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TPA Annual Meeting

The TPA Annual Meeting was held June 23, 2005 in Galveston, Texas. The following photographs were taken at various events held during the meeting.

Arthur Janecka, Violetta Cisotto, and Tom Flanagan

Arthur Janecka, Deputy District Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, visits with Violetta Cisotto of Goldston Engineering, Inc., and Tom Flanagan, Flanagan Shipping, two of the sponsors of the TPA's annual meeting in Galveston.

Pete Reixach, Pat Younger, and Susie Reixach

Left to right, Pete Reixach, port director, Port Freeport; Pat Younger, Younger & Associates; Susie Reixach, at the opening reception of the TPA's annual meeting in Galveston.


Johnny Rozsypal, Herbie Maurer, Christopher Sallese, and Arthur Janecka

A group of current and former officials of the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, at the recent TPA annual meeting; from left, Johnny Rozsypal, Chief of Construction Engineering; Herbie Maurer, former Chief of Program and Project Management and Deputy District Engineer, now retired; Lt. Col. Christopher Sallese, Deputy District Engineer; Arthur Janecka, Chief of Program and Project Management and Deputy District Engineer.

Cheri Bouillion, Betty Mathis, and Ian Pettit

From left, Cheri Bouillion, Port of Orange; Betty Mathis, Port of Texas City; Ian Pettit, Port of Texas City, at the opening reception of the TPA annual meeting in Galveston June 23.


Chris Fisher, Jeffrey Dorko, John Paul Woodley, and Steve Haustein

Left to right: TPA President Chris Fisher; Gen. Jeffrey Dorko, Commander, Southwestern Div., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; The Honorable John Paul Woodley, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and Col. Steve Haustein, commander, Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The group discussed Texas ports at the opening reception of the TPA's annual meeting.

Howard Hawthorne, Bob Cornelison, Gene Bouillion, and Butch Palmer

Port directors attending the TPA annual meeting, from left, Howard Hawthorne, Port of Victoria; Bob Cornelison, Port of Port Isabel; Gene Bouillion, Port of Orange; and Butch Palmer, Port of Harlingen.


Johnny Rozsypal and Raymond Butler

Johnny Rozsypal, Chief of Construction Engineering, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, talks with Raymond Butler, Executive Director of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association, during the TPA's annual meeting in Galveston.