Lehigh University Summer Bulletin 2020 – Class Notes
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NOTES 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. 38 |38 | LEHIGH BULLEBULLETINTIN NOTES 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.