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1972, 1974-1975, and 1976-1979

Mick Maurer in San Antonio, TX

USA MTC, USA MFSS, USA Academy of Health Sciences, Baylor University, St. Mary's University of San Antonio, St. Mary's Seminary

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known
Republic of Texas, Sam Houston. The installation's missions include
being the command headquarters for the Fifth U.S. Army (which
became U.S. Army North as of October 2006), U.S. Army South, Fifth
Recruiting Brigade, 12th ROTC Brigade, U.S. Navy Regional Recruiting,
the San Antonio Military Entrance and Processing Station, the U.S.
Naval School of Health Sciences, Bethesda Detachment, and the Army
Medical Command headquarters.

At the end of the Second World War, the Army decided to make Fort
Sam Houston the principal medical training facility. In conjunction with
this decision, came the determination to develop Brooke General
Hospital into one of the Army's premier medical centers. Today, Fort
Sam Houston is the largest and most important military medical
training facility in the world.

Known as the brain trust for the Army Medical Department (AMEDD),
the Army Medical Department Center and School annually trains more
than 25,000 students attending 170 officer, NCO and enlisted courses
in 14 medical specialties. The command maintains several academic
affiliations for bachelor and masters degree programs with major
universities such as Baylor University, University of Texas Health
Science Centers at Houston and San Antonio, and University of
Nebraska.

Also located at Fort Sam Houston are Brooke Army Medical Center, the
Great Plains Regional Medical Command, Headquarters Dental
Command, Headquarters Veterinary Command, the Institute for
Surgical Research (trauma/burn center), the Defense Medical
Readiness Training Institute, and the Army Medical Department NCO
Academy.

Combat Medic Training USA MTC 1972

Two views of the USA MFSS where Mick Maurer attended
NeuroPsychiatric Procedures in 1972

To the left is the US Army Academy of Health
Sciences, and above the symbol of Baylor
University, where Mick Maurer attended Social
Work/Psychology Procedures training in 1974.

Fort Sam Houston Fifth Army Quadrangle and Bell Tower

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio is part
of the United States Army Health Services Command. It is a University of Texas
Health Science Center and USUHS teaching hospital and contains the Army
Burn Center.

BAMC has a proud and venerable history which dates back to 1879 when the
first Post Hospital opened as a small medical dispensary located in a single
story wooden building.

BAMC where Mick Maurer did practicum's for NeuroPsychiatry at Chambers
Psychiatric Pavilion; Social Work/Psychology at Outpatient Surgery; and in
Child Psychology at Outpatient Psychology Services. After Okinawa and
training in Social Work/Psychology Procedures he was assigned to
Outpatient Psychology Services at Chambers Psychiatric Pavilion at BAMC.

Mick Maurer in Mexico prior to David Pipers marriage in Denver in 1975.

San Antonio was named for the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua, whose
feast day it was (June 13) when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in
1691. The city has a strong military presence—it is home to Fort Sam Houston,
Lackland Air Force Base, Randolph Air Force Base, and Brooks City-Base, with
Camp Bullis and Camp Stanley right outside the city. San Antonio is home to
the South Texas Medical Center, the largest and only medical research and
care provider in the South Texas region.

Famous for its River Walk, the Alamo, Tejano culture, and being home to
SeaWorld and Six Flags Fiesta Texas theme parks, the city is visited by 20
million tourists per year. San Antonio is also home to the first museum of
Modern Art in Texas—the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum.

The city is home to one of the largest military concentrations in the United
States. Fort Sam Houston on the city's northeast side hosts Brooke Army
Medical Center, focus of the U.S. Army's medical command and training
functions. Lackland Air Force Base on the city's west side is one of the world's
largest training complexes. While it is known for hosting the U.S. Air Force's
basic military training, it also hosts follow-on technical training for many other
Air Force specialties, as well as other operations. Randolph Air Force Base on
the far northeastern outskirts is the headquarters of the Air Education and
Training Command, headquarters for Air Force personnel management and
also hosts pilot training. Additionally, Brooks City-Base on the city's south side
and KellyUSA adjoining Lackland still have significant military presences as
well as defense contractor businesses. The defense industry in San Antonio
employs over 89,000 and provides a $5.2 billion impact to the city's economy.

St. Mary’s University is a Catholic and Marianist liberal arts institution located on 135
acres northwest of historic downtown San Antonio. St. Mary’s is a nationally recognized
master’s level school ranked among the top colleges in the West for best value and
academic reputation by U.S. News and World Report.

Founded by the Society of Mary (Marianists) in 1852, St. Mary’s is the oldest Catholic
university in Texas and the Southwest. With a diverse student population of nearly
4,000, St. Mary’s is home to five schools: Bill Greehey School of Business; Science,
Engineering and Technology; Humanities and Social Sciences, Graduate and Law.
The Marianists who came to San Antonio in 1852 responded to the call of their
superiors to establish an educational institution to regenerate the people of the city.
Through their work and the work of those who followed them, St. Mary’s University has
maintained its reputation as "a noble institution destined to be a great education
center of the Southwest."

As San Antonio's oldest catholic university, St. Mary's University continues to provide a
Catholic education experience that evokes academic excellence while integrating
liberal studies, professional preparation and ethical commitment. St. Mary's serves the
various communities of San Antonio, the Southwest, the nation and the world through
the intellectual, spiritual, moral and professional leadership of its faculty,
administration, staff and students.

Mick Maurer attended St. Mary's university from 1976-1979 when he graduated
with a BA in Psychology with a minor in Substance Abuse Counseling. While at St.
Mary's he was the Student Senate Treasurer, on the Campus Ministry Board,
President (High Alpha) and Treasurer (High Tau) of Sigma Beta Zeta of Lambda Chi
Alpha Fraternity; and a member of the Shoe String Players.

Tomas Gonzalez and Mick Maurer in Laredo, Texas

Mary Jane Sanchez and Tomas Gonazlez on their wedding. Tom
was my transfer student orientation leader, introduced me into
the Knights of Columbus and Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

Lambda Chi Alpha was founded by Warren A. Cole, while a student at Boston
University, on November 2, 1909; with the expressed objective purpose of bringing
about the association together of college students of good moral character in the
various collegiate institutions within the United States and Canada; to foster a high
Christian standard of life and ideals, to promote honorable friendship, to cultivate
intellectual excellence, to secure for members the greatest advantages in college life,
to establish brotherly love, mutual aid, close personal connection between alumni,
undergraduates and college, and to bind them together for mutual pleasure and
interest in college as well as after life by testing each with courage, self-control,
obedience, democracy and courtesy toward all with whom the may come in contact.

Today, Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity is one of the largest men's general
fraternities in North America with more than 227,000 initiated members and has held
subsidiaries (called chapters) at more than 300 universities. It was the first fraternity to
eliminate pledging and remains a leader in the fight against hazing, alcohol abuse,
and other challenges facing today's college student.

Lambda Chi Alpha White Rose Formal with Mick Maurer in
center as High Alpha

Mick Maurer and Rosario Villareal
at the White Rose Formal

The Associate Classes when Mick Maurer was High Alpha of Sigma Beta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity

Mick Maurer was the founding Alumni Advisor
(High Pi) of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
Chapter at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

on March 29, 1882 to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and
assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members and their families. Social
and intellectual fellowship is promoted among members and their families through
educational, charitable, religious, social welfare, war relief and public relief works.

College Knights
Education enhanced by the spirit of Catholic fraternity makes the college council
program both an asset to Columbianism and a valuable resource for the continued
growth of the Knights of Columbus.

Although they have the same functions and responsibilities as any other subordinate
council, college councils have unique characteristics. They involve students, faculty and
administrators. They develop and implement charitable volunteer programs that
respond to the needs of the campus community.

Mick Maurer was a Third Degree Knight and Membership Director for his local
council. He left the Knights when they refused to insure him due to his HIV status.

UTSA Chapter Officers with Mick Maurer at podium,
Rev. Franz Scharp SM to left and Jim Ivey to right

Colleen O'Neil and Mick Maurer meet when
both were stationed at Fort Sam Houston

Mary Gladis and Mick Maurer

George and Mary Gladis came to visit twice in San Antonio. One visit we went to
Laredo, Texas and Neuveo Laredo, Mexico with Tomas Gonzalez. With Collen O'Neil
to Hippey Hallow at Lake Travis near Austin, Texas. Many times to the Bernie Stage
Coach Inn, Fredsburg, Austin, and the Oyster Bake at St. Mary's.

Teri and Laura Maurer came to visit Mick Maurer in
April 1979 for the St. Mary's Oyster Bake and Easter
Brake at Padre Island, Texas.

John and Margret Maurer along with Janet and Lynn
Maurer came to visit Mick Maurer at St. Mary's University.

John and Margaret Maurer also came to see Mick
Maurer receive the Outstanding Undergraduate Award
from Sigma Beta Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha.