James M. Olson St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church 15050 West
Maple Road Omaha, Nebraska 68116 Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Doors
open at 9:30 a.m. Lecture at 10:30 a.m.
ISSUE #3 - March 2020
James Olson spent over 30 years in the Central Intelligence Agency
and served under six presidents. Olson was a Directorate of
Operations at the CIA and spent a large portion of that time
overseas in covert operations. His postings include Russia, Austria
and Mexico. Olson met his wife while working in the CIA and the two
worked together undercover, hiding their true identity even from
their children.
About Our Speaker
Omaha Town Hall thanks Pinnacle Bank, for sponsoring James Olson’s
Lecture
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Olson is currently a professor at the George Bush School of
Government and Public Service at Texas A & M University. A
native of West Des Moines, Iowa, he holds a B.A. in mathematics and
economics, and a J.D. in international law from the University of
Iowa. Olson served in the Unites States Navy attaining the rank of
Lieutenant Commander.
Professor Olson is the author of To Catch a Spy: The Art of
Counterintelligence, Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying and
The Ten Commandments of Counterintelligence.
HAPPY HOLLOW CLUB 1701 SOUTH 105TH STREET • OMAHA, NEBRASKA
68124
Advance reservation required
Cost $26 Immediately following the lecture, featuring an informal Q
& A session.
• Elevator access is available by the Golf Shop entrance on the
northeast end of the building. • Reservations MUST BE POSTMARKED on
or after March 5th, seating is assigned as reservations are
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include all names in your group to avoid double seating. • Make
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Luncheon at Happy Hollow Club with James Olson
James Olson will be available to sign two books he has written: To
Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence will be $32.05 tax
included. Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying will be $21.35
tax included.
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BRAD MELTZER Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Brad Meltzer is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of The Inner Circle and eleven
other bestselling thrillers with The Escape Artist, debuting at #1.
He is the host of Brad Meltzer’s “Lost History” on H2 and Brad
Meltzer’s “Decoded” on the History Channel, which he used to find
the missing 9/11 flag that the firefighters raised at Ground Zero.
Brad is one of the only authors to ever have books on the
bestseller list for Non-Fiction, Children’s Books [the popular I Am
series] and even comic books, for which he won the prestigious
Eisner Award. “Xavier Riddle” and the “Secret Museum,” the new TV
series based on his children’s books, is on PBS KIDS. The Hollywood
Reporter listed him on their Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful
Authors.
MARY LOU RETTON Wednesday, October 28, 2020 Mary Lou Retton is
America’s best-known Olympian. Catapulting to international fame
during the 1984 Summer Olympics, she became the first American
woman to win a gold medal in gymnastics, scoring two perfect 10s.
Numerous honors and awards have been bestowed on her: 1984 Sports
Illustrated “Sportswoman of the Year”; 1984 Associated Press
“Amateur Athlete of the Year”; the first woman to appear on a
Wheaties Box and one of America’s Top Ten “Most Admired” public
figures. Today, she is a fitness ambassador promoting the benefits
of nutrition and regular exercise. Mary Lou remains deeply involved
in the gymnastics community. She is the mother of four daughters,
all of whom are accomplished athletes as well.
CECE MOORE Wednesday, March 24, 2021 CeCe Moore is a DNA
investigative expert, educator and pioneer in the field of genetic
genealogy. She is the founder of The DNA Detectives and co-founder
of the Institute for Genetic Genealogy. Since 2013, she has served
as the genetic genealogy expert for the PBS TV series “Finding Your
Roots” with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. CeCe is a highly sought-after
genetic genealogy resource utilized by ABC’s “20/20,” “The Dr. Oz
Show,” The Washington Post and the New York Times. Using the
genetic genealogy techniques Moore pioneered, she has been involved
in over seventy successful identifications in law enforcement
cases. In 2019, she was appointed a non-resident fellow of the
Hutchins Center at Harvard University.
STEVE HARTMAN Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Steve Hartman is a longtime
CBS correspondent sharing unique stories in his segment “On the
Road.” Known also for “Everybody Has a Story,” Hartman proved the
adage by tossing a dart at an American map and randomly picking an
interview subject from the local phone book. In 2010, he partnered
with NASA and moved to a global scale with “Everybody in the World
Has a Story,” opening with an astronaut on the International Space
Station spinning a globe and pointing to locations to travel. A
recipient of prestigious awards, Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia
University Award, 3 national Emmy awards, 9 RTNDA/ Edward R. Murrow
awards, Hartman was also a columnist for 60 Minutes Wednesday and a
correspondent for CBS News magazines, Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel
and Coast to Coast.
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