Meet our
Volunteers

Volunteer Beverly Davis was raised in Tyler, Texas before beginning her undergraduate education at Texas A&M University. She graduated with a degree in Education 1990, then began her teaching career in the Bryan/College Station area afterwards. Later, she returned to school and graduated from the University of North Texas with a Masters in Technology & Cognition in 2006. Only a  year ago did she retire from teaching and moved to Galveston. Having many good memories of visiting Galveston on family vacations growing up and becoming a frequent weekender in 2016, Beverly decided to take some much-needed time for herself enjoy the Island year-round. While changing her voter registration at the Galveston County Courthouse last year, she discovered the Galveston County Museum. In her discussion with the museum’s director following her tour, she discovered that GCM was in need of volunteers. Since then, she has been giving her time to maintaining the museum and preserving Galveston’s history.

Volunteer Kurt Klaus hails from Michigan, where he worked as a geologist in the oil and gas industry. A dream of his was to work for NASA and he received that opportunity in 1989 when he took a position in computer support at a data center in Houston, TX. This eventually led him to the role of Chief Exploration Scientist in Boeing’s Space Exploration Division. After retiring in 2015, Kurt moved to Galveston and is able to spend more time doing things he loves such as playing instruments (guitar and banjo) and spending time with his friends. Wanting to further enjoy his free time, he began searching for local volunteer opportunities and discovered the Galveston County Museum was in need of them through an ad in the Daily News. For almost one year now, he has dedicated a lot of time to many projects and the library at GCM.