October 2002 Meeting
Date: Monday, October 7, 2002, 12:00 noon
Location: Radisson Hotel, 1893 West Mockingbird Lane (at intersection with Harry Hines Boulevard), (214) 634-8850. See Map
Program: Presentations
from the Dallas County Judge Candidates, Texas Section Update and Branch Officers
Installation
The office of Dallas County Judge is a non-judicial one that is nonetheless of great
importance to the county. The county judge
oversees the commissioners’ court, which in turn sets budgets for all county
departments. Among others, these departments
include health and human services, the county court system, the sheriff’s office,
and, of special interest to ASCE members, public works.
Harryette Ehrhardt and Margaret Keliher, the two candidates running for
election to the county judge’s office in November, will discuss the position and
their qualifications at the October luncheon.
In
addition to the candidates’ presentations, Dallas Branch Member and ASCE Texas
Section President-Elect Bud Beene will give our group the annual update from the Texas
Section. After his address, Mr. Beene will
help install the 2002-2003 officers of the Dallas Branch
Speakers:
v
State
Representative Harryette Ehrhardt
v
Dallas
County Judge Margaret Keliher
v
Bud
Beene, P.E., Texas Section President-Elect
Representative
Ehrhardt has represented Dallas’ District 107 since 1994. Before undertaking her work in Austin, she spent
many years in education as a teacher, principal and Dallas Independent School District
board member. She also served as an
instructor at SMU and in the Dallas County Community College District. Representative Ehrhardt received B.S. and M.A.
degrees from SMU and a doctorate from the University of Houston.
In
August 2002, Margaret Keliher was appointed to fill the unexpired term of outgoing Dallas
County Judge Lee Jackson. Prior to that
appointment, she had served as a Dallas County district court judge since 1999. At other times through her career, Judge Keliher
has served as an attorney in private practice, in the Dallas County District
Attorney’s office, and as a CPA. She
obtained an accounting degree from the University of Virginia and a law degree from SMU.
In
addition to his role as ASCE Texas Section President-Elect, Bud Beene is a project manager
in facilities engineering for Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Mr. Beene worked with USA Engineering for three years before joining the
DART ranks, and he spent thirteen years with Dallas County.
For six of those years, he served as Dallas County Public Works Director. Mr. Beene is a graduate of Texas A&M’s
engineering school, and he received an MBA from Corpus Christi State University. He is a licensed engineer in Texas and Oklahoma.
Reservations: by Thursday, October 3, 2002. Call the ASCE Reservation Hotline at (214) 890-6941. This voice mail system has been established by the Branch to handle reservations. Please state your company's name first and then the name of the attendees. In case of a malfunction, contact Tom O'Grady, P.E. at (972) 661-5626. For large groups, a fax to (972) 661-5614 may be substituted. On-line reservations may be made by sending an e-mail to: togrady@hntb.com or from the Branch Website (www.flash.net/~dlsasce). Please make your reservations by only one of the above methods to avoid double counting.
Cost: $15.00 with reservations, $17.00 at the door if seating is available.
Dallas ASCE
