Join with the other 88  Westin alums in support of the project to digitize the collection of FRONT Magazines, making their content available  on line for any interested party. Nothing captures the history of the company and its people better during its 68 year history.


Send your check in the amount of $100 or more, made out to WAA, to: 5130 Chevy Chase Drive Houston, TX 77056 or you can also make that contribution on line by clicking on the "donate" button upper right side of this homepage.

You'll have the satisfaction of contributing to the legacy of our outstanding Company.

 

"I am thrilled to be able to do something for our beloved Westin Alumni Association and make a donation to this great project" Susan Bray

"Great project! Congratulations to this idea".Ulrich Schwartz

Project Update: Tuesday September 1, 2020

All the Front magazines through 1963 have been scanned and with be uploaded “soon” with some other scanned material.   There are a lot of librarian hands touching this project, so it will move slow.  My guess it is librarians being librarians added to the mix that during Covid and budget cuts everyone wants to show what work they have contributed.. (Dr. Mark Young, Hospitality Industry Archives)

 

Project Update: Monday October 14, 2019
The library has completed from my understanding a test scan of the different Front formats.  I am to go over later today or tomorrow to make sure I like their work.  I am sure it is fine and better than I could do.  They probably want to show me how the images in the Front come out in a scan depending on the gloss of paper, the paper quality, and the amount of text nearby. 

 

I get the sense that they may be physically finished scanning by the time of the Las Vegas meeting.  They will then add the Mehta data, re-scan any images that did not come out right, I will write a description of what Front is and its historical significance.  Then they will up load it to the UH Digital Library.  When that date will be I am truthfully not sure .  I would think before Christmas, but this is the university and I would not bet money. 

 

I told the digital library people I do want some images of the scanned Front’s to show in Las Vegas and I will get images to show the magazine in the process of getting scanned and all the other things they do to it to prepare the images for uploading to the Digital Library. (Dr. Mark Young)

90 Members as of November 28, 2019

 

A

Giovanni Angelini

B

Jon Ballard
Charlotte Behnke
Peter Blyth
Wayne Bodington
Susan Bray
Hans Bruland
Sue Brush

C

Eugene Carlson (son of Edward Carlson)
John Ceriale
Chuck Chambers
Kim Chappell
Tony Cherone

D

Michael David
Hanne Dittler
Bill Dougherty
Tom Dupar (The Dupar Foundation)
Larry Dustin

E

David Evan
Jerry Evans

F

Dick Ferris
John Finamore
Jeff Flowers 
Denis Forristal
Jim France

G

Jack Gaines
Victor / Kathryn Gielisse
Christine Gildow
Thomas  Gurtner

H

Doug Hales
Brian Handley
Bob Hawes
Richard Helfer
Tom Hosea
Phil Hughes

J

Greg Jacobson
Andrew Jones

K

Howard Kemball
Walt Ketterling
David King

L

Didier Le Calvez
Nancy Lebrecht
Ena-Marie Lemke
Terry Losh
Lorraine Luongo

M

Larry Magnan
George Markantonis
Chris Marker
Lou Martinelli
John Mavros
Dan McClaskey
Tony McDonald
Bruce McNish
Michael Miketti
Bill Moyer
Pat Mullin
Philllip Murelaga

N

Zahid Nana
Jorg Neuenhaus
Russ Nickel

O

Rod Odegaard

P

Nancy Peel
Jerry Pokocky

R

Birgit Radin
Christine Rankin
Paul Ross
Laurie Rounds

S

Steve Schnoor
Ulrich Schwartz
Peter Smith
Jean Spaulding
Tom Stanfield
Tim Steckbeck
Philip Stoy
Hart Sugarman
Ralph Swain
John Swaney
Linda Swearingen
Ray Sylvester

T

Sherrie Tossell (daughter of Severt Thurston)
Byron Trafton
Jim Treadway

U

Rick Ueno

W

Catherine Walker
Ulrich Wall
Jerry Wolsborn
Richard Whaley
Robert Wilhelm

Z