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would be an oral vaccine avail- Muhlfeld ’57, Art Ferris, Bob able. I had to pull the car over to Borofski ’52, Lon Haines ’52, the side of the road because we Dan Murphy, Dick Doyne, were crying with joy. We sat and Dick Gabriel, Tom Schaefer just hugged each other. So many ’53, Paul Fedeles ’53, Walt Pullar LEHIGH DISPATCH lives and the life of our little girl ’52, Herbie Weiss ’52, Jack would be saved. Bergman ’52, Jim Cross, Bill Editor’s note: Welcome to Lehigh Dispatch, where you can find “These days I don’t go out, Henderson ’52, Carl Gordon, out what your fellow alums are up to. Thanks to our dedicated and only see the people who Donald “Tiny” Berndt, Jim correspondents for the work you do to keep our extended come to take care of me. So, I Oswalt ’52, Joe Valeriano, Lehigh community together. Please send Class Notes to your think I will be fine. Like every- Walt Trillhasse ’53, Bob Kau- thing in life, if it’s not one thing lius, Bob Orlemann ’52, Bill class correspondent, or, if unsure the class to which the news it’s another, and all anyone can Ciaravino and Pete Ginesi ’52. applies, send to [email protected]. do is to do your best and take Coaches were Leckonby, Whit- care of yourself the best you ton, Cooley and Dockham. can. It doesn’t pay to worry. A visit to the Roger S. Pen- Dawn MacAllis- to school. When I was in first or This too shall pass.” ske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of ter ’85 and Tom second grade, I lined up for the I would like to thank this Fame website (lehighsports. ’43 MacAllister ’43, first diphtheria shot, and when Greatest Generation for the com/honors/rogers-penske- (540) 424-9436 (H); bunpanic@ I was about 15, I had the first strength, guidance and perspec- lehigh-athletics-hall-of-fame) yahoo.com round of tetanus vaccine. There tive they can offer by having is rewarding. There you will find When sitting down to write for was no polio vaccine, and each lived through extreme difficul- listings of our two-star half- this Bulletin, words of advice September we would hold our ties, the likes of which we will backs, Dick Gabriel and Dick from my dad, Tom MacAllis- breath and hope no one would never know. Thanks, Dad. Doyne, lineman Bill Ciaravino ter, are forefront in my mind come back to school with some and coach Bill Leckonby. as we fight the COVID-19 virus sort of paralysis or maybe not Dick MacAdams, “Dick Gabriel burst onto and adjust to the changes to show up at all. It was really good 7066 Edinburgh the football scene at Lehigh our lives. When I talked to to see our friends alive each fall. ’46 Drive, Lambert- with a 97-yard touchdown run Dad, I complained about the We all just went on and hoped ville, MI 48144. (734) 856-1097 against Franklin & Marshall in shortages of paper goods and we didn’t get sick and die. (H); [email protected] his first varsity appearance as cleaning products at the store, “When I was in Burma during a sophomore in the 1948 sea- unemployment, my disappoint- World War II, we had plague. We Dick Allen, son-opener.” (Still the longest ment that I couldn’t travel to also had rickettsia (a bacteria 15010 Shell Point in school history.) Gabe piled Connecticut for Easter and my that causes typhus). Some sol- ’51Blvd., Fort Myers, one record on another through- concern about getting sick as diers who weren’t with our unit FL 33908. (239) 482-5755 (H); out his career and received I had developed a respiratory needed shelter, but didn’t have [email protected] many accolades for his stellar virus that was not COVID-19 a place to sleep, so they made Let’s celebrate! This is the 70th performances. but put me at potential high a bed of reeds by the river. The anniversary of our undefeat- Dick Doyne was a potent risk. I grew up knowing of my health people came a few weeks ed 1950 football team. To set rusher himself (110.4 yards rush- parent’s hardships, but some- later and wanted to know where the mood while typing, I’m ing per game in 1950). He played times in my life I forget these they had been as they developed listening to the Lehigh Victory defense too. These were years of lessons. Over the course of a few typhus. And it was right there, March. The whole 1950 season limited substation. Doyne said conversations in response to my and we didn’t even know it. We is described in our Epitome, during his induction interview, lamenting, Dad re-told me some had awful disease in the tropics which devoted a full page to “None of us ever spoke about stories, and I thought I would that you don’t even want to each of the nine games. There going undefeated. Even after we share them with you. know about. As in every war, are action shots, newspaper beat a great Dartmouth team, “During the Depression we if the fighting doesn’t kill you, headlines, and pictures of our we just kept going, one game at were able to trade apples for disease just might. players and coaches. The scores a time, and it wasn’t really until chickens, and we had a garden “And during the war, I didn’t were: Lehigh 21-Delaware 0; the Lafayette game that going so we could eat. Unemployment see my family for four years and Lehigh 21-Case 20; Lehigh undefeated was mentioned.” went to over 20%. We were there was little communication. 27-Bucknell 6; Lehigh 49-Get- Special mentions should be lucky as your Grandpa only had “When I went to work after tysburg 6; Lehigh 16-Dartmouth made of quarterback Herbie his hours cut in half, and we the war my coworker told me the 14; Lehigh 21-Rutgers 18; Lehigh Weiss, a gutsy player who pulled were able to pay our basic bills. story of his survival during the 42- Muhlenberg 13; Lehigh the team together and place- There was no unemployment or 1918 pandemic. Your mother’s 66-Carnegie Tech 0; Lehigh kicker Walt Trillhasse did an government aid until FDR. and my greatest fear for you was 38-Lafayette 0. almost perfect job making extra “Vaccines as you know them polio. Shortly after you were Players pictured are Charlie points. Note the 21-20 win over didn’t exist. We had to have the born, we were driving in the car, Hull ’53, Bob Morgan ’53, Dick Case and the 21-18 squeaker smallpox vaccine of course to go and we heard on the radio there Pradetto ’52, Joe Orr ’52, John against Rutgers.

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Former quarterbacks Joe about it. I can trust you to keep receive this summer. Corona- would like to thank Joe Work- Scannella and Bill Burkholder, his secret. He was putting on a virus has closed down many man for his aid while I was in neither of whom played in 1950, new shoe! Not too exotic, but I events, including the Lehigh the hospital and rehabilitation. and manager Dave Thompson guess he is the only helicopter Reunion. Hopefully, the virus also deserve mention. pilot in history to let putting on problem will be old news by the Burt Schweigaard- Let us all pay homage to a a new shoe cripple him. time you read this. Olsen, 1299 N. great team and to all its mem- Pat Moran, you are to be Because of the success of our ’54 Tamiami Trail, bers, to those who are still with congratulated again for your 65th Reunion in 2018 and our Unit 1021, Sarasota, FL 34236. us and to those who have passed. faithful years as class corre- mini-reunion in June 2019, we (941) 923-4210 (H); (828) 577- Save the date for Reunion 2021: spondent. You always had had planned to do another this 1484 (C); [email protected] June 10-13, 2021 something good to say even June. The plans were dinner in when you didn’t hear much the Tower Room of Iacocca Hall Burt Sutker, Bill Erdman, from our classmates. on the Mountaintop Campus. 55 Lexington (407) 644-0391; The only comment that Joe Morgenstern was coming ’55 Drive, Pennington, ’52 1171 Willa Vista comes to mind from me is that from Los Angeles to speak to NJ 08534. 609-730-0839; Trail, Maitland, Fla., 32751 with today’s attention riveted the class about his experiences [email protected] [email protected]; on the COVID-19 virus, I finally as the Wall Street Journal film Following is a piece from seeoursite.org/lehigh came to grips with the word “el- critic. As many of you know, Joe George Krauss (Met. E.). Received an obituary for Bill derly.” Prior to this nasty turn won a Pulitzer Prize for Critical George is unique in that he got Bloomfield, dated March 2014. of world events, I really didn’t Writing a couple years ago. He his B.S from Lehigh and re- He had a wonderful life and we consider myself as being elderly. told Joe Workman, our class turned to teach from 1963-1975. have added the rest of his story Older, yes. Elderly, no. It isn’t president, that he is “looking Perhaps your children would to his page on the Class of ’52’s welcome news that the elderly forward enormously to the have been students of George. website. Class of ’52 is “non-essential” get-together.” A team of Joe, “Dear Burt, the Class of ’55 Two phone calls since last and expendable today when it Roger Inglese (vice president), and Met. Engs. ’63-75, column: One last year from comes to medical care during Tony Latour (treasurer) and “Neal Griffing’s letter in- Bill Murray pointing out that the crisis. I understand the myself as secretary and class spired me to write. As a student, I was in error on his rank and thinking, but do not welcome it. correspondent meet regularly. Joe Libsch and Bob Stout ’41G experiences in the service, plus I still ride my bike six to 12 A strong group of “advisor/ ’44G were anchors of the de- a promise to send me a letter miles a day, am active at church, leaders” is also helping on the partment, but around the time I with the correct information. I maintain several websites, and reunion. They include Jim joined the department in 1963, haven’t heard from him since. try to reach out and help people. Cooke, Nick Gentile, Bob Gill, Joe Libsch in his boundless Second call was from Bob Speaking of helping people, how Mark Kaufmann, Ed Kear- enthusiasm and energy over the Horning. The good news: He about helping me put together ney, Herb Roemmele and Art years recruited George Conrad, was able to remove a prize from an upbeat class column for Tauck. Hopefully, we will be Wayne Kraft ’48, Ken Tarby, his bucket list for his birthday the next edition of the Alumni able to recreate this event soon. Walter Hahn, Dick Hertzberg last year. His daughter sur- Bulletin? I’ll keep my distance Joe has asked me to make ’65G, John Wood ’59G ’62G, Joe prised him with a visit to Texas, if I see you, sanitize any letters the following request. He has Goldstein, Dave Thomas, Mike where he toured a helicopter received from you and promise learned that Lehigh has email Notis ’60 ’63G ’69G, Don Ritter manufacturing plant (he was a not to sneeze into the phone if addresses for only just over half ’61, Sid Butler and others. We combat helicopter pilot during you call me. of our class. Our world commu- were overworked and under- the Korean War) and was Stay well and stay happy. Bill nicates by email. If you haven’t paid, but we made a tremendous allowed to fly a state-of-the-art done so, please give Lehigh your teaching and research depart- helicopter simulator. He sur- Editor’s note: email address so we can com- ment. I lived on a farm in Upper vived his tour and his simulated Class correspon- municate faster and easier. Bucks County only 15 minutes flight. He was able to dazzle the ’53 dent Tip Mowrer Speaking of numbers, when from Lehigh. young pilots with tales of how died peacefully at home on April we concluded our time at Lehigh “The great Class of 1955 was it was in “The Old Days” when 25, 2020. He had already written in 1953, we numbered 585. Time a major transition for Lehigh. the pilot had to do all the work. and submitted this column; it has obviously taken its toll, and World War II had come and He said in “those days we didn’t is published here as he wrote it. we now number 239. That is 41% gone for Lehigh’s enrollment have time to sit back and pat our His remarkable dedication to his of us are still around. and the veterans had largely bellies, as they do today–now, a class and this column has lasted Finally, we recently lost Bob moved through after the war, so helicopter flies itself.” over 55 years. He was unwaver- Morgan and Bill Horn, star the Class of ’55 could concen- The bad news: He hasn’t ing in his commitment to Lehigh members of the undefeated trate on rebuilding the USA. been able to play golf lately as and to the Class of 1953. We will 1950 football team. My good A major factor that contrib- he waits for his foot to heal. He miss him very much. friend and topnotch wrestler, uted to Lehigh’s growth in the swore me to silence as to how I am writing this class message John Morrison, also passed period after our graduation was he hurt it, but I know you guys for the Alumni Bulletin in mid- away. the Soviet Union’s launch of won’t tell anyone or bug him March for the Bulletin you will P.S. Your correspondent Sputnik in 1957. That started

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the space race, and I am sure Delta Chi brother Sam Grauer ’53 a life of public service, including with them for the EIWA wres- provided the funding for the (he graduated with our class). positions on the local school and tling tournament, plus 10 days education (fellowships and I now regretfully report hospital boards and the Sarasota in Siesta Key, Fla., with Fred instructorships) of the gener- the loss of four other loyal and County Commission. Kunich and his wife, Joan. ation of Ph.D.s that Joe Libsch generous classmates. Jim recalls spending long Sam Hines and wife Corinne recruited for Lehigh in the late Al Kime, a Sigma Chi broth- conversational dinners with have been living in Selah, Wash., 1950s and into the 1960s. These er, died in February in Asheville, Bill at the simple Italian Grill since ’06 right outside of Yakima new faculty brought remarkable N.C., where he and Anne had in the Palmer Ranch section of and love the area. Retiring energy and enthusiasm, greatly retired. Sarasota. “He was not one for from the machine tool industry expanding the course offerings Tricia and I enjoyed many fancy…French restaurants,” Jim allowed Sam to get busy with and research at Lehigh. great times at the Kimes’ histor- commented in the newspaper important things like becoming “In 1975, I accepted the ic farmhouse in Blue Bell, Pa., article. a master gardener, singing in the AMAX Professorship at the during Al’s long engineering ca- Bill and his wife Anne, who Yakima Symphony Chorus and Colorado School of Mines sup- reer with nearby GE Aerospace died in 2011, also spent time other fun stuff. They have three- ported by the opening of a new and Lockheed Martin. in Maine and Ireland. We are plus acres in Yakima County, in molybdenum mine. Al was a tennis player and thinking of Bill’s brother Jack the middle of apple country, and “Life has been busy and sports fan. He attended more and the Muirhead family. also enjoy camping all over in good, lots of travel and pub- than 60 consecutive Lehigh-La- I am also sorry to learn of their Airstream trailer. lishing, even managed to buy a fayette football games. Our Kent Hemphill’s death in May Bill Pennebaker is living small ranch in the mountains thoughts are with Anne, son 2019. At Lehigh Kent was a mem- with his son and daughter-in- of Colorado about which I self Fred, daughter Jennifer, and ber of Delta Phi and the Marching law in Burlington, Vt., enjoying -published a book of journal their families. 97 and concert bands. He spent his family, cats and dog, and entries from the cabin on that Wayne Parker, a member of six years as a pilot in the U.S. Air grandson who has inherited land. I am downsizing and Lehigh’s Asa Packer and Tower Force between earning B.S. ’56 Bill’s love of all things technical looking for a home for lots of societies, also died in February, and M.S. ’64 degrees in mechani- and mechanical. There may be pictures of the Lehigh River. in Gladwyne, Pa. Wayne earned cal engineering from Lehigh. another Lehigh physics major in Best wishes to all, George dual degrees at Lehigh, a B.S. in He remained active with the family in a decade or so. Krauss, 1805 S. Balsam Street, engineering ’56 and a B.A. in lib- military organizations during Don Overdorf has been living Apt 138, Lakewood, CO 80232, eral arts ’57. On campus he was his career with Xerox in upstate in Nashville, Tenn., for the last 29 [email protected]” a member of Phi Gamma Delta, New York. We spent time with years. Retired from Bethlehem Classmates: Please consider ROTC and Scabbard and Blade, Ann and Kent at our 60th Steel in 1998 after 41 years and is writing a column. and served on the Inter-Frater- Reunion in 2016, and send now getting used to the loss of his Save the date for Reunion 2021: nity Council. our sympathy to Ann and the wife after 61 years of marriage. June 10-13, 2021 Along with his insurance Hemphill family. Keeping busy with golf, church career, Wayne was active in Stay well and please send work, HOA president and trea- Bill Burgin, 534 local government and was a your news. surer, and visiting his children, W. Beechtree Lane, board member of the Wetlands Save the date for Reunion 2021: grandchildren and great-grand- ’56 Wayne,PA 19087. Institute in Stone Harbor, N.J., June 10-13, 2021 children in Phoenix and Buffalo. (610) 688-7374 (H) an environmental advocacy Still gets back to Bethlehem During this stressful time under organization. James Watson, annually for family reunions “stay-at-home” orders caused by Wayne will be missed at the 774 Highview and a get together with Andy the worldwide coronavirus pan- local Lehigh alumni luncheons, ’57Drive, Wyckoff, Slabikosky on the same visit. demic, we are glad we can still which he regularly attended. NJ 07481. (201) 891-1246 (H); Rod Rojas just sent me a communicate with each other. Our condolences go to his wife [email protected] short life story since marrying It is always a pleasure to hear Anne, sons Don and Steve, and Hopefully by the time this Barbara Kleppinger, a Cedar from Carolyn and Bob McGro- their families. column comes out we will be Crest grad who he met perform- ry. They enjoyed a journey to Jim White sent along a back to traveling, visiting our ing in several of our Lehigh the- Alaska in July 2019 with their vivid portrait of his Sigma Nu children and grandchildren, and ater productions. Rod earned daughter, Melanie, and son-in- brother Bill Muirhead, written watching baseball and football. a graduate degree in EE and law, Henner. by Earle Kimel in the Sarasota, Good month for news after then taught a year at Lafayette. I appreciated a phone call Fla., Herald-Tribune. Bill died in sending out a desperation email He then was offered a job with from Ed Johnson from his home December 2019 in Venice, Fla. to many of our classmates that an international oil company in Scottsdale, Ariz. He recalls A business major at Lehigh have an updated email address in Coral Gables, Fla. Over the that one aspect of his years at and then a U.S. Marine, Bill at LU. Dan Mowday and wife next 20 years, Rod worked in Lehigh was that “they taught me taught school while earning a law Ceil are still living in the same Florida, El Salvador, Nicaragua, to think.” He strongly supports degree at night from American house in Churchville, Pa. He New Jersey, Spain, Argentina, those who hope for a 65th University’s Washington College attended last year’s Lehigh-La- San Fran and LA. They settled Reunion next year. Ed was sad to of Law. He was hailed as “a fayette game with Randy Beck in San Clemente, where he built report the passing of his Theta gentlemanly attorney” who led and his wife, Theresa, and again his home and acquired a condo

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on Grand Cayman where they Thompson of Morristown, N.J., Cuddeback was “really ill,” Linda and Tom Healy are had honeymooned. They’ve founded by Al back in the ’60s. but had survived and is back in locked up in Venice, Fla. She chosen to live their golden years Al was our class treasurer back spades. is water jogging to help her in San Clemente with their four in school and was predeceased Bruce Gilbert noted that the balance and driving around children, 12 grandchildren and by his wife, Barbara. We will Penn Relays were cancelled this Publix looking for a parking eight great-grandkids. miss his wry sense of humor and year, but he hoped they resched- spot to shop. Tom is not playing Will Sechler and wife are his love of life. ule after he turned 85–another golf; his partners are no longer living in a retirement commu- Please email some updates age group! He asked me which around. Back to Saratoga in nity in Winston- Salem, N.C. on your whereabouts and activi- Lehigh tailgate I was planning to May–maybe. Due to the quarantine, they are ties. Thanks. attend–we decided on Septem- Louise and Dick Briggs were picking up their meals at the ber 19, the Columbia game. busy watching their one inch of clubhouse and suffering from Bill Helfrich, Bob Christie will have the snow–wow! Their Lehigh soccer “March Madness withdrawal.” 80 Southwick ’58 tailgate flag flying. I hope his grandson got back from Barcelo- Otherwise, they are enjoying ’58Drive, Orchard arthritis is gone by then. Bob na and Italy just in time. Southern living. Park, NY 14127. (716) 662-7927 suggested that we read “The Frank Eck’s wife, Bailey, Martin Lang and Betty (H); [email protected] Eyes of Darkness,” a fiction book died recently. made a double move from Long What did you do during the written by Dean Koont, re-re- Jack Hobby emailed that Beach Island, N.J., to Green- virus shutdown? We made a lot leased in 2008, about a Chinese Scott Wollaston moved into briar Oceanaire in N.J., and in of calls after we cancelled our scientist bringing a biological a new home in Florida. He Florida from Naples to Bonita yearly vacation to Wrightsville weapon called Wuhan-400 to talked to Sue Gaintner about a Springs. They continue to enjoy Beach, N.C., because the beach the United States. reunion of medical officers from traveling and visiting their chil- was closed, nothing was open, John Harkrader can’t wait Vietnam. Dick Gaintner was dren–Laura, Douglas, and Susan driving was restricted and we to move to the “holiday house” one. He thinks the Bills have a (Lang) Clemson ’88–and their were prisoners of our son, who at the beach. He is not feeling good chance without Brady on grandchildren. said “don’t go anywhere!” great, but the chemo helps. the bench. Alan Rubin, our starting Our first call was to Lukie Great-grandparents June Talked to Bob Franco while soccer goalie for four years, and Jean-Claude Rousseaux and Brooks Goldman are we were both looking at Canada. is now retired and living in – they were home in Sunset laid up pretty good–she from He from Blaine, Wash., and me Pittsfield, Mass., with his wife, Beach, N.C., after cancelling her accident, him from a knee from Orchard Park, N.Y., but Sandra. He is still coaching their trip to France. They are replacement. The good news neither could cross the border. goalkeeping as owner/coach busy planning a fall river cruise. is that one of their springer Bob had only a mile to get his of Just4Keepers of Western Next we called Claudia and spaniels was returned and they carry out at his club–what a life! Mass. After receiving an M.S. in Jim Horkheimer to say we can work on “best in show” one Saving Lee Owens yearly metallurgy in 1958 and working wouldn’t be able to visit them more time–not! letter for next issue, but he had for several companies, includ- in their new home in North Marianne and Bill Bux are two catastrophes this year–112- ing Pratt & Whitney, he left to Charleston, S.C., but we couldn’t recovering from foot and ankle degree heat with terrible forest run a family business called the reach them. I called Lehigh and problems and she had shingles. fires, couldn’t see the next RCI Radio Clinic for 20 years got the sad news that Jim died She is like my Anne–driving house, and now the virus. before moving to Pittsfield. His on Jan. 18 and the memorial Miss Daisy (Bill). Late note from Bert Elsner. daughter, Jen, lives in Madison, service will be in June. I was Sally and Dave Saunders His daughter took his grand- Wis., and among other things is a shocked! Jim and I were joined did not get to their Florida vaca- daughter, Abby Ingaglio ’15 and Moth storyteller (I had to Google at the hip for many months tion. Two days before they were grandson Robbie (LU applicant it); and son Josh is a lawyer liv- before our 50th Reunion as we to leave Sally broke her hip. this fall) to the Lehigh-Lafay- ing in Park Slope, Brooklyn. composed our 50th yearbook. She’s recovering now. Gail and ette game. He ran into Dick Jacque Smith is retired We traveled between Rochester, Pete Tremblay are in Florida Reller on the shuttle. from the heavy downhill ski Orchard Park and Lehigh. His waiting for her. No Phi Delta My neighbor, Dave Hecht slopes of Park City, Utah, and basement computer was our Theta Spring Fling this year. ’60, and I can’t figure out what living in the Riverwoods Apart- home plate. The result was a Izzie and Larry Trerotola was worse: the eight feet of ments in Exeter, N.H, and happy fantastic remembrance of Fifty are hunkered down like the rest snow five years ago or this virus. that you don’t have to pay state Lehigh Years. We will miss you! of us but are planning to get to I didn’t visit him for either one, income tax there. I would like to use my executive the Columbia game. but the snow melted. Sadly, my dear fraternity privilege to award Jim the hon- I can’t believe that Sandy and Guess what? Gary’s Barber brother Al Olsen passed away orary 2020 Class Alumni Award Pete Mitchell and neighbors Shop was closed as non-essen- on his farm in Lebanon, N.J. for all that he did for Lehigh and were on a one-week cruise from tial, but the Bills are building a surrounded by daughter Betsy our class. NYC to Nassau and back just team for the future playoffs! We and sons, Jonathan Olsen ’86 Ed Delany got a ski week before the virus arrived. There are on our way! and Peter Olsen ’84, who are vacation in Maine before the were 4,000 on the ship, with We fed five blue birds at our the managing partners of virus arrived. He misses the 1,700 crew–crew ok, but some window–all winter fun. the accounting firm Olson & library. He mentioned that Tom neighbors got sick. Greekers to Jim Horkheimer.

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Bob Teufel, the door and a cyclone fence golf, has volunteered with the Gill and I made our usual 1 Stoklea Drive, blocking all access. The mill, a Newport, R.I., Art Museum and trip to Jupiter, Fla., for the ’59Emmaus, PA colossus of a bygone industrial an adult continuing education month of February and stopped 18049. (610) 967-2049 (H); (610) era, once an angry monster program. Last July he attended by Charleston, S.C., to spend a 393-0565 (C); [email protected] belching soot, fire and fury day a reunion of 40 Chi Phis, includ- couple of days with Tom Bliss and John Canova, The Carillon and night, is now part museum ing ’59ers Ed Perry, Ernest and his wife, Tricia. Tom is still 209, 2525 Taft Drive, Boulder, CO and part casino, a relic from the Schickedanz, Dick Smith and undergoing rehab but is getting 80302; [email protected] past, slowing rusting its way Kent Straat. better week by week. He has a “Flu hits campus. Lehigh closes onto nothingness.” “Tips from the top,” a new new Bichon Frise puppy to keep for two weeks.” No, not the coro- “Show ’um the lights!” That ’59 class column feature, asks him company. It was good to navirus that shut the university. chant would echo through Grace you to dig deep into your vast see Tom and to find him in good The Asian Flu closed Lehigh Hall whenever Ed Hamer took storehouse of wisdom and les- spirits. He was looking forward our junior year in October 1957, the mat, compiling an amazing sons learned, both personal and to attending the Reunion. sending carloads down to Flori- 38-5 wrestling record at Lehigh business, and share them with Once we arrived in Jupiter da where students from all over plus two EIWA and one NCAA your classmates. (Send your tips we got together with Bill Ross the East continued to spread titles. On March 7, 2020, with to [email protected]) and his wife, Dottie, for their the virus all the way South. No 23 of his family members in at- Our first comes fromBob El- annual Super Bowl party. There distant or virtual classes for us. tendance, Ed was inducted into liott, renowned speaker and pre- was a smaller group than usual We had to make up two weeks the EIWA Hall of Fame. Another sentation trainer for corporate but John Mac Williams and of cramming in labs and studies. well-earned tribute! executives and the co-author of his wife, Louise, were in atten- And Beall Fowler reminded Two teammates, both out- “Make your Point” available in dance. They were staying at that we were closed for one week standing wrestlers themselves, bookstores and Amazon. their home in Delray, Fla. the year before because of a mea- paid homage. Dick Santoro “Enthusiasm, evidence and Received an email from Jack sles epidemic. made the Hall of Fame pre- body language are winners. You Makuch, who lived in Drinker Although memories of our sentation. Leon Harbold said are known by the language you 4 with me during our freshman 60th Reunion (as well as much “On the mat he brimmed with keep.” year. Jack mentioned he had else) are fading, we have a few self-confidence and determina- remained in close contact with notes remaining. Facing the tion, he welcomed big challeng- Williams E. a couple of classmates over the actuarial reality that this may es and loved to overachieve.” Millsom, P.O. years. One, Jim Kadel, lives in have been the last reunion some Marty Maloney did what ’60 Box 3225, 54 Bridgewater, Va. (near Harri- of us could make, the committee a lot of us did after graduation, Boardwalk, Groton Long Point, sonburg). His career involved decided to blow through our spent two years in the Army and CT 06340. (860) 536-2926 (H), engineering, teaching physics class reunion fund stash with an got married while he was in the (860) 235-3618 (C); bill.millsom@ and coaching swimming. His open bar during our Saturday service. Marty had a long career gmail.com email address is jimkadel@ night dinner, entertainment from with State Farm (39 years) and Hello classmates, I am writing gmail.com. Lehigh Vocal Arts and reasonable now lives with wife Loretta in this while under self-quarantine The second, Ed Rinalducci, event pricing. Mission accom- Pompton Plains, N.J., and has a in Connecticut. It is not much passed away on March 25. He plished: $2.00 left for our 65th!! wonderful legacy of three daugh- fun, but better than the alterna- had celebrated his 83rd birth- Tony Sousa added some Al- ters, eight grandchildren and tive. I live about one mile from day earlier in that month. He pha Chi Rho reunion highlights: five great grandchildren. Still an the Rhode Island state line and if was a psychology professor and “We Crows have traditionally avid golfer and a part-time trout I drive into the state to get food, was living in Savannah, Ga., at taken Friday evening off to have fisher-man, Marty has figured gas or alcoholic beverages there the time of his death. our own mini-reunion. We meet out what retirement is all about. is a chance a state trooper will Jack and his wife, Louise, at a local restaurant, this year Dick Hunt said first what stop me and tell me to go home live in Seneca, S.C. They have at the Copperhead Grille. Four was most important, that he and self-quarantine for 14 days. been married for 55 years. He of us made it this year: Jack married a lovely lady by the Not much to write at this graduated from Lehigh with a St. Clair, Scott Armstrong, name of Anne Graham. They, time, as I had expected to be degree in BSME. He added a Armin Frost and me, plus our too, have three daughters but writing about seeing many of MSME at UConn and a master’s wives. We stayed in touch with are lagging slightly behind the you at our 60th Reunion, which in management while working Gordon Leach, Don Cazer and Maloneys with six grandchil- has been postponed until 2021. for Combustion Engineering. George Hulse, who were un- dren and one great grandchild. Harry McNally has suggest- After a series of engineering and able to attend. Looking forward Dick had a great career in adver- ed the class consider having a management positions, he re- to our 65th!” tising and marketing, forming mini-reunion at a home football signed and ran his own consult- Class co-scribe John his own media rep company and game in October or early No- ing business for 15 years. Both Canova mentioned a sad and then rocketing off with a dot vember. We will just have to see career segments involved the poignant visit to the former com company plus an e-mag- how this virus situation pans out electric power industry. Jack’s main office of Bethlehem Steel. azine venture. Now to keep and make a decision later. Jack email address is jmaku2039@ “The offices are shuttered, busy he writes a daily column, Kennedy or the university will gmail.com with a ‘no trespassing’ sign on has written five novels, plays let you know if this works out. Stay healthy!

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Save the date for Reunion 2021: six grandchildren living nearby. qualifiers, including three EIWA Yonkers Contracting Company, June 10-13, 2021 What to do in retirement? champs. Ron Johnson and a heavy civil contractor focused Hank has several radio-con- Bob Downing had front-row on infrastructure construction Robert Paternos- trolled sailboats that he enjoys seats at the Easterns and joined for public and private clients for ter, 448 N. Bellflow- racing during the warmer Glenn Breidenbach, Goldberg the past 35 years. A proponent ’61 er Blvd., Suite 302, months. And he is just com- and Rieper at the post-game of community involvement, Long Beach, CA 90814. pleting construction of a 5½ wrestling dinner celebrating Carl has received numerous [email protected] foot, cedar-planked, radio-con- Lehigh’s third consecutive recognitions from various I sit here in the waning days trolled sailboat, which he is championship. Your columnist humanitarian organizations as of March, composing our anxious to get into the water. watched the entire event on well as for his business leader- class column for the Alumni “Just waiting for the virus to FloWrestling, maintaining ship. Currently, he serves as the Bulletin. Like most of you, I am depart Michigan.” social distance. He did, however, vice chair of St. Joseph’s Medical in self-isolation, watching TV Brian Bauknight reports get to attend the Lehigh-Army Center and Yonkers Partners in reports on the number of cases that he and Elaine are doing match at West Orange (N.J.) Education. Carl’s guidance made and deaths from the corona- well in Pittsburgh in the midst High School, only a few miles the family-owned firm one of the virus as it spreads all across of self-quarantine. He took up from his home in Caldwell, most well-respected businesses America. Hopefully, by the time leadership monitoring of new the first ever neutral site for a in the construction industry in you read this, new cases will be United Methodist clergy when Lehigh-Army event. The meet the New York Metropolitan area. on the decline and recovery will he retired from active ministry honored the late Army wrestler His business acumen diversified have begun. I pray that all of in 2007. He now devotes his C.J. Morgan on Senior Night. the company to encompass all our classmates may be spared spare time to volunteer work, Morgan, originally of West areas of heavy civil construction, the ravages of this monstrous including reading with early Orange, died last summer in including highways, bridges, rail, menace. Hopefully, we will be elementary-age children in a military vehicle accident in transit, water/wastewater and able to join together in joyful one of Pittsburgh’s struggling a U.S.M.A. training area. Ron energy/environmental projects. celebration at our 60th Reunion public schools. He enjoys the Johnson and Norm Goldberg You may have noticed a new next June. help of three grandchildren joined Eleanor and Phil Kinzel address for your class colum- You may notice that this aboard mowers on his farm near at the sold-out event. nist. In February, Eleanor and column is a bit shorter than the airport and keeps in touch There’s a must-read book, Phil Kinzel sold their home usual, reflecting, I suspect, the with more distant offspring “Tough Street: From Osage to of 40 years in Caldwell and fact that most of you have other via Portal and FaceTime. He London to Lehigh, the Re- moved to their second home more important things on your and Elaine have five (yes, five!) markable Life of Gerald ‘Germ’ in Brick, N.J., a property at the mind at this moment. However, great-granddaughters. Brian Leeman.” An excerpt from Jersey Shore that they have if you appreciate reading the counsels: “I often say it is not the book “The 1961-62 Lehigh owned for almost 50 years, with news from your fellow class- so bad being old enough to be team was arguably Leeman’s a new home built after the old mates, I urge you to sit down at a great-grandfather, until I best. The Engineers went 12-0, summer home was wrecked by your laptop and dash off a few realize that our daughter is a including a 17-8 win over mighty Superstorm Sandy. bits of news and thoughts of grandmother!” Oklahoma in Grace Hall; Jim Kent Westhelle (Savan- your own for publication in the Save the date for Reunion 2021: Detrixhe upset OU returning nah, Ga.) reports that he and next edition. June 10-13, 2021 NCAA runner-up Wayne Baugh- Beverly had a great visit with Bob McGuffey refuses man, 5-3, with a late reversal. At Bob “Buzzy” Happ in Florida to retire. In response to calls Philip J. Kinzel, the Easterns in Rec Hall, Lehigh and managed to get in a round for social distancing, he has 808 South Drive, won six of the ten weights and of golf. reverted to the internet and cell ’62 Brick, NJ 08724. trounced the field, breaking Happy birthday to all of our phone to keep in touch with his (732) 295.2106(H); (973) its own record with ninety-six classmates who turn 80 in 2020. insurance clients. He had hip 226.1430(W); (973) 464.8282 points. Engineers Bill Merriam And as Russ Borner advises, replacement surgery the day (cell); [email protected] ’63 (123), Pat Smartt ’63 (130), “Let’s play more golf and enjoy after Thanksgiving and is now (e-mail) Dave Angell (167), Detrixhe the last quarter.” up and walking almost 100%. My summer column deadline (177) and Chuck Moore (191) He and Jane have ten grandchil- usually comes during March all won titles.” Dixon Earley, dren and one great grandchild, Madness with lots to report Carl Petrillo was a guest 151 Old Ford Dr., and “many more to come.” He on, especially about the NCAA on the Joe Piscopo morning ’63 Camp Hill, PA plans to stay active in the insur- Wrestling championship. Well, radio show in March. Carl was 17011. (717) 761-1297 or (863) ance business until he turns 90! this year, perennial followers invited as part of a “Salute to 419-0514; [email protected] Grosse Pointe, Mich., is Norm Goldberg, Art Cader Yonkers” celebration. Carl As I write this column, the home to Hank Darlington. and Al Rieper had to request a talked about his family heritage world as we know is in unprec- Although his wife, Louise, refund of their airfare to Min- and his grandfather, an Italian edented times. I sincerely hope passed away four years ago, he neapolis, as all NCAA events immigrant who founded Yon- and pray that by the time we feels blessed to have two of his were cancelled. It was especially kers Contracting Company. Carl read this in the Lehigh Alumni three children and five of his disappointing for Lehigh’s nine has served as the chairman of Bulletin, our worlds will have

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returned to some normalcy and Sarah, and they have three chil- skills to develop a program that States government career as a we will have all endured. dren and seven grandchildren. would help violin and other revenue officer in Lancaster, Classmate Dick Stanley, They do a bit of traveling, most string players to play in tune. Pa. In 1970, he transferred to who was an EE and Gryphon, often to their home on St. Croix. He hasn’t put a lot of time into the U.S. Customs Service as a recently sent me an email. Dick I also attended the EIWAs marketing, but several thousand computer programmer. Don and his wife, Barbara, were and saw Jim Wilson and Dave string players have purchased, retired in 1997 as the director of traveling to be with family at Howell. I’m sure there had to be used and supported the pro- the U. S. Customs Service Data Thanksgiving and stayed at the more attendees from the Class gram. He says the income is Center. I’m sure Don’s Lambda Hotel Bethlehem on Saturday of 1963 in attendance. If you miniscule but it’s satisfying to Chi rothers recall the many night of the Lehigh-Lafayette attended, email me and I’ll have have created something useful. reunions Don and Pat hosted at football game. On Sunday a final count in my next column. He’s been a runner since his their home on the Chesapeake morning, Dick ran into his Dra- How many classmates late 30s and recently ran in a Bay in Grasonville, Md. vo freshman dorm mate, Walt are still running marathons? 50K (31 miles) trail race in the Our freshman class presi- Nichols, a fellow EE and my Answer: at least one. Any other mountains of the Laurel High- dent Chuck Wistar sailed off fraternity brother, and had an marathoners, email me so I can lands near Pittsburgh. to the Fiddler’s Green on Nov. impromptu reunion. Dick said update the answer in the next 15, 2019 to join his Phi Gamma he has been busy since gradua- column. David A. Rie- Delta brothers Dwight Miller tion. After short stints with GM Through the efforts of a mondy, 774 Mali- and Thad Murwin. Bill Oskin and IBM, Dick had a 25-year former work compatriot, I ’64bu Lane, Indialan- and his wife, Jane, along with career with the Army Signal received information about tic, FL 32903. (321) 777-9659 Fiji brothers Jay Chambers ’66 Corps. After that, he managed Gerald Agin. After Lehigh, (home); (321) 506-7302 (cell); and Ed Valliant attended the R&D for GTE Corporation Gerald went to work for IBM in [email protected] (email) celebration of life for Chuck in Laboratories, which became Endicott, N.Y. While working on I just read in Dixon Early’s ’63 Annapolis. Bill Oskin delivered a founder of Verizon. Then he printer development, he earned column that Chic Craze ’63 the eulogy. In 1970, Chuck and went into teaching. Dick still a master’s from Syracuse. After passed away in Bethlehem on three others founded Pentama- teaches a bit for Worcester earning his master’s, he was Nov. 2, 2019. Chic entered Le- tion, a software company based Polytechnic Institute. Along the accepted to the IBM Graduate high with the ’63 class and was in Bethlehem. In 1999 Pentam- way he earned his Ph.D. in EE Study Program. He earned a part of the 1961 Lambert Cup ation was purchased by a large from WPI and his PE license. Ph.D. in electrical engineering team, but he took a two-year Philadelphia software company. Now he and Barbara split their from Stanford. His thesis was break to serve in the Navy, then Many years before the sale, time between Boston and titled “Representation and De- returned to Lehigh, graduating Chuck had moved to Baltimore London. scription of Curved Objects.” A in 1965. So, on average he was a to become CEO of Pentama- Bob Wagner, a Pi Lam, laser beam was used to measure ’64. Lane Jorgensen remem- tion’s healthcare division there. provided me with a brief note. the three-dimensional surfaces bers him fondly as his senior About a year after the sale of the He and Peter Ignall attended of objects and tried to create year Sigma Nu roommate. I company, Chuck bought a ’46 the first round of the EIWA models of their shapes. He was won’t repeat Dixon’s column ex- Grand Banks trawler and soon wrestling tournament held employed by SRI International cept to add that Susan and Chic added a second mate: Andrea. In March 5 and 6 at Lehigh. They in Menlo Park, Calif., where had five kids. Three of the kids 2003, Chuck and Andrea bought had a great day, as did the he worked in computer vision, died very young. Son Andrew, a Selene trawler. Chuck was a Lehigh team. Bob noted that helping to create a “vision mod- who had two heart transplants, captivating chronicler, and the they saw two former wrestling ule” that would allow robots died just a few years ago. Their blog he created about Selene standouts for Lehigh—Thad to find objects on a moving daughter, Lizzy Craze, now 38, cruising got the attention of the Turner ’61 and Kirk Pendle- conveyor belt and pick them up. had a heart transplant at the Selene CEO, who in 2005 offered ton—at the tournament. He and In 1979, he left SRI Internation- Stanford Hospital in Redwood Chuck and Andrea a Selene deal- Peter hit their favorite pub for al to help establish the Robotics City, Calif., when she was only ership in Annapolis, which led to cheesesteaks on their return Institute at Carnegie Mellon two years old. (The youngest Chuck’s final career. trip. They discussed their Pi University. In 1986, Gerald left ever at that time.) Chic retired Ted Muendel could not Lam class and noted that they academia for a startup called in 1989 and moved to Red- attend Chuck’s celebration of are disappointed about the Carnegie Group, Inc., where wood City to be near Lizzy. A life but provided this nautical infrequent information about he developed AI solutions for few years ago, Chic and Susan tribute: a 19th century poem by the Pi Lams in the column. Pi industrial problems. He retired moved back to Bethlehem. De- Henry Van Dyke. I think it’s how Lams, email me to increase the in 1997. A musician at heart (he mentia hit both of them, so they we should think about all of our frequency of your information played trumpet in the Marching were moved into an extended lost friends. here. After receiving his MBA, 97), he went back to school at care center in Center Valley. “I am standing upon the Bob worked in the oil and gas the University of Pittsburgh Susan is still there. seashore. A ship, at my side, / industry with Suburban Pro- and earned a music degree. In Last week I got a note from spreads her white sails to the pane, Koch Industries and En- retirement he picked up playing Steve Breckley ’63 that we lost moving breeze and starts / for terprise Products. He’s married the violin and then the viola. Don Speakman on March 10, the blue ocean. She is an object to his high school sweetheart, Gerald then used his computer 2020. Don started his United of beauty and strength. / I stand

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and watch her until, at length, Hopefully you have noted the for the NCAA Championships. tural Fiberglass Corp., it became she hangs like a speck / of white recognition given to two of our Regrettably the coronavirus one of the leading suppliers cloud just where the sea and classmates in recent university later caused the cancellation of molded fiberglass architec- sky come to mingle with each publications. The Fall 2019 of the nationals. Harry Brown tural products. He is currently other. / Then, someone at my Alumni Bulletin noted the new reported that Jeff Gallagher, semi-retired, but still involved side says, ‘There, she is gone.’ / awards that recognize Lehigh’s Bobbie and Dave DeAngelo, as a manufacturer’s represen- Gone where? / Gone from my most successful alumni. Named Karen and Barry Jenkins, Jer- tative. Also in 1979, Charlie met sight. That is all. She is just as as the recipient of the Dr. Costel ry and Jim Sutton, and Billy his wife-to-be, Bobbi, on the large in mast, / hull and spar as Denson ’56 Award was Frank Stuart were in attendance. Let bus to the start of the New York she was when she left my side. L. Douglas. Frank is a longtime us know if we missed you. marathon, the first of many they / And, she is just as able to bear veteran in the field of health Paul Williamson took an would run together. They have her load of living freight to her care, pharmaceutical research interesting career path after Le- travelled internationally quite destined port. / Her diminished and entrepreneurial endeav- high. He had extended his inter- a bit, and he remains an active size is in me -- not in her. / And, ors. He is a Fulbright Scholar; ests in international relations athlete and coach, especially just at the moment when some- author; and winner of numer- by attending the Vienna-based triathlons and swimming. one says, ‘There, she is gone,’ / ous accolades, including the program conducted by the Save the date for Reunion 2021: there are other eyes watching Black History Makers Award, Institute of European Studies June 10-13, 2021 her coming, and other voices/ the Center for Medicine in the (now IES Abroad) during the ready to take up the glad shout, Public Interest Odyssey Award, spring semester of 1965. The Eric Hamilton, ‘Here she comes!’ / And that is the National Organization for experience of travelling and journeyman618@ dying / Death comes in its own the Professional Advancement studying abroad had a profound ’67 gmail.com time, in its own way. / Death of Black Chemists and Chemical impact on Paul’s future career Eric Simonsen related that is as unique as the individual Engineers Lifetime Achieve- and interest choices. Following he and Sue just returned from experiencing it.” ment Award, the Geoffrey Lehigh, he earned a master’s 24 days in Antarctica. “Down Hopefully when I write my Beene Foundation’s Rock Star degree at Georgetown’s Foreign the road,” he said, “if you want next column COVID-19 will be of Science Award and the Amer- Service School. Being the spring a few ‘bon mots’ about our trip defeated, you will all be well and ican Heart Association’s Louis of 1968, he found the military to fill some empty space, please I will have happier news. B. Russell Memorial Award. beckoning rather than the let me know.” David Evans and his wife, Foreign Service. So, he joined Doug Lane wrote that he Ronald L. Rita, were featured in the the Navy, which led to flying the and Andy Segal are living on Workman, university’s 2018-19 Endow- back seat of F-4 Phantoms, pri- the edge while continuing to ’65 1981 Berrel Court, ment Report for their gener- marily over the Mediterranean, work in the office while much Yardley, PA 19067-7225. (215) osity of funding an endowed but including a few months of of the firm is teleworking. He 808-0809 (H); ron_workman@ scholarship for undergraduate combat over Vietnam. Then, as goes on to say, “NYC is a ghost prodigy.net students. Dave related the joy an exchange officer, he taught town with only a few people on My Spring 2020 report was he and his parents had in 1962 political science and defense the streets this weekend. It is especially long, with so much when he was admitted to Lehigh policy at the Air Force Acade- like waiting for a hurricane to information to provide about and received a scholarship mak- my. His overseas assignments hit and hoping it misses you.” our planned 55th Reunion. Un- ing it all possible. Dave was an included Kiel, Germany and You have been working too fortunately, that was not to be. engineering physics major and Karup, Denmark. Then he was hard, Doug. The windless and As I write this, Lehigh has Air Force ROTC cadet. He then back to flying the back seat of silent hurricane has already hit just announced the postpone- spent 21 years in the service, F-14 Tomcats. His final assign- and the storm is already more ment of the 2020 Reunion, and primarily working in satellite ments were Navy headquarters devastating than Katrina. Stay we are looking toward a very systems and laser technology, in London and NATO head- safe, Doug and Andy. difficult time. As you read this, I and teaching physics at the Air quarters for northern Europe Bill Washychyn, a man of hope you and yours have stayed Force Academy. He retired in near Oslo. Paul returned home brevity, noted that he changed strong and healthy. 1987 as a lieutenant colonel and managed family property his email address to billwash@ Let’s work together to plan a and went to work for Aerospace until 2006. He then toured the gmail.com. I think we should all 56th Reunion in 2021 to which Corp., taking his second retire- country searching for an ideal write to Bill and ask what he and we can all look forward. ment in 2009. retirement location and found Anne have been doing lately. Save the date for Reunion 2021: We had several ’66ers Asheville, N.C. Paul describes it Mike Caruso provides an June 10-13, 2021 attending the EIWA wrestling as funky, with 20 breweries, lib- update on the EIWA wres- tournament at Stabler Arena eral, green, musical in all genres tling championships: “Lehigh James A. this past March. They saw and very earnest. walked away with a basket of Tiefenbrunn, Lehigh romp to its third straight In 1979, Charles Wittman trophies, including a blowout ’66 1201 Butztown EIWA crown, winning three in- took over his family fiberglass team victory (we completed Road, #31, Bethlehem, PA dividual gold medals, and qual- molding business, where he had the threepeat), three individual 18017. (610) 691-1714 (H); ifying eight of the 10 wrestlers been working since 1967. In the titles (the Jordan boys: Jordan [email protected] it entered in this tournament succeeding years, as Architec- Wood ’21 and Jordan Kutler ’20

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each won their third), and soph- designing and programming enter the Michigan market. Live at Lodz University’s School of omore Josh Humphries was distributed control systems for in Grand Rapids and have been Management in Poland. voted the Outstanding Wrestler. oil refineries, pharmaceuticals, here since law school graduation “A second benefit of ap- Lehigh qualified ninth out of 10 food manufacturing, etc.” in 1970. More later. Maybe upon proaching Last Man Standing for the NCAA championships. Russ is the lead software retirement.” Please don’t wait status is being invited by profes- “To celebrate on Sunday designer for Honeywell’s main another 50 years! sional associations to give key- morning, I hosted a brunch with controller and he received his Jerry Silber tells me, “This note speeches about how things five current and former coaches sixth patent in 2018. Further, fall I chaired the fourth annual came to be the way they are and wives (Ed Hamer ’59, Thad his group had a PowerPC prod- fundraising dinner for the today. This year such activities Turner ’61, Greg Strobel, Pat uct on the market before Apple. Israel Cancer Research Fund took me to Queen’s University Santoro and Brad Dillon ’04), “One Lehigh man, Dustin in Connecticut. Their mission in Belfast, Northern Ireland; along with NCAA champion Bil- Flay ’85, is in my group, and is to raise funds in the U.S. and Rangsit University in Bangkok, ly Stuart ’66 and our own Joey another, Bob Powell ’77, is across Canada to fund scientists in Thailand; Kherson and Odessa Caprio. Ed Hamer, assistant to the hall. I like the work and love Israel looking for a cure for Universities in Ukraine; and Coach Leeman in our days, was the people, so I’m still working cancer. They do great work. For Kiel University in Germany.” inducted into the EIWA Hall of full time. I still play guitar and example, one of their scientists Fame. sing in the church choir. In the identified the chemistry behind Dick Bell, , 2016 Tom Baumgartner writes past few years I have biked the how leukemia works. This led to Redwood Avenue, the following: “When I retired Delaware Canal trail (both sides) the development of a drug that ’68 Wyomissing PA to Ontario, I looked for some and gone part way up the Two has turned leukemia from being 19610. [email protected]. volunteer opportunities. I spent Rivers trail. We keep in touch an 85% death sentence to an After graduating from Lehigh seven years on the board of the with our best man, Dave Nace.” 85% ‘live’ sentence. Two of the with degrees in engineering and local community health centre. Bruce Haines is pleased other scientists won the Nobel philosophy, Richard Rob- “With the curling club cur- to report that the Historic Prize in chemistry for another erts earned his M.A. from the rently closed down, I am trying Hotel Bethlehem received two discovery. The dinner was high- University of Iowa in journal- to finish an application for the national recognitions. “It was ly successful, far exceeding pre- ism and MBA in education iPad to sell on the App Store and 20 years ago that classmates vious results. If anyone wants from Harvard. He worked in also arranging online bridge Bill Trotter, Harvey York and to help cure this disease, they advertising and public relations. games. We use Skype to talk I organized a group to preserve can contact me at: silberjerry@ He took up painting and is going around the table, so it is almost the hotel after it was bankrupt gmail.com.” to the Masters this year. He like playing in person. and closed for a year. Bart Cameron joined about received an award in mass com- “Looking forward to the “Our vision at that time 40 others for a multi-year munication. He authored two warmer weather so I can get the was to restore the hotel to the reunion at the Sig Ep house. books and a newspaper column. boat in the water, open up the national prominence it had held “Sadly, we toasted Joe Powers, He retired to board of director pool and play golf. I also want during the Bethlehem Steel era. who passed away in January. volunteer work. to play tennis, but handling the We are very proud to have been Later in June, my wife and I Bernard Frick received an ball seems to violate the social selected by Historic Hotels of enjoyed a wonderful cruise of MBA from Loyola. He served distancing rule. America as the No. 1 Best Hotel the Baltic visiting eight coun- in the Peace Corps in Brazil. “I did attend the Lehigh-La- of its size (76-200 rooms). This tries with a special focus on St. He was a business administra- fayette football weekend and recognition follows our des- Petersburg, Russia. In August tor for the City of York. Then the wrestling match that week- ignation by USA Today as the we hosted a bunch of business he was a field manager for the end. The DUs from the late ’60s country’s ‘No. 3 Best Historic school classmates from Kellogg public school employees’ retire- and early ’70s had an official Hotel’ of any size. This was to celebrate our 50th reunion. ment system in Pennsylvania. tailgate location and a block quite an honor for the Hotel as Our basic plan these days is He has five grandchildren. of seats. After the game we all well as Bethlehem… to travel, reconnect with old Charles Gross was a coun- were invited to astronaut Terry “We want to thank all of our friends, and do fun things with selor for Arthur Anderson and Hart’s ’68 house…. The other classmates for their support… our six granddaughters.” CFO for a transport company. ’67s there to the best of my and hope to see you in future Robert Rickards explains, Presently, he owns his account- memory were Jim Donnelly, visits to our alma mater where “One benefit of remaining active ing, life insurance and estate Jan Black and Carl Roth.” we offer 15% Lehigh alumni dis- in academia past retirement age firm. He has four grandchildren The following classmates counts most times of the year.” is that one sometimes receives and enjoys fine wine and gour- wrote to me in November 2019 Ben Wrigley says that “52 offers of visiting professorships. met cooking. and sadly I misplaced their sub- years of life is difficult to shrink During the first part of calendar George Rosenfield was a missions. Nevertheless, their into a paragraph at this time… For year 2019 I taught research family physician in a small New news is still news to most of us. now, still married to Becky and methods and statistics to Ph.D. England town for 35 years. He From Russ Massey: “I have two sons and four grandchil- students at Chulalongkorn Uni- is a full-time active grandfather. transitioned from chemistry to dren. Still working as a boutique versity in Bangkok, Thailand. He and his wife have two chil- software in the mid ’70s. I work lawyer serving the marijuana This fall semester I have been dren and three grandchildren. for Honeywell Process Systems, business entities arriving to teaching financial accounting After practicing medicine for

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two years in the U.S. Navy, he at Lehigh. He was a happy-go- he had to lie about his college overseeing the shop (scheduling continued at the Naval Acade- lucky-guy who never had a bad education in order to find work manufacturing and getting equip- my before entering into private word to say and because of him in the Reading, Pa., area, where ment ready for tours). practice. a lot of the parties we had off he was employed as a silk screen Tired of playing with audio Douglas Miller was a certi- campus were “epic.” John says printer for a few months. After equipment, David found work fied public accountant for Price- “off campus” because the guys getting laid off in the spring as an electrical engineer doing Waterhouse in Boston. He was who lived in their small apart- of 1970, he started looking for industrial automation using a financial officer for various ment building were mainly fra- work in the television area computers. He stayed in that public and private businesses. ternity dropouts or kick-outs. and ended up in Boston with field, with two employers, until He also lectures on real estate Obie had been a member at his cousin during the student he retired in 2014. business. Sigma Chi, but Sigma Alpha Mu, strikes after Kent State. David currently lives in Kappa Sigma and others were David worked with Hanley Lititz with his wife, Kathy. They A. Raymond represented. Once, let’s say “a Sound out of Boston. They had have two daughters and four Schmalz, 325 disagreement” with some young done the PA at Woodstock the grandchildren. David now vol- ’69 Lowell Ave., Mill men from the neighborhood, previous August (which he unteers for the Lancaster Farm- Valley, CA 94941-3845. (415) almost all of the Sigma Chi fra- had attended). However, they land Trust, the Lititz Historical 388-3263 (H), (415) 317-0923 ternity came there to “establish really didn’t have a full-time Foundation, and the North (C); [email protected]. a safe space” for them. position, so David moved back Museum of Science & Nature I received notes from two of The obituary says he spent to Reading. (in Lancaster). David and Kathy our classmates that expanded his “entire career” with Cedar He eventually got a job with are still lucky enough to travel on details in obits posted by Works in Ohio. That’s not Clair Brothers Audio out of and try to get to Europe at least the Alumni Bulletin in previous completely descriptive of his Lititz, Pa. Initially, he was hired once or twice a year. issues. role. Obie was looking for a kind to help drive a truck out to David Hughes wrote that of “back to the earth” life when California (on his wish list for Denny Diehl, Tom Ritter was the son of Dr. he left school. He started with that year), so he jumped at the 28 Chancery Tom Ritter, Sr. ’41, brother- a mule and a wheelbarrow, and chance. For about 5 ½ years, ’70 Court, Millville, in-law of Dave Hotchkiss ’69 by 1976 he had started the com- David was an audio engineer NJ 08332. (610) 698-7136; and uncle of Liz (Hotchkiss) pany, which he owned at the working with just about every [email protected] Tong ’96. Tom was a member of time of his passing (peoples- group that was popular during By now, we all know of the fate- Theta Xi and avid supporter of defender.com/2019/08/29/ the early ’70s. Some of his ful postponement of our 50th Lehigh Band activities, even as a james-obenshain/) in Venice, memorable tours were with Reunion until June 10-13, 2021, non-member. Fla. He made bird cages and Elton John, Chicago and Bette an occurrence well beyond all His obituary read in part: kids’ play sets from cedar and Midler, among many others. the oddities of our undergrad “Tommy was (in his words) a had a boost when they got a His important gigs included the days. A number of you checked know-it-all and professional contract with Walmart. Obie Concert for Bangladesh with in with me for reassurance since troublemaker. He was also af- was a great salesperson. John George Harrison, etc., Watkins answers were slim pickings. fectionately known as Grandpa, believes their sales were around Glen with the Grateful Dead, News from Mike Berney Ritter, Lion, Uncle Grumpy and $24 million. Allman Brothers and The Band. ([email protected]): “A Knucklehead. … He served 11 John never saw Obie lose his David also travelled outside dedicated cadre of McConn years as an airborne mission temper or criticize someone’s the U.S., including a tour with Men from 1969-71 gathered for control chief in the Pennsylva- behavior. He was a “get along” Rod Stewart and The Faces the EIWA weekend tourney nia Air National Guard with the guy and was loved and admired to New Zealand, Australia, at LU, including Dave Watson rank of Captain. Tommy was a by all who knew him. John has Hong Kong and Japan. He was ’71 (master planner), Vic Keen beloved physics and chemistry never forgotten their exam the sound engineer in charge ’69, Rob Kaufman ’68, Ray teacher at Annville Cleona High preparation at McSorley’s Ale of the Rumble in the Jungle Hoving ’69, Fred Osman, Rich School. … He was … the author House in NYC, nor their many concert that was to precede the Rubenstein, Jerry Cohen, of ‘Christianity Explained Brief- pub crawls through Manhattan. Ali/Foreman fight in Kinsha- John Caldwell, Al Schwartz ly (and Differently).’” John thought that an unforgetta- sa, Zaire in 1974. David also and Mike Berney. Food and fun! John Baker wrote about ble character like Obie deserved travelled to Mexico City with If we had known our gather- James Obenshain. John hadn’t a slightly better send off. Chicago, did several shows at ing would collapse the stock been in touch with “Obie” since John is president of General Wembley Stadium in London, market, we would have made al- school days but when I read Aviation & Electronics in Hack- and he spent a month in En- ternate plans.” To the ’70 EIWA it, I was reminded of “The Big ensack, N.J. gland with Frankie Valli and the total add myself, Bob Magee, Chill.” John writes that Obie David Hendel wrote about Four Seasons in 1971. Bob Benner, Mike Conway, was certainly a lot like the his experiences after Lehigh: His last tour on the road was Bob Gerlach, Barry Mitchell, character whose funeral those While David is officially a with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Chuck Lieb, Joe Schulter and people attended. Obie played member of the class of 1969, he Thunder Revue. In the spring of Tom Zimmerman. high school basketball in Cin- had to take an extra semester 1976, he got off the road but con- From Reginald Jennings cinnati and was a history major in the fall of ’69. After Lehigh, tinued to work for Clair Brothers, ([email protected]):

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“Solve et coagula. The launch of plan to attend. trading company specializing in We received some input from Lehigh’s BALANCE 2020 10th Jack Patnik contacted me low-carbon flat rolled products. classmates since our last anniversary celebration was a earlier this year to let us know George and wife Mimi live in column went to print, so I’m great success. BALANCE stands that his former roommate Yardley, Pa. moving the lawyer listings to for Black and Latino Alumni and very close friend Dave Ken retired three years ago the back burner for this issue. Network for Community and Klingerman passed away in as vice chairman of Marmon Bob Lamparter wrote: Equity. ‘Solve et coagula’ is the January. Jack described Dave Holdings, an $8 billion global “Recently, Carol and I had a essential alchemical process, to as one of the most decent men industrial organization, part of visit from Nelson Lytle and his separate and join together.” he ever knew. As for Jack, he Berkshire Hathaway, headquar- wife, Lydia Lasichak. Nelson, Michael Ford (meford70@ retired from FS-Elliott Co., in tered in Chicago. He had been Lydia, Paul Urban and I were gmail.com) writes: “Hard to be- 2016 where he had been a senior with them and predecessor at Jefferson Medical College lieve, I’m approaching the 11th manufacturing engineer for this companies for 40 years. Ken and where we shared the same anniversary of my ‘retirement’ manufacturer of oil-free centrif- Marsha call Saratoga, Fla., home, cadaver – Lydia and Nelson as a (visiting) research associate ugal compressors. He’s actively but still maintain a condo in Chi- legitimately tell people they in the chemical engineering de- involved with his church and his cago for the summer months. ‘met over a cadaver.’ I recall six partment at Lehigh. I’m work- two grandchildren. Wayne and his wife, Linda, Lehigh grads in my Jefferson ing in the operando molecular I got a lengthy email from live in Jacksonville, Fla. Wayne class, although some had grad- spectroscopy and catalysis Bob Kendig earlier in the year does a little consulting on air uated earlier, with brief careers research lab with Professor sharing details of his daughter quality control devices through before entering medical school. Israel Wachs. On top of my own Catherine Kendig’s ’06 wedding M-3 Associates, Inc. He also Joe Kreiser (deceased in 2014) projects, I’m helping a new at the historic Watres Lodge at gets to use the skills he learned was another one. After medical graduate student get started Lake Lacawac in the Poconos. during a stint in the custom school, Nelson, Lydia and I were with his thesis research, which The Lake Lacawac Reserve is home building business a few all residents at the Geisinger is a project extension I worked a non-profit nature center and years ago when the opportunity Medical Center in Danville, Pa. on a couple of years ago.” environmental education and presents itself. – they in internal medicine and From Andrew Reish: “After research facility next to Lake Pete and wife Penny have I in general surgery and then over thirty years as an Air Wallenpaupack and has been operated Silver Ley Farm, LLC, a later in pathology. They finished Force JAG (Judge Advocate used by Lehigh as part of course- small farm in Coopersburg (not their training there in 1979, and General), I then retired to prac- work in ecology. Catherine did far from Lehigh) for the past 10 that was the last we saw of them tice as a patent attorney with her senior research project at years. The farm is dedicated to for 40 years, until their visit. several legal firms in North- Lake Lacawac, inspiring her the breeding and enjoyment of They were on a road trip and ern Virginia. Am now fully to choose it for her wedding quality Huacaya alpacas. Pete passing through the area on a retired, enjoying spending time venue. Bob is now completely is also the sole proprietor of O. Monday in October, so we met with grandson, Leopold. Son, retired. He had been principal J. Jones Associates, LLC, a con- for dinner in Selinsgrove, Pa. Andrew, is a medical doctor in engineer at Curtiss Wright EMD sulting firm which he describes We tried to get another friend, the Lehigh Valley area. For that Corp., in Pittsburgh. He met up as a solution-based industrial Ivor Lewis, who started with reason and many others, hope with Reggie Guy and his wife, laser equipment sales company. us at Lehigh (first two years, that the virus will be history in Judy, during a trip to Estes Park Mike has been very actively then did two at Bucknell, then time for the 50th Reunion. Stay in Colorado. Bob reluctantly involved in the planning of our Jefferson/Geisinger) to come safe and well!” As of April 1st admitted that the Colorado 50th Reunion. He’s the one up from the coal regions, but (no Fool’s Day), Andrew says it trout were unimpressed with his responsible for encouraging he was out of town. The Ly- all—and well. angling abilities. Reggie was an your participation in the re- tle-Lasichacks’ two sons went Save the date for Reunion 2021: internist at Longmont United union. Don’t let him down. Mike on to medical school and are June 10-13, 2021 Hospital in Colorado prior to his started a consulting business, currently engaged in post-res- retirement a few years ago. MP Affiliates, LLC, in 2013 to idency sub-specialty training Sam Dugan, 143 As I’m writing this, it’s late capitalize on his broad market- programs.” Pinecrest Lane, March and Bob, Reggie and five ing, sales and project experience (Dr. Bob also shared what he ’71 Lansdale, PA other Sigma Nu brothers (Mike with DOD and civilian federal referred to as a “funny anec- 19446. (215) 368-1895 (H), (215) Pavlides, Pete Jones, Wayne agencies and state and local dote” about a prank Paul Urban 680-9719 (M); srdugan49@ Montgomery, Ken Fischl and governments. played on classmates while at comcast.net George Sabol) are currently plan- Save the date for Reunion 2021: Jefferson. I’ll save the details Our 50th Reunion is June 10-13, ning a mini-reunion in June at the June 10-13, 2021 for a future column when there 2021. It will be here before you Omni Homestead Resort in Hot is more dead space. Authentic know it, so mark your calendars. Springs, Va. I hope the coronavi- Charles S. Paul Urban!) Come see all the magnificent rus doesn’t thwart their plans. “Chuck” Steele, An earlier issue of this col- physical changes that have George is a metallurgical ’72 2080 Flint Hill umn prompted Bob to share his occurred on campus since we engineer at Duferco Steel in Ma- Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036. own experience with the draft graduated. This will be our last tawan, N.J. In fact, he’s the only (610) 737-2156 (M); chuck. lottery and to suggest a thread big Reunion at Lehigh so please metallurgist. Duferco is a steel [email protected] we might entertain in future

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1. Ashleigh (Cameron) Millette ’12 and her husband, Brian, welcomed daughter Brea Rayne Millette, who was born Dec. 23, 2019 weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 21 inches long. 2. Steve Potter ’90, with his wife, Daniela, and their children: Josephine, 6; Frederick, 4; and twins Jakob and Julia, almost 3. 3. Michael Moriarty ’92 and his wife, Amie, moved to Hong Kong to work and raise their two children, EW (Edward William), 17, and Cheney, 15. 4. Ted Dom ’74 and his daughter, Isabelle Dom, recently hiked the Inca Trail. 5. Ryan Chominski ’09 and Veronica Vros ’09 traveled to Peru last September and trekked the Inca Trail for 6 four days to Machu Picchu (48 kilometers, up to altitudes of 13,800 ft.) 6. William Keller ’15 received the New England-Upstate New York Regional Distinguished Young AFCEAN (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association) Award.

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issues. “Ask classmates their Just when you thought you’d lehem, where he lives with his photos of hiking the Inca Trail, experience with the Vietnam seen everything! As I write this wife, and H.S. sweetheart, Cathy. has been patient over the last draft and any service-related ex- column in late March, we are all John Devlin is living in couple of issues. I had a bunch periences. I had a 2S deferment in the midst of the COVID-19 Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where of letters that strained my space at Lehigh and a 2M deferment pandemic. My wife and I have he is retired endocrinologist limit, and I didn’t want to chop for medical school. I remember been self-quarantining, self-iso- and past-director of the diabe- his update down to fit. So here it well the birthday lottery during lating, sheltering-in-place for tes centers of Maine Medical is, finally. our sophomore year. Everyone the past few weeks. (Phrases I Center and Mercy Hospital. He wrote, “I live in Houston, in the fraternity house was have never written before!) Toi- John earned his M.D. at Cornell Texas, with my wife, Lynne gathered around the TV set as let paper is almost impossible University Medical College and Whitworth ’80. I moved here in they announced the dates and to find at this point. Don’t know his M.P.H. at the Muskie School, 1981 and continue to enjoy its numbers. I got a decent lottery how bad this is going to get, University of Maine. John and wonderful climate and scenic number, but not so high that if but we’re still being cautious. his wife, Diane, have a son, landscaping. (I am serious ... so things heated up worse, I still At least I was able to get to that Sean, and a daughter, Heather. that must mean that I’ve been wouldn’t be drafted. I kept my Phillies-Pirates spring training Heather has given him the joy of here too long). deferment and decided to take game in Clearwater before ev- two grandchildren, Jackson (5) “Lynne is a native Texan (her my chances with the draft after erything was canceled! Thanks and Hayden (3). In retirement, nickname at Lehigh was, natu- graduation. They were drafting to everyone who responded John volunteers with Doctors rally, ‘Tex’) and it took me over most newly minted doctors as to my email message. A few of Without Borders, Konbit Sante 30 years and lots of groveling to soon as we finished our intern- you noted that you too were in Haiti Health Partnership, the earn her certification of me as a ships, so I was pretty sure I’d be the Tampa Bay area during the American Red Cross and the naturalized Texan. We have two drafted – but as a doctor rather same time period! Greater Portland Health FQHC. adult children, Hank (age 31) than an infantryman. Luckily Phillip Pfeifer was the first John and Diane also enjoy and Isabelle (age 29), who both for me, the war ended while I to respond, wanting everyone traveling in their Winnebago, live in Houston. One is married was still in medical school, so I to know that he recently retired “Micro Minnie.” and the other is engaged, but no didn’t have to worry.” after 37 years of teaching quan- After Lehigh, Casey Heeg grandchildren yet. “After reading numerous titative courses for the Darden received a J.D. from the Gon- “Following graduation from pleas for classmate info, I decid- School of Business at the Uni- zaga University School of Law. Lehigh, I worked for a commer- ed that it was finally time for me versity of Virginia. Phillip did Then, in 2006, Casey earned an cial bank, went back to school to provide an update.” That is his graduate work at Georgia M.S. in astronautical engineer- for my MBA and then moved to how Jeff Glibert opened a text Tech. He lives in Crozet, Va., ing from USC, which has been Houston to work for a national message received on my cell with wife Donna. They have two useful in his career as a mission real estate developer. For the last phone. He continued: “I retired boys, Ted, a Stevens Tech grad- architect for the Jet Propul- 19 years, I have been partners in 2018 after 10 years as a man- uate who is 30 years old; and sion Laboratory. He lives in La in a local real estate investment aging director of Promontory Max, 29, who graduated from Crescenta, Calif., with his wife, and management company with Financial, a risk management Notre Dame. Suzy, and his two daughters. a business colleague from that consulting firm. My risk man- In a humorous response to Madeline is a sophomore at UC first job in Houston. agement consulting career was my email, Steve Hamp sent Davis and McKenna is a senior “In my free time, I have an effort to fix all the problems I a short missive to let us know at Crescenta Valley H.S. As far a late-in-life enthusiasm for created from the prior 35 years that while they have bugs where as retirement, Casey respond- exercise after many sedentary in the banking industry (New he and his wife, Patricia, live in ed, “Once my daughters are years as a parent and soccer York, London and Los Angeles). Cozumel, “…there are no gators out of college, I’ll have time to dad, chauffeuring my children I am currently on the board down here!” Just a reminder, he think about that.” Casey also to too many activities. About of directors of Deutsche Bank and Patricia own a three-bed, wanted everyone to know that 15 years ago, weighing a robust USA, the U.S. holding company three-bath rental house with a he is always happy to hear from 215 pounds, I decided to hit the for Deutsche Bank AG, and pool on the island that is avail- classmates and/or former deni- gym. Since then I have entered chair of the U.S. Board Risk able to visitors. If interested, zens of Theta Xi. countless running events Committee. My wife, Susan contact Steve at Cozumel-casa- Reminder: Our 50th Reunion ranging in distance from 5K to (Cedar Crest ’72), and I recently patricia.us. is less than three years away. a marathon in 2016 and about a downsized and live in Morris- Randy Biggs wrote to report Let’s have the biggest turnout in dozen sprint triathlons. I am an town, N.J. Six grandchildren that he had just returned from Lehigh Reunion history! average competitor in my age (plus two more arriving shortly) the St. Pete area where he ran bracket, but it helped me keep and traveling keep us busy.” the Skyline 10K with his daugh- Bill White, 5418 the weight off. ter, a criminal prosecutor who Holiday Drive, “This fall, I [hiked] the Inca Patrick Fekula, lives in St. Pete. Randy retired ’74 Allentown, PA trail from Cusco to Machu 1891 Evans Drive after a 20-year career with the 18104, [email protected] Picchu on a trip organized by ’73South, Jackson- U.S. Navy but is still working as Ted Dom, who wrote to me Isabelle’s future father-in-law, ville Beach, FL 32250. (904) 451- a wealth manager with Janney, not long after reunion and who is a native of Peru. So I have 4949 (M); [email protected] Montgomery & Scott in Beth- later provided an update and been working the StairMaster

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to get ready. many and massive disruption to Teri travels to Italy often. She be during ours in 2021, we get a “I am very active in the the world including the Lehigh recently visited Doug Hansen bonus to connect with our many Episcopal church and served on community. Our 45th Reunion and his wife in Connecticut. friends from the Class of 1975. nonprofit boards and several has been postponed to June 10- Teri also keeps in touch with COVID-19: I am writing this committees, mostly oriented 13, 2021. Curt Schmidt and was work- in April in what appears to be to community outreach and Have not heard of any trage- ing on and looking forward to the flattening of the curve! In serving the homeless. dies caused by COVID-19 among our reunion. August when you read this, I “It was great to see you and any of our classmates. Undoubt- Rich Swatt relayed that pray we will be attending plays everyone at the reunion. While edly, there have been many he retired in 2018 and moved on Broadway, sporting events, a resident of Texas, my family heroic acts in our community to to Wake Forest, N.C., near his fishing/surfing/swimming at roots are in western Pennsyl- help others. If you have a story to daughter and her family. Rich the beaches and socializing at vania, and hearing the Alumni share about how the COVID-19 and his wife also have two boys all of these, with caution, and Band play a wonderful version pandemic affected you or your who have become CPAs like most importantly, socializing of ‘Sweet Caroline’ reminded family or have a story of some Rich. They are blessed with with our friends and fami- me that I am a Yankee at heart. heroic act by someone or a group three grandchildren. Out of lies. My faith in our coun- So, the 50th Reunion is on my in our class, please feel free to Lehigh, Rich worked for Arthur try’s science, scientists, first calendar, and I hope to make it send it to me. Young for about 12 years and responders, state and federal to a Lehigh-Lafayette football My own family has stayed then on Wall Street before be- governments, and the people of game in the interim. safe and healthy. We confront- ing the controller of Cushman America is quite high and filled “Best wishes. To classmates ed COVID-19 early. One of our & Wakefield for nine years. He with hope…God bless. who did not attend the 45th Re- sons was traveling in Shanghai spent 15 years at ADP/Broa- I was asked how Paul union… it was a great weekend. when the virus broke out in dridge Financial Solutions, Loschiavo is doing and he said Don’t miss the 50th!” China. He ended up having Inc., in segment controllership “doing fine!” Marine Corporal Just to bring things a bit to hunker down there with a roles, and finished his career as Sam, who gave his kidney to more up to date, I spent much of friend for a while. He texted us chief financial and administra- Paul, was awarded the Navy the first weekend of March with pictures of empty streets and tive officer at Child Care Aware and Marine Corps Commen- my old roommate Bob Shultz checkpoints. He was finally of America, a not-for-profit in dation Medal for “jumping on and fellow Phi Delt Doug able to return to South Korea, Virginia. Rich would love to a grenade for a fellow Marine.” Henning ’75 watching Lehigh’s where he teaches, and he had to hear from his Theta Delta Chi Paul flew from Florida to Cal- wrestlers win the Easterns in self-quarantine. brothers, some of whom he ifornia to pin it on him…very Stabler Area. The event took Recently, heard from two of has heard from, via LinkedIn, cool! Our reunion in 2021 is on place just before all hell broke our very accomplished class- through Gene Koontz, Paul his to-do list. loose with coronavirus, among mates, Teri (Regan) Maco and Hartzell and Keith Spero. Don McGillen retired from other things canceling the Rich Swatt. Rich retired from basketball at Yahoo/Verizon last year, and national tournament, where I Although graduating with age 56, which he says was prob- he is doing consulting for some think we’d have done very well. a degree in chemical engi- ably one of the wiser things he start-ups. At Yahoo, Don start- It was fun hanging out with neering and working in the has done, and is finally playing ed a program to donate servers those guys for a couple of days home and health care products more golf. (that Yahoo had retired) and and sharing old stories, one of industry in senior executive Please send me an email donate them to university re- which – a harrowing drive home positions, Teri now owns a tax about what you are doing so searchers. Just before retiring, from the 1971 Easterns in An- and consulting practice in the I can include you in the next Don arranged the donation napolis in the midst of the gas Lehigh Valley. Along the way, class column. Do not be mod- of 80 machines to the Lehigh crisis, arriving on campus with she earned an MBA and a Ph.D. est. Also, don’t forget to like computer science department. Bob’s car running on fumes – in business, and had two boys. our class Facebook page run by This gave Lehigh significant involved Ted Dom and, I think, Faced with a choice, between Jeff Sherman. It can be found capability for research using Al Mix. the career she loved and her at: facebook.com/lehigh “big” data. At this writing, Don Bob said he had no recollec- desire for a stable home for her seventyfive?fref=ts. Stay well, and Violet had just learned their tion of it, but I’m hoping Al or boys, Teri retired at the age my friends. daughter was expecting their Ted will corroborate. of 39. She eventually started first grandchild…for another her current business target- Mark E. Goeh- column! Thom Hirsch, ing small business start-up ring, 10 Princeton Speaking of grandchildren, 139 McHenny companies. The business has ’76 Drive, Shamong, Paul Leitner and Martha are ’75Court, Chester, expanded to multiple states. NJ 08088. (609) 841-0389 (C); first-time grandparents as their MD 21619, [email protected] One of her sons is a partner in MarkGoehring LU76@gmail. daughter gave birth to Paul By the time you read this, hope- the business. Retirement is not com; Look for me on Facebook! Leitner-Waldman, born March fully, the COVID-19 pandemic in Teri’s plans. Two years ago, Greetings and please put our 17 in Boston. will be largely over. We all pray Teri returned to the Lehigh reunion date on your calendar! Bill Tomassini retired after that it will not recur in the fall. Valley where she grew up. Since this year’s 2020 reunion a rewarding career in business COVID-19 has brought death to With relatives living in Rome, was cancelled and rescheduled to development and sales lead-

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ership in the IT Industry and March), in a matter of days the married in October 2019. Japanese College. Dr. Gorcsan SAP ecosystem. Bill and Gail novel coronavirus has gone Stephen Dill returned to also will receive an award as look forward to spending more from a little worrisome to a Boston last February from a national mentor of the year time with family and friends. full-fledged, screaming emer- marketing consulting contract by the American Society of They are living and loving it gency. Considering how many at a small women’s college in Echocardiography at their on Skidaway Island in Savan- classmates live in hot spots like Missouri. In August, he began upcoming national meeting for nah, Ga., along with a place in New York and New Jersey, I a one-year contract to redi- his teaching and guidance of Florida. hope everyone is taking their rect the marketing efforts at trainees in advancing the field I cross Facebook paths with “stay-at-home” orders seriously MassBay Community College of echocardiography. Eric Demaree on occasion, and staying healthy. Here’s what in Wellesley Hills, Mass. Then Jeff Shields shared photos with pics of family and grand- some of you were up to before in December, he headed back to of a Kappa Alpha reunion at kids. We were … Drinker 2B, the pandemic: Lehigh to join the Choral Arts his beach house in Virginia or not 2B! We missed trying to Marsha (Marson) Moller department in singing Vespers Beach during the spring of connect at Lehigh-Lafayette last reports that she stays in touch in the newly-renovated Packer 2019. A 2020 reunion is being fall, and I want to congratulate with Marilyn (Lasser) Nuber Chapel. The 2019 holiday planned. The ’79ers joining the Eric and Lynne for recently cel- the most, since Marilyn lived season was his next-to-last in festivities were Jeff,Leonard ebrating 45 years of marriage. in Boston last summer and New England, as he and his wife “Bud” Siegel, Bob Rentler Mary and I were looking for- fall, near her daughter and two Abigail plan to relocate to Los and Cal Covert. Other KA ward to our son Bryant ’07 ’08 grandchildren. Marsha retired Angeles in mid-2021. brothers in the group were and fiancée Heather’s marriage from teaching middle school That’s it for the news I have Roger Failmezger ’81, Drew on March 29 in Florida, and math and now works part-time on hand, so please get in touch Hadley ’81, Jeff Engle ’82, Mark then along came COVID-19! for CueThink. CueThink is a web by snail mail, email or Facebook Messics ’82 and Mark Yoder The actual marriage might have application that helps students (facebook.com/groups/ ’82. Jeff notes that the group happened by the time you read become stronger math prob- Lehigh1978) to refill my tank. gets together for some home this, but the celebration was lem-solvers by using thinking games and especially Le- rescheduled for November 16… and reasoning skills. The job is Lance M. Bell, high-Lafayette games. The two with a ton of Lehigh attending! fun and leaves her with time to 952 River Run Dr., Marks have attended 40-plus Stay safe, stay healthy, stay in play golf and do volunteer work. ’79 Macedonia, OH Lehigh-Lafayette games. Jeff touch, my friends. Karen (Talhelm) Knauer 44056-2369. (216) 219-3729 was also in the Marching 97 Save the date for Reunion 2021: retired in the fall of 2019 after (mobile); [email protected] and returns for all the band and June 10-13, 2021 20 years as a reference librar- Retirement didn’t last very alumni reunions. Finally, Jeff ian in her county library. She long as I am providing contract shared that he is currently a Ann Louise joined a group of local singers project engineering support computer engineer for the U.S. (Werley) Price, who perform in assisted living to Nestlé for most of 2020. I Army in Aberdeen, Md. He’s ’77 2 Colton St., facilities. She’s looking forward think I was driving Dorothy a enjoying life and having a blast. Farmington, CT 06032. (860) to traveling and spending more little crazy during the winter Rich Earl shares that he’s 677-1295 (H); prokemo@ time with her one-and-a-half- months, so I’m giving her a published his second book, a comcast.net year-old granddaughter. break to recover her sanity. devotional called “In the Hol- Our column in the last issue of Jeff Leknes retired from Of course, I’m mostly work- low: Volume One-Winter.” You the Bulletin was full of news…. the Air Force in 2007, from the ing from home during the can purchase a copy at inthe and this column is nonexistent… federal civil service in 2017, and COVID-19 crisis, so she gets no hollow.net. This devotional zilch news! As I write this we are now does consulting work in the break after all. also includes images photo- all sitting home remembering railroad industry. He spends a John Gorcsan relocated graphed during Rich’s hikes. with fondness when our lives lot of time in rural Normandy, to Washington University in Those of you connected to him were hectic and busy. Now we France, awash in peace and St. Louis as director of clinical on Facebook have enjoyed the are self -quarantining and social quiet as well as rich history. research for the Department beautiful woodland scenes distancing. I hope this column After 20 years as a senior of Cardiology and professor of he frequently posts. As Rich reaches you at a time when nuclear design engineer at PPL medicine. He was recently hon- shares on Amazon, “Our minds things have settled down and we Inc, Marci Pevner-Spanitz ored by the Japanese College sometimes require seed to are approaching some return to retired and started working of Cardiology as the “Sakamo- get thinking started. Some normalcy and that you are all part-time doing engineering to Lecturer,” considered the folks are fountains of creative safe and well. Send a note! consulting work with a fellow most honorable lecture of the thought, but often we need Lehigh alum, Don Kohn ’69. meeting of 3,000 cardiologists a catalyst. This volume will Gail D. Reinhart, She spends the rest of her time in Nagoya, Japan. He was rec- provide you with seed to tune 215 N. Center St., doing hobbies and volunteer ognized for his research on new your mind to things eternal as ’78 #1407, San Anto- activities, including being a technologies in cardiac imag- you allow the daily nuggets to nio, TX 78202-2723. ladygai member of Lehigh’s general ing for heart failure patients find good ground and take root [email protected] reunion committee. She and her and inducted as an honorary in your life.” As I write this (the end of husband have one son, who was international member of the Ken Schaffer writes that

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he’s now working at Trader and has been very busy during summer internship in economic in the midst of a battle with Joe’s and finds it a great place the pandemic. analytics. Youngest son Tyson COVID-19, the likes of which to work. Ken owned a con- Frank Scattene and fresh- is a junior in high school and we have not encountered in venience store in Waltham, man year roommate Joel Isaac- adapted to distance learning our lifetimes. Hopefully, as Mass., for 30 years, and sold it son went to the EIWA cham- as well as filling his spare time you read this many months six years ago. He shared that he pionship tournament. They online with friends competing from now, America will have also ran into his Delta Upsilon talked about their freshman year at video games. Wife Judy is won the battle, and our health brother Rick Adams, who lives Dravo B4 intramural title. Wally a primary school nurse and is and economy will have been in the same area. Smerconish was the prime keeping the family sane. Rick restored. Because of the crisis, I Jim Bugbee wrote to say driver for the championship. looks forward to connecting on have only the update below, and that before the COVID-19 crisis They also discussed reunion and LinkedIn, email or other social would ask that you continue hit, he was able to visit his son called fellow Dravo B4 member, media platforms while working to update me on your family, Michael and family in Tampa, Hampo Zadoyan. Hampo lives from home. careers and milestones. With all Fla. During that trip they at- in California and his daughter is Anne (Prince) Bock and best wishes, John. tended a Lehigh Club of Tampa considering Lehigh. Timothy Bock ’84 sold their Ray Dragon wrote in and event, which was a Phillies-Yan- Robert Drummey and wife, farm near Kutztown and moved said: “My wife and I have been kees game in Clearwater. They Doriann (Johnson) Drummey to Lehigh County. living the two MBA consulting enjoyed the event along with are retired and live in Portland, Sarah Goldie wrote on behalf lifestyles: I do litigation, foren- Craig Anderson ’60 and wife Ore. They have four children and of her late husband, Peter sic and valuation consulting Judy, Craig Hofford ’70, Rich five grandchildren. Goldie, who passed away in with Anchin, Block & Anchin in Revta ’71, Tom Spence ’78, Joe Lisa Ansilio recently moved March. Peter had a short strug- NYC, where I focus on business Rabuck ’82, Diane (Burns) to St. Louis, Mo., to take a new gle with cancer of the esophagus and intellectual property valu- Martinez ’84, Nicole (Pollaert) job as assistant general counsel and passed peacefully in his ation and lost profits damages Witt ’90 and her husband of securities for Edward Jones. home, while holding Sarah’s analysis. My wife, Kathleen Chris Witt ’88, and coordinator David Cook worked 20 years hand. Sarah has set up a PayPal Selinka Dragon ’81, recently Sherrie Moore ’01. Jim wishes as a clinician leader at the Mayo donation account to help with started as a banking consultant all ’79ers the best! Clinic. David worked for Chinese her 12-year-old daughter’s con- with Treliant. Need to keep Venture Capital from 2016-2019, tinued care: GoldieFamily the cash rolling in with all the Gary Chan, setting up a private health care [email protected]. tuition bills. My son, Eric, is a (847) 902-8881 system in Shanghai. He recently Rosene (Shenk) Clark math and economics major in ’80 (C); gkchan80@ returned to the U.S. and is vice joined the Institute for Defense his sophomore year at Wash- alum.lehigh.edu president of research and devel- Analyses (IDA) as a research staff ington & Lee and plays on the After 18 years of being self-em- opment at United Health Group member in their operational varsity soccer team, which got ployed, Douglas Elia accepted in Minnetonka, Minn. evaluation division. IDA is a non- to the D-III sweet 16 round. My a position with the Veterans Brian Woolford shares profit corporation that operates daughter Jackie (Princeton ’19) Health Administration as an his 2019 highlights. In April he three federally funded research is applying to med schools and engineer at their facility in embarked on a cruise, visiting and development centers in the working in Philly. Hope all is Danville, Ill. Doug manages Colombia, Panama City, Costa public interest addressing the well with you, if you are in N.Y., renovation and new con- Rica, Honduras, Guatemala most challenging U.S. security we should have lunch.” struction projects in several and several ports in Mexico. In and science policy questions. buildings across the campus. August, he took a cruise of Alaska Save the date for Reunion 2021: Nancy Liu His oldest son, Mark, an Indiana and also spent time in Vancou- June 10-13, 2021 Freedman, University graduate, works ver, Canada. In September he ’83 nancyliulehigh83@ for an environmental firm in celebrated his 35th medical Wayne R. Shurts, gmail.com Indianapolis, Ind. Son Eric sells school reunion in Syracuse, N.Y. 9304 Old River Ct. Happy Summer, Class of ’83! Hyundais in Bloomington, Ind., Rick Neff is living in Cincin- ’81 W, Montgomery, TX Please continue to email me and is a top salesman. Son Sean nati, Ohio, and is an indepen- 77356; [email protected] (nancyliulehigh83@gmail. is a corporal in the Marines and dent consultant in additive Save the date for Reunion 2021: com) is serving overseas. Son Adam manufacturing and marketing. June 10-13, 2021 with any news, and I will is an airman in the Air Force Rick traveled to Atlanta in include it in the column. Reserve and is also serving February where his oldest John P. Belardo, Jim Reid wrote me that overseas. Daughter Kateri is son, Jackson, finished 62nd in 152 Berkeley Cir- mentioning the names of the studying psychology at Indiana the Olympic Marathon Trials. ’82 cle, Basking Ridge, Dravo A4 girls brought back State University. Their youngest, Middle son Henry conducted NJ 07920. (973) 425-8755 (B); many fond memories. JR spent Suzanne, is class president at the rest of his semester at Ohio [email protected]. On a lot of time on Dravo A4, her high school. Doug and wife State with distance learning. Facebook, like “Lehigh Universi- hanging out and socializing Katherine will celebrate their Jackson also had to deal with ty Class of 1982.” with us. Jim has been living in 29th anniversary in September. the cancellation of his a cappel- As I write this column on Charlotte, N.C., since 1988. His Katherine is a registered nurse la group’s competition and his St. Patrick’s Day, America is daughter recently graduated

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from NC State and is a financial people have been silent, their from Lehigh, as well as a juris works as a Lehigh Liner, solic- advisor for Vanguard. It was minds on other things. Mary doctorate degree from the Dick- iting donations... so you might great hearing from JR. Beth (Cooleen) Tully was inson School of Law in 1987. just get a call from her once the I recently attended a kind to send me an update on He is the president-elect of the students go back to campus this Women in Business event on her philanthropic activities Pennsylvania Association of fall. Bonnie’s younger daugh- campus at the end of February. with the Alpha Phi Foundation. Criminal Defense Lawyers and ter, Rebecca, is a junior in high It was great to see my freshman Mary Beth is the chair of the has served as a member of the school who is also looking at Le- roommate, Sandy Denton, at Foundation. The Alpha Phi Joint State Government Com- high. Bonnie got together with the event. Sandy lives in NYC Foundation focuses on wom- mission’s Advisory Committee Janine (Tomassini) Keller for and is part of a startup that en’s heart health, which I think on the Philadelphia Court some holiday shopping. Look developed an application called you will agree is a quite worthy System and as a Judge Pro for an update from Janine in the Bond. The company provides and underrepresented cause. Tempore for the Philadelphia next issue. a 24/7 personal security con- I gleaned the following Court of Common Pleas.” I was delighted to hear from cierge service through an app from the Lehigh website (cat- As a final note,Suzanne my freshman roommate, Ma- and live security monitoring egory: news to me): “Deseriee (Taylor) Thompson shared rie (Coulter) Butler, who is center. The app provides an Kennedy was recently her first day story on the also living in Maryland, not too array of services to help you appointed associate dean of Lehigh University Alumni far from me, with her husband feel safe. diversity and inclusion at the Facebook page. Check it out– and two sons. We are planning As I write this column, Touro College Law Center, it’s hilarious. a post-coronavirus meet up. we are in the midst of the where she has been a faculty Finally, I want to thank I checked in with Caroline pandemic. Events have been member since 2007. everyone who sent me updates. Power Gangl and she told me canceled. We are quarantined, “A passionate advocate for It is very much appreciated. that last summer she and her working remotely and practic- the abused, Kennedy has been Please continue to drop your family traveled to Estonia for ing social distancing. I hope by involved with several groups, news, and I will fit it in. the Estonia Song Celebration the time you read this column including a board member of and on a whim decided to text that the pandemic will be in the Safe Center, L.I., which Jennifer Hillar Puskar to see if he was the past, and things go back to helps victims of domestic Sheehan, there as well. It turned out normal. Stay safe and healthy and child abuse. She has also ’85 (240) 401-3724, that sure enough, Hillar, wife and I hope to see you soon, worked pro-bono on children’s [email protected] Kirsten, and their daughters maybe at a Lehigh football rights and capital punishment As I write this from Maryland, (who are accomplished Esto- game. Please send me a note cases, and is published in sev- we are under a “stay-at-home” nian folk dancers) were also on how you are doing. eral areas. order due to the coronavirus. attending. They had a little “Kennedy earned her bach- The classmates I checked in trouble finding each other in Thomas Keat- elor’s degree in social rela- with are in similar situations in the crowd of close to 100,000, ing, 19 Hackney tions from Lehigh University, various locations, and we’ve all but what a small world! I ’84 Way, Harleysville, and her juris doctorate from just learned that our reunion has never knew that Caroline was PA 19438. thomaskeating@ Harvard University. She was been postponed for one year. Estonian. Her mother was able yahoo.com also an Honorable Abraham L. Karoline (McAdam) Obora to leave Estonia before the Hello, classmates! I am writing Freedman Fellow at the Tem- and her husband have been complete occupation by the this column deeply entrenched ple University School of Law.” living in Naperville, Ill., for the Soviets. She was placed in a in my bunker, periodically Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf past 21 years. Their oldest son displaced persons camp until peering out my second-floor recently appointed Mark B. has “re-homed” from University she became a translator for the home office window at the Sheppard to the Pennsylvania of Chicago, and she also has two International Refugee Agency, world outside. So, there is Commission on Sentencing high school freshmen who are which was part of the United not much difference in my to serve for a two-year term currently remote learning while Nations. Eventually she emi- life during this incredible as one of 11 commission Karoline and her husband are grated to the U.S. and settled in time. I hope by the time you members. Sheppard serves working from home. Karoline New Jersey. read this, the restrictions are as co-chair of Montgomery works for IAT Insurance as an Stephanie Joy Pervall lifted, and that people are well McCracken’s White Collar and enterprise program manager for succumbed to COVID-19 in and productive again. I feel Government Investigations a large-scale business and tech- May after a lengthy illness. As for the Lehigh students, who Practice Group and a member nology transformation project. her middle name implies, most have had their academic life of the firm’s executive commit- Bonnie (Levy) Reagan is a of us will remember Steph for and activities interrupted at a tee. His practice is focused on global program director for an her beautiful smile, friend- critical time and for the Lehigh white collar criminal defense, oncology development team at ly demeanor and infectious employees, who are having to U.S. Securities and Exchange Novartis. She and her family are laugh. Stephanie lived in M&M cope with an unprecedented Commission Enforcement, living in Parsippany, N.J., and while on campus. She was a crisis. I hope you are all well, and complex commercial civil her daughter Carolyn is a rising member of the Lehigh U Choir, safe and protected. litigation. Sheppard earned his second-year business student Black Students’ Union and I have only a few items– bachelor of arts in government at Lehigh. On campus, Carolyn several other organizations as

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a student, and was an enthusi- respond to requests for input to R.I. Be careful what you wish Laura M. D’Orsi, astic advocate for Lehigh and this column. Oh, stupid me. for, Rooster, but Bob notes that 26 Falcon Ridge mentor as an alumna. “Dear sir or madam, will you any ’86ers passing through ’87Circle, Holmdel, I am sad to report that a dear read my book? It took me years Newport should say “hello.” NJ 07733. (732) 241-5229 (H); friend, Bonnie (Winokur) to write, will you take a look? Living the Charles Kuralt [email protected] Bancroft, passed away in (the Beatles).” Michelle (Mill- life, Sue (Sibley) Vowell In 1987 or even in 2019 I don’t February. She is survived by er) Davis, who got her M.S. and John Vowell, spent last think any of us would have her husband, also our class- in education from St. Joseph’s winter in the Mojave National predicted where we are now: mate, Ned Bancroft, and their University following her Lehigh Preserve, where they were in the middle of the COVID-19 four beautiful children. One of degree in finance, and whose spelunking in lava tubes, hiking pandemic. I think the shock of their sons is a Lehigh gradu- career path includes banking, meteor craters, climbing mile- waking up every morning and ate and another is currently teaching and college admissions high sand dunes, and cruising saying to ourselves, “Is this a student. Please see the “In consulting, just published her through Joshua Tree forests. really happening?” has worn off Remembrance” section of this first novel, “Learning to Bend” As we’ve learned, though, don’t and now we are trying to get by magazine for more information. (learningtobend.com). Check count them out of the working each day. I remember Bonnie for her it out at your local independent world; this spring/summer, My family and I are in New kindness toward everyone, her bookseller (or if need be, via the they’ve been working as enu- Jersey which is one of the witty observations and her great big behemoth booksellers). And merators for the U.S. Census hotspots for the coronavirus. All sense of style. She was fiercely remember, find it in the fiction Bureau, in Boundary County, of the kids around the country devoted to her family, and if you section; not the fitness section! Idaho. have left their colleges and are knew her, you understand what I thought she only knew Missy (Capuano) Roh- now attending online classes, a huge loss this is. how to post to the general land’s son starts his Lehigh schools in New Jersey are Kyle (Friedman) Green- ledger, but Cathy Engelbert sophomore year this autumn. closed and my kids are spending burg helped to care for Bonnie can really post up, evidently, Missy joined a new start-up, the end of their senior and until the end and hosted our as she segued from Deloitte’s Digital Construction Works, freshman years stuck inside class of Alpha Phis the weekend CEO to be the WNBA’s first which provides digital auto- the house. They are attending of the memorial service. One commissioner, responsible for mation, integration, twinning online classes, playing piano of my fondest memories from setting the WNBA vision and services and fit-for-purpose and guitar, and playing Fortnite last year was sitting on a bench overseeing the league’s day- solutions to automate and opti- until late hours. My husband in Bonnie’s town with Kyle and to-day business and basketball mize the construction process. is conducting virtual court- Bonnie, just people watching operations. In essence, moving the con- rooms from one of our upstairs and talking on a sunny after- I write this column, using struction industry away from bedrooms, and I am fortunate in noon. I didn’t realize it would the usual tools: laptop, inter- paper and into a digital world. I that I can work from home and be the last time I would see her. net, my notes from your emails, hope Mike Brady keeps up with also scoot over to my office in I’m deeply grateful for that time letters, and Western Union the industry changes. Red Bank to work, check mail, together. telegrams, plus a glass or two George Deligiannis’s eldest have calls etc. My dog, Gus, has Save the date for Reunion 2021: of Maker’s Mark. But for this son graduated from Lehigh this adjusted to us being home and June 10-13, 2021 column, it includes some “Old spring as an industrial engineer enjoys his walks several times a Grandad” as Bob “Rooster” and is pursuing his master’s in day where I try to rack up steps. Dave Conway reports he’s a grand- Bethlehem. George’s second Several times a week I deliver Polakoff, father; his eldest daughter, son is headed toward his junior groceries and argue with my ’86 400 E. 71st St., Amanda, a Ph.D. (from that year at USC, and his daughter is 79-year-old mother about why #3K, New York, NY 10021. school that was defeated by studying medicine at Plymouth she should not go to the super- [email protected]. Look for Lehigh basketball in the 2012 University in the UK. market or out in public. She “Lehigh University Class of 1986” NCAAs) and her husband, “Love and music you’ll find responds by telling me I should on both Facebook and LinkedIn. also a Ph.D., have a 3-year-old everywhere. People always not tell her what to do. “And I was lost for words in daughter and live in Durham, having fun down there, so come As of the date I am writing your arms. Attempting to make N.C. Bob’s daughter, Shannon, along. I’m on my way to Cuba… this, we have been lucky enough sense of my aching heart. I graduated from HPU (that’s (Desi Arnaz).” George visited not to be impacted health-wise could just be everything and either Hawaii Pacific Universi- Cuba, this spring. Why would by this pandemic, but obvious- everyone to you, this life would ty or High Point University, or I go to Cuba, you ask, because ly know that is a possibility. just be so easy (INXS).” it could be, but unlikely, Harry “I get off on ’57 Chevys (Eric Sessions on Zoom, including a Which reminds me, so I was Potter Universe) focusing on Clapton).” Lehigh night with friends–Lisa having dental surgery without outdoor education, and daugh- “The time has come for us Hakim, Jill Tirnauer, Andrea anesthesia; you could imagine ter Lindsay graduated from to say sayonara. (Hasegawa (Worth) Robik, Daniella the pain. Oh, wait, that wasn’t Fordham University, Lincoln Yoshida [you know it from the (Boebert) Titterton and dental surgery without anes- Center. Bob and wife Michelle “M*A*S*H” movie]).” Kathy (Reichert) Koenig– thesia, that was me trying to get sold their home in Duxbury, Save the date for Reunion 2021: have helped make the isolation you, my fellow ’86 classmates, to Mass., and moved to Newport, June 10-13, 2021 a bit more bearable. I have seen

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postings on Facebook of other right? We all find ourselves in other files in an effort to clean husband John and youngest Lehigh Pubnight Zoom sessions, the new upside down, or the out. Flipping through my Le- son Mac. Her career combined where different groups have new normal as quarantine, or high files has been a delightful with her lifelong passion for congregated to help through the in some cases the quarantini way to pass time and has me basketball and lacrosse have isolation. or The Tiger King/Netflix smiling a lot as I remember our led her to her current career One of the “benefits” of the binging, takes over. It has only antics on Old South Moun- as a high school marketing isolation is that we all have had been a few weeks, and I see tain. I look forward to seeing teacher and girls’ varsity bas- a chance to spend time with many have mastered Zoom, many of you in person during ketball coach. Pam and John’s our families and step out of relived the past and caught the the late summer and fall, as oldest son, Justin, is a certified the rat race. Kids have come Lehigh-Duke game on CBS, and we emerge from this time at PGA golf professional. Their home from college and the city; are finding ways to keep busy, home, stronger, braver and daughter, Jessi, was a senior at families are sitting around the keep working, keep active and more determined to make an Notre Dame, where she played dinner table to eat meals and keep in touch while also social impact, while we continue to lacrosse. Mac is a sophomore play board games. Everyone has distancing. I think the trophy have some fun. Hopefully we and plays lacrosse for his high had a chance for a breathing for most alumni on a Zoom call will be able to raise a glass, if school. Kari and her husband, session and more family time to date goes to Bryan Kleppe not hug or shake hands, while Ed, live near Charlotte, N.C., due to being locked inside with who was able to get 35 ATOs watching a football game this and keep busy with their three each other. Friends have just together for several hours of fall. Until then, try to play by kids. Jonathan is a junior spent Passover and Easter in laughs. I also have seen the the rules, enjoy the slower pace finance major at Appalachian isolation with contacting family Thetas, the DGs and others and embrace life. Cheers! State University; Katharine is through FaceTime and Zoom. posting. It is a wonderful way a senior in high school and will Still not sure what to tell to feel connected and share ex- Jocelyn (Gitlin) join her brother at App State my 15-year-old daughter when periences while we maneuver Deutsch, in the fall to study nursing; she asks when she can hang through these difficult times. ’89 9 Vincent Lane, and Lindsay is a sixth grader. out with her friends again or And while we are home Armonk, NY 10504. Fun was had by all at a my son who is supposed to be catching up, I know many of [email protected] virtual Lehigh pub night in attending the University of our classmates and fellow Stephanie (Fallone) Klein- late March organized by Jenn Pennsylvania in the fall to play alumni are deep in the throes man, Becky (Visconti) Petry, (Gans) Blankenfein. In atten- sprint football. I hope and pray of the COVID-19 battle. Da- Sue (Barone) Heffernan, Pam dance: Steve Droesch and Jen that I will not have to clean vid Adinaro M.D., M.Eng., (McAfee) Masinko, Cathy (Barbiero) Droesch; Gene out my bank account to pay for FACEP is the chief medical (Suswal) Pezzuti and Kari Souther; Jeff Kollin; Charlie online college and that things officer at the N.J. Field Med- (Saylor) Gras met up for a Fersko; Jay Cannell and will go back to “normal” soon. ical Station in Secaucus and weekend reunion in LBI in Sep- Neil Cannell; Judy (Bern- Although the media and experts right on the front line of this tember. Becky lives in Telford, stein) Schwartz; Jenn (Czin) keep telling us that there will be pandemic. He and his team, in Pa. She and husband Steve have Schwartz; John Goldberg; a “new normal” and not what we conjunction with the Depart- two boys, Rohan and Kirill, and Tracy (Bradley) Frary are used to. I am hoping that we ment of Health, the National ages 14 and 11. She accepted a and Eric Frary. keep our freedoms in check and Guard, the N.J. OEM and new position at Greene, Tweed I grabbed some news from that life returns to as normal others worked quickly to get & Co., last summer after taking Jenn (Beauchamp) Akins as possible. I am sure we are all this Meadowlands outpost up two years off to devote more and her husband, Rob, who looking forward to hugging our and fully functional to help the time to her children. Sue and live in West Chester, Pa., with parents, gathering with friends, hospitals with acute overflow husband Brian live in N.J., and their two sons. Brian (21 and at getting our hair and nails done, care. Keep up the fabulous she enjoys working part time at UPenn) and David (18). She is and going to the grocery store work, David, and thank you! Creature Comfort Pet Thera- a physician practicing in OB- without worrying. Bruce Alperin dropped py. They have a daughter, who GYN. Jenn and many of her For all of us I hope these days me a note to check-in and is a freshman at Penn State, Delta Gamma girls gathered at come soon. Stay safe, healthy noted that he is very busy, as and two sons ages 16 and 14. Tracy (Bradley) Frary’s home and keep in touch. We need the company he works for, Stephanie has three children in Avalon the weekend of Jan. each other now more than ever. Aramark, has high demand with her husband, Larry, and 11, 2020 for yoga, spa and a Keep posting on Facebook. Love for their services (facilities, they live in Emerson, N.J. Their visit to the Cape May winery. you guys. cleaning, food), and they are oldest daughter, Rachel, is in Jenn DiClerico is living also providing some temporary her junior year at Clemson in Garden City, N.Y., with her Kellie Fisher, 23 field hospitals. He also noted and son Tommy is a freshman three sons. She is the director Brainard Avenue, that with everyone at home, his and playing ice hockey at the of communications for the ’88 Port Monmouth, house is feeling a bit smaller. I University of Colorado. Daugh- International Federation of NJ 07758. (917) 209-5508; can relate to that! ter Jillian is finishing seventh Accountants. George Schott [email protected] I’ve taken some of the free grade. Pam relocated to Atlanta recently moved to Plainville, So, just a few things have time I’ve had to go through old after graduation and current- Mass., where he is working changed since the last column, photos, correspondence and ly lives in Roswell, Ga., with for Hilco Vision in sales and

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marketing. 2020 graduates who will not ty nesters until March when and surfing. For his birthday, Jay Ricca is still living be able to participate in spring their son, Adam, a freshman Calvin Hobbs will be joining in NYC and working in fixed ceremonies to mark their hard- studying film and TV produc- him for a surf trip to Bali. He income on Wall Street. Most earned diplomas and are now tion at Quinnipiac University remains in regular contact with recently Jay has adopted a entering a professional world was sent home for the rest of fellow football players and old vegan lifestyle and loves it. that is almost unrecognizable. the semester and daughter El- coaches. Tony Wolk lives in Short Hills, Tom Anderson and Cathy yssa left NYC to work remotely Shawn Donahue shared N.J., and is doing a good deal of (Krahnke) Anderson just for the accounting firm BDO. that he and his family are commuting to Massachusetts, hit 28 years together! Their Things suddenly got real cozy healthy and safe in Bethlehem where he is the executive VP for daughter, Charlotte, is heading again! at the time of this writing, development for House Works, into eighth grade and they too Remember to save the date living close to Goodman a home healthcare company. have an engineer on South for our rescheduled Reunion campus for almost 17 years. Mountain. Their son Henry ’22 weekend–June 10-13, 2021. See Married in 1999, his wife, Elizabeth is a Sig Ep. And to quote Tom, you there! Christina (Zarnas), graduated (Short) Stothoff, “Could have been Kappa Sig Save the date for Reunion 2021: from Moravian College in 1994. ’90 15 Finn Road, but we know how that went.” June 10-13, 2021 They have three children–Ma- Pittstown, NJ 08867. (908) Steve Potter checked in ria, 17; Constantine, 14; and 296-5695 (C); ess@inlineser and even included a family Diana Zoller Grace, 9. Maria recently made vicesinc.com picture. After graduation he Perkins, her decision to commit to the I am writing this column on went to work in Budapest, ’91 dianazoller@gmail. University of Pittsburgh where April 1 although it will not then to Yale business school com she will play lacrosse. Shawn arrive in your mailboxes until and then onto Johannesburg Save the date for Reunion 2021: co-founded Veraxia Commer- August. As the global pandemic and finally London. He said he June 10-13, 2021 cial Real Estate Solutions, a continues to gain momentum, was fortunate to be in the right boutique industrial commer- I simply cannot imagine what place at the right time and was Steve Harap, cial real estate firm back in the world will be like by the able to retire after his company (630) 430-1557; 2010. He planned to celebrate end of the summer. No matter was bought prior to the 2008 ’92 [email protected] the 10th anniversary in May where our classmates call crash. Hello, Class of ’92! As I write despite being closed during home, everyone’s existence After that he travelled the this column, we are in the midst the pandemic. He started his has been altered in some way world for a few years and along of dealing with our new pan- career in commercial banking, by this virus, and I sincerely the way met his German/Ital- demic reality. I hope that when where he spent 10 years. He hope it has spared both you ian wife, Daniela. They married you read this, we are through also worked directly for Mi- and your loved ones. Living in in 2013 and now have four chil- the worst of it and that you and chael Andretti and indirectly this unprecedented moment in dren: Josephine, 6; Frederick, your loved ones are safe and for Mario Andretti as direc- history has been humbling at 4; and twins Jakob and Julia, well. tor of finance with Andretti the very least. almost 3. (I can confirm that all Michael Moriarty (’92 International for four years. A Toby Hanna reported are adorable.) They now live in MBA ’93) felt inspired to share truly memorable and once in a that he spent 2019 celebrat- Florida and summer in Bavaria. the following update. “It is lifetime experience was attend- ing his 25th anniversary with Steve said he now spends hard to believe that many in ing the Indy 500 with Michael. his wife, Peg. They have lived his time fishing, chauffeuring our class are turning 50 this He also has a great story about in Stockton, N.J., since they the kids and changing diapers; year. I still feel like the young getting to race with Michael. As have been married, which is however he sees that future adult that was roaming the a surprise for his 50th birthday, a charming little town on the ratio dropping to almost all halls at Linderman Library his wife sent Shawn and his son Delaware River. Toby has been chauffeuring very soon. and working with my best to Portland, where they got to with ERM, an environmental Bob Keane works as a senior friends on the football team.” see CJ McCollum ’13 with the consulting firm for the last 20 environmental engineering Michael and his wife, Amie, Trailblazers play Zion Wil- years and currently leads their manager for a construction moved to Hong Kong to work liamson and the New Orleans global air quality practice. Both company in Long Island called and raise their two children, Pelicans. of his sons are at Lehigh, Liam Posillico. Name sound familiar? EW (Edward William), 17, and Catherine (Teets) ’20 (Theta Chi) and Luke ’23. He’s been with them for almost Cheney, 15. After a long career Parzynski (’92 ’95G ’05G) and They checked all the Lehigh six years and in 2019 obtained in M&A and corporate finance, Michael Parzynski currently boxes–engineering majors, all the environmental permits he is now a general manager, live in Lansdale, Pa. Catherine smart and like to have fun! to open the first fixed base soil currently making toys. He is an associate professor of His family went to the Lehigh washing facility. This facility also serves as board member history and department coor- Class of 2023 new student opened last October and can for a company dedicated to dinator of history and political sendoff in Stone Harbor, N.J., remediate up to 300 tons of eliminating modern slavery science at Montgomery County where Steven Lee and Debbie contaminated soil an hour. and human trafficking. Outside Community College. Michael is (Ernst) Lee were the hosts. A Bob and his wife Marnie of work, he spends a lot of time network architect for Berkadia shout out to Liam and all the (Kurzrok) Keane ’89 were emp- playing tennis, snowboarding Commercial Mortgage. They

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celebrated their 25th wedding Jason Rubery reports that (Atwell) Saks live in Woodcliff this, it will be long over, and we anniversary in August. Cathy he continues to be a “Bethle- Lake, N.J. They have three chil- will go back to normalcy. If not, and Mike are board mem- hem boy.” He moved to Beth- dren and two of them (twins) then I hope that Aaron Burda bers on the Lansdale Area lehem in the late ’70s because are part of the Lehigh Class is still posting dance videos on Fundraising Society (LAFS), of his dad, Professor John of 2022. Ryan is a sophomore social media. Aaron’s dance an organization dedicated to Gatewood, who recently re- studying for a double degree in moves and Tiger King are the raising money for local chari- tired from teaching at Lehigh. civil engineering and archi- only things getting me through ties through the Lansdale Beer He has lived in Bethlehem tecture. Jake is part of the IBE this! Tasting Festival. They started Township since 2002 with his program with a focus on civil Robin (Wylie) Disalvio the beer fest 10 years ago with wife, Jennifer, and their three engineering. Their youngest and her husband of 10 years neighbors looking to give back children: Alec (ninth grade), daughter, Madison, is a fresh- have three girls: Jessa, Claire to the community with a fun Nathan (eighth grade) and man in high school and has her and Emma. Robin has worked event and really good beer. Kiersten (sixth grade). After sights on the Lehigh Class of for UnitedHealth Group since Over breaks, Cathy and Mike graduating Lehigh, he worked 2027. Darren has been working 2003. Jon Van Order current- enjoy traveling, including an various jobs before landing a as a pediatrician at Tenafly ly lives in the Clermont-Fer- annual trip to St. John, U.S. job in early 1995 at Air Prod- Pediatrics for the past 18 rand area of France with his Virgin Islands with Stacey ucts in Trexlertown. He runs years. Beyond doing the heavy two daughters. Jon has worked (Hamilton) Sandler and Jack into quite a few Lehigh grads at lifting of raising three children, for Michelin for 20 years and is Sandler. corporate HQ. One of the first Kristan has worked as a special responsible for European truck Kristine (Turville) Delano questions he asks them: “What education teacher and is a tire manufacturing. is married to Chris Delano ’93. is the correct title of the game: community leader currently on Eric Lewis owns his own They have three adolescent Beirut or beer pong? Sadly, in her second term for the Board architecture firm in Baltimore; kids–all at home doing remote recent years it’s transitioned of Education. They have been Cathy (Christoffel) Ferris learning at the time of this to the latter.” He enjoys Lehigh married for 23 years and spend has been living in Copenhagen writing. They have had lots of football and basketball games a lot of time with other Lehigh with her husband and two kids games and family time amid when his schedule allows. graduates. Darren’s love of soc- for the past three years and virus social distancing. Chris After Lehigh, Rob Ber- cer and wonderful experience prior to that in Scotland. She is a busy modern architect. nardino went to medical on Lehigh’s men’s soccer team recently reconnected with Kristine, retired from 25 years school and then trained to be inspired him to keep active in Gretchen Repasky, who also of financial services strategic an oculoplastic surgeon. After the sport and coach his daugh- resides in Denmark. Jessica development, just finished that, he was in academics, first ter’s club soccer teams, which Huertas was newly appointed her first novel and is “trying at Emory and then Yale. Ten include the daughters of many to the LUAA Board of Direc- to find an agent or be struck by years ago, he was lured to join other Lehigh grads. tors. She had served as co-chair lightning.” a private practice, Vantage Eye Finally, some sad news. for LU BALANCE for more Center, in Monterey, Calif. In Susan (Berkowitz) Hydro than 10 years. Jessica works Leslie Keating Monterey, he is the only ocu- passed away in September 2019 at Accolade, Inc., in Plymouth Joiner, (404) loplastic surgeon in the Central after a long battle with cancer. Meeting, Pa., as a clinical op- ’93 276-3280; Coast offering reconstruction Our deepest condolences go erations lead for the women’s [email protected] and cosmetic surgery of the out to her husband, Steve health team and lives in Norris- By the time you read this, eyelid and eye socket. He and Hydro. town, Pa. several members of the Class of his wife of 16 years, Andreana, Mike O’Hara and his wife, 1993 will have freshmen at Le- an architect, have two boys, Michael B. Marie, recently moved to high. Welcome, Class of 2024! Trevor, 11, and August, 6. The York, 215 W. Glover Park, Washington, D.C. Michelle Tillis Lederman boys are involved in travel ’9488th St., #5D, They have a son, Brennan, and released her fourth book “The soccer, and Trevor participates New York, NY 10024; michael. daughter, Quinn. Mike runs Connector’s Advantage,” which in the Olympic Development [email protected] the D.C. operations for Bohler hit No. 1 in career guides, No. Program for his age. For fun As you know, the class column Engineering and is working 1 in personal success and No. they like to road trip for food is written months before you on rebuilding major urban 17 in all non-fiction during the finds, (plenty in California) and actually get to see it in print. neighborhoods like Union launch. Her new book went Rob enjoys tinkering on cars This is obvious to those of you Market, Buzzard Point, the global as did her first book, and taking them to the local who read about your wedding Yards, Ballpark and now HQ2. “The 11 Laws of Likability,” racetrack, Laguna Seca. He still announcement in the column Mary Chaffier Banonis is a now in 10 languages. In other has family on the East Coast when you are having your sec- corporate attorney at B. Braun news, she is speaking across and makes a yearly pilgrimage ond child. As I write this col- Medical in Bethlehem. She the country and dragging her to an Eagles game with his umn, it’s during the COVID-19 married Jason Banonis and two boys to a few international youngest brother and visits crisis–and it’s April 1 to be they have two boys, Andrew locations for “work-cations.” his oldest brother, a district exact. I wish this were an April and Zachary. She lives in New Jersey with attorney in Allentown. Fool’s Day joke. I certainly Sheila Shovlin recently her family and two rescue dogs. Darren Saks and Kristan hope that by the time you read moved to Pittsburgh after five

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years in Philadelphia. She is a on April 1, 2020. We are in an update! publications, patents, out- software engineering manager the midst of the coronavirus In news, Carrie “Chippie” standing leadership and other and Agile coach for Ansaldo pandemic. Schools are closed, Hubbell, founder and CEO of factors.” Dan is currently the STS. She married Daragh and Lehigh is closed with Carrie Dunham, has launched associate dean of undergrad- Byrne in the summer of 2017. students learning remotely. a revamped website featuring uate education, outreach and The wedding was attended Spring sports aren’t happen- her stylish, sophisticated and diversity in the UConn School by Renee Beshara Good- ing, and winter sports came practical handbags, clutches of Engineering and a professor man and Erinn Tarpey Hill. to an abrupt end. Our kids are and accessories. She has rein- in chemical engineering. Brian Ricker lives in Lincoln home and navigating the new vented the classic Bermuda bag Please continue to share Park, N.J. He married Rebecca normal, online classes and with multiple convertible bases your news and I will make sure Okken, who he met while at remote learning. We are all in and tons of fun covers, bag that it makes our class column. Lehigh, but who attended Ce- lockdown mode, staying home, straps and more. Also, her bags Class of 1998 Facebook dar Crest. They have three kids washing hands and praying and accessories are designed Page: facebook.com/groups/ under 15 and recently got a dog, that this pandemic comes to a and manufactured in the USA. Lehigh98/ Buddy. Brian works for CBRE quick end. She is generously offering My Lehigh (Class of 1998): doing environmental due So, I write to you today, with a 20% discount for Lehigh mylehigh.lehigh.edu diligence on commercial real my hopes, that by the time alumni, with code lehigh20 at estate transactions in NYC. you read this Bulletin, we are carriedunham.com–so enjoy! Karen (Smith) In the time that it took me in a better place. I hope that Fischer, to tell you that Jennifer Long the world, and America, gets Gregory ’99 kms5lehigh@ left the Today Show for The through this with the small- Kuklinski, gjk4@ gmail.com Tonight Show, she went back to est amount of infections and ’98alum.lehigh.edu Hello, Class of 1999! I hope as the Today Show. The commute casualties possible. I hope that I hope that all of you are safe you read this that you and your to the sixth floor at 30 Rock our Lehigh families aren’t im- and well, and by the time that families are all healthy and rather than the ground floor pacted. I hope, as a nation, we you read this, we are all back well!! was just too much. can weather these tough times to work, enjoying the outdoors I have a wonderful update I hope you are all doing well and come out stronger because with friends and family, and go- to share with you from Steven and when you read this, you of it. I hope this crisis brings ing to watch a ballgame. While Claves ’99 ’02G ’04G ’05G! will find a way to send me an change to the way we react to many of us are at home, I will Steven wrote that he and his email! pandemics going forward, and add some class photos to our wife, Erika, recently celebrated Lehigh is at the forefront of Facebook page. If you have not their 10th wedding anniver- Bridget that with our new College of joined our Facebook page, the sary in April, a day after their O’Connell, 1840 Health. I hope that there were link is below. Besides email, it daughter Emma’s 8-1/2 birth- ’95 Sycamore St., Lehigh engineers using their is the other way that I commu- day (yes, half-birthdays are a Bethlehem, PA 18017. (610) 868- brilliant minds to figure out nicate with all of you. Stay safe thing). The month prior they 6605 (H); [email protected] ways to make these tests work and healthy everyone! recreated the magic of their Save the date for Reunion better and faster, figuring out Tom Roman shares that special day with a photo-op 2021: June 10-13, 2021 vaccines, and how to change he recently got married to at the original ceremony’s industries to make face shields, Jessica, and they have a baby location, Disney’s Yacht Club Jen (Crimmins) ventilators and other needs. girl named Rile Catherine. Tom gazebo. They escaped Orlan- Keen, 17 Windsor I hope we have all recovered also published a book called do just prior to the pandemic ’96 Drive, Foxbor- from these trying times. And, “The Vision,” which is available shutdown, luckily after Steven ough, MA 02035. (508) 543- most importantly, I hope you on Amazon. You can read more was able to live out many of his 5036; [email protected] are well. about his company and his childhood dreams at Star Wars Hi, Class of ’96, I hope this Save the date for Reunion 2021: book at romanmedia.com/ Galaxy’s Edge (“It was awe- column finds you well. One June 10-13, 2021 create-your-vision/. some!”). The family currently of the first things they tell Dan Burkey sent over some resides in Murrysville, Pa., the class correspondents is Lopa (Patel) exciting news. He has been in- just east of Pittsburgh, along that we shouldn’t reference Zielinski, ducted–along with the Univer- with their two dogs, a Wheaten the weather or when we are ’97 Madison, NJ, sity of Connecticut president Terrier, Stella, and a very large writing our column, as it takes [email protected] and eight others–into the Con- bernedoodle, Pliny (named a while until it actually gets to I hope that the Class of ’97 is necticut Academy of Science after the IPA). Steven has now print. Well, I’m going to dis- safe, sound and weathering and Engineering (CASE). As been employed at Arconic’s regard that advice right now. I the current environment. The noted in UConn Today, “Elec- Technology Center (formerly haven’t received any updates current “pause” does not allow tion to the Academy is based Alcoa) for about seven years from classmates, despite my for much of an update. But if on the applicant’s scientific and is currently a technical spe- asking multiple times, so you you find yourself in a position and engineering distinction, cialist in the aerospace product are stuck with my thoughts! to provide any news, please do achieved through significant development group. He is I’m writing this update not hesitate to contact me with contributions in the form of researching new aluminum al-

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loys and/or processes for both As I write this, many of more graduate microbiology Jessi (Schimmel) structural thick plate and skin us are staying home, work- and anatomy courses through McMullan, sheet applications. He keeps ing remotely, trying to teach Indiana University and will ’05 jessi.mcmullan@ busy in the off-hours with var- our kids, practicing social continue teaching high school alum.lehigh.edu ious house projects, including distancing, and attempting and college courses. She has To call these times challenging building a backyard rock climb- to stay healthy while we all been married to her husband, is a woeful understatement. I ing wall and American Ninja do our part to flatten the Cullen, since 2010. They have hope this note finds each of you Warrior-style obstacle course. curve. The world is certainly two children, Eva (8) and doing well. Continuing the nascent family different than it was just a Christian (5). They currently I reached out to Hetal Jani legacy, Steven’s nephew Jack few short months ago, and I live in West Lafayette, Ind., and after I learned she won a Wom- is a member of Lehigh’s Class hope that by the time you are celebrate both their Lehigh an of Worth Award from L’Ore- of 2023, majoring in IBE-Fi- reading this issue in the warm, and Purdue backgrounds. They al Paris in 2019 (wow!). She’s nance. Thanks so much for the summer months, that we are hope to get back on campus for done some amazing things in update, Steven!! past our hardest days. Please a Lehigh-Lafayette game soon! the last 15 years. Here’s a sum- I would love to hear from join me in thanking all medical I hope our social distancing mary in her own words: you as well! Please send me an personnel, first responders experience has taught all of “After graduating with a email, and I’d be happy to share and essential workers who us the importance of human degree in behavioral neuro- your update with our class. continued to work and risked connections and staying science, I worked at Kaplan, Wishing you all the best! their own health in order to in touch with friends and teaching a range of pre-high keep the rest of us safe. You family. I would love to be able school to grad school exams Corina Fisher, truly are our heroes. I know to share updates about you and realizing my passion for (732) 688-3671 that there are many of you in and your families, so please education. Seeing students ’00 (C); corina_fish- our ’02 class, so on behalf of all continue to send information struggling because of the type [email protected] of us, thank you. my way. Hopefully, our next of support they had, I started Save the date for Reunion 2021: I do have a few updates on issue will have many, many Studor in 2007, providing June 10-13, 2021 some of our ’02 friends, so let’s updates! All it takes is a quick academic support services by dive right in to give us some- email, Facebook message or focusing on the relationships Sabrina thing else to think about! text! Please, please reach out that contribute to an individu- McGuigan, Erin (Jobson) Rechler and share what’s happening al’s learning environment. ’01 mcguigan_ and Halley Rechler recently in your part of the world! “While I applied a lot of [email protected] moved locally to Lloyd Neck, Contact me at LCarino@att. what I learned at Lehigh, I As we go into summer, I think we N.Y., and their boys Graham (5) net or on Facebook at Laura still longed to meet the unique can all agree that it has been and Ashton (3) are enjoying (Schwamb) Carino. I can’t needs of my students. So, I a crazy start to 2020. I hope the beach next to their home. wait to hear from you! started coursework in applied everyone is doing ok and has Erin met up with a bunch Stay healthy, have a won- behavior analysis at Queens plenty of toilet paper. Also, of Lehigh ladies including derful few months and stay College in 2010. Needing to thank you to all of our essential Liz (Markulin) DeStefano, tuned for more updates. improve my advocacy skills, worker classmates! Heather (Lerch) Kuchera, I entered Harvard Graduate We have had minimal Lauren (Ross) Motch, Dawn Safiya (Jafari) School of Education in 2011, updates from the crew, which (Reda) Freyder, Erin Rebele Simmons, 5621 while traveling back and forth considering our spring makes Goodwin and Elizabeth ’03 Cary Street Road, from Boston to NYC to work sense. Becky Burris let us (Piaggesi) Rieland in Las #503, Richmond, VA 23226; on Studor. I graduated in 2012, know that “Life is moving along. Vegas for a much-needed [email protected] receiving the Intellectual Con- Husband and two kids are fine.” girls weekend last April. They tribution Award, and started Information I love to hear. didn’t give a lot of details, as Lloyd Hender- my MBA from IE University in I hope everyone is holding we all know that what happens son, lloydjr04@ 2013. My IE cohort represent- up ok. We are holding steady in in Vegas, stays in Vegas. ’04 gmail.com ed so many countries, which let Clifton. Continue to stay safe and Alyce (Porawski) Myers As a result of the recent me tap into my Indian culture. keep those updates coming. Until shared that she wanted to state of global affairs dealing I’m born and raised in NYC to next time, kids; wash your hands! say hello and give an update! with the coronavirus, the Indian immigrants and felt that Save the date for Reunion 2021: She is now in her 10th year of future is uncertain. So, let’s half of me was always muted. June 10-13, 2021 teaching at the high school learn to focus on the present. I remember realizing this first level and enjoys teaching dual Let’s be grateful for all that at Lehigh, and had started Laura credit anatomy and physiol- we have. Let’s hold our chil- a fusion dance group called (Schwamb) ogy, as well as honors biology dren and loved ones a little Taraana, blending hip-hop, ’02Carino, and zoology classes. In 2017, tighter. Let’s create lasting modern and Indian dance. We [email protected] she was awarded the Indiana memories now. Be well were even featured on local Greetings, fellow Class of 2002 Biology Teacher of the Year and safe my friends. Until news in 2003, speaking about alumni, Award! She is currently taking next time.... diversity and the importance

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of representation. That’s why weren’t for my early learning this world on Nov. 20, 2019. A Shorthaired Pointer named being able to connect with indi- experiences at Lehigh. little over a month later, Ali Stella. David was recently ap- viduals around the world made “I hope to stay more con- (Linsk) Butash and her hus- pointed to the board of several my IE experience incredibly nected to Lehigh, and, recently, band, Joseph, welcomed their academic institutions in Dallas, meaningful. have been working with the son, Aaron Joseph Butash, on including his high school, “I graduated in 2014 and Lehigh Baker Rebelles, a group Dec. 22, 2019. Lauren (Hal- Greenhill School. finished up my master’s in of Lehigh women entrepreneurs gash) Johnson and husband Kara Baylog, is celebrating applied behavior analysis at who collaborate on strengthen- Dan welcomed their daughter, five years working for Oregon the same time. It seems the ing entrepreneurship amongst Blair Elizabeth, to the world on State University Extension world had been preparing me current Lehigh female-iden- March 19, 2020. Lauren, Dan, with a focus on community and for a very difficult moment that tifying students. Giving back and big brother Bradley (who landowner support on forest year. A student was threatened and lifting up other women turns 4 in May) are all loving management and wildfire pre- with marriage simply because has become central to my life the newest addition to the paredness. she got an average grade. She satisfaction, and I wouldn’t have family! That’s all from our class for was only 12 years old at the it any other way!” Mike Dobkin and Meghan this Bulletin. Please send me time. Her mother said to me, Thanks for all you do, Hetal! Berkenstock welcomed a son, your news any time you think as someone with East Indian Also, mark your calendars for Daniel, in August 2018. Mike of it! Wishing you a happy and roots, I should understand our 16th Reunion the weekend is an architect at BCT Archi- healthy rest of the year. their West Indian culture, and of June 10-13, 2021! tects in Baltimore and Meghan Save the date for Reunion 2021: know that she couldn’t speak Save the date for Reunion 2021: is an assistant professor of June 10-13, 2021 up for her daughter at home. June 10-13, 2021 ophthalmology at the Wilmer After four years working with Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Brian Roth, this student who was academ- Katie (Murray) School of Medicine. She was lehighclassof2007 ically stellar, her potential was Pennline, honored with the Emerging ’07 @gmail.com being limited because of other ’06 kpennline@ Leader Award from her alma Concetta (Pesotini) Eudicone barriers. gmail.com mater, Drexel University Col- and Greg Eudicone announce “In 2015, I founded SPEAK What a crazy 2020 so far... lege of Medicine, for mentoring the birth of their son, Samuel Circle to highlight stories of di- Here’s hoping that when you medical students interested in (Sam) John Eudicone. Sam was verse career women. Thinking read this life will be back to ophthalmology. born on March 24 at 10:12 p.m. this was all that was needed, I some version of normal. I’m Mike O’Donnell has been weighing 8 pounds, 11 ounces. moved to China to work in edu- writing this in April from the enjoying the challenge of grow- Big brothers Leo and Oscar are cation on teacher training and mountains outside of Pitts- ing great tech teams in the NYC very excited to welcome him to curriculum development. All burgh as my family and I left start-up scene. He got to take the family. the while, I kept learning about central London to isolate in the view of the city working what young women in the U.S. ourselves (comparatively) here in the World Trade Center, Katie Noon, truly needed and SPEAK Circle until the pandemic is over. and recently started a new role kaitlynnoon@ became SPEAK Mentorship, Unprecedented times for sure, with a small group of talented ’08 gmail.com using technology to connect and I hope everyone is safe and engineers. You can share your news, career strong diverse women as men- well. David Webster gradu- or educational milestones, life tors to young women. I moved As I spend these strange ated from the University of events, adventures and new back in 2017 to work on SPEAK days at home with my husband Texas School of Law, and then ventures at KaitlynNoon@ full-time. I’ve come full circle, and my (almost toddling) worked briefly for the Dallas gmail.com. Please feel free working on my own identity toddler, Emi, I think to myself– Stars minor league team before to share a photo with your conflicts every day now by what a story we will have to tell becoming a Judge Advocate updates. helping others understand her someday about this surreal General in the U.S. Army. Since Thank you for staying con- their identity and maximize few months that we all spent as then, he’s been working in Dal- nected. their potential. a world, separately battling this las, Texas, as a trial lawyer and “Since then, I’ve had the virus together by staying home. the most senior associate at Bobby honor of being named a L’Oreal With that in mind, here are a Bell Nunnally and Martin, LLP, Buckheit, Paris Woman of Worth in 2019, few other classmates who were which just celebrated its 40th ’09 lehigclass2009@ where I was presented my cooped up earlier this year with anniversary. Last year, he got gmail.com award by Dame Helen Mirren! their little ones: Peter Green married to a beautiful, intelli- Writing this column in the This year, I also received the and his wife Megan welcomed gent journalist, Natalie Posgate middle of the coronavirus quar- Daily Points of Light award, an their fourth child, Lydia Mae, of Dallas, Texas, who especially antine, so hopefully everyone initiative founded by George who was born on June 29, 2019. loved David’s writing for The is staying safe and we have H.W. Bush. I have a long way to Adam Williamson and Megan Brown and White when he at- emerged from the COVID-19 go before I’m making the level (Plunkett) Williamson ’05 tended Lehigh. The couple just crisis by the time this column is of impact I know I can have, but welcomed their second child added a new addition to their published. Just want to make a I would not be here today if it (Kieran Rhys Williamson) to family, a beautiful German special thanks for members of

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the Class of 2009 that are essen- River Range of Wyoming. They help to those around us. COVID-19 pandemic. I know tial personnel and front line shared about liminal thresh- “Liminal spaces serve as cat- many of our classmates had health care workers. With that, olds, a Latin term originating alysts for growth or destruction. to reschedule big life events here are a few updates from the from rites of passage in African We flourish or crumble depend- including weddings, travels, Class of 2009. culture. Liminal thresholds ing on whether we ask for help showers and graduations. Ryan Chominski and were crossed by young people to in our distress. Sometimes, Please reach out to me and let Veronica Vros traveled to Peru enter adulthood. Their current when we are scared, we need a me know when these events last September and trekked the identity and skills were no lon- wise guide by our side to help us get rescheduled. Our Lehigh Inca Trail for four days to Machu ger sufficient for the challenges take the next step.” family continues to grow as our Picchu (48 kilometers, up to awaiting them. classmates get engaged and altitudes of 13,800 ft.). Very nice “Liminal spaces are charac- Nick Anderson, plan their future weddings. living vicariously through the terized by a confusion, a sense Nick.Anderson@ Here are some of the upcoming photos that Ryan sent, as well es- of self-doubt, a lack of identity ’10 alum.lehigh.edu weddings: pecially while trapped at home. and a loss of social status. When Hello classmates, I know we’ve Randi Ackerman and Mark Katherine Rumbaugh and we enter liminal spaces, we can had to delay reunion a bit, in Zaleski ’12 are engaged to be Stephen Wentz were married move forward, stay still or move anticipation of the rescheduled married in October 2020. on Jan. 24. Ironically, they nev- back to familiarity. reunion–here’s a teaser on Ariana McAvoy is engaged er crossed paths while at Lehigh “We need a guide with expe- what some of your classmates and set to marry Matthew and met in 2010 through mutual rience to walk beside us. have been up to: Perrino on Jan. 17, 2021. Lehigh friends. “I encountered liminality in Baby news! Jessica In typical fashion, Brittany A couple coronavirus-in- Wyoming last summer. It was Gorelick and husband Jake Bartlett got engaged to her spired updates as well (as per our longest travel day. The trail Gorelick (’09) welcomed fiancé, Kevin Groves, beneath a special request). Kate Kodet was steep and rain began falling their second daughter, Mia, the ocean with all of her fishy has been leaning on her molecu- as we climbed downhill. We back in March. And, a little friends. They are set to be mar- lar bio degree (MAC ATTACK!) dropped packs, put on rain gear, earlier Allie Sternberg and ried on June 19, 2021. to explain how viruses and pan- but immediately came across a husband Brandon welcomed This edition is very light demics work to her musician large boulder field. I was tired, their daughter, Maya. Ashley so please continue to send me husband, and was super glad hungry and fearful of falling. (Ruby) Rose and her husband updates throughout the year at to have seen Kristen Stimola The group forged ahead while I also welcomed their second [email protected]. Fox ’s adorable twins before fell behind, ashamed of my fear. daughter, Sydney Elliot Rose, Save the date for Reunion 2021: quarantining went into effect. Andrew, our leader, noticed my in December. Also in Decem- June 10-13, 2021 Doug Grapski also provided distress, and came to my side. ber, Elisa McBratney and this update, “a friendship “Andrew did not carry my husband James McBratney Mary (Haynie) rooted in social distancing circa pack for me, but he did walk (’09), welcomed their baby boy, Reardon, (215) 2005 as Warren Square E res- with me. He was patient and Austin. ’12 687-1624 (C); idents (yes, that was an actual kind. He believed in me. He had Career news! Pat Groome [email protected] freshman dorm) continues traveled this path before. He recently left PwC to join pri- I’m writing this column on today in the domestic epicenter has over 20 years of experience vate equity firm Blackstone in April 1, after Lehigh has moved of our current pandemic. Colin in the backcountry. the Real Estate Finance group, to online classes and we are in Vorhies and Doug Grapski “I challenge us to embrace focusing on managing the the midst of strange times with continue to socially distance the liminal space we have en- global opportunistic real estate COVID-19 consuming us. I with their respective partners tered, to find a mentor one step platform. Will Frece returned hope and pray that things have Lauren Vorhies (Haselton) and ahead, and to mentor others to NYC from Shanghai and took taken a turn for the better, and Emily Lawrence by walking behind us. I encourage us to a position as a Director, Global by the time this article comes their dogs in Seattle on opposite realize that we can face hard Program Manager for Infra- out in summer, we have all sides of their neighborhood things, that we are stronger to- structure Developer Experi- recovered and the world has streets.” gether than apart, that we need ence at American Express. healed. Reconnecting (even I received the following con- a multi-generational communi- Can’t wait to see everyone at virtually) with old friends defi- templative note from Shelley ty around us who believe in us. reunion next year! nitely lessens the intensity of Hull: We need to believe in ourselves Hope everyone is staying the pandemic. Enjoy the latest “The wilderness is a physical, after we have changed and to well! class updates! emotional and spiritual place. resist the temptation to slink Save the date for Reunion 2021: Matt Fullam took on a new It is both beautiful and fierce. back into old identities that no June 10-13, 2021 role as senior finance manager Similar to C. S. Lewis’ descrip- longer define us. I encourage us at Omnicom Media Group in tion of Aslan, it is good, but it is to embrace our new identities Sri Rao, sridevi211@ NYC, while most of his free not safe. that emerge once the swirl of gmail.com time is spent playing with his “Last summer I spent two liminality subsides. To com- ’11Hello, Class of indie-rock band, Parlors. The weeks with Solid Rock Out- municate who we have become 2011! I am writing this article group consists of Matt on lead door Ministries in the Wind with confidence and to offer amidst the uncertainty of the vocals/guitar, his brother, Dan,

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on drums, and two childhood a memorable, educational and Protection Agency (EPA). Dan- otolaryngology-head and neck friends on bass and lead equitable experience for college iela is an Oak Ridge Institute for surgery at the University of guitar. They play shows often students at our large public Science and Education (ORISE) California, Davis. throughout NYC, including a institution. I think so fondly of Fellow at the EPA where she William Keller received recent show on July 23, 2019 at my five years at Lehigh (I stuck supports federal partnerships the New England-Upstate New Mercury Lounge. Parlors has around to earn a master’s of and a national program called York Regional Distinguished six singles on Spotify, check out education after completing my Urban Waters. Daniela lives in Young AFCEAN (Armed Forces parlorsband.com for upcom- bachelor’s in 2014) and would D.C. with her partner, Rylan Communications and Elec- ing shows and releases! be thrilled to hear what you are Collins, who is a mortgage loan tronics Association) Award Ashleigh (Cameron) Mil- up to and to reconnect with you. officer for PNC Bank. Daniela for “spearheading the Lexing- lette and her husband, Brian, Our class has achieved so much, and Rylan are enjoying the city ton-Concord’s 5K Fun Run, are still loving life in Los An- so for this iteration of our class together with their puppy, Rue which resulted in more than geles, and were blessed with a column, we would love to focus the Cockapoo. twice last year’s participation, daughter Brea Rayne Millette, on some of these monumental Ram Sinha is finishing med- $6,000 in local donations and who was born Dec. 23, 2019, life events. ical school in June 2020 from nearly $20,000 for the AFCEA weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce, Ashton (A.J.) Hood spent Lake Erie College of Osteopath- Educational Foundation.” and 21 inches long. two years as a seventh and ic Medicine in Bradenton, Fla., Finally, Alex Bloom got a Brenna Tudor graduated eighth grade math teacher, where he completed rotations new position as an associate at with her MBA from the Uni- basketball coach and athletic in allergy and immunology, Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinow- versity of Georgia in May and director for Dayton Leadership hematology/oncology and pul- itz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, accepted a job with SC Johnson Academy in the inner city of monology. Prior to beginning Steigman & Mackauf. as an associate brand manager Dayton, Ohio, prior to begin- medical school, Ram completed Sadly, and understandably, in their Chicago office. ning law school at Cincinnati a master’s of science in medical our five-year reunion has been On June 1, 2019 Julia College of Law. Ashton earned sciences from the University postponed due to COVID-19. Morris married Zack Alcorn his juris doctor degree in May of South Florida. He recently In the meantime, mark your in Manchester, Vt. She now 2019 and was honored after matched for his residency in calendars for June 10-13, 2021, resides in a new home in graduating as the 2019 Judge internal medicine with Atlanti- and maybe plan a virtual Zoom Morristown, N.J. On March 14, Nathaniel Jones Center for Care Regional Medical Center hangout with Lehigh friends 2020, Kelsey Engle married Race, Gender, and Social Justice in New Jersey. After living in you haven’t caught up with in Michael Lotman at the Chesa- Service to the Community Florida for five years, Ram is a while! peake Bay Beach Club on Kent Award for a mentoring program excited to be in his home state Island in Maryland. One of he helped start in partnership of New Jersey for his residency! Rachel Sholder, the very last weddings allowed with Hughes High School. A As always, feel free to email rachelsholder@ before the quarantine, and few of Ashton’s writings will me (leahpaulson22@gmail. ’16 gmail.com Julia (Morris) Alcorn was her be published in the upcoming com) or Mike (michael Hi all! I hope everyone is maid of honor! The couple met edition of the Freedom Center [email protected]) at any enjoying summer. I traveled to working for McCormick, which Journal, which is a collabora- time. We love receiving your Big Sky, Mont., for an aerospace has most recently moved them tion between the Cincinnati news! conference and got to spend to Bentonville, Ark. College of Law’s Center for a day in Yellowstone National Congratulations all, stay Race, Gender, and Social Justice Kerry Mallett, Park. Right after I returned safe and take care! and the National Underground kerryamallett@ from the trip, the COVID-19 Railroad Freedom Center. ’15 gmail.com quarantines began. I’ve been Bea Dizon, 203- Ashton currently works as a law The Class of 2015 has had a working from home and living 524-4659, bead- clerk/assistant attorney general lot to celebrate over the last at my childhood home with ’13 [email protected] in the collections enforcement few months. Rebekah Sloan my family in New Jersey. I was Please send any news you have section of the Ohio Attorney got engaged to her fiancé, Jay, supposed to travel to Peru in via email or text. Looking for- General’s Office, and upon and they are planning their April with Sam Kay, but just like ward to sharing more next issue! successful completion of the wedding for May 2021. Elly everyone else, we had to adjust upcoming Ohio bar exam, he Johnston also got engaged our plans. We’re hoping to go in Mike Ronan, will have his license to practice during a ski trip to Lake Tahoe September. michaelronan214@ law. Ashton is also engaged to be in February, and Molly Brooks Amy Haber graduated ’14 gmail.com married to his best friend, Dr. and Robert Weber III got from Lehigh and moved to the Hi Everyone! I am Leah Rachelle Dulan! engaged in July and will be island of Grenada to attend Paulson, and I am excited to Daniela Rossi graduated married in November. St. George’s University School join Mike as co-correspondent with her master’s of environ- Danielle Annecchino got of Medicine. In May of 2020, for the Class of 2014. I work in mental management from Yale married in St. Martin. Rob Amy officially became an M.D., student affairs at West Chester University in May 2018 and is Solis got married in April in and began her anesthesiology University of Pennsylvania and currently working in Washing- Novato, Calif., and started residency at Boston University am passionate about creating ton D.C., at the Environmental his first year of residency in Medical Center.

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After graduating from branding, social media adver- Harp bar with Lafayette alumni, Since their creation in early Lehigh, Amanda Derby tisements, website manage- and watched the Le-Laf football 2019, CityWide has released received her master’s in human ment, trade show booths and game live stream. their debut EP, “One Hundred development and psychology more. He manages the day-to- From the Class of ’17 to the Thousand Dollars,” which is from Harvard Graduate School day work for Biohazard Coffee, Class of ’20, the last class with available on all streaming sites of Education. After receiving Low Karb Keto Products and whom we shared the campus, (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, this degree, Amanda worked Variety Fun Snack Care Pack- congratulations on complet- Google Play, etc.). With Gold- as both a clinical research co- ages. He has also reconnected ing your time as undergrads! enberg on vocals and Manning ordinator and youth educator. with two other Lehigh alumni Our hearts go out to you that on drums, the duo is accompa- Since then, she transitioned to continue work on a project your time on campus this last nied by guitar, bass, keyboard into working as a behavioral from our senior year. They had semester was cut short. We’ve and trumpet throughout the therapist for children with been working on designing a all experienced leaving Lehigh four-song album. Everything autism. Starting in the fall of board game called “Last Year sooner than we ever wanted to. from song-writing, to produc- 2020, Amanda will be pursuing of Carbon” and hope to have Good luck with the next adven- tion and even to the album cov- her doctorate in clinical psy- significant steps forward on it ture of your lives, and we’ll see er art was completed in-house. chology from William James soon. You can learn more about you back in Bethlehem soon! Check it out if you can! College. it at lastyearofcarbon.com. If you want your life updates But streaming sites are not Save the date for Reunion 2021: The second housemate I got shared with your classmates, the only platform their original June 10-13, 2021 in touch with was Jonathan get in touch with me! I can be music has played on. Back in “Jon Wood” Wood. Jon double reached at robert.j.hillman1@ the good old days of January Robert Hillman, majored in history, and earth gmail.com and I am always 2020, when we were hopeful robert.j.hillman1@ and environmental science monitoring our Facebook group for a year filled with activities ’17 gmail.com along with minoring in creative facebook.com/groups/LU outside of the house, CityWide Hello again, Class of ’17! writing. Many of us remember Classof17/about/ and you can played live on the radio! Any At time of writing there are Jon as a talented trumpet player also find me through a variety true Philadelphian can tell plenty of alumni and current in many Lehigh ensembles, of other means, i.e. Instagram, you–Radio 104.5 is Philly’s go- students who are practicing including the Wind Ensemble, Facebook, Snapchat, message to Alt Rock radio station, and social distancing. Hopefully by Jazz Orchestra, Symphonic in a bottle, smoke signals and Goldenberg and Manning had the time this edition reaches us, Band, Brass Chamber Ensemble carrier pigeon. Stay safe and get the pleasure of playing on the we can look back and appreci- and Marching 97. Our senior in touch soon! 104.5 “Live at 5” radio segment. ate the precautions we all took year, Jon led the 97 as our Here, CityWide did their first for the collective health of our exalted drum major (the man in Megan Olivola, live performance of “One Day” communities. Keep sharing the tall hat with the staff). Along meolivola@gmail. (found on their album) and your Lehigh pride while we get with his dedication to the music ’18 com an acoustic cover of Lorde’s through this! of Lehigh University, Jon was a It all started as a “passion proj- “Green Light,” which the band I got in touch with the first of member of Kappa Kappa Psi, the ect'” for Emily Goldenberg and will be releasing to streaming my housemates from Montclair national honorary band fraterni- Benjamin Manning. The duo sites soon. The performance Avenue, Patrick “Patch” Kro- ty. Outside of the realm of music, was determined to prove that can be found on YouTube ll. Patch was a design major and Jon was a member of the Society just because college was over, (“CityWide on Radio 104.5 Live double minored in entrepre- of Environmental Scientists and it didn’t mean they had to give at 5!”) or on their Instagram (@ neurship and architecture his- a member of Phi Alpha Theta up on extracurriculars. While CityWide_TheBand). tory. At Lehigh he was a project history honor society. Goldenberg spent her four years Although all spring and manager/senior designer with Jon lives in Warren County, at Lehigh as a member of the early summer shows have been the Fusion Design Studio and a N.J., with his fiancée, Casey Melismatics a cappella group, cancelled due to COVID-19, tuba player with the Marching Kozoh ’16. The two of them have Manning was the drummer for a CityWide is anticipating a busy 97. Our senior year together bought a house and live with popular band on campus called end of summer and fall packed in the 97, Patch co-wrote one their dog, Corky. Starting in Burn It Down, known for their with shows. You will find them of the halftime performances, January this year, Jon started legendary performances at the anywhere between the bustling featuring the songs “Hooked on a new job as a project scientist notorious Funhouse. Both of Philadelphia bar and live music a Feeling” by Blue Suede and with JM Sorge Environmental these Lehigh alums saw no rea- scene to the more relaxed “All-Star” by Smashmouth. Consultants. His work includes son why their musical careers beach bars of the Jersey Shore. Patch now lives in Brooklyn, field and office work such as should stop there. Upon moving In addition, more original N.Y., with his fiancée, Natalie! performing soil and groundwa- to Philadelphia after graduation, music is on the way, and they Putting his design and entrepre- ter sampling and writing due the two recruited alumni friends can’t wait to share it with you. neurship skills to use, he is the diligence reports. Both of them, from Lehigh’s Ivy League rival, Make sure to follow them senior creative for a group that as well as Patch and Natalie, the University of Pennsylvania. on Instagram, Spotify, Apple works with several businesses. were able to come up to Boston Together, the Lehigh and UPenn Music or any other streaming The work includes all aspects of last November to join other Le- alumni created a band called site for frequent updates about creative development, including high alumni as we packed The CityWide. their future endeavors!

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Sabrina Morawej, Corps posts will “be ready to re- uation) and my other younger and White, who have continued sabrinamorawej@ turn to normal operations when sister (she had to return home to publish weekly during this ’19 gmail.com conditions permit.” (Source: early from her study abroad). crisis. To the Student Senate, The Class of 2019 has celebrat- CNN). So, you can only imagine what who have worked tirelessly to ed its first year as Lehigh grad- In my fall 2018 article, I that is like! I am excited to fight for students’ best interests. uates, and I am eager to report made everyone privy to my report some good news. My To every professor, who has the many paths we are taking. vacillation between entering youngest sister, Allie Hite, will been so accommodating and Some readers may be famil- the workforce full-time and be attending Lehigh next year as has been there for us beyond iar with the name, Sam Ben- continuing my education. After a member of the women’s soc- the weekly Zoom call. Though cheghib, as he made headline completing an eye-opening gap cer team. So proud (and jealous) it may not be the senior year we news in July for his formidable year of working as a research that she will have the next four hoped for, I know the Class of plan of running across the coun- study interviewer for the amazing years. I can say I am 2020 will be stronger and more try to raise awareness about the University of Washington, I re- the best older sister for leading united than ever. I can not wait deleterious effects caused by alized how truly passionate I am her in the right direction! to join the Lehigh legacy and am plastic pollution. In between about population health. I have For my classmates and looking forward to becoming his running-filled days, he accepted admission to the Uni- myself, this has been really more than a student at Lehigh. I met with students, governors, versity of Pennsylvania’s master hard on us, and it does not feel look forward to seeing everyone representatives and senators of public health program. In the real. While we were home on at our first alumni weekend and with the goal of awakening their face of a global pandemic, my spring break, we received an maybe celebrate our graduation consciousness and effecting entrance into this field seems email about the termination of then! Be well, be safe and be policy change. He experienced more than fitting, and I am the semester. For the majority thankful for those who are put- several bodily injuries through- excited to one day contribute to of us, the last time we will be ting their lives at risk to provide out his course, but nevertheless the improvement of health care students on campus will be our essentials and to care for persevered to make it to Cal- systems and policies. when we retrieve our items those that are stricken with the ifornia on Feb. 1, 2020, which Aizel Magsino recently an- from our houses. It is truly coronavirus. he concluded by jumping into nounced accepting a position as heartbreaking. However, with Save the date for Reunion 2021: the Pacific Ocean. You can learn junior data analyst for Express this, we have a lot to be thankful June 10-13, 2021 more about Sam and his sib- Scripts, a Cigna Company. She for. Lehigh is a truly special ling’s activism on their website, expresses appreciation to be place. We have loved, laughed, Amy Chai, makeachange.world. given the opportunity to work cried and changed in these four (412) 427-1769; Tanairy Ortiz and Eli- in one of the leading national short years, and there is nothing ’21 amc321@lehigh. za Dent were both serving health companies. I would do differently about my edu in the Peace Corps up until As always, I am privileged to time at Lehigh. I am so thankful Spring semester was definitely early February and late March, share any class news with our for everyone who has impacted one for the books from all the respectively. Eliza was serving alumni network. Reach out to me at this university, and I am unprecedented changes caused in Senegal and Tanairy was me on Facebook or my alumni so proud to say that I attended by COVID-19. Thus far, our fulfilling her service as an ESL email [email protected]. Lehigh. Though it may not be transition to remote online (English as a Second Language) edu. Stay healthy! the ending my classmates and I learning has been pretty seam- teacher in China until the had hoped for, we will contin- less; however, I can speak for coronavirus outbreak resulted Madison Hite ue to celebrate Lehigh and its all students when I say that the in the cessation of all Peace mlh220@lehigh. traditions as alumni, and we hardest part is being apart from Corp programs. Their service ’20 edu have all the alumni before us to friends. Hopefully, Joey Saba’s was meant to last approximately Hello everyone. What a crazy thank for that. While I do wish story can connect you back to two years but was abruptly cut time. I hope everyone is staying we had a senior week, a gradua- the Lehigh community. short–they only served abroad safe and healthy during the tion and one more sandwich at Joey Saba is a junior major- for a few months. Each wrote COVID-19 crisis and is (hope- the Goose, I am really thankful ing in bio-chem and minoring about the disappointment on fully) enjoying spending lots of for all the memories Lehigh in sociology. He aspires to be a their Facebook accounts. Eliza time with your family. First, I gave us. We will carry them for future doctor, which is why he appeared to be handling it well, want to thank all of the nurses, the rest of our lives. is dedicating this summer to although nonetheless upset. doctors, first responders, gro- There are many students/ taking the MCAT. In Febru- Tanairy, being in China at the cery store workers and all the organizations that deserve to ary, he was accepted in the time of the outbreak, was hast- essential businesses that are the be recognized. To every winter Martindale Honors Program, ily moved out of China and into backbone of our country right and spring senior athlete, thank a prestigious honors program Thailand before coming back to now. It is truly amazing what you for how hard you worked where 12 students from all dif- the United States, expressed the you do every day. for the past three years. Some ferent majors study and travel insecurity she was now experi- Currently, my household is of you were so close to being to the country of Argentina. encing reimagining her new life filled with my parents, myself, a Patriot League or a national During this trip, Joey, along plan. According to Peace Corps my youngest sister (a senior champion, and you deserve to with his cohort, will be able director, Jody K. Olsen, Peace in high school in a similar sit- be. Thank you to The Brown to meet with specialists in

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different fields, ranging from COVID-19 has led to courses where first years find their plan to work together to span agriculture, to society, to the becoming remote and cancel- brotherhood or sisterhood the class and bring interesting economy. After their trip, each lations of numerous annual for their remaining time on stories from every corner to light. student is given the oppor- events. campus, but that will have to be Here we get to meet them. ... tunity to publish a research One of the most heartbreak- postponed for a few months. It As the saying goes: “Live each paper on a topic of choice but ing parts about this situation also didn’t help that the school day as if it were your last.” The with a proposition to finding a is that students who were put all chapters on a “pause” grass has sprouted and flowers solution to a current problem studying abroad this semester through much of the early part have bloomed. While spring in Argentina. Because of the were told to come home. Study of the semester. Sororities had blooms at Lehigh University, virus and the current state of abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime only one week of new member one may hear the crickets and the world, the trip to Argentina opportunity for which some education and fraternities buzzing insects that flutter that is scheduled to occur in people wait their entire lives. had little to no new member in the warm breeze. One may May is now tentatively moved Although it was the right education. see the vibrant greenery of to August. Nonetheless, Joey is decision, many students were While I haven’t been getting the landscape dotted with very excited about this travel denied the full experience the same Lehigh experience colorful flowers. One may smell and research opportunity: because of this unexpected from home, I’ve still been mak- the sweet scent of the slowly “I’m fascinated by Martindale situation. ing the effort to reach out to thickening summer haze. But because we’ll get exposure to In addition, Lehigh made friends and teachers. Although what one may not see, nor hear, a different culture from many the decision to cancel all sum- it’s been harder for me to keep nor smell? The students and different perspectives. Plus, it’s mer abroad programs but will a routine, I still feel like my faculty of Lehigh University. a really unique way to do some- hopefully be up and running days are productive, and I’m No one saw it coming. On thing good for the world.” again this upcoming fall. maintaining strong Lehigh Dec. 31, 2019, a report from the As Joey and I were chatting The outbreak has also can- connections through FaceTime World Health Organization about Lehigh’s campus closure celled all spring NCAA seasons or Zoom. I encourage all of (WHO) declared the presence for the rest of the semester, he and denied opportunities for you to check in with friends of a new form of coronavirus says the one thing he miss- athletes to compete for league during these uncertain times called COVID-19. Who knew es most is his friends. Being and national championships. and reach out to professors to that such a tiny, inanimate home gave him the sobering The women’s basketball let them know that you’re still thing, could wreak havoc on the realization that “we took a lot team was on the verge of a Pa- willing to put in the work for world? Fast forward to March for granted,” from going out triot League championship, but their class. 11, 2020, Director-General of on a weekend to studying with Coach Sue Troyan informed It is a challenging time for the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom friends at the library. This re- the team prior to their semi- the university and the entire Ghebreyesus, declares the alization is why Joey is looking final game that the rest of the world, but I have faith that COVID-19 health emergency a forward to senior year as a time Patriot League tournament and everyone can come out of this pandemic. The following day, to focus on the many friends NCAA tournament were can- with a new positive attitude on March 12, 2020, an email was and acquaintances he has made celled. The team came into the the world, and we all come back sent to the Lehigh community: on campus. tournament with a 10-8 Patriot stronger and better than ever. I “Lehigh moves to remote learn- Want to share your Lehigh League record and some of the encourage all of you to contin- ing for remainder of academic story? Email me at amc321@ top performers were Emma ue practicing social distancing semester.” Within a short time, lehigh.edu! Grothaus, Camryn Buhr ’20, and staying home because the confusion and anxiety ensued. Megan Walker and Cameryn sooner we act, the sooner we Athletics seasons canceled. Leidy Iglesias, Benz ’20. can all return to our normal Musicals and shows shuttered. lmi222@lehigh. The men’s wrestling team lives and save lives. I have faith Greek life postponed until fall. ’22 edu; Andrew had some huge wins against in the entire class and Lehigh Caroline Mierzwa says, “It Isaacson, [email protected] ranked opponents this year and family. made the panic of COVID-19 Hello, Class of 2022. My name won the EIWA Championships I’m looking forward to being more visceral and made me is Andrew Isaacson, and I will in Stabler Arena. They were one of your class correspon- realize that this pandemic is be one of your class correspon- confident going into the NCAA dents going forward and real and that no one is immune dents for the Alumni Bulletin Championships; however the keeping you and the alumni to getting the illness.” Like the going forward! tournament got cancelled and connected. seasons through time, life had I hope all of you are staying unfortunately denied Jordan Stay safe and healthy! begun to change. There was healthy and taking care of Kutler ’19 (fifth-year athlete) much fear, but Lehigh stood yourselves and your family and the rest of the senior class Laura Duffany, true to its name of resilience. during these unprecedented an opportunity to go out on lxd223@lehigh. The many wonderful students times. This is not the semes- top. ’23 edu; Ana Victoria and faculty persisted. As Jude ter that I envisioned back in Greek Life took one of the Smith, [email protected] Gerhart exemplifies, “We all January and am disappointed biggest hits with school being Editor’s note: The Class of make changes to make the that we won’t be returning to shut down for the rest of the 2023 will be represented by a most of what we have.” campus. The drastic spread of semester. This is the semester team of correspondents. They Many of the students under-

66 |66 | LEHIGH BULLETINTINBULLE stand the situation as Noor says, “I’ve been lucky enough Musharraf believes, “It was to cope the same way I always something that the school had have, staying home and hoping to do.” In just days, the Lehigh for the best.” Victoria Drzy- community had quickly mala beautifully explains, “At adapted to the situation. As first I thought this was the Addie Pintor describes, “I worst thing to happen during play the piano and flute, work my freshman year, but now I out, catch up on Netflix shows, realize that it’s a way to come and make late night video calls back stronger next semester.” with my friends from Lehigh.” Laura Duffany, class co-correspondent writes: GRADUATE “Hey guys, Laura Duffany here writing from my home in P.C. Rossin College of Engi- Puerto Rico! As I type away, I neering imagine all of the exciting, dif- Peter Christian M.S. ’77 ferent places you, the readers, recently published “What come from! How lucky I am to About the Vermin Problem? A GETTERS be amidst the wondrous diver- Guide to Avoiding Damaging sity that is Lehigh! We all have Business Practices.” In this great hopes of changing the book, he applies 40 years of Go-getters put ideas into world, and Lehigh has provid- knowledge as an executive and ed the amazing opportunities trusted business adviser to to do just that! Serving as an pointing out the good, bad and action, creating change example is my fellow class- ugly of business. “He has seen mate, Samantha Cardenas. businesses succeed or fail…. that has impact on our She is participating in the The stories are real. Who did or 2020 Global Social Impact is doing them doesn’t matter. Fellowship, focused on allevi- What does matter is what to communities and our world. ating the child malnutrition do, how to do it and why it crisis in Sierra Leone, Africa. should be done. It is a matter of Lehigh President Working with a group of six success or failure, the choice is other undergraduate students, yours.” The book can be found John D. Simon ’19P hosts Sam is creating a line of nu- on Amazon. tritiously delicious products, After graduation, Peter including peanut butter bars worked for Air Products and straight-up, no-nonsense and corn milk drinks, fortified Chemicals, Crayola Corpora- banana pudding and sweet tion as an executive direc- conversations with leaders potato muffins. The group tor, and started and ran the travels to Sierra Leone this premier business consulting summer to conduct fieldwork, group in the Lehigh Valley, on the forefront of change. assessing the effectiveness of Enterprise Systems Partners their products. Through inter- Inc. (espi). During that time, disciplinary studies and ideas he worked with over 300 com- involving creativity, nutrition- panies, locally, nationally and al science and engineering, the internationally. lehigh.edu/gogetters team is combining efforts to He has since retired for make an impact on Sierra Le- Florida in 2019 and is living one’s community. In my short in Hernando County, where time at Lehigh, I have come to he is an active member of the see what Lehigh is all about: Chamber of Commerce and Subscribe to the podcast today! collaboration and passionate the Gulf Coast Manufacturers ideas.” Association. Through adversity and trib- ulation, the Lehigh communi- ty has adamantly collaborated in upholding our “shared re- sponsibility.” Shayne Conner

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during World War II. He made poration, where he had worked his career at the Los Alamos as a chemical engineer for many National Laboratory. years. His son, John McGrath, is Daniel L. Jerman ’45, a member of the Class of 1978. Hackettstown, N.J., March 21, August T. Kaufman Jr. ’48, 2020. Mr. Jerman served in the Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 9, 2020. Mr. U.S. Navy during World War II. Kaufman served in the U.S. Corps Throughout his career, he was of Engineers Combat Regiment the chief engineer for the Pitts- during World War II. He worked burgh and West Virginia Rail- for Bethlehem Steel Corp., retir- IN REMEMBRANCE road, assistant chief engineer ing as chief engineer of the met- for the Maine Central Railroad, allurgical coal miners assigned The alumni and university communities extend their sympathy and a consultant with Parsons to the Charleston division of the to the families of the alumni listed. Obituary sources include Brinkerhoff Quade and Douglas. Bethlehem Mine Corp. His son, Douglas Jerman, is a , relatives, alumni and friends. Send details to Advancement Ser- Bernard W. Levinger ’48 member of the Class of 1982. Fort Collins, Colo., Jan. 17, 2020. vices, 306 S. New St., Suite 500, Bethlehem, PA 18015; 1-866-517- Ronald J. Skilton ’45, Dr. Levinger was a mathematics 1552; [email protected]. The following were reported to us Walnut Creek, Calif., Feb. 14, professor at Colorado State as of May 15, 2020: 2020. Mr. Skilton was a member University. of Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma Lewis I. Mengle ’48, Lan- company executive. He received honorary societies. He served in caster, Pa., March 16, 2020. A 1940s an honorary doctorate from Le- the U.S. Navy during World War Theta Chi brother, Mr. Mengle Edward M. Sharp ’40, Free- high in 1979. He was the son of II and worked for GE Corp., for was a veteran of World War II. land, Pa., Feb. 8, 2020. Mr. Sharp the former dean of the College 36 years. He worked for RCA Corp., retir- was a member of the Tau Beta Pi of Arts and Sciences, Phillip Carleton S. Wastcoat ’45, ing as an engineering leader in and Phi Beta Kappa honor soci- Mason Palmer, for whom the North Branford, Conn., March the picture tube development eties. He served in the U.S. Army dorm is named. In addition to 13, 2020. Mr. Wastcoat was a division, holding several pat- during World War II, attained his father, his brothers–Parker Theta Delta Chi brother and a ents. He was a member of the the rank of lieutenant colonel. Palmer ’37, Carl Palmer ’38, veteran of the U.S. Navy during Asa Packer and Tower societies. Professionally, he was the man- Robert Palmer ’40 and John World War II. He worked for Ebon P. Weaver ’48, aging partner of Sharp’s Bakery Palmer ’48–are members of the Caltex Petroleum in human Beavercreek Township, Ohio, and retired as vice president of Lehigh family. Dr. Palmer was resources for 40 years. His son, March 13, 2019. A veteran of Citerrio USA Corp. He was also a also a member of the Asa Packer Richard Wastcoat ’83, and grand- both World War II and the member of the Tower Society. and Tower societies. daughter, Eliza Wastcoat ’20, are Korean War, Mr. Weaver served Henry D. Chandler ’41, Theodore Peters Jr. ’44, members of the Lehigh family. as a navigation officer in the Dorset, Vt., Feb. 29, 2020. A Cooperstown, N.Y., March 19, Charles R. Bigelow ’46 U.S. Air Force. He worked as Chi Psi brother, Mr. Chandler 2020. Dr. Peters was a Sigma M.S. ’55, Wilmington, Del., a research chemical engineer was also a member of the golf Phi brother, editor-in-chief Jan. 15, 2020. A member of at Uniroyal until he retired as and soccer teams, as well as the of The Brown and White, and Tau Beta Pi honor society, Mr. manager of technical services. Glee Club. He was a veteran of a member of Tau Beta Pi and Bigelow was a veteran of the He then went on to be the tech- the U.S. Army Air Force during Omicron Delta Kappa honor U.S. Marines. He worked for the nical director of Dexter Plastics. World War II. He spent over 30 societies. He served in the U.S. DuPont Company for 38 years, Joseph E. Barnett ’49, years at General Foods Corp., Navy for 26 years, including before serving as the chair- Murrysville, Pa., April 18, 2019. retiring as vice president of hu- World War II and the Korean man and then president of the A veteran of World War II, Mr. man resources. His son, Henry War, retiring as a commander. Compressed Gas Association in Barnett was an Alpha Tau Ome- L. Chandler, is a member of the He taught medical biochemistry Washington, D.C. His brother, ga brother. He worked as an Class of 1972. and researched at the Universi- Daniel Bigelow, was a member insurance broker with Conover Richard B. Palmer ’43, ty of Pennsylvania, Harvard and of the Class of 1948. and Associates. His grandfather, Burlington, N.C., March 17, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital. Nester W. Blanco ’46, John Howard, was a member of 2020. Dr. Palmer was a Theta He was also a member of the Brandon, Miss., Jan. 20, 2020. the Class of 1887. Delta Chi brother, and a mem- Asa Packer Society. His son, Mr. Blanco was a petroleum Charles H. Engler ’49, ber of The Brown and White, the William Peters, is a member of engineer, retiring from Placid Bridgewater, N.J., Feb. 6, 2020. debate club, the Glee Club and the Class of 1979. Oil Company. Mr. Engler was a veteran of the the track team. He served in the William Bernard ’45, Frank J. McGrath ’47, New U.S. Army. He worked at Engler U.S. Army during World War Albuquerque, N.M., March 15, Milford, Conn., Dec. 5, 2019. Mr. Instrument Company as vice II and retired from the Army 2020. An Alpha Tau Omega McGrath was a member of the president of operations. Reserves as a major. He made brother and wrestling team fencing team and a veteran of Robert N. Honeyman ’49, his career with Texaco Inc., member, Mr. Bernard served the U.S. Army during World War Newton, Mass., Jan. 24, 2020. retiring after 30-plus years as a in the U.S. Merchant Marines II. He retired from Exxon Cor- Mr. Honeyman was a Theta

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Delta Chi brother. He worked caster, Pa., March 6, 2020. Mr. chairman for over a decade. He Chesterfield, N.J., Feb. 27, for GE at the Knolls Atomic Wain served in the U.S. Army was a member of the Asa Packer 2020. A track team member, Power Lab. Chemical Corps. He retired from and Tower societies and his Mr. Hanson served in the U.S. Armstrong World Industries. daughter, Susan Gladstone, is a Army during the Korean War. 1950s John W. Young ’50, member of the Class of 1979 He retired from Congoleum Ralph N. Anderson ’50, Vista, Asheville, N.C., April 7, 2020. A Thomas W. McNamara Corporation. His son, Thomas Calif., Nov. 18, 2019. Mr. Ander- Phi Sigma Kappa brother, Mr. ’51, San Diego, Calif., Jan. 28, Hanson, is a member of the son was a Sigma Nu brother. He Young was also a veteran of the 2020. Mr. McNamara was a Class of 1986. retired from Raytheon. U.S. Army. He retired as finan- soccer player, member of The Daniel D. Dubosky ’53, William A Coombs ’50, cial analyst manager from the Brown & White, and Phi Delta Venice, Fla., Jan. 11, 2020. A Camden, S.C., Feb. 11, 2020. A Bordon Co. He was a member of Theta brother. He was a career member of the Marching 97 Chi Phi brother, Mr. Coombs the Tower Society. Naval officer and he worked for during his time at Lehigh, was a U.S. Army veteran of Louis W. Bevier ’51, Palm Cubic Corp. Mr. Dubosky was a U.S. Army World War II and the Korean City, Fla., May 1, 2020. A Phi Donald H. Stires ’51, Far veteran who spent his career at War. He worked for the DuPont Delta Theta brother, Mr. Bevier Hills, N.J., April 3, 2020. Mr. Bell Telephone Laboratories. Company. was a member of Tau Beta Pi, Stires served in World War II He earned a juris doctor degree Richard A. Hoffmann ’50, Omicron Delta Kappa and Pi in the U.S. Navy. He was a Phi at New York University in 1966, Lawrenceville, N.J., March 13, Tau Sigma honor societies. He Gamma Delta brother, and and continued to serve at Bell 2020. Mr. Hoffmann was a Sig- served in the U.S. Army in Korea. member of the Epitome year- Labs for over 20 years as a ma Phi brother and president as He was employed Raytheon, book staff. He worked as the patent attorney. His son, David an undergraduate. He served in where he worked on launching Somerset County Engineer for Dubosky, is a member of the the U.S. Army Air Corps during Amana’s first microwave oven 11 years, then transitioning into Class of 1982. World War II. He spent 36 years and originated the marketing the Civil Defense Coordinator. Gerald W. Hannay Jr. ’53, with Imo DeLaval. phrase, “The Greatest Cooking He founded Pave-Rite Inc., and Rumson, N.J., Jan. 13, 2020. A Robert A. Limons ’50, Invention Since Fire,” before Donald H. Stires Associates. His Chi Psi brother and member of Bloomington, Ind., May 5, 2020. establishing his own company, Lehigh family includes his chil- the lacrosse team, Mr. Hannay Mr. Limons was a World War II Bevco, Inc, in 1975. His father, dren–Donald H. Stires Jr. ’72, was a veteran of the U.S. Army veteran and former employee of Kenneth Bevier, was a member Peter Stires ’80, Todd Stires ’82, Corps of Engineers. He was an the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. of the Class of 1919. David Stires ’85 and Craig Stires industrial engineer and his ca- Freedel A. Rauch ’50, Walter H. Davis ’51, ’89–and his grandchildren–Hil- reer included a family foundry, Debray, Fla., April 27, 2020. Mr. Reading, Pa., April 7, 2020. Mr. lary Stires ’10, Emily Stires ’11 Barnett, which he managed and Rauch was a veteran of World Davis was a veteran of the U.S. and Donald H. Stires ’17. He was owned over several decades. War II. He was an insurance Navy Air Corps during World a member of the Tower Society. William C. Horn ’53, consultant with Metropolitan War II. He made his career with Colborn Theodore Blais- Bethlehem, Pa., May 6, 2020. and other companies. Western Electric and worked dell ’52, New Tripoli, Pa., April Mr. Horn was an offensive Walter R. Smalley ’50, as a software engineer in his 3, 2020. Dr. Blaisdell was a Psi guard on the undefeated 1950 Charlotte, N.C., April 13, 2020. retirement. His son, F. Kenneth Upsilon brother and played football team and a Phi Delta Mr. Smalley spent his profes- Davis, earned his MBA from lacrosse. He was also a veteran Theta brother. He served in the sional career at Westinghouse Lehigh in 1982. of the Korean War. He was the U.S. Army during the Korean Electric. He was a metallurgical William L. Gladstone ’51, director of anesthesia at Sacred War and spent his career with engineer and worked on many Dover, Mass., April 30, 2020. Heart Hospital and served on Bethlehem Steel. of the early milestone projects Mr. Gladstone was a Pi Lambda the committee to plan and Thomas H. Jones Jr. ’53, of commercial nuclear power Phi brother, track team member build the Allentown/Sacred Audubon, Pa., Jan. 4, 2020. production, both in the U.S. and and a member of several honors Heart Hospital Center (ASH), Mr. Jones was a Theta Delta Europe. He volunteered with societies. He worked for Arthur which became the Lehigh Valley Chi brother. He worked for his class and was a member of Young where he co-architected Health Network. His daughter, Bethlehem Steel Corp, as well as the Lehigh Wrestling Club. His the groundbreaking merger of Susan Blaisdell, is a member of the Pennsylvania Department brother, Herbert Smalley, is a Arthur Young with Ernst and the Class of 1987. of Environmental Protection. member of the Class of 1953. Whinney, which created the James V. Cartledge Jr. His son, Richard T. Jones, is a Paul E. Solt ’50, Allentown, world’s largest professional ser- ’52, Levittown, Pa., April 26, member of the Class of 1983. Pa., Oct. 2, 2019. Mr. Solt was vices firm at that time. He later 2020. Mr. Cartledge was a CPA, John T. Morrison ’53, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force was the president and owner he worked for American Meter Schuylkill Haven, Pa., Dec. during the Korean War. He was of the Tri- City ValleyCats, a Co./Singer in Philadelphia. 26, 2019. Mr. Morrison was a employed at Fuller/GATX and Troy, N.Y.- based Class A affiliate Robert O. Grim ’52, Grand brother of Phi Gamma Delta was the owner of Pneumatic of the Houston Astros. As an Beach, Mich., March 12, 2020. and a member of the wrestling Conveying Consultants. His alumnus, he won the Alumni Mr. Grim was a member of team. As a student he won the brother, David Solt, is a member Award in 1976 and the L-in- Tau Beta Pi honor society. He R.A. Lewis wrestling trophy in of the Class of 1946. Life Award in 1996. He volun- retired from BP Amoco Corp. 1950. He coached wrestling at Donald J. Wain ’50, Lan- teered as a planned giving class John G. Hanson ’52, Schuylkill Haven High School

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for many years and was inducted Austin E. Mullen ’54, and the fencing team, where he GE Aerospace and Lockheed into the Pottsville Chapter of the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Jan. 7, won a collegiate gold medal. He Martin. He attended more than PIAA Wrestling Officials Hall of 2020. Mr. Mullen was a veteran worked as a mechanical engi- sixty consecutive Lehigh-Lafay- Fame. His varied career included of the U.S. Navy. He worked in neer, first with General Electric, ette football games. work for the family business, real estate. where he was issued numerous F. David Lepper ’56, New- Auburn Brick Co., as the chief William K. Rohwedder patents related to pressure-mea- port News, Va., March 1, 2020. executive of the Morrison Ford ’54 M.S. ’57 Ph.D. ’60, Peoria, suring devices, and later with Mr. Lepper was a member of Motor Co., as a real estate agent Ill., Feb. 24, 2020. Dr. Rohwed- the Hewlett-Packard Company the golf team and Lambda Chi and as a substitute teacher. der worked for many years as and then Agilent Technologies. Alpha brother. He served as a George M. Muha ’53, Cream a mass spectroscopist at the He was also a member of the Asa fighter pilot in the U.S. Marine Ridge, N.J., Feb. 13, 2020. Pro- USDA. He was a member of the Packer Society. Corps in the Korean War and fessor Muha taught chemistry at Asa Packer Society. Frederick R. Ells ’56, Par- later in the Reserves. He made Rutgers University for 30 years. Peter N. Taylor ’54, Venice, ma, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2020. his career in sales in the paper He was a Phi Beta Kappa mem- Fla., Jan. 7, 2020. Mr. Taylor David G. Gallaher ’56, industry. ber and veteran of the U.S. Army. was a lacrosse player and Theta Clearfield, Pa., April 1, 2020. Mr. George S. Meinel ’56, Blue William W. Mumford Jr. Delta Chi brother. He was also a Gallaher was a four-year starter Bell, Pa., Feb. 4, 2020. A Chi Psi ’53, Manchester, Conn., April veteran of the U.S. Army, and he for the wrestling team and was brother and veteran of the U.S. 29, 2020. Mr. Mumford was a went on to work for U.S. Steel as the Mid-Atlantic AAU cham- Navy during the Korean War, Phi Delta Theta brother and a metallurgical engineer. pion. He also wrestled in four Mr. Meinel worked as a sales football player as a student. He John C. Wallace ’54, Os- NCAA Championship Tourna- engineer and manager before worked for Proctor and Gamble prey, Fla., May 14, 2019. ments. He retired as president starting his own consulting and then for the Monsanto Otto H. Atkinson ’55, and CEO of Clearfield Machine. firm. He volunteered with Company in their plastics Fairfield, Conn., Dec. 17, 2019. He also co-founded Clearfield his class and won the Alumni research business. A Kappa Sigma brother, Mr. Powdered Metals. His son, Award in 1976. He was also a Edward P. Stuhr Jr. ’53, Atkinson served as a Green David Gallaher Jr., is a member member of the Tower Society. Clifton Park, N.Y., May 2, 2020. Beret in the U.S. Army and was of the Class of 1978. William A. Muirhead ’56, Mr. Stuhr spent his career as a one of the original Delta Force Robert J. Hunter ’56, Venice, Fla., Dec. 9, 2019. A financial manager for Schenect- members. He worked in the Union Dale, Pa., Feb. 4, 2020. Sigma Nu brother, Mr. Muir- ady International. box-making industry as presi- Mr. Hunter was a U.S. Army head was a partner at Muirhead, Caspar P. Kaffke ’54, ’55, dent at various companies. veteran. Prior to retirement, he Gaylor, Steves & Waskom. Mendham, N.J., April 4, 2020. Michael J. Jackson ’55, was employed as a corporate Wayne D. Parker ’56 ’57, Dr. Kaffke was a veteran of the Davenport, Iowa, March 11, executive for SmithKline Phar- Gladwyne, Pa., Feb. 25, 2020. U.S. Army. He was also a Sigma 2020. Mr. Jackson was a veteran maceutical Company and Lewis A Phi Gamma Delta brother Phi Epsilon brother and player of the U.S. Army during World Corporation. and soccer player, Mr. Parker with the Mustard & Cheese. He War II. He was a Delta Upsilon Anthony T. Johnson ’56, served in the U.S. Army. He was spent the majority of his career brother and soccer team mem- Hobe Sound, Fla., Feb. 11, 2020. a principal for over 40 years in the field of human resources ber. He worked for Alcoa. A veteran of the U.S. Armed with Powers Craft Parker and for companies including Mars Harold T. Leidy ’55, Pier- Forces during the Korean con- Beard, an insurance brokerage Inc., Automatic Data Process- mont, N.Y., April 8, 2020. Mr. flict, Mr. Johnson was employed firm. He volunteered with his ing, Standard Oil of Ohio/BP Leidy was a Delta Chi brother. at Bell Telephone Laborato- class and fundraising efforts and Emerson Radio. He was a Robert L. Pratt ’55, Porters ries and later started his own extensively and won the Alumni member of the Tower Society. Neck, N.C., Feb. 26, 2020. Mr. company supplying products to Award in 2011 for his service Stuart S. Kingsbury Jr. Pratt spent his career with utilities. to the university. He was also a ’54, Doylestown, Pa., April 17, DuPont. George T. Keller ’56, member of the Asa Packer and 2020. Mr. Kingsbury was a The- Thomas W. Stone ’55, Wernersville, Pa., Jan. 27, 2019. Tower societies. ta Xi brother. He was a member Westminster, Md., Feb. 14, 2020. Mr. Keller was a member of John R. Williams ’56, of The Brown & White as well as Mr. Stone was a Phi Gamma The Brown and White staff, as Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 4, 2020. A the Epitome. He served in the Delta brother. The majority of well as a member of the track veteran of the U.S. Army during U.S. Army and was employed by his career was with The Balti- and cross country teams. He World War II, Mr. Williams Socony Vacuum Oil Company, more Sun, in advertising. worked in the areas of account- made his career as a psychi- later known as Mobil Oil. He John C. Tully Sr. ’55, Mid- ing, auditing and production atric aide at Allentown State then owned a real estate and dletown, N.J., Feb. 26, 2020. for several companies including Hospital. appraisal firm. Mr. Tully was the inventor of Prudential, PP&L and Morton Howard J. Levitz ’57, Clifford S. Lasto ’54, Wood- the variable speed drill, while International. Ardsley, N.Y., April 5, 2020. Mr. bridge, Conn., March 4, 2020. Mr. working for Chicago Pneumat- Allan B. Kime Jr. ’56, Ashe- Levitz was a member of the Lasto was a member of the golf ic Corp. ville, N.C., Feb. 11, 2020. Mr. lacrosse team and a Pi Lambda team. He co-founded Air-Vac En- David A. Bristol ’56, Hous- Kime was a Sigma Chi brother. Phi brother, as well as a veteran gineering Co. and spent 60 years ton, Texas, Jan. 2, 2020. Mr. Bris- His 39-year career included of the U.S. Army. He specialized working with the company. tol was a member of the choir positions with Bethlehem Steel, in real estate law in Manhattan

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for almost 50 years. His father, er integrated manufacturing. Carlos M. Baralt ’62, Rock Mr. Barry was a Sigma Phi Epsi- Benjamin Levitz, was a member He worked as a consultant in Hill, N.J., Feb. 14, 2020. An lon brother and member of the of the Class of 1928. retirement. His daughter, Laura Alpha Phi Mu honorary society Marching 97. He worked in the Albert N. Olsen ’57, Ber- Terpack, is a member of the member, Mr. Baralt spent banking and finance industry. nardsville, N.J., Feb. 15, 2020. Class of 1986. most of his life working as an He volunteered extensively Mr. Olsen was both treasurer industrial engineer. He owned with his class. His daughter, of his class and his fraternity, 1960s and operated Homelite Cor- Elizabeth Barry, is a member of Theta Delta Chi. He founded James R. Beilstein ’60, poration for many years, and the Class of 1990. Olsen & Thompson P.A. in 1961. Williamsburg, Va., March 21, later worked for Bloomberg. John W. Dickey ’63, His children, Peter Olsen ’84 2020. Mr. Beilstein was a Theta His daughters, Sylvia (Baralt) Blacksburg, Va., May 12, 2019. and Jonathan Olsen ’86; daugh- Delta Chi brother, member Bolock ’84 and Alicia (Baralt) Dr. Dickey played lacrosse and ter-in-law, Stephanie (Hosfeld) of the basketball team and of Barbour ’86, are members of the soccer, he was also a brother Olsen ’85; and grandchildren, The Brown and White staff. He Lehigh family. of Beta Theta Pi. He was a Robert Olsen ’21 and Kirsten practiced law in Pittsburgh as Eugene P. Berg ’62, Beth- professor emeritus of urban Olsen ’18, are members of the a partner of Morehead & Knox lehem, Pa., March 22, 2020. A affairs and planning, and public Lehigh family. and resigned to serve full time veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. administration and policy at James M. Horkheimer as a labor arbitrator on the Berg taught in the Bethlehem Virginia Tech. ’58, Charleston, S.C., Jan. 18, Board of Arbitration of US Steel School District. Robert D. Gage ’63, 2020. Mr. Horkheimer was a and the United Mine Workers. John D. Bingley ’62, Yard- Meredith, N.H., Feb. 18, 2020. Tau Delta Phi brother. He also His son, James Beilstein Jr. ’90, ley, Pa., Dec. 9, 2019. Mr. Bingley A Chi Psi brother and multi- volunteered with his class, help- and daughter-in-law, Kathleen made his career as an engineer sport athlete, Mr. Gage was a ing to produce his class’s 50th (Barber) Beilstein ’90, are mem- in the field of space electronics veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reunion yearbook. He was also bers of the Lehigh family. He at Lockheed Martin and other during the Vietnam War. He a member of the Tower Society. was also a member of the Asa heritage companies, including made his career in international John K. Simms ’58, Beth- Packer Society. RCA, GE and Martin Marietta. manufacturing and business lehem, Pa., April 6, 2020. Mr. Richard F. Garfield ’60, Throughout his 40-year career, operation roles with a variety of Simms worked as an engineer Ridgewood, N.J., Sept. 5, 2019. A he received eight U.S. patents multi-national corporations. He in the research department for Sigma Chi brother and member and five foreign patents in the also backed venture start-ups Bethlehem Steel for over 30 of the soccer and lacrosse design of flight- and ground- as CFO and CEO. His children, years before retiring. teams, Mr. Garfield worked for based circuits and systems. Edward Gage ’91 and Derek Peter R. Burdash ’58, Cannon Mills. Richard B. Miller ’62, Gage ’94, are members of the Highland, N.Y., March 2, 2020. Charles W. Ostrom III Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 20, 2020. Lehigh family. Mr. Burdash was managing ’60, Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 22, As a student, Mr. Miller was a H. Merritt Hughes Jr. ’63, editor of The Brown and White 2020. Mr. Ostrom was a Theta member of Alpha Phi Omega, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 29, and president of the Chi Psi Xi brother and an All-American Beta Alpha Psi and the rifle 2020. A Theta Chi brother, Mr. fraternity. He worked for nominated four-year varsity la- team. Professionally, he was the Hughes was a third-generation Central Hudson Gas & Electric crosse player. He had a career in founder of the JM Associates funeral director at H. Merritt Corporation as news director of commercial sales for the paper Federal Credit Union. He re- Hughes Funeral Home. Corporate Communications. industry. He served in the New tired from the City of Jackson- Ernest A. Remig ’63, Boni- Richard D. Stapleton ’58, Jersey National Guard. ville. He volunteered with his ta Springs, Fla., Feb. 9, 2020. Mr. Branford, Conn., Dec. 30, 2019. Edward J. Rinalducci ’60, class as an alumnus. Remig was a Chi Psi brother, as An Alpha Sigma Phi brother, Savannah, Ga., March 25, 2020. Charles I. Shubin ’62, Bal- well as a member of the baseball Mr. Stapleton was a lawyer and A Psi Chi brother, Dr. Rinalduc- timore, Md., Dec. 28, 2019. Dr. and basketball teams. He began CPA. He retired as the executive ci was a professor emeritus at Shubin taught pediatrics to med- his career as a CPA at Price vice president of administra- the University of Central Flori- ical students at the University Waterhouse, moved into money tion and finance, secretary and da, where he taught psychology of Maryland and Johns Hopkins management and eventually general counsel to the Lane for 28 years. He previously University for over 50 years. served as president at J. & W. Construction Corp. He was taught at Georgia Tech for eight He worked at Mercy Medical Seligman, before starting his also a lifetime member of the years and at the University of Center. He was a former chair own investment management Cheshire Fire Department. Virginia for 12 years. His daugh- of the Governor’s Task Force on business. David E. Seifert ’59, Lower ter, Jennifer Rinalducci, is a Child Abuse and Neglect and a S. Ruffin Maddox Jr. ’63, Heidelberg Township, Pa., Dec. member of the Class of 1997. founding member of the Balti- Arlington, Va., March 24, 2020. 29, 2019. Mr. Seifert was a mem- Robert R. Campbell ’61, more City Child Fatality Review Mr. Maddox was a Psi Upsi- ber of the Asa Packer Society. Lansdowne, Pa., Feb. 3, 2020. Mr. Team. Recently, he received a lon brother and soccer team Carl P. Terpack ’59, Campbell was a Delta Chi broth- Lifetime Achievement Award member. He went to Vietnam Raleigh, N.C., May 3, 2020. er. He worked at Bethlehem from the Maryland Chapter of as a civilian engineer, inspect- Mr. Terpack worked at IBM Steel for decades before starting the Academy of Pediatrics. ing construction sites for U.S. for more than 30 years and Bob Campbell Building Designs, James A. Barry Jr. ’63, military structures. He worked retired as executive of comput- an architectural design firm. 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REMEMBERING Ricardo Viera

and he reveled in the opportunity to discover and promote their work and art. He was guided by the belief that all individuals are works of art, and he was as generous as he was generative. “Ricardo was someone who, with a smile and a mischievous gleam in his eyes, embraced life in the fullest possible way,” said his colleague, friend and EatArt collaborator Norman Girardot. “Indeed, the beauty and power of Ricardo’s presence and accomplishments on this very strange planet was that he inspired and energized everyone he ever met. He provides us with absolute proof that an artist and art can truly change the world for the better.” The last exhibition Viera curated at Lehigh in 2017 brought a private Cuban collection of works on paper by Wifredo Lam for the first time to the United States. Critically acclaimed, the project took 20 years to realize, but Viera never had aban- doned hope. “Ricardo Viera was a force of nature—a comet, a An Innovator for tornado, a much needed creative catalyst in a some- times sleepy world, a tender mentor, and a good Visual Literacy friend,” said Mark Wonsidler, curator of exhibitions and collections at LUAG. “He touched countless Ricardo Viera led LUAG for 44 years lives as an artist, a teacher, a curator, and of course as a museum director. His loss is felt greatly by all who knew him. He leaves behind a brightly burning torch for all of us to carry forward.” Ricardo Viera, an artist, curator and scholar who led Lehigh Uni- Viera was born on Dec. 15, 1945 in Ciego de versity Art Galleries (LUAG) for 44 years and who grew the university’s Avila, Cuba to Jose Silvestre Viera and Roselia holdings to a world-class collection of more than 15,000 works of art, passed Ramos and emigrated to the United States at age away April 1 at his home in Miami Beach. Viera died after suffering a cardiac 17 through Operation Peter Pan, a mass exodus of arrest, his family said. over 14,000 unaccompanied minors who left Cuba Viera, an innovator for visual literacy and an advocate for Latin Ameri- between 1960-1962. can art, retired from Lehigh in 2018, leaving a rich legacy in the arts. He first A Vietnam veteran, he received scholarships arrived at the university in 1974, and as to study visual art. He held a the director and chief curator of LUAG, he diploma from the School of the established a visual laboratory and teach- “RICARDO VIERA WAS A Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; ing collection program that expanded the a BFA from Tufts University, collection from 2,500 objects. He estab- FORCE OF NATURE—A COMET, and received his MFA from the lished a nationally recognized collection A TORNADO, A MUCH Rhode Island School of Design. of Latino and Latin American works on Viera is survived by his paper, photography and video, and he NEEDED CREATIVE CATALYST wife, the concert pianist and taught courses in museum and curatorial Latin American music scholar studies, special topics in the history of IN A SOMETIMES SLEEPY Martha Marchena; his daughters photography, public art and visual think- WORLD, A TENDER MENTOR, Solange Sales and Milena Sales; ing strategies. son-in-law Raul Martinez; two His passion for art was obvious in AND A GOOD FRIEND.” granddaughters, Sophie Lou both his demeanor and the exhibitions he —MARK WONSIDLER Martinez and Ulla Veronique oversaw. Whenever he spoke about the Martinez. He also leaves his educational aspect of LUAG’s work, he sister Maria Pino and brother- would become particularly enthusiastic. “We don’t collect objects. We col- in-law Mario Pino, brother Carlos Viera and nine lect ideas,” he said in a 2017 interview. “We are not here to preach one thing, nieces and nephews. to interpret things one way. We are here to expose [people] to things that in our judgment have a certain kind of quality.” To make a gift in memory of Ricardo Viera, A Renaissance man, Viera was an accomplished chef, Bonsai horticultur- please do so at www.luag.org/support or contact ist and a malacologist. He had a deep knowledge and appreciation of music, [email protected]. Gifts will be used in support of mainly opera, and was himself a gifted tenor. But he mostly loved artists, photographers and Latin American artists.

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and land survey firm and served he was a faculty research fellow, Pfizer Co. adena, Calif., March 17, 2020. western Montgomery County Singer Company, Diehl Division, Mr. Crewell was a Gryphon and in the Maryland House of Dele- where he was a junior engineer, 1970s member of the track team. He gates from 1970-1974. and Mitre Corporation. William C. Lawyer ’70, York, was the director of financial aid Michael D. Schlain ’63, Robert D. Restuccia ’66, Pa., Jan. 3, 2020. Mr. Lawyer at Caltech and had previously Florianópolis, Brazil, March 27, Rockford, Ill., March 5, 2020. was a member of the baseball been an associate director of 2020. Mr. Schlain retired from Dr. Col. Restuccia served in the team. He retired from Met-Ed, financial aid at Lehigh. the New York Stock Exchange U.S. Army Medical Corps. He where he had 33 years of service Jane W. Gumble ’76, Group as a principal. was a pediatrician, working at as an electrical engineer. Stow, Mass., Jan. 16, 2020. Ms. Alex B. Kamara ’64, Free- Children’s Hospital of Philadel- David J. Klingerman ’71 Gumble was the director of the town, Sierra Leone, Nov. 20, 2019. phia and Walter Reed National M.S. ’73, Cheshire, Conn., Massachusetts Department Robert A. Titlow Jr. ’64, Military Medical Center. Jan. 18, 2020. Mr. Klingerman of Housing and Community Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 16, 2020. J. Roger Auman ’67, Penn- worked for Sikorsky Aircraft for Development. Mr. Titlow was a veteran of the side, Pa., Jan. 27, 2020. Mr. Au- 23 years and finished his career Theodore C. Simon Jr. ’78, U.S. Air Force. He worked as a man served in the U.S. Air Force at Butler International. Cranston, R.I., Sept. 21, 2019. A Pi contracts attorney for Allison Gas as an air traffic controller and Chester A. Raczkowski Jr. Kappa Alpha brother, Dr. Simon Turbine. worked as a computer program- ’71, North Plainfield, N.J., April was a scientist for Pfizer Phar- Charles M. Wistar ’64, mer for AverCom. 19, 2020. Mr. Raczkowski was maceutical for 10 years, retiring Annapolis, Md., Nov. 15, 2019. Mr. Donald M. Cloud ’68, James- a veteran of the U.S. Army. He in 2016 as head, global science Wistar was a Phi Gamma Delta town, R.I., April 3, 2020. A Pi Kap- worked at Railroad Express and and technology group and GMAP brother. He volunteered with pa Alpha brother, Mr. Cloud was as a substitute teacher. comparative medicine. his class and on the Alumni As- a veteran of the U.S. Army during Frederick W. Schroeder Susan (Stemple) Morris sociation Board of Directors. He the Vietnam War. He founded ’72, Tomball, Texas, Feb. 17, ’79, Acton, Mass., Dec. 13, earned the Alumni Award in 1979. Early, Cloud & Co., and was its 2020. Dr. Schroeder special- 2019. Susan was part of the first He was the president of Selene chief executive officer. ized in marine geology with an pledge class of Gamma Phi Beta, Annapolis Yachts. Terry G. Larimer ’68, emphasis in plate tectonics. and a member of the lacrosse Peter T. Meszoly ’65, Silver Allentown, Pa., May 5, 2020. A He had a 32-year career with team, The Brown and White and Spring, Md., Nov. 24, 2019. Mr. Theta Xi brother and member ExxonMobil. senior class executive council. Meszoly was a member of the of the Marching 97, Mr. Larimer Morgan J. Koch Jr. ’73, She worked for 40 years in fencing team and residence hall was a longtime Morning Call Wyomissing, Pa., March 29, public accounting, industry, leader. He served in the U.S. Army writer, columnist and editor 2020. A Chi Psi brother, Mr. finance, and banking and taxes. and worked as general counsel best known for his coverage of Koch retired as corporate con- At State Street Corp, she rose for several organizations. the Philadelphia Eagles, Lehigh troller of the Formpac division to the level of VP of taxation C. Garland Roper Jr. ’65, University athletics and Lehigh of Sealed Air Corporation. and was responsible for the to- Freeport, Maine, March 9, 2020. Valley sports. His brothers, John John V. Reynolds ’73, tal corporate tax return, which, Dr. Roper worked as a school and Larimer ’62 and Daniel Larimer Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. 27, 2020. when printed and stacked, family psychologist for many ’68G, are members of the Lehigh As a student Dr. Reynolds was a stood four feet. She was part years before changing careers family. member of the track and cross of a settlement the company to work as a market research Matthew R. Leek ’68, Ash- country teams. He taught politi- paid for discriminating against consultant. His father, C. Garland land, Ore., Feb. 23, 2020. Mr. Leek cal science at Moravian College. their top female and minority Roper ’36, and brother, Jonathan was a Beta Theta Pi brother and Thomas J. Scott ’73, executives. Her brother, Donald Roper ’68, are members of the a member of the wrestling team. Springfield, Township, Pa., Stemple ’80, and daughter, Lehigh family. He worked for General Electric, Jan. 10, 2020. A Phi Gamma Katharine Morris ’14, are mem- James V. Arnts ’66, Centrev- as well as had a career in financial Delta brother, Mr. Scott was a bers of the Lehigh family. ille, Md., Feb. 26, 2020. Mr. Arnts planning. His brother, John Leek, veteran of the U.S. Army during worked for Westinghouse and is a member of the Class of 1964. the Vietnam era. He worked 1980s later Northrop Grumman. George W. Boileau ’68 MBA as a customs and immigration Bruce G. Higley ’80, Cleve- James S. Green V ’66 M.S. ’72, Ocean Grove, N.J., April 12, officer in Philadelphia. land, Ohio, May 17, 2019. Mr. ’67 Ph.D. ’69, Allentown, Pa., 2020. Mr. Boileau worked as Margaret M. Kittek ’75 Higley was a Delta Tau Delta Dec. 24, 2019. Dr. Green was a the Atlantic County treasurer. M.S. ’86, Bethlehem, Pa., brother. He worked for The veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was He was a member of the Tower Nov. 20, 2019. Ms. Kittek was a Albert M. Higley Co., a con- a professor at Moravian College, Society. member of Town Council and struction firm founded by his where he was the advisor to the Edward G. Greybill III ’69, The Brown & White. She worked grandfather in 1925, where he Amrhein Investment Club and Macungie, Pa., June 10, 2019. Mr. as a senior research chemist at was the chairman. founding coach of the women’s Greybill served in the U.S. Army Air Products and Chemicals. Gary B. Wippick ’81, soccer team. Previously, he was during the Vietnam War. He Her daughter, Claudia Frances Westport, Conn, Jan. 3, 2020. a professor at Lehigh University. was a member of Alpha Lambda Anewalt, earned her graduate Mr. Wippick made his career Other employers included NASA, Omega. Prior to retiring, he was degree from Lehigh in 2008. in computers and network Langley Research Center, where an IT programming technician at Don A. Crewell ’76, Pas- engineering working with major

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REMEMBERING Clifton E. Mowrer Jr. ’53 ’95P banks and brokerage houses. Mark L. McAlpine ’84 M.S. ’96, Media, Pa., March 12, 2020. Mr. McAlpine was a Theta Xi Dedicated Volunteer, brother. He served as the deputy state game warden. Public Servant Mark A. Votaw ’84, North Can- ‘Tip’ was the Bulletin’s Class of 1953 correspondent for 55 years ton, Ohio, Jan. 18, 2020. Mr. Votaw was a brother of Pi Kappa Alpha and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Bonnie (Winokur) Bancroft ’85 MBA ’91, Greenwich, Conn., Clifton E. “Tip” Mowrer Jr. ’53 ’95P, an alumnus Feb. 5, 2020. Mrs. Bancroft was known for his dedicated volunteer work at Lehigh, an Alpha Phi sister, as well as a passed away on April 25, 2020. He was 88. member of the track and cross Tip never missed a deadline in his 55 years country teams. She worked as a as Class of 1953 correspondent for the Bulletin. public relations partner catering He held many other roles over the years, includ- largely to non-profit clients as ing class vice president for more than a decade, well as working on many author visitors’ desk volunteer for 18 years, and member events, where she excelled in of the Senior Alumni Council for 17 years. Tip promoting programs. Her hus- was a frequent Phonathon caller, encouraging his band, Thomas “Ned” Bancroft ’85, large network of classmates to donate to and get and children, Nicholas Bancroft involved with their alma mater. For more than 30 ’17 and Cornelius Bancroft ’20, years, Tip and his wife, Barbara, contributed to the are members of the Lehigh family. Lehigh Fund. Stephanie Joy Pervall ’85, “Tip taught me what the Lehigh family means,” Westhampton, N.J., May 2, 2020. said Jessi McMullan ’05, class notes editor for the Ms. Pervall was a member of the Bulletin. “He demonstrated the value of our bonds with our classmates and the univer- Black Students’ Union and the sity through his actions working to plan mini-Reunions with his classmates every year choir as a student. As an alumna, and his words as class correspondent.” she volunteered with BALANCE, In an oral history recorded in 2013, Tip recalled the day he left Lehigh after graduat- the Media and Communications ing with a Bachelor of Science in business in 1953. He looked back at the campus, sadly, group and the LUAA Board of and thought, “‘Well, that’s it. I’m gone.’ Little did I know how involved I would be!” Directors. In recognition of his dedication to his alma mater, Tip received the Alumni Award in Amy B. Rowan ’85, Bryn 1998 for continued support of the university, directing talented students to Lehigh, and Mawr, Pa., March 22, 2020. Dr. contributing significantly to his community. In 2010, he received the George F.A. Stutz Rowan completed the six-year ’22 Award, presented to a senior alumnus for lifelong leadership and service in diverse combined BA-MD Program roles within the Lehigh community. at Lehigh University and the The Bethlehem native entered the Army after graduation, serving during the Korean Medical College of Pennsylvania. War. After being honorably discharged, Tip studied milk processing at Pennsylvania She was a member of Phi Beta State University and joined his family’s dairy and ice cream business until it was sold. He Kappa. Prior to establishing a pri- then joined the insurance industry, becoming a partner in the Hampson Mowrer Kreitz vate psychiatric and consulting Insurance Agency until his retirement after 35 years. practice in Bryn Mawr, Dr. Rowan A firm believer in the value of education, Tip served on the boards of the Bethlehem held academic appointments and Area School District and the Bethlehem Vocational-Technical School. He was an inau- leadership positions at New York gural member of the Board of Trustees responsible for the formation of Northampton University, MCP-Hahnemann Community College. School of Medicine, The Chil- Tip’s community service also included roles with the Bethlehem Water Authority and dren’s Hospital of Philadelphia Bethlehem Rotary Club. and the University of Pennsyl- Tip and Barbara enjoyed traveling, and he loved to wear his Lehigh gear and meet vania. fellow alumni all over the world. The couple were married for more than 60 years until William N. Luyben ’86, her passing. He is survived by his children, sons Jeffrey and Andrew ’95G and daughter Wyomissing, Pa., Jan. 28, 2020. Susan Mowrer Benda, their spouses, and three grandchildren. Mr. Luyben worked as a CPA, Tip will be dearly missed by his friends on the Lehigh staff, as well as his classmates. most recently for Penske Truck “I have wonderful memories over many years about Tip,” said friend and classmate Leasing in the audit department. Joe Workman ’53. “They are best summarized by the word ‘dedication.’ His death is His brother, Michael Luyben, is a a great loss to me and to our class. I was humbled to have been asked, at his direction, member of the Class of 1987. to attend the small family-only gathering and graveside service. Tip was wearing his Lehigh tie.”—Cynthia Tintorri

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1990s Mr. Hamerstone was a veteran Deanne M. D’Armiento ’91 of the U.S. Army during World A Beloved M.Ed. ’92, North Plainfield, N.J., War II. He taught, retiring from Feb. 20, 2020. Ms. D’Armiento was Delaware Valley Regional High Instructor a member of the track and tennis School. teams. She taught middle school Ronald E. Philipp M.S. ’56, Vincent Grassi taught courses across all four in the North Plainfield School Belvidere, N.J., Jan. 27, 2020. years of chemical engineering education District and coached high school Ret. Col. Philipp served in the track and field for over 25 years. Army from 1954 to 1984. He She also coached girls’ basketball, served in post-war Korea and girls’ tennis and was a staff mem- spent two years in Vietnam Vincent G. Grassi, a professor of practice in the depart- ber for the varsity football team. as well as stateside posts. He ment of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the John F. Sponza ’91, Wilton, was last stationed at Picatinny P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, Conn., Feb. 28, 2020. Mr. Sponza Arsenal, N.J., as a mechanical passed away May 3 in The owned John Sponza Painting. engineer. After retiring from the Villages, Fla., from esoph- William T. Meadows ’93, Army, he worked for the U.S. Golf ageal cancer. He was 64. Ocean View, Del., March 9, 2020. Association as director of the A much-loved instruc- Mr. Meadows was a member of test center. He also taught at La- tor, Grassi taught courses the wrestling team. He prac- fayette College and West Point in all four years of chem- ticed law for 10 years in Camden while working on his degrees. ical engineering educa- County, N.J. Ki S. Joung M.S. ’61, tion, freshman through Mitsuru Niwa ’93, Medford, North Andover, Mass., Feb. 5, senior year. He was the Mass., Jan. 9, 2020. Mr. Niwa was 2020. Following a brief stint 2019 recipient of Lehigh’s a product support engineer for in academia, Dr. Joung joined Donald B. and Dorothy Polycom for over 20 years. Allis-Chalmers Corporation, L. Stabler Award for where he worked for 20 years, Excellence in Teaching, 2010s rising to the level of vice pres- which recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates Leopold Bonisese III ’10, North ident and general manager of exceptional talent in encouraging students to under- Wales, Pa., Dec. 28, 2019. A Sigma the Mining Systems Division, stand alternatives and make choices. He received the Alpha Mu brother, Mr. Bonis- which supplied heavy machin- Rossin College Faculty Experiential Learning Excel- ese worked as a biochemist for ery and systems to the mining lence Award in 2019. GlaxoSmithKline. and construction industries “We have lost an unusually gifted instructor, worldwide. passionate student mentor and a dear colleague who Joseph C. Neuklis M.S. embraced new methods of pedagogy, took an active role GRADUATE ’62, South Bend, Ind., May in the KEEN [Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Net- 5, 2020. Mr. Neuklis taught work] initiative within the department and explored Marcella Dimmick M.A. ’50 biochemistry at Temple Uni- new tools of engineering education through entrepre- Cert. ’60, Bethlehem, Pa., March versity School of Medicine. neurial skill development,” said Mayuresh Kothare, 12, 2020. Ms. Dimmick was He worked for Bayer Corp and R. L. McCann Professor and chair of the department employed at the Saucon Valley retired as the superintendent of chemical and biomolecular engineering. “He took a School District for 42 years, re- of vitamin manufacturing with particularly active role in encouraging women chemical tiring in 1977. She taught English, over 30 years of service. engineering students to excel in their courseworks and French and history for 25 years Robert H. Rampetsreiter eventual career planning." and served the school district as a M.S. ’62, Menomonee Falls, Grassi received his B.S. in chemical engineering guidance counselor for the last 17 Wis., April 18, 2020. Dr. Ram- from the University of Rochester in 1978, and an M.S. in years of her career. Her brother, petsreiter’s career included 1985 and a Ph.D. in 1991, also in chemical engineering, Ray Dimmick, was a member of positions at Rust Engineer- from Lehigh. He held various leadership positions at the Class of 1947. ing, Sargent and Lundy, Klug Air Products and Chemicals Inc. in Allentown, Pa., from Allen H. Meitzler M.S. ’53 and Smith, Graef, Anhalt and 1978 to 2013. Grassi served as an adjunct professor in Ph.D. ’55, Ann Arbor, Mich., Schloemer, and a professor- Lehigh’s department of chemical and biomolecular March 21, 2020. Dr. Meitzler was ship at Marquette University. engineering from 2008-2013. Following his retirement a retired applied physicist with He launched Rampetsreiter from Air Products, he joined the Lehigh faculty full- the Ford Motor Company’s Sys- Engineering in 1981 and ran the time as a professor of practice in chemical engineering, tems Research Lab and former company for over 30 years. where he continued to teach until his passing. Grassi adjunct professor on the Dear- Ronald S. Narzisi M.Ed. also held key positions in the American Institute of born campus of the University of ’63, Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. Chemical Engineers. Michigan. 23, 2020. Mr. Narzisi spent Grassi is survived by his wife, Kimberly, daughter, Robert H. Hamerstone M.A. his career teaching at South Christine, and sister, Susan. ’55, Whitehall, Pa., Jan. 30, 2020. Mountain Middle School in the

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Allentown School District. taught at the elementary level April 19, 2020. Dr. Spencer was ’87, Miamiville, Ohio, March John J. Fox Jr. M.A. ’64, and in the gifted program for 26 the first African American fe- 17, 2020. Mrs. Latessa taught at Danvers, Mass., March 18, 2020. years. Her son, Alan Mussel- male certified teacher to be em- Moravian Academy in Bethle- Prof. Fox served in the U.S. man, received his graduate ployed by the Allentown School hem, Pa., and taught history and Army during the Korean War. degree from Lehigh in 1989. District. Her teaching career psychology at Lakota West High He retired from Salem State Barbara (Byrd) Sonberg centered on training teachers School in Cincinnati from 1998 College where he was a teacher, M.S. ’68, Abington, Md., Jan. within the collegiate environ- to 2011. author, oral historian, and 6, 2020. Ms. Sonberg worked in ment. She taught at Lehigh, as Kenneth C. Snyder III M.S. leader of the Explorers Lifelong the real estate finance field for well as Moravian College and ’88, Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 27. continuing education program. most of her career. She worked Kutztown University. 2020. Mr. Snyder was teaching Richard L. Kantor M.A. for over 20 years for Enterprise Jean (Weik) Hertzog physics at Muhlenberg College, ’65, Hellertown, Pa., May 10, Community Investment and M.Ed. ’76, Bethlehem, Pa., Jan. where he has been a member of 2020. Mr. Kantor taught history retired as a senior vice presi- 5, 2019. Mrs. Hertzog worked the faculty for the last 28 years for 35 years at Saucon Valley dent of asset management. Her as a nursery school teacher at while pursuing his doctorate Middle School. He could often daughter, Joanne Sonberg, is a First Presbyterian and served from Lehigh. be found manning the tick- member of the Class of 1996. as a volunteer EMT for Hanover Pauline L. Snyder M.Ed. et booth for school sporting Theodore W. Robbins M.S. Township. ’88, Emmaus, Pa., March 6, events. ’69, Wilmington, N.C., Jan. J. Barry Hilbert M.Ed. ’77, 2020. Ms. Snyder was a teacher Cyrus J. Ohnmacht Jr. 30, 2020. Mr. Robbins worked Wyomissing, Pa., Jan. 18, 2020. and intervention specialist Ph.D. ’66, Audubon, Pa., for Western Electric and held Mr. Hilbert was a veteran of the first for IU #13 and then the Feb. 12, 2020. Dr. Ohnmacht several patents. U.S. Army. He was the principal Allentown School District for held postdoctoral positions Patricia (Paulus) Stickler of the junior high school in the 32 years. at Lehigh University and the M.Ed. ’70, Tucson, Ariz., Feb. Muhlenberg School District. Bernard A. Indelicato University of Virginia. While 1, 2020. Mrs. Stickler was em- Ruth (Whittaker) Kresge M.Ed. ’89, Easton, Pa., April 15, at UVA, he was instrumental in ployed as an elementary school M.Ed. ’77, Lehighton, Pa., 2020. Mr. Indelicato worked at the discovery of the antimalar- teacher for the Northampton March 4, 2020. Mrs. Kresge Bethlehem Steel as an engineer, ial drug Mefloquine. All told, Area School District for 32 worked as a special education initially in the ironmaking divi- he spent a 35-year career in years. teacher for the Lehighton Area sion and then the refractories medicinal chemistry, retiring Anna T. Kralik M.Ed. School District for 28 years. group. He holds a patent in his from AstraZeneca. He held over ’71, Naples, Fla., Feb. 2, 2020. Stephen J. Bonkowski, field. After retiring, he worked 40 patents and authored more Mrs. Kralik taught nursing and Westwood, Mass., Jan. 3, 2020. as a framer and art instructor at than 50 publications. founded several nursing pro- Mr. Bonkowski worked in high- Art and Drafting Connection in Vincent A. Facchiano grams at colleges. Her children, er education, most recently at Bethlehem for over 10 years. M.Ed. ’67, Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. Ronald Kralik ’73 and Gary Massachusetts Bay Community Bruce W. Frace MBA ’90, 25, 2019. Mr. Facchiano taught Kralik ’76, are members of the College. He also was a realtor Richmond, Ill., June 4, 2019. Mr. fifth grade for 35 years in the Lehigh family. with Caldwell Banker. Frace worked for Amtrak for Allentown School District. Edward J. Zabinski M.Ed. Jeannine M. Duane M.Ed. many years. Irvin T. Edgar Ed.D. ’68, ’72, Birdsboro, Pa., Jan. 2, 2020. ’79 Ed.D. ’89, Long Valley, N.J., William F. Metcalf M.S. Hershey, Pa., March 21, 2020. Dr. Zabinski was a veteran of the March 24, 2019. Dr. Duane taught ’96, Bethlehem, Pa., May 4, Dr. Edgar retired as the bureau U.S. Navy during World War II. in elementary schools in Bermu- 2020. Mr. Metcalf worked as a director for the Pennsylvania He worked as a teacher and ad- da, Japan, Hawaii, the Marshall principal electrical engineer at Department of Education, ministrator in the Berks County Islands and Chester, N.J. Microchip. having previously served as a Career Centers for over 20 years. Michael T. Petrash MBA science advisor for the state and Richard H. Duke MBA ’75, ’81, Center Valley, Pa., Feb. 12, was a former biology teacher Napa, Calif., Feb. 25, 2020. Mr. 2020. Mr. Petrash worked for at Raub Junior High School in Duke’s career included time at over 30 years as a CPA at Air Allentown. Westinghouse, Mellon Bank Products and Chemicals and Joseph T. DuBois Ph.D. ’68, and Development Dimensions later for KNBT before retiring. McLean, Va., Dec. 12, 2019. Dr. International. Wanda L. Staley M.Ed. DuBois retired as director of the Carol J. Kinney M.Ed. ’75, ’81, Murfreesboro, Tenn., office of statistical analysis after Bethlehem, Pa., March 25, 2020. March 3, 2020. Dr. Staley was 34 years at the U.S. Department Ms. Kinney worked as a teacher a teacher for over 50 years, the of Labor, Occupational Safety at Centennial School of Lehigh last 20 years at Morehead State and Health Administration. University, at Asa Packer Ele- University, teaching counselor Evelyn (Moore) Mussel- mentary School and was depart- education to graduate students. man M.Ed. ’68, Nazareth, Pa., ment Chair of Special Education Joseph P. Kuterbach M.S. April 21, 2020. Mrs. Musselman at Freedom High School. ’83, San Diego, Calif., Jan. 20, worked for the Bethlehem Joann N. Spencer M.Ed. 2020. Area School District, where she ’65 Ed.D. ’74, Allentown, Pa., Patricia T. Latessa M.A.

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