice and Justice of Texas’s Third Court of Appeals and was in private practice in Austin, where he has spent his entire legal career. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Laws degree from the University of Virginia. The Texas Bar Foundation awarded him the 2012 Samuel J. Pessara Outstanding Jurist Award. The University of Texas Law School’s Review of Litigation named him the 2014 Outstanding Texas Jurist. He is a sustaining life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a life fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the American Law Institute.
The Honorable Lee Yeakel Intellectual Property American Inn of Court is named in his honor. He presently serves as a Texas commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Recently he served as a member of the United States delegation to the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters and was a signer for the United States of the treaty that resulted from the convention.
Yeakel is a former president of the Rotary Club of Austin. He and his wife Anne have two children and three grandchildren.
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