OUR NEXT PRESIDENT Scholar, Leader, Communicator WHAT BLIZZARD? a Late January Snowstorm Brought a Few Inches of Snow to South Mountain

WINTER 2015 LEHIGH BULLETIN

OUR NEXT PRESIDENT Scholar, leader, communicator WHAT BLIZZARD? A late January snowstorm brought a few inches of snow to South Mountain. But the snowfall wasn’t quite what forecasters predicted—so classes went on as scheduled. Photo by Christa Neu

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Volume 101, Number 1, Winter 2015

DEPARTMENTS

3 LETTERS

4 FROM THE PRESIDENT

ON CAMPUS

6 Celebrating Rich Aronson

7 FOUR QUESTIONS Peter Costa

8 A Lehigh Legend 24 Our Next President 10 A Trip of a Lifetime John D. Simon, who will assume the Lehigh presidency in July, has distinguished himself in 11 Broadcasting to Lehigh academia with his world-class research, his thoughtful leadership and, perhaps most tellingly, and Beyond his willingness to put the interests of others above his own. By Mary Ellen Alu RESEARCH

12 Seeking Clarity on Concussions

14 Wireless Mobile Healthcare— 30 The Power of Constancy and More Experts believe the untapped energy in the ocean’s rolling waves could supply a quarter or more 15 The Facebook Effect of the nation’s electricity needs. Four engineers and an economist are seeking to harness it. 16 Learning to Fly By Kurt Pfitzer CULTURE

17 Narratives Otherwise Unheard

18 EXHIBIT 34 A Weekend Unlike Any Other The War Years

When Lehigh and Lafayette met in New York for the 150th playing of The Rivalry, Lehigh al- ATHLETICS ums made their presence known—and created the largest gathering of alumni in the history of the university. Photos by Christa Neu and Academic Image 20 A Grand Slam at Goodman 21 ‘Looking is Not Seeing’

22 PROFILE Justin Pacchioli ’15

NOTES

40 LEHIGH DISPATCH

74 IN REMEMBRANCE

80 NOSTALGIA: The President’s House

ON THE COVER: John D. Simon, who will become Lehigh’s 14th president this coming July, was photographed in early January at the President’s House. Currently executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia, Simon has made several trips to Lehigh over the past few months to meet with faculty, students, staff and alumni. Photo by Christa Neu

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MASTHEAD CORRESPONDENCE

STAFF

EDITOR Tim Hyland [email protected]

ASSOCIATE EDITORS Mary Ellen Alu, Kurt Pfitzer, Kelly Hochbein

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Geoff Gehman, Chris Quirk

DESIGN Pentagram

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Kurt Hansen

ART DIRECTOR Beth Murphy

DESIGNER Getting to Know John D. Simon Ryan Wise PHOTOGRAPHER Christa Neu

BUSINESS SUPPORT “Sometimes you can go into an interview and be it marked the single largest gathering of Lehigh Sue Gaugler frozen by the person you’re talking to,” Mary El- alums in our proud history. In our photo essay len Alu told me. “But he really put me at ease. It (“A Weekend Unlike Any Other,” Pg. 34), we CONTACT US Lehigh University Alumni Association just struck me how open he was.” look back at some of the many highlights of the 27 Memorial Drive West The “he” Mary Ellen was referring to, of weekend. Bethlehem, PA 18015-3734 (610) 758-3135 course, is the individual who graces the cover of  Energy is one of the biggest issues facing Fax: (610) 758-3316 this edition of the Bulletin. John D. Simon, who our nation and world today. And as Kurt Pfitzer Hotline: (610) 758-alum will assume the presidency July 1, has made a details in his fascinating story in this issue (“The CLASS NOTES AND concerted effort over the past few months—even Power of Constancy,” Pg. 30), one group of Le- REMEMBRANCES while maintaining his incredibly busy schedule high researchers is looking to the ocean—and the Diana Skowronski (610) 758-3675 at the University of Virginia, where he serves as power of waves—to help solve the world’s energy [email protected] executive vice president and provost—to visit woes.  SUBSCRIBERS Lehigh as much as possible. When Robert Zoellner ’54 passed away at For address changes, send On one of those visits, in early January, Si- age 82 in December, Lehigh lost one of its great- the mailing label, along with mon carved out more than an hour to speak est friends and most generous supporters. It was your new address, to: Alumni Records / Lehigh University with Mary Ellen, who was tasked with writing the gift from Zoellner and his wife, Victoria, of 125 Goodman Drive an in-depth profile about him for the magazine course, that in the early 1990s allowed Lehigh to Bethlehem, PA 18015-3055 610-758-3015 you hold in your hands. Mary Ellen had the build the Zoellner Arts Center, which has since [email protected] opportunity to speak with John a couple times brought so much joy, and so much art, to Lehigh after that initial meeting, and like so many oth- and Bethlehem. As Interim President Kevin L. ADVERTISING Sue Gaugler ers who have had the pleasure of meeting him Clayton ‘84, ‘13P says in our tribute piece: “Bob Lehigh University recently, she came away so very impressed with Zoellner was and will remain a Lehigh legend.” 125 Goodman Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015-3754 his intellect, his thoughtfulness and his real I thank you again for reading the Bulletin, and (610) 758-3015 willingness to listen. As you’ll read in Mary El- as always, I welcome your feedback. Feel free to [email protected] len’s story, that last aspect of his personality has send your letters to the address at the right, or LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN played a key role in helping make him one of directly to me via email at [email protected]. Vol. 101, No. 1, Winter 2015 the most respected leaders in higher education Published three times a year by the today. We hope you enjoy our story about John, Lehigh University Communications and hope that you enjoy the rest of what this is- and Public Affairs Office, in coop- eration with the Lehigh University sue has to offer as well: Alumni Association, Inc.  Sure, the game didn’t exactly work out as planned. But when the Lehigh family gathered in New York City this past fall to celebrate the Sincerely, 150th playing of The Rivalry against Lafayette, Tim Hyland, Editor

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MASTHEAD CORRESPONDENCE

Andy Larko, No. 82, seen here sealing a Rivalry win over Lafayette in 1962 with a blocked kick, was also the man who kicked the game-winning field goal in the 1961 contest.

ON FOOTBALL AND POLITICS Two items in the Fall edition of the Lehigh Bulletin caught my eye. Andy was a high school chum of mine and my fraternity broth- One is Michael Bradley’s interesting article about Michael er in Theta Delta Chi. That grand event in Lark’s football career Smerconish. I didn’t know he was a Lehigh alum. He’s an articu- is featured in the 1962 Lehigh yearbook. Shame on the “Lehigh late guy who is not hesitant to “cut to the chase” while discussing football expert” for not acknowledging Lark’s role in that thrill- controversial political matters. He is one of only a few pundits ing Lehigh win. who have emphasized the importance of MIT professor Jona- Phil Edmunds thon Gruber’s now well-publicized remarks (seen in old video clips) about state insurance “exchanges” established pursuant TAKING AIM AT ‘ARROGANCE’ to ObamaCare, i.e., federal subsidies for folks buying insurance Read your Lehigh Alumni Bulletin Fall 2014 article, “The Rivalry are available only in such exchanges and not in exchanges estab- of Rivalries.” lished by the federal government. Most of the pundits are em- I graduated from Lafayette 1971, Lehigh MBA in 1982. When I phasizing other Gruber comments that excite partisan passions went to Lehigh I witnessed up close Lehigh’s arrogance. but have little relevance with respect to the Supreme Court case Your article lists 10 great games. If you wanted to list great that will decide the issue. games how about [the following]: In the 2005 game played at I had to laugh at Bradley’s characterization of Smerconish as Lehigh, Lafayette backup quarterback Pat Davis threw a 37-yard a person who is “in the middle of the political spectrum.” Smer- touchdown pass to running back Jonathan Hurt on 4th-and-10 conish supported Barack Obama! Obama is a Marxist and any- with 38 seconds left to give the Leopards a 23-19 win. The victory body who supports him is nowhere near the middle of the polit- gave Lafayette the second of three straight Patriot League cham- ical spectrum. pionships and NCAA I-AA (FCS) Playoff appearances. The second item is the inexcusable omission of a significant Lafayette leads the series 77-67-5. fact in one of the summaries of Lehigh’s 10 most memorable You’re the editor? football victories over Lafayette (according to “Lehigh football How about some balance instead of the usual Lehigh arrogance? expert” Chuck Burton) on pages 28-29. Lehigh athletes who Tom Toth made critical plays in eight of the games are identified but the guy who kicked the winning field goal as time expired for the 1961 The Editor replies: “Arrogance?” At Lehigh, we prefer to think game is not. It was Andy Larko. of it as “pride.” But thanks for keeping The Rivalry alive.

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Welcoming a Thoughtful, Distinguished Leader to Lehigh John D. Simon will assume the presidency July 1

By Kevin L. Clayton ’84, ’13P, Interim President

For incoming college or university presidents, perhaps the biggest challenge is simply getting to know the DNA of the institution they are about to lead. Every educational institution has its own proud academic history, revered traditions, ever-changing culture and unique opportunities. To be a successful leader, a college or university president must come to understand, in a very fundamental way, the elements that make the institution special. It’s no small challenge, even for the best and brightest of leaders. I can as- sure you it’s a challenge that our next president, John D. Simon, is already successfully tackling head-on. Lehigh was proud to introduce John as our 14th president in October. Over the past several months, he has worked dili- gently with me to get to know Lehigh and the people who teach, work, live and learn here. The more John and I work together, the further convinced I am that Lehigh absolutely made the right choice in selecting him to lead our university forward. John has gone out of his way, while keeping up with the many demands of his duties as executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia, to meet with Lehigh faculty, staff, students, alumni and community leaders. He is learning about this institution and all of the people who make Lehigh such a remarkable place. John is immersing himself in the many components that make Lehigh’s future so bright: major initiatives such as Mountaintop and the changing ways we think about the Lehigh learning experience; faculty who are conducting dynamic research while challenging our students to aspire to greater accomplishments; devoted staff who work on the front lines every day to make Lehigh even better, and alumni colleagues from Virginia and Duke describe him as “a bridge whose love for this institution never ceases to amaze. John will builder” and rave about his ability to “inspire and motivate.” properly position Lehigh to deal with the ever-changing mac- They praise his knack for bringing out the best in the people ro-challenges facing the world of higher education today. around him, and consider him to be one of the brightest and Those who have had the opportunity to meet John agree most effective leaders they’ve ever worked with. that it truly is a pleasure to interact with him. John is person- John has served Virginia and Duke with great distinction. able, accessible, highly intelligent and forward-thinking. One Soon he will be dedicating his efforts fulltime to Lehigh. I of John’s greatest strengths is his willingness to sincerely lis- am confident he will continue to enhance this institution’s ten when people speak. As you will read in our cover story for 150-year-old reputation--a reputation for excellence in teach- this issue of the Bulletin, John’s willingness to listen and then ing, research and producing outstanding and highly sought-af- act decisively are traits that distinguish him as a respected ter graduates from a first-rate residential learning environ- leader in higher education today. His accomplishments at the ment. University of Virginia follow an equally impressive tenure at Lehigh is fortunate to welcome John to campus as our 14th Duke University, where he served as vice provost, guiding the president on July 1. In the interim, I welcome your continued university’s successful strategic planning process, supporting support and assistance in helping John feel at home. Lehigh numerous academic enhancements and leading improvements is and always will be a special place. With John’s leadership, to campus culture and climate. and with your support, there is no limit to what Lehigh can ac- John’s academic credentials speak for themselves, but I be- complish in the years to follow. I have never been more bullish lieve his stellar reputation speaks even louder. His friends and about Lehigh’s future.

4 | LEHIGH BULLETIN A Message from the Office of Gift Planning Lehigh in our Lives Susan and Douglas Breen ’68 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

hen you see the towering fig tree in his living room or the nearby exotic orchids laden with blossoms, you know that Doug Breen ’68 Wloves to grow things. So it’s only natural that he and his wife, Susan, chose to create endowed scholarships at Lehigh when it came time to plan for their estate. For the Breens, scholarships are the best way to grow and build an enduring legacy. “if we eventually give three scholarships, which each help 25 kids in the next 100 years, that makes 75 kids who have benefitted,” says Doug, doing the math. “Maybe one of them might discover the cure for cancer, or maybe some of them will do what we did and give back. Or maybe that might take 200 years, but it doesn’t matter. it’s the ripple effect.” A civil engineer, Breen did a tour of Vietnam as a Navy Seabee before settling in New Jersey with Susan and becoming an entrepreneur and bond salesman. in 1989, he founded Breen Capital Partners, a real estate development firm. As a brother of Phi gamma Delta, class president, class correspondent, and volunteer, he has been a linchpin for his circle of Lehigh friends, always encouraging them to stay connected to the university that gave him his foundation. “A Lehigh education is less about education and more about experience,” Breen reflects. “They let you trip over yourself. You have to find ways to get it done. They teach you how to step into the void and make something happen. They teach you leadership.”

Susan and Doug Breen ’68, Tower Society and Asa Packer Society members, established the Howard X. Breen Scholarship in 1993 to honor Doug’s father. For information on how you can plan your gift, contact Lorraine WINTER 2015 | 5 Wiedorn at (610) 758-4874. ON CAMPUS NEWS FROM LEHIGH RYAN HULVAT

LAUNCH: MASTER’S RYAN HULVAT DEGREE PROGRAM FOR NON-BUSINESS MAJORS OFFERED In an effort to equip recently graduated non-business degree students with the core business skills needed to suc- Celebrating Rich Aronson ceed in a competitive job mar- The Martindale Center director and legendary economics professor has ket, Lehigh’s College of Busi- taught more students than any other professor in Lehigh’s history ness and Economics designed the new M2, the Master of Sci- ence in Management program. Beginning in August 2015, He has taught more students than any other professor at Lehigh—an estimated this full-time, 10-month pro- 20,000. Now J. Richard Aronson, the William L. Clayton professor of Business and gram—the first to be launched Economics and the director of the prestigious Martindale Center for the Study of in the region—will provide a Private Enterprise, will be retiring—after 50 years on campus. solid business foundation to re- “I feel very fortunate in having come to Lehigh,” said Aronson, who has won FIGURE 1 cent graduates with liberal arts accolades for his teaching and leadership at The Martindale Center. “Lehigh offered or scientific backgrounds. M2 me quite a wonderful life.” will help these students define Past students include Interim President Kevin L. Clayton and several university their career goals and develop a trustees. He also influenced the lives of hundreds of Martindale student associates foundational business skill set who took life-changing trips to countries that included Slovenia and Greece. that will give them a significant Aronson’s golden anniversary was celebrated in November at the Martindale edge in the search for high-lev- Martindale Society’s annual meeting in New York City. The festivities were part of the Alumni student associ- el employment opportunities Weekend events for the 150th playing of the Lehigh-Lafayette football game. An en- ates have made in a variety of fields. dowed fund has been created in his honor. research trips Students will earn 30 cred- to more than “To his students, Rich is more than just a great teacher,” said Sarat Sethi ’92, a 30 countries its in accounting, finance, Lehigh trustee and president of The Martindale Society. “He’s a dynamic leader, and other states statistics, management, eco- and he’s a shining example of mentorship at its best.” in the U.S. to nomics and marketing. M2 will study their Aronson, who arrived at Lehigh in 1965, had the only section of what is now economies. also offer a wealth of relevant called Eco 1, a required course for many majors. A challenge was making the course experiences, including career interesting to a mix of students —and he often did that with humor. exploration and professional Aronson also distinguished himself as director of The Martindale Center. The development. program was considered groundbreaking, in part because it was one of the earliest Non-business degree stu- programs to offer students a global business and cultural experience. dents with a graduation date of “You’ve brightened the lives of tens of thousands of students …” Sethi told him, May 2014 or later are invited “and you are an inspiration to all of us.”—Mary Ellen Alu to apply by April 15.

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Given the Ebola threat in the FOUR QUESTIONS WITH Peter J. Costa 1 U.S. in 2014 and the criticism of the CDC’s response, what more needs to be done to fight the deadly ON THE FRONT LINES virus, protect health-care workers Peter J. Costa, director and reduce public fears? of Lehigh’s Health Advancement & Prevention U.S. healthcare facilities must be Strategies Office, was able to properly screen for risk recruited by the CDC to factors, identify and isolate possible help in the national patients with Ebola and inform response to the Ebola public health authorities if they sus- scare. Here, he talks about pect a patient has Ebola. To better Ebola, his role in providing a protect healthcare workers, infection training plan for healthcare control is key. Most importantly, workers, and a new national providers need to practice, practice, threat—measles. practice. Public fears can best be mitigated by clear, consistent and timely health communications.

What is your role in providing 2 a national training plan for frontline healthcare workers? Our objectives are to increase awareness of proper protocols and proce- dures to follow; ensure adherence to basic infection control, and increase competency with appropriate use of personal protective equipment. Currently, my role is focused on developing a training curriculum for assessment and frontline hospitals.

Ebola fighters have been 3 demonized—and celebrated. What has the Ebola crisis, and our response to it, taught us? We must remain hyper-vigilant. We’re not as prepared as we thought we were as a nation or as an international community to respond to a public health crisis on this scale. We must continue to plan and practice for emergencies. Lastly, communications are critical. Information must be available, coordinated and timely.

In the emotional debate over 4 measles vaccines, what would you tell people who fear vaccinations cause autism or other disorders among children? Vaccines are a safe and effective way to protect the health of individuals and communities against RACE MATTERS: disease. To my knowledge, there is NPR’s Michele Norris, no scientific evidence to substanti- who visited Lehigh in ate claims that vaccinations cause January, is the founder autism; in fact, such opinions have of The Race Card been thoroughly discredited. The Project, an ongoing di- benefits of vaccines far outweigh alogue about race and the risks, and it is always good identity in America. public health practice to immunize against infectious disease. CHRISTA NEU CHRISTA

WINTER 2015 | 7 CAMPUS JOHN KISH IV Robert E. Zoellner, right, and his wife, Victoria, were on hand in May for the Class of 2014's graduation ceremony.

‘A Lehigh Legend’ University community mourns the passing of Robert E. Zoellner '54

Robert E. Zoellner, an esteemed Le- high legend,” said Interim President Kevin L. Clayton ’84, ’13P. high graduate, securities investor and arts “Lehigh has been truly transformed by the Zoellner Arts Center, patron whose deep commitment to Lehigh and it was Bob and Vickie’s leadership and generosity that made is visible in the university’s premier per- it happen. Bob was a bold thinker and one who took action. As a forming arts center that bears his name, result, generations of Lehigh students, faculty and the commu- passed away Dec. 23, 2014, at age 82. nity are beneficiaries of his impact. He was a kind gentleman and Zoellner, who graduated from Lehigh Bob will be missed in many ways.” in 1954 with bachelor’s degrees in electri- Steven Sametz, director of Lehigh University Choral Arts and cal engineering and engineering physics the Ronald J. Ulrich professor of music, said Zoellner created a and later served as a Lehigh trustee, was a center for the arts to flourish. “Very few of us will leave a legacy lifelong supporter of the university. In the that affects so many,” he said. “Every time a student takes stage early 1990s, he and his wife, Victoria, com- to sing or play or act, every time faculty and staff engage our stu- mitted $6 million to establish the Zoellner dents as artists, every time an audience member experiences the Arts Center, a 105,000-square-foot per- thrill of live performance, Robert Zoellner’s legacy lives on. forming arts venue on the Asa Packer cam- “Our students’ lives are transformed creatively and artisti- pus that brought measurable change to the cally, something they will pass on to their children. Robert Zoell- university and provides students and the ner has given us a gift that will last lifetimes.” community with unique opportunities for J. Andrew Cassano, the arts center’s administrative director, learning, performing and the visual arts. said there would be no arts center without Zoellner’s vision for “Bob Zoellner was and will remain a Le- how it could be integral to students’ experiences, elevate Le-

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high’s status as a top-ranked university for after operating in a former power plant and COMMUNITY LEHIGH creativity and serve as community resource. dining hall, were euphoric over the arts cen- SPEARHEADS ‘AMBAS- “Generations of students have and will con- ter’s acoustically near perfect Baker Hall, its SADORS’ PARTNERSHIP tinue to benefit from his generosity,” he said. Diamond Theatre, its Fowler Black Box The- With collaborative safety ini- As an undergraduate at Lehigh, Zoellner atre, practice rooms and set-design shops. tiatives already on the books, joined the Brown & White, Air Force ROTC, Pi The art galleries also emerged from cramped the city of Bethlehem and Le- Kappa fraternity, Interfraternity Council and quarters in the Chandler-Ullmann building. high University have once again joined forces in a new program designed to reinvigorate the “BOB PROVIDED LEADERSHIP THAT BUILT THE ARTS South Bethlehem community and encourage economic and CENTER, A VENUE THAT DYNAMICALLY TRANSFORMED community development. The Community Ambassa- THE CAMPUS ALONG WITH THE TYPE OF CREATIVE dors Program is a partnership AND INNOVATIVE STUDENTS THAT COME AND between Lehigh and the Beth- lehem Economic Development

STAY AT LEHIGH.”–J. ANDREW CASSANO MATT SMITH / EXPRESS-TIMES / LANDOV

ice hockey team. He once told Lehigh’s alum- “Bob provided leadership that built the ni Bulletin that he credited some of his suc- arts center, a venue that dynamically trans- cess to Lehigh’s classrooms, where he learned formed the campus along with the type of self-confidence and “humble egotism.” creative and innovative students who come After graduation, Zoellner worked for and stay at Lehigh,” Cassano said. ITT and served in an Air Force communica- It helped attract and retain talented tions squadron. In 1959, he joined a member faculty, and, he said, “It allowed the high- firm of the New York Stock Exchange and be- est-caliber professional performing artists, came a managing partner. In 1975, he and his musicals and musicians, dancers and actors Corp. and is supported in large wife formed Alpine Associates, a firm special- from around the world to perform and in- part by Lehigh’s three-year izing in securities arbitrage and investments. teract with Lehigh students and students of commitment to fund cleaning Zoellner stayed committed to Lehigh af- all ages. It provided a world-class venue for and safety ambassadors for the ter graduation. He served on the National speakers like the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sal- South Bethlehem commercial man Rushdie, Madeleine district. Services, which in- Albright and Angela Davis clude litter removal and hos- to exchange and challenge pitality assistance, began Oct. ideas with Lehigh and the 1 and centered on New Street, community.” covering portions of Third and More than 700,000 peo- Fourth streets. ple have used the center as “It is our hope to see posi- patrons, students, perform- tive change happen in this core ers and visitors since its commercial area of South Beth- opening in 1997. lehem and encourage others to Zoellner and his wife join us in this effort,” said Le- also made other significant high Interim President Kevin gifts to Lehigh. They spear- L. Clayton ’84, ’13P. headed the effort to restore Services also include: Lehigh’s physics buildings, • Daily graffiti removal to now known as the Sher- deter copycat graffiti man Fairchild Center for • Tree and flower mainte-

Lehigh's Zoellner Arts Center has welcomed more than 700,000 visitors since its the Physical Sciences, and nance; weed removal opening in 1997. helped underwrite the cost • Parking assistance of rebuilding Pi Kappa Al- • Snow cleared from cross- Leadership Committee, his class’s 40th Re- pha after a 1994 fire. Their generosity extends walks and handicap ramps union Fund Committee, and from 1996 to to other charitable organizations as well. The focus of the cooperative 2004 was a Lehigh trustee. Along with his Zoellner is survived by his wife of 39 years; agreement is a cleaner, safer wife, he then became an honorary trustee. his children, Robert E. Zoellner Jr., Alisanne South Bethlehem commercial The Zoellners’ key gift to Lehigh—the Zoellner, and Gordon Alexander Uehling III; district that becomes a desti- naming of the arts center—was transforma- and seven grandchildren, including Andrew nation for shopping, dining and tive. The theatre and music departments, Garrison, a Lehigh student.—Mary Ellen Alu entertainment.

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50 Days, 3,200 Miles, 6 Flat Tires and No Limits Lehigh graduate completes cross-country bike trip to support organization for hearing-impaired children

Henry Greenfield ’12, ’14G had just received a master’s degree in secondary education from Lehigh when he found himself in the sometimes ambigu- ous space between commencement and employment. Greenfield decided to take advantage of that space and tackle a lifelong goal—a cross-country bike trip. “It was an impulsive decision,” says Greenfield. “This was always on my bucket list. Why not use this time as an opportunity to go out and do something I’ve always wanted to do?” Greenfield added significance to his NJ ADVANCE MEDIA / LANDOV trip by using it to raise funds and awareness for No Limits, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that offers educational centers for hearing-impaired children, particularly those living in pov- erty. The program also provides the only national theater program for children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Green- field, who was born with severe to pro- found bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, started participating in “As an alum of No Limits, Henry embodies the spirit of No Lim- No Limits when he was 9. He thrived in the program, which invites its—the “I can do it” motto,” says Christie. “His determination and hearing-impaired children to practice their communication skills perseverance to bike ride alone across the country teaches us that and empowers them with the motto “I can do it.” anything is possible and nothing can stop you when you believe in “I’ve been mainstreamed my whole life,” says Greenfield, who yourself.” has cochlear implants in both ears. “No Limits was my first experi- Having received Christie's support, Greenfield acquired the ence with other kids with hearing loss. It was an unbelievably pos- necessary gear and finalized the logistics of his trip. He aimed to itive environment that instilled confidence and self-belief.” arrive in Culver City, California, the home of No Limits, in 50 days To help provide a similar experience for other kids with hear- from his start in Hoboken, New Jersey. He won a social media con- ing loss, Greenfield reached out to Michelle Christie, the founder test and received a never-ending pasta pass from chain restaurant and executive director of No Limits. He explained his bold plan. Olive Garden. The pass allowed Greenfield as much pasta, soup or

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HOBOKEN, NJ SPRINGFIELD, OH Ready to go: clothing, ALBUQUERQUE, NM Ohio greeted Greenfield first-aid kit, toothbrush, Though he spent with some bucolic scenery, sunscreen, flashlight, his birthday alone friendly faces, country batteries, iPhone, journal, with two pizzas, roads and plenty playing cards, granola bars, MEADE, KS Greenfield celebrated WEST FINLEY, PA of wind and rain. tire tubes, water bottle… Over 2,000 miles into the in Albuquerque the A sharp turn and a pothole trip, the second flat tire next day. led to a downhill disaster in tested Greenfield’s limits. western Pennsylvania.

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salad and breadsticks as he could eat at any Olive Garden location. Greenfield planned his route accordingly, and Chris- tie helped arrange lodging, most of which was provided by hotel owners at no cost or at a discounted rate. Greenfield enlisted friends, family and social media con- tacts to begin raising money through crowdfunding websites GoFundMe and FirstGiving, allocating to No Limits all funds beyond necessary trip expenses. On Sept. 23, 2014, within a month of his decision to make the trip, Greenfield began his 50-day, 3,200-mile adventure. The ride started smoothly and Greenfield felt confident, having previously completed a successful 95-mile bike ride in a single day. “There were moments when it would hit me, and I would smile and be really proud of what I was doing,” says Greenfield. RYAN HULVAT His limits, however, would soon be tested. Greenfield biked on interstates, country roads, wooded trails and dirt paths. He biked through intense heat, pound- ing rain and fierce winds. His sleeping arrangements ranged from hotels to sofas to a makeshift bed of pillows in a church basement. He biked across vast plains, up and down moun- Broadcasting to tains and in the dark of night. He still has scars from the two injuries he suffered on treacherous roads. On his 32nd day—2,000 miles into his trip—Greenfield experienced what Lehigh and Beyond would turn out to be the first of six flat tires, four of which oc- WLVR-FM expands its reach both on and off campus curred four days in a row. In spite of setbacks, Greenfield persevered, determined to bike the entire distance in 50 days. Even if a benevolent motorist gave him a lift to get a flat repaired, Greenfield rode When it comes to college expansion in 2010, and WLVR back to where he’d stopped biking, unwavering in his resolve. radio stations, Lehigh’s held its first-ever on-air fund- For the final stretch of the trip, he pushed hard to make his freeform station is unique—not raising campaign, procuring goal. “I was like a robot those last three days,” he says. only in its variety of program- an additional $17,000. Once Finally, at sundown on Nov. 11, an enthusiastic group ming, but also because WLVR- the new antenna is installed from No Limits cheered Greenfield as he arrived at a pier FM is one of the few college sta- atop a 20-foot tower on Iacoc- near Culver City. It was the 50th day. Greenfield walked his tions left in the United States ca Hall on Mountaintop cam- bike to the Pacific Ocean and took in the moment. where students have a hand in pus, the station’s signal will “People don’t give themselves that chance to do some- its management and operation. increase from 33 watts to 200 thing like this. You’re capable of more than you realize.” “Most college radio stations watts—enough to reach over So far, Greenfield’s cross-country adventure has raised are run by outside entities, and 150,000 more households in $7,000 for No Limits, an impressive accomplishment given many college radio stations Pennsylvania and New Jersey. the spontaneous nature of his trip. have sold their licenses,” says Fritzinger hopes the upgrade “If you want to go after something, you can do it,” says A.J. Fritzinger, the station’s is completed by the end of the Greenfield. “There really are no limits.”—Kelly Hochbein chief operator. “The lifeblood spring semester. of this station is our students.” In an effort to get the Le- WLVR, located in Grace high community more in- DAY 44 DAY 46 Hall, broadcasts round-the- volved, WLVR plans to launch clock at 91.3 MHz FM. It reach- a new show, “Prof Talk,” which es thousands of listeners each will give Lehigh faculty mem- day and has been named “Best bers an opportunity to discuss College and Community Radio their research and even their Station” by the Lehigh Valley own musical interests. It also Music Awards eight times in hopes to bring students from the past decade. It now hopes to clubs and organizations on-air. HOLBROOK, AZ The cross-country adven- expand its reach even further. “WLVR is no longer just this ture featured some unusual GRAND CANYON VILLAGE, AZ In 2008, a Lehigh graduate little college radio station that accommodations, especially Nearly finished, Greenfield anonymously donated $10,000 sits in the corner of a building,” on Route 66. visited the Grand Canyon. toward a new signal tower so says Fritzinger. “It’s a growing he could tune in to WLVR from station, and it has a lot of po- his home in New Jersey. The tential for even more growth.” university approved the signal —Kelly Hochbein

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Seeking Clarity on Concussions Lehigh student-athletes take part in clinical studies to help develop technology for diagnosing concussions

Lehigh student-athletes are participating in clinical stud- that test memory and balance, to evaluate possible concussions. ies of brain wave activity to help develop technology that takes “The real aim here is to protect athletes and protect their fu- the guesswork out of diagnosing concussions and determining ture,” said Adam Simon, Cerora’s president and chief executive when injured athletes should return to play. officer. Noting that the long-term risks of multiple concussions Jack Foley, associate director of athletics for sports medicine at include cognitive impairment, dementia and depression, Simon Lehigh, is helping conduct the studies in collaboration with Cero- said he believes the technology could help reduce the deleterious ra Inc., based at Ben Franklin TechVentures on the Mountaintop aspects of collision-prone sports. Campus. The company’s Cerora Borealis™, a portable device that More than 250 Lehigh student-athletes, including 47 who can be worn as a headset or on Google Glass, measures brain waves suffered concussions, have volunteered in the last three years and communicates with a computer to record data. to participate in the studies, in which athletes’ cognitive func- The platform would allow athletic trainers and other medical tions and postural stability are tested. Cerora hopes to have FDA professionals to gather objective diagnostic data near the play- clearance by the end of 2015 for use of the medical device as a ing field for assessments. Athletic trainers now rely on subjective brain-wave monitoring tool. markers, such as a graded symptom checklist and field exams While the tragic consequences of multiple concussions to

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professional athletes make headlines, college athletes and those much younger face risks, too. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 248,418 people ages 19 or younger were treated in U.S. emergency rooms in 2009 for sports and recreation-related injuries that included a diagnosis of concussion or traumatic brain injury. “We’re trying to build a high sensitivity technology or tool to allow an invisible injury to all of a sudden become visible," Simon said. Concussion management was already a priority for Foley and Lehigh University Sports Medicine when Cerora reached out in 2011 about its developing technology. In 1999, the university had been selected to participate in inaugural NCAA clinical studies CHRISTA NEU

PILOT PROJECT A 'SMART' WAY TO TRACK TIME Eleven administrators in the Bethlehem Area School Dis- trict took part in an innovative project that aims to track how principals and community school coordinators use their time—and how that might cor- relate to student achievement and performance. The pilot project, funded with a $22,582 Lehigh Facul-

CHRISTA NEU CHRISTA ty Innovation Grant, is being led by Craig Hochbein, assis- with noted researchers about the cumulative effects of concussions. And in 2003, Le- tant professor of Educational high rolled out its Concussion Management Plan involving a graded symptom checklist Leadership; Bridget V. Dever, and cognitive and balance testing. (It’s been revised three times.) Questions most often assistant professor of School raised in developing the plan revolved around return-to-play decisions., Foley said. Psychology, and George P. With the university’s introduction to Cerora feeling like fate, Foley weighed what White, Iacocca Professor of the technology could mean to clinicians and athletes. He considered: “What if we Educational Leadership. could offer a functional application to definitely determine when it is safe and appro- Participants were set up priate to return to play without always relying on subjective information as symp- with Pebble smartwatches toms alone or driven by a timeline?” that allowed Lehigh to ran- As part of the studies, Lehigh student-athletes, including those domly text them throughout who participate in football and wrestling and women’s soccer, lacrosse the day, for a month, and ask and basketball, receive several brain scans that include baseline and what they were doing. post-concussion screenings with a control subject of the same sport Hochbein said the response and age performing identical scans. Potential newcomers will be men’s rate was remarkable: Partici- lacrosse, women’s field hockey and volleyball. Athletes in all intercolle- pants responded to 84 percent giate sports who have suffered concussions in their sports also are fol- of the 900 prompts, and did so, lowed during the post-concussion phase. Participation is voluntary. JACK FOLEY, on average, in one minute and associate director of The goal is to establish an EEG (electroencephalography) signature Athletics for Sports 28 seconds. Preliminary data of healthy student-athletes for comparative use with those who suffered Medicine at Lehigh: showed they were doing some- concussions, and to look for trends over a competitive season. "We are at the be- thing school-related 85 per- Since concussions are not always clearcut, the company hopes to ginning, rather than cent of the time from 8 a.m. to empower field clinicians with an ensemble of tools and biosensors en- the beginning of the end, in understanding 8 p.m. during the school week, gineered for ease of use. Brain data would be wirelessly transmitted to sports concussions." and 25 percent of the time on a central “cloud” computer that rapidly scans for biomarkers within the weekends. data. “Our idea is to collect all the data, encrypt it, move it to the cloud, The next phase of the proj- analyze it in the cloud, produce a report and bring that back to [field clinicians] in ect will look at student out- one minute...,” Simon said. “We’re trying to empower field clinicians. We don’t want comes at the schools, and to ever replace them.” whether there is any correla- Mayuresh Kothare, the department chair and R.L. McCann Professor of Chem- tion with how principals spend ical Engineering at Lehigh, is a principal investigator in the collaborative research their time.—Mary Ellen Alu program.—Mary Ellen Alu

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Wireless Mobile Healthcare—and More Mooi Choo Chuah, a versatile pioneer, is named an IEEE Fellow

Mooi Choo Chuah laughs as she waves her students developed, WiFiTreasureHunt, enables users to inter- FIGURE 2 at the stacks of paper piled high on the act with the computer on their cell phones and to compete with their desk, chairs and floor of her office. friends, while taking part in a real-world, location-based treasure hunt. “I enjoy doing research,” she says. The app can be extended to measure heart rates and award coupons for “I’m interested in many interdisciplinary healthy snacks as users race from one treasure site to the next. topics that solve real problems. Whenev- Working with peers at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Chuah Mooi Choo er a problem interests me, I spend tons recently designed a Gait-Based User Verification System, which can Chuah holds of time reading up new material to learn be used to verify that the walking steps taken by a user actually come 62 U.S. patents and 15 how I can contribute to this new area.” from that user. “Our scheme is very robust,” she says. “It recognizes international Chuah, a professor of computer sci- only my gait, and it rewards only my exercise accomplishments, and patents for ence and engineering, was recently not someone else’s.” WLAN-based systems and for named a Fellow of IEEE (the Institute Chuah takes a special interest in children with autism spectrum features that of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), disorder, which impairs the ability to interact with others. To learn enable quality of service, one of the highest honors for people in about ASD, she joined an autism ministry at a local church and con- mobility man- her field. sulted with faculty members in Lehigh's College of Education and agement and IEEE, which calls itself the world’s Centennial School. Two of her students, seniors Jesse Kurtz and Kyle 3G systems. largest organization for the advance- Moore, last fall designed Kinect for Kids, which allows kids with ASD ment of technology, officially cited Ch- to play Xbox- and Wii-like games.—Kurt Pfitzer uah for her accomplishments in wireless network systems Mooi Choo Chuah was recently and protocol design. named a fellow of IEEE, one of the Unofficially, one suspects highest honors in her field. that IEEE was equally impressed with the scope of Chuah’s work and the energy she brings to it. Chuah fashions innova- tions for wireless Local Area Network-based systems, and for features that enable quality of service, mobility management in WLAN and 3G systems. She also designs security and disruption-tol- erant network solutions for wireless and Internet-based systems.

AN EXPANDING RESEARCH ARENA In the past few years, Chuah has expanded her research areas to include the electrical power grid, mobile visual search and, perhaps most notably, mobile healthcare applications. “I believe it’s important for researchers to evolve,”

she says. “That opens up RYAN HULVAT more opportunities to contribute to new problems.” One app that Chuah and

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YOU HAVE STUDIED THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL NET- WORKING ON VOTER PERCEPTIONS. HOW DO YOU SEE IT IMPACTING FUTURE ELECTIONS? Young people are known to have little interest in politics and few regularly read newspapers or watch TV news. Most of them get their daily dose of news from their social media feeds. Thus, it is very important to understand how young people gather information or cues from social media to make sense of the world. For example, un- known other users' comments and their profile pictures can strongly affect audiences' perceptions of news or others. It has been found that those candidates who gain popularity are more likely to win an election. This trend is likely to continue in the future elections while political actors will try to utilize the power of social media more strategically. Social media which give more power to users (audiences) than traditional mass media will bring changes in election dynamics in the sense that not only news providers but also users can add and change The Facebook Effect information. HOW HAVE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES INFLU- A researcher and former journalist studies the influence of ENCED PERCEPTIONS AND THE DISSEMINATION social media on politics and news consumption OF INFORMATION ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI, AND NEW YORK CITY? I have not done research about Ferguson, but it seems new media have opened up a new door for minority represen- For the countless people who receive most of their news from so- tation. In particular, social media can give opportunities cial media feeds, those Facebook and Twitter posts are providing far for the powerless or marginalized to get their voices out more than information. The social nature of Facebook, for example, there in society. One of the biggest dif- allows users to not only learn the news, but also see the reactions of a ferences of social media from traditional wide range of individuals to what they are reading—a feature that can mass media is that users are no longer shape how users perceive news. passive receivers but creators, producers Jayeon “Janey” Lee, assistant professor of journalism and com- and disseminators of information. Also, munication, studies social media users' impression formation and social media communication has both strategic self-presentation in the context of political communication mass communication and interpersonal and journalism. Two of Lee’s studies examine how Facebook posts in- communication components. These fea- JANEY LEE, fluence young voters’ impressions of political candidates, potentially tures of social media, combined with the assistant professor of journalism and pointing the way toward a more sophisticated use of social media by power of visual tools such as photos and communication, political parties. A third study examines the impact of journalists’ so- videos, allow social media to be effective examines how cial media activities on perceptions of the news they report. in sharing and spreading news among Facebook posts Prior to joining Lehigh, Lee was a staff writer atThe Chosun Ilbo, a people, including those who do not close- influence young national newspaper with the largest circulation in Korea, and a guest ly follow news. I think those features voters' impressions of political TV and radio reporter for multiple media channels. Lee shared her helped raise awareness of recent events candidates. thoughts on social media and how we share news today. in Ferguson and New York.

YOU'VE RECENTLY COMPLETED STUDIES ON THE INFLU- TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ALLOW ANYONE TO ENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON PERCEPTION, ATTITUDES AND REPORT OR RESPOND TO NEWS EVENTS. DOES BEHAVIORS. WHAT DREW YOU TO THIS AREA OF RESEARCH? THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECT OUR I became interested in studying social media because that is the channel FACTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEWS? through which people increasingly consume information and commu- There are various influences of the media channel or the nicate with one another. I wanted to investigate how the social media features and users of the media on our understanding of environment, which is different from traditional mass media environ- news. However, I cannot give a yes or no answer to the ment, influences audiences’ perception, attitudes and behaviors. question without testing. One thing I can say is that not all information transmitted through social media is ac- WHAT CHANGES HAVE YOU OBSERVED IN HOW PEOPLE curate and balanced because there are no gatekeepers or CONSUME THE NEWS? multiple editors on the sites. However, the feedback and Many young people accidentally get news through social media posts sharing features can help users correct or counter inaccu- or by following media/journalists without subscribing to physical pa- rate information.—Kelly Hochbein pers or magazines.

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flight and found themselves hovering above the ground at the controls of a Schweizer single-engine helicopter. “Flying on a helicopter is one of the most complicated things anyone could ever do, so learning all of that before we actually dove into building a simulator was probably the most integral part of it,” says Melochick. Computer engineering student Nick Hartman ’15 signed on to provide assistance with the software elements of the project. Throughout the process, team members learned from each other. Students explored market options, acquired needed parts and chose appropriate software with the help of professors. They selected a Bell AH-1 Cobra cockpit, provided by the museum, to house the simu- Kyle Lum '15 tries out the helicopter lator. They incorporated realistic features, flight simulator built by students in Lehigh's IBE program. including a device that adds vibration effects to the simulator’s seat. They chose a CHRISTA NEU CHRISTA high-resolution screen to provide a con- vincing visual effect, high-quality speakers for superior sound, and powerful process- Learning to Fly ing technology for the best possible graphics. A control panel with real-time data dis- IBE students explore rotary flight—and the play enhanced the experience. fundamentals of business Students designed concepts for customer flow through the museum, tickets and customer takeaways. Their business plan included recommendations for advertis- Before attempting to build a first-rate helicopter flight simulator, ing, social media marketing and education- it helps to know how it feels to fly a real helicopter. Students in Lehigh’s al school programs. Integrated Business and Engineering Honors Program (IBE) did both. “We really hope that this project and sim- Marty Melochick ’15, Brandyn Bok ’15, Tim Moulton ’15, Durlav ulator will bring much more foot traffic and Mudbhari ’15, Emily Jiang ’15 and Sheron Tang ’16 recognition to the muse- took on a unique project sponsored by the American um,” says Tang. Helicopter Museum, located in West Chester, Penn- “IT'S REALLY As part of the IBE Pro- sylvania, and the Boeing Co. Their task: to build the gram requirements, the museum’s new flight simulator and create an appro- UNLIKE ANY OTHER team had to present its priate business plan for it. project to sponsors and “When we talked to the Boeing group,” says Moul- PROJECT THAT I’VE venture capitalists. ton, “it seemed like they were really letting us take EVER HEARD OF “The Lehigh IBE team control of the project.” exceeded my expecta- Museum co-founder Robert Beggs said the project STUDENTS BEING tions,” says Beggs. “We was a challenging one, but that “the Lehigh IBE pro- are anxiously awaiting gram, with its dual engineering and business focus, was ABLE TO DO.” the grand opening of the uniquely suited to such a challenge.” –SHERON TANG '16 Cobra Simulator at the Students conducted market research to determine American Helicopter requirements for the new simulator. They observed Museum as an attrac- customers and participated in activities at the Crayola Experience in tion that will inspire young people to ca- Easton and the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, visited local ar- reers in aviation, science and technology.” cades and experienced flight simulators at venues such as the National Melochick is excited, too. “I’m going to Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Noting how visitors re- someday take my children and grandchil- sponded positively to hands-on activities, the team decided its simu- dren and all my relatives to the American lator would be intuitive, realistic and accessible. The team developed Helicopter Museum to see what my team beginner, intermediate and expert levels to appeal to all ages. has done,” he says. “This is probably the The team also visited Hangar 7 at the Lehigh Valley Internation- greatest thing I’ve done with my life so far.” al Airport for a helicopter tutorial. They learned the aspects of rotary —Kelly Hochbein

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Narratives Otherwise Unheard Playwright Darius Omar Williams brings his ‘Mississippi-born-and-bred’ approach to Lehigh

Darius Omar Williams’ Darius Omar Williams will bring a interest in the arts and bit of Mississippi to Lehigh. theatre began at an early age, but the lack of quality black theatre in his native Mis- sissippi made his childhood exploration of the arts “a challenging journey.” Fortu- nately, Williams had powerful mentors and the opportunity to develop his talents with the New Stage Theatre, the only professional theatre in Mississippi at the time. Now an assistant professor of theatre and Af- ricana studies at Lehigh, Williams was able to fulfill a decade-old dream of providing “a face and a place for specifically Southern black narratives to not only

be heard, but performed STEPHANIE VETO and staged in Mississippi.” Thanks to the Paul J. Franz Jr. Pre-tenure Research Award, Williams traveled home last summer to establish and direct the 1st Annual Mississippi Black Theatre Festival. “What I’m attempting to do is create a gravitational shift in the state of Mississippi where quality African-American theatre is otherwise invisible,” says Williams. “I think it’s very import- MORE ON ant to invoke the memories, the personal histories [and] the rich 'EVERY stories that live in Mississippi. These are narratives otherwise TONGUE unheard that have not been staged in mainstream theatre insti- CONFESS': To watch tutions or mainstream African-American theatre institutions.” video, go to The 10-day festival—the first of its kind in Mississippi—fea- lehigh.edu/ tured local poets, playwrights, actors and dancers and an ensem- bulletin ble of artists performing Mississippi Born and Bred, a theatrical piece penned by Williams and inspired by storytelling sessions he facilitated with the cast. “The response was incredible,” says 20 at the Diamond Theatre in the Zoellner Arts Williams. A second festival is planned for 2015. Center, will feature Lehigh students and mem- On March 27, Williams will bring a bit of Mississippi to Le- bers of Easton’s Greater Shiloh Church. The con- high. A Faculty Research Grant will allow the original cast of Mis- gregation's involvement was facilitated by church sissippi Born and Bred to perform a workshop stage reading of the member Karen Sims, director of information pro- play in the Black Box Theatre of the Zoellner Arts Center. cessing in Lehigh’s Office of Development. Williams’ current project is every tongue confess, a play by Af- The cast members from Greater Shiloh “are rican-American playwright Marcus Gardley. Every tongue confess not just seasoned actors,” says Williams. “Many revolves around the real-life burning of black churches in Ala- of them are just seasoned human people. What is bama in the mid-1990s. It premiered in 2010 at the Arena Stage so interesting is that the spiritual reality of every in Washington, D.C., and starred Phylicia Rashad in the lead role. tongue confess is their reality as well. So to bring Williams connected with Gardley to obtain permission to in that spiritual grounding is going to add a neces- produce the play at Lehigh. The production, which opens Feb. sary layer of richness to the play.”—Kelly Hochbein

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EXHIBITION Lou Stoumen: The War Years

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Lou Stoumen ’39 was launched into a world at war after his graduation from Lehigh. Working first as a freelance photographer and journalist, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and joined the staff of its weekly publication Yank. Camera in hand, Stou- men (1917-1991) spent the war years traveling to New York, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, India, China and Japan. A career in filmmaking followed, with Academy Awards for two of his doc- umentaries, “The True Story of the Civil War” and “Black Fox.” Stoumen’s war years photos, including one of U.S. soldiers having Thanksgiving dinner in 1942, were among the black-and-white images recently displayed in The Gallery at Rauch Busi- ness Center. To see images from Stoumen’s exhibit, go to www.luag.org and visit past exhibitions.

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BALL FIELDS STATS 280 seating, softball complex 370 Seating, baseball complex

NEW PRESS 2 BOXES NEW DUG- 4 OUTS CHRISTA NEU CHRISTA CUNDEY VARSITY HOUSE STATS Grand Slam at Goodman 4 8 New playing fields and stands will enhance the Dividable Flat screen (into 8) monitors Goodman campus for players and fans large new classrooms

Three projects under way on the Goodman campus will transform the picturesque grounds and enhance the sporting experience for student-athletes and fans. Perhaps most visible is the new softball complex being built near the Goodman campus entrance. When completed, the complex will include a new playing field, video platforms, modern stands, enhanced dugouts and a press box. The project relocates the softball field and practice venue from an area that was more to the rear of the campus and that will now be closer to the team’s locker room and sports medicine facilities in the Cundey Varsity 16Tables in each new House. classroom Also under way are major renovations to the baseball field, including larger and enhanced dugouts, bullpens and batting cages. The new baseball complex will feature a synthetic infield and a natural grass outfield, modern stands, a press box and a cable and netting system. As the fields are being upgraded, the Cundey Varsity House is also undergoing an ex- 160 pansion that will provide much-needed meeting rooms and multipurpose spaces for in- Chairs in each new door training. classroom The Varsity House, which was last renovated over a decade ago, is a daily hub for teams and student-athletes who use the Goodman campus to train and compete, including those in the football, lacrosse, baseball and softball programs. With Lehigh’s teams involved in 100 movement training and year-round strength programs, and with video technology being Theatre-style seating in increasingly used as a teaching tool, the expansion will allow for the training programs to activity space be better accommodated. “All these projects will enhance the quality of our student-athlete experiences, as they PROJECTOR provide competition and training venues that are of appropriate quality for an institution SCREEN such as Lehigh,” said Joe Sterrett, the Murray H. Goodman Dean of Athletics. “We are 1 deeply grateful to all the contributors who demonstrated their support for our programs projector and sound system and our educational and developmental mission.” for large activity space A renovation of the tennis courts is planned for next summer.—Mary Ellen Alu

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‘Looking is not seeing’ Through photography, lacrosse star Carli Sukonik ’15 finds unexpected inspiration

With 32 goals and second-team All-Pa- For her thesis, she took hundreds of im- triot honors to her name in 2014, Carli Su- ages and chose 10 for display. According to konik ’15 has clearly established herself as Berrisford W. Boothe, associate professor of one of the best lacrosse players in the region. art, Sukonik impressed the faculty with not More recently, she’s been working to only her willingness to listen to advice, but build a similar reputation in another field also her commitment to her vision. HONORS THREE entirely—photography. “She knew what she was looking for and DRAFTED INTO MLL As part of her honors thesis project, Su- took our observations, criticism and encour- Lehigh men’s lacrosse se- konik last semester explored Philadelphia agement within the form of her own opinions, niors Matt Poillon, Dan Tay- through her artistic, perceptive black-and- rather than trying to have us change them or lor and Lukas Mikelinich have white photography. Her work, inspired by backing off because we’re the professors,” been selected in the 2015 Ma- the quote “Looking is not seeing,” was on Boothe said. “There was a really great plas- jor League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft, meaning they will have the opportunity to continue their careers as professionals. The first goaltender selected, Poillon was drafted 28th overall by the New York Liz- ards. Taylor was picked 38th by the Denver Outlaws and Mike- linich was selected 58th by the Lizards. All three have been named All-Patriot League hon- orees at Lehigh while Poillon is a three-time All-American and Taylor a 2014 All-American. Poillon, Taylor and Mike- linich become the fifth, sixth and seventh Mountain Hawks display in the University Center’s Girdler “HER EYE, HER ABILITY TO SEE to be selected in the MLL Draft Gallery in December—and earned raves in the last three seasons. The from her faculty advisers. LINE AND THE QUALITY OF LIGHT three draft picks were tied for “Carli’s work is beautiful,” said Anna Ch- AND DETAIL IN THESE PIECES IS second most selections over- upa, an associate professor of design at Le- all (only Syracuse had more) high. “Her eye, her ability to see line and the JUST BEAUTIFUL.” and tied a school record set in quality of light and detail in these pieces is –ANNA CHUPA 2013. Ty Souders was selected just beautiful.” 22nd overall by the Outlaws Sukonik says the idea for the exhibit last season while Dante Fan- originated with a digital photography class ticity of ideas, which I thoroughly enjoyed.” toni, Noah Molnar and David and a single image—the bustling city in mo- Sukonik’s honors thesis in many ways DiMaria were selected in 2013. tion—that she took while walking around culminated her four years at Lehigh, and the Poillon has developed into Philadelphia. That one image transformed project helped diversify her skills. With a one of the best goaltenders in the way she looked at the medium, she says. cumulative GPA of 3.74, she is set up for suc- the country. He owns a domi- “When I took that initial photo and con- cess, no matter the career path she chooses. nant 37-11 career record with verted it to black and white, it was one of “Carli has such diverse talent,” said Ch- a 7.25 GAA and .589 save per- those jaw-dropping moments,” said Sukon- upa. “She’s a graphic designer and she’s a centage. Taylor emerged in ik, who in 2014 finished with 10 multi-goal photographer. You don’t always find those 2014 as one of the nation's top games and five hat tricks. “You can’t tell that combinations together ... Carli is graduat- attackmen, and Mikelinich cars are zooming left and right or a train ing with a major in graphic design, but she has played an integral role in is going over the tracks above. It’s as if the could also go into fine art photography if the emergence of Lehigh as whole world froze in time for that millisec- she wants. She has doors open for her if she one of the nation’s elite defen- ond when the shutter button was pressed.” wants to go in either direction.” sive units.

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PROFILE Justin Pacchioli ’15

Lehigh baseball star Justin Pacchioli ’15 other words, a pro career isn’t out of the WHAT I DON'T LOVE ABOUT IT heads into his senior season as not only question. In the meantime, though, Pac- Watching it isn't always the most exciting the most feared slugger in the Patriot chioli says he’s focused on just one goal: thing in the world. I would much rather play League—he batted .362 last year to lead winning a championship for Lehigh. ball than watch it. the league in batting average for the sec- THE PLAYER I MODEL MY GAME AFTER IS ond season in a row—but also one of the MAJOR Journalism Derek Jeter. The way he carries himself on region’s top pro prospects. The Easton, HOMETOWN Easton, Pennsylvania and off the field is amazing. He is such a Pennsylvania, native spent last summer class act, and one of the greatest players to playing alongside top talent from around WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BASEBALL put on the Yankee pinstripes. the nation in the Texas Collegiate League, I love everything about the game of base- and sufficiently impressed the scouts in ball. You must stay mentally tough, because MY BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT (SO FAR) attendance; in fact, Baseball America it is such a mental sport. I was ranked the 53rd best senior in the called the outfielder “undoubtedly the country by Perfect Game this year. best all-around hitter in the TCL.” In STEVE BOYLE STEVE

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IF I WASN'T A BALLPLAYER, I WOULD BE MY HEROES ARE My parents, because of THE GREATEST STRENGTH OF OUR If I didn't play baseball, I would love to be a what they have done for me so far in my TEAM THIS YEAR IS Experience and professional skier. Until the last few years, I life. They are well-rounded people who push work ethic. We have a lot of key starters would spend most of my winters on a moun- their two children to strive for greatness. returning and we have guys pushing each tain skiing with my friends. They inspire me to be the best person I can other to win positions. Everyone on our be in all aspects of life. team is working hard to get better for MY FAVORITE PRO ATHLETE IN ANOTHER each other as well as for themselves. SPORT IS Lebron James (basketball). He MY LEADERSHIP STYLE IS Humble. I'm not is a freak of nature and, in my opinion, the very outspoken, but when I do have some- MY PERSONAL GOALS THIS SEASON best athlete in all of sports right now. thing to say, it is very meaningful. I get my ARE All I want to accomplish is a work done without question and make sure championship. I want a ring on my the same happens for my teammates. finger before I graduate.

WINTER 2015 | 23 24 | LEHIGH BULLETIN OUR NEXT PRESIDENT

John D. Simon, who will assume the Lehigh presidency in July, has distinguished himself in academia with his world-class research, his thoughtful leadership and, perhaps most tellingly, his willingness to put the interests of others above his own.

Story by Mary Ellen Alu

Less than a month after being named Lehigh’s of English and director of Africana Studies. 14th president, John D. Simon surprised stu- “He’s an incredibly attentive listener.” dents in James Peterson’s Afrofuturism and Simon, a renowned chemist and widely Black Visual Culture class when he walked respected leader in higher education, will into their room one Tuesday morning and assume the presidency on July 1, at age 58. took a seat at the seminar table. He said he was attracted to Lehigh for a mul- Though Peterson, a member of the Pres- titude of reasons: the breadth of work being idential Search Committee, knew Simon was done here, especially the interdisciplinary coming to Drown Hall, he didn’t tell staff or collaborations; the commitment and quality his students, who were reading and discuss- of faculty and staff; the quality of the under- ing the novel Zone One by Colson Whitehead. graduate and graduate students; the “deeply Now, with Simon in the room, wearing a Le- ingrained” practical application of knowl- high shirt, the students took the opportuni- edge, and the faculty, students, staff and ty to talk with Lehigh’s next president about friends whom he has found to be “incredibly their experiences at the university as well as passionate” about the university.

CHRISTA NEU his vision for Lehigh as it approaches its ses- Currently executive vice president and quicentennial. provost at the University of Virginia, Simon “He was very candid about being in a learn- has been meeting with Lehigh’s senior leading phase,” said Peterson, associate professor ership, faculty and students in regular visits

WINTER 2015 | 25 to campus since the fall, even taking up an offer sense with a lot of intellect,” said Patricia Lampkin, UVA’s vice president of from the Sigma Chi fraternity to have dinner student affairs. She said Simon’s an inclusive leader, one who is not driven by on the Hill. Whenever he’s spotted walking on personal motives. And, she said, he’s not afraid to discuss the tough issues that campus, with a bounce to his step and a smile come up on college campuses. on his face, he’s frequently stopped. People “He’s great with intellectual discovery,” Lampkin said. “He’ll always bring want to talk to him. up a new angle to consider in a totally non-judgmental way.” “It’s really important for me to understand As Simon has begun to do at Lehigh, he set out to learn UVA’s culture when the important elements of the Lehigh culture he arrived there in 2011. “And he pulled out the best of our culture,” Lampkin and how things are done here,” said Simon said. “He did not make it John Simon’s culture.” during one of those visits. “And if change is needed for the institution to move forward, you have to do it from within that context.” A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE Simon said Lehigh must take pride in what Simon grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mom was a homemaker, and his dad it’s doing well. “There are some absolutely out- helped run the family tailoring business. Later, his dad started an advertising standing faculty here who do work in areas that company that sold promotional materials. Lehigh has not traditionally been known for,” With a penchant for math, Simon initially made math his major when he he said. “Our faculty should be comfortable began his studies at Williams College in Massachusetts, then added chemistry and encouraged to take credit and promote for a double major. But by senior year, as a result of research work he did with their excellent work. one of his professors, William Moomaw, he saw his future. “He got me excited “In my view, excellence in the arts, human- about doing science,” Simon said. “And that, quite frankly, changed my life.” ities, social science, education and business In a moment of discovery, Simon obtained data on how the chemical ele- doesn’t take away at all from the institution’s ment Europium was binding to crown ethers, which are cyclic chemical com- deep and long-term commitment to STEM [Sci- pounds. It was the first time he knew something that no one else knew, he said, ence, Technology, Engineering and Math edu- and he wanted to share that knowledge. “I knew at that moment that if I could cation], nor our desire to stay at the forefront in make it, I was going to be a scientist,” he said. the fields of engineering and science. And yet, That’s what Simon would become, of course, but his interests extend be- the institution is very different from the days of yond academics. He enjoys college sports, and he was on hand when Lehigh’s Bethlehem Steel. We should take pride in that wrestling team beat Columbia 34-3 in November at the New York Athletic and really decide the very small number of in- Club. He also was at Yankee Stadium for the 150th playing of the Lehigh-Lafay- stitution-wide signatures that will define what ette football rivalry. In basketball, he admits to being a Duke fan, but smiles as Lehigh is in the space of higher education.” he says he’s learned to take pride now in Lehigh knocking off Duke in the 2012 Those who know Simon well – at UVA, NCAA Tournament. where a 2012 leadership crisis strengthened He reads a lot of fiction, mostly modern authors, and he likes live music. (He was a rock ’n’ roll fan until his younger son introduced him to country music.) An avid bicyclist “He just has such an ability to inspire and motivate while at Duke, Simon often logged 50 to 75 miles on a weekend and participated in triathlons and people to collaborate for a common cause.” Half-Ironman events. Aware of Lehigh’s iconic hills and the 2,600 steps on the Asa Packer campus, he’s gotten back to running and biking. —Stephen Nash, former student leader at UVA. In the past decade, Simon’s research interests have focused on understanding the struc- his reputation among faculty and students, and ture and function of human pigmentation. Most recently, he collaborated at Duke University, where he helped guide the with scientists from around the world to study the only known intact pig- strategic planning process – describe him as ments recovered from the Jurassic period. He has received numerous fellow- smart, collaborative and creative, with a good ships and awards, including the Presidential Young Investigator Award, the sense of humor. They say he enjoys interacting Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar with other people. Award and the Fresenius Award. He has authored or coauthored nearly 250 “John believes in leading a team,” said for- academic papers and four books. mer Duke Provost Peter Lange, who tapped After graduating from Williams College in 1979 with a degree in chemistry, Simon to be that university’s vice provost for Simon went on to Harvard University for his doctorate. A fellowship followed academic affairs in 2005. “He doesn’t believe in at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he worked with chemical just doing it himself.” physicist Mostafa El-Sayed, whom he counts as one of his mentors. Now di- At UVA, Simon is seen as thoughtful – and rector of the Laser Dynamics Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology, El-Sayed courageous. “He’s got a lot of good common saw Simon as personable, creative and smart. “He sees things faster than any-

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body else,” El-Sayed said. years from today, so that if you don’t want to be an administrator, I’m not re- It was at UCLA that Simon met his future sponsible for killing off your career.” wife, Diane Szaflarski, then a graduate student The two worked out a deal that allowed Simon to stay active in science and now an associate professor at UVA’s School while serving as vice provost, a position he held until 2011. In that new role, of Nursing. (She will be a professor of practice Simon guided the university’s strategic planning process and drove initia- in chemistry at Lehigh.) The two worked to- tives aimed at connecting the humanities, social sciences and sciences. After gether in the lab, on a project to measure the a widely publicized 2006 scandal involving Duke’s lacrosse team, in which lifetimes of unstable ions. They wouldn’t start charges against three players were ultimately dropped, Simon led discussions on campus culture. Simon is able to generate “really good discussion around “John believes in leading a team. He doesn’t big ideas,” Lange said, and he is able to formulate concepts and mobilize people to get things done. He said Simon listens to believe in just doing it himself.” what others have to say, and he’s willing to adjust his position. “He doesn’t always have to be the person who’s right.” Among the people working alongside Simon at Duke was —Former Duke Provost Peter Lange Susan Roth, vice provost for interdisciplinary studies. The two conferred daily, and sometimes Simon would make her dating, however, until Simon joined the depart- laugh so hard she figured the whole second floor in the administration build- ment of chemistry and biochemistry at Univer- ing could hear her. She said Simon cared about the university, not about what sity of California, San Diego, in 1985. He and his kind of credit he’d get for what he did. wife have two sons, Alec, 16, and Evan, 18. “When I left a conversation with him, my perspective was always en- In 1998, Simon headed east, joining Duke hanced in some way,” Roth said. “He’d think of ways of understanding what as the George B. Geller Professor of Chemistry. had transpired that I never would have thought of. He’d have ideas about how He soon became chair of the chemistry depart- to move forward toward a goal that never would have occurred to me. He’d ment and was tapped by then-Provost Lange to make me laugh about something that was stressful that allowed me to think also lead the academic priorities committee. more clearly.” “It was the first time in my life, after being totally immersed in science, to learn about a law school, environmental school, medicine, ‘A DEFINING MOMENT’ business, public policy,” said Simon. “Universi- ties are amazing places when you lift your head In 2011, the University of Virginia came courting. Simon resisted taking an and look at what people are doing outside your interview for the job of provost, but eventually agreed to visit the campus. Af- area of expertise.” ter walking The Lawn at its historic center, he felt an almost emotional connection to the university founded by Thomas Jefferson. On the short list of finalists, he met with UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan. They found they were THE PATH TO aligned on philosophical issues concerning education and universities. Simon got the job. A PRESIDENCY Charged with directing the academic administration at the university’s Simon led the academic priorities committee 11 schools, Simon envisioned capping his career as provost. But nine months at Duke for five years. Then one evening, Lange into the job, in June 2012, Sullivan was forced to resign by UVA’s governing told him that Duke’s vice provost for academic board leaders, putting the university community in tumult. Simon refused to affairs was planning to step down. He asked if be considered interim president, and when he understood the damage being Simon, who shared a compatible vision for the done to the university, he put his own job at risk when he challenged the board university, would take the job. Unprepared for in front of faculty. the offer, and wanting to confer with his wife In what he called “a defining moment,” Simon told the faculty that he was since it would affect the demands on his time, confronting and questioning whether honor, integrity and trust remained the Simon told him, “I don’t know.” university’s foundational pillars. He said it was no longer clear what the uni- Simon said Lange gave him until the fol- versity’s political leadership valued. lowing morning for a formal reply. When Si- “I can tell you with total conviction that when I got up in front of the facul- mon did accept the position, it was Lange who ty [on June 17, 2012], I was more than prepared to not to have my job the next slowed things down. day,” Simon said during his recent Lehigh visit. “I was totally comfortable “I was thinking about it overnight,” Simon with it because I felt it had gotten to the point where I was going to do what I said Lange told him, “and you’re not committed thought was in the best interest of the institution.” to being an administrator. So I need a plan from Simon said he learned more about himself than anything else during that you on how you’ll be scientifically active five difficult period. Initially, his thoughts had been about self-preservation. How

28 | LEHIGH BULLETIN could he navigate the situation so that he would come out on the other end “My perception is that a lot of people view the with his job? But he came to realize that the job of provost was one that re- Mountaintop Campus as far away,” he said. “It’s quires putting the interests of the institution first, and that he is comfortable not that far away.” In addition to transporta- with the risk involved in taking a leadership position. “The concern about that tion, “if you have activities that people really risk will not drive how I make decisions,” he said. want to be a part of and go to, distances shrink.” Within weeks, a groundswell of support from faculty, students and the In addition to his meetings with faculty community swept Sullivan back into the presidency. and deans, Simon called together the Council After the storm, Simon found himself talking to alumni groups and oth- of Student Presidents for a discussion. What er organizations about the university’s future. The job expectations had changed, but Simon was having fun. He delivered a speech to one group that he titled “It’s really important for me to understand the “Leadership without a Playbook,” about the events that had transpired. important elements of the Lehigh culture and Chris Holstege, who later became chair of UVA’s Faculty Senate, worked closely with Simon in the how things are done here.” months that followed. He found Simon to be “an outstanding communicator,” one who is unassuming, —John D. Simon who listens and who will ask tough questions to help in decision-making. He said Simon has been very engaged with the UVA faculty. “He’s one of the brightest leaders I’ve worked made them proud of the university? What did with,” Holstege said. “Everyone is grieving him leaving.” they wish was here? When looking back at their Simon also made a strong impression on UVA students, winning a presti- years at Lehigh, what they will point to and say, gious Faculty Award in 2013 that was given by a student organization called “That changed me?” the IMP Society. Though the award usually goes to long-serving faculty or ad- Students in Peterson’s class wanted to talk ministrators, the group felt Simon had made a substantial impact at the uni- about diversity and whether he was committed versity in a short time. Loudly chanting “Simon John, Simon John,” society to making the university a better environment members interrupted a dinner he was attending and formed a circle around for a more diverse population. him, as was their custom in announcing the award recipient. They listed the “And I am,” he said. ways Simon had distinguished himself: as an ally to countless students and Simon recognizes the challenges ahead for faculty, in demonstrating strength of character and in devoting himself to cul- Lehigh and higher education, including keener tivating others’ growth. competitions for faculty, students and financial Stephen Nash, then a student leader, said that as soon as Simon ar- resources, fast-shifting patterns in research rived at UVA, he engaged students in academic issues. Describing him as “a funding, and heightened expectations by stu- bridge-builder,” Nash said Simon brought together student leaders for dis- dents and their families for personal services cussions on issues that included how to enhance the academic experience. and co-curricular programs. “He just has such an ability to inspire and motivate people to collaborate “I think universities are largely defined by for a common cause,” he said. the quality of their faculty,” Simon said. “If you attract great faculty, you attract great staff who want to support that faculty, and you attract ‘A POSITIVE MOVE’ great students who want to work with that faculty.” In addition to outstanding senior pro- In the search for Lehigh’s 14th president, Simon stood out as a seasoned aca- fessors, Lehigh has a lot of young and up-and- demic and a seasoned leader. In the end, he emerged as the ideal candidate to coming faculty, he said, so ensuring that all can lead the university. As he prepares for his new role, Simon has been engaging achieve their career aspirations here will be students, faculty, staff and administrators in his trips to the campus. critical to Lehigh’s future. Many are aware of the controversies at the University of Virginia, includ- Also, Simon said, “Lehigh must be a safe ing recent allegations of a campus rape made in a now discredited Rolling environment for faculty, students and staff, a Stone article. “There are a lot of people who’ve talked to me about whether place where people grow intellectually and so- I’m running away from something,” Simon said. “But I’m not running away cially.” He envisions a partnership between the from anything. I’m running toward the opportunity that I see here at Lehigh. administration and faculty to build on Lehigh’s This is a positive move.” strengths. At Lehigh, Simon sees opportunities that include the strengthening of ties “We can’t do everything,” he said. “Deci- among the university’s four colleges. He’s interested, for example, in creating sions have to be made.” But rather than step in more seamless connections between the research and education occurring and dictate next steps, Simon just really wants on the Asa Packer Campus and that occurring on the Mountaintop Campus. to listen for a while. L

WINTER 2015 | 29 THE POWER OF CONSTANCY FOUR ENGINEERS AND AN ECONOMIST SEEK TO HARNESS THE ABOUNDING ENERGY OF THE OCEAN’S ROLLING WAVES.

STORY BY KURT PFITZER • ILLUSTRATION BY KAROLIS STRAUTNIEKAS

The world’s oceans exercise a timeless pull on the human a uniquely steady source of clean and renewable energy. imagination. The poet William Wordsworth called the “Wave energy is a form of renewable energy that is ocean “a mighty harmonist.” The explorer Jacques Cous- hugely available and untapped,” says Shalinee Kishore, teau said the ocean, “once it casts its spell, holds one in an associate professor of electrical and computer engi- its net of wonder forever.” Others have expressed awe at neering. “It is much cleaner than energy generated from the ocean’s immensity, and the rich diversity of its plant fossil fuel sources, and it is much more reliable and con- and animal life. sistent than either wind or solar energy.” Five faculty members at Lehigh value the ocean A study by the Electrical Power Research Institute, for one of its physical marvels: its constancy. These re- says Kishore, estimates that the United States could searchers—four engineers and an economist—believe meet more than a quarter of its energy needs by deploy- the unending cadence of the ocean’s waves could provide ing wave energy converters (WECs), or buoys, in “wave

30 | LEHIGH BULLETIN farms” along coastlines. The buoys would convert the ly supply-and-demand planning. It also means that wave mechanical energy of rolling ocean waves into electrical energy harvesters may be able to participate as energy energy that could be fed into the nation’s power grid. suppliers in day-ahead electricity markets because they Kishore is principal investigator for a grant of nearly can guarantee the generation of a portion of the power $1 million that Lehigh’s PORT (Power from Ocean, Riv- that the grid will need.” ers and Tides) Lab recently received from the National By contrast, says Alberto Lamadrid, assistant pro- Science Foundation (NSF) through its CyberSEES (Cy- fessor of economics, the amount of energy generated by ber-Innovation for Sustainability Science and Engineer- wind and solar fluctuates, obligating power plant opera- ing) program. tors to maintain backup energy sources—usually natural The PORT group received two other grants last year: gas, coal or oil—for windless or cloudy days. a $400,000 award from NSF’s GOALI (Grant Opportu- “If I offer a utility a megawatt of power at a relative- nities for Academic Liaison with Industry) program, for ly low price but with only a 20 percent chance of deliv- which Larry Snyder, associate professor of industrial ery, that’s an offer with great uncertainty,” says Lama- and systems engineering, is principal investigator, and a drid, who wrote his Ph.D. thesis at Cornell on pricing for $100,000 Accelerator Grant from Lehigh. The industrial markets with high penetrations of wind energy. “If I can partner in the GOALI project, Ocean Power Technolo- always provide the energy I promise—and help distribu- gies of New Jersey, is conducting pilot experiments with tors avoid a blackout—then I’m offering higher value. its wave energy converter design in Europe and North “Wind forecasting can only be accurately done hour America. by hour. This creates huge uncertainty. With waves, you The chief advantage of wave energy over wind and still have uncertainty but the spread is much smaller.” solar and other renewable energy sources, say the PORT Ocean waves have other advantages. They generate researchers, is its reliability. energy offshore, and more than half of Americans live “Studies show that it is possible to predict the statis- within 50 miles of a coast. Wind power, generated largely tical parameters of waves at 48-hour intervals into the in the country’s more sparsely settled interior, requires future,” says Kishore. “This means that grid operators more miles of transmission lines to reach population can factor the available energy from waves into their dai- centers.

WINTER 2015 | 31 ENERGY FROM OCEAN WAVES IS CLEAN, RENEWABLE, RELIABLE AND PREDICTABLE.

—SHALINEE KISHORE

Because water is denser than air, WECs that are 100 introducing renewable resources, including wave power, feet or more in length can generate almost as much en- into the grid. He, Kishore, Rick Blum and their students ergy as a wind farm whose 140-foot turbines are perched use neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence, to atop towers that are 250 feet tall. The WECs, mostly sub- forecast the availability of wind and wave energy. They merged and located a mile or so offshore, will not be as presented papers at the Institute of Electrical and Elec- unsightly as offshore wind farms standing within sight of tronics Engineers 2014 Power and Energy Society meet- the beach. ing in Washington, D.C. WECs could affect shipping routes and recreational Arindam Banerjee, assistant professor of mechan- ocean use, as well as marine life and sediment transfer ical engineering and mechanics, has received federal along the ocean floor. But most environmental assess- funding to study the hydrodynamics of hydrokinetic ments, says Snyder, “have concluded these would be turbines operating in rivers and tidal basins. He and his minimal impacts. Offshore oil drilling has similar im- students have published numerous journal articles on pacts but these have not been found to be significant.” river turbines. Blum, the Robert W. Wieseman Research Professor of Electrical Engineering, directs the Signal Processing and Communication Research Lab and has A TEAM OF coauthored a book and published journal articles on sensors and image fusion. MANY TALENTS All five researchers are members of Lehigh’s Integrat- Lehigh’s PORT researchers come from a variety of back- ed Networks for Electricity (INE) research cluster. The grounds. Kishore is an expert in signal processing and group also includes five Ph.D. candidates and a number wireless systems. Snyder constructs mathematical mod- of undergraduate students. NSF is providing funding for els for energy systems and for the design and manage- several undergrads to organize a course for high school ment of supply chains. He and Kishore have spent five students in June at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sci- years developing quantitative analysis models to opti- ences (BIOS). The one-week course, which is being de- mize the positioning of buoys in wave farms. veloped by Eccosolution, a renewable energy company, is Lamadrid studies the effects on electricity markets of the first that BIOS is devoting to wave energy.

32 | LEHIGH BULLETIN takes just a small amount of energy to move a buoy into MANAGING MYRIAD its optimal position. If the waves are out of sync with the VARIABLES WECs, however, this can substantially decrease the energy produced by the WECs.” To convert the ocean’s power into electric power that Sensors help predict wave formation and activity by can be integrated into the grid, the PORT Lab research- measuring velocity, acceleration or displacement. Blum ers must solve myriad interconnected challenges. The and his students are writing algorithms that determine first, says Banerjee, is to determine the best layout of the the optimal locations for sensors while estimating and buoys in a wave farm. accounting for errors in measurements. “We envision a wave farm with hundreds of buoys “The ocean is a volatile environment,” Blum says. spread across a few miles of the ocean,” says Banerjee. “There’s a lot of noise that distorts measurements and “The buoys should be far enough apart so that boats can causes inaccurate predictions. This noise includes sen- navigate around them but not so far apart as to make it sor error and unwanted sensor motion. However, if you prohibitive to send crews out to perform maintenance.” increase the number of sensors and properly combine all Inside a wave farm, buoys will interact with ocean the data the sensors produce, you can reduce the amount waves and with each other. When a wave strikes a buoy, of error that noise causes in your wave predictions. that buoy will generate a smaller, secondary wave that “Our analyses estimate how many sensors a wave strikes a neighboring buoy, which will then generate its farm needs, at what locations, how often they should be own secondary wave. The interacting waves, says Snyder, monitored to get maximum energy extraction, and what will interfere with each other constructively or destruc- degree of error there will be in predicting wave forma- tively. The goal is to deploy each buoy at a constructive tions. How will this degree of error affect the efficiency interference point to maximize the energy it generates. of energy generation? That’s where we need better esti- This interaction of primary and secondary waves, mates.” called hydrodynamic coupling, is affected by the angle The more accurately wave farm operators predict and oscillation of approaching ocean waves; by the shape, wave activity, says Lamadrid, the more reliably they can size and mass of the buoys, and by the depth of the ocean guarantee the power they supply to the electrical grid. floor. The phenomenon is poorly understood, says Ba- This could decrease the need for utilities to keep fossil nerjee, and the Lehigh group is developing mathematical fuel-fired power plants as backups when supply drops models to study it. unexpectedly from a renewable source like wind or solar. “Not much is known yet about how buoys ‘cross talk’ “If a utility has to maintain a coal-fired power plant or how to space buoys in a wave farm to get maximum as a standby, there’s a cost associated with that,” he says. energy generation,” says Banerjee. “To model this in “Also, it’s expensive to ramp up the plant. Someone has to a marine environment, we have to use time domain incur the costs of these uncertainties.” calculations, which are very expensive and numerically The PORT researchers analyze wind and wave en- intensive, and then integrate these equations with wave ergy, comparing their reliability and profits. One paper state forecasting models.” they presented at the Power and Energy Society meeting One way to influence hydrodynamic coupling and proposed an optimal strategy for wave farm operators to maximize power generation, says Kishore, is to modify bid on the energy market. Another discussed how neural the amount of wave energy a buoy absorbs and thus the networks can be used to provide forecasts with 95 per- amount of electrical power it generates. This process, cent confidence. called damping, can be optimized if scientists learn to “Like engineering,” says Lamadrid, “economics deals forecast wave patterns. The Lehigh group is proposing a lot with optimization. People, as consumers, try to max- to place sensors in wave farms to gather information on imize something, given restraints. We connect the eco- wave activity and make it possible to adapt and optimize nomics of the energy market with the operations of an the buoys’ reactions to waves. electrical power plant, which also tries to maximize profits. In fact, it can participate in the market under those premises—that it needs to maximize profits.” OPTIMIZING ENERGY Economics has been dubbed the “dismal science,” but the economics of energy, says Lamadrid, “is a very upbeat EXTRACTION area. Renewable energy has a lot of potential. We can cut “If we can predict how the waves are going to hit the emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants. We can buoys,” says Blum, “we believe we can get more ener- provide clean energy. The dismal part is establishing the gy from each device. Intuitively, we want the devices to tradeoffs on every action. move in sync with the waves; if they are already moving in “Wave energy by itself is not going to be the solution the right direction when the waves hit, they will generate to our energy problems. The ultimate solution will come more energy. from a diversified portfolio of options including wind, “If we can use the wave predictions to control the wave and solar. Combined, all of these will provide the WECs properly, we believe we can increase the energy right amount of energy and backup supplies so we can be we extract from the device at least by a factor of two. It more resilient when the next Hurricane Sandy hits.” L

WINTER 2015 | 33 Lehigh and Lafayette fans packed Yankee Stadium for the 150th playing of The Rivalry. The 48,256 fans in attendance comprised the largest crowd to ever see a college football game at the stadium.

There has never been another Lehigh football weekend like it. Because in truth, it was so very much more than just a ‘football weekend.’ A Weekend Unlike Any Other

PHOTOS BY CHRISTA NEU AND ACADEMIC IMAGE

In late November, the Lehigh family gathered in New York City for the 150th playing of The Rivalry—the storied football grudge match with that school over in Easton that stands alone as the single most played football rivalry series in all of college football. The game, of course, took center stage on the weekend, as Lehigh and Lafayette supporters filled Yankee Stadium to capacity to witness a historic occasion in college athletics. And even despite the heartbreak- ing loss (Lafayette won, 27-7), it proved to be an amazing occasion for the Lehigh community—as was the entire weekend surrounding it. From the parties both formal and informal that began Thursday evening to the academic panels and thoughtful discussions hosted by Lehigh all day Friday, from the ringing of the bell on Wall Street to the Marching 97’s frenzied tour of Manhattan, the Lehigh family enjoyed three days of celebration and camaraderie. It was a truly once-in-a-lifetime event, and a great celebration on the grandest of stages. In the pages that follow, we take a photographic look back at Rivalry 150 weekend—a weekend that will be remembered fondly by those in attendance for years and years to come.—Tim Hyland

34 | LEHIGH BULLETIN Rivalry 150 weekend began Thursday evening, as Lehigh alums arrived in New York, and continued through Sun- day. Among the highlights of the weekend were the ringing of the Wall Steet bell on Friday afternoon (far left) and, on Saturday night, the lighting of the Empire State Building in Lehigh and Lafayette colors.

WINTER 2015 | 35 The Lehigh community made its presence known early and often in Manhattan. Students gathered before dawn Friday to win camera time on the sets of both Good Morning America and The Today Show, while the Marching 97 performed at locations throughout the city.

There simply was no escaping the fact, pretty much anywhere in Manhattan, that The Rivalry was in town. Even Wall Street joined the celebration. Alumni and friends at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum heard from Professors Joachim Grenestedt and Terry Hart ‘68 — experts in things that go fast. 36 | LEHIGH BULLETIN Trustee Joe Perella ’64, far left, was a distinguished pan- elist on ‘Creating Investor Value.’ At right, the Lehigh community gets an insider’s look at the United Nations from Ahmad Kamal, former ambassador and permanent representative from Pakistan to the U.N.

Lehigh Choral Arts, under the direction of composer-conductor Steven Sametz, the Ronald J. Ulrich Professor of Music, performs Friday night in the Isaac Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall.

WINTER 2015 | 37 Earth Wind & Fire entertained Lehigh alums at the sold-out Brown & White Night concert Friday evening. The event, held at New York’s Terminal 5, attracted more than 1,000 attendees.

38 | LEHIGH BULLETIN The Marching 97 entertained the sold-out Yankee Stadium crowd at halftime. Afterward, players such as Lafayette quarterback Zach Zweizig and Lehigh’s Matt Timochenko ’18— both of whom attended Wilson West Lawn High School—showed that The Rivalry is not just about competition, but respect as well.

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Moravain Hall Square. My wife gion is obvious in the story. We and I (Les) were considering did wonder if the sexy episodes a viewing party at Moravian were totally fictional; you could Village in Bethlehem, Pa., to hear his smile over the phone. enjoy the 150th football game Classmates will enjoy the tale. at Yankee Stadium. Howev- It’s available on Amazon at er, on Wednesday, Oct. 15, a modest cost. A mention of answering the call of the fans espionage prompted us to make throughout the greater Lehigh a call to Tom Wetrich, whose Valley region, the nonprofit long service in the Central LEHIGH DISPATCH ArtsQuest and Coordinated Intelligence Agency was “for Health announced that they real,” not imaginary. He spent Editor’s note: Welcome to Class Notes, where you can find out would host a free live-viewing 25 years as an employee and what your fellow alums are up to. Thanks to our dedicated cor- party outdoors with a large an additional eight years as a respondents for the work you do to keep our extended Lehigh screen to view the game. The CIA contractor. Our delightful event was to be hosted with conversation also included community together, and special thanks to Class Notes Editor Arts Quest president and 1970 comments on World War II, in Diana Skowronski, who can be reached at (610) 758-3675 or Lehigh graduate Jeff Parks which he served as a lieutenant [email protected]. and ArtsQuest senior vice pres- colonel in France and Germany. ident of administration and Tom lives in Falls Church, 1985 Lehigh graduate Walter Va., with Jean, his wife of 66 Royal V. Editor’s note: To Keiper. years. They spend a lot of time Mackey, 740 share your news I have talked with several with their large family. Tom says ’40 N. Wymore Rd., ’42 or if you would be classmates recently and found he can no longer bound up six Maitland, FL 32751-4237. interested in becoming your class out that they are fine and able flights of stairs, and his balance (407) 622-5484 (H) correspondent, reaching out to to get around. John Corson would hamper his tennis, if any classmates and writing a column still lives in Newton, N.J., David opponents were still around. As I gather three times a year, please contact Schaper still lives in Hilton He spends a lot of time reading thoughts for Diana Skowronski at 610-758- Head, S.C., John deGrouchy and watching television. Sound ’41 this column, the 3675 or [email protected]. still lives in Princeton, N.J., familiar? But it was refreshing WORLD SERIES is in full sway, and David Troxel still lives in to make a telephone call, hear and the 150th Lehigh bash in On Aug. 23, 2014, Marlton, N.J., but his daughter- a female voice, and learn that Yankee Stadium is the regular Phil Varricchio in-law Debbie indicated that he her companion is still around dinner topic. John Milnor ’56 ’43 and Phil’s daugh- has been moved to the assisted and able to talk. All too often we lives in nearby Trinity and has ter, Lehigh County , Pa., Judge living section of the same Big are told that our classmate has a friend who is setting up a local Michele Varricchio, accompa- House! All of them are doing fine moved on or is not available. We broadcast, which we are all hop- nied Les Titlow to carry the for being 93 years old, but their are now down to 51 members as- ing works. This is about the only Class ’43 flag to welcome the age is catching up with them! sociated with our class, roughly Lehigh news I have. Class of 2018 to Lehigh Univer- Les Titlow, 583 Riverwoods 10 percent of the freshmen in I’ve some personal news: sity. We were a very small part Way, Bethlehem, PA 18018. 1940. It is a treat when a contact I must sadly report that my of the welcoming group, as there (610) 691-0531(H); lestertitlow@ originates with the classmate, beloved second wife, Janet Kelly were 72 other flag-bearers from aol.com and David Troxel, such as this nice note from Carter, passed away in June af- other previous classes carrying 13 Balsam Way, Marlton, NJ Oscar Fox. “Thank you and Kit ter a valiant seven-year struggle their flags. 08053. (856) 797-2235 (H); for your good work in keeping with Alzheimer’s disease. She is I had a pleasant talk with [email protected] the class of ’44 informed. We sorely missed. Needless to say, Chas Kucher, who lives in often fail to pick up the ball and this is a major readjustment for Moravian Hall Square in Two issues ago, give you updates. Sadly, too few me, but it is going well. Please Nazareth, Pa. The majority of we mentioned of us are still around. It is always guys and gals, get out your PCs our conversation was related ’44 that Warren Dix good to see news of old friends and drop me a newsie email and to our football team and its had self-published “The Coded in your Bulletin column. Like WRITE ON!! performance this season! We Letter,” an adventure novel many others, I have lost close Charles H. Carter Jr., St. spent some time talking about of espionage and chicanery in family members — and that Mark Village, Apt. 403, 2655 the 150th meeting of college the Middle East. He sent us a remains difficult. But there are Nebraska Ave., Palm Harbor, FL football’s most-played rivalry: paperback copy recently, and we two children, who are well and 34684-2608. (727) 784-7416 (H); Lehigh vs. Lafayette at Yankee found it a quick and good read. supportive and close —one in [email protected] Stadium, New York. Charles Warren spent several decades Lancaster, another in York. All said the folks at Moravian Hall as a management consultant in things considered, I am well and Square had arranged to have a Cairo, Saudi Arabia and Greece, very fortunate, working at the party for Lehigh grads living in and his familiarity with the re- Masonic Health Care Center

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three days a week as a volunteer. the tip of the foil on the trunk • Movie: The Best Years That tomorrow…there’ll be Sun! I run (very slowly) and bike (not of his/her body. Head, arms, of Our Lives Just thinkin’ about tomorrow far). I live in very comfortable legs don’t count. The foil has a • Xerox process invented Clears away the cobwebs and beautiful surroundings. flexible shaft. • St. Louis wins the pennant and the sorrow If any Lehigh men get close to With the épée, which has • 1956…Hard Hat… ‘Till there’s none! When Elizabethtown, it would be great a very rigid shaft, points are • Dwight D. Eisenhower I’m stuck with a day to spend some time togeth- scored anytime you can touch re-elected That’s gray, and lonely er.” (Foxy’s phone number your opponent with the tip of • Grace Metalious: Peyton Place I just stick out my chin, is 717-361-5684.) Keeping in your weapon anywhere on his/ • Movie: Around the World and grin, and say…Oh touch with buddies should be her body. That’s why you wear a in 80 Days The Sun’ll come out tomorrow de rigueur with nonagenarians. facemask…to protect your face, • Lerner and Loewe’s So ya gotta hang on From time to time we call Kit eyes, nose, etc. With the saber, “My Fair Lady” ‘till tomorrow… Diefenderfer, our former class you can score points by not only • Popular Song: Hound Dog Come what may! president, who was also co-cor- touching your opponent any- • Sabin’s oral vaccine against Tomorrow! Tomorrow! respondent of these notes. He’s where on his/her body with the polio developed I love ya tomorrow! “still hanging in there” and he tip of your weapon, but also you • Ken Rosewall – U.S. Lawn You’re only a day away! wishes you well. Okay, guys. can score points by slashing with Tennis Men’s singles Goodbye Max. Who is the next batter in keep- the blade. I tried my best, but I • 1966…Fedora Hat… En Avant! ing our game going? was never able to win a single • Vietnam Dick MacAdams, 7066 Ed- Carson F. “Kit” match…and Huyett outscored • Truman Capote’s inburgh Drive, Lambertville, Diefenderfer, 526 Wood Street, me by a bunch every time I faced “In Cold Blood” MI 48144. (734) 856-1097(H); Apt. 418, Bethlehem, PA 18018. off with him…so I quit! • Movie: A Man for All Seasons [email protected] (610) 867-8037(H); But…back to Max Stettner. • Aldrin steps out of [email protected] and Ted Max helped us tremendously his spacecraft I’ve tried to drum Heck, 1064 Lindsay Lane, Rydal, when we organized ourselves • Jack Nicklaus wins Masters up some corre- PA 19046. (215) 884-8843 (H); for our 50th Reunion back in • Color TV becomes popular ’47 spondence from all [email protected] 1996, supplying us with jeans to • Miniskirts are in fashion the fellows for whom I have an wear, marching in the parade, • 1976…Top Hat…Father of the email address. Unfortunately I Editor’s note: To singing “hats off to Lehigh,” Bride Hat… think most of my messages have share your news and performing the many silly • U.S. celebrates Bicentennial been considered spam, as I got ’45 or if you would be things that Reunion classes get • Bernstein and Woodward’s just a few replies, three for 34. interested in becoming your class involved with at Reunions. After “The Final Days” Mike Pomerantz wrote correspondent, reaching out to the marching and speeches at • Movie: One Flew Over that while wintering in Florida classmates and writing a column the flagpole were over, our class the Cuckoo’s Nest he had an interesting dinner and three times a year, please contact gathered together in a corner • Actress Rosalind Russell dies evening with Dick Norris, Class Diana Skowronski at 610-758- under the Reunion tent, which • Milton Friedman – of ’49, a former Tau Delta Phi 3675 or [email protected] the Class of ’46 shared with the Nobel winner, Economics fraternity brother who heads other Reunion classes. Well, • Jimmy Connors wins the law firm handling his estate It was with shock I’ll tell you, the repartee at our U.S. Tennis Open matters. and sadness that I table between Max and Maurice • Hank Aaron retires Mike had a recent sojourn ’46 read in the Bulle- Deane was classic stuff. We • 1986…Too Many Hats… in the hospital and rehab and tin of the death of our classmate laughed and laughed as they • Reagan-Gorbachev is now feeling much better and and loyal friend of Lehigh, Max went toe to toe with good-na- summit in Iceland glad to be home. Stettner. I remember Max tured and hilarious banter. What • Robert Penn Warren – first John Tirrell sent a nice from our undergraduate days. a good time we had! Speaking official U.S. Poet Laureate note concerning his experiences Not only was he an outstanding of our 50th, I came across some • Voyager 2 flies by Uranus – since graduation. He attended scholar (Phi Beta Kappa), but of the hand-outs that Chuck discovers 10 more moons Philadelphia Textile (now Phil- the Lord blessed him with good Hafner and Ralph Graber had • “Les Miserables” musical wins adelphia University), as his dad looks. I met him when my room- put together. Here ‘tis: 8 Tony awards on Broadway was president of Tirrell Bros. mate Dick Huyett and I joined HATS OFF TO LEHIGH! • Oil surplus brings prices Silk Corp. of Phillipsburg, N.J., the fencing team. (our Reunion theme) below $10 per barrel and he wanted to know more As beginners, Dick and I • 1946…Mortarboard… • Ivan Boesky pleads guilty to about the technology. tried our luck with foils. Max, U.N. General Assembly’s insider stock share dealing Following that experience on the other hand, had moved first session • Benny Goodman dies he was hired by DuPont in the on up to the épée. Now the • Truman created • 1996…Golf Hat… textile fibers department in difference in scoring points Atomic Energy Commission Retirement Hat Wilmington, Del. He retired when fencing is as follows: With • Eugene O’Neill’s from there in 1985 and then the foil, points are scored only “The Iceman Cometh” The Sun’ll come out tomorrow got a professional engineer’s by touching your opponent with • Spock’s “Baby and Child Care” Bet your bottom dollar license in Delaware.

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He is still active in the Little When I was I had a note from John Wei- menagerie of animals. He is League, after his eldest son a young boy sel concerning Bill Milanese. survived by his wife of 63 years, finished playing. He was a ’49 growing up “in Bill was published in the Spring six children (four of whom are member of the Lehigh football the old days,” or, as the current 2014 Alumni Bulletin, wherein M.D.s), 20 grandchildren, and team (then known as the Engi- buzz goes, “back in the day,” the he comments on the new look of three great-grandchildren. neers) but got injured and sent crack (?) weather forecasters the Bulletin. Upon graduation, Thanks for writing, Rachel. to St. Luke’s, where he met a would say “we’re in for a bad both Bill and John went to work It will be old news by the beautiful student nurse who spell of weather.” (Al Gore’s for the Mergenthaler Linotype time you read this, but it was later became his wife (not all father? I still can’t resist.) Now Company in Brooklyn, N.Y. just announced yesterday that football injuries are bad). we’re in for another bad spell Bill stayed in the print-related John D. Simon, executive vice They had six children, who of “WHETHER.” Whether the area while John switched into president and provost of the all have families of their own. stock market will tank, whether electronics. John remembers University of Virginia, has been He mentioned that his wife, ISIS or Ebola can be stopped, or Bill as “a nice guy, hard worker, named the new president of Dolores, died in 2005, 29 days whether Lehigh has a football and wishes him the best.” We Lehigh and will take office July short of their 60th wedding team. Wow, zero and five. That wish you both the same, John. 1, 2015. We wish him well. anniversary. really is “back in the day.” Thanks for writing. I know that you have all Fritz Stocker, whom I Remember 1946, 1947 and 1948? As mentioned in my previous been waiting anxiously for have known since grade school Not so good then either. Yes, column, I had an email reporting my usual agricultural report. at Moravian Prep. (now a much Dave Cecchini, our expert of- the death of Francis Stauffer Our class president Mark expanded Moravian Acade- fensive strategist, left to become from his grandson, Christo- Parseghian has had a bumper my with a nice campus in the head coach at Valparaiso and pher Miller ’98. Francis was an crop of every vegetable you north of town), sent a note took three of his staff along. Yes, electrical engineer who came to could possibly think of. I’m al- saying both he and his wife, we have injuries and a young Lehigh on the G.I. Bill and ap- most embarrassed to report my Janet, are happy and healthy. team, but I wonder how Yankee parently finished in three years. limited success, but not too em- However, his hearing is getting Stadium in November will turn Chris remembers Lehigh-La- barrassed to brag a little. If you worse (whose isn’t?) and Janet out. Well, for better or worse, fayette posters and photos recall, I was told that I planted has a bit of a mobility problem. it will be in the history books from football games and “The too early in spring. I must use They are still in Chula Vista, when you read this. Lookout” in their house. Francis “grow boxes” as my property is Calif., and are moderately My wife, Gini, accessed the was married while at school, and heavily treed. Consequently, I socially active. Cornell website today, Oct. 18, his wife Theda received a “P.H.T” have very little plantable sunny I and my better half, Ruth, 2014, and for $9.95, we watched (Putting Hubby Through) when space. Two boxes, 11 feet by 26 are happily ensconced in a Lehigh, now one and five, defeat he graduated. Chris says Francis inches, containing five plants CCRC, Cranes Mill, and are still Cornell, now zero and five. I told him that Price Dorm had total, produced between 200 to pretty active in their activities. attended the Yale game and a brewery in the basement. My 3000 tomatoes averaging about I enjoy the Summit Old Guard saw all the rest via the Web. In fraternity had beer on tap most a half-pound each. The largest meetings and the golf afterward my opinion, Lehigh has played weekends, but apparently no one was an unbelievable 15 ½ (on a par-three course, on ac- better in defeat than when had the bright idea of actually ounces. If any reader loves the count of the fact that I don’t hit beating Cornell today. Lots of brewing. Oh, well! taste of a REALLY good tomato, the ball very far anymore), and new names playing each week, I received a notice of the contact me for details. the Exxon annuitant financial so maybe it will come together, death of Patrick Anders, M.D. Prediction from a “gray- and computer club gatherings hopefully sooner than later. on April 15, 2014, from Richard beard” (actually). The market and their quarterly luncheons. I spoke to Bob Hicks in Stiles ’50. Patrick served as a didn’t tank, ISIS and Ebola will If you did not get my last Vermont yesterday. He is OK, U.S. Merchant Marine cadet be stopped (the latter sooner email note, it is because I do not except for his legs, which slow during 1945 and 1946 in the Pa- than the former), and we will have your address. Please send him down, but he still drives cific Theater. After graduation, have a football team again! it to me so I can agitate you and gets around. he received his doctorate from Condolences to the families more directly. I had a phone conversa- the University of Rochester in of our departed classmates. Stay well! tion with Ernie Spillar, who 1953 and subsequently served Bob Macauley, 10 Hitchcock Edward C. Luckenbach, 459 is as enthusiastic as ever. He as a doctor in the U.S. Navy from Rd., Westport, CT 06880. (203) Passaic Ave. Cottage 508, West is sorry he couldn’t make our 1954 to 1962. He then practiced 226-5839 (H); Bobmacauley- Caldwell, NJ, 07006. 65th Reunion. Ernie no longer obstetrics and gynecology [email protected] (973) 227-3723 (H); vacations in Cape Cod but does with his wife Rebekah (also an [email protected] so at Sag Harbor, a delightful M.D.), in East Point, Ga., until President Ed island in the fork at the eastern his retirement in 1993, having Kaup and I Walter R. West, end of Long Island. As you may served as chief of obstetrics and ’50carried the class 728 Norristown recall, Ernie worked in the gynecology and chief of staff. He flag in the “parade of flags” at the ’48 Rd., F108, Lower Czech Republic for some time was a deacon of the New Hope reception for the class of 2018, Gwynedd, PA 19002. (215) 283- and still gets Christmas cards Baptist Church and loved gar- held on Aug. 23, 2014. Threat 9669 (H); [email protected] from friends there. dening and tending to a varied of thunderstorms moved us

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PROFILE Cory Nolan ’08

travels regularly to Africa on philanthropic trips. MAYORS OF THE As a boy, Nolan stuffed suitcases with cleats and jerseys for the kids his father would see. At Lehigh, Nolan played soccer, was presi- MARATHON dent of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, led fundrais- Guiding athletes with disabilities requires versatility, ing initiatives for charities and tutored middle stamina and the ability to make quick decisions. school students. He got a job with Deutsche Bank in New York and discovered Achilles through a friend. Last year, he secured a $5,000 grant for Achilles from his employer to pay for travel and William Reilly, who is over 60 and has cerebral palsy, is laboring up a steep hill in equipment, including expenses for the Achilles New York City’s Central Park. Seated in his wheelchair, propelling himself back- Freedom Team of Wounded Veterans, who com- ward with his feet, “Backwards Bill,” as he is known, is preparing for his 33rd New pete each year in New York. York City Marathon. “Guiding can require very different kinds of ac- On this brilliant October morning, Cory Nolan ‘08 rides on a bicycle alongside Reil- tivities,” he says. “One athlete I guided flung his leg ly and three other guides. All are decked in the bright chartreuse jerseys of Achilles In- out to the side when he ran. I’ve had to keep other ternational, a nonprofit that helps people with disabilities compete in athletic events. runners who weren’t paying attention from getting Nolan, who has an architecture degree from Lehigh, has guided Achilles athletes accidentally kicked. And when I ran with Celimpi- through the Boston and New York marathons and through half a dozen half-marathons. lo in New York, at about mile 7 the police came up “It’s never your race,” says Nolan, who will skip this year’s marathon because of a and told us, ‘You’re about to get hit by a wave of knee injury. “You do it for the athlete, and that keeps you going.” sprinters.’ We had to get to the side pretty quick.” Just past the crest of the hill, Reilly lifts his feet as his chair begins accelerating On marathon day, 275 Achilles athletes and backward down the paved path. The other guides sprint to keep up with him, holding 308 guides complete the course. Nolan helps the sides of his chair to keep it on course and yelling “Wheelchair!” to warn runners. them get started and then works the finish line. Nolan guided his first marathon in New York in 2011, when he ran with South “The crowning moment of the day was when African Celimpilo Khumato, who has spina bifida and competes in a hand-cranked Bill came in. The race announcer recognized him wheelchair. about 100 yards out and shouted: ‘Here comes “We started an hour before the elite runners,” he says. “We got to mile 5 or 6 and Achilles athlete Bill Reilly!’ Everyone got super ex- Meb [Keflezighi, the sixth-place finisher and top American man] blazed by. It was cited and they were giving him high fives.” such an experience for Celimpilo to be on the same race course with a runner like At that moment, said Kathleen Bateman, direc- that.” When they neared the finish, Nolan grabbed a South African flag from a spec- tor of Achilles’ New York City chapter, “Bill was like tator and attached it to Khumato’s chair. the mayor of Central Park.” Sports and philanthropy have always been part of Nolan’s life. His father still — Chris Quirk

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inside Grace Hall, where you debilities at their common res- Paul Kelley DAZ and I love our new home, watched wrestling matches and idence, Phoebe Terrace. In the weighs in (at 175#) approximately equidistant danced to the big bands during past, Bob corresponded with ’51from East Bruns- between Phoenix and Flagstaff. your undergraduate days;. The many of our classmates, but wick, N.J., with comments on The neighbors are friendly, student body and staff were their departures put an end to LIFE and his life, so far. He says and they stop and chat on their very helpful to grey-haired/all the practice. Bob has the very he has had a wonderful year walks or wave (with all their volunteers. Don Schlegel and I demanding hobby of building through the accomplishments fingers) on their drive-bys. occasionally discuss the subjects “plank on bulwark” sailing of his granddaughter discov- Now, almost to November, the of investments and, more fre- vessel models. His beams are ering a molecule, leading to a temperatures are still 70 to 80 quently, “golf in-the-nineties”(I usually 3 feet in length and breakthrough in anthrax study during the day and high 30s to don’t mean scores). We have involve bass wood, which is and to her doctorate, awarded low 40s at night. What could had to cancel so often this year relatively knot-free, mak- at Rutgers University. Adding top that? The skies are either (rain), that the course ‘bookers’ ing the parts easier to carve. to Paul’s joys this year was the blue wall-to-wall, no clouds, or should hang up when we phone Over 100 planks are soaked, recent marriage of his youngest clouds that look like so much them for a tee-time. Tom Fisher steamed, and shaped, then daughter, Susan. He (Paul) has whipped cream. The sunsets phoned to tell me that there was glued into place. Such models “outlived a wonderful wife, are awe-inspiring. A paradise, a really big hurricane heading take about 400 hours to finish. Dottie, and three darling girl- to be sure. for the islands (Hawaii) and, Sail on, Robert; developing friends” and now enjoys a new Alas, classmates, our new having looked at the sky, he was such skill would interfere with “enchanting companion.” home is not what this column returning to his “crib” to secure my nap time. Audrey and John A former Marine, Paul is all about. It is really about his personal safety. Tom does Weston reside in Allentown. landed at Inchon Harbor. His the class of 1952, but there is his cell-phoning from outside Now retired from Essroc work included RCA, Proctor & little news to report. I need because of signal strength; he Cement Company, where he Gamble, Johnson & Johnson your communication. Please let could do that ad, “can you hear served as director of manufac- International, and director of me know what is happening in me now?” Sometimes when he turing, John plays duplicate research at Standard & Poor’s. YOUR lives. phones, Tom sings (pretty good) bridge two or three times every Now, as a licensed certified The alumni office and a ribald ditty (naughty), but he week and watches as much financial adviser, he owns and Ralph Fortney seem to have was too hurried this time. (TV) football as time permits. manages two businesses: Tax “lost” Joe Paquin, Sigma Nu Tom De Crosta retired Just received an “every five Return Preparation and Regis- 1953. Joe, phone home! Anyone from teaching in the Beth- years” update from Bill Foer- tered Investment Advisor. with information on Joe, please lehem Area School District ster. In September, Bill and A recovered victim from contact me. and still lives in Bethlehem his wife, Marta, toured Ireland. a speech stroke lasting 20 Bob Hoyt spent some time with his wife, Lorraine. Tom Bill thinks that caused him to minutes in 2003, he passes with Betsey and Mayo Snyder also earned an M.A. in ’57; his consider returning to Lehigh along to us advice from his at their home overlooking the son, Thomas W. Jr., earned an for our 65th Reunion next May. doctor, Dara Jamieson, now of lake in Cooperstown, N.Y. Mayo MBA in ’77. Looking back in Bill enjoys reading the class Columbia-Presbyterian Hos- and Bob grew up together in time, Tom can claim eight of news about all of you. Better pital, New York City: “exercise Plainfield, N.J. Bob also visited his family as having pursued still would be exchanging that your legs” and “get lots of sex. with John Seville in Lancaster, degrees at Lehigh. Jeannette news in person. That benefits your blood and Pa., in June 2014, prior to spend- and Rae Williamson also keep As you may remember, Gene nervous system.” And for you ing the summer on Nantucket Bethlehem as their hometown. Chovanes will serve as chair- investors: “get back into cash. boating and cycling. Thanks, Formerly senior industrial en- man for our 65th class Reunion There’s more trouble ahead in Bob, for keeping us up to date. gineer at the Bethlehem Steel next May. Gene is right for the the oil industry.” That’s it, ’52-ers. Let me Corp., Rae does little in the way job; as he has often said, “I really What do you think of that, hear from you. of hobbies. At this time he pre- love Lehigh.” Next Saturday, loyal readers? Pat Moran, 8209 N. Sable Way, fers to concentrate on assisting President Ed Kaup and I will join North Dakota State Univer- Prescott Valley, AZ 86315 (520) his wife at recovering from Gene at Lehigh University to get sity’s football team continues 979-2733; [email protected] medical issues. Rae offered our smarts from “staff” as to how to “win them all,” but sometime that he likes reading our class to run a Reunion. Rest assured they will lose. I am pleased to column. Also assisting his wife everything will be in order. So, Tom Dowdell, 3414 Waterford report that Joe (Margaret) is Bob Limons. get yourselves ready to rumble Drive S, Fargo, ND 58104. (701) ’53Workman, our They reside in Macungie. Bob’s and plan to come-on-down to 526-3485 (H); class president for almost 40 Lehigh cap was noticed by a campus for another big one. See [email protected] years, has had very successful patient in a waiting room. He you there. open heart surgery in New York was asked if he knew Paul Donald F. Williams, 1055 With the aspens City. Joe previously had a cou- Kunkel. On affirmation, Bob Cetronia Road, Apartment U - 2, turning to gold ple of shoulder operations and a was barraged with plaudits Breinigsville, PA 18031. (610) ’52and the maples to hip replacement. He was a good for Paul, who was helping his 395-1928 (H); dfwilliams3@ red, heaven is quite close to the basketball player at Lehigh, and friend cope with some physical verizon.net central highlands of Arizona. I can attest to the fact that he is

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Don’t miss the celebration!

May 14-18, 2015 alum.lu/comeback CELEBRATING REUNION CLASSES

a very good golfer, as well as a ing graduated from Yale Law buffet dinner and continued to as a chemical engineer. He fine tennis player. School. He is survived by his watch the disappointing game spent 42 years with Union Car- Barbara and I recently wife and three children. on a 100” screen with surround bide before retiring to Hilton returned from a two-week vaca- The senior alumni council is sound as we did last year. The Head, S.C. Imagine my surprise tion in Sedona, Ariz. While we sponsoring a number of coming Room is already booked for to find a classmate at our table were there, we drove down to events for 2015. However, first next year and we hope that the who had the exact name as my Scottsdale and spent some time it has a Christmas lunch for Room will continue to be our stepfather! One night, Bill bor- with Tom and Anita Schaefer. volunteers for their service home for all future L/L football rowed a sax from the ship band They previously sold their home to Lehigh in 2014 on Dec. 10, games and perhaps some other and played a rousing chorus of in Arizona and have relocated 2014. The Class of ’53 is always sporting events as well.Our class ‘Lehigh Will Shine Tonight’ for to the Marvella Senior Center well-represented. Next is a was well-represented by Dan the passengers while Jack and in Scottsdale. It is a new facility winter sports event that will be Klein and his wife, Joyce, Barry I sang. We recently had dinner and is most impressive and on Jan. 25, 2015, for the Cornell Goldblatt and his bride, Deeva, with John Wallace and his beautiful. We talked about all wrestling meet. And finally on John Boardman and myself. wife, Lynn. John still has a fan- the changes and new construc- April 17, 2015, an alumni back- Everyone had fun and looks for- tastic memory of all things con- tion on the campus over the 60 to-the-classroom-for-a-day, ward to attending next year. cerning Lehigh and can recall plus years we have gone. which includes lunch. Dick Wolf sent me the fol- classmates, fraternity brothers Bill Latshaw told me that lowing letter for the column: and incidents in great detail. one of his fraternity brothers, Clifton “Tip” E. Mowrer, 622 “Gail and I went on a cruise Most of us can’t remember our Hurley Bogardus Jr., passed Edgeboro Blvd., Bethlehem, PA off the coast of Maine in July middle name.” away in East Dennis, Mass., 18017-5110. (610) 865-0399 (H); aboard American Cruise Line During our freshman year after a long illness. Hurley [email protected] ‘Independence’ with our good when fraternity bids were enlisted in the Marine Corps friends and travel companions, handed out, I found myself as a second lieutenant, later Twenty -four Jack Fulton(’73) and his wife sitting opposite a smiling, became a pilot and a flight people showed Karen. Our dinner companions friendly face, a classmate that I instructor and retired after ’54up at Gecko’s one night were Bill Sutherland had never met before. We then 20 years’ reserve duty as a Signature Room to watch the and his wife, Pat. Bill was a sax spoke for a half-hour or so and lieutenant colonel. Hurley was Lehigh-Lafayette football game. player with the Lehigh 97 piece I then said that I had received an attorney by profession, hav- During halftime, we enjoyed a marching band and graduated a bid to join KA. My new friend

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said that he had received a sim- since our 50th Reunion. I Dick Roth sent me a note af- spring. He talked about the ilar bid and so we both agreed thought I’d say hello and fill you ter he received the Winter 2014 Yankee Stadium game arrange- to join KA. It was the beginning in on some of our adventures Bulletin; he said that gave him ments. Lois and Lynne were of a lifelong friendship. during that time. I recently had the urge to bring me up to date. there. After lunch, the four of us I called Barbie, his wife of a book published, titled “Meyer Dick said he has been receiving went to the Dewitt Wallace Mu- 51 years, to see how my lifelong London: a Biography of the So- chemo treatments since June seum in Colonial Williamsburg. friend, Wilson Stout, was cialist New York Congressman 2013. We wish him good prog- Al Kime ’56 sent some doing and to wish them a Happy 1876-1926.” It is available on ress. Dick said that in response Lehigh basketball information Thanksgiving. Barbie and I have Barnes &Noble’s and Amazon’s to his news of his health, he has to Ed Hatfield (Chestertown, spoken many times in the last websites. Naturally, Rose Lee had conversations with two Md.) that Ed forwarded to me. nine years about Wilson’s jour- and I were very excited. Also, classmates and Sigma Nu broth- In a story about C.J. McCollum, ney with Alzheimer’s. It breaks we have done a lot of traveling: ers: Bob Seeds of Delaware the star Lehigh player of a year my heart after every phone call South Africa, Antarctica, Sicily, and Bob “Geef” Gilmore of or so ago who is now with the that we’ve had, in the beginning Malta and elsewhere in Europe. Connecticut. Dick said they are NBA Trail Blazers, an NBA me- with Wils and lately just with Have also spent some time in doing OK, despite being around dia personality referred to C.J. Barbie. I always think of Wil- Sarasota, where I bumped into 80 years old. It’s funny that as coming from “Lehigh, that son’s accomplishments at Le- Dave Flatow. Have still found most of us are in that situation. great basketball school.” high: Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta time for an occasional Lehigh Bob Seeds reported significant Robie and Ken Verostick Pi, Who’s Who, president of our football game. This is a big year alumni activity in Delaware (Upper Montclair, N.J.) and I junior class and president of KA for the Goldbergs: the book, my and Pennsylvania. Dick hopes have been busy getting tickets during his senior year. Barbie big birthday, and our golden an- he will be able to make the to the Lehigh University Choral told me that physically, Wils niversary. Rose Lee and I have Lehigh-Lafayette football game Arts at Carnegie Hall for the big is fine. He walks 10 miles a day been in Williamsburg on several in Yankee Stadium. The game is weekend. Hope to see you there, and is still kind, active, happy, occasions. We love the area. We significant to Dick because his as well as at Yankee Stadium. still laughs at appropriate times stay at Fords Colony. By the daughter is a Lafayette graduate I talked to Ross Ford with company and the “gentle- way, any connection to Ross? and his son, Lehigh. He also has (Williamsburg, Va.) about some man” in him is still there. But Will close now. Regards to your a grandson who is a sophomore Lehigh people who live in our he doesn’t know his children or wife, stay well. at Lehigh. Dick says, “How is community. At dinner one grandchildren anymore and he Another item I missed, that for a torn apart family?” Of night, there were three tables is now losing his speech. the day before, was an email course they all respect each oth- next to each other. Coincidently Barbie now runs an Alzhei- from Burt Sutker (Edison, er. My brother, Joe, graduated I had one of the tables, Ross mer’s Support Group at their N.J.) Burt commented that in from that school in Easton. Dick and Louisa another, and the church and recommends that an earlier Bulletin, Dick Roth (also known as Bob) and Muriel third held three Lehigh grads, any afflicted spouse join such a mentioned he had a grand- live in Massapequa Park, N.Y. all fraternity brothers and their program. son at Lehigh. Burt wanted Jack Sellers also sent me wives, who all went to Cedar Life can be tough at times it known that his grandson, a letter. He continues to live at Crest. Two of the gentlemen for all of us as we get old but Jayson, was entering Lehigh Moravian Manor with his wife, were Steven Schwartz ’68 and some stories just melt you. in the fall of 2013 and that Jackie. She is in the Alzheimer Stephen McGuffin ’68 ’69G. The God Bless. he would be a member of the unit and has very good care third person lives in Florida. Bert Schweigaard-Olsen, tennis team. This follows from the people there and Ross said that he had to (Oct. 20-May 15) The Landings, Burt’s son, Stuart, who also Jack, who visits her twice a day. miss one of our Lehigh Lunch 5430 Eagles Point Circle #401, went to Lehigh, so Burt is a Jack is involved with the many Bunch meetings because a Sarasota, FL 34231-9179. (941) three-generational Lehigh activities at the Manor and with young Indy driver they follow 923-4210 (H); (May 16-Oct. 19) person. Burt suggests that we the Episcopal Church nearby. was racing the same weekend. 41 Clock Tower Lane, Straus “publish a list of Class of ’55 He is a lay Eucharistic minis- The boy is Skylar Robinson. His Park, Brevard, N.C. 28712-3556. generational ties to Lehigh.” ter and takes communion to father is Chip Robinson, who (828) 877-4551 (H); That is a good idea, Burt! I ask several shut-ins. He says, “It is raced sports cars in the 1980s. [email protected] each of you to please send me some change from when I used Bob O’Brien ’57 organized Ross a list of your generational ties. to belong to a gang in Camden, and some other Lehigh men to On Thursday, Hopefully, I will remember to N.J. The Lord works in different help Chip. Ross did come to our March 21, 2013, I pass that information on to all ways.” Jack said he doesn’t go to lunch. ’55received an email of you. Coincidently, we have a the football games or wrestling Bobby Blum (Roseland, from our classmate, Gordon granddaughter who will enter at school because he got caught N.J.) sends me an email on occa- Goldberg, but I failed to put Lehigh as a freshman this year in a blinding snowstorm coming sion. The last had to do with pok- that information in my column. in the business school. She is home one night and realized he er, but I am not clever enough to With great humility and a year Margy Kiley Taylor, Harding was too old for that. Smart. decipher his messages. I’m just later, here is Gordon’s email: Township, N.J. I think I’ll be Don Steeber (Richmond, happy that he is still around; he’s Hi Bob: It’s hard to believe attending more football games Va.) was the main speaker for always good for a laugh. that eight years have passed this year. our Lehigh Lunch Bunch last You may have noticed that

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our classmate Ev Van Hoesen the climate, keep the utility home to elephants, leopards and surgery. Lehigh and Sigma Chi and his wife, Alice (Marco bills low, and thoroughly enjoy more. Their small group visited a will miss “The Colonel” and Island), had some nice recogni- myself.” However, he makes Himba village, possibly “the most his distinctive voice. What tion from a time-lapse video of an “annual pilgrimage” to the remote and primitive” one in the great memories! the Lehigh campus, with which Lehigh-Lafayette game and world, and ended the trip in the Our homecoming tailgate they were involved. There was plans to be at Yankee Stadium Namib desert, site of the world’s for the Fordham game almost mention of that from school for his 61st game. He has at- “tallest sand dunes.” wasn’t. Bob Christie said he and Ed Hatfield. I looked at the tended EIWA tournaments with Carolyn and Bob McGrory, wouldn’t be there but gave me video from what Ed sent me, classmates Donald Spitzer and after 45 years in their beloved a few quick lessons to contin- and it is really amazing. Jay Wechsler and has been old house, moved to a new re- ue the tradition. He indicated Some of you know my in touch with class president tirement home built on part of that Gina had knee surgery and brother Joe, who I mentioned Arthur Anderman. a historic farm in Lafayette Hill, other medical problems but is above, and his wife, Eileen. I’m You may have seen Costel Pa. They report that at times recovering. They spent time with sorry to report that Eileen died Denson profiled in a stirring they can hear the remaining Brooks and June Goldman at this past year. interview by the editor of this cows mooing. Last August the their winterized Bethany Beach, Robert E. Kiley, 3256 Wingfield publication, Tim Hyland, in the family boarded a “funky paddle Del., home and had lunch with Lake Road, Williamsburg, VA Spring 2014 issue. In the story, wheel steamer” in Oregon to re- Jim and Karen Davidson in An- 23185-7519. (757) 258-3148 (H); “Cos” recalled being recognized live Lewis and Clark adventures napolis, Md., who came east from (757) 258-3162 (Fax); by Lehigh-Alumni-Award-win- on the Columbia River. Texas with their granddaughter [email protected] ner Harry Levine at our 50th We appreciated receiving who plays lacrosse. Brooks and Reunion dinner. greetings from several class- June also did not get to the The Lehigh vs. Class Vice President Bill mates and Lehigh friends from game but are planning to go to Lafayette 150th Luce attended Lehigh Universi- other classes. Wedding news ar- Yankee Stadium with Curtis ’56football game, to ty’s annual Scholarship Dinner rived from Jacque Smith ‘57. He and Joan Cooke, whom they got be held on Nov. 22 at New York’s back in April. The event was and Edie Baxter were married to know better when they met Yankee Stadium, is almost here. held at SteelStacks, a restaurant last November, with his four on a Lehigh tour to Normandy (The rivalry began in 1884 and in the Bethlehem Steel complex grandchildren participating in on the battle’s 70th anniversary. included multiple match-ups in across from the former big blast the ceremony. Bob is planning to sing with his the early years.) Among events furnaces. Dining with our ‘56 In May, Tricia and I spent son, Tom, and the glee club and on the big weekend, the two scholarship recipient Brett Bar- two weeks in picturesque Ha- choral arts alumni as part of schools will jointly ring the ber ‘14, Bill reports that Brett, a waii. First, we joined Lolly and the Lehigh concert in Carnegie closing bell at the New York finance major from Manheim, Tom Burgin in a house in lush Hall Friday before the big game. Stock Exchange on Nov. 20, and Pa., “expressed appreciation for Kauai, celebrating their 56th Bill Bux emailed that he would Lehigh’s Choral Arts singers the financial support over the anniversary at a beautiful din- miss the tailgate and this year’s will perform at Carnegie Hall on past three years.” Brett worked ner on a torch-lit terrace at the gala but was planning to get to Nov. 21. If you attend any of the at Lehigh University as a fellow Princeville St. Regis. Later, Tri- Carnegie Hall and the game. He events or see anyone from our in the admissions office and was cia and I went on to Honolulu, and Marianne had lunch with class in New York, please write initiated into Pi Tau Sigma and fulfilling our lifelong desires to Bob and Betsy Holcombe and and tell us about it. Go Lehigh! Tau Beta Pi. He founded and visit Pearl Harbor and gaping at Sam Brooks and June Goldman It is great to hear from became president of Cru, a col- the surfboard-carrying crowds when he carried our class flag Harry Levine, who was lege campus Christian ministry. on Waikiki. at this year’s freshman rally. He pictured in a recent Tower Bill comments that it is “great Keep in touch. Aloha! also heard from Bill Sassman, Society newsletter at a Lehigh to realize our small individu- William T. Burgin, 534 W. now living in a retirement facility luncheon in Palm Beach, al insurance policies in 1956 Beechtree Lane, Wayne, PA in Sacramento, Calif. Fla. Harry writes that he has are contributing scholarship 19087. (610) 688-7374 (H); Also missing the tailgate attended this event since 2008. assistance for qualified students [email protected] were John Harkrader, who said This year he had the honor of [like] Brett.” Saturday was the perfect day to sitting with departing Lehigh Now for some news from James E. “pull a boat,” and Pete Mitchell, University president Alice Gast. last winter’s welcome holiday Watson, who was busy but planning to get He states that “she gave a rueful greetings. Joni and Bob Hartig ’57774 Highview to Yankee Stadium with 15 Phi smile when I inquired, ‘Alice, continued to enjoy exciting trav- Drive, Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Gamm’s. how can you give up Bethlehem, els: to western India in January, (201) 891-1246 (H); There were a few of us who Pa., for London, England?’” visiting five wildlife areas, includ- [email protected] did get to the tailgate, located Harry also attended Pres- ing sightings of India’s only lions. near where Bob always set up. ident Gast’s farewell dinner at In July they boarded a small ship More sad news! Larry and Izzie Trerotole, Dick the Mountaintop Campus back and toured 10 of the Galápagos Our good friend and Louise Briggs, Bruce Gil- in June. Now a full-time Florid- Islands. To view even more ’58 Bob Hartman bert, and Anne and myself were ian, Harry says that “this way I wildlife, they returned in Octo- left us in mid-September when the crowd! Bruce is still running can play golf all year long, enjoy ber, after 10 years, to Namibia, he did not make it through and has qualified for next year’s

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nationals with Don Kohler by The annual who have attended more than Paul Miller could not make it. his side – Larry spent lots of Lehigh Class 50 Lehigh-Lafayette games; The class will not have any time in Colorado fly-fishing this ’59of ’59 Bluefish others in the 50-game club are formal gatherings on Friday, summer, and they are enjoying Surfcasting Tournament was Mike Kuenne, John Woerner- May 14. However, the university having their children minutes held in August at Great Point John Harmon, and Bob Teufel. has Reunionfest that evening. from their home. Dick planned to on Nantucket with Bill Beattie The Lehigh Football Partner- Bob McGovern will coordinate stay for the Lehigh-Army soccer wading away yet again with an- ship hosts a wonderful lunch with the university on behalf of match – their new grandparents’ other first place finish. Catching on the Friday before the game our class. On Saturday, there will sports. He updated us on Pete a bluefish is a challenge, but get- (this year it was Thursday) be a breakfast sponsored by the Williams – at home and recov- ting it past a gauntlet of hungry attended by senior players, university, which will be open to ering. Anne and I are and will be seals is something only a Lehigh coaches and parents as well as those in the class who attend the continuing to unpack at our new metallurgical engineer could alumni. If you feel you qualify Reunion. The usual parade has townhouse. do. (Note from Bob Teufel: for the 50-game club, contact been moved to mid-morning, so We had a great visit with The doubles team of Teufel and the athletic department. the class will gather after break- Bert Keats when he came east Canova write this column. The Your two class column scrib- fast to march in the parade. to visit family and Reunion in previous story was penned by blers were combing the stands John Daniel, Tom Bliss, Peter western New York. He did get John. I saw the fish. I thought of Yankee Stadium during the Bayer, Ira Friedman, and Dave to Lehigh for a game and Theta Beattie was holding his bait.) 150th game, digging up class Eyer are on the parade commit- Delts’ 10-year reunion – Ron Can anyone beat John and dirt. Look for it next issue! tee. The outfit will be simple, a Vaughn was our only other Sandy Stanley’s 56 years of Bob Teufel, 1 Stoklea Drive, white shirt, khakis and drinks, classmate to make it. connubial bliss? This milestone Emmaus, PA 18049. (610) either original or from our 50th And now Stu Sherk’s anniversary was celebrated 967-2049 (H); (610) 393-0565 Reunion. Tom Bliss will lead the unbelievable adventure during on the night before the fishing (C); [email protected] and John class as a drum major. After the Hurricane Sandy. He and Joyce tournament, which might be Canova, 7704 Falstaff Rd., Mc- parade there will be a universi- rode out of the storm on his why John refused to get up at Lean, VA 22102. (703) 821-0410 ty-sponsored lunch for all. The “famous” houseboat at the north 4:30 a.m. to bait his hook. (H); [email protected] Saturday night dinner will be end of Barnegat Bay (Point Pleas- Speaking of fishing, I got held at Saucon Valley Country ant, Bay Head). Why? Well, the a note from Jack Croteau Hello classmates. Club with Craig again emceeing. winds switched north to south that he was cruising between I am writing this Rich Aronson will be a guest and were only 60 to 80 miles per Florida and Montreal over our ’60column before speaker. Hopefully many of you hour, and they had no idea that Reunion dates but promised heading down to Pennsylvania will plan to attend the Reunion. type of flooding would occur, but to be back for our 60th. Jack to watch the Lehigh vs. Fordham As a lead-up to the Reunion, the dunes broke! He had rigged reports fishing with his sons in football game. Hope to see a few there will be an election of the boat on four pilings so that it Alaska, Bahamas and Key West of you at the game. class officers. The nomination did not bounce off of them and and does well with snook on I expect to see many more of committee consists of past would rise up as the water rose. Florida’s west coast. And while you at the Lehigh vs. Lafayette class presidents, Bill Ross Well it worked perfectly, but in he lives near to the tarpon hot game to be played in Yankee (chairman), Bob Bevan and Ira the morning all they could see spot of Boca Grande, he has yet Stadium in the Bronx. It appears Friedman. If anyone is interest- was 10 feet of water everywhere to land one. there will be at least 20 class- ed in standing for class office, for two days with the dumpsters Jane and Dr. Charlie Burg- mates at the game. Tom Bliss, i.e., president, vice president, floating by and boats everywhere. er are living the good life in with help from Bob Voccola, Reunion gift chair and corre- They lost two cars, but the boat Brewer, Maine, with Dr. Charlie has made arrangements for spondent, please contact Bill was in great shape. The whole still practicing internal medi- about 10 couples to meet for Ross at 610-525-5504. area was a mess but recovered, cine (no house calls). There was brunch before the game, and John Daniel is heading up except Mantoloking disappeared. a muted reference to the “R” Jack Kennedy plans to hold a gift-giving for this Reunion and I reminded him that it was really word, but nothing more. tailgate on Arthur Avenue in the will be in touch with all of you in dumb to ride out any hurricane. Ran into Stan Stoney at Bronx before the game. the near future. Gary’s Barber Shop was the LU-James Madison football On Oct. 16 there was a Bob Bevan mentioned the excited that the Bills got off to a game, along with Dan Bayer conference call of the class of EIWA championships will good start. and Jim Swenson. Must be 1960 Reunion committee with be held at Lehigh on March 6 Greakers to Bob Hartman either a sign of growing wisdom 13 members participating. and 7, 2015, and he will plan to memories and our new presi- or terminal temperance, as all They were Craig Anderson, coordinate a get-together for dent, John Simon. were swigging water, not Yuen- Pete Bayer, Bob Bevan, Tom classmates who attend. Bill Helfrich, 80 Southwick gling. Stan missed our 55th Bliss, John Cunningham, I received a nice email from Drive, Orchard Park, NY 14127. because of a cruise but claims John Daniel, Dave Eyer, Ira Jim Kadel, letting me know (716) 662-7927 (H); to have already signed on for Friedman, Jack Kennedy, he has uploaded a memory to [email protected] the 60th. Harry McNally, Sam Sadtler, the Lehigh website called “Still Dan and Jim are among the Bob Voccola and yours truly. Looking For You.” He has put in growing number of classmates Bill Ross, Bob McGovern, and photos from a lab project taken

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at Packard Lab. The website of nature. Knowing of Fred’s to Barnegat, N.J. performing at Carnegie Hall on ishttps://memories.lehigh.edu/ environmental interests, John John “Dutch” Van Deusen Friday before the game. Sue and node/1550. You might want to McGarry directed him to a enjoys a new sense of freedom, Bob Downing, Elaine and Jon check it out and also see what two-day climate change hearing having sold his elevator business Krupnick, Brenda and Buddy other classmates have posted. in Denver by the Environmental four years ago to his four senior Gitlin and Fritz Mueller were Have a great winter. Protection Agency, where Fred guys and 91 employees. He still in the audience. Fritz has never Williams E. Millsom, P.O. Box contributed his thoughts via a considers himself an “employ- missed a Lehigh-Lafayette game 3225, 54 Boardwalk, Groton videotaped interview. McGarry ee.” He, Lois, two daughters and since his freshman year at Le- Long Point, CT 06340. (860) is still semiactive in his law firm five grandchildren enjoy their high. That’s 56 straight games. 536-2926 (H), (860) 235-3618 in Grand Rapids, Mich. He and mountain home just west of Bob Downing, our class (C); [email protected] Kate do loads of traveling these Vail, Colo., for Christmas and president, received the James days, most recently to Germany. summer hiking. He wants us all Ward Packard Award at the I just completed an An email from James to know: “All is good in the Van annual Tower Society breakfast hourlong tele- Talbot reveals that he keeps Deusen world!!” last September. Tower Society ’61phone conversa- busy in his “semi-retirement,” Robert Paternoster, 448 president Mike Caruso ’67 tion with Fred Mummert, dis- working from his home in Bellflower Blvd. Suite 303, presented Bob with the award cussing the adventure of living Ambler, Pa., doing technical Long Beach, CA 90814. for his dedicated volunteerism and the changes in our outlook writing and publicity work [email protected] to the gift planning program. on life as we age. Yes, over the for small- and medium-sized Supporting Bob at the break- years Fred has become more companies. He also writes a My column dead- fast were Norman Strate and philosophical. As an engineer at quarterly article for Modern line comes just Russ Cramer, traveling from Lehigh, Fred believed that every Steel Construction on bridges ’62five weeks before Massachusetts, along with Lois problem had one best solution. that are 100 plus years old. He the classic 150th Lehigh-Lafay- and Palmer Zigmund, and As he studied law at Georgetown has four children and seven ette football game being played Bob Happ and Fritz Mueller. In University and practiced law in grandkids. at Yankee Stadium. The game an emotional speech, Down- government and business, he Roy Briggs called to tell was a historic occasion not only ing talked about his Lehigh realized that each interested me that the high school that he, for the two universities, but experience and the help and party had its own “right answer.” Toms Royal, and I attended in for all of college football, as the support he received from Lehigh He worked for the U.S. Treasury Trenton, N.J., was being torn Mountain Hawks and Leopards alumni when his father died in San Francisco and then joined down. “Kinda makes you feel old, met for the 150th time. No rival- in his freshman year. Caruso the legal staff of IBM. His long doesn’t it?” he pondered. Roy ry series in the nation has been remarked that Bob’s speech was stint with the computer giant is a lymphoma survivor. He has played more often. The first the best ever from an award found him living in New York always been an enthusiastic fan game was played in 1884. Many recipient. James Ward Packard City, Vienna (Austria), and fi- of Lehigh football and regrets of our classmates will never ranks among Lehigh’s finest nally Atlanta, where he met and that his present confinement forget the 97th game played engineering and industrialist married his present wife, Carol. to a wheelchair reduces his on Nov. 18, 1961. Lehigh won alumni. Packard Lab, home to Fred took an early retire- ability to attend games. He and 17-14 and Boyd Taylor was the the P.C. Rossin College of En- ment in 1993 (at age 54). He Gloria live in Middletown, Conn. MVP. Andy Larko ’63 came on to gineering and Applied Science, began working with nonprofit Belated thanks to Toms for his kick the decisive 20-yard field was completed in 1929 thanks agencies, primarily as a vol- 2013 Christmas card, picturing goal, the only one of his college to his $1.2 million gift. He was unteer. His work with Native him and Kathy with their 18 (!) career, with six seconds remain- awarded a posthumous honor- American tribes ignited a new grandchildren. The Royals enjoy ing. One week later, Lehigh ary doctor of engineering degree passion for philosophy. He their beachfront home in Bay would claim the Lambert Cup at graduation in June 1929. The felt that their philosophical Head, N.J. for the second time. This game Tower Society recognizes alum- approach to decision-making It is with sorrow that I was the final game as head coach ni and friends who have made would be beneficial to the report the deaths of Herman for the legendary Bill Leck- immediate and/or deferred gifts business world, and he helped Bensen and James Robertson. onby. Bob Downing and Ron of $10,000 or more in support of them market it to several major Herman left the U.S. Coast Johnson secured 52 tickets for Lehigh’s endowment. Approxi- companies. In 1999, he and Guard in 1965 to join United classmates at the sold-out 150th mately 40 classmates are Tower Carol moved to Centennial, Airlines as an engineer in the game. Others joined their living Society members. Colo. (part of the Denver metro San Francisco Maintenance groups for the weekend event. In my last two columns, I re- area), where he enjoys the great Base. He subsequently went into Eleanor and Phil Kinzel met ported on classmates who were outdoors and continues his government service, overseeing Ron and Chris, Gail and Pete killed or died as a result of serv- philosophical quest for truth contracts with Silicon Valley Braun and Don Young at a pre- ing in the Vietnam War. I also and meaning in life. businesses. James worked for game tailgate at the Johnsons’ reported on the efforts of several Fred remains an avid skier 30 years with the Prudential home in Randolph, N.J., and classmates in establishing the (despite two artificial knees!), company in Newark, N.J., retired then traveled to the game in a Vietnam Memorial Plaque hiker and bicycle rider. He as director of human resources, Hummer limousine. Ron was in- and an endowment fund. As of enjoys photography, particularly and moved with his wife, Sally, vited to join the Lehigh Chorus October 2014, contributions

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during a cricket match. “I was playing in the local cricket club as a pitcher. While we were batting, I was speaking to my teammates about whether a proposed new railway to our town would be of any use to us. We all agreed that our first preference would be an improved road link. “The president of our club was a local politi- cian, and I soon found myself making a presentation to the political local system. I had to do a crash course on roads. A few months later, the national road research organization (ARRB) was looking for a new chief executive. I got the job and have never looked back.” Lay served as executive director of the ARRB from 1975 to 1988 and, according to the IEAust citation, “provided the leadership to build the organization into one of the world’s leading traffic and research organizations.” Lay later served as director of quality and technical services for VicRoads, where he introduced quality management into the road authority for the state of Victoria, and as director of major road projects for A Bridge To The Past the state. In 1996, he joined SKM consulting engineers as Maxwell Lay ‘64 Ph.D., a versatile Australian, is also fascinated independent reviewer for the Melbourne CityLink with steel-making and highway engineering. project, a network of toll roads in Australia’s second-most-populous city that took four years to build and was more than eight times larger than any previous road-construction project in the city. Maxwell Lay ’64 Ph.D. recently won one of the world’s top engi- In his career, Lay developed a passion for dis- neering honors for his achievements in the welding of steel struc- seminating information on roads and transport. tures, the design of highway infrastructure, and the maintenance He wrote half a dozen books on the topic, including of heritage roads. History of Australian Roads, Melbourne Miles and, Lay, who earned a doctorate in civil engineering, received the Peter most recently, Strange Ways, which he calls “a book Nicol Russell Memorial Medal from the Institution of Engineers Aus- of whimsy about roads.” tralia (IEAust). He was cited as an “eminent expert in structural engi- Heritage roads, says Lay, “contain relatively Maxwell Lay, an neering, road and transport engineering, and information technology.” unique physical reminders of past times.” One ex- acclaimed cham- The Russell Medal, the most prestigious honor given by IEAust, ample is the Great Ocean Road, which stretches pion of heritage roads and bridges, was established in 1923 and named for Sir Peter Nicol Russell (1816- 151 miles along Australia’s southeastern coast. The recently inspected 1905), an industrialist and philanthropist. IEAust represents all en- road was built between 1919 and 1932 by veterans this timber span at the old mining gineering disciplines and has more than 100,000 members. of World War I and was dedicated to soldiers killed town of Noojee Lay, the author of six books and more than 760 journal articles, during that war. in the Australian completed bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Melbourne Univer- “The heritage value of roads is enormous,” Lay state of Victoria. sity before enrolling at Lehigh. Under the guidance of Professor says. “America has done some great work in this area. Ted Galambos, he wrote his Ph.D. thesis on “The static load-de- As Australia is a relatively new country [my home- formation behavior of planar steel structures.” Another professor town of Melbourne was only founded in 1837], we who influenced him, he says, was Alex Ostapenko, now a professor don’t have many heritage roads but we do look after emeritus of structural engineering. those that we have.” “At the time,” Lay recounted several years ago, “Fritz Lab in the Not surprisingly, Lay is an avid motorist. A long- department of civil engineering had a world-renowned research time Volvo driver, he has logged countless miles in group working on new methods to design steel structures. I had read Australia, the United States, Europe and Canada. His some of their published work and it seemed closely aligned to what favorite drive is the jaunt from Healesville to Marys- I wanted to do. The only other similar research group in the world ville, which traverses a dense forest of eucalyptus was at Cambridge, England, and I felt I had more to learn in the U.S.” trees just north of Melbourne. After completing his Ph.D., Lay worked for BHP, a steelmaking Lay’s many other honors include the Centenary company in Australia, where, according to his IEAust citation, he Medal, which he was awarded in 2003 by Australian became an expert in the effects of welding on steel structures. Prime Minister John Howard. His segue from steelmaking to highway engineering began — Kurt Pfitzer

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to the Class of 1962 Vietnam cies. John wrote extensively for selling books, investment Dave Salerno graduated Memorial Endowed Scholarship scientific journals and proceed- newsletters and consultation with an industrial engineering Fund were $294,352 with over ings, authored a dozen books and services to help resolve my degree but moved quickly into 50 contributors. a similar number of software concerns. He ran through a finance. After getting an M.B.A. Your columnist attended packages, directed about 200 list of states where he lived from Stanford, Dave joined his 60th Livingston School management/planning work- (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ingersoll Rand, then moved to Grammar School reunion shops, and gave presentations in Massachusetts, California, the National Life Insurance Co. last October in Union, N.J. over 20 countries. Twice he was Texas, Georgia and spots along and the Chase Manhattan Bank Among the returnees were Bill a visiting professor in Australia, the way) and another list before joining Massachusetts Schoner of Connecticut and twice an NSF exchange scientist where tax advantages exist for Mutual Life Insurance in 1975. Bob Wittemann of Bell Mead, in India, a visiting professor at retirees. He even sent some He retired as vice president N.J. Our other classmate Grant the University of Sao Paulo, and articles from Kipplinger’s to and managing director of Anderson of Concord, Mass., a distinguished visiting profes- help my analysis. In his heart, MassMutual’s Concert Capital could not join us as he had a sor at the Universiti Teknologi Bill still loves Seattle for its Management. He then spent five rehearsal with the Concord Malaysia. John published a jazz, seafood, corporate offices, more years working with Doug Orchestra, for which he is first study (2009) on ”mapping the geographical location, sunshine, Lane ’67 before retiring for good clarinetist. public administration genome.” Asian citizens and sailing in 2000. Dave and Julie have a If my column appears a Currently, he is working on a opportunities. He plans to live home in North Chatham, Mass., little short this time, it’s in part book, tentatively called “Super- in Seattle permanently within and a winter place in Venice, Fla. because your columnist is re- numerary Intelligence (SI): A the next year or so. Since Bill They have two kids: a son with covering from carpal tunnel sur- New Approach to Analytics estimates he is entering his peak two young grandchildren in gery. The surgeon says recovery for Managers.” earning years, he will probably Alexandria, Va., and a daughter is a few days, but the physical Another busy classmate is not sell off his advisory firm in Boston. Dave plans to join a therapist says four to five weeks Myron V. Slobin. Still selling for another five years. Hence, large gathering of Theta Delts is normal. Unfortunately, the insurance, Myron remains any state with no income tax for the 150th Lehigh- Lafayette therapist is right. Typing with an executive in the financial interests him, but one where he Game in New York this fall. one hand is a bit of a challenge. services industry. He contin- spent 25 professional years or Tim Mock also graduated Philip J. Kinzel, 11 Cleveland ues as an executive recruiter so (Washington) still calls with a with an industrial engineering Road, Caldwell, NJ 07006. (973) (head-hunter) for midwestern siren’s voice. degree and moved into manage- 226-8618 (H), 973-226-1430 (B), manufacturing companies. Anthony M. Mazzucca, a ment and finance. Tim began (973) 226-1432 (Fax); Myron became a grandfather in commercial broker for 30 years, a 39-year career with Alcoa at [email protected] 2011, and, again, in 2012. In 2011 helps clients purchase, develop their Cleveland Works in 1964 Myron became a messianic rab- and lease shopping centers, as an industrial engineer. In Apologies to bi and leads the Siouxland Inter- apartment complexes, and office 10 years, he became its chief everyone men- national Messianic Fellowship. parks from New York to Florida. engineer and in 1978 transferred ’63tioned in this He speaks at messianic events, Tony specializes in analyzing to Alcoa’s Massena operation column. You waited while I as well as at churches, here and real estate deals to find the as controller. He spent the next worked through a stack of mail abroad. As a goodwill gesture right use and development of 25 years bouncing between devoured by three previous and in atonement for an altar commercial property and the Massena, Pittsburgh, and Milan, columns. I wish I could move cloth damaged by his congrega- marketing of all investment Italy. He served as the controller faster or fill a fourth column (JK tion while using a local church, properties. With over 500 con- of the Pittsburgh Flat-Rolled ;-) ). The good side?—a lot more Myron donated the prayer shawl nections via LinkedIn, Colum- Products Division, president of of you are writing. (tallit) he received to commem- bia MBA., and varied leadership Alcoa’s Wire, Rod, and Bar busi- John W. Dickey, profes- orate his bar mitzvah in 1955. He backgrounds, he should be on ness, and ran the Massena and sor emeritus at Virginia Tech, takes his messianic fellowship everyone’s contact list. Daniel Milan operations. In 1999, he be- continues research and outreach seriously. By the time you read Turse, 25517 Briarwyke Drive, came corporate vice president, activities through academic this, Myron will have returned Farmington Hills, MI 48336- business support services, and appointments in the Center for from Brazil as a speaker, helped 1656. (248) 473-9287(H); daniel- comptroller. He retired in 2003. Public Administration and Poli- establish messianic fellowships [email protected] Tim lost his first wife, Kris- cy and in the Department of Ur- in Kenya, Tanzania, and the U.S., tina, to cancer a few years ago. ban Affairs and Planning. John and collaborated in the writing To follow up on Tim and Kristina had three took his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil of a book with the working title: our Reunion sons (one of whom went to engineering at Northwestern “Finding the Job You’ll Love!” ’64conversations, Lehigh) and six grandchildren. before joining Virginia Tech in the details of which had slipped Tim has remarried. Cindy has 1966. He is president of IdeaPlex Bless William E. my mind, I called Dave Salerno, two daughters and four grand- Inc., former CEO of Logos Soft- Donoghue for writing after Dave Lyons, and Tim Mock to children. Between them they ware Inc., and a worker in over realizing I was looking for a get an update. The three made have 10 grandchildren, none 30 countries worldwide with a place with gentler winters. a Theta Delta Chi trio who of whom lives nearby, so they variety of firms and public agen- Bill took time from his best- returned for our 50th. spend lots of time traveling. Tim

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still lives in Pittsburgh, but like saw their names in my last col- are designing their own home, they have six super grandchil- his fraternity brothers and many umn and on Rick Penske’s letter and Gene hopes there will be dren. Paul Prutzman worked of our classmates, winters on back in October. This group is some part-time ministerial 34 years at Air Products and 19 Florida’s west coast. He enjoys the backbone to the success of work available for an ol’ pastor. years as a ski shop owner. Family golfing, travel and, with Cindy, our 50th Reunion. Richard Horstmann is retired and friends keep him anchored the “arts.” Our Reunion weekend from Thomson, Horstmann, in eastern Pennsylvania, but he Dave Lyons earned his begins on Friday evening with & Bryant, an institutional has a true love for Utah skiing. degree in mechanical engineer- the university president’s re- investment manager. He lives They bought a house in Park ing and stayed with it. He joined ception for our class, followed in Naples, Fla., and spends the City last year and spend about Corning Glass after officer by an evening dinner at Saucon summer on Long Island. Ted three months out West – making training school and served four Valley Country Club. Saturday Kennedy, retired from IBM, him happy to get more than 50 years in Navy civil engineering, includes the infamous parade lives in Boulder, Colo. He loves days of skiing in a season. He including a tour at Vietnam’s (relax – we will make it easy to travel, recently returning says “the 4,200 mile roundtrip Mekong Delta Airbase. He and enjoyable to participate) from Hungary and the Czech drive in his Audi is not as bad used his G.I. benefits to get an and our Saturday night dinner Republic. Ron Lauver lives as it sounds.” Paul has just re- MBA at Columbia. Dave ran will be at Mountaintop. We are in Tallahassee. He is retired covered from his second rotator a half dozen or more Corning working on a Sunday activity, from the Florida Department cuff surgery, the consequence plants in the United States yet to be determined, for those of Education, where he was in of a stupid race decision, but before retiring as corporate vice staying over for the Monday charge of computer systems. expects a full return to tennis president for environmental en- commencement ceremony, Tom Komline retired a few and skiing. gineering and facilities in 2003. which we will attend, partici- years ago from Komline-Sand- (Henry) Steve Sharp is He booked lots of air miles pate in related activities, and erson Engineering Corp. still somewhat fitfully retired visiting Corning plants around march in robes, along with Previously, he was president in Dallas. He and his eldest the world. Dave’s first wife, the class of 2015 (our adopted of Townley Laboratories in daughter, Karyn Sharp, have Joanne, passed away shortly class). Plainfield, N.J. Tom has three written a book titled “Hunting after he retired. He remarried So plan on attending the Re- children and five great grand- Caribou: Subsistence Hunting in 2008. He and Jeanne have union, have a good time, make a children. Son Brian is one of Along the Northern Edge of the three children each and a total gift and stay over for the class of the top amateur golfers in New Boreal Forest.” His fifth book, it of 14 grandchildren. They split 2015 commencement. Jersey. Tom graduated with a is due out in spring 2015 by the their time between homes is You will continue to receive reserve commission in the U.S. University of Nebraska Press. Beale, Md., Wellesley, Mass., detailed information as we Army and spent one year in Book four, “Loon: Memory, and Naples, Fla. Dave was happy approach May 14-17, 2015. We Vietnam as a platoon leader in Meaning, and Realty,” won to re-establish contact with Bill will be working on a special military intelligence with the the Victor Turner Prize for Low at the Reunion. He and yearbook for the event, and you 25th Infantry Division. He now Ethnographic Writing. Carl Jeanne had just returned from should have each been asked by lives in a retirement community Thieme created the Cambridge lunching with Bill and Nancy now to provide a brief biogra- in Easton and spends time in Research Institute and retired when we spoke in September. phy online of your life since activities with family, playing as its president and CEO. He David A. Riemondy, 774 Mali- graduation. Feel free to call me duplicate bridge, and per- currently lives in Marco Island bu Lane, Indialantic, FL 32903. if you have any questions about forming volunteer work. Ray and New Hampshire and loves (321) 777-9659 (H), (321) 288- the yearbook. Letterman retired from Syra- boating, fishing and loons. In 2476 (C), (321) 777-4852 (Fax); Ronald L. Workman, 1981 cuse University as head of the 2008 Harry Knecht retired [email protected] Berrel Court, Yardley, PA industrial engineering depart- from Honeywell after 28 years 19067-7225. (215) 702-7041 (H); ment. Ray’s wife also taught at as an electrical engineer, and This is an update [email protected] Syracuse, and they have one son. his wife, Bobbi, retired from on the highlights They live in the Adirondacks in St. Christopher’s Hospital for ’65of our 50th In the last the summer and travel here and Children in Philadelphia after Reunion efforts. column, I noted there the rest of the time. They 25 years as a nursing supervisor. Our Reunion planning ’66that the brothers have a quest to visit presidential Since all three of their children committee includes our class of Delta Chi had gotten together libraries, having visited the ones had moved to Florida, they de- officers, Jim Miller and Joe for a golf outing. Now, through on the coasts, and now are trying cided to do the same and landed Walton. Key leaders for our the good efforts ofTom Luss, to reach those in Texas and the in St. Augustine. Bobbi likes to Reunion planning include I can give you some updated Midwest. play cards with neighbors and Rein Mannik for the Reunion information. Gene Haug lives Tom Luss retired from take occasional casino trips, and events and Rick Penske for in southern Illinois and enjoys a financial planning, insur- Harry likes to play golf and pur- our Reunion gift. his second career as a Methodist ance sales and estate planning sue his model railroad hobby. We are fortunate to have a minister. He and his wife, Libby, business in Southampton, N.Y. Our 50th Class Reunion group of 30 dedicated Reunion recently purchased retirement Tom’s wife, Sandra, is a graduate is rapidly approaching – the committee members who serve property in the North Carolina of Cedar Crest College. Tom weekend of May 20-23, 2016. as their living group leaders. You mountains Lake Lure area. They reports, in an unbiased way, that Plan your calendar/trips

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for a triumphant return to Hall the evening before the A. Raymond and relaxing so far). I have time Bethlehem. Contact Harry game. Since the game is sold Schmalz, 325 to enjoy my 40-foot sailboat Brown at 856-437-6311 or out, we hope to see a lot of our ’69Lowell Ave., Mill docked in Baltimore Harbor, [email protected] classmates and Lehigh friends. Valley, CA 94941-3845. (415) thanks to freshman roommate, with ideas or to volunteer your We are also attending the Le- 388-3263 (H), (415) 317-0923 Ruhl Heffner, introducing me help. Check our Facebook page high-Georgetown football game (C); [email protected] to sailing.” Another 1st-time at Lehigh University Centennial on Nov. 1. submitter, Ed Galda: “I retired Class Reunion. Go Lehigh!!! May 14-16: our in 2013 from The Composites James A. Tiefenbrunn, 1201 Eric Hamilton, 24982 Mineral 45th Reunion. Group, North Kingsville, Ohio. Butztown Road, #31, Bethlehem, Springs Circle, Stone Ridge, VA ’70(Barefoot & I had been in the USAF, then PA 18017. (610) 691-1714(H); 20105-5613. (703) 542-6071 (H); Alexander, two of my freshman The Esab Group in Ashtabula, [email protected] [email protected] dorm-mates). From Scott Ohio, using my Met. and Mat. Alexander: “Most of my career Sci. degrees with both. At Esab, In July, I heard The annual was with General Electric in it was welding consumables; from Alex and flag ceremony a multitude of locations here TCG, fiberglass reinforced com- ’67Karen Tamerler, ’68occurred, where and abroad, the final three posites. Wife Linda (a former telling us about the wedding of the incoming freshman class is years spent with Verizon in LU development staffer) says their daughter, Lauren. adopted into the Lehigh com- NYC. Lucky enough to have I followed the advice to Dustin Lauren married Scott munity by the class whose 50th been retired since 1998, very Hoffman in ‘The Graduate’ by Dietrich on May 25 in Packer Reunion will be in four years. much enjoying life with wife abandoning metals for ‘plastics.’ Memorial Church. The Rev. Dr. Some of you might remember Lois in rural Sweet Valley, Pa.” The last 13 years I ran purchas- Lloyd Steffen officiated. After our “smoker” with the corn- (ed.note: Scott stole my IM ing and bought things that made the ceremony, the bride and cob pipes and lousy tobacco. wrestling weight class of 150.) me wish I paid more attention groom were photographed at Coach Steckbeck led our class From Gary Barefoot: “Diane to organic chemistry. We own a various spots on the beautiful by enthusiastically singing the and I are continuing post-retire- home in The Vineyards outside Asa Packer Campus, including alma mater slightly off key. This ment prison ministry in Latin Charlotte and hope to meet the Tamerler Courtyard. event represents the passing of America. We’ve recently been to other grads. We’ll move there Lauren graduated sum- the torch to new members of the Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico after selling our house in ‘the ma cum laude in three years Lehigh community. They are and Honduras, plus our U.S. snow belt.’ If you don’t know the from Drew University and is responsible for improving the work. We help train volun- phrase, best finding out before employed as an associate with status of Lehigh, thus making teers to conduct Bible studies moving to one (great if you like JP Morgan Chase in Manhat- our degrees more valuable. Doug and establish churches inside five months of winter).” Former tan. Scott, a graduate of Boston Breen, our class president, each prison. It appears we’ll be Cleveland club president Dick University, is a physics Ph.D. welcomed the incoming class, somewhere in the Dominican Reppert fired off a friendly candidate at City University of and Rob Kaufman presented Republic and may miss our email, except for a ‘shout-out’ New York, where he received the flag to Kaitlyn Emory ‘18. 45th. I recently convinced Paul to “classmate Jeff Parks, who the AAPT Outstanding Physics Kaitlyn, representing her class, is “Punky” White to try a Rich- retires this year from found- Teaching Assistant award. a five-time Lehigh legacy. Other ards 1A & 1B reunion.” First- ing roles with Musikfest and Lauren and Scott were members of our class attending time contributor John Cantlin ArtsQuest activities. He has joined for cocktails, dinner and the celebration were Richard offers: “I earned a Columbia U. transformed historic Bethlehem dancing by their families and Gibbs, George Klacik and Bob M.B.A. before a short stint in and deserves one helluva lot friends at Historic Hotel Bethle- Davenport. the Air Force, then worked for of credit.” Quick research con- hem. The hotel looked beautiful, In other notes, at this several manufacturers, involv- firms this: “founded in 1984 by the food was outstanding and writing, tickets for the sold-out ing numerous moves. In Cedar ArtsQuest, a community-based the service impeccable. The 150th Lehigh-Lafayette football Rapids, I met Jean Marzen, my nonprofit, the first Musikfest owners of Hotel Bethlehem game at Yankee Stadium are on wife of 30-plus years; we live in featured 295 performances on include Bruce Haines, Bill the secondary market for up to Baltimore and plan to stay. Now six stages, attracting more than Trotter and Harvey York, who $1,400 each. Incredibly, a pair of empty-nesters, daughter Lauren 180,000 people. The event grew are members of the class of ’67. tickets is more than our yearly just graduated from Delaware, into one of the nation’s largest, Alex and Karen’s son, Kevin, tuition in the ’60s. Paige from Johns Hopkins most diverse music festivals, will attend Cornell Law School. This is your column. If you five years ago, both doing well with 500-plus shows on 14 Alex continues to serve on the have retired, moved or have any nearby. After eight years as CEO, stages over 10 days. Attendance Zoellner gala committee. other news, please let me know I recently retired from Lifoam, peaked around one million, D’Arcy Roper and I plan to for publication in the next issue. an independent EPS molding supported by 2,000 volunteers attend the 150th Lehigh-Lafay- Hope you are all in good health. company with eight locations annually and 125 corporate ette game at Yankee Stadium, Dick Bell, 2016 Redwood Avenue, nationally. It was sold to a $6 partners, still the largest free along with our wives. We will Wyomissing PA 19610, rtbell68@ billion consumer products music festival in the nation.” also attend the Lehigh choral hotmail.com company in time for my retire- (Ed.note: I’m a proud former arts presentation at Carnegie ment (unsure about that – fun beer service volunteer, using my

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copious Hill skills). From Joe tion such as this. Curious minds will have to reach out to the Schulter: “Got together with ALUMNI Bob Benner, whose wife, Mary, participants. John retired from We have the fit for YOU! TRAVEL operates a ‘wellness’ business ExxonMobil two years ago and PROGRAM in Emmaus. Bob and I were also is now a consultant specializing high school classmates. I’m rein upstream oil and gas projects. From professional networks to personal tired two years (from PPL, after He is eminently qualified after passions, Lehigh Alumni Affinity Programs leaving Air Products in ’97) and project assignments in Houston, busy with volunteer activities, Norway, Moscow, Sakhalin bring together Lehigh alumni with grandkids, jogging and fly-fish- Islands (Russia), Indonesia, shared interests. ing. Still living in Allentown Kazakhstan and Newfoundland. with Judie, wife of 44 years. I John and his wife, Judi, now attend most home football and split their time between their wrestling events.” home in Northern Virginia and a Denny Diehl, address: 28 Chan- condo in Fort Lauderdale. more than cery Court, Millville, NJ 08332. Jeff Hewitt retired four Email: [email protected] Ph: years ago after almost 25 years 610-698-7136 in the human resources department at Dominion Resources 5,000 Gary Snyder Services in Richmond, Va. In wrote me that 10 August 2010, Jeff formed JH members ’71of our classmates Hewitt Consulting, which spe- from Phi Kappa Theta held cializes in employee benefits. their first reunion in 43 years Jeff was awarded fellowship at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, status in the International Va. Bill Girvin was the only Society of Certified Employee one who was unable to attend Benefit Specialists in July 2012. Travel with Lehigh in 2015! due to family commitments. Wally Parker was the Join an Alumni Affinity program today! Fantastic turnout. Perhaps president of KeySpan Corp. until mylehigh.lehigh.edu/travel this was a dry run for either its acquisition by National Grid mylehigh.lehigh.edu/affinity our 45th or 50th. Gary was USA in 2006. KeySpan was the president of Commonsense creation of the merger of Brook- Management in Ridgefield, lyn Union Gas Company and the Wyomissing, Pa.-based www.wfadvisors.com/samuel. Conn., but now calls Celebra- Long Island Lighting Company. diversified provider of dugan Check out https://weiden- tion, Fla., home, where he is If memory serves, Wally hails technology solutions in 1978. hammer.box.com/PhiKap1971 engaged in various consulting from Paramus, N.J. He is now It has grown to seven locations projects. He’s been married to the president of WPP Jr LLC, an in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Creative. Sensi- the former Muffy Werner for 41 independent management con- Colorado, and Arizona, as tive. Expressive. years, and their three daugh- sulting professional. I think we’re well as an international client ’72Artist. James L. ters live in New York, Florida seeing a trend here. Too young to base. John is married with Sherwin? I can’t really recall and Arkansas. Gary relates retire and itching to hang out the one step-daughter and two a classmate with that name. that he discovered three great consultant shingle. grandchildren. John and his But Lanny Sherwin was an things at this reunion: They’re Steve Ogaard claims to wife have a home in Vero Beach, English major, a Gryphon and a all alive, all of them have, in be the class vagabond, having Fla., that they try to get to talented photographer when we their own way, led interesting relocated 12 times in his 43 years monthly throughout the year. attended Lehigh. On occasion, and successful lives, and they in the insurance business. He Others in attendance you might have been able to all treasure their memories just recently “hung up his spikes” included Mike Behringer, hear him strumming a guitar of Lehigh and Phi Kappa as chief underwriting officer for Stu Lopes, Pat Moonan, and singing, too. He returned Theta. Looking back, our time international business at Zurich John Weatrick and Andy to Ohio’s Cuyahoga County at Lehigh was the end of an Insurance and has relocated for Kish. Check out https:// and became a photojournalist era. Lehigh, like many other what he claims will be the last weidenhammer.box.com/ for the Chagrin Valley Times. schools, went coed the semes- time - New Jersey to Bethlehem, PhiKap1971 for photos of the After a couple of years there, he ter after we graduated and the where he plans to stay. group. moved to the Naples, Fla., area, taproom at the fraternity house Weidenhammer Systems Samuel R. Dugan, 143 Pinecrest where he became president no longer exists. Corp. president and chief Lane, Lansdale PA 19446. (215) of Gulf Shore Publishing, and John Bordeaux arranged executive officerJohn 368-1895 (H), (800) 666-2671 managed that award-winning this reunion. I’m told that most Weidenhammer writes that (B), (215) 348-7035 (Fax); sam- magazine-publishing and of the reminiscing and storytell- he’s still working and has no uel.dugan@wellsfargoadvisors. graphics firm until 1986. He ing is not fit to print in a publica- plans to stop. John founded com or [email protected]; even served as president of the

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Florida Magazine Association. added a Lehigh MBA in finance Kansas about 35 years ago, and it’s a fascinating business.” Throughout, his involve- and has spent a career in a we worked together in informa- From Casey Heeg: “I’m still ment in music continued. fascinating variety of IT roles. tion systems at Mutual Benefit designing space missions for Eventually, the lure of Nashville Most of those have involved Life, or Fortis Benefits Insur- JPL, trying to keep up with my offered Lanny the possibility specialized applications related ance, in Kansas City for 20 years. two daughters, and occasionally of combining his instrumental, to the logistics and transpor- Steve also retired in 2013.” hearing from some of my Lehigh vocal and writing skills, so off he tation industry. He did a stint From Gary Falasca: “I cele- cohorts (Jim Franke ‘72, John went for several years of what with Microsoft but has usually brated my 25th year at Lehigh as Briggs ‘72, Hank Cardello, and he has described as “banging his been an independent software the director of facilities services Curt Bayer ‘75).” head against the walls of Music vendor, creating and marketing last September. Planning on From Doug Hampson: I still Row.” His son, Alec, was born in his own sophisticated niche staying around a few more years travel up to Lehigh quite often 1997, and Lanny’s development applications. before my wife Joan and I follow from our home in Bucks County, as a songwriter was profoundly Reeve holds every important the sun to the horizon.” Pa., as I have season wrestling altered. He began creating alter- certification possible in the soft- John Kreider and wife tickets with some Lehigh natives to the children’s music ware development business. He Bobbin live on a 26-acre horse friends, and also to watch foot- of that time, and established his is valued as a mentor and team farm in Maryland, where ball games. My wife Kathy and I own recording label, Sandman facilitator of Agile and Lean Bobbin is active in equestrian sometimes go to cultural events Records, in 2001 (www.sand- principles for software quality to competition. John wrote: “After at Zoellner Arts Center.” manrecords.com). Their motto: minimize risk, enhance project Lehigh, I went to a joint pro- Bill Whitney and wife “Don’t Drive Parents Crazy!” success and increase return on gram in ocean engineering at Laura are “still in Arlington, He and Holly and Alec are now investment across the enter- MIT and Woods Hole Oceano- Mass., where we’ve lived since living in Santa Barbara, Calif. prise. He also holds an Amateur graphic Institution. I’m working we moved up here from Penn- Lanny has received more Radio Extra Class license, which at Oceaneering International sylvania in 1985 so I could go to than 50 music awards from supports what he refers to as his as the senior vice president of Harvard Divinity School to earn organizations such as Parents’ “peripheral interest” in UAVs. advanced technologies. I have my Th.D. in Hebrew Bible (in Choice, Teacher’s Choice and We would be most likely to refer five divisions, which do mission 1992).” Bill is a leading scholar in the Children’s Music Web. to them as “drones,” but those critical systems for a variety this field and the author of nu- Performances in children’s who are designing and deploying of industries – the U.S. Navy, merous books, including: “Two hospitals are a regular devotion, them prefer to call them Un- NASA, entertainment and au- Strange Beasts: Leviathan and as are songwriting clinics or manned (or Unpiloted) Aerial tomated guided vehicles. As ex- Behemoth in Second Temple “residencies” in elementary Vehicles. Certainly, even we can amples, we have subsea systems and Early Rabbinic Judaism,” schools. Somehow, he has also comprehend the natural logic of which go as deep as 25,000 feet “Creation and Chaos in the juggled ongoing side jobs as a their potential in logistics and – we have been to the Titanic Primeval Era and the Eschaton: copy editor for OrigamiUSA and transportation. four times, the Bismarck, found A Religio-Historical Study of songwriter for the Songs of Love Charles S. “Chuck” Steele, HMS Hood, recovered a helo Genesis 1 and Revelation 12,” Foundation, a “nonprofit orga- 2080 Flint Hill Road, from 17,000 feet, recovered Gus and his latest, “A Goy’s Guide to nization dedicated to providing Coopersburg, PA 18036. Grissom’s capsule from 16,000 the Midrashim (working title).” personalized songs for children (610) 737-2156 (M); feet, and recovered the Confed- From Rich Davenport: “I and teens currently facing tough [email protected] erate submarine Hunley. We retired from the U.S. Air Force medical, physical or emotional are one of only three companies in 2000 as a full colonel. I then challenges, free of charge.” Sorry to have certified by the U.S. Navy to do taught A.F. Junior ROTC for 12 Perhaps the most divergent missed the last SUBSAFE work on nuclear sub- years at Taunton High School tack taken in recent years is ’73edition of the Bul- marines, and we also work on in Taunton, Mass. I retired Lanny’s expansion of his skill letin (too much gallivanting in the deep submergence systems again in 2012, and we enjoy set as a fine artist. From pencil retirement), and I nearly missed that enable our special forces to traveling and visiting our two sketches to caricatures to acryl- this one. Here are some more do missions off of submarines. boys. We took a trip to Hawaii ics on canvas, his personal styles items from the backlog I created For NASA, we are designing the in 2013, and we visited Ireland have evolved and have been when I used the MyLehigh email next-generation spacesuit. For and Scotland in April.” rewarded, too. You need to see blast earlier in the year. theme parks, we do automated Celeste Varricchio and examples; you can do so at www. Mike Dowse is enjoying equipment for attractions, such Mosaic Dance Theater Com- lannysherwin.com. retirement in Hilltown, Bucks as Jaws, Transformers and pany, of which she is producing Another ’72 English major County. He was expecting 10 the Antarctica attraction for artistic director, were honored is one of Lanny’s LinkedIn con- of his 11 Sig Ep classmates to SeaWorld. Our fifth division is last year with the SUNSHINE nections: E. Reeve Fritchman gather at Lehigh in May for the headquartered in the Neth- Award, a program that rec- Jr. (He doesn’t go by his first fraternity’s annual reunion. erlands and does automated ognizes and honors talented name, either.) Reeve is also on From Jim Nicholson: “I guided vehicles for industrial exponents of the performing the West Coast now, on Bain- have been in Kansas for 30-plus and warehouse applications in arts, sports and education of bridge Island, which is across years, and I have recently re- the consumer, food, metals, and the various Caribbean, South Puget Sound from Seattle. He tired. Steve Bast transferred to auto industries. As you can tell, American and African countries.

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PROFILE Bruce Boyer ’66G

The Word Tailor For five decades G. Bruce Boyer ’66 M.A. has been writing about menswear with passion, panache and a panoramic sense of history.

G. Bruce Boyer ’66 M.A. discovered early that good clothes can make from oil companies threatened the making of Harris Tweed, one of good armor. Tired of being bullied by bigger boys, the teen launched a the last clothing materials made by hand. campaign to command their respect by wearing an adult outfit—but- Some of Boyer’s T&C pieces reappeared in his 1985 book Ele- ton-down shirt, tie, Harris Tweed jacket—to special school events. gance. It served as a bible for Patricia Mears, deputy director of the Accessorized with a smart sense of humor, the grownup getup earned museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan, as she him admiration and attention. Enemies not only became allies, they organized the 2012-13 show “Ivy Style: Radical Conformists.” became followers. They modeled their sock-hop ensembles after his, Boyer insists that clothing can be both uniform and costume, ex- making him the style leader of his own gang. clusive and inclusive. “I’m not saying that a distinctive sense of style Boyer is still leading a style dance, this time as an influential au- is all-important; it would be much better if we could look into each thority on menswear. For five decades, the Bethlehem resident has other’s souls. Having good taste in clothes is just like having good been writing snappy, sensible, subtly scholarly stories about Harris manners, or being able to speak clearly and effectively. It’s just one of Tweed and madras, tassel loafers and tie bars, designers and tailors. the tools you ought to have in your toolbox.” He’s served as a fashion expert for prominent magazines (Esquire, — Geoff Gehman ’89 M.A. GQ) and a prominent columnist for fashionable blogs (Mr. Porter, Ivy-Style). In the latest of his five books, Gary Cooper: Enduring Style, he portrays the rugged movie cowboy as a sophisticated clothes horse who wore off-screen tuxedos and Mexican festival shirts with “uncontrived conviction.” Boyer writes with an easy élan. A good tailor, he’s observed, will measure “a variety of points on your body that you never thought had anything to do with each other.” He’ll highlight strengths and hide flaws— that “neck like a corkscrew,” that back “like a dowager’s hump.” He’s “part psychologist, part cosmetic surgeon.” Boyer grew up in Allentown, the only child of a di- vorced mother with strong ideas about style. He resisted her attempts to make him wear shorts, arguing that pants made him appear more mature. At 12 he was going to men’s stores by himself; at 16 he was working in them. He picked up tips by watching films starring Clark Gable, Cary Grant and other sartorial stars. While studying for a master’s in English at Lehigh, Boyer met students whose flower-power outfits seemed soaked in rancid yak butter. He saw the same putrid tie- dyed shirts and bell bottoms while teaching English literature at Moravian College and DeSales University. No wonder, then, that he considers men’s fashions in the early ’70s a forgettable no man’s land. In 1973 Boyer combined his love of good clothes and good words. That year he wrote an article about the newly dead Duke of Windsor, who remained a style monarch long after abdicating the British throne. He submitted his profile toTown & Country magazine, a social manual for the upper-crust crowd. Frank Zachary, T&C’s editor-in-chief, was so impressed he hired Boyer to write an article on clothing every other issue. Over the next 15 years Boyer served as a T&C fashion editor. He interviewed top tailors in England and new shoe-making stars in Italy. He spent 18 days in the Outer Hebrides chronicling how the lure of better pay

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(Celeste also has led the class my basement in 1984 celebrated Chris Fowler and Kirk Herb- There is still time to sign up of 1973 Reunion Dance Troupe its 30th anniversary this year. street at prior games covered by for the weekend. New events to a number of lofty awards in My wife, Marlene, and I still live College Gameday. A coinci- are planned for this Reunion. Lehigh’s quinquennial Reunion in Brewster, N.Y., and will cele- dence? I think not! It’s all very Trust me. You will recognize parade.) brate our 40th anniversary next finely planned by Lehigh U – and Lehigh, but a lot has changed David J. Morrison, 936 N. Sec- year. Our oldest child, Kristen guess who the banner wavers during these 40 years. Lehigh has ond St., Harrisburg, PA 17102. (Lehigh ’03), lives with her part- are at LSU this Saturday? Yup, partnered with the Bethlehem (717) 574-5370 (H), (717)780- ner and their triplet children five broken-down former Lehigh and Lehigh Valley communi- 2657 (B); [email protected] in Indianapolis. My daughter football players!! Tune in to ties to create resources for the Allison and her husband live College Gameday at 9 a.m. on students, alumni and our South One of the class- in Cambridge, Mass., 2 miles Saturday and see us in action.” Side neighbors. We will benefit mates I talked to from my youngest daughter, I did, and I saw them. Great from the partnership by partic- ’74 at our Reunion last Kathryn. My son, Michael, lives job, guys. ipating in some of these unique spring was Mike Actis-Grande, in Nashville, Tenn., and recently William R. White Jr., 5418 activities. former WLRN sports broadcast- received his master’s in divinity Holiday Drive, Allentown, PA We are happy to announce er and Brown and White sports from Vanderbilt. He’s currently 18104. [email protected] that Steve Folsom has agreed to writer extraordinaire. at home, though, on the staff of be our class’s technology officer. Like several people I spoke our local congressman, working At the time of Steve resides in the United with at Reunion, Mike promised to get him re-elected. this writing, the Kingdom and works in the elec- to email me with a more com- Like a lot of us, it seems ’75150th Lehigh-La- tronic data systems field. He has plete account of his activities so I’m working longer hours to fayette rivalry game at Yankee been our unofficial technology I wouldn’t have to stand there complete the same tasks for the Stadium has yet to happen. officer for several years and has taking notes. Like all the others, same (or less) fee we received However, much hard work been instrumental in maintain- he stiffed me. before the Great Recession. But went into the planning for our ing our class website. Luckily, I had his card, and Marlene and I travel when we class. I would like to thank Also, Julie Griscom when I wrote him just before can, something we’ll continue Jeff Sherman for arranging McGraw volunteered her time my deadline, he came through doing as long as our good health the pre-game events at the and expertise to create a won- wonderfully. continues. As for retirement, New York Yankee Steakhouse derful dining experience on I’ll let him take it from here. well, right now it’s just a 10- inside the stadium. The menu Saturday night of the Reunion I encourage you to find him letter word. offerings and atmosphere were weekend. We appreciate her on YouTube; the subject of tax “It was good reconnecting well planned. The expectation willingness. accounting is considerably less with you and other classmates is that there will have been 80 Here is an update on compelling than Lehigh football at the Reunion. I’m looking participants just at this event! Michael Kelly, who kindly or basketball, but he’s still as forward to meeting others at Also, hugs to Thom Hirsch, sent information via email back sharp and engaging as he was in Lehigh-Lafayette 150 at Yankee who arranged for our tickets in September 2014: “I am an the press box high atop Taylor Stadium next month.” early on to ensure that we had attorney with over 36 years of Stadium. In this case, it’s in the I’m still hoping I’ll hear from smooth access to the event. experience in construction, real service of Actis-Grande, Ronan everyone else who promised me Appreciation is also extended estate, and corporate litigation. & Company LLC Certified Pub- an update. to Barb Turanchik, who facil- I reside in Westport, Mass., lic Accountants. He’s director of The other item I’ll mention itated the purchase of our class with my wife Patrice. I have two tax services. this time comes via an email hats, which will also be used for children. My son is a science and He wrote: message from Dan Mulholland. our 40th Reunion celebration. policy associate at The Billfish “Here’s a clip from my I was among the long list of The class officers perceive the Foundation in Fort Lauderdale. appearance on the Marty Heiser recipients. rivalry game as a pre-Reunion My daughter, a Lehigh gradu- Show, a cable access program He wrote, “there is a Lehigh activity. Hopefully, those in ate, recently graduated from broadcast locally in Fairfield contingent attending the LSU- attendance will have helped to law school and is practicing County, Conn. The YouTube Ole Miss game this Saturday in encourage classmates to make in Massachusetts. I have my link is to the March 3, 2012, Baton Rouge – Dan Mulholland, it back to Lehigh during the own law firm in Providence, broadcast. It’s http://www. Kim McQuilken, Bob Von weekend of May 14-17, 2015. R.I. I was previously a partner youtube.com/watch?v=hH5R- Bergen ’75, Chuck Smith ’73, and If you have not attended at Adler Pollock & Sheehan in 51P1ro. I’ve been on the show Norm Liedtke. I should also a previous Reunion weekend, Providence, where I was general four times since then. It’s not announce in advance that Joe please make every effort to counsel for Cumberland Farms. CNBC, but it’s good PR for Alleva gets our vote for Top Host attend this one. We want to be In 2012 I was named ‘Lawyer our business. Start viewing at of the Year!! Thanks, Joe. strong and healthy for many of the Year’ by Lawyers Weekly. around the seventh minute of “Nevertheless, many of you years to come. However, every I enjoy traveling. Also, I am an the broadcast. I’m on for the might have also been watching year makes a difference for avid fisherman.” next 53 minutes. TV and seen a large Lehigh some, so come back to campus I truly look forward to “Otherwise, the accounting banner that’s been waved earlier and reconnect with old friends. seeing so many of you during firm Ed Ronan and I started in this year behind Lee Corso, “Stay Alive ‘75!” our Reunion celebration – May

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14-17, 2015. Please make your he’s responsible for learning and his expertise and leadership in stepdaughters, a 6-year-old plans if you haven’t already. development in IKEA’s Russian managing investments across granddaughter, and a 3-year-old When we graduated, the Class organization. He describes asset classes, including fixed son, Will. Gene Vivino is vice of 1935 was having its Reunion… Moscow as “an incredibly income, public and private president, strategic planning, back then we saw them as SO exciting and, at the same time, equities, real estate, alternative greater Asia for Becton Dick- OLD….and here we are…do the exhausting place.” Bill would assets, and hedge funds.” inson. Gene and his wife Ellie years not fly by? love to hear from Larry Gore, Our fellow 79ers have been are enjoying living in Singapore Marilyn Blacher-Reich, Jamie Nicklaus, Tony Kelly building on the momentum from after a three-year assignment 324 Lincoln Ave. Highland and Katie Cordes. our 35th Reunion. For those in Shanghai. Gene gives an Park, NJ 08904. (732) 846- Me, I’m less picky – I’d love of you who joined in the class occasional lecture on “Doing 1484 (H), (908) 231-0443 (B); to hear from any of you! Come festivities at Homecoming or Business in China” at Lehigh [email protected] on classmates, help me bulk up the Lehigh-Lafayette milestone and has worked to build a strong this column for the next issue. game, I’d love to hear from you! relationship between Lehigh Mark E. Gail D. Reinhart, 215 N. Center Lance M. Bell, 952 River Run and Becton Dickinson. Gene’s Goehring, 10 St., #1407, San Antonio, TX Dr., Macedonia, OH. 216-937- son, Eugene ’16, is an earth and ’76 Princeton Drive, 78202-2723. ladygailus@ 2581 (B); [email protected] environmental sciences major. Shamong, NJ 08088. (609) 841- yahoo.com Sue McDonald is living outside 0389 (C); MarkGoehringLU76@ Greetings! Hope of the Philadelphia area. Sue is a gmail.com; Facebook: Yes. Greetings from you are doing substitute teacher and coaches Cleveland, where ’80well and are diving at a local high school and Well, by now the ’79Dorothy and I gearing up for our 35th Reunion. summer club, and her husband 150th playing of celebrated our 25th wedding The Reunion committee is works for the FBI. Sue’s oldest ’77the iconic Lehigh- anniversary. We plan to vaca- hard at work preparing for our daughter, Meagan ’11, recently Lafayette game will be history. tion in Hawaii, but we’ll wait to best Reunion yet. The Reunion returned from a nine-month I am really hoping that I will travel until we’re experiencing committee members are Mary deployment in Kuwait. Meagan have run into some of you at the those gloomy winter days in Archer, Cindy Belliveau, was in Army ROTC at Lehigh game so that the next column northeast Ohio. Mike Connor, Diane Greco, and is currently stationed will have some news to report! Jim Bugbee shared that he Mark Hembarsky, Holly in Virginia. Sue’s son, Sean, For those of you who have made found among his dad’s (Newt Heyser, Mary Beth Hyder, graduated from the U.S. Naval it back to campus for another Bugbee ’44) books his surveying Sue McDonald, Doug Pitney, Academy and was captain of football game – or any other field book from the summer of Ric Rogers, Peggy Schecter the water polo team during his reason – and have run into some 1942. Jim also noted that he sur- and yours truly. We would love senior year. Sean was selected classmates, please drop me a veyed the same area of campus for you to join our group as an to the pilot program and is now note to pass along any informa- during the spring of 1977 (before outreach volunteer to contact stationed in Pensacola, Fla. Sue tion or news you may have! Jim switched to mechanical en- your friends to encourage them has been in contact with Linda Ann Louise (Werley) Price, gineering). Bill Bast responded to attend Reunion. It does not (Rissel) Maxfield, living in 2 Colton St., Farmington, CT that he also surveyed areas of require a lot of time and will be Utah, Donna Reed Zakrewsky, 06032. (860) 677-1295 (H); campus but didn’t remember fun. Please contact me if you are living in Delaware, and Diane [email protected] that particular traverse. Bill also interested. My freshmen Dravo (Symnoski) Duda, living in noted that both he and his dad B-4 floor-mate,Andy Robbins, Lansdale, Pa., the same town As I write this, studied surveying under the is in Hong Kong working for as Sue. Bill Maloney and I’m preparing to memorable J.O. Liebig. Bombardier Transportation wife Sharon spent time in ’78not attend Rivalry Western & Southern Finan- as senior director and head of September with former class 150 in Yankee Stadium. Before cial Group named Steven K. sales and business development correspondent, Sig EP and IE I could get past thinking “may- Kreider senior vice president for the North Asia region. Andy brother Dave Brown and his be it would be fun to go back and chief investment officer has been with Bombardier and wife, Meredith, at their place east for that,” the game sold for Western & Southern and predecessor companies for 34 in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Dave out! I hope some of you who Fort Washington Investment years since graduating from is at corporate for ESPN and were able to attend will email Advisors, Inc. Steve will be Lehigh. Andy is responsible for rides his bike 23 miles to work me and tell me about who you responsible for overseeing the designing, building, develop- each way. Bill was credited for saw and what you did. investment activity for all assets ing, financing and negotiating his “tundra torque” drill a few I’ve only heard from one under management for Fort contracts for urban rail and years back. The drill saved many ’78er since my last column. Washington and its divisions airport transit systems. Andy miners’ lives in Chile. Bill was IKEA employee Bill “Beatle” and subsidiaries. “Steve brings credits Professor David Amidon, granted a patent for the Phoe- Wiltraut, who’d been living in extensive experience as a global head of the Lehigh urban studies nix Rescue Capsule, which he Sweden since 2000 (and in the money manager,” said John F. program, for introducing him to attributes to the rigorous brain process became a Swedish citi- Barrett, chairman, president and the field that is now his life pas- workout he got from professors zen), moved again last fall – this chief executive officer of West- sion. Andy is married to Wendy Wally Richardson and George time to Moscow. In his new job, ern & Southern. “We welcome Dela Cruz. They have two grown Kane, and others from South

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Mountain. Bill and Sharon are Taylor hall-mate Scott Curvey. the football team never showed University, projected 2019 grad- chasing grandchildren in North Scott was having a blast catching up, because as we know it’s uation. Go Sally! My Taylor Hall Carolina and oilfield opportuni- up with his brothers, while re- never been about the game. buddy, Edward Hutter of Delta ties in West Virginia. Bill notes cording it all on video. He splits The weekend ended for us on Tau Delta, commands Hutter that his recent run for governor his time between someplace in Sunday morning with a small Enterprises, which specializes taught both him and Sharon Florida and summers in New brunch gathering of Gamma in servicing electric-generating that politics was not for them. Hampshire, running his own Phi’s, arranged by Linda Taylor plants with services and special- They did learn that they made successful private equity firm. Ferguson and attended by ized-tool devices, including the many lifelong friends during Others from ‘81 at the party many, including Cindy Frick, “Hutter Putter” Turbine Rotor their days at Lehigh and want to included Bill Hotz and Pete who is living in New York City, Turning Device. Ed could have personally thank all classmates Sampson, who was getting and Patty Mentzer Lantzy, served as the role model for the and alums for helping in their roasted by the emcee regarding who was in from Greensburg, Matt Damon character in Good effort. Helen and I attended his dating habits back in the day. Pa., with her husband and Will Hunting – a true genius. Homecoming and Family Week- We heard from Jeff daughter for the festivities. Ed calls the Chicago area home end. It is always great returning Fetterman, who married his We enjoyed reconnecting with with wife Susan, twins Ed and to Lehigh to meet old friends high school sweetheart, lives in everyone! Please send news. Melissa, who are college soph- and meet new ones. See you all Delaware, and is the president Michael and Carol Gordon, omores, 14-year-old Joe, and soon! “80 Go Go” of ParagonRx, a biological and 42 Randi Drive, Madison, CT Abby – a seventh grade soccer Gary Chan, (847) 902-8881 (C); pharmaceutical technologies 06443. (203) 245-8001 (H), player and great student. Ed [email protected] business, where he often hires (203) 326-5844 (B), (203) 641- sends regards to his Delts broth- Lehigh grads, so have your 7951(C); [email protected] ers and Taylor Hall dorm-mates. Fall of 2014 kids look him up if they are Neil Stubits guided the Class Good thing the graduating chemical engineers. James O’Don- of 1982 to victory at the 2014 ’81150th Lehigh-La- Our notes from the weekend nell, after Lehigh Home Club Outing golf fayette game only comes include details about a sighting ’82graduating from tournament at the Bethlehem around every 150 years, as we of Meredith Luckewicz. You Cornell Law School, practiced Golf Club with Robert Stivale, haven’t seen that many parties may not remember her, but she in New York City for five years David Tavianini and Andrew crammed into a weekend was there all weekend, living before moving to Seattle with Schaeffer, the “Brodhead Boys.” since, well, maybe 1981. This the class motto she coined that wife, Joanna, and their two sons. Neil and his wife live in La Plata, past weekend felt like we were you will probably never forget, Joanna runs an environmental Md. After retiring from the Navy back on the hill for a round of “drinking beer and having fun;” not-for-profit organization. four years ago, Neil is now a vice fraternity parties, concerts and you know the rest. Life activities include trekking president of business develop- events, but this time New York Earth, Wind & Fire on in Nepal, hiking, climbing and ment and contract management City was the venue, and there Friday night was a blast for all skiing. Jim was slow to give for a small defense contractor. were Lehigh and Lafayette peo- classes, bringing us back with up his Lehigh ways and won Larry Michalski, of Sigma Chi ple everywhere you turned. We the classics, and the funny the Ultimate Frisbee National and gridiron fame, is the proud stayed at the Marriott Marquis thing was, when we looked and World Championships parent of two boys - L.J., who Times Square, which was the at our pictures, Rob Mills ’82 before retiring many years ago. recently wed and is an attorney central location for all activities, was in every one. Pull out your Thomas Campbell checks in for the University of Pittsburgh, even setting up an LU bookstore yearbook – Robbie invented from sunny southern California and Jake, who is a senior at the in the lobby to sell rivalry mer- photo bombs before there were where he and wife Rori just mar- University of Michigan, major- chandise. Like a good weekend digital cameras. It was great ried off “daughter number two ing in chemical engineering with on the hill, we remember most to see him and catch up. He is at the end of July.” Tom and Rori intentions of medical school. of what happened, so if the now acknowledged as one of cruised up the Danube from Bu- While Larry calls the Steel City following facts are jumbled, the best orthopedic surgeons dapest to Nuremberg and over home, he recently purchased, send an email and we will post in south Florida, specializing in to Prague last September. Tom with his new wife Linda, a vaca- corrections someday ... feet and ankles with the Holy is sales director of Teledyne tion and future retirement home We met Jack Archibald Cross Medical Group. Think- Microwave Solutions. Sally in Cave Creek, Ariz. Ten years checking in, and he invited us ing of Rob made us wonder, Bond is a Tar Heel ensconced ago, Gwen (Reitler) Noble to the Zeta Psi post-game party whatever happened to Tony in Chapel Hill, N.C., where her moved from Pennsylvania to the at Legends. Jack reported two Pinnie ’82? son, Jack Teague, is enrolled Raleigh, N.C., area with husband kids, both Mountain Hawks, Saturday at the stadium at UNC-Charlotte. Daughter Jim and their five children, one of which takes after him was also great fun seeing Jenny will be off to college in including their 29-year-old son and the other who had earned old friends. We ran into Joe five years. Sally oversees her Ryan, who is married and ex- the highest grade point average D’Ambrisi and his wife, Doris consulting business, The Pro- pecting his second child in Sep- in his engineering class! We did (Gash) D’Ambrisi, enjoying gram Evaluation Group, and is tember. Gwen also shepherds stop in at the party, and one of the day with their three kids, all studying to obtain a doctorate in 17-year-old twin boys, Jared and the highlights of my weekend Georgetown grads. Everyone educational research and policy Brennan, 16-year-old daughter was running into freshman enjoyed the day, even though analysis at North Carolina State Gillian, and 13- year-old Camer-

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on. Gwen has transformed from Sara Dillon, Andrew Touchstone. Touch, that I’ve become ... I bless the engineer, to physics teacher, to 345 W 84th St. as he was almost universally rains down in Africa ... (Toto).” financial manager of the Nobles’ ’84#2, New York, known, was a friend to many Heather Truesdell Vimba four-restaurant family business. N.Y. 10024. (212) 362-9678 (H); and an avid booster of all things summated Kili, Africa’s highest The Noble clan, when not [email protected] Lehigh. Many of us from the mountain at 19,341 feet, this involved in soccer, tennis, bas- Class of 1985, ’84, ’86, and other past August, along with her ketball, football, cross country, Classmates, our alums were there to mark his husband, Arnie, and son, Ryan. track and swimming, enjoy trav- class gift chair, passing. The Lehigh University Ryan wants to climb all seven el, mostly to beaches and moun- ’85David Okun, community will miss him. summits. Heather (hopefully) tains, including Peru, England, passed along some happy news. Anthony Arturi, 171 Manning replied to Ryan, “Don’t take Scotland and the Baltic Sea. His daughter, Rachel, is off and Ave., River Edge, NJ 07661. (201) Mother Abbess’ advice (The Gwen knocked off a triathlon running as a member of the 483-7664 (H); Arturilu85@ Sound of Music) literally” – or six years ago and placed fourth Lehigh class of 2018! She is in gmail.com at least Heather’s not going to! in her age group. Lastly, Bruce the Integrated Business and Heather is chief information Mactas operates Mactas & Engineering (IBE) program. “Tonight when I officer for the Program Execu- Alper in New York City, offering Apparently, as daunting as it chase the dragon, tive Office for Ammunition at a wide range of insurance prod- sounds to take on what must be ’86the water may Picatinny Arsenal, a position ucts for high net worth families a demanding course of study, change to cherry wine. And the she has held the last nine of her and corporations. Bruce and his Rachel also will be running track silver will turn to gold. Time out 26 years as a civilian with the wife, Lisa, reside in Woodcliff for the Mountain Hawks. I’m of mind (Steely Dan).” Department of the Army. Lake, N.J., with their children tired just thinking about it. A few of us are transiting “On the road again. Goin’ Jordan, Stephanie and Jared. According to David, Rachel quadragenarian to quinqauage- places that I’ve never been. Bruce is active in his community had to overlook her father’s narian in the fashion as when Seein’ things that I may never with the Bergen County YJCC – alumnus status, a factor she had we segued from denarians to see again (Willie Nelson).” Our past president; Valley Hospital – deemed a negative. Despite her vicenarians. And I second that man on the street, Stephan trustee, and the UJA Federation misgivings of following in her emotion, by invoking Gabby Kiratsous, reports that Mark – board member. I depend upon dad’s footsteps, the IBE program, Johnson, “Rabbid! (Blazing Talucci & family (wife Keri, all of you to ensure this column’s beautiful campus, tremendous Saddles).” plus the four kids) decided to vitality. Please take a moment facilities and opportunity to run “He asked me if I’d seen a spend this year traveling the to contact me below with news track won her over. David and road with so much dust and world. First leg of the trip is an about your journey through life. wife, Lori, are very happy she sand. And I said, “Listen! I’ve RV (that’s recreational vehicle!) John P. Belardo, 152 Berkeley made that choice, which affords traveled every road in this here cross-country, and then they go Circle, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920. them the opportunity to attend land! (Johnny Cash).” Ken abroad. Not sure how they’re (973) 425-8755(B); jpbelar- her track meets. Fuirst recapped his bicycle trip going to drive that thing across [email protected] On Our Reunion planning is (see previous column), still out the Atlantic (ba-dum, ching!) Facebook like Lehigh University in full swing, and Chair Sean of breath, as “pedal, sleep. Pedal, It’s no cross-country bike or Class of 1982 McGee has been rallying a fair- sleep. Pedal, sleep. 48 days.” Ken RV trip, but it probably matches sized group of volunteers to put started in Anacortes, Wash., on the headaches of Kili altitude By now the 150th together a worthwhile event this Father’s Day, ending on Long sickness – being “CFO of the Lehigh-Lafayette coming spring. I am sure you Beach Island, N.J., August Fuirst. Year,” that is. David Huber ’83game will have will all see plenty of information 3,600 miles. Ken’s highlights: has been named such (private been played and is a distant on the Reunion in the coming “The people. Almost everyone I company with revenues over memory. I hope everyone sur- months if you haven’t already. met was welcoming and gener- $50 million category) by NJBiz vived the crazy weekend and the Having been a small part of the ous. Mount Rushmore exceeded (njbiz.com/section/CFO-of- game at Yankee Stadium. planning process, working with expectations and was my top the-Year). David is senior vice My inbox was empty this old friends and classmates has site. The vastness of Montana president, administration, summer and fall. I did not see only made me look forward to and South Dakota is hard to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield any ’83 classmates at any of the our 30th Reunion all the more. describe and yet so beautiful.” of New Jersey. home football games. I may Can’t wait to see you there. Find Ken visited Harlem, Mont., to ’86ers at a Manhattan start getting news from indirect our Lehigh University Class see our late classmate Captain “Evening with College of Busi- sources, but I would love to hear of 1985 Facebook page for fun David Sielewicz’s memorial. ness and Economics (“CBE”) from you directly. Please email posts with throwbacks to our Upon entering Whitefish, Mont., Dean Georgette Phillips,” me (nancyliulehigh83@gmail. times on campus, current events Ken rendezvoused with Eric included Marc Unger, Sharon com) with any news. and Reunion-related informa- Galcher. Pictures and more: (Kanovsky) Richter, Ken Nancy Liu, nancyliulehigh93@ tion. It’s active: find it, share it, KensBikeRide.com. Fuirst, yours truly and Mar- gmail.com like it and keep up! “Sure as Kilimanjaro rises cia Moll Barone. Marcia has I close on a sad note, having like Olympus above the Seren- been working at Lehigh, having just returned from a classmate geti, I seek to cure what’s deep served as the associate director and personal friend’s memorial, inside, frightened of this thing of the Asa Packer Society. The

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majority of her job was fund- Hope everyone has fun. An- let me know what is happening ter, Mia, recently. I am still raising for Zoellner Arts Center, drew Levy is having a big event in your lives … love hearing chuckling over the fact that she including coordinating the for Sammy’s at the Dorian, and from you. I can be reached by was a school chaperone. If they Zoellner Gala. As of late, Marcia Kelly Fisher ’88 is also throwing email, snail mail, phone or only knew ... We caught up for a is a leadership gift officer for the a private party. Joe Yammarino Facebook. Laura M. D’Orsi, quick lunch at John’s pizza, and CBE. Marcia’s husband, Chris ’85 and the Alpha Sigs have 26 Falcon Ridge Circle, Holmdel, it was a treat to see them both. Barone, is vice president, chief many events planned as well. NJ 07733. (732) 332-1149 (H); Lisa Milano Schneider ran the accounting officer at Parkway Many alums are staying in the [email protected] New York marathon this year Corp. Marcia and Chris have one city at the Marriott or the W on a blustery day. I am always college freshman, Dagny, and hotel in Times Square. As I I am writing this amazed that people have the one 10th-grader, Isabel. am writing this before the big 14 days before ability to run 26.2 miles. I just Prior to column deadlines, game, I can’t tell you what ’88we head to the ran 1 mile, and it was like I won I solicit your drivel and babble happened yet, but it is very Bronx to recapture some of that the lottery. Dawne Davenport via email, plus posting on the ’86 exciting and a historical event college spirit over cocktails, a continues to run marathons LinkedIn and Facebook pages. for Lehigh! Hope we win! Even long stroll down memory lane, as well, working through her If you’re not on any/all of those, if we don’t, I know we will all and some football. It has been marathon list. Chicago complet- please email me (david@dpola- enjoy. great re-connecting with many ed, and it looks like Arizona is koff.com) – stop sitting on your… Recently I heard from classmates as plans are made for up next. Elizabeth Galla not brains. Do it! Peter Ashley. Peter and his the weekend. only completed a triathlon but “Well, the clock says it’s time wife are empty-nesters, as they Several classmates were placed first in our age bracket to close now. I guess I’d better go have two sons in college. Their back up at Lehigh in October at the Scottsdale Triathlon this now. I’d really like to stay here son Ryan is completing his for Family Weekend and the past fall. Congratulations to all all night (The Doors).” master’s at Cornell, and Todd football game. How cool is that? three ladies on the accomplish- Dave Polakoff, 400 E. 71st St., is at Brown. Both are studying Chris Marshall, Geoff and ments, as well as the charity #3K, New York, NY 10021-4874. biomedical engineering. Pe- Lisa Milano Schneider, Jeff fundraising. [email protected] or Class- ter’s wife runs an elementary Enslin, John and Katie (Ed- And on the job front, Kim [email protected]. ’86 on school as a principal, and he wards) Cassidy, Kathy Gilli- Kassar is off on a new adven- LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin. directs engineering for cloud gan Mannherz, Mark and Lisa ture, having established a new com/groups?gid=39120&trk security services at Symantec. (Kouveliotes) Washburn, and law firm, Lebowitz, Oleske, ’86 on Facebook - http://www. Theta Chi’s Tom Cassidy Bob and Janet Pickens Cole all Connahan & Kassar, LLC. Kim facebook.com/pages/ and Doug Holland have two have kids enjoying Lehigh these is also a municipal prosecutor Lehigh-University-Class- freshmen who are at Lehigh. days. (I am sure I am missing a at the borough of Lincoln Park, of-86/184033538327641 Tom Cassidy’s daughter, few; forgive me this sin of omis- where he resides with his wife, Alexandra, and Doug Holland’s sion.) Do all the kids know about Shauntel, and his kids, Joey and I am writing this son, Michael, are enjoying life their parents’ antics on the hill Tia. Col. Robert Mortlock, the column before as Lehigh legacies. At parents’ ...??? I haven’t made a game this U.S. Army’s product manager for ’87 the actual 150th weekend, there were many in year but will be back for the La- soldier protection and individ- Lehigh-Lafayette game. Many attendance with children at fayette game next year. Speaking ual equipment, unveiled a new fraternity and sorority groups Lehigh, including Tom and of football, one of these days I physical fitness uniform for the and other living groups are Doug, Alita Friedman (her have to get out to Ohio State for troops, which is getting great planning on attending. The 1987 son is on the Lehigh ice hockey a game, preferably on chili cook- reviews from the soldiers who D.G.’s are attending in full force: team), and others. I unfortu- off weekend, to visitJim and have tried out the new duds. And We have Lisa Hakim, Daniela nately could not make it, but Tracey (McCord) Bowman ... NewBay Media, publisher of Boebert Titterton (and Phil it looked like lots of fun. Life they just seem to have a little TWICE (This Week in Consumer Titterton), Kathy (Reichert) really does go full circle. too much fun at those games, Electronics), has announced Koenig (and Tom Koenig ’86), Many of us will be entering and thus I want to join, espe- that John Laposky has been Adrianne (Kodisch) McMul- the next decade this coming cially since Jim just posted his named as the brand’s editor in len, Karyn (McMenamin) year … the big 5-0. Can’t believe fabulous chili recipe! And on the chief. John has served as the Cravens, Mary (McGovern) it. Let me know if you are other side of the parenting spec- magazine’s managing editor Kirk, Jill Tirnauer, Susan getting together with Lehigh trum from the college circuit, since 1995 and has been a vital (Cuscela) Carlson ’88, Andrea friends to celebrate this “big Steve and Tracy Hiltabiddle contributor in print and online (Worth) Robik, and myself one” or hopping on a plane and welcomed daughter Caitlin Elisa and an important part of the In- as our “group” of 25. We also getting out of town. Love to hear in July. She joins siblings Owen ternational CES Daily, published are expecting great attendance how everyone is celebrating! (2) and Courtney (2) in keeping by TWICE. from the classes of ’86 and ’85 Are you getting together with the Hiltabiddles very, very busy. Kellie Fisher, 441 East 20th for delta gammas. Some of us Lehigh friends? Where has the Congratulations! Street, 9D, New York, NY 10010. will be attending the event with time gone … now that we are My college roommate, Su- (212) 529-6669 (H); kellie_fish- Earth, Wind, & Fire on Friday actually our parents’ age? zanne (Vranka) Gabriele, was [email protected] and then the game the next day. Please keep in touch and in town with her middle daugh-

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News from the neck of the woods in Bedford, am happy to report that, despite Revionics and Oracle, as well Class of ’89 has NY. While I didn’t see him, no longer having a chapter house as a strong expertise at early ’89been slim to please join me in congratulat- at Lehigh, they have all managed stage, high-growth start-ups. none! Thank goodness I was ing the newly-elected District to go on with their lives. She married Paul Kirkland, a able to submit our column late Court Judge of New York’s Fifth Amy Wagner Anzilotti New Zealander, two years ago, and can report Lehigh-La- District: Pierce Cohalan!! went to Jefferson Medical and the couple have big plans for fayette weekend was every- Pierce captured the ever-im- College of Thomas Jefferson 2015 – stay tuned! thing and more than you can portant Fire Island Ferry rider University with the intent to Just to clarify, Eric Abel imagine! Friday night, more vote with lots of personal atten- become a psychiatrist, but was not a DG, but his news was than 500 Lehigh grads and a tion. Our classmates continue everything changed on the first also welcome! Eric, his wife few undergrads as well, joined to do amazing things and Josh day of her pediatric rotation. Amy Llewellyn ’92, and their Kellie Fisher ’88 in a party that Petersohn takes the prize for After graduating with her three young children are living brought together friends from this column. After being select- doctorate, she completed her in upper Bucks County, Pa. classes far and wide. We would ed for Team USA Masters’ Ice pediatric residency at Yale New After spending two decades in be hard-pressed to duplicate the Hockey to compete at the 19th Haven Hospital in New Haven, higher education and academic energy that was working at that Maccabiah Games in Israel this Conn. In 2004 she relocated to medicine, Eric joined US Trust, event. To say it felt like a party past July, Joshua Petersohn, Wilmington, Del., with her hus- Bank of America Private Wealth at Late Night Sigs would be an Lehigh Class of 1989, and his band, Kurt, and three children, Management in 2013 as senior understatement. While I didn’t team captured the Gold Medal Grace (16), Luke (13), and Wyeth vice president and private client get real news from anyone, I saw beating the Russians and Team (11). Amy is now a pediatrician adviser. At US Trust he contin- Marshall Davis, who came up Canada in the finals. Team USA for Nemours duPont Pediatrics, ues to work with nonprofits, from Florida, Tracy and Eric began preparing in August 2012 co-owner and online medical with a focus on universities, Frary, Wendy Klein, Rob Kos- and continued with Mini Camps consultant for www.Brandy- hospitals, and scientific research sar, Rob Lubin, Chris Hite, throughout the year, concluding winebuzz.com and a medical organizations, in addition to Chris Davino, Tony Wolk, Liz their training in late June in editor for www.Kidshealth.org. private clients. Warshauwer, Dani Rasmus, South Bend, Indiana. The team You can also check out her blog Amy is a senior vice pres- Gary Nelson, Judy Bernstein, continued to come together at www.DrAmyKids.com. ident and chief commercial Glenn Comisac, Maurice and build chemistry along the Julie (Mancuso) Der- officer at Adelphi Research, a Bradshaw, Seth Weber, Jenn way. Despite starting off slowly rico received her master’s in market research firm specializ- Czin, Jenn Ganz and many during the tournament, the education in 1992 and taught ing in the pharmaceutical and more 89ers! The highlight of my team rebounded and made ad- until her first child was born biotech industry. night was welcoming back my justments for the medal rounds in 1998. She now has five (yes, This past September, roommate Jenn (McElreath) and beat Canada 7-4 in the final five!) kids, Nick (16), JP (14), President Obama nominated Hardie, who spent the last two for the gold. Josh said, “It was Sophie (11), and twins Jake and Richard Verma as the new U.S. years living in New Zealand with a lot of time, commitment and Grace (7), that call Charlotte, ambassador to India. Rich will her husband and three amazing discipline and the result was a N.C., home. Her family keeps be the first Indian-American to children. It was an adventure fantastic journey. You don’t get her and husband Paul very busy hold the post, once confirmed by of a lifetime and Jenn is happy opportunities like playing ice with various schools, coaching Congress (hopefully completed to be back with her family and hockey at an international com- sports, and church activities. by the time this issue hits your friends. Jenn, Jill (Seibert) petition at this age and it was an Every year for the Lehigh-La- mailbox). Rich lives in Bethesda, Schelling and I relived many incredible experience and I was fayette game, Julie makes them Md., with his wife and three a memory that night and had fortunate to be a participant.” wear all their Lehigh gear and daughters. Best wishes to you, a blast. Our other roomies, Jocelyn (Gitlin) Deutsch, 9 Vin- watch the televised event at a Rich, and thank you for making Marisa Calabrese Moore, who cent Lane, Armonk, NY 10504. local pub. She said it’s always a us all look good! lives in the D.C. area and has [email protected] wonderful afternoon with the Elizabeth (Short) Stothoff, 15 her own structural and interior local alumni – and even ran into Finn Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867. design firm, andJulie (Kime) REUNION Ian Netupsky ’89 last year! (908) 735-4778 (H); Traina, who lives in PA with REUNION Kathleen Egan can be [email protected] her wonderful family, were truly ’90REUNION! found in San Francisco, Calif., missed! Saturday was another In case you have not heard, we working as the vice president of As of this writing, day and more fun to be had. I are celebrating 25 years, May services and analytics at Quri, the BIG GAME is was happy to spend the day with 14-17, 2015! Twenty-five is a BIG a retail intelligence company ’91just weeks away! Neil and Jay Canell, Brian number, and one worth making that provides instant visibil- I’m sure I’ll have lots of news Byck, Jeff Kollin, Tony Wolk the trip to South Mountain. ity into the performance of to report after the Reunion, but and all of our families in a warm Check out the agenda and products and promotions on in the meantime, POUND sky box. Thanks to Neil and register now at mylehigh.lehigh. store shelves. She joined them THE ‘PARDS! Jay for organizing!! I also ran edu/25threunion2015. last summer and brings with Not sure if the new moms into John Carl, who is recently For this article I reached out her a background at enterprise in the class will make it to engaged and has moved to my to a number of DGs for news. I technologies leaders, such as Yankee Stadium, but they sure

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have a good excuse to miss the director of media initiatives it! Mazel tovs are in order for at Yahoo! ALUMNI MarcyWe Roth have and Jennifer the fitLooking for forward YOU to reporting! TRAVEL (Zerner) Hoffman. from the 150th running of Le- PROGRAM Marcy is the proud new high-Lafayette in the next issue! momFrom of Baby professional Brooke, who was networks Diana to Zoller personal Perkins , 610 Tex- bornpassions, just three Lehighhours shy Alumniof asAffinity St., San Francisco, Programs CA 94107; herbring mom’s together birthday on LehighOct. 23, [email protected] with 2014. As Marcy put it, “If I had deliveredshared her interests. on the East Coast, “We’re either we would have had the SAME going to shoot to birthday!!” And Jennifer Zerner ’92the moon,” said Hoffman had a beautiful baby Christopher Mulvihill, “Or girl, Lauren Brooke,more on April 11. thancrash on the launchpad.” That’s Very exciting news from how he explained his latest Time.com: “Richard Verma entrepreneurial adventure, an ’90 was announced as the automated car-parking system new U.S. ambassador5,000 to India called RoboticValet. on Thursday, according to a It’s safe to say that Mulvihill statement frommembers the White (from this point forward, I’m House. Verma, a former State going with his nickname, “To- Department official, will be the pher”), is a risk-taker by nature. first Indian-American to hold His father owned and ran the the post once he is confirmed by nuttiest amusement park I’ve Congress. He has been associ- ever been to, Northern New Jer- ated with the Obama Adminis- sey’s Action Park. Anybody else Travel with Lehigh in 2015! trationJoin sincean Alumni 2008, serving Affinity as programremember today! that place? It was the assistant secretary of state for one with such hairy rides and mylehigh.lehigh.edu/travel legislativemylehigh.lehigh.edu/affinity affairs under Hillary slides that the only reason you Clinton from 2009 to 2011, and went on them was to answer a is currently a senior counselor dare. Personally, I loved it even pher. That’s a huge space saving. Christopher at law firm Steptoe & Johnson, though I never returned home Watching the devices work is P. German, 111 as well as the Albright Stone- without having left a consider- mesmerizing. Check out the ’93Glezen Lane, bridge Group.” able amount of blood and skin website www.boomerangsys- Wayland, MA 01778, cpger- Looking for holiday ideas for behind. Action Park let us be tems.com. [email protected] your friends and family? Laura wild kids and there’s something If that wasn’t enough to (Eisenberg) Balestro has the to be said for that. keep him busy, Topher and his In the last answer. “Aunt Viv’s Secret Stash With that background, it’s wife of 17 years have four kids, column, I told is a sweet and savory snack mix hardly a surprise that Topher’s three girls and a boy ranging in ’94you all about of cereals, pretzels, raisins, cran- first venture after graduating age from 13 to six. They live in our Reunion. In this column, I berries, pecans, and almonds was a trampoline company. That northern N.J.. have nothing to report, because coated in our ‘secret’ recipe. led to an Internet-based com- I also heard from Marc you people are too lazy to send “Secret Stash was created pany and a few other projects Ippolito, who is the president me an email! So, I am sending by our Aunt Viv in the ’70s as a before he and a partner started and general counsel at Burns out a mass email so that all you holiday gift to our family. Aunt Boomerang systems seven years Entertainment. His company have to do is hit reply, and I Viv recently passed down the ago (Topher is the President). helps marketers employ celeb- can report your info in the next recipe to us but asked us to keep One of the key technologies rities and athletes to promote column. Or it’s back to reporting it secret! We started making is a robotic pallet. The car is brands. Sounds like he’s the guy about your ridiculous Facebook Secret Stash for OUR friends driven onto a low platform that’s to contact for Rihanna tickets. posts. You know who you are. and family at holiday time, and like a foot-high table. Next the After 19 years in Chicago, I’m writing this column everyone kept asking for more! robotic pallet slides under, lifts Ippolito and his wife relocated to three weeks prior to the 150th So, we decided to offer it to the platform and the car, and Fairfield, Conn., in 2011. The cou- playing of Lehigh-Lafayette – everyone all year round. People then whisks the assembly to its ple have two boys ages 6 and 4. this year at Yankee Stadium. started telling us it was so good, spot or, if needed, another floor. I’d love to write about more I really cannot wait. Friday they had to hide it! ‘Where will With no driver and the abil- of you. Please get in touch. In the evening, Bret Almassy is you hide your Stash?’” www. ity to navigate tighter corners, meantime, here’s to a wonderful hosting a party that started as auntvivs.com RoboticValet can squeeze more 2015. a small 100 person party, but Congratulations are in order cars in a given space, about 50 Larry Webster, which has grown to include 400 for Lori Bongiorno, who is now percent more according to To- [email protected] people. I’ve seen the guest list,

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and it’s scary. I am just praying fellow alumni will be in New competition. I ran the Runner’s formation about alumni week- that I am nowhere near Bret late York City, sporting their old World Half Marathon and Fes- end, please contact me or Stacy at night, and he thinks that the school attire with the engine – tival “hat trick” last weekend in Morrow at [email protected] Hudson River is the ATO pond. back in the day when we were Bethlehem, Pa., which includes or check out the alumni website Rich Margolies ’96 is hosting the Engineers. Jackie Zivitz a 5K and 10K on Saturday and at http://mylehigh.lehigh.edu a beer pong tourney (not that is motivated to attend with a half-marathon on Sunday. Bridget O’Connell, 1840 nonsense the kids play that we friends Amy Krzyzkowski, While I covered the distance, Sycamore Street, Bethlehem, called Beirut) starting Saturday Jill Blanchard, Jennifer the real runner of our alumni PA 18017. (610) 868-6605 (H); morning at 9 a.m. I would expect Newman-Galluzzo, Rebecca class was Nina (Rems) De- [email protected] most of Zeta Psi will be there. Nesland, and Leah Ploussiou Long. I saw her during the race Those of you reading this from Chatzigiannis. I’ll update you when the course looped back Greetings Class younger classes: Zetes was a in the next column with other on itself, because she was that of 1996! I’m light fraternity at the top of the hill, alumni who attended the far ahead of me. She ran the 5K ’96on news this right by Pi Lam. But Pi Lam is big event. in 20 minutes and 37 seconds, Bulletin, but I hope to have now the Alpha Phi sorority, and Jean-Pierre Kallanian the 10K in 42 minutes and 44 more in the Spring Bulletin Zetes is the Alpha Gamma Delta shared that he and his freshman seconds, and the half-marathon after seeing many of you at the sorority. And really, is anyone roommate from Williams House in 1 hour, 41 minutes, and 28 big 150th Lehigh-Lafayette surprised that Pi Lam and Zetes in Lower Cents, Rajan Khanna, seconds. For non-runners, she game (yes, I’m writing this in got thrown off? I can’t believe have both published books this ran super-fast. I took a more October!) I’m hoping for great that either lasted until ’94. fall. Jean-Pierre, who is living laid-back approach (because weather, a big win, and great If I am still standing after in Austria, wrote, “What You I’m not in hat-trick shape) times to be had by all. I can’t those two events, the game Can Learn from Your Teenag- and said hi to folks I knew in wait to see many of you again starts at 3 p.m. in the Bronx. I er: Lessons in Parenting and the crowd and took a selfie at after nearly 18 years! Wow, ordered about 20 tickets when Personal Growth.” You can find mile eight with David Willey, where did that time go? Here they went on sale to the older his book at www.whatyoucan- the editor-in-chief of Runner’s is how some of our classmates alums. I used my father Harvey learn.com. Rajan just published World. If anyone is interested in spent that time: York’s ’67 account to buy them “Falling Sky,” and you can find running next year, let me know, Alexandra (Berry) Kor- – because he’s really old, and his book at www.amazon.com/ and we can create a Lehigh pan added to the boys in her Lehigh lets the really old dudes Falling-Sky-RAJAN-KHANNA. Alumni team. life in December of 2013 with get a shot at tickets first. I got Best of luck to both authors on In other upcoming events, the birth of her son Carson. tickets grouped together on the their books. Lehigh Alumni Weekend will Carson joins big brothers Cody 50-yard line – best seats you can Thanks to Julie Egloff and be held on May 14-17, 2015. The (6) and Colton (4). She says get, right? After throwing that Nicole (Bement) Lindstrom members of the alumni com- life is crazy and fun with three money away, a thought occurred on their family updates. Julie mittee include: Carey Smith, boys, as we can all imagine!! to me: who the hell ever watched and her husband, Michael, just Todd Russo, Alan Verostick, Dan Mathena reached out the game? Or made it into the celebrated their son James’ 5th Shoshana Schiff, Laura to let me know he, along with stadium? Or made it out of birthday. Their daughter Abigail Linderman, Glenn Kalokira, his wife Kelly, hosted an opera the house following sunrise will be 4 in December, and their Jay Anhorn, James Versocki, gala in Houston. It looked like cocktails? I am guessing that second daughter, Sarah, was just and me. Our committee has it was the talk of the town! making it to the Bronx is a win. born in April. Nicole and her been planning great events for He hosted over 280 patrons, There’s not a chance I make it husband are living in the Twin our 20th Reunion, and we look and proceeds from the night to the seats. And Lehigh is 2-6, Cities, Minn., area with their forward to welcoming you back help Opera in the Heights to and Lafayette is 3-6. Not exactly 6-and-7-year-old sons. Nicole to Lehigh. enhance the careers of young Patriot League contenders. produced video games for many Alumni committee member professional artists and enable Really looking forward to years, but now she works at Alan Verostick moved to Phil- those of all ages to enjoy opera seeing you all there. And P.S., home with her children and adelphia in May and started a at affordable prices. Nice work, since you are reading this after does online sales. new job as a customer support Dan! the fact, I was wearing a hidden Tim Kosto was ordained a engineer with FINEOS Corp. Tim Faust and his wife, Go Pro the whole weekend. I permanent deacon in the Ro- He recently participated in the Tami, welcomed their first caught EVERYTHING on film. man Catholic Diocese of Albany, Philadelphia Ride to Conquer child, daughter Vianka Edin Michael B. York, 215 W. 88th St. N.Y., on May 24, 2014, and he Cancer, covering 150 miles from Weaver Faust. She was born #5D, New York, NY 10024. (212) is working to start up a family Philadelphia to Emmaus and on Oct. 16, 2014. Tim and his 769-2837 (H); michael.york@ homeless shelter in the area. back over two days and raising family are living in Alexandria, nyplaw.com In sports news ... Brian money for UPenn’s Abramson Va. Congratulations Tim and Elias and John Fleming got Cancer Center. He is also Tami, enjoy parenthood! We are less than together on Sept. 27, 2014, with staying active with his music, Jen (Crimmins) Keen, 17 30 days from the John Comas ’94 and Brent West which was a big part of his life Windsor Drive, Foxborough, ’95Lehigh-Lafayette ’96 for a competitive round of at Lehigh. MA 02035, 508-543-5036, game at Yankee Stadium! Many golf. Brian easily crushed the If you would like more in- [email protected]

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Lopa (Patel) she has been named the exec- Class of 1998 Facebook Page: Thank you for reading, and Zielinski, utive director of the American www.facebook.com/groups/ please let me know if you have ’97Madison, N.J., Institute of Architects (AIA) Lehigh98/ any news you’d like to share. [email protected] Philadelphia chapter and My Lehigh (Class of 1998): www. Wishing you all the best! the Philadelphia Center for mylehigh.lehigh.edu KAREN (SMITH) FISCHER, Another year has Architecture. After Lehigh, she [email protected] started, and the received a master’s degree in It was great ’98class of 2018 was sociology and urban studies seeing so many Greetings class welcomed to campus as part of from Georgia State University ’99of you at the of 2000! Since the official 70th annual fresh- and a law degree from Temple Lehigh-Lafayette game! It was ’00our last column, man rally on the U.C. Lawn. University Beasley School quite the event celebrating no classmates have checked in Chris Noon ’99 from our class of Law. Christopher Silko 150 years. And speaking of with updates or news. I thought held our class flag during the reports that he has been flying celebrations, I wish you all a this would be a good time to ceremony. It was exciting to fulltime for the Air Force wonderful new year in 2015 … finally contribute to the column take my 1 ½-year-old son to Reserves for the past 10 years. full of news you’ll want to share instead of just writing it. his first rally, and he got to He is an instructor pilot in with your classmates! My husband Gregory and I meet Interim President Kevin the C-130 tactical airlift cargo Thanks again to those who are thrilled to participate in the Clayton. By the time you read plane, and earlier this year reached out to me … and now for baby boom among the class of this article, the 150th anniver- returned from his sixth combat the news ... 2000! Our son, Elijah Gregory, sary celebration, The Rivalry, deployment overseas, which Steve Rittler and his wife, came speeding into this world will be played at Yankee Sta- included four deployments to Michelle (Judd) Rittler ’02, on June 24, 2014 almost a full dium in the Bronx, NYC. I will the Middle East to fight in Op- celebrated a first round win month before his due date. provide an update in our next eration Iraqi Freedom and Op- for their dog, Monty, at the Weighing in at 6 pounds 6 column. I hope to see many eration Enduring Freedom. He dachshund races at Bethlehem’s ounces and measuring 19 inches of you there. Currently on has flown a total of 284 combat Oktoberfest. It sounds like long, he was a little bundle of campus there are ongoing ren- missions, including missions quite the event, with about 50 perfection. If that wasn’t enough ovations to Packer Memorial transporting troops and dogs participating, and Steve excitement, we also purchased Church and Williams Hall, as supplies to bases or dirt-land- mentioned many were in “typ- a new home in Stewartsville, well as the start of renovations ing zones all over the Middle ical wiener dog attire,” dressed N.J. a month before he arrived. to the University Center. East, and also has conducted as hot dogs and in lederhosen. On a business note, I celebrated Births: dozens of airdrop missions in Steve and Michelle plan on my 14 year anniversary with Erik Graf reports that places like Afghanistan. During having Monty do some serious MetLife in July. Talk about an his family welcomed its third his time in the military, he training before next year’s rac- exciting few months! child, Keira Elizabeth, who was completed a Master of Science es, as he unfortunately went out Please take a few moments born on Aug. 25, 2014. Patty degree in international rela- in the second round by a nose. to contact me with an update Godwin and her husband, tions through Troy University Keith Treonze reached about yourself or a friend in Scott, had their first baby, in Alabama. He currently out to say hello – thanks! He our class. If you haven’t already a boy, Thomas Anthony, on resides in Birmingham, Ala. In and his wife, Kelly ’04G, live in done so, I invite and encourage March 3, 2014. They live In October, he will be beginning Hillsborough, N.J., with their everyone to join our class Face- Chicago, and Patty has been a new career as a first officer, two sons, Max (9 years old) book page by searching “Lehigh working in private wealth flying for Delta Airlines while and Jake (5 years old). Both his University Class of 2000.” I look management at Goldman continuing to serve in the boys are strong athletes, with forward to hearing from you Sachs for the last 14 years. reserves on the side. Danielle Max playing baseball and Jake soon! Dana (Stow) and Chris Noon Moskowitz-Arno founded finishing up his first football Corina Fisher, (732) 688-3671 ’99 are the proud parents of ArtWorx Events, which is a season. Baseball continues (C); [email protected] Rock Asa, future Lehigh class paint-party and art-event busi- to play a huge role in Keith’s of 2036. He has already been ness. It is also known as the life, as he is the director of Well, as we waited to his first freshman rally and “paint and sip” concept. She player development for the for the first snow three home football games. holds public and private “art Hillsborough Baseball League, ’01to fall on Ole South Professional: parties” at restaurants, homes, focusing on developing our Mountain for 2014 and got Danny Woititz has been and businesses where she stars of tomorrow, and more geared up for the holiday season living in China for the past two guides guests step-by-step to importantly giving back to (and the 150th showing of the years. He traveled to China in create a unique “masterpiece.” youth sports and making sure Lehigh/Lafayette football game) 1996 and 1997 with the Lehigh People can eat, drink, and have kids are involved and having fun we have received some updates student study abroad program fun while they create art. Her with baseball. Keith changed from our fellow classmates, and offered by Lehigh’s Iacocca website is www.Art jobs in early March, leaving the it seems as we go into winter Institute with economics WorxEvents.com. software world and going back that babies and marriage were professor Dr. Frank Gunter. Gregory Kuklinski, to consulting (advisory as they the theme of this update. Rebecca Johnson writes that [email protected] call it at KPMG). From one of our ever-so-ac-

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tive alumni, Anthony Hillman, left her 12-year career as an By way of other updates, Campus itself, as always, looked we got the fabulous news..”I’ll engineer at DuPont and started and because I still have your beautiful in the fall, its brick give you the 2001 update... her own business, Girls Auto attention, I left my position as walkways blanketed by layers Jillian (Tengood) Hillman ’04 Clinic. Once an “auto airhead” partner at Values Partnerships of crispy leaves. The students and myself welcomed our son herself, Patrice educates and just over a year ago to launch my walking down to Rauch looked and first child, Spencer Lincoln empowers women through own media, communications, young, and the kids trekking up Hillman, on Oct. 12.’ Trust me, Girls Auto Clinic, so women no and strategy firm. Business is to Richards looked tired. If you he is a cutey ... I have seen him longer feel taken advantage of going very well, and I’m con- get a chance to visit this year, I on Facebook. by mechanics. Patrice has writ- tinuously amazed by the folks highly recommend that you do. My fellow Chi Omega sis- ten a book, a glove-box guide and organizations I have an Fellow ‘04er Teri (Rosener) ter, Becky Burris, let me know that contains everything wom- opportunity to work with. I’m Housenger and I plan on meet- that she and her husband, Pete, en need to know about cars, glad I took the leap! ing up around the holidays for just welcomed the arrival of and has been featured on ABC Sadly, that concludes our wings and reminiscing. Send me baby number two! Happily 6 and Fox 29 in Philadelphia. news for this go-round. But I your reunions with old friends making their 3-year-old daugh- She lives in Philly and plans on know this isn’t all the news there and stories of the 150th to ter, Ava, a big sister! Cooper opening her own repair garage is. Please, please, PLEASE send [email protected] or find me on James Koszarek joined the with female mechanics that me your job promotions, career Facebook. Stay cozy this winter, family on Oct. 17. will cater services to women. changes, and wedding and baby Class of 2004, and we’ll see you Olga Argeros, daughter of Last, but not least, Kim announcements. I want to hear again after the thaw. Spyro Argeros, Lehigh class of Tucker just got married last about your exciting travel and Allison Mohler, 8 North Maple 1972, married Kosta Tsiolis in month to Ian McCormick in civic engagement. Heck, I’ll take Street, East Hampton, CT 06424. Greece on July 26, 2014. In at- Spring Lake, N.J. She is cur- a short and sweet hello, too! Just [email protected] tendance were Holli Warholic rently at Rutgers New Jersey please, send a sista something to and Masako Asaka ‘02. Medical School doing her res- write about. OK? Melissa (Alex- As for myself, I am very hap- idency in orthopedic surgery Until next time! ander) Dallmey- py to say I am back working in and will soon be applying for a Safiya (Jafari) Simmons, 1841 ’05er, 4217 Fremont New York City at HAVAS Life as fellowship in orthopedic sports Bruce Pl. SE, Washington, D.C. Ave. N. Apt. 4, Seattle, WA 98103. vice president, account supervi- medicine. 20020. [email protected] [email protected] sor, in the medical education di- Congrats to all of our class- vision. Also, I’m keeping myself mates on all of this exciting I stopped at Le- Hi friends, I busy with running as a volunteer good news!!! high en route to hope you are all EMT on the weekends. Noelia Cabrera, ’04my home in Con- ’06well! Most of this Well folks, as always, please [email protected] necticut after visiting my family column will be similar to your keep those updates coming along. in Lancaster, Pa., for Columbus Facebook and Instagram news- We love to hear your news! Well, ‘03ers, I Day weekend, and things on and feeds: engagements, marriages, Sabrina McGuigan, can’t tell you how around campus were pleasantly and babies! And other parts [email protected] ’03good it feels to static, yet stirring. I popped will be similar to your LinkedIn finally have some news to share. into the bookstore to get my feed, because Mountain Hawks Hey class of ‘02! Not having updates for the past Lehigh-Lafayette 150th Rivalry are always oozing success. Here are your few editions was disappointing. at Yankee Stadium swag and Andrea McCarthy is ’02updates!! I hope seeing how desperate I picked up a second shirt for my engaged to Scott Heckmann Pooja (Jaiswal) Purewal am for submissions will inspire sister who attended Lafayette of Rancho Mirage, Calif. The writes that she and her husband you to tell me what awesome (stay tuned for my report of the couple is planning a May 2015 Meninder (Mikey) Purew- things you’re up to, so I can actual game in our Spring Bul- wedding in Italy. Andrea works al currently live in Dumbo, share it with our class. letin), and while I must admit I as a civil defense litigation attor- Brooklyn. She works at Ralph This column is almost sin- do love being able to grab a chai ney in Los Angeles. Lauren in financial planning gularly dedicated to celebrating at the in-house Starbucks for Nicole Matchett married and strategy, and Mikey works the impending nuptials of my the chilly drive northeast, I was Gabriel Ganot in Morris, at Bank of America as a quant. friend, Billi Ford. In October, surprised to see the increase in Conn., on Nov. 8, 2014. The new- They welcomed a son, Krish, last Billi will wed her fiancé, Brian hookah bars along the main drag lyweds are residing in San Fran- year, who was born on Sept. 25, Taylor, in Jamaica. Congratula- of Bethlehem. Heading down cisco. Fellow ’06ers Matthew 2013. He is now a happy 1 year tions, Billi! to the fields (because I must Schneider and Andrea Tulcin old “who is getting really big!” I’ll celebrate my 10th wed- admit I always get lost driving met and fell in love after leaving Katie (Masi) Burrell mar- ding anniversary to my Lehigh down South Mountain toward Lehigh! The two were married ried Greg Burrell in September love, Enrique Simmons Jr., as I-78) I noticed the construction on Aug. 31, 2014. Brian Seaback 2012, and they welcomed a Billi is saying “I do” this fall as of additional soccer fields and married Katelyn Page on Sept. baby girl, Luisa Kathryn, on well. It’s an awesome month to gymnasiums, which I’m sure will 27, 2014 in upstate New York. Jan. 5, 2014. start sharing your forever, if I be much used and appreciated David Edelstein and Laura Patrice Banks recently must say so myself. by current Mountain Hawks. (Gray) Edelstein had their first

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PROFILE Richard Verma ’90

A new U.S. ambassador to India Richard Verma ’90 is top U.S. diplomat in world’s largest democracy.

Richard Verma ’90, a national security expert who has served in the U.S. As assistant secretary of state for legisla- State Department and the U.S. Air Force and as an adviser to members of tive affairs under Hillary Clinton from 2009- Congress, is the new U.S. ambassador to India. 11, Verma led the Obama administration’s Verma was nominated by President Obama to be the top American negotiations with Congress for new sanctions diplomat in India, the world’s second-most-populous nation and largest on Iran while working for passage of the New democracy. He was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn START nuclear arms treaty with Russia. He in by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Dec. 19. received the Distinguished Service Medal, the

Richard Verma ’90 According to The Economic Times of India and other news sources, State Department’s highest civilian honor. (top left) takes the Verma’s appointment has received praise from lawmakers and analysts. In 2007, he was named by the organization oath of office as “President Obama is fortunate to have Rich at the helm of our embas- India Abroad as one of the 50 most influential the new U.S. ambassador to India sy in New Delhi,” said Ronak D. Desai, an affiliate with the Belfer Center’s Indian-Americans. in a ceremony with India and South Asia Program at Harvard University and an expert on Verma attended Lehigh on an Air Force U.S. Secretary of U.S.-India relations. ROTC scholarship and earned a B.S. in indus- State John Kerry. Verma’s wife, “That Rich was confirmed by a voice vote by the U.S. Senate is a potent trial engineering, while minoring in interna- Melineh (Pinky) demonstration of the high esteem in which both he and the bilateral rela- tional relations. Verma, stands in the background. tionship are held by both parties in Washington,” Desai said. At Lehigh, Verma was a member of Lambda “He will prove instrumental in navigating U.S. foreign relations with Chi fraternity and senior class president. Since India to new, unexplored heights.” graduating, he has served on the university’s U.S. Rep. Ami Bera, a Democrat representing California’s seventh con- board of trustees and on the board of directors gressional district, said Verma’s experience made him an excellent choice of the Lehigh University Alumni Association. for his new post. Verma is the first Indian-American to “I know Rich is committed to growing the partnership between India serve as ambassador to India and the first as- and the U.S. at this critical moment in our relationship and I look forward signed to a major country. to working with him,” said Bera. —Kurt Pfitzer

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child, Graham Patrick Edel- joyed tremendous success rates! I have to admit, ny that Scott Holand and Kevin stein, on Aug. 5, 2014. Connor Lastly, an update from yours this column George ’11 started in campus McCarthy and his wife, Kelsey, truly: in November, I left NYC ’09really crept up on recruiting has secured its first welcomed a baby girl named El- and moved across the pond me and has left me scrambling to paying clients as of fall 2014. If lis on Feb. 27, 2014. Greg Bosch to join my boyfriend, who is get news, so thanks to all who re- anyone is looking to reconnect and his wife, Renee Bosch ‘08, currently living and working sponded quickly to help me out. or is interested in learning more welcomed their first daughter, in London. I took a position It’s crazy to think that another about their company (HireCan- Amelia Eileen, on Aug. 19, 2014, with a financial services firm in year has flown by, and it has vas) feel free to shoot Scott an in Connecticut. the city, and in my spare time been a pretty memorable year email at [email protected]! James Kesilman and his I am plotting as much travel as for the Class of 2009. In the past We have a first time update wife Erica (Skola) Kesilman possible! But no one panic – I’ll year, we celebrated our fifth year from Zack Peters, who took just welcomed their first child, still be bugging you for updates Reunion together back at South his professional engineering Sarah Jane Kesilman, on Oct. throughout the year. Cheers! Mountain, and in November exam in spring 2014 and is now 10, 2014! The whole family is Katie Murray, we celebrated the 150th rivalry a licensed professional engineer excited – especially Sarah’s [email protected] game together in New York City. in New York. Zach has also been grandfather, Glenn Skola ‘78, Many thanks to those of you who busy with renovations to his who can’t wait to take her to her Krista Kobeski, chose to come back to Lehigh, house and was able to meet up first football game. 2336 California and it was great seeing many of with one of his prior Lehigh Julie (Ottaiano) Rivera ’07Street, Apt. 3, you in the city. roommates, Joe Cali, over the and her husband, Carlo Rivera, Mountain View, CA 94040. 650- Now, let’s get on to business summer. Finally, Gina Guzzon ’04 had a baby boy, Evan George 796-2021. [email protected] – our Class updates. First, I am received her Master of Arts in Rivera, on Aug. 4, 2014! He’s to extend heartfelt congratu- the history of decorative arts already proudly sporting his Another year and lations to Dan DeWitt and his from The Smithsonian Associ- brown and white. The couple fresh start is upon wife, Theresa, who welcomed ates/George Mason University moved back from Seattle two ’08us, bringing along their third child and first girl, in May 2014. years ago and reside in Washing- brand new celebrations and oc- Lena, on April 17, 2014. Dan was Annie Feldman was mar- ton Township (Bergen County) casions. Therefore, I’m pleased also licensed as a registered pro- ried to Matthew DeLano in May in New Jersey. to usher in 2015 with exciting fessional engineer in the state of 2014, and they are currently Jessica (Miely) Joseph news from our fellow classmates. of Maryland after passing his living in Boston, where Annie and her husband, Mac, had a Starting with engagements, October 2013 exam. He works started her MBA in Fall 2014. At baby girl on April 22, 2014. They Dave Chella proposed to his in Cumberland, Md., as a civil the end of August, Brendan Van named her Charlotte McKellar girlfriend, Kailyn Mulcahy – engineer, designing county pub- Ackeren was married to Lisa Joseph and hope that she will she said “Yes!” Shane Gilroy lic works projects. Additionally, Sweeney. Their ceremony was be a Mountain Hawk one day! ’09 asked Alex Burtoft to Jessica (Armbruster) Leo and held on South Mountain at Le- Mark Borda and his wife, Katie, marry him, while Dave Co- her husband,Jason Leo, wel- high’s Packer Memorial Church. welcomed their daughter, Lily, hen is now engaged to Sasha comed their first child, Carolina In September, Leigh Kelly was into the world this past summer. Kravetz. Congratulations to Leo, in April of 2014. Congratu- married to Bretton Pope ’08, James Crosson and his our happy couples! lations to Boris Kaidanov and ’09G and Amanda DeBonis, wife, Stephanie, welcomed Perhaps a natural transition Zoe Zachariades, both ’09ers, and Andy Knerr tied the knot! their first child, James Michael – there are also marriages to cel- who had baby Kaidariades in Special congratulations to Leah Crosson, on Sept. 17, 2013. The ebrate! Heather Goodling tied January 2015 (gender of baby Nash, who was engaged to Greg family is currently living in the knot with Jared Gray ’07, Kaidariades not known at the Alvarez ’08! Also, I hope that Manhattan’s Upper West Side. while Josh Regina married fel- time of this column’s writing). In Mariel Schwartz and Court- James works at Interconti- low classmate, Katie Morgan. other news, my sister Christa ’08 ney Ronan have a great time at nental Exchange (a financial Samantha Burns wed Darren (Buckheit) Sturdevant wel- the wedding as members of their services organization) as a trad- Stineman, and Ted Smith comed her first child on Oct. 3, wedding party! Additionally, Al- ing-technology manager, and celebrated his nuptials to Ryan 2014, which means that I am offi- exandra Burtoft ’08 was engaged his wife works at NYU Langone Ingalls ’09. Ashley Saunders cially an uncle! Congratulations to Shane Gilroy in August of Medical Center as a researcher also said “I do!” Best wishes to to Michelle Beckner and Bryan 2014. The wedding is planned in biochemistry. all of our newly married friends. Beckner ’06, who also welcomed for the Fall of 2015 at the Lehigh Kevin Frost is starting his Please be sure to send any their new baby girl, Genevieve Chapel. Congratulations to fifth year as director of Pennsyl- news – career milestones, life Lynn Beckner, on Oct. 3, 2014. Ashley Weiss, who was engaged vania for Themis Bar Review. In events, new cities, new schools, Rachel Charlesworth on July 5, 2014, to JMU alumni that capacity, he helps hundreds adventures – to me at Kaitlyn- was employee number six at Adam Schiff, and who will be of students each year pass the [email protected]. Our class RideScout, a mobile transit man- married in the fall of 2015. Pennsylvania and New Jersey of 2008 network cannot thrive agement application company, Manuel Schubert graduated bar exams. The company is without you! and her company was recently from the University of Michigan growing fast and doing really Katie Noon, acquired by Daimler (the maker Medical School and will be doing well, and its students have en- [email protected] of Mercedes Benz)! The compa- his residency in orthopedic

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surgery. He also recently got en- ished her doctorate in materials Please continue to send me to act immediately. Roger’s gaged in Paris to his high school science and engineering from any news that you would like to newly created company, Localfu, sweetheart Amanda Lewan. And Carnegie Mellon University. share with your Lehigh family. allows travelers to log onto his finally, congrats toAndrew Sch- Khalil Uqdah married Kyara You may have noticed that this website and pay $5 to buy travel weitzer, who was married Nov. Gray and started his own real column has gotten a little short- plans from a real local. The idea 15 to Sabrina Surdoval ’10 in New estate investing company. Nick er because I have been lacking emerged when he and his best York City. Andrew is currently Baer and Sofia Covarrubias updates. Please feel free to send friend and business partner an environmental engineer at ’12 were married in April 2014. me a message on Facebook or were having difficulty preparing Stantec Consulting, and Sabrina Brianne Moses was engaged email me at any time with an for a trip of their own. He stated, is an administrator at Memorial back in June and will be getting update. I always look forward to “Planning was tough, unless we Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. married September 2015. hearing from you all! had a friend to call in a place we As always, feel free to submit Martha Durant was proposed Sri Rao, [email protected] were visiting. We hated planning updates to LehighClass2009@ to by Michael Rossi ’11 this past via endless reading of TripAdvi- gmail.com or feel free to just summer on Martha’s Vineyard. Sofia Covarru- sor and Yelp. The initial concept shoot an email to say hello. And finally, my old Orlando bias married Nick was ‘what if we had a local in any Thanks again to all those who friend and fellow Usher concert ’12Baer ’10 on April 19 place that we could call?’ and it submitted updates! attendee, Sara Ecklin, recently in Coral Springs, Fla. Congratu- developed from there.” Roger Bobby Buckheit, got engaged to Ryan Tuscher. lations to the happy couple! hopes to grow his business [email protected] The couple also recently moved Editor’s note: To share your enough for it to lead the indus- to Los Angeles. Congrats! news or if you would be inter- try and become the go-to place Season’s Greetings Some of our classmates have ested in becoming your class’s to plan a trip. 2010! I’m writing been on the move: John Chrin correspondent, reaching out to Alex’s company is a bit ’10this article a day recently moved to Dallas, Texas, classmates and writing a column different. He is the co-founder after visiting Lehigh’s campus to work for Goldman Sachs, three times a year, please contact of Delmonico Apparel, a line during homecoming weekend. adding to the Lehigh contin- Diana Skowronski at 610-758- of men’s golf and golf lifestyle The nostalgia of being back on gent we have in that area. Matt 3675 or [email protected] apparel. His company is unique campus is truly invigorating. Varrelman recently moved to because each of the four collec- While I was there I met up with Durham, N.C., to work for FDH Steve Grillo, tions created so far represents Jack Meehan and Shannon Engineering. [email protected] a different charity: Alzheimer’s Breitman, and we recollect- As for me, I just moved back ’13 Awareness, Breast Cancer ed about all the great Lehigh to Washington, D.C. this past Awareness, Childhood Cancer traditions that our class helped summer, taking a new job with Max Perricone, Awareness, and Post Traumatic start, or rekindle. (Also I learned A.T. Kearney, a consulting firm, mcp314@lehigh. Stress Disorder Awareness. that Shannon has a dog named where I’ll be doing manufac- ’14edu When ordering a product, cus- McGrady, after McGrady’s… turing consulting. It’s good to tomers are relayed information classic!) be back in the Northeast, and As we finish up about the charity that product If you haven’t had the I can’t wait to see more of my our final fall supports and given an avenue chance to visit campus recently Lehigh family. See you all at ’15semester at Lehigh through which they can become and feel that great nostalgia, Reunion! University together as the class more involved. Because his you’ll have a great opportunity Nicholas J. Anderson, Nick. of 2015, there are similar ideas target market includes males coming up in May! The weekend [email protected] crowding each student’s mind. between ages 18 and 25, Alex is of May 14-17 will be our five- We are constantly reminisc- eager to grow his brand while year class Reunion! The other Hello class of 2011! ing about the past, excited still in school. Afterward, he class officers and I have been I hope you all had a about the future, and trying plans on expanding the business gearing up for the weekend. We ’11wonderful year and to determine what is next to and striking a deal with a big- have a bunch of great events, are looking forward to an even come. While most students take box, national chain. Alex’s main giveaways, and of course, drink better 2015. the usual route, sending in job motivation is philanthropic. specials/open bar opportunities Valerie Estela is currently applications through LUCIE He hopes he is “able to inspire for the weekend. We would love studying neuroscience in a Ph.D. and crossing our fingers, a few others to get involved in raising to see you there, and we are program at Brown University. of our classmates created a dif- awareness and aid for causes sure you’ll love the chance to Amy Pakett started a new job ferent plan, their own plan. The that they feel strongly about reminisce with old classmates last summer at a nonprofit, entrepreneurial spirit seems to through donations, volunteer and enjoy all that campus has working for Jewish Federation have spread like wildfire during work, or whatever means they to offer! of St. Louis as its communica- the past few years at Lehigh prefer.” On to our class updates! tions manager. University, and these students Tyler’s company is still in First off, lots of wedding Anthony Pascale has been are using it to their advantage. the beginning stages; however, bells!! Stephanie Bojarski living in NYC for the last year Roger Graham, Alexander the idea is developing quick- married Benjamin Eyer back in and loving it. He is an audit Derek, and Tyler Bond were ly. He and his partner, Dave July 2014; she also recently fin- semi-senior at Berdon LLP. all inspired by a cause and chose DiFrancesco, plan to create

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a “consumer-facing intelli- work with boundless energy and piece. As he declares both in lots of great Lehigh updates. gent-recommendation platform charisma, not to mention his person and on his website, he In addition to the crazy for the craft beer industry.” To uncontrollable bursts of laugh- has three principles that he class schedule most Lehigh help inexperienced beer lovers ter, shows everyone he meets faithfully upholds while creating students keep, some still find find their way around the grow- that he lives life to the fullest. each one of his works: “The form additional time to engage in ing craft beer market, Tyler and For starters, as a member of of an object follows the function some amazing extracurricular Dave plan to “guide consumers Lehigh’s Baja SAE organization, of the object. A curve must ventures. Here are just a few along a personalized journey of he helps build off-road vehicles be defined and derived from awesome projects and activi- discovery, fostering connection each year to race in annual the ratios that exist in nature. ties the class of 2017 has been to local breweries and enabling competitions by the Society of Every piece must be precise and involved with. exploration.” The company will Automotive Engineers. Also, well-crafted.” True to his word, Matt Sheffield has had utilize information on each after years of spontaneously each piece is a gorgeous original success with his business, customer’s taste preferences playing his guitar and singing that invites use. It doesn’t Shady Eyedeas. The company and their location to choose for friends, he recently joined matter what he’s doing – his offers fully interchangeable local beers the customer will Lehigh’s all-male a cappella originality and thoughtfulness sunglasses. The arms, frames, enjoy and be able to purchase. group, A Whole-Step Up. always come through. and lenses all snap together As of now the company is named Every few weeks, he drives After a weekend home, using their proprietary mech- Crafty, and the next step is home to Scarsdale, N.Y., to enjoy Giancarlo returns to Lehigh and anism and interchange for getting a functional product in a delicious, home-cooked Italian continues to be the refreshing, 36,000 different combinations. the hands of consumers. When meal with his family. Unlike dynamic force that keeps cam- “I came to Lehigh and my asked about company growth, most college juniors, home pus interesting. entrepreneurial spirit was Tyler shared that the team is also represents his workshop, Kelsey Leck, well-received both by faculty focused on hitting the Philly a design playground for his [email protected] and other like-minded stu- metro area; however, he thinks endless creativity. Combining dents,” Sheffield said. “Crafty could eventually work his engineering knowledge, What a huge year Sheffield entered the nationwide. State laws are one imagination, and intuition, this is – Lehigh’s Eureka Competition run by of the biggest impediments to he founded his own furniture ’17sesquicentennial the Baker Institute of Entre- rapid growth, so we’re looking company. His handmade pieces year. It’s quite an exciting time preneurship and received first into the most ‘beer friendly’ of furniture look like they to be a student, and I believe place. He received $2,500 and states for alternate launch loca- should be showcased in an art many of us feel very fortunate an office space at Ben Franklin tions and places for expansion gallery, which they indeed have. to be here. TechVentures on Mountaintop down the line.” He recounts how, when he first And as if the year weren’t Campus. These three Lehigh seniors started his company, he naïvely already exciting enough, we Since then, Sheffield has are leading the way, inspiring drove to various galleries in announced our new president, worked with his partners An- our generation to take prob- Manhattan with his furniture Mr. John D. Simon. Lehigh’s drew Benito and Ryan Kautz, lems into our own hands. With painstakingly arranged in the campus is looking forward to building the business both enough drive and passion to back of his truck, hoping to find welcoming this new leader in online and in retail. make a change, innovation and a few who were willing to take a July. “Lehigh has been so great success will result. These stu- few minutes to look at the pieces I and the other class officers in terms of providing amaz- dents have proved that. Roger, he worked on for weeks. Now have had a busy and exciting ing services to let us run the Alex, and Tyler: I wish you luck that his work actually has been start to the semester. We are business while being students,” on your endeavors, and I am featured in galleries, he can look currently working on planning Sheffield said. extremely excited to write about back on the rookie display of events for Lehigh-Lafayette Matthew Cossel has the incredible success of your eagerness with his classic grin. week, while also helping our gotten involved in Lehigh’s companies in the 2025 Alumni Despite his aspirations to have classmates with other initia- Global Union, an umbrella Bulletin! his work displayed in an artistic tives. Keep an eye out for our organization on campus that Rachel Mayer, sense, he says that he is thrilled Thank a Donor Day event this focuses on bringing inter- [email protected] when his furniture becomes winter – it was a great success nationally themed events to much-used and loved pieces of last year, and we hope to make campus. Cossel is the secretary Giancarlo Pater- people’s homes. He works for it even better this year. of the Global Union for the fall noster is a char- hours on end in his basement, As a journalism major, semester. ’16acter; his friends listening to podcasts while I’ve been spending a lot of Global Union has about agree. He always leaves a lasting calculating every tiny detail of time working on The Brown 45 member clubs, which host impression. Giancarlo is a junior his designs. Then he carefully and White, Lehigh’s student co-sponsored events with the studying mechanical engineer- constructs each component newspaper. At the beginning of Global Union and other mem- ing, and he is the epitome of the of the furniture, refining the the fall semester, we proudly ber clubs that are all free and phrase “joie de vivre.” The way individual parts to bring out the unveiled our new website. I open to students on campus. he enthusiastically leaps into beauty of the materials, usually encourage you to check out “Our big event this semes- conversations, hobbies, and oak, to form a cohesive, elegant thebrownandwhite.com for ter was being a vital piece that

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brought in Twitter speaker “We want this to draw a There a few students who excited for Le-Laf! He is current- and Lehigh alumna, Ashley huge crowd and really renew have been very involved with ly undecided in the College of Hirsh’05. We are currently at- the discussion on diversity the Lehigh community since the Arts and Sciences. tempting to bring other social on campus – albeit from a beginning of the semester. They Besides the class officers, media speakers to campus, as different and more fundamen- are the Class Officers, and they however, there are some stu- we see this as a very hot topic,” tal angle this time around,” are extremely excited to have a dents already making their mark Cossel said. Spranger said. leadership role on campus! Hai on campus. Troy Pelletier is one Will Kuehne is involved Thanks for reading! Until Le is the President of the class. of the starting wide receivers on with Engineers Without next time... Besides being a class officer, he the football team this year, and Borders. The 130-member Samantha Tomaszewski, is also a member of the Associ- had an incredible season. He led organization works on water [email protected] ation of Student Alumni, and is the team with 815 yards and sev- projects such as wells, pumps, looking toward joining Greek en touchdowns on 49 receptions. tanks, and pipes in Honduras I think it’s safe to life next semester. He is studying Moreover, Pelletier was named and Nicaragua. say that everyone to become a civil engineer. For- to an All-Patriot League team. The club organizes trips ’18can remember tunate Tshirangwana is most Overall, Troy had an amazing to these locations three times their first few days at Lehigh excited serving as Vice President rookie season, and was even on a year, and Kuehne has been fondly. You’re scared, nervous, of Giving for her class. She wants the watch list for rookie of the fortunate enough to go twice. and a little sweaty due to the lack to be a Gryphon next year, and year. Troy is definitely a player He is the social committee of air conditioning in your dorm, she is planning on getting her you want to look for next year! chair and works with NGOs in but you’re so excited to begin the degree in industrial engineering. Megan Olivola, the countries to get informa- best four years of your life. It’s Patrick Creamer is the Vice [email protected] tion on how Engineers Without definitely overwhelming to be President of Unity, and he is also Borders’ work is impacting the meeting so many new people, but a member of the crew team. He area. I can say that I have made some hopes to help the crew team have GRADUATE SCHOOL “We really try to develop a amazing friends here in the first a successful season this year! All colleges please submit your community holistically, so we few months. Patrick also plans on getting a news to Diana Skowronski at don’t just take an engineering The class of 2018 is the degree in industrial engineering. [email protected]. approach,” Kuehne said. largest in recorded Lehigh Matthew Enslin (son of Jeffrey Engineers Without Borders history at around 1,300 students. Enslin ’88; Class President) is the also works on a local level. It In our first few days on campus, Vice President of Marketing. He works with Broughal Middle we were adopted by the Class of loves attending various sporting School and recently built a 1968 at our first-year rally, which events on campus, and is really water tank in Easton. was unfortunately held indoors Cory Spranger, our vice due to the rain. I think that president of marketing, is a for myself and about 30 other gryphon this year for the Cre- students, the rally was a little ative Commons Live Lehigh nerve-racking. Toward the end community. This is the first of the rally, the newly-elected time a residential program like officers of the class of 2018 would this is being offered for first- be announced. year students. I am so glad that I was Creative Commons and appointed by my peers to be another first-year Live Lehigh the class correspondent. I have community, Intersecting Iden- already made many friends who tities, are working on collabo- are also class officers as well as rating on a panel event titled have met alumni, and have been “Why Diversity?” at events that are usually only The vision is to look at di- attended by upperclassmen. And versity from another perspec- of course, I have the honor of tive that fundamentally asks representing our Alma Mater. why diversity is important, as In the first few months of opposed to simply asserting school, everyone has tried to find that it is. The program will look their niche. Some were lucky to establish a case for diversity enough to be on an athletic team, from a variety of perspectives, whereas others joined many including an analytical, busi- clubs, and others are planning on ness-and-economics stand- joining Greek life next semester. point, as well as an engineering I think overall, everyone is trying and creativity viewpoint. to get as involved as possible.

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team, the fencing team, the glee trustee, a LUAA club president, IN REMEMBRANCE club, and the choir. He served as a Lehigh alumni trustee, and a a mine officer for the U.S. Navy Legacy of Leadership member. The alumni and university communities extend their sympathy during World War II. He worked He was a member of the LU to the families of the alumni listed. Obituary sources include for AT&T. Wrestling Club. Mr. Robert J. Quinn ’43, Mr. Georges R. Potter ’44, relatives, alumni, and friends. Send details to Diana Skowrons- Baltimore, Md., Aug. 28, 2014. Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 2, 2009. ki, Alumni Association, Lehigh University, 27 Memorial Drive Mr. Quinn served in the U.S. Mr. Potter was a member of the West, Bethlehem, PA 18015; (610) 758-3675; [email protected]. Navy during World War II. He Lehigh swimming team and the The following were reported to us as of October 24, 2015: worked for American Airlines. debate club. Mr. Edward L. Diehl ’44, Mr. David M. Gerb ’45, Cambridge, Mass., May 29, Boynton Beach, Fla., Oct. 13, 2014. Mr. Diehl was a brother 2014. Mr. Gerb was a brother 1930s U.S. Army during World War II. of Sigma Chi fraternity, held Tau Delta Phi fraternity and a Mr. Leonard Silberberg ’36, He worked for Ernst & Ernst as membership in Tau Beta Pi member of the Lehigh wrestling Port Chester, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2014. managing partner. honor society, and played for team. He served in the U.S. Mr. Silberberg was a brother Mr. Russell H. Browne ’41, the Lehigh cross country and Army. He worked for Union of Tau Delta Phi and Zeta Psi Fountain Hill, Pa., Oct. 19, 2014. outdoor track teams. He served Supply Co. He was a member of fraternities, played for the Le- Mr. Browne served in the U.S. as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army the Class Committee and the high basketball, swimming, and Army during World War II. He during World War II. He worked 50th reunion Fund Committee. outdoor track teams, and served worked as a metallurgist for for The Architects’ Collabora- Mr. Richard L. Hagadorn on the staff of the Brown and Bethlehem Steel Corp. tive before establishing his own ’45, West Chester, Pa., Aug. White. His son, Gary M. Silber- Dr. Seymour H. Kott ’41, architecture firm. 2, 2014. Mr. Hagadorn was berg ’65, is a Lehigh alumnus. Pacific Palisades, Calif., July 10, Mr. Carl A. Elmes ’44, a brother of Delta Upsilon Mr. William L. Doney ’37, 2012. Dr. Kott was a brother of Willow Valley Communities, fraternity and a member of the Jacksonville, Fla., June 17, 2014. Tau Delta Phi fraternity. Pa., June 30, 2014. Mr. Elmes Lehigh baseball team. He served Mr. Doney worked for Westing- Mr. James D. Larue Jr. ’41, was a brother of Phi Gamma in the U.S. military. house and Ford, Bacon, & Davis Hodgenville, Ky., Aug. 11, 2014. Delta and a member of the Le- Dr. James F. Kleckner ’45, before being employed by the Mr. Larue served in the U.S. high football and outdoor track Palo Alto, Calif., March 24, 2014. Prudential Insurance Company. Army Air Corps during World teams. He served as a lieutenant Dr. Kleckner was a member of Dr. William F. Boucher ’38, War II. He worked as a farmer in the U.S. Marine Corps during Omicron Delta Kappa honor Allentown, Pa., July 18, 2014. and an accountant and founded World War II. society and a brother of Sigma Mr. Boucher held membership LaRue Insurance. Dr. John H. Gross ’44, Chi. His father, Ellis H. Kleck- in the Alpha Epsilon Delta Mr. E. Leonard Schork ’41, ’48G, ’55G, Hellertown, Pa., ner ’21, was a Lehigh alumnus. honor society and served on the Westfield, N.J., Oct. 11, 2014. Mr. Oct. 7, 2014. Dr. Gross was a Mr. Jerome N. Merkel ’45, staff of the Brown and White. Schork served in the U.S. Army member of the Lehigh glee club Pottstown, Pa., April 1, 2014. He worked as a private practice during World War II. He worked and debate club. He served Mr. Merkel served in the U.S. physician. His brother, James H. as a chemical and electrical as a commander in the U.S. Army during World War II. He Boucher ’42, and son, Richard D. design engineer for the RCA Navy during World War II. He worked as a teacher for Boyer- Boucher ’71, are Lehigh alumni. Corporation and in sales and worked as the vice president town High School. design for Cindy Pools, Inc. and director of research for U.S. Mr. William D. Pettit ’45, 1940s Mr. T. Brooks Woods ’41, Steel. He was a member of the Squirrel Hill, Pa., Sept. 3, 2014. Mr. William N. Mills ’40, Brewster, Mass., June 18, 2014. LUAA Class Reunion Commit- Mr. Pettit was a member of the Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 13, 2014. Mr. Woods served as a lieu- tee, the Class Committee, and Tower Society. Mr. Mills was a member of the tenant in the U.S. Navy during the Tower Society. Mr. Russell E. Neal ’46, Lehigh basketball team. He World War II. He worked for Mr. Robert H. Hicks Jr. ’49G, Lehighton, Pa., Oct. 21, worked for United States Steel Westinghouse Electric. ’44, Catonsville, Md., Aug. 14, 2014. Mr. Neal was the owner and Mesta Machine Company. Mr. Robert W. Clark ’42, 2014. Mr. Hicks was a brother and operator of R.E. Neal Civil Cmrd. Laurence R. Naegely Delaware, Ohio, Dec. 16, 2010. of Phi Delta Theta fraternity Engineering. ’40, Allentown, Pa., Sept. 5, Mr. Clark was a brother of and a member of the Le- Mr. Kenneth A. Lambert 2014. Cmrd. Naegely served in Sigma Nu and a member of high swimming, tennis, and Jr. ’47, Montrose, Pa., Sept. 24, the U.S. Navy during World War Tau Beta Pi honor society. He wrestling teams. He served in 2014. Mr. Lambert was a broth- II. He worked for Intellux, Inc. worked for Diebold. the U.S. Navy and worked as a er of Sigma Chi. He served in and I.B.M. Mr. Charles J. Apolenis ’43, general contractor. He served the U.S. Navy during World War Mr. Alfred M. Schuyler ’40, Clarksburg, Md., June 13, 2014. as the LUAA board president, II. He worked as a metallurgical West Simsbury, Conn., Sept. 6, Mr. Richard M. Haslet the LUAA board senior vice engineer for Bendix Corp. 2014. Mr. Schuyler was a broth- ’43, Bethlehem Township, Pa., president, a LUUA board Mr. Warren F. Mikels ’47, er of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. Aug. 6, 2014. Mr. Haslet was a regional vice president, a LUAA Stroudsburg, Pa., Aug. 30, 2014. He served as a lieutenant in the member of the outdoor track board archivist, a LUAA board Mr. Mikels served in the U.S.

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Army Air Corps during World World War II and as a lieu- U.S. Army during the Korean during World War II. He worked War II. He worked for Mikels tenant colonel in the U.S. Air War. He worked as an accoun- as a research technician for Motors. His son, Steven W. Force Reserves. He worked for tant. His children, Michael M. Frederick Atkins. Mikels ’69, is a Lehigh alumnus. the Department of Defense. Zucker ’85 and William C. Zuck- Lt. Col. Omar V. Greene Jr. Mr. James G. Kerr ’47G, Mr. Warren C. Heintzel- er ’78, are Lehigh alumni. ’51, ’56G, San Antonio, Texas, Winchester, Calif., Sept. 3, man ’49, Chambersburg, Pa., June 3, 2014. Lt. Col. Greene was 2014. Mr. Kerr worked as a June 1, 2014. 1950s a brother of Sigma Phi fraternity professor for Lehigh University Mr. Ward E. Laubach ’49, Dr. Charles J. Meder ’50G, and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and as a chief materials engi- Cherry Hill, N.J., June 24, 2013. Ithaca, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2007. honor society and the Mustard neer for Chevron. Mr. Ronald J. Lenney ’49, Mr. William J. Cuff ’50, & Cheese Society. He served in Mr. Salvatore Triolo ’47, Pelham Manor, N.Y., May 26, Chadds Ford, Pa., May 18, the U.S. Air Force. His grandfa- Northampton, Pa., Sept. 5, 2014. 2014. Mr. Lenney was a brother 2014. Mr. Cuff was a brother ther, Howard Eckfeldt ’95, his Mr. Triolo served in the U.S. of Tau Delta Phi fraternity, a of Kappa Sigma fraternity. He brother, Garrett L. Greene ’50, Army during World War II. He member of the Lehigh outdoor served in the U.S. Army. His his father, Omar V. Greene ’22, worked as an engineer for Texaco. track team, and a member of children, Terese M. Cuff ’84 and his niece, Deborah G. Lynott Mr. Arthur E. Zucker- the Mustard & Cheese Society. and William J. Cuff Jr. ’87, are ’76, are Lehigh alumni. man ’47, West Orange, N.J., He served in the U.S. military Lehigh alumni. Mr. Edward W. Davidhe- Oct. 18, 2014. Mr. Zuckerman during World War II. He worked Mr. John J. Flanagan ’50, iser ’51, Colfax, N.C., Aug. 31, was a brother of Sigma Alpha as a lawyer and accountant. Delran, N.J., Oct. 10, 2014. Mr. 2014. Mr. Davidheiser was a Mu fraternity. He served in Dr. Keith W. Mattison ’49, Flanagan served in the U.S. member of the Lehigh march- World War II. He worked as a Deltona, Fla., Sept. 3, 2014. Dr. Navy. He worked for RCA. ing band. He served in the U.S. chartered life underwriter. His Mattison served as a lieutenant Mr. Ronald C. Mitchell Army during World War II. He son, Erick Zuckerman ’82, is a colonel in the U.S. Army Air ’50, Dumfries, Va., Oct. 14, worked in sales and marketing Lehigh alumnus. Corps during World War II. 2014. Mr. Mitchell was a mem- in the U.S. food manufacturing Mr. John W. Ruttle Jr. He worked as an engineer in ber of the Lehigh soccer team. and restaurant industries. He ’47G, Yardley, Pa., May 22, 2014. weapons systems research and He worked as a World Bank was a member of the LUAA Mr. Paul H. Kaar ‘48G, as a systems safety engineer senior financial analyst. Alumni Band. Evanston, Ill., Sept. 26, 2014. at General Electric, Lockheed Mr. Robert P. Sanborn Jr. Mr. Thomas G. Linxweiler Mr. Kaar was a member of the Marietta, and Stanford Re- ’50, Holyoke, Mass., Sept. 8, ’51, East Dennis, Mass., Oct. Fritz Engineering Research search Institute. 2014. Mr. Sanborn was a broth- 2, 2014. Mr. Linxweiler was a Society. He worked for the Mr. Donald C. Nickolaus er of Psi Upsilon fraternity brother of Alpha Tau Omega Maritime Commission, the ’49, Voorhees, N.J., Aug. 23, and a member of the Lehigh fraternity. He served in the Armour College of Engineer- 2014. Mr. Nickolaus was a broth- hockey team. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean ing of the Illinois Institute of er of Sigma Chi and a member of U.S. Navy during World War II. War. He worked for Monsanto Technology, and the Portland the Lehigh glee club. He served He worked for Atlas Copco as a Research Laboratories. Cement Association. in the U.S. Army Air Force during credit manager. Mr. Harold E. Sperr ’51, Mr. John B. Bednarik ’48, World War II. He worked for the Mr. William K. Wilson Jr. Port Orange, Fla., July 31, 2014. Allentown, Pa., July 6, 2014. Bell Telephone Company. ’50, Middletown, Md., Sept. 8, Mr. Sperr served in the U.S. Mr. Bednarik served in the U.S. Mr. Leroy A. Sweinberg 2014. Mr. Wilson was a brother Navy during World War II. Navy during World War II. ’49, Dallas, Pa., Aug. 15, 2014. of Kappa Sigma. He served in He worked as an engineer for Mr. Albert P. McCauley Mr. Sweinberg served in the the Korean War. He worked for General Electric, Aerospace Jr. ’48, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bell Telephone. He was a LUAA Group, McDonnell Aircraft July 9, 2014. Mr. McCauley during World War II. He worked Club President. Corp., Tedford Crystal Labo- was a member of the Lehigh as an associate professor for Mr. Robert H. Cousins ratories, Kenner Products Co., Mustard & Cheese Society. His Penn State University and ’51, New Orleans, La., June 28, and Tappan Co. son, James N. McCauley ’73, is a owned and supervised his 2014. Mr. Cousins was a brother Mr. Walter J. Redel ’51, Lehigh alumnus. surveying company, Sweinberg of Delta Chi fraternity and a North Abington, Pa., Sept. 28, Mr. Henry L. McGrath Jr. Kolesar and Associates. member of the Lehigh concert 2014. Mr. Redel served in the ’48, Atlantic Beach, Fla., April Mr. Paul A. Virbal ’49, and marching bands, the glee U.S. Army during the Korean 15, 2014. Mr. McGrath was a Delmont, Pa., March 24, 2014. club, and the choir. He served War. He worked as a sewage brother of Phi Delta Theta Mr. Virbal was a member of Tau in the U.S. Army. He worked for enforcement officer for the fraternity. He served in the U.S. Beta Pi honor society and the the engineering firm Howard, National Environmental Army during World War II. He Lehigh marching and concert Neddles, Tammen, & Bergend- Protection Agency. worked as the eastern regional bands. He was also a member of off and for the National Capital Mr. Gustave R. Stefanik manager for H.H. Robertson Co. the LUAA Alumni Band. Planning Commission. ’51, Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 11, Mr. Robert E. Schmaltz Mr. Alan J. Zucker ’49, Mr. Joseph F. Creighton 2012. Mr. Stefanik worked for ’48, Westford, Mass., Sept. 21, Livingston, N.J., July 9, 2014. ’51, Martinsville, N.J., Oct. 12, Hercules Inc. 2014. Mr. Schmaltz served in Mr. Zucker was a brother of Pi 2014. Mr. Creighton served as a Mr. Nicholas P. Verish ’51, the U.S. Army Air Corps during Lambda Phi. He served in the staff sergeant in the U.S. Army North Syracuse, N.Y., Sept. 11,

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2014. Mr. Verish was a member 2014. Mr. Haines was a brother the Epitome staff, the Lehigh Central High School. of the Lehigh marching band. of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and debate club, and the Army Mr. Zeno Zolli Jr. ’53G, He served in the U.S. Navy a member of the Lehigh football ROTC. He was a class commit- Bella Vista, Ark., July 29, 2014. during World War II. He worked team. He served as a navigator tee member and a reunion fund Mr. Zolli served in the U.S. Navy. for Carrier Corp. as facilities in the U.S. military. He worked committee member. He worked He worked as a researcher and manager. He was a member of as a regional sales manager for for IBM. His son, Roy C. Staf- developer in antibiotics. the LUAA alumni band. Beckwith Machinery. ford ’88, is a Lehigh alumnus. Mr. P. Hurley Bogardus Jr. Mr. David E. Willauer ’51, Mr. Edward W. MacGrath Mr. James P. Wash ’52, ’53, East Dennis, Mass., Oct. 10, Wilmington, Del., Oct. 8, 2014. ’52, New York, N.Y., May 30, Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 25, 2014. 2014. Mr. Bogardus was a broth- Mr. Willauer was a member of 2014. Mr. MacGrath was a broth- Mr. Wash served in the U.S. Army er of Psi Upsilon fraternity and a Tau Beta Pi Honor Society and er of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity. during World War II. He worked member of the Lehigh ice hockey the Lehigh marching band. He He worked in facilities engineer- for the U.S. Postal Service. team. He served as a second lieu- served in the U.S. Navy during ing and construction manage- Mr. Alphonse J. Calvo ’52G, tenant in the U.S. Marine Corps the Korean War. He worked for ment for American Airlines, Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 21, 2014. and in the U.S. Marine Corps the DuPont company. He was a Marriott Corporation, Fordham Mr. Calvo served in the U.S. reserves as a lieutenant colonel. member of the LU Wrestling club University, and Pace University. military during World War II. He He worked as an attorney for and the LUAA Alumni Band. Mr. William L. McMorris worked as a teacher for the Beth- Cummings & Lockwood. Mr. Jackson W. Balestier ’52, Salt Lake City, Utah, July lehem Area School District. Mr. Bernard J. Pino ’53, ’52, Middletown, N.J., July 2, 2014. Mr. McMorris served Mr. Joseph P. Malatesta Gibbstown, N.J., Aug. 25, 2014. 20, 2014. Mr. Balestier was a in the U.S. Army Reserve. He ‘52G, Bethlehem, Pa., June 4, Mr. Pino worked as a process brother of Lambda Chi Alpha worked as a mining and mineral 2014. Mr. Malatesta worked as a engineer for Mobil Research. fraternity and a member of the preparation engineer and gen- teacher for the Bethlehem Area Mr. William S. Shipley II Lehigh soccer team. He served eral superintendent. School District. ’53, York, Pa., May 24, 2014. Mr. in the U.S. Army during the Mr. Leonard W. Stafford Mr. John J. Eliff ’53G, Shipley was a brother of Chi Korean War. He worked for ’52, Midland, Mich., July 25, Norristown, Pa., July 23, 2014. Psi and a member of the Lehigh Polymer Industries as an inter- 2014. Mr. Stafford was a brother Mr. Eliff served in the U.S. hockey and lacrosse teams, national sales manager. of Theta Chi and a member of Navy during World War II. He Lehigh marching band and Mr. Alonzo F. Haines II Lambda Mu Sigma honor soci- worked as a math and science the Brown and White staff. He ’52, Murrells Inlet, S.C., Oct. 13, ety, the interfraternity council, supervisor for Hunterdon served in the U.S. Army Medical

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Reserve Corps. He worked for ates, and the Allen Morris Co. Navy during World War II. He of Psi Upsilon and a mem- the C.V. Hill Co. and the Laud- Mr. George P. Schivley worked as a world history and ber of the Lehigh marching erback-Cason Co. as a grocery Jr. ’54, ‘62G, Wooster, Ohio, English teacher at Bangor Area band and swimming team. He store designer and refrigerator May 13, 2014. Mr. Schivley was High School. worked in executive positions salesman. He was a member a brother of Phi Sigma Kappa Mr. William A. Smith for U.S. Steel, Dravo, Vectura, of the class committee, the fraternity and a member of the Jr. ‘57G, Virginia Beach, Va., Carmeuse Lime, and Excell reunion fund committee and Lehigh lacrosse team and Army June 3, 2014. Mr. Smith was Minerals. He was a member of the LUAA alumni band. He was ROTC. He served in the U.S. Air a brother of Sigma Chi and a the LUAA Alumni Band. a member of the Tower Society. Force. He worked as an engi- member of the Army ROTC. He Mr. David T. Burke ’58, Mr. Arthur H. Wyker Jr. neer for Ingersoll Rand. served in the U.S. Navy during Manalapan, N.J., Sept. 4, 2014. ’53, Liverpool, N.Y., May 17, Mr. Robert H. Snyder ’54, the Korean War. He worked Mr. Burke was a member of the 2014. Mr. Wyker served in the Easton, Md., Oct. 13, 2014. Mr. as the director of the Lehigh Gryphon Society. He worked for U.S. Army during World War II. Snyder served in the U.S. Navy. Computing Laboratory and as the Bank of New York. Ms. Ruth J. Freshley ‘54G, He worked as a chemical engi- a professor of engineering and Mr. George S. Egeland ’58, Athens, Ga., June 11, 2014. Ms. neer for Trojan Powder Co. and head of the industrial engi- ’60, Fort Mill, S.C., Jan. 27, 2014. Freshley worked as a middle Mallinckrodt. neering department for North Mr. Egeland was a member of school teacher. Mr. George W. Howey Jr. Carolina State University. Tau Beta Pi honor society. He Ms. Miriam L. Weber ’54G, ’55, Chatham, N.J., Sept. 6, Mr. Lawrence S. Gift ’57, served in the U.S. Army during Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 21, 2014. 2014. Mr. Howey was a brother Houston, Texas, Sept. 23, 2014. the Korean War. He worked as a Ms. Weber worked as an ele- of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He Mr. Gift served in the U.S. Navy. scientist for the U.S. Navy. mentary school teacher for the worked as a bond trader and in He was a Class Committee Mr. Gary S. Grabe ’58, Or- Bethlehem Area School District. real estate. He was a member Member, a 40th Reunion Fund mond Beach, Fla., June 3, 2014. Dr. Edward S. Gregorek Jr. of the Greek Alumni Council. Committee Member, a 50th Mr. Grabe was a member of the ’54, ‘67, Scranton, Pa., Oct. 17, He was a member of the Tower Reunion Fund Committee ROTC. He served in the U.S. 2014. Dr. Gregorek worked as a Society. His daughter, Anne H. Member, and a 35th Reunion army as a captain. He worked laboratory manager for Interna- Carson ’85, is a Lehigh alumna. Fund Committee Member. as an executive in his family’s tional Salt Co. and as a professor Mr. William R. Lindemann Mr. James C. Silberman lumber business and as an envi- for Virginia Military Institute, ’55, Metuchen, N.J., March 10, ’57, Boca Raton, Fla., Oct. 23, ronmental aerial cartographer Keystone College, Wilkes Col- 2014. 2014. Mr. Silberman was a for MapCo, Inc. lege, and King’s College. He was Mr. Paul E. Norian ’55, brother of Pi Lambda Phi fra- Lt. Col. Robert S. Hartman a member of the Tower Society. Potomac, Md., Feb. 20, 2012. ternity and a staff member of ’58, Naples, Fla., Sept. 4, 2014. Mr. Daniel J. Kelemen ’54, Mr. Arthur P. Schifflin ’55, the Brown and White and Epit- Lt. Col. Hartman was a brother Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 24, 2014. Falls Church, Va., July 5, 2014. ome. He served in the U.S. Air of Sigma Chi and a member of Mr. Kelemen served in the U.S. Mr. Schifflin was a brother of Force. He served as the CEO ROTC. He worked as a pur- Army during the Korean War. Delta Tau Delta fraternity and a and president of the Wilkens chasing agent. He served as a He worked as a chemical engi- member of the Lehigh basket- jewelry companies. lieutenant colonel in the U.S. neer for Air Products. He was ball, outdoor track, and cross Dr. Elizabeth C. Becker- Army Reserve. He was a class a Class Committee member, a country teams. He worked as man ‘58G, Pittsboro, N.C., committee member, a reunion 40th Reunion Fund Committee U.S. Customs attorney. He was June 28, 2014. Dr. Beckerman fund committee member, and member, a Reunion Planning a member of the Asa Packer worked in commercial broad- an LU Wrestling Club member. Committee member, an LF Society. His daughter, Laura M. casting as a harpist, singer, talk He was a member of the Asa Class Agent, a First Year Rally Sozio ’90, is a Lehigh alumna. show host, and WNTI station Packer and Tower societies. flag-bearer, a Reunion Calling Mr. Nicholas L. Cali ’56, founder and operator, in Mr. Charles L. Messler ’58, Committee member, a class offi- Hillsboro, Ore., Oct. 19, 2014. addition to teaching broad- Houston, Texas, June 12, 2014. cer, a Fall and Spring phonathon Mr. Cali was a brother of Sigma casting at Centenary College Mr. Messler was a brother of volunteer, and a member of the Nu fraternity. for Women, working as the Theta Xi. He worked for North- Asa Packer Society. Mr. Louis A. Dignazio ’56, founder and operator of the western Mutual Life Insurance Mr. Thomas F. Nitsche Freedom, Pa., Aug. 3, 2014. Mr. Radio-Television Department Co. He was a member of the ’54, Cliffside Park, N.J., Aug. 31, Dignazio was a brother of Phi and station WSHA-FM of Shaw Tower Society. 2014. Mr. Nitsche was a member Sigma Kappa and a member University, and holding the Mr. George S. Steward ’58, of the Lehigh baseball and of the Lehigh baseball team. positions of associate professor Bethlehem, Pa., June 27, 2014. swimming teams. Mr. Nitsche He served in the U.S. Navy. He of communications for Univer- Mr. Steward was a member of served in the U.S. Army during worked for General Electric as sity of Kansas and professor Omicron Delta Kappa honor World War II. He worked as a a quality assurance representa- and Assistant Dean of Arts and society, Phi Beta Kappa honor mechanical engineer for Civil tive and for Sperry Remington Sciences at University of North society, and Tau Beta Pi honor Aeronautics Administration, a and AMCO. Carolina-Chapel Hill. society. He served in the U.S. patent engineer for American Mr. Earl R. Rader Jr. ‘56G, Mr. William S. Brown III Navy Reserve. He worked for Can Co., and for the City of Cor- Bangor, Pa., Sept. 9, 2014. ’58, Pittsburgh, Pa., May 22, Bethlehem Steel. al Gables, H.J. Ross & Associ- Mr. Rader served in the U.S. 2014. Mr. Brown was a brother

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Mr. Anthony R. Almassy He worked as a product planning mentary school teacher for the Mr. Jeffery I. Fuehrer ’66G, ’59, Atlanta, Ga., June 22, 2013. executive for General Motors. Palisades School District. Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 18, 2014. Mr. Almassy was a brother of Dr. Le-Wu Lu ’60G, Mr. Edward S. Kopes ’62G, Mr. Fuehrer served as a captain Beta Theta Pi and a member of Allentown, Pa., July 27, 2014. Dr. Lower Heidelberg, Pa., Aug. 14, in the U.S. Air Force during the the Lehigh football and lacrosse Lu worked as a civil engineer and 2014. Mr. Kopes served in the Vietnam War. He worked for Sa- teams. He served in the U.S. Ma- as a professor of civil engineering U.S. Army during the Korean cred Heart Hospital and Muhlen- rines. He worked for Connecticut and the chairman of the civil and War. He worked as the engineer- berg Hospital in their financial Bank & Trust and IDS. His son, environmental engineering de- ing department chair for AT&T departments. Bret A. Almassy ‘94, is a Lehigh partment for Lehigh University. Lucent Technologies. Mr. John W. Reed ’66G, alumnus. Mr. Russell J. DiMarco Mr. Barry A. Boose ’62, Easton, Pa., July 15, 2014. Mr. Mr. L. Marshall Miller ’59, ’61G, Easton, Pa., June 14, ‘63G, West Chester, Pa., Aug. 5, Reed worked as a reading con- North Wales, Pa., Aug. 30, 2014. 2014. Mr. DiMarco served 2014. Mr. Boose worked for the sultant and administrator for the Mr. Miller worked for the Social in the U.S. Army during the Trane Company. His son, Stuart Phillipsburg School District. Security Administration. Korean War. He worked as a D. Boose ’91, is a Lehigh alumnus. Ms. Elaine J. Van Cott ’66G, Dr. George Gonis ’59G, ’64G, principal and teacher. Mr. Robert H. Mehlhouse Perkasie, Pa., Aug. 17, 2014. Ms. Savannah, Ga., May 25, 2014. Dr. Mrs. Marjorie W. Gless- ’62, Marietta, Ga., Nov. 3, 2012. Van Cott worked as a physical Gonis worked for Union Camp ner ’61G, Yorktown, Va., July Mr. Mehlhouse was a brother of education teacher and guidance Corp.’s chemical division. 15, 2014. Mrs. Glessner taught Psi Upsilon fraternity. counselor for the Pennridge chemistry and physics for Mora- Mr. Martin M. Fritsch ’64, School District. 1960s vian Preparatory School and New Market, Md., Sept. 1, 2014. Mr. Robert R. Bubp ’66, George L. Engelke ’60, Liberty High School. Mr. Fritsch served as a lieutenant Alexandria, Va., July 13, 2014. Garden City, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2014. Mr. William J. Paulik ’61G, colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Bubp was a brother of Mr. Engelke was retired presi- Allentown, Pa., July 18, 2014. Mr. He worked for the Department Delta Tau Delta and a member dent, CEO and chairman of the Paulik’s son, Michael A. Paulik of Defense and founded ATSI of the Lehigh baseball team. board of Astoria Financial Corp. ’92, is a Lehigh alumnus. Promotions company. He worked as a marketing (now Astoria Bank). As a student, Mr. Joseph J. Zareczky Dr. Virgil L. Hein ‘64G, ‘68G, research analyst and as a he was a member of the Phi ’61G, Bethlehem, Pa., July 31, Ocala, Fla., Sept. 29, 2014. Dr. Hein proposal specialist for Omega Sigma Kappa fraternity and Beta 2014. Mr. Zareczky served in the served in the U.S. Navy. He worked World Travel. Alpha Psi, a national accounting U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy as the director of engineering for Mr. Daniel H. Schoedinger honor society. Along with his Reserve. He worked as a control- AT&T Bell Laboratories. ’66, Whitefish, Mont., July 27, wife, Sandra, he was a longtime ler for WGPA Sunny 1100. Mr. Edward J. Connolley 2014. Mr. Schoedinger was a member of the Asa Packer So- Mr. Arnold T. Burke ’61, ’65G, Allentown, Pa., May 26, brother of Chi Phi fraternity ciety and the Tower Society. He Penacook, N.H., Sept. 19, 2014. 2014. He served in the U.S. Navy and a member of the Lehigh served on his 50th Reunion Fund Mr. Burke was a brother of and Naval Reserves as a flight swimming team. He worked as Committee, and was a member of Beta Theta Pi and a member officer and Navy Commander a real estate and development Lehigh’s Wall Street Council. of the Lehigh soccer team. He and as a consultant to the Office attorney for Vorys, Sater, Sey- Rev. John T. Docker ’60, owned an electrical control of the Undersecretary of the mour, and Pease. Hamilton, Ontario, April 13, distribution business, Carat U.S. Navy at the Pentagon and Mr. William F. Sutton ’66, 2014. Rev. Docker was a mem- Control, and Orchard View the Philadelphia Shipyard. He Hamburg, N.Y., May 30, 2014. Mr. ber of the Lehigh marching Farm, an apple orchard. worked as a district adminis- Sutton was a brother of Delta band and glee club. He worked Mr. Stephen A. Nieckoski trator of continuing education Chi fraternity. He worked for as a priest. He was a member of ’61, Feasterville, Pa., Aug. 15, for Penn State and as a senior Peerless Instrument Co. the LUAA Alumni Band. 2014. Mr. Nieckoski was a broth- human resource consultant for Mr. Franklin O. Loveland Mr. Robert D. Donnell ’60, er of Phi Kappa Theta. He served Bethlehem Steel. III ’67G, Gettysburg, Pa., June Conroe, Texas, Sept. 1, 2014. Mr. in the U.S. Army. He worked as Dr. Larry R. Mugridge ’65, 28, 2014. Mr. Loveland worked Donnell served as a flying officer a vice president in the banking ‘68G, Macungie, Pa., July 17, as a professor of anthropology at in the U.S. Air Force. He worked industry. His brother, Joseph 2014. Dr. Mugridge taught at Gettysburg College. for Gulf Chemical Co. and Chev- H. Nieckoski ’62, is a Lehigh Lafayette College before working Mr. Gerald L. Mohr ’67G, ron Chemical Co. alumnus. as a professor of mathematics for Coplay, Pa., Aug. 25, 2014. Mr. Mr. Theodore Heske Jr. Mr. James A. Robertson ’61, Kutztown University. His child, Mohr worked for Wells Fargo ’60, Harleysville, Pa., April 9, Barnegat, N.J., Aug. 22, 2014. Mr. Lyn Phy ‘97G, is a member of the Bank and as an educator for 2014. Mr. Heske was a brother Robertson was a brother of Phi Lehigh community. Allentown School District. of Kappa Sigma. He was a Delta Theta. He worked as the Mr. Laurence J. Lasky ’65, Mr. Arthur P. Rutherford member of the Asa Packer and director of human resources for Hermosa Beach, Calif., Feb. 18, III ’67, ‘68G, Austin, Texas, Feb. Tower Society. Prudential Co. and as the direc- 2014. 27, 2014. Mr. Rutherford was a Mr. Robert L. Bierley ’60G, tor of the Mirage Bridge Group. Mr. Alfred L. Findeisen brother of Delta Chi fraternity. Saint Clair Shores, Mich., Sept. Mrs. Gloria E. Brinton ’66G, Trenton, N.J., April 5, He worked for IBM. 21, 2014. Mr. Bierley was a ’62G, Princeton, Mass., Aug. 15, 2014. Mr. Findeisen worked for Mr. Charles R. Hollenbach member of the Gryphon Society. 2014. Mrs. Brinton was an ele- Temple University. ’68G, Sellersville, Pa., Oct. 18,

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2014. Mr. Hollenbach served in Avera Technology, Tangent and the Lehigh basketball team. a mathematics teacher at Plains the U.S. Army during World War Systems, and Angel Investment She worked as the president and High School, as a guidance II. He worked as a physical edu- forum and worked as a business CEO of Pretty Special Inc. and counselor at Plains Junior High cation and health teacher for the manager for Intel and as a vice PSI North-South Partners Inc. School, and as a teacher, guid- Pennridge School District. president for Synopsys. She was a member of the LU ance counselor, and dean of stu- Mr. E.P. Loch ’69, Long- Mr. Thomas F. O’Donnell Black & Latino Alumni and the dents for the James M. Cough- wood, Fla., Sept. 27, 2014. Mr. ’73G, Hanover Township, Pa., Black Alumni Council. lin High School, in addition to Loch worked in engineering and Sept. 24, 2014. Mr. O’Donnell Mr. Robert J. Ealey ’77G, working as the director of pupil management positions for West- worked as a public school Pen Argyl, Pa., Oct. 11, 2014. personnel for the Wilkes-Barre inghouse Electric Corp. teacher, a professor of history at Mr. Ealey worked in various Area School District and as Mr. John A. Mazur ’69, King’s College and Marywood teaching positions including as director of test administration Orange, Conn., Aug. 5, 2014. Mr. University, as the curriculum an elementary school principal for Educational Testing Service Mazur was a brother of Chi Psi director and executive director and teacher for the Bangor and the Northeastern Regional fraternity and a member of the at Luzerne Intermediate Unit School District. Civil Service Commission. Lehigh football team. He worked 18, and as the director of the Mr. Bradford W. Campbell Mr. Dominic D. LaSelva as the vice president of law for Wilkes-Barre Area Vocational ’78, York, Pa., July 14, 2014. Mr. ’85, Hellertown, Pa., May 22, ESMARK and as the owner of Technical School. Campbell was a brother of Delta 2014. Mr. LaSelva was a member Gordon Rubber and Packing Co. Mr. Dieter Wentz ’73G, Cen- Upsilon fraternity. He worked of the Lehigh football team. He Mr. Keith R. McCrea ’69, ter Valley, Pa., Sept. 8, 2014. Mr. as a financial advisor for Wells worked as the vice president of Dickerson, Md., Sept. 5, 2014. Mr. Wentz worked as an English and Fargo Advisors. He served on North American Specialty Sales McCrea was a brother of Theta German teacher for Parkland the Wall Street Council. His son, and Strategic Partnerships. Delta Chi fraternity and a mem- High School and as the director Andrew M. Campbell ’06, and Mr. Andrew K. Touchstone ber of the Lehigh basketball and of guidance services for Upper his father, Russell A. Campbell ’85, Gladwyne, Pa., Oct. 21, baseball teams. He worked as an Bucks Vocational Technical Jr. ’52, graduated from Lehigh. 2014. attorney and partner for the firm School. He volunteered in the Ms. Katherine M. Mitchell Mr. Paul A. Swann ’85, of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Lehigh Athletics department. ’78, Murrysville, Pa., Aug. 21, Kirkland, Wash., Nov. 21, 2011. and the firm of Squires, Sanders Dr. Kevin R. Harris ’74G, 2014. Ms. Mitchell was a sister Mr. Swann was a brother of & Dempsey. Warminster, Pa., July 28, 2014. of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, a Kappa Sigma fraternity. Dr. Harris served in the U.S. Air member of the Lehigh softball Mr. William D. Widdow- 1970s Force as a major. He worked as a team, and a member of the staff son ’87, Wanaque, N.J., Sept. Mr. Thomas H. Steele ’70, pediatrician for Valley Pediat- of the Brown and White. She 23, 2014. Mr. Widdowson was North Vancouver, British Co- rics and as a professor of biology worked as a human resources a brother of Theta Delta Chi lumbia, Dec. 5, 2012. Mr. Steele at Adelphi University. strategist for Innovation Works. fraternity. He was a member of worked for Honeywell, Inc. Ms. Ardelle B. McGray Mrs. Lynn N. Scheitrum the Greek Alumni Council and Ms. Mary F. Mikels ‘70G, ’74G, The Villages, Fla., July 3, ’78, ‘81G, Macungie, Pa., July a Greek Alumni Advisor. He Stroudsburg, Pa., June 17, 2014. 2014. Ms. McGray worked as a 23, 2014. Ms. Scheitrum worked worked as a senior relations Ms. Mikels worked as a home teacher. for Air Products and Chemicals. manager at ReadyCap Lending. economics teacher for East Dr. Randy S. Schaeffer Stroudsburg School District. Her ’74G, Reading, Pa., Oct. 22, 1980s 1990s son, Steven W. Mikels ’69, is a 2014. Dr. Schaeffer worked as an Mr. Michael P. Chandell Mr. Paul H. Pritchard ’91, Lehigh alumnus. associate mathematics profes- ’81, Jefferson, Ohio, Sept. 16, Dover, Del., May 28, 2014. Mr. Mr. David B. Icenhower sor at Kutztown University. 2014. Mr. Chandell was a mem- Pritchard was a member of the ’71, Trenton, N.J., Oct. 25, 2014. Mr. Edward J. Lettinger ber of the Lehigh ice hockey Mustard & Cheese Society. His Mr. Icenhower was a brother of ’74, Gouldsboro, Maine, Sept. team. father, Hayden N. Pritchard ‘60, Beta Theta Pi fraternity and a 21, 2014. Ms. Theresa Swety ’81, is a Lehigh alumnus. member of the Lehigh wrestling Mr. Michael D. Barnett ’75, Knoxville, Tenn., June 13, 2013. Mr. Christopher J. Kerku- team. He served in the U.S. Navy. ’77G, Hellertown, Pa., May 23, Ms. Joan S. Marino ’82, sz ’97, Emmaus, Pa., Sept. 9, He worked as a wrestling coach 2014. Mr. Barnett worked as a Alpha, N.J., July 7, 2014. Ms. 2014. Mr. Kerkusz was a mem- for The College of New Jersey. medical technologist. Marino worked as a purchasing ber of the Lehigh boxing team He was a member of the LU Mr. Michael P. Ward ’75, manager for F.M.I. and as the and the Lehigh frisbee club. He Wrestling Club. Pagosa Springs, Colo., Aug. 2, co-owner and operator of White worked as a civil engineer for Ms. Barbara M. Hoelscher 2014. Mr. Ward was a brother Rox Chemical Co. Martin H. Schuler Co. ’71G, Carlisle, Pa., July 27, 2014. of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. He Mr. Kevin T. Karoll ’84, Ms. Hoelscher worked as a Ger- worked as a program manager Vero Beach, Fla., April 14, 2014. 2000s man teacher for the Cumberland for Praxair Inc. Mr. Karoll was a brother of Mr. Jack B. Kodesh ’00, Valley School District. Ms. Priscilla L. Chatman Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. New York, N.Y., Oct. 12, 2013. Dr. Mark J. Flomenhoft ’76, Venice, Fla., Oct. 2, 2014. Mr. Edward J. Blazejewski Mr. Kodesh was a member of ’73G, Sandwich, Mass., July 29, Ms. Chatman was a member of ’84G, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 3, the Lehigh golf team and the LU 2014. Dr. Flomenhoft founded the Mustard & Cheese Society 2014. Mr. Blazejewski worked as Black & Latino Alumni.

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NOSTALGIA: The President’s House

The President’s House stands between the Alumni Memorial faculty, staff and guests. Designed by architect Edward T. Potter Building and the University Center, its central location a sym- and constructed in 1868, the home underwent an extensive and bolic link between Lehigh’s administration and its students. The elaborate restoration in the late 1990s to revive its sense of histo- 21-room, 9,800-square-foot house serves as the family home of ry and return it to its intended stately grace, a three-story stone Lehigh’s president as well as the university’s official residence— representation of Lehigh tradition and spirit. Photos courtesy of over the years, it has hosted countless receptions for students, Lehigh University Special Collections

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It just wouldn’t be Spirit Week without bed races. The 2014 races, held again on Memorial Walkway, saw the debut of custom-welded steel racing beds designed by Brian Slocum and Michael Moore of the Wilbur Powerhouse. Photo by Christa Neu