FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Your Voice Is Being Heard

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Jon Ellis ’98, president arlier this year, Lafayette completed the Alumni [email protected] Attitudes Survey, which offered alumni an opportunity to provide comprehensive feedback ALUMNI RELATIONS on perceptions of the College and general Rachel Nelson Moeller ’88, P’21 engagement. This survey was last conducted six years ago, executive director Eand the feedback received from the current poll is helping [email protected] to shape the strategic plan for alumni interactions and support over the coming five years. A big thank you to the For a list of Alumni Council members nearly 2,000 alumni who took time to provide thoughtful and Alumni Relations staff, responses. go to alumni.lafayette.edu The survey results were compared to the feedback from 223 Pfenning Alumni Center five years ago and peer institutions, so we were able to Easton, PA 18042-1768 benchmark historically and competitively. So what did 610-330-5040 we learn? Most notable is that 92% of respondents have Fax: 610-330-5833 a good-to-excellent opinion of Lafayette, which marks a GROETHING ROY [email protected] meaningful improvement from five years ago. However, what came through loud and clear is that alumni want to know what the College is doing CLASS NOTES to enhance the value of their degrees in order to ensure that Lafayette’s external reputation [email protected] is as constructive as the perceptions of alumni. The College’s strategic plan to expand the Ashli Truchon Novak, graphic designer student population while migrating to a need-blind admissions process that accepts based on merit regardless of financial resources will ultimately elevate the profile of Lafayette among elite liberal arts institutions in this country. This roadmap is intended to have benefits for alumni in terms of enhancing the perceived value of a Lafayette degree. Visit lafayette.edu and click on Another key takeaway from the survey is that alumni want more opportunities to leverage “alumni” to learn about special events, the career development resources of Lafayette both in terms of their own professional the Alumni Association, benefits, travel, and volunteer opportunities. advancement and in support of students. More specifically, alumni are seeking networking Go to leopardlink.lafayette.edu and potential employment opportunities as well as mentorship engagement with students. and log in with your Lafayette user Gateway Career Center recently launched GatewayLink, an online platform that allows name to register for events, update connections among alumni as well as students to enable professional development. I your profile, share photos, and encourage all of you to join GatewayLink and be an active participant to maximize the connect through social media. benefits of this network. Finally, alumni want to hear more stories of fellow alumni and the student experience as a way to affirm their pride in the College. A communications strategy is being developed that LafayetteCollegeAlumni is intended to address this desire for more updates on peers and current student profiles. We are very excited to embark on the next five years with your survey responses as a @LafayetteAlumni framework for formulating an effective strategic plan. On behalf of the Alumni Association, thank you for all you have done and continue to do in support of our alma mater.

With Pard Pride,

Jon Ellis ’98 President

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ClassNotes_Fall2019_R2.indd 80 11/6/19 2:08 PM The charts below provide highlights of the results from the alumni survey administered earlier this year. This was Lafayette’s second TAKING survey compiled in consultation with Performance Enhancement Group Ltd. Visit alumni.lafayette.edu/alumni-attitude-study for THEPulse additional survey information and findings. Audience Character Roles and Responsibilities

NUMBER ERAS Total Alumni Respondents Mentoring students 82% 1973 and earlier 20% 23% Offering internships/externships for students 81%

1974-1980 11% 11% Serving as ambassadors promoting Lafayette College 77%

1981-1993 22% 24% Providing financial support for Lafayette College 75%

1994-2000 12% 7% Offering full-time employment for graduates 72%

Attending alumni and 2001-2008 15% 14% Lafayette College events 56% Being involved with alumni 2009-2014 12% 12% leadership committees 50% Serving as alumni 2015-2018 8% 9% admissions representatives 49%

Percentages are based on 29,506 total alumni and 1,860 respondents. Responsibilities of alumni rated as very important or critically important.

Compare and Contrast: 2013 vs. 2019 Survey Results 60% 66% 49% 48% 58% 39% 41% 34% 30% 27% 26% 15%

Good Great Good Great Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Excellent Good Excellent 2013 2019 2013 2019 2013 2019 How would you rate your decision Which of the following describes your Which of the following best describes to attend Lafayette College? overall current opinion of Lafayette College? your experience as an alumnus/a?

Where Loyalty Lies Preferred Communications Student organization or activity* OVERALL ALUMNI Athletics Faculty or staff member* 30% 13% Friends READ LAFAYETTE VS. FOLLOW LAFAYETTE College Academic major or department* MAGAZINE FREQUENTLY SOCIAL MEDIA FREQUENTLY YOUNG ALUMNI ERA Social living group 9% 21% *For young alumni, their loyalty is greater for these areas: READ LAFAYETTE VS. FOLLOW LAFAYETTE academic major/dept., faculty/staff member, and student organization/activity. MAGAZINE FREQUENTLY SOCIAL MEDIA FREQUENTLY

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“Outpost Harry,” which he helped FOR MORE defend with American and United CLASS NEWS 1950 1951 Nations troops against Chinese and In perusing the summer edition of Robert Swain, native of Cape North Korean troops. For all class Lafayette I was pained to find no May, N.J., Korean War veteran, and Freeman was a platoon leader news, photographs, class notes for 1950. Obviously we an innovative and accomplished in Korea and was decoratively baby and wedding lost a superb class correspondent chemical engineer in the field of awarded. Back in the U.S., he has announcements, with Irv Bravman’s passing. plastics, for which he was inducted participated in reunions of Outpost While I am not volunteering to into the “Plastics Hall of Fame” in reunion planning, Harry Veterans. Freeman was fill those oversized shoes, perhaps 2009, died April 21, 2019, at home employed as marketing director for and more, go to I can encourage other classmates in East China, Mich., age 90. 13 states of IT Division of Collins leopardlink.lafayette. to send in updates on their doings. Robert entered the plastics Radio for which he was situated edu/classnotes. As we approach our 70th reunion, industry with Bakelite Corp. in Canada and Dallas, Texas. After Click on “search,” few of us are still leading overly He founded Chroma Corp. in landing a position as technical then type in active lives. In my own case, I’ve McHenry, Ill. From a 1,400-square- writer with Collins Radio of Cedar your class year. enjoyed surprisingly good health—a foot test startup, Chroma grew to Rapids, Iowa, Freeman founded good thing since my wife, Molly, a 200,000-square-foot innovation Bradford Technical Associates of Updates can be made hasn’t had the same good fortune; in color plastics. Robert was a Palo Alto. through Leopard Link I’ve turned into a fairly adequate member and managing director of Freeman married his high school or sent directly to your caregiver and am loving it. Plastics Pioneer Association. His sweetheart, Patricia Larned, in 1954, class correspondent. I had to give up tennis two years Chroma plant was destroyed by and they have two sons, Curtis and To volunteer to serve ago, so I’m substituting a revival fire in 1984, but Robert overcame Christopher. Patricia died in 2010. as a correspondent, of my bowling game. No 300s yet. the loss by shipping his plastic to Jim Dojan celebrated his 90th contact the Alumni On the more useful side I remain a competitor’s plant where he was birthday and is thankful for his Relations office. active in helping manage the affairs licensed to work until his Chroma Lafayette education. He specified of our Friends Meeting and other plant was rebuilt, preserving his economics professor as a mentor Class Notes may Quaker activities; I work closely Chroma’s innovative development in Jim’s rise to vice president of be edited for with Richard Bernard ’63 on and market position. Philips Electronics Corp. length and clarity. many of these. He’s a real mainstay Robert was a sailing enthusiast Jim played first base for the of local Quaker doings, in addi- from boyhood. He sailed the Great Leopards 9. He cites the team tion to volunteering at nearby key Lakes and made two saltwater trips and his fraternity pals for his Please upload notes museums. along the East Coast from Maine outstanding Lafayette experience. to Leopard Link or I’ve begun writing short columns to the Virgin Islands. He and Dick Jim has a grandson, Dr. Josh pass them along to on jazz for the monthly newsletter Hinterleiter, also a southern New Hollinger ‘09, and Josh’s wife is class correspondents produced in our life care commu- Jersey native, often sailed together Mellisa Larson Hollinger ‘09. by these deadlines: nity. Hitting the fitness room regu- in their maturing years. Robert was Josh is a podiatric surgeon and Spring Issue 12/15 larly is a ritual for what remains of a director of Great Lakes Cruising Mellisa, a geologist, is employed as Summer Issue 4/15 my free time. Club. He owned 15 prized sailing an environmental specialist in land Fall Issue 8/15 I periodically correspond with ships throughout his lifetime. His use and construction. Chuck Reeves who’s living in residences on the Great Lakes Your correspondent is in contact Sarasota and thrives on emails boosted his love of sailing. with Al and Phyllis Arkett of ([email protected]), and Robert authored and was the Akron, Ohio; World War II veteran whose most recent claim to fame photographer for two self-published Mike Dougherty of Ridgewood, is parachuting (voluntarily!) in his children’s books, Grandma’s Robin N.J.; our energetic president, Frank 80s—a class act by a special Class and Grandma’s Ragdoll, and donated Downing, and wife Marilyn of of ’50 guy. all proceeds to K.I.D.S. (Kids In Easton, Md.; and Harvey Russ of Last fall we had a surprise visit Distress), his favorite charity, of St. Nashville, Tenn., all of whom are by Don Kennedy and his daughter Clair, Mich. doing well in their ninth decades Anne, who drove him to Hockessin Robert played the ukulele and of life. Harvey continues writing a from Chester County. Don, who sang with barbershop quartets. baseball novel, Extra Innings, whose lost his lovely wife, Hilary, several Robert was predeceased by his innings have by now reached a years ago, is still sprightly and wife, Judy Acheson Swain, and by record number. regaled us about his recent trip to his first wife and mother of his New Orleans and his enthusiasm children, JoAnn Idell Swain. He Correspondent: Richard H. Knox for the great museum of military is survived by three children and 511 Roumfort Rd. aircraft he toured there. He and seven grandchildren. Philadelphia, PA 19119 I agreed to attend our 70th class Freeman Bradford of Palo 215-242-8192 reunion “Lord willin’ and the creek Alto, Calif., forwarded a copy [email protected] don’t rise.” of his scrapbook of photos and descriptive writing about his service Correspondent: Open in Korea from battle sites like

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founding dean of Evergreen State near the end of the second quarter, College in Olympia, Wash. He but his memory only goes back to 1952 designed the communications the kickoff. He has no memory of Correspondent: Thomas A. Coughlin building for the arts, transitioned being in two hospitals, a flight to 175 W. North St., Apt. 430A to the faculty, and team-taught University of Tennessee Hospital Moravian Hall Square courses until he retired in 1998. in Knoxville, or any of the medical Nazareth, PA 18067-1998 Charlie also was active in music, procedures. He spent a week in the 610-746-1396 playing trumpet in jazz and hospital and did not officiate again [email protected] classical music groups. He had until 1998. He continued to officiate been a soloist in Yale Russian through the 2007 season until he Chorus. The Charles B. Teske became a supervisor of officials for Practice Room at Oberlin was Tennessee Secondary Schools Ath- dedicated May 25, 2013. letic Association. During his career, 1953 he officiated 67 postseason games Joseph Gentilucci and wife Correspondent: Gene Harrison including three state championship Annette live in the small town of 6917 Constitution Drive games. Recently he was recognized After his heart attack, F. Paul Aiken, S.C., and have celebrated 61 Bethlehem, PA 18017-9473 for being involved with TSSAA Inscho ’55 and his family raised years of married bliss. He retired 484-714-8722 cell for 50 years. After the heart attack money to purchase defibrillators in 2003 after 50 years of chemical [email protected] he has been very active to ensure for two schools and helped engineering. The last 10 years schools have emergency prepara- ensure schools have emergency he did consulting in radioactive tions for athletic events. His family preparations in place for athletic wastefield and organized the raised money to purchase defibril- events. tech exchange between the U.S. lators for the two schools when he and France, Great Britain, and 1955 had the attack. In addition to high Germany. The couple managed to John Stevens has lunch once a school officiating, he has officiated do some traveling around Europe month with Al Good, Al Dona- small-college football for 16 years. and the Mediterranean and now hower, Bobby Hoover ‘56, and His major career was in education keep pretty much to U.S. travel. John Devlin ‘56. It’s a little politics with 21 years in high school and 21 and a lot of remember when. in college. Correspondent: Donald R. Mildrum Stanley Applebaum said his wife 4321 E. Zenith Lane Maxine of 47 years passed away. He Correspondent: Peter T. Standbridge Cave Creek, AZ 85331 was reintroduced to an old girl- 330 Watermere Drive 480-264-6915 friend, Sylvia, by a mutual friend. Southlake, TX 76092-8113 [email protected] They went out for three years and 817-562-5864 got married. He retired after 50 [email protected] years of law practice, left Staten Island, and moved to a beautiful condo in a golf community. He has 1954 been in touch on a regular basis Charles B. Teske passed away with Mark Weisburger and Anna 1956 June 20, 2019. He graduated with a and on a somewhat more limited I recently enjoyed a conversation major in English, was on the dean’s basis with Alan Safir. Stanley is in with Anne and Art Herrmann, still list for four years and Phi Beta reasonably good health except he holding forth in Boonton, N.J. Anne Kappa, and was in Who’s Who. He is has essential tremor and can’t write, reported that Friday the 13th of survived by his wife, Lilo. so he uses the microphone of his September would mark their golden Bob Potter submitted the phone for most messages. They live anniversary. No anxiety of bad luck, following memorial: Charlie in the Berkshires in August, which however, is going to crash their was Bob’s classmate throughout is much cooler than Florida. party, she said. Though Art’s speech their time at the College. Charlie F. Paul Inscho sends greetings has been compromised by a stroke, ranked first in his grade school, from East Tennessee. Having had a he fully enjoys the comfortable and high school, and Lafayette. He complete knee replacement recent- positive ambience Anne and his graduated from Yale in 1962 with ly, he is moving slower than before caregiver provide daily. Anne says a Ph.D. in English language and but healing well. A story about him he has not lost his signature sense literature. He traced ballads appeared in Referee magazine about of humor. The extended family, from 15th century England to the having a heart attack while officiat- including daughter Heidi and son 18th, finding strong remnants in ing a high school football game in Arthur Herrmann ’94 and their Art Herrmann ’56 and his Germany. Charlie spent a year 1996. Due to the heart attack he families, vacationed together on extended family, including Arthur as a Fulbright Scholar at Bonn was “dead,” but after about 20 min- Nantucket last summer. Herrmann ’94, visited Nantucket. University in Germany. He then utes of CPR and seven shocks from It’s natural to move from Art taught in the English department a defibrillator, he began to have a Herrmann to a conversation with at Oberlin. In 1970, he became a pulse. The heart attack happened Norm Riley since they roomed

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together in the Phi Delt house. Also expressing his grief and equipment and vehicles. And he has Norm and wife Linda spent a few appreciation for Misty was provided testing equipment and weeks vacationing in northern Angelo Paleologos. He wrote training to Abu Dhabi Air Transport Michigan, which translates that a tribute titled “Requiem for a in United Arab Emirates. He and they’re both in good enough Good Old Friend.” It is at once wife Pat reside in Jacksonville, Fla., health to be away from home in touching and humorous, and and celebrate their 10 grandchildren South Bend that long. While very beautifully composed. Misty’s with two more on the way. grateful for his good health, he’s family appreciated it so much that A feature article in the summer noticed that their son is paying they had copies made for guests Lafayette magazine is devoted to closer attention to Norm since he’s at the memorial service. It is too the recent restructuring of Center crossed the 85 timeline with calls long to reprint here. Over the for Community Engagement and from Japan each weekend. Sounds years since graduation, Misty and Landis Community Outreach like love to me. Norm says Linda Angelos have visited one another Center that will unify Lafayette’s is well, which means that she is six times in Greece and here. commitment to developing volunteering for some noble cause. Angelos majored in electrical active citizens and student I’ve chatted with two of our engineering and was a member of leaders in addition to conducting late classmates’ widows. Don the swimming team. Following community-based learning and Sayenga’s wife, Carlene, is living graduation he went to Karlsruhle research. It takes its name from the with son Matt and his wife, University in Germany to earn an foundational gift made by John W. Michele, in Bethlehem where she advanced degree after which he Landis ’39 and Muriel T. S. Landis is recuperating from replacement returned to Greece. He was self- in 1999. John’s youngest brother, surgery (her fourth) following employed as a consultant. In more Ed Landis, spoke on behalf of the Don’s death and before his recent years when the economic family at the ceremony confirming memorial service in late spring. conditions in Greece became the restructuring. I was privileged to participate in dire, he reinvented himself and Evan Hineman reported that the service, and a large audience turned to writing. His fiction and on June 1 he fell and broke his left of family, friends, and Bethlehem essays have been published widely. hip, sidelining him for two and a Steel colleagues attended. Many Angelos and wife Elsie have three half months. Despite a visible limp of us shared memories/anecdotes adult children: two daughters, Litsa and a cane, he will join extended about how Don touched our lives. and Toula, and a son, Cleanthis. family for vacation on the Outer Warren Mann and his wife also Fred Hunt, another of the Banks in October. attended. It was a moving tribute close-knit circle of metallurgical Harold Hartman and son to an unforgettable classmate. engineers, sent in a résumé of his Brian drove more than 5,200 miles I called Jake Hannemann’s professional life, unique by any in 10 days from their home in widow, Judith, and found her also standard. He begins, however, this Knoxville, Tenn., to Calgary and recuperating from replacement way: “Having had the opportunity Banff National Park in Canada via surgery. She finds comfort in her to attend Lafayette College was Lexington, Louisville, Chicago, and Harold Hartman ’56 and grief from Episcopalian church the event that provided the most Milwaukee. They crossed six states his son went on a baseball friends and new friends who also are impact on my life.” Those words and four Canadian provinces. Their road trip over 5,200 miles to grieving. I had an unusual chance on define many in our class who, real objectives were to see the Cubs, see three teams play in their a recent flight to chat with a nurse like Fred, were first-generation White Sox, and Twins play in their respective stadiums. who served on the staff of Maine college grads. His story is proof respective stadiums. Medical Center in Portland, where that Lafayette’s impact works: I want to thank Bill Cromey Jake was head of the oncology/ He represented the wire and for taking time to drop me a note radiation department. She spoke cable industry (his company was of Coldwell Banker Commercial only with the highest “praise for Dr. Florida Wire and Cable) before in San Antonio recognizing Hannemann.” the Federal Trade Commission his 18 years on staff. Bill was a Bill “Bear” Hardy was saddened and represented the U.S. for history major and member of Phi to learn of both John Salvador’s and eight years on Le Precontrain, Kappa Psi fraternity. He also has Don Sayenga’s deaths, especially by an international symposium represented Petroleum Marketing having been a football teammate that establishes standards for Solutions in Anchorage, Alaska. of both. The good news he shared pre-stressed and post-tensioned He still makes home in Fair Oaks was his and wife Pat’s attendance at concrete applications in bridges, Ranch in Texas. Fred Hunt ’56 designed a commencement ceremonies on May dams, and highrise buildings. He George Watts, who lives in St. worldwide patent on epoxy- 25 to see their grandson, Kameron has designed a worldwide patent on James Place near Southport, N.C., coated steel strands used in Hardy ’19, graduate. Kameron is the epoxy-coated steel strands used in and I commiserated by phone as cable-stayed bridges. son of William Hardy III ’85. Bear cable-stayed bridges. He’s traveled Hurricane Dorian moved with wrote, “It’s hard for me to express the to five continents, often teaching menacing intentions toward the pride that I feel for having a third- such groups as Egypt’s Royal Air Carolinas. We both experienced generation family member attend and Force about factors that affect damage to our homes from graduate from our great institution.” high-strength materials in their Hurricane Florence in September

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ALUMNI MEMORIAM CLASS NOTES Notices received April through September 2019 2018, so our anxiety was not to stretch my old body. We’ve sold delusional. Fortunately, the menace our B&B and our main residence 1944 Rev. Robert G. Sandercock 05/17/19 passed with little evidence of (in Virginia Beach), and I am 1948 Dr. John Trueman Groel 06/13/19 having hovered nearby. In fact, retiring as vice chair at Colonna George was back on the golf Shipyard—it was a good third Paul Eugene Myers 10/22/18 course soon afterward. I almost career. Hopefully I can make it 1949 Robert R. Jamieson 06/01/19 volunteered to join him, but his tee another 10 years so I can enjoy my Homer Allem 04/27/19 shots often turn into home runs family and the Yankees.” while I tend to hit nothing more Brewster Burns sent an email 1950 Dr. George Veronis 06/30/19 competitive than divots. requesting that his name be removed George W. McCulloch 05/02/19 I hope to catch up with a few other from our class list so he doesn’t 56ers, but maybe I’ll have better luck receive requests for donations from 1951 Alfred G. Adler 09/03/19 next time. If any of you know where the College. I was disappointed until Richard R. Getz 07/10/19 Bud Jost or Carmine Gaccione I continued to read his email: “I am have relocated, let me know! a Colby grad from ’84 and do have 1953 Dr. James H. Thaidigsman 03/18/19 And lest I forget to say so, our two kids who go to Lafayette.” His Dr. Milton D. Moore Jr. 06/29/19 Class of ’56 cabinet of officers does “thanks for removing me from the intend to do some follow-up on mail list” tells me he still appreciates 1954 Dr. Charles Bahn Teske 06/20/19 the Class of 1956 Scholarship Fund our College and would like to have 1955 William D. Miller 09/04/19 with the financial aid folks at the our percentage of donors be as College. More on that next time! accurate as possible. My personal Richard S. Schneider 04/14/19 thanks to Brewster. Charles H. Young 03/28/19 Hank Darlington ’57 Correspondent: Donald L. Mitchell Hank Darlington left in early 1958 Dr. James T. Kauders 09/01/19 went on a 35-day trip 5 Pemberton Drive August for a 35-day trip traveling through Europe. East Berlin, PA, 17316-9319 in Europe. He notes that he Richard H. Voltz 05/15/19 717-619-7459 and his wife stay busy with two 1960 Dr. Daniel J. Wooten 05/19/19 [email protected] granddaughters who live just three blocks away. He states, “I Joseph R. Amato 05/22/19 have been incredibly blessed and 1961 Paul E. Nelson 05/30/19 appreciate every single day.” 1957 Dick Fitzgerald and Sally, who Norman R. Leader 06/26/19 live in Arizona, went to Seattle 1962 Hugh H. Baird 08/28/19 The class has won the Nabb for 10 days to visit old friends and award for the third consecutive family. He states, “I’m still trying 1963 Hartley D. Bingham Jr. 04/21/19 time! You started this at our 60th to make it to the majors ... pitching James E. Kerge P’94 08/22/19 reunion when our class responded in a 45-plus senior league here in 1964 Richard A. Grossman 05/17/19 to the challenge of our 13-member Arizona. Fortunately, none of the committee to try to have 80% to fielders have been killed by a line Robert G. Lundergan 02/08/19 90% of classmates contribute to drive while I’m pitching.” He plans David Kushlan 06/08/19 the Lafayette Annual Fund. We to pitch in a 73-plus tournament in reached a College record of 81% Arizona and a 75-plus tournament in Peter Nelson Harrison 08/27/19 that year and have had nearly 70% Florida. “Who would have believed 1967 Albert J. Arbogast III 07/07/19 contribute each of the past two back when we were at Lafayette that Dick Fitzgerald ’57 years. This may be an all-time today guys that old would still be Paul D. Cera 04/13/19 pitches in a 45-plus senior record that we might continue playing baseball?” (Columnist note: 1968 Frank T. Grosser II 07/20/19 league in Arizona. toward our 65th reunion coming I do! At 82, my softball season of 42 up in 2022 when we will be able to games began Oct. 26.) Neil J. Rovner 07/18/19 claim our fifth consecutive Naab Glenn Fatzinger reports he 1969 Paul D. Nelsen 08/19/19 award. Hopefully we will get closer is still active in local civic affairs, Thomas W. Bell 09/07/18 to having every classmate make at teaches history, and plays in bands. least a small gift this year. Glenn recently received the 14th 1971 John C. Howard 03/19/19 Carl Albero is one of our Annual Chancellor’s Award for 1976 Barry Field 02/24/19 most regular respondents. Upon Leadership in Philanthropy based confirming the death of Bill Rude, on his co-founding of an educational Dr. Paula Jane Beitler 05/07/19 he shares: “It really hurts, as I went foundation and a nursing 1985 Robert L. Constable 08/28/19 to school with Bill from middle scholarship, which together have school to Lafayette. I am enjoying awarded hundreds of thousands of 1989 Kristin W. Yohannan Moore 05/01/19 retirement on Sanibel Island, a real dollars to worthy recipients. 1996 Eric Fink 07/13/19 paradise with the wild life, sun, Mike Winship was amazed and sea. I’m still playing golf and by the changes since he last th working out! Every day is pool day returned for our Big 50 in

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2007. Specifically he mentioned with only three members, Phil graduated. He grew up five houses curriculum, the Quad, and many and fraternity brothers George down the street in Elkins Park, Pa. new buildings. He was a Kappa Dixon and Jim Neville. The plane We went to grammar school, junior Sigma, which regrettably was was kept at a grass field north of high, and high school together. Al closed, but 10 brothers returned Easton. The plane was as basic as Caesar and Mike Houldin also for their 50th. He has kept up it could be. Phil used his monthly went to Cheltenham, so the four of mainly with Greg Li Calzi and ROTC stipend to take five hours of us entered Lafayette and graduated Dick Morgan. Mike has served as lessons before being banned from together. Jim became an OBGYN a Presbyterian pastor in churches the field because someone had left and wound up in Connecticut. in Alabama, Virginia, and western the plane parked with the throttle His first wife, Diane, passed away Pennsylvania as well as family wide open. His instructor spun the about nine years ago. We were also court, law enforcement settings, prop, and the engine roared to life, good friends growing up. When he and the military (U.S. Army). His narrowly missing him. When Jim passed away Sept. 1, he had been beloved wife of 60 years, Shirley, and Phil revisited the field at their remarried for the past several years. passed away in September 2018. 35th reunion, Jim confessed to being A serious chapter in my life has Mike at 85 is in pretty good health the throttle culprit and was duly been closed. Mike Winship ’57 has after having a stent placed in forgiven. I suspect our graduation Steve Fried writes he and served as a Presbyterian his heart two years ago. He is a coincided with the end of the Nina are still hanging in there and pastor in three states. great-grandfather, near family, and club. Sadly, George left Lafayette enjoying life. They have some small running his Lionel Trains. George early and disappeared flying his medical problems, but that has not Tiger thanked me for mentioning own plane on his honeymoon slowed them down from travel. his Hall of Fame work for the past through the Bermuda Triangle. Phil They have two trips planned, but three years and for recommending wonders if there is anyone left who by the time you receive this, the him for this assignment. More remembers the club. one on the horizon is a two-month importantly, he decided to pull out George Tiger has an unrelated cruise out of Fort Lauderdale to all of his personal photos including flying story involving Ronald South America in January. He goes one of our freshman baseball Owen ’55. You will have to ask to the office sporadically because team, which went 9-0—George, George about this one. his son runs the company with their Dick Fitzgerald, Jack Slotter, girl “Friday” who has been with Gordon Brown, Stuart Murray, Correspondent: Glenn E. Grube them 18 years. Howard Stoneback, Russ Smith, 15765 W. Fairmount Ave. Mike Frankel checks in Kurt Klunder, Tom Good, etc. Goodyear, AZ 85395-8773 periodically and mainly talks about He wonders if any other freshman 623-455-8184 his golf trips and how as a senior team ever went undefeated. [email protected] he still maintains a respectable George related a story based handicap. This year he went to on an earlier article about Wales with three friends followed Steve Fried ’58 is planning Glenn Heins. Glenn lived in by 17 days in Italy with his wife. He a two-month cruise to South Lawrenceville, N.J., worked at mentions that he “considers himself America in January. IBM, and daily paddled his canoe 1958 a lucky guy.” across a pond to a nearby street Forty-five degrees on the lake in Bill Kurtz: Our esteemed and walked to his office. Someone Maine as I write this column on class president tells me his first stole the canoe, thus ending his Sept. 9. It’s an early fall for us, but we granddaughter got married in relaxing paddle each day to work. have had a beautiful summer. Even September on his and Lucille’s Phil Wullschleger sent a letter played golf in the Business League, wedding anniversary. She is the commending Henry Ryder ’67 and my wife Beth got “closest to the daughter of son Bill and his wife, for his efforts to maintain Jim pin” in the annual tournament. Jean, who met at Lafayette. Vorosmarti’s leadership role in The office sent me the latest Gerry Flanzbaum shares sad the Phi Kappa Tau’s contribution news of classmates who have news that his wife of 61 years has to campus diversity through passed away. Richard Voltz: Dick started to fail mentally, and he has the Partridge/Washington earned a B.S. in business and was full-time help in the house. He is still Scholarship. Phil remembers a member of DKE. His career very much involved in Technoda, a Jim as an extraordinarily likeable was in the textile industry, and he company in Israel, and spends part guy, easygoing, very bright, and a retired as president of Paramount- of the year in that country. He has friend to all. Crawford. He was a devoted family family coming to visit, and they will Phil then reminisced about the man and enjoyed sailing, tennis, see Lafayette and then journey to the Lafayette Flying Club, which may golf, and fishing with his friends. South and back to Europe. not have been a College activity, A memorial service was held May Charley Rose sent me a very nice but it did exist. It was started by 24 at Westminster Presbyterian in note. All is well with him and the military veterans who managed to Charlotte, N.C. family. All of his grand kids are out buy a surplus Piper J3 Cub. By the James Kauders: He was my of college. Casey, the most recent, time Phil joined, it was in decline best friend from age 6 until we graduated from Rutgers where he was

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co-captain of the lacrosse team his future curricula for the College and graduations from high school and senior year. Charley is also a great- the academic makeup and standards middle school, respectively.” grandfather. He is still traveling quite for the Class of ’20 and beyond. Fred Guest writes with a a bit and visited his high school in Tom Neff offered nominated memory from the fire in South October for his 65th reunion. He also me for class president, totally College freshman year. ”Mike arranged to have lunch with Phi Gam unexpected by me, and the vote was Balon, a KDR fraternity brother brothers Bob Lotz and Al Caesar. by acclimation. I’m truly honored and close friend through all these Robert Kraham is a real medical and will do my very best to represent years, lost his dorm room key to that person. Bob actually sent a note our great class to the College. And, fire—he basically lost everything he to the alumni office basically on of course, I will loyally continue to had left in the room. Mike recalled a prescription pad. His grandson, be your class correspondent. that when he was issued the key, he Kalman, has committed to play Tom De Martino invited Bob had to leave a $1 deposit. Mr. Kerr of lacrosse in the Class of 2024. Bob Lewis ’60 to our class dinner. the orthographics department, not spends half his time in Florida but Bob was the catcher on the Pards exactly a hail-fellow-well-met, was will make the trip to see the action. baseball team. the guy who issued the keys. Mike He sends his best to anyone who Dr. Frank Fletcher’s new email went to Mr. Kerr after the fire and remembers him. address: [email protected]. asked for his dollar back. Mr. Kerr I hope you all have a great what One of the always dependable said, ‘Where is the key?’ When Mike is left of fall and joyous holiday and contributors to our ’59 column is explained that the key was lost with happy and healthy New Year to you Bill Foster. “I’m sorry that I could everything else in the room, Mr. Kerr and your family. not make the Reunion, but it was said, ‘No key, no dollar.’” on my 57th wedding anniversary and Whenever I have told that story Correspondent: Edward B. Brunswick we had other plans. Things are fairly to people, it has gotten a big laugh, 4931 Bonita Bay Blvd. #801 quiet in the Foster household. We so I decided to mention it to Adam Bonita Springs, FL 34134–1708 don’t travel much, except once a Stauffer, who not only laughed, but 239-949-0801 home year in February to Fort Lauderdale decided to do something about it. 239-949-0802 fax to visit my older son, and to Fort He wrote down Mike’s name and 917-855-5844 cell Myers to visit my brother. I flew said, “Let me see what I can do.” [email protected] to a client site every week for About a week ago, I got a call from 10 years before retiring, and I’m Mike, who said he had received quite content to stay here in West a letter from Adam containing a Orange. I’m still hitting the tennis dollar bill and a note that this was court about three-four days a week his deposit for his room key in 1959 in the summer, but no indoor winter South College. Needless to say, it Twenty-two classmates and their anymore. I play on both grass and gave Mike a good laugh! Adam is a wives celebrated a magnificent hard-tru courts. I think this will be really nice guy to take the time to 60th Reunion. Plus, there were my last year on grass, no longer fast do something like that. ’59ers who wanted to attend enough for the low bounce. All five I received a wonderful letter/ but could not, due to family of us (Peg, Andy, Cindy, and Adina) announcement from one of and other commitments that are tennis nuts, and I know there the late Dr. Dick Harding’s Bill Foster ’59 has been fishing weekend. Wayne Burggraaff had will be some of us at the U.S. Tennis granddaughters, Gretchen. “I am 16 every week since early April and grandchildren graduating from Open this summer. and am a new volunteer member of after giving up bass tournaments both college and high school, “I’ve been fishing almost every the Dr. Dick Harding Charity Fund fishes for fun now. Jim Levi’s grandson was married, week since early April, and haven’t for Nepal (DDHCFN) team! I just Bill Lee and Jerry Turnauer been skunked yet. After 40 years, finished a new website and will write had grandsons graduating from I have given up competing in bass newsletters to keep you up to date high school, and Rick Huebner tournaments. It’s too tiring ... Now on things. The moment I visited sponsored a golf tournament. I just fish for fun. We go the Sands Nepal two summers ago, I knew I Most of us concurred that Casino in Bethlehem once a month had to get involved. I experienced the 2019 Reunion Weekend was or so, and as I drive I-78 I can see firsthand what my grandfather probably the best we’ve attended to the campus in the distance. I keep started, and it’s truly inspiring. date. Through it all, Mother Nature telling Peg we will detour on our way This is a great cause that I am gave us spectacular weather! to drive to it, but still haven’t. One of passionate about. I am so grateful The highlight was our class these trips I will. The pictures I see for all the support you all have given dinner. Our speaker was Adam in Lafayette magazine look fantastic. us, so that we can make a greater Stauffer, assistant vice president I hope that when Adina is ready for impact. Thank you, and I hope that for development and college college, Lafayette will be her choice.” everyone enjoys the new website relations. Adam reviewed Art Forrest sent a note. “Our two hardingnepalfund.org, where everything he could find from our Canadian grandkids, Ruthie, 17, and you are able to view the different ’59 yearbook and other sources. He Felix, 14 (6 feet tall and still growing!), projects we are funding, a new story also gave an overview of current and live in Toronto. We just attended their section, and an easy way to donate.

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Along with that, you can subscribe “It’s a three-level residential class contributions to our Marquis to future newsletters by signing up development called Lantern Hill. Scholarship endowment up to the with your email on the bottom of I’ll be in independent living. There original $250,000—we have been any page of the website. Thanks is also assisted living and nursing about $40,000 short ...” to our donors, we have raised over care. So I’m really in an apartment, The Government of Japan $15,000 in 2018. The total funds which provides all the amenities has conferred the Order of the granted by DDHCFN since 2007 is one would require.” Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star almost $130,000. Our new address Don’s new address and phone on Michael Moskow. Prime is: Dr. Dick Harding Charity Fund number are 603 Mountain Ave. Minister Shinzo Abe bestowed for Nepal, 2891 Breakers Court, Apt. 207, New Providence, NJ the decoration in May during a Amelia Island, FL 32034-8994. 07974-2012; cell: 908-578-6553; ceremony at the Imperial Palace, Rick Huebner was unable to email: [email protected]. followed by an audience with attend our 60th because he is the World traveler Bill Lee sent me Emperor Naruhito. Michael is sponsor of a golf tournament in the following note. “We are finally vice chairman of the Chicago Allentown for 10- to 12-year-olds. home in Arizona after a two-month Council on Global Affairs and Rick has a new email address: visit to the Midwest to be with a Distinguished Fellow on the [email protected]. relatives and friends in Wisconsin Global Economy. Ruth Hutnik, honorary and northern Illinois. After that, Michael served as deputy trade classmate, sent a nice Reunion we met one of my wife, Kathryn’s representative with the rank of follow-up note. Contact: 812 high school exchange students ambassador from 1991-93, when E. Plainfield Ave., Pen Argyl, and her family from Germany in a there were significant trade PA 18072-1251; 610-863-6336; visit to San Francisco. We escorted frictions between Japan and the Rick Huebner ’59 sponsored [email protected]. th United States. He led extensive a golf tournament in Allentown them around the week of the 4 for 10- to 12-year-olds Dr. George Irwin sent a great of July. So it was exciting for us to trade negotiations with Japan. update. “As a 60-year alumni and see them, as we have visited the Michael has served as chairman an 82-year-old, my activities are family several times in Germany. I of the Japan American Society of becoming less and less. My most hope the 60th Reunion was a huge Chicago since 2008. From 1994-2007, recent was as a board member of success. There was no way we could he was president and CEO of the my grandchildren’s private school, attend and enjoy the event, as Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Kimberton Waldorf School in there were so many conflicts in our Dick Poey reported that he Kimberton, Pa. I served for three schedule. We are planning to take a underwent eye surgery in July. “I years, including as treasurer, and long trip east in August/September, had an eye operation to correct the after this term, when I turned 80, flying to Baltimore and getting a macular puckering that has caused I decided 80 was a good cutoff. car to drive to Williamsburg before vision problems in my left eye. The It works for many corporations. Labor Day weekend ...” procedure was painless. The doctor Joan and I are serving our church, Bill and Kathryn visited us for who conducted the postoperative and I am involved in helping to four days. I toured them around evaluation at University of oversee the common facilities Colonial Williamsburg, and then Minnesota Eye Clinic was pleased in our condominium/retirement on the following day, we visited with the results. However, it will community. I am also the de facto American Revolution Museum take a few more days/weeks for me ‘Commissioner of Golf’ for our at Yorktown and Jamestown to see clearly again. So now I am community’s golf outings. I am Settlement. That Saturday, the still a one-eyed user with a loss of setting up two rounds a week, with Pards football team kicked off depth perception and peripheral four to 12 golfers each round. Our their 2019 season with a game at left vision. We go back for a second two daughters, empty nesters, William and Mary. We enjoyed check in a week, and hopefully and their husbands are within a pre-game tailgate with over 45 all will be well. Cataract surgery, 25 miles of us. We now have alumni and guests, including Dave which will surely come, is several two granddaughters working in Stephens and his wife, Janet. I also months away.” schools close to our home. Our greatly enjoyed being at the game Charles Albert Schenck Jr. oldest grandson is in Boston with with longtime friends Phil ’57 and passed away in December 2018 in a conservation foundation, and a Joanne Wolfe and Jack ’71 and Sarasota, Fla. Charlie was raised granddaughter is in NYC with an Selena Bourger. in Clark Township, N.J., and advertising firm. Last but not least Jim Mallay, our dedicated class graduated in 1959 with a major Jim Mallay ’59 drove is our youngest, who is finishing his fund manager since we graduated, in history. He was a member of 8,000 miles to make it to B.S./M.S. in computer engineering sent a nice note. “I’m really glad Theta Chi fraternity and fraternity Reunion this year. at Northeastern. One married I made the 8,000-mile drive to treasurer, received the Brainard granddaughter, but no great- be there at Reunion ... We had a Stewardship Award, served grandkids yet.” delightful trip east, taking nearly Brainard Society as secretary and Don Kein told me at Reunion six weeks on the road to visit treasurer, and was a member of that he would be moving to family and friends along the way Philosophy Club, the marching a CCRF in October 2019. ... I have decided to bring our and concert bands, and Phi Alpha

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Theta. Charlie received an M.S. tired, and broke. The second day I and modernize their management from SUNY Albany and was an remember clearly was graduation systems and technologies to build a educator in Ulster County, N.Y. day 1959. That was a glorious day—I free-market economy. Sig Semon had a tough year in finally made it. I was an engineer, “I retired in 2004 and moved 2018 healthwise. “I had some rather and I had a great job waiting for to Solivita, a beautiful gated serious brain surgery a year ago last me. I had worked for GE before community in Florida, just south April, as a result of a fall I took on as a technician, and now I was of Disney World, with my wife, the ice—subdural hematoma AKA going back to GE as an engineer, Helen. We have been married brain bleed. Thank God things are with a great starting salary, and almost 60 years, have three coming along well now, but it has in the management development children, a son and two daughters, been a very long recuperative period. program. I had many exciting all professionals, and we have five Also resulted in a pacemaker and assignments in the GE Missile grandsons and one granddaughter. cataract surgery after. We spent the and Space Division during the My wife and I are blessed with entire year in Florida for the first heyday of the Cold War. My most excellent health; we are constantly time. That took a little getting used memorable assignment was as a busy and truly enjoy our retirement to and acclimating to, but I hope to project manager at Vandenberg years. Along the way, I published have it better planned next year. I am Air Force Base on one of the most two books, How to Start a Project still sort of working, though I gave highly classified programs that the Management Business and Start up my judgeship last December after U.S. was conducting during the Your Ideal Business, and both are 15 1/2 years. I am still active, but not Cold War. available on Amazon. doing as much as I used to or as I “We developed new management “In the last several years, I’ve want to. Don’t know whether it was tools, CPM, PERT, WBS, and a host been pursuing my passion for the surgeries, age, or a combination of of processes and procedures to help military history, researching both. Had my oldest granddaughter ensure the effective and efficient battlefields in the U.S., Europe, John Tuman ’59 published graduate from Tulane this past May completion of expensive, complex and Russia. I recently published his first novel, The Sword of and have next graduating from technological undertakings. When my first novel, The Sword of Retribution. Cornell next spring.” the aerospace industry began to Retribution, which is an account of Carol, wife of the late Ed wind down, I transitioned to the a 17th century Cossack revolt that Skou, has a new email address: expanding nuclear energy industry. changed the map of Europe. The [email protected]. I took an executive position with novel received excellent reviews Kurt Steckley has a new phone an engineering company to design and may be made into a movie. The number: 484-240-4199. and implement project management novel is available on Amazon, and Somehow John Tuman’s methods and techniques to is the first in a trilogy. The other update that I submitted in the effectively manage large-scale two books, The Sword of Destiny last column was not published. nuclear power generation and and The Sword of Freedom, will be “I clearly remember only two construction projects. Over the published in late 2019 and in 2020.” days at Lafayette. When I went years, I contributed to the project Dick Vacca sent his latest to Lafayette, I was older than the management body of knowledge update. “After more than 15 years typical college freshman. The first by publishing 40 technical papers of post-retirement work as a day I walked onto the campus and as well as articles in professional senior fellow in the Center of saw freshmen running around journals. I am contributing author Public Policy, L. Douglas Wilder wearing little beanies, I thought to to nine textbooks on project School of Government and Public myself, ‘My God, what am I doing management. I earned a master’s Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth here with all these kids.’ I worked degree in computer science, became University, I have stepped back Dick Vacca ’59 stepped into my way through college, so I can’t a registered professional engineer, into my retirement status as a retirement as a professor say it was a wonderful experience. a certified project management professor emeritus of education. emeritus of education. There were no parties, dances, or professional, and a certified change It was a great and exciting run, football games; it was all work. I was management consultant. and I already miss it. However, the first in my family to go to college; “My experience and credentials I plan to maintain my private my father was an immigrant from gave me the credibility and mediation status with fewer cases. Eastern Europe who worked in the confidence to establish my own More important, Nancy and I coal mines, as did all my relatives. company, Management Technologies recently welcomed our first great- Everyone either worked in the mines Group Inc. (MTGI), where for more granddaughter with the birth of or the mills, and that would be my than 20 years, my project managers beautiful Sterling James Vacca; her destiny unless I got an education. and I provided consulting, on-site parents are our grandson Joe and “My four years at Lafayette were support, and training to Fortune his wife, Kara Brennan Vacca.” all work. In addition to engineering 500 companies and governments Mary Ellen and I send best classes, I was a dormitory proctor in the U.S. and overseas. My most wishes to you and your families at Easton Hall and worked in memorable project was working for a Happy Thanksgiving (we all the dining hall kitchen and other with the Russians in the former have a lot to be thankful for!), a places. I was always under pressure, Soviet Union to help them develop Merry Christmas, and a Happy

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Hanukkah, and for a happy and with his wife of 55 years, Barbara, In mid-September I had lunch healthy New Year! he plans to travel, play golf, and with Hugh Morrison and his spend the winters in Naples, Fla. He wife, Mary. They have eight of Correspondent: Norbert F. Smith welcomes visits from classmates. their 10 grandchildren in college. 227 Rivers Edge Barry Pullen is still in the He will miss Reunion because the Williamsburg, VA 23185-8933 Amelia, Va., area enjoying remaining two grandchildren are 757-229-7377, [email protected] everything associated with bikes— graduating from high school that riding, repairing, buying, selling, weekend. or just talking about them. These Bob White says he and Linda’s activities were interrupted by move to North Park near San radiation treatment for prostate Diego, Calif., went smoothly, and he 1960 tumors, but he says all that is is now fully retired with ample time June 10, 2020, marks the behind him (I think there is a pun for golf, travel, and other hobbies. celebration of 60 years since we intended here), and he is again He will attend Reunion. Another assembled in front of Old Pardee riding but “at the back of the pack Phi Delta Theta brother, To m for graduation exercises. Reunion for a while.” Moyer, says he too will attend. is June 4-6, 2020. Put it on your Tom Rennert called me from Ollie Gordon, yet another Phi, calendars now! Vermont to say he was planning on let me know that after a short stint Your class officers held a reunion attending Lafayette football games working in Washington, D.C., planning meeting at Homecoming. at Albany and Holy Cross and will for a construction company, he If you have ideas on things that we be at the reunion. started a 35-plus-year career as an should or should not do, or if you Paul Komar also plans to internal auditor for Philadelphia would like to help with this event, attend the reunion and has moved Electric Co. When he retired he contact reunion chairman Dick to Brevard, N.C., in the Blue was director of audit services. He Booth at [email protected]. Ridge Mountains. He plays golf and wife Elise now split their time Assistance from those of you who and goes fishing. between Skippack, Pa., and Ocean live reasonably close to Lafayette is Robert Shear has been married City, N.J. The shore place acts as a especially needed. to Nancy for seven years. He lives in lure to attract frequent visits from Al Siegel, our fundraising Belleair, Fla., and has two daughters, children Jeff ’84, Debbie, Donna, chairman, writes: “Please two grandchildren, and a great- and their families. Ollie and Elise remember some of the greatest granddaughter on the way. His is will be back for Reunion. times of our lives and send retired from a lifetime of practicing Dick and Colleen Booth win the a generous donation to help law. He is in contact with fellow golfing/globe-trotter award. Their coming generations enjoy the fraternity brothers Jack Fields, 2019 itinerary (most visits included maturing process as much as we Dick Hochman, Steve Slutsker, golf): January, Boca Grande on did. Additionally, please consider Sandy Bing, and Rich Segall. Gasparilla Island, Fla.; February/ including Lafayette in your estate Wayne Waverk and Gloria March, Hilton Head, S.C.; April/ planning and the annual RMD live in Chicago in summer. They May, Oceana Cruise (with Al Siegel from your IRA.” recently attended a Chicago and Doll Siegel) from Southampton, Class president Bob Brodie alumni function organized by England, with stops at Guernsey David Cornstein ’60 was notes that our class includes two Ian Stone ’10. The happy hour Island, Portugal, Morocco, and Spain; appointed ambassador diplomats. David Cornstein took place at a venue close to June/July, back to the states; August, to Hungary. was appointed ambassador Oktoberfest, which they faithfully visiting family in New Hampshire; to Hungary in May 2018 after attend. In October they will travel September, back home for pacemaker many years as a very successful to their home in Tampa, Fla. They tuneup, which kept him off the businessman, community leader, usually attend an alumni gathering golf circuit and from driving the car and philanthropist. In recognition in nearby Sarasota. for several weeks. They have four of Dr. Marion Vujevich’s work Peter Veruki retired from grandchildren in college. in raising money for Croatian Vanderbilt and Rice universities This spring I joined former orphans of the Croatian War of and splits his time between roommate Dr. John Parsons and Marion Vujevich ’60 and his Independence from Yugoslavia, he Houston, Texas, and Miramar wife Lynne in Wilmington, Del., family started Angels Fund, a was appointed Honorary Consulate Beach, Fla. His wine cellar at either to watch their grandson Brendan, charitable foundation for chil- for Croatia in Pittsburgh, Pa. In location is open for any classmate a freshman at Tower Hill School, dren in the Pittsburgh area who the early 1980s, Marion and his to sample his stock and share fond play lacrosse. He scored his 40th have lost one or both parents. family created Angels Fund, a memories. goal of the year! We met up again charitable foundation for children Bob Haigh says he is very in mid-summer at University of in the Pittsburgh area who have involved with the Denver Lafayette Massachusetts, near John’s home lost one or both parents. Marion alumni group. He plans to attend in Northampton, when Brendan’s reports that after 45 years as a Reunion and is contacting his club team participated in a national dermatologist he has turned his Theta Xi brothers to encourage club tournament. John and Lynne practice over to his son Justin, and, them to return too. will be attending Reunion.

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After graduation I spent 23-plus and I are well but don’t understand years in the Army. My assignments where all these aches and pains come included Germany; Georgia (five from. Have nine grandchildren. All 1962 different times between Ft. Benning on their own except our youngest, From Ted Elsasser: It is not too and Ft. Stewart); Vietnam (two who is a junior at Lehigh. Two are early to make a mental note to tours); Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.; Ft. married. One is about to give us our make a commitment to try to Bragg, N.C.; Washington, D.C.; third great-grandchild. Everyone is attend our 60th reunion. Class Hawaii; and Carlisle Barracks, working except the mother-to-be president Jeff Ruthizer and the Pa. There are 35 parachute jumps of three and our Lehigh grandson. leadership team have already recorded in my logbook. My first We now have our third generation started planning. It is clear that tour in Vietnam in 1965 is chronicled at Chemco … All of them are Lafayette has impacted all of our in the book We Were Soldiers Once … mechanical engineers except our lives. One goal of the leadership And Young and in the movie We Were oldest granddaughter. Two of our team will be to address the legacy Soldiers. I retired as a colonel in 1983 daughters and Bernie and I have a we want to leave to the College. when it became apparent that I was winter home in Bonita Springs, so As always, your thoughts are not going to get a star. After retiring we do get to see our daughter from most welcome. The campus has I worked in municipal government Philly a lot. We also see the Siegals, certainly changed since fall 1958. near my current home in Bucks Moyers, and others from Lafayette Many changes are fairly recent County, Pa., about 45 miles from in Florida. Bernie was just honored and show a commitment of the Easton. I fully retired in 2000. In at Elizabethtown College with an administration and the support 1993 I found a local rowing club and honorary degree in May. She is on of alums and friends to growth am still in good enough shape to fill a the Board of Trustees and was very and improvement. There is new seat in a shell. I lost my wife, Nancy, involved in creating a four-year expansion on the east side of the to ALS in 2016 but recently met engineering degree … We get back campus, which Dick Gilbert an Army widow who has become to Lafayette at least once a year and saw earlier this year, and he was a steady date. She has the reunion hope to see you in 2020.” impressed. So mark your calendars marked on her calendar. I have two I am going to close by again for the June 2022 Reunion. sons, Bob ’85 and Doug ’93, and a emphasizing how much fun it will Mike Honker sent a wonderful 9-year-old granddaughter. be to see old friends and share wildly letter from Norman, Okla. “I just Unfortunately, I have to conclude exaggerated stories about our years turned 80 and had a great auto these notes by reporting the loss of as classmates, fraternity brothers, trip out West to celebrate. I was two classmates: and teammates. a B.A. in history and captain and Dr. Daniel J. Wooten passed number one player on what I think May 19, 2019. We all remember Correspondent: Bob Edwards is still the only undefeated tennis Dan as an outstanding end on 6118 Stoney Hill Road team (10-0) in school history. My the football team, but it is his New Hope, PA 18938 doubles partner was Ed “Topper” work after graduation that is even 215-862-3950, [email protected] Brick, and the two of us were also more impressive. His obituary on undefeated. I received my Master johnsoncitypress.com is a page- of Arts in teaching from Johns long document highlighting his Hopkins University in 1963, and many achievements. Here is a small then taught high school history sample: medical officer U.S. Navy; 1961 for three years at Baltimore City associate dean for medical education Mark D. Larner is serving as College. Went west in 1966 and at Charles R. Drew University of counsel to the recently opened New taught history and started a tennis Medicine and Science; executive Brunswick office of Windels Marx, team at Natrona High School in associate dean for academic and which now has more than 70 lawyers Casper, Wyo. Got the overseas faculty affairs at East Tennessee State licensed in New Jersey and nearly 150 bug in 1971 and worked my way University; scholar-in-residence with firmwide. His practice focuses on around Australia for a year, then the National Academy of Sciences, the areas of business and corporate went to New Zealand. Taught Institute of Medicine. law, financing transactions and at a Maori boarding school and Joseph R. Amato passed May mergers and acquisitions in a broad then wound up working in a few 22, 2019. A graduate of Easton High range of industries. He regularly sporting goods stores, mostly as School, he served in the Army, then serves as outside general counsel a racquet stringer. Came back applied the skills he developed as a and trusted adviser to privately held to the U.S. in 1980 and settled in metallurgical engineering major. He companies and their owners, as well Bastrop, Texas. Worked at a tennis retired as a quality control engineer as family offices. club and then got a teaching job for Cerro Metal in Bellefonte, Pa. at the local high school and also Tennis has been a lifelong Philip D. Bollman Jr. is still Correspondent: Douglas Hobby coached tennis. Came back to passion for Mike Honker ’62. working but not as long or as hard. 29 Rowan Road Norman in 1984 to look after my “It’s tough to give up your 40 years Chatham, NJ 07928-2210 mother and did some substitute in business. It’s still my baby. Bernie [email protected] teaching. Went to Austin in 1986

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and worked at a tennis center. In In the last issue, there was an 1988 I found a job I was just suited error related to the annual SAE for—putting up posters on college luncheon. Somehow, SAE was 1964 campuses. Did that for six years translated into the Society of Correspondent: Gordon R. “Don” Evans and then back to Norman after Automotive Engineers. Sorry 1312 Par View Dr. my dad passed away. Since 1997 I about that. Sanibel, FL 33957-6404 have been doing volunteer tennis The College reported the death 267-418-0732 coaching with the Norman high in April of William Kegley. He [email protected] schools. Still play a bit of ‘geezer was an economics major, lived tennis,’ but bad feet hamper my in Watson Hall, and worked as a play. Claim to fame from all of systems analyst in the computer this—I have coached state high industry. He had a daughter and a school tennis champions in three son and four grandchildren. 1965 different states—Wyoming, Texas, Correspondent: Marshall J. Gluck and Oklahoma! … In response to Correspondent: Theodore Elsasser 1133 Park Ave., Apt 11W Ken’s recent request, I can’t help 110 Kings Place New York, NY 10128-1246 out with Willie Watt’s textbooks— Tullahoma, TN 37388-4823 [email protected] only kept some history books. I do [email protected] remember Steve Yolen ’64 wrote Correspondent: Kenneth A. Poppe a great skit, Ivier Than Thou, which 45 Barry Lane, Simsbury, CT 06070 included a parody of Willie Watt. 860-651-9167, [email protected] Those were the days!” 1966 I did receive the Willie Watt survey Correspondent: Rod Heckman books of British literature from To m 1690 Yardley Dr. Davis ’64. Now living in Allentown, West Chester, PA 19380-5778 Tom was originally from the 1963 484-883-1666 Pittsburgh area and was a Sigma Chi. Arthur Topilow writes: “During [email protected] Joe Cornell also called about the this past year I continued to run books, but he was too late! However, in circles from travel to music to Joe did mention that the Theta medicine and to sailing. When Delta Chi annual summer hiking traveling in Portugal, I sang and and mountain climbing reunion played piano for the local singers 1967 with Bruce Marshman and Bill who were entertaining our small Paul D. Cera passed away April 13, Ditenhafer and wives took place at tour group. When in Switzerland, 2019, in Lehigh Valley Hospital after his camp at Great Pond near Rome, I was definitely the oldest person a courageous battle with Parkinson’s. Maine. This year they climbed on the ski slope. With my student Paul attended evening classes at The Mountain at Belgrade. They interns, I had two medical papers Lafayette while working for Western Arthur Topilow ’63 won challenge classmates to “climb any published. My oncology research Electric and graduated with a B.S. the Blue Water Regatta mountain (or hill) of your choice and project is ongoing. In sailing, in mechanical engineering. He at Atlantic Highlands Yacht send pictures to confirm. Bruce, Bill, my crew and I won a major local served in the Marine Corps during Club in New Jersey. and I will match your endeavor on regatta. I can see my circles more the Vietnam War and later was the hills surrounding Rome. Let’s clearly now since my bilateral employed as a senior engineer with see how long we can keep this up.” cataract surgery!” AT&T. He retired from AT&T in Joe also mentioned his family’s long This is your class newsletter. 1989, then traveled throughout history with Lafayette: uncle Joseph Please send us your family news Europe for eight years as a technical Stiers 1880; cousin Walter Stiers and activities to keep it going. manager for Applied Materials 1884, who wrote the alma mater; Or send us a story about your life before retiring again in 1998. He father Joseph 1937; son Joseph III experiences, classmates, and great was a professional engineer in ’91; and granddaughter Grace ’21. times on the Lafayette campus: Pennsylvania and a member of Finally, Joe mentioned that he had a sports, clubs, fraternities, parties, ASME for 26 years. He was past heart attack last year but is fine now. etc. We all have stories to share. chairman of the Anthracite/Lehigh His doctor is Matt Saybolt ’06. Valley section of ASME. He and Dick Pilch is on his way again Correspondent: D. Frederick Day Betty, his wife of 53 years, lived in to Prague. His son Lance, the U.S. 149 Grande Ave. Lower Macungie Township. He Air Force pilot, is now stationed Morrisville, NC 27560 was a member of St. Thomas More in Dubai, and his son Dick is [email protected] Catholic Church in Allentown. In now at Middlebury Institute of Correspondent: Dr. Michael A. Stillman addition to Betty, he is survived by International Studies in Monterey, 131 San Marco Drive son David and his wife, Julie; their Calif., still focusing on biological Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 daughter, Lynn, and her husband, and chemical weapons of mass [email protected] Samuel Finney Jr.; and grandchildren destruction. Samuel III and Skylar.

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Arthur M. Taylor died June Bethany Beach. Nick still follows Italy in 2017, and this year Via de la 14, 2019. Art graduated from Lafayette basketball with season Plata in Spain. During the hot Texas Easton Area High School before tickets courtside. summers, Dave and Linda hike and earning his B.A. in psychology. Bill Rappolt and Pam celebrated hang out with their grandchildren in He received his doctorate from their 50th anniversary this year. the much more inviting climate of Indiana University and did “I am still a big Leopard fan, and Crested Butte, Colo. postdoctoral work at University Pam and I are often seen at Fisher In 2016, after 48 years of teaching of Minnesota. He was director Stadium or at Rappolt Field (the and coaching, Larry Morris of special education curricula in field hockey field that Pam and retired, and he and Sherry moved the St. Paul, Minn., schools for I funded in 2001) watching our from Ocean City, Md., to Leesburg, many years. Art had a long career football and field hockey teams. Fla., where they live in an over-55 in sports psychology. As associate We are both connected to the U.S. community called the Plantation. director of Center for the Study of field hockey team and the USOC, Finally, congratulations to those Sport in Society at Northeastern and we sit on the U.S. Field Hockey celebrating their 50th wedding University, he was instrumental Foundation Board of Trustees. We anniversaries in 2019: Gail and in developing and implementing are already beginning planning for Mark Clachko, Pam and Bill nationwide programs that molded the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Rappolt, Sallie and Dave Cross, youth and college and professional In addition, I am vice president Sherry and Larry Morris, Marcia athletes to become model citizens for investments for my national and Mike Greenberger, Estelle as well as scholar-athletes. Art fraternity, Delta Upsilon. I see Bill and Frank Rumpeltin, and Shelly loved everything about sports and Messick ’68 often and run across and Stan Carroll. Please let me was an outstanding youth coach, classmates Nick Azzolina and Jim know if your 50th is approaching so I avid baseball card collector, and Burns at Leopard basketball games. can mention it in a future column. Bill Rappolt ’67 sings in a passionate fan. Art and his wife I sing in our 135-voice church choir, 135-voice church choir. of 53 years, Ann-Louise, lived in and Pam is a deacon. At Christmas Correspondent: Henry D. Ryder Easton. They attended East Hills we have seven concerts, all sold out. 30 McClelland Ave. Moravian Church, where Art We still live on our small farm in Pitman, NJ 08071-1059 taught Sunday school. In addition Pennsylvania, which keeps us busy, [email protected] to Ann-Louise, Art is survived by although I have surrendered to my their daughter, Bronwen McCrea, age and ‘experience’ and given up and her husband, Scott, their son, training and showing horses. Two Mike, and grandchildren Dylan bad falls have convinced me. Pam and Sydney McCrea. will be in her last year of teaching 1968 We send our condolences to the this year (she says).” Lloyd D. Levenson, chief families of Paul and Art. Dave Scholes retired from executive officer of Cooper Diane and Nick Azzolina sold his position as vice president of Levenson Law Firm in Atlantic their Easton home of 40 years manufacturing for Olin Corp. in City, N.J., was honored Oct. 3, and downsized to an apartment 2011. Shortly thereafter, he and 2019, at Borgata Hotel Casino and in Bethlehem Township. Their his wife, Linda, relocated from Spa for his support of a multitude older son, Nick, is a Ph.D. Tennessee to Austin, Texas. Dave of community and philanthropic hydrogeologist and environmental has two children: Jon, president of activities. In addition to being engineer in North Dakota. Their Downtown Seattle Association, CEO, Lloyd is chairman of the younger son, Vince, is CFO for a and Gretchen, who is in sales and casino and gaming law practice trucking company in Pittsburgh. marketing in Macomb, Mich. Their group as well as the government Having recently celebrated their four grandchildren—two each in services and cannabis groups. 47th wedding anniversary, they are Seattle and Macomb—are second Lloyd has served on boards planning to do more traveling, and fourth graders. Dave mentors including American Heart including visiting their four high school students, who will be Association of Southern New grandchildren in Green Bay and the first in their families to attend Jersey, United Way of Atlantic Pittsburgh. They spent a week in college (as he was) at Breakthrough County, New Jersey State Opera Dave Scholes ’67 and his wife are Jamaica in late January, then drove Austin. He and Linda also enjoy Board of Directors, Southern New taking some history and literature to Florida (presumably not from attending classes at University of Jersey Development Council, and classes in their retirement. Jamaica) to stay with friends, also Texas and catching up on some of Law Enforcement Against Drugs. making stops in North Carolina, the history and literature he missed Among the many awards Lloyd has South Carolina, and Georgia for as an engineering major. After received are United Way Volunteer reunions with Army officers from running lots of marathons in his of the Year, Boys & Girls Club the 8th Cavalry. In September, younger days, Dave has become an Volunteer Champion, Atlantic City they took a Viking ocean cruise to avid hiker in retirement and walked Rotary Club Beacon Award, and China and Okinawa. They connect the Camino de Santiago in 2014, the Spirit of Hospitality Award. with Barbara and Jim Burns from Portuguese Camino in 2015, Camino In 2010 Stockton University time to time in Philadelphia and Primitivo in 2016, Via Francigena in established Lloyd D. Levenson

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Institute of Gaming, Hospitality Convention in Atlantic City. He is planning to return for our 50th & Tourism, providing a forum for also protested the Vietnam War reunion. public policy discussions in the at Lafayette, and in legal practice Bob Neal writes, “I am retired gaming, hospitality, and tourism mentored young attorneys. Neil but continue to serve as a substitute industries. also worked to ensure the legacy of teacher at the Kentucky School for Lloyd is married to the former Hope Springs Farm, a day program the Blind here in Louisville. This Lianne Croll, an attorney and created by Neil and his wife, is my third year doing this ... My adjunct professor at Stockton State Nina, to benefit their daughter wife, Camille, is doing writing these University. The couple resides in and other adults with intellectual days. We have our 50th (!) reunion Margate City, N.J. The Levensons and developmental disabilities next June, and my wife has a 40th Bob Neal ’70 is retired but have four adult children. and autism. Hope Springs Farm reunion at her alma mater. We are still subsitute teaches at the Neil J. Rovner of Harrisburg, provides participants with the hoping to make both of ours.” Kentucky School for the Blind. Pa., died July 18, 2019. Neil came experience of tending organic After a series of careers over to Lafayette from Margate, crops and caring for animals. 49 years, Heinz Roye has finally N.J., where he graduated from Besides Nina, Neil is survived by retired. “My first career in the 20 Atlantic City High School. Neil three children, a granddaughter, a years after Lafayette graduation had resided in Harrisburg since brother, and a sister. Condolences was an Army infantry/special 1975 and was a partner in the law and/or memories may be shared forces officer. This was followed by firm of Angino & Rovner for 38 at BitnerCares.com. Donations a project manager/senior research years. His practice specialized in may be made in Neil’s memory to scientist position at DOE’s Pacific plaintiffs’ personal injury cases hopespringsfarm.org. Northwest National Laboratory, including medical malpractice and a tour as a program director for product liability matters. Correspondent: Howard S. Rednor Lockheed Martin at CDC, and, In his youth Neil worked along 8 Taylor Way for the past 12 years, working as the beach and developed his Washington Crossing, PA 18977-1046 a management consultant for progressive values and work ethic. [email protected] CRC Technologies, primarily At Lafayette he made the dean’s on nuclear liquid waste cleanup list, graduated cum laude, and activities at DOE’s Hanford and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Savannah River sites. The result Neil also was active in Little of 250 military parachute jumps Theatre, participating in five 1969 are finally taking their toll and productions. He continued a love Correspondent: Open slowing us down a bit. Time in of Shakespeare his entire life. the future will involve tending While serving in the Peace Corps our large garden and orchard, in Saipan, Micronesia, he directed volunteer activities, and long road an off-Broadway production of trips across country with my wife, The Fantasticks. 1970 Carol, to visit extended family and Upon returning from the Peace This may be the last chance to friends. I look forward to the 2020 Corps, Neil earned a masters in plan ahead for our 50th reunion in Lafayette Reunion and celebrating education from Temple, then a June (5-7) 2020. Please consider our 50-year wedding anniversary J.D. from Temple University Law coming back, seeing friends, with my bride, whom I met while School at night while teaching and contacting those you would at Lafayette.” high school during the day. He especially like to get together with. George and Susan Valentine George Valentine ’70 was admitted to the Pennsylvania Dave Choate writes that he is are enjoying their new stunning and his wife recently adopted a Bar in 1975 and clerked for the working for Colliers International apartment on Lake Shore Drive Kooikerhondj from Hon. Glenn E. Mercer on the where he applies his more than in Chicago. The have a new the Netherlands. Pennsylvania Commonwealth 35 years of commercial real estate furbaby, a Kooikerhondj, from Court, an appellate court. experience in New Hampshire, the Netherlands originally, which During his 38 years of law Maine, and Massachusetts. He helps to replace the void left by practice Neil was recognized by has been managing partner of the deaths of their King Charles Best Lawyers in America for 20 the office in Portsmouth since spaniels. George is still active in consecutive years. In 2013 he was 1991. He is responsible for all teaching at a local parochial school. named a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by aspects of the company’s activities, They enjoy traveling, especially National Trial Lawyers. In 2014 Neil including brokerage, new business river cruises. was selected by his peers as Lawyer generation, and consultations. Todd Wiley writes: “I had a of the Year in the Harrisburg area Rob Harold is living in fun cross-country road trip in by Best Lawyers. Michigan in a restored and March helping a friend drive Neil participated in the vigil winter-proofed home. He remains from the East Coast to Olympia, protesting the exclusion of African active in a variety of cultural Wash.—the kind of road trip you Americans from the Mississippi affairs, including music and art, fantasize about doing when you’re Delegation to the 1964 Democratic and is enjoying retirement. He 17, but then realize you’re doing

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it at 71! I flew from WA to PA to at UVA and one at Iowa State Ellicottville, N.Y. This is a multi- meet my friend. We got chased out University. After postgraduate day gathering of owners of H-D of PA early due to an impending studies, Richard took a job at motorcycles who ride through the snowstorm and headed south 3M as a product development wilds of southwestern New York. toward Route 66, enjoying great chemist, technical director, and Don logged over 600 miles with his scenery through the Shenandoahs, head of 3M’s European R&D in fiancée on his back. Don continues Nashville, Memphis, the Ozarks, Brussels, spending 25 years at 3M to play golf once a week but remains Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, in St. Paul, Minn., and Europe. a bogie player when he is not Flagstaff (again chased by snow so Thereafter, Richard became running Boulder Consultants, his we had to skip Sedona), a layover head of R&D for Imation, a 3M civil engineering business. Don Ehre ‘71 is treasurer of in Paso Robles for wine tasting, spin-off in the magnetic recording Fran Minotto and Kathie Enchanted Mountains HOG before heading up through Big business. Richard and Lucy have celebrated their 21st anniversary (Harley Owners Group). Rally in Ellicottville, N.Y. Sur and on toward the Pacific retired to Virginia, where Richard Oct. 3, visiting the Canadian Northwest. Along the way I got continues his fly-fishing hobby side of Niagara Falls, where they to visit family in PA, Austin, and and pursues his interest in travel, honeymooned. Son Aaron Feather San Antonio (caught my niece’s heading to Christmas Island in the and his wife, Jazelle, are expecting performance as Maria in the Pacific this fall. their first child in December, Sound of Music national tour), had Don Davis retired, for the Fran’s fifth grandchild. Kathie more than a few terrible motel second time, in July 2019 as senior plans to retire from the Borough of breakfasts, but also some incredible VP for global corporate services Pottstown after 40 years. Italian dinners in Cookeville, Tenn., at VISA in San Francisco after 19 John C. Howard, a lifelong and Paso Robles. Really a fun trip. years. Don’s duties included real Lehigh Valley resident, passed Maybe 71 isn’t too old for a road estate and facilities, security and away in March 2019. John was trip after all.” safety, aviation, corporate travel, an economics major, avid Eagles Tom Wolf writes: “Just returned and events. Before working for and Phillies fan, history and from a week of incredible father- VISA, Don worked 28 years as a geography aficionado, and movie daughter (Anne) heli-skiing at federal law enforcement postal and Jeopardy buff. John also was the Bugaboos in B.C. Our son inspector in Chicago, Washington, a fitness enthusiast and raised (Dan) is advancing in corporate D.C., and San Francisco. While a money for Race for Hope, a 5K race development at Medtronics in postal inspector, Don served as a dedicated to finding a cure for brain Minneapolis, and Erica and I will supervisor for the Unabomber task tumors. John co-founded Howard escape Scottsdale, Arizona, when force that arrested Ted Kaczynski. Construction with his brother it hits 105 and spend our summer Don is married to Mary Cleveland, David and the first Lehigh Valley in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. We and they have three sons and five video store, The Video Station. plan to cruise the Baltic to St. grandchildren. Don plans on getting Named Builder of the Year in Petersburg in July 2019.” his handicap down to the low teens 1996 and 2009, John was an active while he teaches a course in the member of Lehigh Valley Builders Tom Wolf ’70 went father-daugter Correspondent: Dr. Michael H. LeWitt justice studies department at San Association and served as its heli-skiing the Bugaboos 1128 Cymry Drive Jose State. president and vice president. mountain range in B.C. Berwyn, PA 19312-2042 Roger Weinreb, having recovered Mike McClintock 610-647-0744 from his second rotator cuff surgery, ([email protected]), chair of 610-993-0288 fax is back playing 3.5 tennis, living the Classes Committee, is seeking [email protected] in Satellite Beach, Fla., with his help and input into planning for 4.5 tennis-playing wife, Didi, and our 50th reunion. five dogs. Roger also does dragon Arthur H. Goldsmith won boating (DB) and competed in the the consolation round of the DB Nationals in Colorado in August Boca Raton Polo Club Men’s 70s 1971 2019. His daughter Kate lives in & Over Tournament in February Richard G. and his wife Lucy Manchester-By-Sea, Mass., with her 2019 and earned the Maine Tennis C. Weiss have endowed a daughters Amelia, 8, and Adeline, 5. Association’s Male Participation professorship in the natural Daughter Jill resides in Marblehead, Award in May. sciences, funding a position in the Maine, with daughter Quinn, 7. Barbara and Joseph Rallo are chemistry department. Richard Roger’s engaged son, Max, is serving entering their second year of completed his last two years at in the U.S. Coast Guard in So. retirement in Texas. They took a Lafayette as a commuting student, Portland, Maine. Son Ben, a sergeant 17-day Smithsonian land tour in having been a transfer. Afterward, in the U.S. Army, is stationed in Ft. May to Eastern Europe, followed Richard went on to graduate Benning, Ga., and served a nine- by several weeks in the south of school at University of Virginia month tour in Afghanistan. France where Barbara has returned under the mentorship of Russell Don Ehre is treasurer of for 20 years to paint. Joseph Grimes. 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Correspondent: Frank T. Julia Jr. and who could forget that the faculty become a member of the board 20403 Sawgrass Drive decided it was OK for students to of directors of McLean Citizens Montgomery Village have women guests in the dorms Association and of McLean Gaithersburg, MD 20886-4599 (probably a necessity before women Revitalization Corp. [email protected] could become students). After 43 years in the ministry, On to current news: Zirlin was most of them at First Presbyterian among a contingent of ’73 grads Church of Woodbury Heights, N.J., who honored Prof. Bob Weiner Re v. John Shedwick has retired. at his retirement ceremony last He and wife Dotty have moved to 1973 May. Others included Larry Fast, the Baltimore area, heeding John’s Continuing to recall some of our Peter Newman, Rich Mayer, own advice to his parishioners to “golden year” milestones: Fifty and George Kaplan. As for retire close to their kids. “We’ve years ago this fall, we all arrived Zirlin: “Most of my career was found a church we really like and on campus and began figuring out with Rockwell International, and will be having the chance to keep class schedules, roommates, and I am now working with a former my ministerial skills sharp as I assist how to navigate the College. Some colleague of mine who runs a in various ways.” of us might fondly recall the Dick company based in Eugene, Ore. Jack McGowan retired in 2016 Haines ’60 welcoming speech as I live in the D.C. area and work from his business law practice in director of admissions. We learned remotely. “ Somerset County, N.J. A widower Class of ’73 members at Prof. Bob Weiner’s retirement about our vital statistics (505 Dan Becker, M.D., still lives at for the past 17 years, Jack has two ceremony in May. students in what turned out to be and fishes the waters of Montauk, young adult sons. John graduated the last all-male class), average SAT Long Island, although he’s stopped from Tufts in 2018 and is a graduate scores, and the number of varsity solo ocean sailing. He continues to student in physics at McGill letters between us (770!). He also practice medicine, psychiatry, and University. Andrew graduated from had fun with names: our class had child psychiatry around the U.S. Bowdoin this year and this past no Cooks (at least by name), but at hospitals in need, most recently summer was in a UCLA program compensated by having a “grub- in Brooklyn and soon in the that included an internship in man” (AKA Stan Grubman, Virgin Islands. He plans to finish the entertainment industry. Jack retired in Florida last I heard). the year traveling to Montana, provided a strong role model to And a promising baseball player Wyoming, Cuba, and Costa Rica, encourage his sons’ educations: He named Canfield, who Dick hoped where he’ll exercise his thespian completed a master’s in political would live up to his last name. skills, one of his other interests science at Brown University, then a Fast forward: Brian Canfield did dating back to our college years. JD-MBA at Rutgers, and an LL.M. play pro ball for a few years after “I have been asked to perform a (in taxation) at NYU Law School. graduating. Since then he’s retired show I have done for many years, On a final sad note, Jeff from a banking career and is still A Christmas Carol.” Not one to stay Salzman passed away June 17 from living near Troy, Pa. “I and am very still, he writes, “Motorcycles still complications from a stroke. After blessed to be healthy and enjoying are my thing, and it may be time college, Jeff pursued a master’s in life. I stay busy with church, for a long trip nationally, maybe electrical engineering at Tufts, then volunteer work, grandkids, golf, even internationally on one.” He’s moved to Santa Monica, Calif., hunting, cutting firewood, and thankful to have been able to stay to work at an aerospace company watching former teammate Joe in touch with Prof. Weiner and a for a few years. He went back Maddon ’76 and his Cubbies on number of fellow students. to UCLA for an MBA and then television.” This past summer, Rick Beltram worked at Hewlett-Packard for Some of the other memories was appointed to the SE Advisory many years, and then for Oracle. from that time: Rich Mayer Council for the College, one of He had just recently retired. Stan remembers schlepping his four such councils charged with Tro u t, one of Jeff’s lifelong friends, belongings up several floors of admissions, financial aid, alumni remembers Jeff’s old Chevy as an South College on a hot, humid relations, and supporting the career undergrad. It was stolen once, and day—and having “no further center. The overall objective is to Jeff was profoundly disappointed contact with my family until move Lafayette from a regional that the Easton Police recovered Thanksgiving (Things have draw to a national draw. it. However, he was able to sell changed!).” And our first semester Scott Spitzer and wife Toby it before graduation because his was the final one before the welcome moved recently from NYC to parents bought him an MGB-GT termination of Saturday classes. McLean, Va. His solo law practice as a graduation present. “I can (“Lots of coffee was in order,” in Washington, D.C., is focused remember his huge grin as he writes Bob Zirlin.) There were on software licensing, IT services, drove the new car around campus. precursors of things to come in the and commercial legal work for Eventually love triumphed: Jeff spring, among them the October entrepreneurs, small growth sold the car when he finished grad moratorium protesting the war in companies, and other technology- school and moved to California to Vietnam, The Beatles’ Abbey Road, focused clients. He also has marry his wife, Nancy.” McGowan

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veterans as a trainer. Committee of the Society For 10-degree weather, a 6-ton tree in Also in his second year of Advancing Business Editing and our neighbor’s yard snapped off and retirement, Timothy Lillie has Writing (SABEW), the world’s traveled across the property line two grandchildren, twins Lillie largest professional organization to perform a karate chop on our and Logan Alverson of Meridian, for financial journalists ... I was house. Luckily it hit the chimney Idaho. He’s trying to visit there a past president of SABEW and first, which sacrificed itself and every month or six weeks, with a was elected at the SABEW annual split down to the foundation, but long-term hope of moving there. conference at Arizona State stopped the tree from seriously He’s also doing a little traveling and University’s Cronkite School penetrating the roof. My wife would love to revisit Ireland. of Journalism in May. I am also had just returned home from the celebrating the 20th anniversary university and luckily was not Correspondent: Arthur H. Goldsmith year for Pacific Coast Business Times, injured. We spent the next three 4 Melvin Terrace the weekly business journal for months being greeted by different Denmark, ME 04022-5457 the Central Coast of California contractors arriving before 7 a.m. 207-452-2569 that I founded in 2000. I split my each morning seven days a week. 207-452-2568 fax time between the PCBT offices Luckily, the civil engineering 617-721-7210 cell in downtown Santa Barbara and firm was able to convince the [email protected] Denver, where I am supporting building inspector that the house several initiatives under the was still inhabitable and not too Colorado Media Project umbrella. severely compromised. We’re still On a more personal note, my dog negotiating with the insurance Henry Dubroff ’72 is Pica, an adorable 50-pound husky company; repair costs are beyond celebrating the 20th 1972 anniversary for the weekly mix, will turn 15 in November.” what we paid for the house.” business journal he founded. Alan W. McFarland: “I moved Ladimer Nagurney: “In the Thomas Panepinto: “I am still to D.C. for grad school after beginning of the summer, Anna working. Our fourth grandchild, graduation. I earned my Ph.D. in and I went to three conferences in a baby boy, recently arrived. Each clinical psychology, got married Europe: Dublin, Ireland; Kalamata, of our daughters has a girl and a in ’82, had a son, Taylor, in ’85, Greece; and Metz, France. Since boy, and they are all like a year and got divorced in ’97. I started we had weekends off between apart. Recently had a closing in full-time private practice in ’84 conferences, we spent a few days in Phillipsburg, N.J., and the other after eight years in a community London, Vienna/Munich/Stuttgart, lawyer brought some J Dogs. Boy, mental health center and am still in and, finally, Paris. We totaled eight did that bring back memories. private practice in Springfield, Va., cities in six countries in three They just don’t make hot dogs like in Fairfax County. I work four days weeks. On Aug. 1, we attended that anymore! I also have a son a week and take about two months the welcome event for the Class who has been married two years. a year off, mostly for sailing and of ’23 hosted by Bill Wagner ’89, Lots of aches and pains as the years scuba diving. My son and his wife CEO of LogMeIn, at its offices advance, but my wife and I enjoy have my only grandchild, 9-month- in Boston’s Seaport District ... ballroom dancing, Go figure!” old Maren Rose who happily lives Putting my fund manager hat on, Frank Julia: All is well with your only a few miles away.” it was great to see the Class of ’72 correspondent. Never did get to Dr. Michael Scott Greevy, Scholarship fund as one of the take that trip I mentioned last issue age 68, of Mechanicsburg, passed 340 endowments created during to Myrtle Beach in June. But we are away April 25, 2019, at Carolyn’s Lafayette’s capital campaign. Just a going to Vermont in late September Ladimer Nagurney ’72 House Hospice Residence. reminder that all donations to the to see the leaves change. We visited saw six countries in three Michael completed his master’s fund are welcome, and hopefully Burlington a couple of years ago weeks including Ireland, and doctorate degrees in clinical our scholarship can begin to be and vowed to go back one fall. 2019 Greece, and France. psychology at Ohio University. In awarded by our 50th. I would also will be it. My wife has some former 1992, he was a founding partner like to thank our classmates who work buddies up there (she retired of Commonwealth Affiliates in created their own endowment in April) so they promise to show Harrisburg. Surviving are his wife, funds during the campaign. Just us some good spots, though I think Melissa Greevy; two sons, Shawn a reminder, many of us will be almost anyplace that time of year Greevy and Scott Greevy and crossing the threshold of having will work. I also want some more wife Megan; a daughter, Heather to make mandatory distributions Ben & Jerry’s. Contact me through Sciford; and grandchildren AJ, Eli, of our IRAs and other retirement an email, carrier pigeon, snail mail, Isaiah, and Olivia Sciford. accounts within the next year or pony express, thrown rock, but let Douglas Fox’s brother, Philip so. As you plan, remember a direct your fellow Leopards know what is Fox ’63, passed away April 13, 2019. donation to Lafayette from the going on in your lives. If you haven’t We all express our sympathy to account trustee bypasses taxation sent in an update in a while, do it Doug. on the distribution. now. Hope your fall and winter are Henry Dubroff: “I was elected “The spring semester was a blur. great. Go Pards. chair of the First Amendment On Feb. 25, during a microburst in

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was in California at the time of and Jacksonville. Next year, Dirk and community development Jeff’s funeral in Newport Beach. hopes to travel to Ecuador. training. The Leadership Center Nancy gave an eloquent eulogy Congratulations are in order for is a two-year residential school for describing their 40-plus-year Nathan Harbur. On April 13, 2019, post high school young women marriage. “The thing that stayed he was honored by Johnson County who cannot afford university. with me from the numerous Kansas Bar Foundation with its Lafayette students were hard eulogies, and speaking with people Legacy Award “for his ceaseless working, loving, and caring as they who knew him in California, efforts to fulfill the mission of the developed lasting relationships was how Jeff enriched the lives foundation and as an ambassador with young Honduran women. of people who knew him,” Jack for the legal community.” In writes. “Jeff was funny, humble, addition, Nate has spent over 20 Correspondent: Carol Pescatore Harpster very smart, and a great friend years promoting organ donations 6 Wayland Dr. for almost 50 years. He certainly through Gift of Life, a nonprofit he Verona, NJ 07044-2329 enriched my life.” founded with his wife, Kim, after [email protected] Nathan Harbur ’74 was honored their son received a pediatric liver with a Legacy Award from Correspondent: Chris Wain transplant in 1996. the Johnson County Kansas 11875 SW Belmont Terrace Salvator Ali now resides in Bar Foundation. Beaverton, OR 97008-6327 Galveston, Texas, where he is a 503-641-0553 Realtor. With his Coast Guard 1976 [email protected] background and being a 20-year Mike Kadjeski reports that he has licensed captain, residing on an had both knees and hips replaced, island is a natural environment for back surgery, and a neck fusion and Sal. In the fall, Sal and wife Pam has been retired since January 2017. are planning to celebrate their He and his wife, Louise Weikel 1974 45th anniversary in London and ’77, will be vacationing in Europe Ann Huntington Barnett Scotland. Sal reports that he and with his Soles Hall roommate Bob continues her world travels. In his wife are enjoying son Brian and O’Brien and his wife, Linda. They March she toured Southeast Asia, daughter-in-law Tory’s baby girl, will be cruising on the Danube visiting Hong Kong, Thailand, Riley, as they watch her grow. River from Passau, Germany, to Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos. She Blake McMorris retired from Budapest, Hungary, with stops in also traveled to London where she insurance after 36 years to pursue Linz, Melk, Vienna, and Bratislava. saw Hamilton. In the fall Ann plans his passion as a diversity and He and Louise also will be to take the Queen Mary from New inclusion consultant. He is chairman visiting Paris for the first time in York City up the East Coast into the of the advisory board of African October. Bob and Linda reside in St. Lawrence River to Quebec City Community Center (ACC), a Henderson, Nev. Mike and Louise and back. In December she plans nonprofit in Las Vegas for Ethiopian still live in Mechanicsburg, Pa. to board the Queen Mary bound for Community Development Council. In July, Larry Malone and his Southampton on her way to London. ACC was created in 2003 and is wife hosted a Chi Phi “Gather When not traveling, Ann splits her charged with resetting refugees from Brothers” mini-reunion at their time between Martha’s Vineyard and all over the world. home in Clinton, Conn. Those in New Providence, N.J. When in New attendance included Steve Bull, Jersey, she enjoys quarterly lunches Correspondent: Edward K. DeHope Nick Makris, Larry Malone, with Becky Bown Thomas and 75 Fairwood Rd. Bob Curley, Steve Hill, and Art Linda Arra. Madison, NJ 07940-1460 Knapp. The Hills traveled from Ralph “Dirk” Durstein III 973-377-7338 their Arizona home, while Bob has retired from the Department [email protected] came in from California. of Justice in Delaware, where June Sweetser has been busy

Larry Malone ’76 and his he served as deputy attorney promoting her novel, Avie No More wife hosted a Chi Phi “Gather general in the Environmental Unit (which has a large section based on Brothers” mini-reunion at their for some 40 years. He worked 1975 Lafayette experiences), speaking home in Clinton, Conn. Other on regulations implementing at book clubs, and working on new ’76 brothers in attendance in- amendments to Delaware’s Coastal Daniel Moore enjoyed writing projects. She recently met cluded Steve Bull, Nick Makris, Zone Act up to his retirement in participating with another fellow author Doug Walsh ‘97 and Larry Malone. October. He writes, “I left the Lafayette Alternative Spring at the Wine 3/9 Happy Hour in Jersey Shore 44 years ago to go Break team earlier this year. A Seattle and discovered they both to law school, and after getting dozen students and two faculty grew up in Edison, N.J. a career out of the way, time to learning partners joined he Barry Field died Feb. 24, pick up where I left off.” Upon and Chris at The Leadership 2019, after a lengthy battle with retirement, Dirk planned to head Center in rural Honduras. The Parkinson’s disease and cancer. to the Outer Banks and then to focus there is on empowering He and husband Kurt Weidman travel to Pinehurst, Hilton Head, young women with education were together 29 years before

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being married in 2017. Born in in February and took a European in 1983. That same year, Betsy Providence, a son of the late Paul river cruise in June. Their boys earned an M.S. from Columbia and Hannah “Joy” (Goldberg) are doing well. Dane is a private where Phil was also a graduate. She Field, he had lived in Saunderstown pilot on his way to getting his has worked as a physical therapist for 20 years after living in Boston. commercial license. Roy is looking and earned two comprehensive Barry started his law career in the for a permanent teaching job in certifications in Pilates. Betsy has entertainment industry, working fine art and lives with Dane in the been mostly teaching Pilates since for Motown and Polygram Records Boston area. Jess is back in the tree 2011 and also is an educator for in LA, prior to establishing his own business full time. Boat sailing, Polestar Pilates, which is rehab and practice in Boston. Most recently, repair, design, and construction still studio based. The Thomases moved he was a partner with his brothers continue to occupy his hobby time to Dallas for Phil’s position at in two Gold’s Gym franchises. He in retirement, together with reading University of Texas, Southwestern, was a GLAD board president for 11 classic books, getting outdoors, and where he is associate professor in years and DNC trustee. hiking as time permits. the Department of Physiology. Paula Jane Beitler passed Robert Barron and wife Renee They have raised two sons who are away May 7, 2019. Paula grew have moved to Aurora, Ill. He retired both serving in the military. Older up in Allentown. She taught in September after 14 years at Lurie son Bennett is a Naval Academy Betsy Bodi Thomas ’78 has Sunday School, participated in Children’s Hospital in Chicago. graduate stationed at Camp been teaching Pilates since 2011 youth group, sang in church and He and Renee have their first Pendleton. In May he was married and is an educator for Polestar school choirs, and marched in grandchild. to Caitlin Horsley, an OR nurse, Pilates, a rehab and studio-based the Dieruff color guard. A math Susan James recently retired in Denver. Weston, the younger fitnness center. graduate, Paula was awarded a from Bayliss Public Library in Sault son, is an Army sergeant serving in Rackham Fellowship at University Ste. Marie, Mich., after 20 years. In Hohenfels, Germany. of Michigan where she earned an addition, she received the Volunteer After a battle with cancer, Dr. M.S. and Ph.D. in biostatistics. of the Year Award from United Joe Bolil sold his private dental She began her professional Way of Eastern Upper Pennsylvania practice in Nokesville, Va. (45 miles career as a biostatistician for for the time she devoted to the outside the D.C. metro area), and Ortho Pharmaceutical where she Chippewa County Historical moved to Omaha, Neb., where advanced and ultimately became Society, Soo Film Festival, and Relay he is an assistant professor at a senior director in charge of for Life. Following retirement, she Creighton University School of anti-infectives such as Leviquin. moved to Arizona. Dentistry. After his Lafayette years, After nine years in research and Chauncey Browning and Joe graduated from Georgetown development at J&J, Paula moved wife Judy welcomed their first University School of Dentistry to a post-marketing position grandchild, Chauncey Browning V, and met wife Janine, a George Susan James ’77 received the at Parke-Davis. Here she spent in April 2019. Mom Brittany and Mason ’84 grad who works as a Volunteer of the Year Award from the United Way. another nine years supporting dad Chauncey IV are both doing home stager and organizer. Joe and marketed drugs, most notably well. Chauncey is still retired but Janine have much to celebrate: their Lipitor, then retired in 2000. spending time working at daughter 30-year anniversary in December; In 1997 she married James J. Racheal’s restaurant in Virginia the November wedding of their Stiscia Jr. and moved to Garner, Beach. It’s named “May’s Parlor” oldest son, who lives in Richmond; N.C. In retirement Paula was after her grandmother. Further, their daughter, who just completed devoted to her cats, photography, Chauncey ran his first full marathon a master’s degree and works and gardening, especially at her in March and is training for a trail as a school speech therapist in Tennessee hay farm. marathon in October and then an Baltimore; and their youngest son, a Apologies to David Fitzgerald, ultra marathon in December. high school senior. whose name was clipped in the Joe notes that Creighton summer column. He can be Correspondent: Michael Margello colleague Dr. Mark Latta is dean reached at [email protected]. 1575 Rising Way of the Dental School and has done Mountainside, NJ 07092-1600 a excellent job leading the school Correspondent: Susan Krieger Harris 908-317-5440 to build a state-of-the-art dental [email protected] [email protected] facility that opened in August Correspondent: Betsy Huston Fadem 2018. Mark has been at Creighton [email protected] since 1995 heading up research for most of his time. He earned his dental degree at Penn School of 1978 Dental Medicine and his master’s My fellow Texan Betsy Bodi in oral biology from University of 1977 Thomas and husband Phil have Maryland Baltimore College of Guy Gabrielson and Allison ’80 lived in Dallas since 1993. They Dental Surgery. He also spent one have been traveling a great deal met in New York City through a year in hospital general practice this last year. They went to Hawaii Lafayette connection and married residency at York Hospital in York, Pa.

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Rich Colbourne sends his daughters. Over the years Anne and Challenge, a remarkable event that greetings from Jericho, Vt., where Andy have stayed in touch with has been going on for 40 years now. he lives with wife Sandi, a Vermont Louise Wallendorf, Mary Kirk It is essentially a 192-mile bike-a- native whom he met 39 years ago Laidlaw, Marc Lubin, Bob Macri thon across Massachusetts to raise when he moved to the Green and Glen Honcharik, as well as money for the Dana Farber Cancer Mountain State. Rich has been Alison Roedler-King ’80 and Fred Institute. This is the largest two-day retired from IBM for a few years Daniele ‘80. fundraiser in the U.S. (raising over after working for 36 years in the Did you know that we have a $60 million this year for cancer company’s microelectronics line music celebrity in our class? Bill treatment and research). The effort of business in various engineering Naydan retired in 2016 after a was a far cry from my days running and management positions. Rich 34-year career as a high school XC and track at Lafayette. I was and Sandi enjoy golfing, biking, and college choir director. He supported by my wife, Dorian, and pickleball, hiking, and find time taught at Central Bucks West for my daughters, Hannah (Boston to have lots of fun with their nine years and then at Hatboro- Univ. 2022) and Carly (Georgetown young granddaughters, Hazel (5) Horsham High School for 25 2020), who are looking to join me and Mollie (3), who live in nearby years. From 1992 to 2000, Bill on the ride next year!” Waterbury. The Colbournes have was director of choral activities Tod Mesirow wrote in: “After two grown daughters: Jess and her at Lafayette. In 2009, Bill was years in television running shows husband, George, are the parents of inducted into the Pennsylvania like Mythbusters, Monster Garage Bill Naydan ’78 retired after a two girls; and daughter Allie and her Music Educators Hall of Fame. He and Joe Rogan Questions Everything, 34-year career as a high school husband, Kyp, live in Amherst, N.Y. spent eight years at Chestnut Hill I finished a documentary with and college choir director. Rich and Sandi have been escaping College, and now Bill is starting a friend of mine, and it’s now the Northeast winters and will be in his second year as director of running nationwide on public Hilton Head this winter. choirs at Arcadia University. He television stations, distributed I was delighted to receive a lives in Montgomeryville, Pa., by American Public Television. message from Anne Goetz Baltz with wife Catena. Their son, Bill, We have a website with a while she was on a weekend is a math teacher who is married 30-second trailer and description getaway in Cape May with and blessed the Naydans with a (wildponiesfilm.com) and of Lafayette roommate Alison granddaughter, Olivia (2). Their course, a Facebook page. The film Roedler-King ’80. In fall 1974 in daughter, Mary, is a fourth-year tells the story of the pony swim calculus class, Anne met Diane Ph.D. student at Princeton. Bill with a focus on a young teenager Ramus and Andy Baltz. Anne says that “being a grandpop is the named Sabrina and her journey. As and Andy have been married for 37 best!” as he and Catena look after sometimes happens in the making years, and Diane was their maid of Olivia during the week. of film or television, people reveal honor. Since graduation the Baltzes It was great to hear from Bob things that surprise you along the have lived and worked in the New Baer: “All is good in the Baer way. We folded Sabrina’s revelation York area while raising two sons, household. Cooper, 27, will achieve into the film in what viewers have now 33 and 30 years old. Anne his Ph.D. in September from felt is a positive way. Thanks for retired in 2015 after 30-plus years Boston University in microbiology. any help finding an audience for with Citigroup. Andy is also retired Davis is a songwriter/musician our film.” from a career in banking (real finishing up a digital media and Class of ’78, I am honored to estate finance) and now consults design degree at UConn. Lily share your stories. Please keep them part time. They split their time just graduated from Tulane in coming! between an apartment in Brooklyn neuroscience, and hopefully and a home in Sea Cliff, N.Y. The will be on her way to Tulane Correspondent: Carol Coffey Tarsa Baltzes enjoy traveling, gardening, med school next year to study 4401 Vail Divide and volunteering. Anne added news psychiatry. Youngest Henry is at Austin, TX 78738 about her friends: Dr. Diane Ramus Ohio Wesleyan studying computer [email protected] is a retired doctor who lives in Lee, science. I continue to work on N.H. She has two grown sons and finance/development of two eco- recently visited Anne in Brooklyn; focused resort projects in Costa Anne and Camille Caddle Borrelli Rica and some conservation work were in the same freshman dorm in the Baja. I enjoy helping the 1979 and both grew up on Long Island, Tau chapter of Zeta Psi get re- Many thanks to Tom Feehan for N.Y, which quickly bonded them established on campus. They will being our class correspondent for as friends. Camille worked for be doing their philanthropic work 25 years! He has graciously passed Hewlett Packard for over 30 years with Joe Maddon’s ’76 Hazleton the torch to me and is sighing in and soon will be starting a new job Integration project, www.Hip1.org.” relief right now! with Lockheed Martin. She lives Dan Glickenhaus posted We had a great turnout for in Rockville, Md., with husband this update: “On the weekend of our 40th reunion—close to 150 Joe, and they have two grown August 3-4, I rode in the Pan Mass people with about 75 classmates

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plus spouses/significant others in as a science writer and editor. open to Class of ’79 and spouses. attendance! Classmates came from The Lafayette College Please join if you haven’t already! Canada and 15 states. Thank you to Vallamont Rho Fantasy Football We have about 100 members. the many reunion-year donors who League celebrated its 32nd season made the dedicated room possible. with its golf outing/draft night in Correspondent: Barbara B. Kalavik For those of you who couldn’t NYC this August. Representing [email protected] make reunion: We missed you! the Class of ’79 were Dermot Correspondent: Barbara L. Siegel Hope to see everyone at our 45th! Murphy, Scott McKinnon, Cam [email protected] Prior to Reunion, Gary Myers, Rich Weiss, and Mitch Wegman hosted a fabulous Winter. “Pre-Pardy” for the class at his Nancy Stewart McCarthy vineyard in Reading, Pa. Several of became a grandmother this year! our classmates participated in the Forty years and four jobs later, 1980 annual Maroon Club golf outing. Jeff Schor reports he is retiring! Rob Goldstein is approaching 30 Kudos to Catherine Hanlon for He and his wife, Pat Winkler years with Citigroup and has been getting quite a few women golfers Schor ’82, plan on spending just named vice chairman, North to participate—she was rewarded summers in New Jersey and winters America FIG Corporate Banking. for her efforts by winning in Florida. In addition, he recently was named straightest drive, longest drive Mary Maldonato Phillips a trustee on the board of CUNY (women), and the overall kitty! is enjoying entrepreneurship Graduate Center Foundation. Rob She also enjoyed beautiful scenery after working for Fortune 100 remains very active recruiting and while riding her Harley through companies. She owns Pets Pets hiring young Leopards at Citigroup the Smokey Mountains in May. Pets in Califon, N.J. and at last count had hired more Catherine also visited Louis and I Tom Feehan is in a new than 20 in the last five years. In Bonnie Butler ’79 directed in Utah in both January and April position as senior project doing so he has worked closely with the Rutgers Summer Abroad to enjoy skiing. In June, Catherine, manager with Dominion Voting John Murray and Stuart Dickson. Program this year, which included her mom, myself, and about 30 Systems of Denver, Colo. Tom is Rob is still close to Ken Miller and a trip to Machu Picchu. others from my ski club visited implementing a new statewide Phil Abramsky ’77. Ireland. voting system for Georgia and will Debbie Cosgrove Bradley lives Art Caldarola’s son is a high be commuting between Atlanta in Stockton, N.J., with her husband, school senior and was visiting and his home in Hyattsville, Md., John. Her two children have begun Lafayette and a few other schools until about November 2020. their own life adventures with Cara in the Lehigh Valley—not Lehigh! Laura Roberts and husband serving as a Midshipman Second David Cunningham and his Dennis sold their Pennsylvania Class at the Naval Academy. Her wife, Mary Silverthorn, live in house and moved to Cape May, son, Ian, is a business major at Afton, Va., in a unique eco-home N.J., full time. If you visit Cape Marquette. Debbie is an attorney that they designed and built. May, Laura would love to see and lobbyist for NJ Principals David is a CFP and tax accountant you! Laura owns Right Angle and Supervisors Association and also devotes much time to Research, a company that advocating for public education Rockwell Valley Community mentors doctoral students who and her association’s membership. Center, which he and Mary are pursuing their Ed.D., and was She recently connected with founded. They have a long history recently appointed director of old roomie Ginger Raspiller of community service, and both statistical quality assurance at Swanberg in the New Hope area of David’s adult children are also Informing Science Institute. and in Portland, Maine, where active in charities. I moved to Utah about three Ginger and her husband, Ken, live. Bonnie Butler was in Peru this years ago and love being in the Charlie and Melissa Daniel summer directing the Rutgers mountains every day, enjoying made it to their seventh continent Summer Abroad program, skiing, snow-shoeing, hiking, this past January with a voyage including a trip to Machu Picchu. biking, and camping. I work part to Antarctica. They made seven They spent the night on an island time at a ski resort and volunteer landings by zodiac (sort of a pontoon Charlie and Melissa in Lake Titicaca with amazing with National Ability Center, boat) on the Antarctic Peninsula and Daniel ’80 were able to visit views of the starry night sky. which provides adaptive sports the nearby South Shetland Islands. several penguin rookeries on Barbara Felter Liptak has opportunities for people with a They also were able to visit several their trip to Anarctica, their joined Pacira BioSciences Inc. as wide range of disabilities. We also penguin rookeries and saw the most seventh continent visited. associate director, medical writing. enjoy some mini-reunions with beautiful sunset they had ever seen Mary “Molly” Moon has added fellow Utah Pards Debbie Dixon, in the Lemaire Channel. Charlie Junior, a Belgian Warmblood sport Lisa Kassel, and Mitch Winter. writes, “As it happens, the sun set in horse, to her farm in Bucks County, We’d be happy to expand our mini- the middle of the channel, at first Pa. Junior is adding dressage to his reunions to any Pards visiting Utah! turning the cliffs to either side of other skills. Mary is expanding her Also, a closed/private group on us yellow, then progressing through scientific skill set with a new career Facebook, LafCol Class of ’79, is shades of orange, and ending blood

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red. The entire panorama of ice on and Dan has retired from Ernst and counsel for the state of Georgia the cliffs and sea ice in front of us Young, so they alternate between for Stewart Title Guaranty Co. became one unforgettable view of homes in New Jersey and Florida. Before this role, he operated his ‘ice on fire.’” I was so happy to attend the own real estate law practice. Amy is Ruthanne Boylan and Donna wedding of Kerry ’79 and Susan still with The Coca-Cola Co. (now Richmond Selden were enjoying Whitten Conners’ daughter 37 years and counting) consulting sunset and cocktails at Spray Beach Caroline at Lake George, N.Y., on beverage operations for many Yacht Club in Beach Haven, and in late May. Pards in attendance national customers in travel/ who should they run into but included Tom Cannon ’79, transportation and health care. Their Gene Thaw ’74. Along with their Bob Doherty, Scott and Anne children are Emily, 33, a former brand husbands, Brendan and Chuck, they Woodward Laird ’81, Daryl Beth marketing director at Spanx, who is soon learned that Gene was the Ganss, and Susan Cassin Wilson. now a fashion and lifestyle blogger originator of the famous car-beating The wedding was held at the Inn at (follow her at bornonfifth.com), “Frustration Night” led by the Erlowest, and the vision of the bride and Jacob, a teacher at Collegiate brothers of DU. Gene filled them and groom saying their vows, with School in NYC. Both are married, in on some of the details. “The the sunshine on the lake behind and Emily is mom to their 3-year-old first victim was claimed in 1973. It them, was just breathtaking. granddaughter and lives close by in was a straight 6 white Impala with On Nov. 14, 2018, Dave Hansen Atlanta. red interior, three on the tree, no received a kidney transplant and Christopher Esse completed radio, and no A/C.” Gene’s only fortunately has been doing very a four-album rock opera called regret was that the tires he had well in recovery. His new kidney Resonance. The second album was set recently purchased for $50 were started functioning right away. The to release in September. All proceeds destroyed along with the rest! DU’s most amazing part of the story, will go to his charitable gift fund. Frustration Night had a long run, though, is that Gina was his kidney Visit resonancemusic.com. lasting throughout our college donor. They think this is a Lafayette Anne Crocket wrote to report: career. I remember watching from first, and I think they’re probably “It has been a bit since I posted the parking lot, looking up at the right! Gina and Dave spent most anything, so here it is: First, I spectators on the fire escape and of this summer close to home or changed my name and gender. thinking, “At least I’m not THAT with her sister, Denise ’81, and Otherwise, my consulting firm, crazy!” Ruthanne and Donna’s next her husband, Mike, at their home Crocket Engineering, LLC, keeps adventure is scheduled for later in Boiling Springs, Pa. Gina and me pretty busy. My present projects this fall, when they’ll be visiting Dave commend the transplant are two substation projects for Kathy Bertolino and her husband, team at Saint Barnabas Hospital in the Village of Morrisville and a Rebecca Price Janney ’80 Richard, in their new home at Livingston, N.J., and New Jersey long-range study for the Town won two national Golden Lewis Lake in the Poconos. Sharing Network, which does life- of Stowe Electric Department. I Scroll awards from the This August, Rebecca Price saving work for recipients, donors, have recently completed a number Advanced Writers and Janney won two national Golden and their families. of interconnection studies for Speakers Association. Scroll awards. These awards are After 20 years on Wall Street, large solar farms. My real passion, given annually by Advanced Writers Catherine Guinee moved to however, is fencing. I returned to and Speakers Association. The third Charleston, S.C., in 2009. She has fencing in 2004 after a 20-year book in Rebecca’s Easton series, happily spent the last 11 years as hiatus. It very quickly started to Easton at the Crossroads, took first a stay-at-home mom to her three consume my time. I am still fencing place in Historical Novels, and young children. She lives in a time on a local and national level and Morning Glory, the first book in her warp. Her friends from school have had some very good results. Morning in America series, took are retiring while her youngest is In addition, I have been coaching second place in the same category. starting kindergarten, and she is the University of Vermont team, Rebecca does a weekly podcast, relaunching her career. and we have won two national Inspiring Stories from American championships in women’s epee. History, and is the author of 22 Correspondent: Susan Sheehan Lee But what totally consumes my published books. Her ancestor 1209 Wisteria Drive time is refereeing. As I continued Colonel Peter Kichline was a Malvern, PA 19355-9736 to develop, I rose to the top of the Anne Crocket ’81 Revolutionary War hero and serves [email protected] national referee cadre and became picked up fencing again as inspiration for her Easton series. an international referee also. I after a 20-year break. Dan and Barb Lan Kaplan am also the proud parent of two wrote to announce the birth of wonderful ladies, Brooke and Elsa. their grandson, Finn Davis, born Brooke is a practicing chiropractor to daughter Jessica and son-in-law 1981 in Montpelier, Vt., and has a 2-year- Kevin Moffitt in August. Finn joins Jeffrey and Amy Levine Samuels old daughter and a 7-month-old son. cousin Leni in bringing much joy to are living in the Atlanta area and Elsa is 24 and finishing her master’s the extended Kaplan family. Barb celebrating 38 years of marriage. in linguistics at the University of is now a retired Spanish teacher, Jeffrey is the state underwriting Stirling in Scotland.”

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Correspondent: Laura Isken Doyle Correspondent: Robert J. Meindl Jr. made a very interesting visit to the 703-255-1570 3 Nolan Farm Road DMZ, or the demilitarized zone, [email protected] Wayland, MA 01778-3140 between North and South Korea, 508-358-3393 which is actually quite heavily [email protected] militarized!” Her middle son has a degree in chemistry from Hamilton College, and her youngest son is in 1982 the Army Reserves with a combat Eddie Sax is living on Oahu support hospital in Utica, N.Y. with his wife, Charlotte, and 1983 Diane recently got together with their daughter Shira. Their We hope you are all doing well. her old roommate, Kathy Ronca. other daughter, Ariel, is a recent Be sure to share your news if you Kathy and her husband, Marc journalism major who graduated attended Homecoming or the Dahling, live outside NYC. Eddie Sax ’82 accompanied his from University of Oregon. Lafayette-Lehigh game this past J.B. Reilly received the daughter to the Emmy Awards She won an Emmy Award for a fall. We’d love to hear from you! Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 where she won an Emmy for documentary she produced and Nancy and I got together for Greater Philadelphia Award. a documentary she produced directed. Eddie accompanied Lafayette College Night at Yankee Sadly, we have news to share and directed. her to Seattle for the awards Stadium Aug. 2. We had a great about the passing of two of our ceremony. For the last seven years, time with my daughter, Katie classmates. Eddie and Charlotte have owned Weeks ’16, and a crew of friends Beth Tengdin Jones ’82 shared and operated a visitor market and family. that Susan C. Gieser Esq. passed attraction called Chief’s Luau. His Ellen Poriles Weiler is chair July 20 after a long battle with business partner is a High Samoan of Council of Lafayette Women bladder cancer. Beth wrote, “I met Chief. Eddie simply tries to make (CLW). Her message to our class: Sue her freshman year when she sure there are customers. He says “Save the date of March 28, 2020, became the choir accompanist. We anyone who is in Oahu should look for the next CLW conference titled became roommates the following him up. ‘50 Years of Lafayette Women: Hear year and never looked back—two Jon Tirpak is a new ValueSelling Us Roar!’” She and her husband, female engineers navigating the associate based in South Carolina. Kurt, are now empty nesters, as son technical world together. I was With more than a decade Karr just started his freshman year lucky enough she could take time of experience utilizing the at Skidmore College. away from her law school studies ValueSelling framework, Jon’s Linda Boland, professor of back in 1987 to be the maid of client roster includes government biology, assumed a new role July 1 honor at my wedding in California. agencies such as the U.S. Air as founding director of a faculty She medically retired last October Force, U.S. Army, the Defense development center at University when her health really started to Logistics Agency as well as of Richmond. Her research is go down. She was fortunate that manufacturers and suppliers such in molecular physiology and she lived to see her mother’s 90th as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, neuroscience, and her teaching birthday this year.” Northrop Grumman, Rolls Royce, includes courses in these areas Stuart Roth shared that his wife, Honeywell, and General Electric. plus bioethics and integrated Janet Bombe, passed following Renae Schneck Tesauro quantitative sciences. Linda serves a long struggle with early onset P’12 is happily living in Vero as her university’s faculty athletics Alzheimer’s disease. “Jan fought Beach, Fla., with her husband, representative to the NCAA and hard for more than a decade, but Jay. Renae continues to manage A-10 conference. Linda and her finally lost her battle in May 2019, her communications firm, RCB husband, Jeff Wing, have lived and just a few weeks shy of our 35th Communications, and remains worked in Richmond, Va., for the wedding anniversary. (We were active in the Lafayette community. past 15 years. Their oldest daughter married in Colton Chapel.) Jan She is thrilled to chair the 2020 graduated from University of was a wonderful wife and mother, Council of Lafayette Women Richmond and has been working and she enjoyed a fulfilling career Conference, “50 Years of Lafayette as a teacher with Teach for America in education as both teacher and Women: Hear Us Roar!” Saturday, in Tulsa, Okla. Their youngest administrator. Jan’s courage as March 28. Alumnae are encouraged daughter is entering her senior year Alzheimer’s slowly wiped away her to save the date for the fun- at Texas Christian University. Linda identity and ability will never be filled event, which will feature says she is excited to see Lafayette’s forgotten. Words cannot convey inspirational speakers on a variety investment in integrated sciences! how much we miss her.” of thought-provoking topics. Diane Watson-Langan has lived Our deepest condolences go out in Manlius, N.Y., for about 23 years. to the families and friends of Sue She recently returned from a two- and Jan. week trip to Indonesia and Korea, where she visited her oldest son, a helicopter pilot in the Army. “We

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Correspondent: comedy at everything he did and with him.” The photo FJ pulled Ann Marie DeProspo Weeks attended.” John recounted how out is one of him, Rob and Kirk at 16 University Ave. cool Rob’s McKeen Hall basement Homecoming in the early 1990s. Hamilton, NY 13346-1320 dorm room was, complete with Sigma Nu brother Mike 315-824-1230 parachute-type ceiling and furry Ippolito noted that Rob’s “height [email protected] rabbit skin digital clock radio. hardly did justice to his larger- Correspondent: Nancy Telliho That’s an image! than-life persona, shaped by his 60 Riverside Drive, 12B John paid tribute to his indefatigable energy, booming New York, NY 10024 classmate, Sigma Nu brother, voice, thunderous laugh, and 212-579-5448 and friend by remembering many engaging curiosity.” Mike also [email protected] sacred and personal moments echoed John in that Rob “always that spanned McKeen, Sigma Nu, seemed to make an impactful formals, pub nights, and weddings. connection with everyone he met.” “[Rob’s] heart [was] so much larger Mike credits Rob for his focus than [his] 6-foot 5-inch frame and on an economics degree, setting 1984 appendages even [allowed] for.” him on his professional journey. Dan Tuck ’64 thanks the ’84 John closed his note with a photo Additionally, Rob and his ever- women of Sigma Kappa who and a treasured memory from his present lacrosse stick and ball assisted him at the last reunion and own wedding. You can hear the were part of a shared athleticism “saved the day.” He looks forward to laughter as Rob, Mike Ippolito, and series of life lessons that he seeing everyone at the 2024 reunion. John, Kirk Effinger, and Gino imbued on people. While Mike A.D. Singh is very involved as Cara ‘86 drove over to Palmer Park played baseball, he recollected a restaurateur, having returned Mall, all spruced out in suits, for that an important lesson “learned home to India. After receiving his the free 8x10 photo shoot. Rob from Rob … was the level of joy A.D. Singh ’84 is a electrical engineering degree, he also put a good suit to use, spinning he experienced in everything he restaurateur, having launched successfully introduced westernized John’s wife, Kathy, “on the dance did athletically.” Mike’s “personal 15 restaurant brands dining concepts through a company floor in Travolta-esque style as only revelation [was] that the level of throughout the country. he founded 20 years ago, Olive. He [he] would and could do.” joy [experienced] in the things is married with two young children, Rob’s fellow lacrosse player, John that we do is directly correlated Zoe and Zen. He is looking forward “FJ” Floyd-Jones, shared that he to the success we achieve in to coming back for the 40th reunion. and Rob remained close over the those pursuits.” Rob’s clever years and talked often. The common yet hackneyed sports idioms, Correspondent: Glenn C. Slavin, Esq. theme that keeps resurfacing is that such as “Teamwork makes the Slavin & Morse, LLC there was always an adventure and dream work, Mike” accompanied 234 Main St. laughter as part of the equation, no Rob’s enthusiasm and life lesson Woodbridge, NJ 07095 matter where or when, involving teachings. 732-726-3307 Rob. Similar to John, FJ’s story about Mike’s last shared moment [email protected] Rob goes back to his wedding to with Rob included his children, Jamie Galliker Floyd-Jones ’86. then rising high schoolers, during Rob, as a member of their wedding Reunion 2010. Years had passed party, behaved as expected. Dancing. since graduation, and Rob picked Music. “And as per usual Rob was up where he probably left off, 1985 just being Rob.” What was missing? literally and figuratively, by racing “Everyone knew Rob and A conga line. As FJ described it, toward Mike, swooping him up, remembered Rob Constable if many fellow Leopards joined in, as and booming his name. Reunion they met him,” said John Garland, well as older people (which he now Saturday morning found Rob who shared that sentiment when equates to our age). Conga lines and carrying the Class of 1985 flag, Sigma Nu fraternity brothers and weddings go together. The conga line reminiscing about Lafayette, and lacrosse players were asked to share that snakes through the kitchen at one would suspect getting up to stories and memories about Rob a your reception? “He must have led some mischief. Mike’s kids “refer few days after he lost a battle with them all around the entire kitchen to that Reunion as the time they cancer Aug. 28. “There are very because the line disappeared for spent with their dad’s friend few people in my lifetime I have quite some time, and when Rob Cosmo.” Mike pulled this memory met with that charisma and lasting emerged from the kitchen he was together and realized it’s “the literal impression, and the amount of joy wearing a pot on his head. The place metaphor by which [he] will always he would generate every time he erupted.” FJ smiled as he typed this remember Rob Constable—his gift entered the room. His nickname story, even through the sadness and was his remarkable ability to elevate (he had many) was ‘Cosmo,’ loss. “He touched so many lives, the people around him and each of and in many ways like Seinfeld’s and we are all better having known us to a better version of ourselves.” Cosmo Kramer, [Rob] generated Cosmo. It always sounds cliché, Rob, “you leave us much too soon, the same laughter and physical but God truly broke the mold but your legacy lives on forever.”

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Rest in peace, Rob “Cosmo” Correspondent: Karen F. Bush at McKesson and Apple. Before Constable. To Rob’s wife, Tina, 1119 Leigh Mill Road leaving the Bay Area, where he and sons, Spencer and Tyler, the Great Falls, VA 22066-2202 taught at Berkeley and Stanford, Class of 1985 sends its sincerest 703-757-1884 he also launched People Analytics condolences. [email protected] Success, an advisory and executive coaching firm. Amit and Gauri are Correspondent: Sandy Kazinski now empty nesters with their son 444 E. 75th St., Apt. 9H Ishaan at Syracuse University and New York, NY 10021-3448 have decided to move to Boston [email protected] 1987 and live in the heart of the city. Elizabeth Holmes is still head of Amit leads talent strategy and infrastructure and content at Naval analytics at Wayfair, and Gauri has War College Library and living launched her life coaching practice in Barrington, R.I. Her daughter focused on women in finance. 1986 just started her sophomore year I’ve made significant progress on Love is in the air for some of at Franklin & Marshall College. my bucket list goal of getting to all Tim Hylan ’88 has made it to almost all 61 National Parks. our classmates! Rich Paynton Elizabeth sings with the choral (now) 61 National Parks. I hit six married Amy Siock Feb. 2, 2019. group Providence Singers. She and of them in Alaska with a trip there They are now officially The her daughter had a mother/daughter this summer, and so I have only five Paynton Bunch with six children vacation together in Scotland in the more to go! Some of the highlights who were the entire bridal party, summer. Elizabeth would love to in Alaska were seeing the bears at soloist for both the service and meet up with fellow alums. Katmai National Park and hitting first dance, as well as the ones Please note the change in my Gates of the Arctic above the Arctic who presented the wedding toast physical address. The new place circle. I was in Anchorage for July 4 and walked the bride down the has four fewer rooms and lacks for the record-breaking 90-degree aisle. There was a strong Lafayette the finished basement of my heat. I just celebrated 20 years at showing for the event, including former house. No, I have not Pfizer and recently re-connected Doreen Paynton (mother of the experienced a change in marital with Dave Warren ’86, one of my groom) W’52, P’86, GP’04’21; status. Rather, Ann, Henry, and roommates from sophomore year John (and Pat) Meier ’74; Pam I recently discovered that living who also works at Pfizer now in our Paynton ’81; Sally Moscatiello smaller makes us happy. After BT group. and Dave Little; Bill Bunting; the move I also concluded that Be sure to follow our class on Ed (and Pauline) Haraburda; the key to living smaller is closet Facebook with our Lafayette Bryan Bonuomo ’87, Tim and organization. I therefore convened College Class of 1988 group Rachel Nelson Moeller ’88, a family meeting at my new, smaller site where we have many active Stephen (and Megan) Bayer ’04, whiteboard to illustrate how the classmates sharing what’s new with and Katie Paynton ’21. principle of hypothetical syllogism them, including Mike Carson, Dave Warren and his fiancée, implies that closet organization Bruce Covahey, Rachel Nelson Lori Hutwagner, will be married in begets happiness. And so far, I still Moeller, and Beth Freebairn. We June 2020 in Audubon, Pa. Dave have not experienced a change in have over 150 of our classmates on lives in Eagleville, Pa., and works marital status. the group, so if you’ve not joined, as a director of sales and marketing be sure to do so! technology nearby at Pfizer Inc. Correspondent: Edward I. Ackerman Let me know how you’re doing, Ward Follette has finished 72 Putnam St., #B and I’ll include it in my next update! his career in Europe and traveled Needham, MA 02494-2225 Ward Follette ’86 traveled the through the Iberian region over a [email protected] Correspondent: Tim Hylan Iberian region in Europe and six-week period. He ate sea bass, 29 Red Spring Lane ate many unique ethinic dishes squid, and octopus to name just Glen Cove, NY 11542-1752 including squid. a few ethnic dishes and traveled [email protected] up to the Port region for some tasting. He went to Osborne in 1988 Spain to sample sherry. He is back Keith Costigan taught history in Bethlehem, Pa., part of the year, for 30 years in Pennsylvania and Virginia another part, and traveling recently semi-retired to Hawaii, 1989 and skiing the other parts. where he is now enjoying the island Justine Burt lives in the San What other news do you have to life and teaching British literature at Francisco Bay Area where she works share with your classmates? Send it a small private school. as an environmental sustainability in—let us all cheer on and support Amit Mohindra recently consultant. She just published a one another from the corners of moved back East after a seven- book about creating green jobs. The the globe. year sojourn in California Great Pivot: Creating Meaningful Work building people analytics teams to Build a Sustainable Future details

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30 projects for developing advanced her name outside the new Rockwell October 2019 with his wife, Tina, energy communities, low-carbon Integrated Sciences Center since she and their sons, Josh, 16, and Sam and mobility systems, a circular economy, was a chemistry and biology major. Zach, 13-year-old identical twins. a less wasteful food distribution The science center’s official opening Leanne Pike Treese shared that system, and restoring nature. To was at Homecoming this fall, so our Filles Vertes Publishing was releasing alums visiting the Bay Area, get in goal was to have the bench installed her debut novel, The Language of touch at [email protected]. by then. If you would like to donate, Divorce, Sept. 10, 2019. “Being a After consulting for the past any amount is greatly appreciated. writer has been a dream of mine since five years on government and Please call the development office I was 8 years old!” Leanne said. The private sector communications and at 610-330-5037 or email giving@ book centers on the marital struggles messaging, Laura J. Nadel recently lafayette.edu. of Hannah and Will Abbott and the became an embedded contractor question of whether their love can with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Correspondent: Andrew W. Kennedy survive their past. Kudos, Leanne! Office of Justice Programs (OJP). [email protected] Dr. Michael G. Wood was Her team develops instructor-led Correspondent: John Donovan recognized by Mountain View trainings and eLearnings for OJP [email protected] Hospital for quality care and grants management staff. Her patient satisfaction achievements. older son is Tulane University Class of 2022, and her younger Correspondent: Merri Lee Newby son participates in a high school 610-449-7351 home magnet program for building and 1990 215-429-4142 cell construction in Montgomery Correspondent: Matt Sinclair [email protected] County, Md., outside Washington, 146 Salter St. D.C. He is set to graduate in 2021. Springfield, NJ 07081 Andrew Novick is enjoying work/ 973-218-0736 life balance since he started his own [email protected] financial planning firm a few years 1992 ago. His son plans to attend East After over 15 years as in-house Carolina University next fall and counsel for two pharma companies major in construction management. (most recently at Catalent Pharma Andrew recently dined with Theta 1991 Solutions for almost a decade), Chi brother Bruce Bord. Dave Kruse is in Fairfax, Va., Al Bristow is returning to his Ellen Reinhardt Sicinski is doing emergency medicine and risk prior law firm, Morgan, Lewis & home in Ridgefield, Conn., but management for Alteon Health. Bockius in Princeton, N.J. He she is downsizing/simplifying to a His oldest daughter, Bailey, started will be focusing on life sciences new townhouse nearby since her college this fall. “It was a real toss- transactions and emerging growth older daughter is in Washington, up for her between Lafayette and businesses in the pharmaceutical D.C., after recently graduating Virginia Tech, but the home state and biotech space. from Tulane, and her younger won out,” he said. “Still hoping for Al and his wife of 23 years, Betsy, daughter, who will be a senior at one of my two remaining kids to have established roots in Cherry Belmont University, plans to remain become a Pard.” Hill, N.J., where they live with their in Nashville to pursue a career Surely some of us must have youngest daughter, Katie, 14, having in music. She is working less and kids who have chosen to gather by sent their two older kids, Maddie, spending the summer at her house the twilight’s glow in front of Old 20, and Nate, 18, off to college. He on Cape Cod where she recently Pardee! Write and let me know if remains in contact with many Pards. got together with Fred Brown, your kids are attending Lafayette! Mike Winograd joined Brown who was on the Cape vacationing. Brian Hartstein celebrated Rudnick LLP as partner in the Kristin Woycik Yohannan turning 50 in May with Kevin New York office. He will continue Moore passed away in May after a Cardinal, Lee Kaplan, and Chris to focus on commercial, securities, Brian Hartstein ’91 celebrated brave battle against cancer. Kristin Nolan by traveling from their bankruptcy, and other complex turning 50 with fellow Pards at was passionate about everything separate parts of the country to New civil litigation. New Orleans Jazz Festival. she did. She was a successful patent Orleans Jazz Festival. “We spent four Robert Peck joined Barclays attorney and a wonderful mother amazing days down there and had a Bank from Credit Suisse in June to her two children and four step blast enjoying great music, food, and to be the chairman of internet children. Kristin loved the outdoors libations Lafayette-style,” he says. investment banking. and to ski, hike, and rock climb. Brian and Kevin were there exactly Have an update? Send it! Her energy was boundless and 25 years ago, and he added that it was her enthusiasm infectious. She great to be back and “to spend some Correspondent: Rachel Gordon Skrzypczak loved Lafayette and never missed a quality time together in an awesome 224 Central Ave. reunion. So, we thought it would be city for such an amazing event.” He Pleasantville, NY 10570-3719 appropriate to dedicate a bench in planned to be back on campus in [email protected]

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ClassNotes_Fall2019_R2.indd 106 11/4/19 12:13 PM CLASS NOTES 1993 1995 1996 Eileen Murray is a co-owner and Hello! Our 25th reunion (gulp!) will Kristine Zeigler is chief founder of New York Gridlock be held June 5-7, 2020, on College development officer at Ultimate, the first womxn’s Hill! Mark your calendar; it will be Conservation International, professional Ultimate Frisbee epic for sure. a nonprofit that works with team from the New York City Congrats to Kristin McGinn governments, businesses, and area. (The term womxn is used Mahoney, whose second book, communities to care for and to be inclusive of all women The 47 People You’ll Meet in Middle protect nature. Kristine provides and non-binary people. The School, was published in August. It overall direction and leadership team welcomes them as well as was reviewed in The New York Times for philanthropic strategy. On transgender and cisgender women and also got a starred review from the weekends she enjoys flying a to be players and volunteers.) It Publishers Weekly. Cessna Skylane. Kristine recently is a participating team in Premier Heather Martis Hilfiker published her first book of short Ultimate League. Its mission is to relaunched her career after taking stories, Cover This Country Like achieve competitive excellence on 17 years off to raise her three Snow, set before, during, and after the field and equity in the sport children. She writes: “I have been the water wars between the city by increasing accessibility to and working part time for the past year of Los Angeles and rural Owens visibility of womxn players. It as a data manager in the research Valley in the Eastern Sierra achieves this by providing high- department of an oncology center. Nevada Mountains. Husband Joe quality competition, leadership I love my job and am happy to McCrossen ’95 is CEO of their experiences, and community be using my biology background new publishing company, Pupfish partnerships. In addition, Eileen again.” Press, which seeks to build a and Joseph DiNapoli, both Laurie Abelson Dannison community of people from every assistant math professors at lives outside Boston with husband generation who want to use the Montclair State University, will lead Charles and three children, Eva power of the word to make the a team of researchers on a project (14), Ruth (12), and Ross (10). planet a better place for us all. funded by a four-year $1.7 million Laurie works as director of family Kristine and Joe live in Walnut National Science Foundation (NSF) engagement and development for Creek, Calif. Discovery Research Pre-K-12 grant. a charter school in her hometown Jessica Leas is senior director Each year, NSF awards a small of Norwell. She also works part for grant capacity development number of these grants to projects time for the Jewish Community at Conservation International that have the potential to transform Center as an outreach coordinator where she manages CI’s efforts to Jessica Leas ’96 recently the education system. for families with new babies. secure government funding and traveled to Kenya where she Brian Hutchison co-starred in Laurie continues to play tennis trains field teams on fundraising. supported the development the Tony Award-winning Broadway and recently captained a 40s-plus She recently traveled to the coast of a project in partnership with hit The Boys in the Band. He is mixed doubles team that made it of Kenya where she supported Kenya Wildlife Services. working on the film version. to the Nationals Championship development of a project in representing New England at partnership with Kenya Wildlife Correspondent: Stan G. Horowitz Orlando Tennis Campus. Services to better manage the 61 E. 86th St., Apt. 51 Laurie recently saw Francie Marine Protected Network. Jess New York, NY, 10028-1037 Mirabile ’94, Jenny Van Bramer lives in Washington, D.C. [email protected] Heffernan ’93, Matt Schapiro Tripti Thomas-Travers lives in ’96, and keeps in touch with many Newton, Mass., with her husband, Pards through social media. Laurie’s Jonathan, and their sons, Samir husband, Charles, works as a (14) and Arnav (12). Tripti re- national sales director for WNYC. cently started a new position on 1994 She adds: “Visit us if you are in the the Learning and Development Correspondent: Boston area!” team at Wayfair in Boston after Mara Weinstein Friedman several years at home bringing 15 Rainbow Ridge Drive Correspondent: Vicki Salemi up her children, volunteering in Livingston, NJ 07039-1126 c/o Lafayette College their schools and in her com- 973-994-1128 Pfenning Alumni Center munity, and consulting on a range [email protected] Easton, PA 18042 of communications projects for [email protected] nonprofits. She continues artistic pursuits including painting and Tripti Thomas-Travers ’96 has writing, most notably for her blog, a blog that aims to inspire a lifelong love of reading. ReadKidsRead.com, which aims to inspire a lifelong love of reading among kids of all ages. She travels

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to visit family as often as possible joins 5-year-old daughter Ramona Heritage Home Group, parent and recently joined her parents in and their dog, Fenway, in Hamden, company of Thomasville and India for a one-week road trip to Conn., where Melissa is associate Broyhill furniture. explore the palaces of Rajasthan. professor of psychology at Univer- Nick Groch reports that he Jennifer Riddle Harding lives sity of New Haven. and wife Courtney “welcomed in Washington, Pa., where she is their second little lady and future associate professor of English and Correspondent: Tarin Decembrino Cataldo Mars explorer Nov. 2, 2018, Beatrix director of the First-Year Seminar [email protected] O’Neill Groch.” Congratulations, program at Washington & Jef- Nick! ferson College. This past May, Jen took students on a two-week trip Correspondent: Paige Olek Ingelsby to Prague to study Czech litera- 69 Plymouth Drive ture and sites, a course inspired by 1999 Royersford, PA 19468 a one-semester Fulbright teach- Correspondent: Open [email protected] ing award in Prague in 2017. Jen is mother to two sons, Lincoln (15) and Wesley (13). She recently had the pleasure of hosting Ross Gay as a visiting speaker at her college. 2000 2002 He read from his latest collec- Amy Mussen recently completed Michael Levey and wife Palaka tions of poetry and essays and was a master’s degree in teaching at announce the birth of son Maverick enthusiastically received. University of Maryland, Baltimore Hudson Levey April 23, 2019. Jennifer Riddle Harding ’96 Audrey Twyman Langan County, and is now a certified Barret Diefenderfer received took students on a two-week recently started a new job as trade secondary technology education his MBA from Northwestern trip to Prague to study Czech compliance manager at Assas teacher. This is her sixth year University’s Kellogg School of literature and sites. Abloy Americas headquarters in teaching STEM at Gilman School Management. He feels lucky to New Haven, Conn. She is respon- in Baltimore. have had Reco Collins ’05 in the sible for the company’s import Carolyn Ryder and her partner, same cohort, and credits the skills and export compliance within the Rijad, welcomed daughter Nora of hard work, dedication, leader- Americas. She and her husband Joy Jan. 19, 2019. They live outside ship, and teamwork they developed and their two dogs enjoy living Oslo. while playing football together at near his family in West Hartford, I recently visited with Keri Lafayette to their mutual success. Conn. In March 2019 Audrey, Grunther Brady in New Jersey I am proud to have been selected Jessica Leas, Kristine Zeigler, over Labor Day weekend. as one of NJBIZ’s Forty Under and Jennifer Riddle Harding got 40, which honors young business together in Washington D.C., for Correspondent: Diane Pisseri Lindemann professionals across a wide range of a long weekend. Jen was a panel [email protected] industries in New Jersey. speaker at the Northeast Mod- ern Language Association annual Correspondent: Christine Socha Czapek convention. Audrey, Kristine, and 908-789-3071 Jessica went to cheer her on, and [email protected] then they all enjoyed exploring the 2001 National Mall. Steve Ryder and wife Jacque had a baby boy Nov. 26, 2018. Steve writes, Correspondent: Nancy Davis “His name is Everett, and he’s a 610-664-0503 happy, healthy guy. He’s a lot of fun 2003 and makes us laugh all the time.” Correspondent: Liza Lesser Schwager Robert Albergotti and wife [email protected] Cassie have three children, Granger (7), Libby (6), and Henry (3). They 1997 have lived in Charlotte, N.C., Correspondent: Eric S. Goll for the past 10 years with a brief [email protected] relocation in 2016 to open the 2004 AlixPartners office in Houston, It was great to see many of you at Texas. Rob is a managing director Reunion in June! It was so fun to at AlixPartners where he focuses be back on College Hill to catch up on working with distressed with classmates and see what’s new 1998 companies, typically taking interim on campus. We hope to see you all Melissa “Zeke” Whitson and management roles. For the past at the next one! husband Alex McBurney welcomed year Rob served as interim CEO Samantha Freeman Palo and their son, Alistair, March 7. He of a global furniture manufacturer, husband Todd Palo ’05 welcomed

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their first child, Brooke Elizabeth Correspondent: Lauren A. Steinitz Palo, April 11, 2019. 3789 Fillmore St., Apt. 3 Alex Karapetian and wife Leslie 2007 San Francisco, Calif., 94123-1230 welcomed their third son, Zachary There is a new Leopard in town! 206-459-0687 Michael Karapetian, June 11, 2019. Kara Boodakian Brown and [email protected] husband Striker welcomed a baby Correspondent: Jillian Dodge Ventresca girl, Finley Ann Brown, June 6, 2019. 841 Duchess Dr. The Browns reside in Newport, R.I. Yardley, PA 19067-4619 Fun fact: Striker went to the “other” 201-638-6219 Lafayette—University of Louisiana 2009 [email protected] at Lafayette. Reed Edwards recently started John Williams received his a job in client-side marketing as a Reed Edwards ’09 is a marketing Pennsylvania landscape architecture marketing director at Regis Corp. director helping to steward the license in May 2019. (based in NYC), helping steward Roosters Men’s Grooming Center the Roosters Men’s Groom- brand during expansion. 2005 Correspondent: Sara Davis Bowman ing Center brand as it expands Correspondent: [email protected] nationally. He’s also working on Catherine A. Hobby McBride special projects on other brands 973-769-0012 at Regis. Reed previously was on [email protected] the ad agency side of the industry at 72andSunny for five years. He is 2008 always happy to chat with young Meghan Muldowney graduated in alumni looking to find their way January 2019 with a master’s in fine in either industry if they have 2006 arts from the Fairfield University questions! Margaret Lapsanski was hon- Creative Writing program. Her con- ored with the Michael Brennan centration was fiction, and she is at Correspondent: Paul E. Sommers Courage Award by Boomer Esia- work on her first novel. She earned a 12 Duncan Rd. son Foundation for enduring her master,s degree in communications Sewell, NJ 08080-1724 battle with cystic fibrosis. Nov. 11, from Fairfield University in 2012. [email protected] 2019, will mark the 15th anniversary Amy Callan and Tommy of her lifesaving double lung trans- Hughes ’09 were engaged in July plant. Margaret was supported at 2019 while traveling in Colombia! the event by her husband, James Jim and Alison Callahan Carfora; her parents, Anne and welcomed their second child, 2010 Joseph Lapanski; her sister and Thomas Easton Callahan, this June. Christy Fic, archivist and special brother-in-law, Katie and David He joins big brother Jimmy, 3. collections librarian at Shippens- Pires; and Amanda Bochner Zack Hyde spent the past eight burg University, received tenure and McCloskey ’05, Carrier Frazier years working in Connecticut Gov. promotion to associate professor Hertan ’05, Ellen Tarves Veltri Dannel P. Malloy’s administration in May 2019. Her research has been ’05, John Veltri ’04, TJ Maglione and the last four years attending published in The American Archivist ’05, and Alexis Anastos ’05. University of Connecticut School and Journal of Tourism History. Joseph Oliver recently started of Law Evening Division. Zack Caitlin Lowery completed her his job at East Orange Veterans graduated from law school at the MSPH in international health at Affairs Hospital as a general same time Governor Malloy’s Johns Hopkins in 2016. She recently surgeon. He is assistant professor administration came to an end, and started the Ph.D. program in nutri- of surgery at Rutgers New Jersey he took the Connecticut Bar Exam tion at University of North Carolina Caitlin Lowery ’10 started a Ph.D. Medical School and also is site in February. Having recently been at Chapel Hill, focusing on nutrition program focusing on nutrition director at East Orange VA for admitted to the Connecticut Bar, policy for obesity prevention. She policy for obesity prevention. the Rutgers New Jersey Medical Zack accepted an associate attorney was selected for an NIH National School General Surgery Residency. position at Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, Research Service Award predoctoral P.C. where he practices in the areas traineeship in Global Cardiometa- Correspondent: Taren Weidaw of commercial lending and banking, bolic Disease Prevention. [email protected] general corporate counsel, public In March 2019, Marie Garofalo finance, and commercial litigation. started the next chapter of her Lauren Steinitz had a son, Kylan career with East West Bank as Luis Drigant, July 18, 2018. assistant vice president, HR com- Jennifer Namias Bienemann and munications. Located in Pasadena, husband Gregory welcomed their Calif., EWB is one of the largest second child, Robert Charles, April independent banks headquartered 14. He joins big sister Annie, who is 2. in California.

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Eric Marshall has been promot- licensed as a professional engineer by This May, Leopards reunited to ed to an engineering supervisory the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. celebrate the marriage of Tatiana position at the U.S. Army Combat Brent Hoagland is pursuing Logan and Kyvory Henderson ’12! Capabilities Development Com- a Ph.D. in sociology at Rutgers. The celebration was held near their mand Armaments Center, Picatinny After six years in the hedge fund home in Charlottesville, Va., where Arsenal, N.J. He leads a team of industry, he entered University Tatiana is the senior instructional nine engineers engaged in advanced of Chicago to hone his research designer at Teachstone Training. mechanical design, prototyping, interests and received an M.A. This past summer, Lara Lash was and analysis to support equipment in social sciences. He plans to at NASA Ames Research Center development and production. blend social network analysis in Silicon Valley for an internship and ethnography to investigate where she characterized shock wave Correspondent: Marie A. Garofalo topics in economic sociology, behavior on a 4% wind tunnel model [email protected] organizations, cognition, and of the Space Launch System rocket culture. using unsteady pressure-sensitive After first meeting on an interim paint and shadowgraph images. study abroad trip to New Zealand The SLS rocket is what’s going to in 2010, Ciara O’Sullivan and take us (the collective us) back to 2011 Alec Bernstein ‘11 were married the moon and Mars. Lara also had Abseen Anya and Dr. Faisal in Grafton, Vt., July 27, 2019. A the opportunity to have lots of fun Sohail will be getting married in pack of fellow Pards were spotted running around Northern California Toronto Jan. 18, 2020. Anya has on the dance floor, including all summer. She is back in Tennessee been working as an engineer- Emily Clark, Julia Welby, Anna to finish up her Ph.D. in aerospace ing consultant in Toronto, while Bono, Andrew Chun, Rethna engineering. Faisal moved to Australia last year Eddy, Amanda Levine, Allyson Dena Inqui and Evan to become assistant professor of Blackwell, Brian Carey ‘11, Blake Gooberman were married June economics at University of Mel- Rhood ‘11, Jon Martin ‘11, Mark 29, 2019. They had a delightful day bourne. They have been commit- Palframan ‘11, Martin Melendro in Lancaster, Pa., surrounded by ted in a long-distance relationship ‘11, Nafis Hasan ‘11, Wystan friends and family, including many since graduation and are thrilled Carswell ‘10, and Joe Goodwill fellow Pards. to be able to share their upcom- ‘04. Ciara and Alec are looking Karine Hageboutros earned ing special day with a number of forward to their honeymoon in her doctorate in clinical psychology alumni who will attend! Vietnam at the end of the year. from Widener University in May 2019. She pursued the Correspondent: Rebecca Musselman Correspondent: Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins neuropsychology track, health [email protected] 614-216-5301 cell psychology concentration, and Correspondent: Taaha M. Mohamedali [email protected] biofeedback certification. Dr. Mary [email protected] Lazar ’79 was her dissertation chair. Karine is moving to Phoenix, Ariz., for a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Barrow 2013 Neurological Institute. 2012 Jaclyn Freeman and AJ Miller ’11 Eliza Ricciardi and Billy were married March 30, 2019, in Leonard ’14 were married June In September, Tyler Bamford Manalapan, N.J. The wedding party 29, 2019. In attendance were over Tyler Bamford ’12 is serving received his Ph.D. in history from included Alison Dally, Kaleigh 50 alumni, including Billy’s father, a one-year fellowship at the Temple. He will serve a one- Ganter ’16, Olivia Van Wagner, Bill Leonard ’82, and friends National World War II Museum year research fellowship at the Julia Ward, Alex Bechta ’11, Casey Tony Fernandez, Bill and Kathy in New Orleans. National World War II Museum Ennis ’11, Robert Froio ’11, Adam McCartan, Kevin Rhodes, in New Orleans. McMahon ’11, and Corey Shea ’11. Marybeth Keener, and John In April Melissa Drennan Jaclyn and AJ live in Bridgewater, Priola. was admitted to practice law in N.J. New York, where she continues Paul Hadzewycz moved back Correspondent: Evan R. Gooberman to work as a business immigration to Washington, D.C,, at the 609-707-4827 cell associate at Kramer Levin Naftalis start of 2019 after spending two [email protected] & Frankel in Manhattan. This year, years working in Hong Kong. Melissa also became a mentor for In Washington, he works for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Securities Industry and Financial Hudson, and Union counties. Markets Association, where he 2014 Jared Piette earned an MBA is responsible for international from New York University Stern policy, sustainable finance, financial Lauren Steinbeck graduated with School of Business and became technology, and data privacy issues. her doctorate of psychology in

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clinical psychology from La Salle. is passionate about protecting She completed her pre-doctoral the health and safety of her internship at Intercommunity 2016 community and the environment. Action, Inc. in Philadelphia and is Kimberly Goddard married She is part of an engineering a clinical fellow at Massachusetts Ryan Dupuis April 6, 2019, in team that champions radiation General Hospital/Massachusetts Estes Park, Colo. Mac Jones safety while providing oversight General Hospital for Children and Hana Isihara ’17 were in to its nuclear work community. Lurie Center for Autism. the wedding party. The bride’s Sara is proud to bring well- Marissa Liebman is a captain in father, Bill Goddard ’89, walked rounded technical and strong the U.S. Army and just completed her down the aisle. Others in communication skills to her work a yearlong company command of attendance included Chris team thanks to the engineering 210 personnel who are scattered Jacoby ’07 (the bride’s cousin), education she received from across the entire Korean peninsula. Willem Ytsma, Peri Chain ’18, Lafayette. One of her primary focuses was Sean Gorman ’17, and Kirk decommissioning six sites across O’Riordan, associate professor of Correspondent: Taylor Corsi the country. In July, Marissa music. The couple had a great time [email protected] graduated airborne school and on celebrating with Lafayette friends! Aug. 5 become communications Will Sargent married Allison chief for 1-509th airborne infantry. Scoular ’15 May 11, 2019, in Chittenden, Vt. About 50 alumni 2019 Correspondent: Sophie E. Richards and students attended, strongly 901 Southerly Road, Unit 424 representing Greek life and the ski Hi! I hope postgraduate life is Towson, MD 21204 team. It was a great time bringing treating you well. It’s a bit surreal Marissa Liebman ’14 completed 609-385-3322 Lafayette friends back together that we’ve entered the “real a yearlong company command of [email protected] again for such a fun day! world” now and aren’t all gathered 210 personnel scattered across together on our breath-taking the entire Korean peninsula. Correspondent: Ashley R. Ellis campus. Adjusting to a daily 2084 Drake Court routine in which you don’t see Mahwah, NJ 07430 dozens of smiling, familiar faces 2015 201-956-0706 everywhere you go can be difficult. Benjamin Zajic joined University It solidifies the fact that the of Nevada athletics as assistant community we were part of during swim coach. our four years at Lafayette was Josh Dodick-Sperber has been truly one of a kind. living in State College, Pa., and 2017 For this reason, I am excited to working with WHVL for a year Having graduated with a B.S. in introduce you to the Class Notes as a contributing reporter on Blue civil engineering and a minor section of Lafayette magazine. White Tailgate and host of Blue in history, James Onorevole It is dedicated to sharing your White Pulse, in-season and off- returned to Lafayette as a part- accomplishments and notable life season shows covering Penn State time student to complete a B.A. experiences with the Lafayette football. He recently was named with a major in history while community. It’s an easy way for us color commentator for Lock Haven employed as a civil engineer. He to all remain connected and keyed football on radio station WQBR. graduated in January 2019. in to what is going on in each Stephen Hodge married Jaime Blackmon has been other’s lives. You can submit your Hayley Ettelson in Palos Verdes, getting into breakbeat and drum- class notes through LeopardLink Calif. Hayley is a therapist for and-bass recently. or by emailing me. foster care children. They enjoy scuba diving and traveling. Correspondent: Megan C. Reiling Correspondent: Louise M. Olson Groomsmen were Eric Tilson, [email protected] 14 Burton Road Micheal Rockman, Sam Kapner, Larchmont, NY 10538-3302 and Leikune Aragaw. Guests 914-433-8838 included Djordje Rakic, Monica [email protected] Wentz ’16, Sarah Pavlini ’17, David Woods, Lauren Hansen, and Ashley Goreshnik ’17. 2018 Correspondent: Elizabeth Miller Sara Mikovic has begun her 2128 Green Mountain Drive career as a radiological engineer at Sara Mikovic ‘18 is an engineer East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 General Dynamics Electric Boat, for General Dynamics Electric 507-269-4616 the primary builder of nuclear Boat, the primary builder of [email protected] submarines for the U.S. Navy. She nuclear submarines for the Navy.

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