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1 Kevin Cheok ’92 now serves as Singapore’s Ambassador to the 3 Bill Ditenhafer ’62, Joe Cornell ’62, and Bruce Kingdom of Thailand. Kevin joined the Singapore Foreign Service Marshman ’62 have been meeting each year in Maine to in 1996 and has held various appointments. enjoy the scenery, get caught up on classmate news, and climb a mountain to “keep young and maintain their vigor and vitality.” 2 Kiira Benzing ’07 earned Best VR Immersive User Experience They have dubbed themselves the Theta Delta Chi Three (TDC3). at the Venice Film Festival, where she debuted her latest work, This year they climbed Maine’s French Mountain to demonstrate to Finding Pandora X. Premiering the world’s first virtual repertory our contemporaries that 80 is the new 60. theater, the show blends live theater with Broadway talent and cutting-edge technology. 4 Dana Ferraris ’94, chemistry professor, had the FDA approve cedazuridine, a blood cancer-treating drug he invented more than a decade ago when he worked in the biotech industry as a medicinal chemist. Read more about Ferraris at magazine.lafayette.edu.

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5 Michael “Mickey” Adelman ’10, an environmental engineer 7 Victor Goldman ’96, CEO of GoldBook Financial, was recently at Stantec in Pasadena, Calif., is working on the “Pure Water included in the Phoenix Business Journal’s Book of Lists in San Diego” water recycling program, the first approved surface the Employee Benefits Consultants and Insurance Brokerage water augmentation system in California. When complete, it will categories. The firm has 100 financial professionals headquartered provide one-third of San Diego’s water supply from a sustainable across four states. local source. 8 Dave Phraner ’61 published his new book, All-Service Vehicle, 6 Chris Shumeyko ’10 became president of the United States which tells the story of hybrid gas electric buses developed in the Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association (USCSA), the national mid-1930s with 600 built for New Jersey. governing body for college snowsports. 9 Charlie Churchill ’83 painted a set of 12 large-format watercolors for Elmhurst Hospital Center’s new mother/baby wing.

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Tracy Hagert Sutka ’82 P’17 president [email protected] Bringing Lafayette to You! ALUMNI RELATIONS eptember 10 was supposed to be the day that Rachel Nelson Moeller ’88 P’21 alumnae known as the First Women of Lafayette, executive director women who graduated between 1971 and 1981, [email protected] would reconvene on campus to celebrate the 50th SAnniversary of Coeducation at Lafayette. On Sept. 10, For a list of Alumni Council members 1970, 146 women joined the ranks of Lafayette students. and Alumni Relations staff, Plans had been in the works for over a year for this reunion, visit alumni.lafayette.edu yet another event on our calendars that was not going to 223 Pfenning Alumni Center happen—in person. Happily, the reunion took place via Easton, PA 18042-1768 Zoom with over 100 of the First Women participating. 610-330-5040 When former Alumni Association President Jonathan Fax: 610-330-5833 Ellis ’98 announced “Bringing Lafayette to You” as an [email protected] Alumni Council goal, he envisioned providing events for CLASS NOTES alumni who are located all over the world. Alumni could [email protected] gather in London to raise a glass at a Wine 3/9 celebration, participate in a Faculty Road Trip lecture given by a Dale Mack, graphic designer Lafayette professor in San Francisco, or attend a Lafayette–Lehigh live telecast party in Dallas. We never envisioned that at present EVERY alumni event really does “Bring Lafayette to You.” Visit lafayette.edu and choose Technology has enabled our faculty to continue teaching and advising, our students to “alumni” to learn about special events, continue learning and socializing, and our alumni to continue connecting and networking. the Alumni Association, benefits, One of the only positives I can muster up about the pandemic is that connecting travel, and volunteer opportunities. with alumni is not limited by geography. Homecoming this year has been rebranded Go to leopardlink.lafayette.edu Homecoming from Home! The College has conducted several Town Hall events where and log in with your Lafayette user President Byerly and College leadership provide updates and field questions from hundreds name to register for events, update of alumni. Over 2,000 alumni have “attended” one of the ConnectEd events that have your profile, share photos, and been planned by Alumni Relations and feature alumni and faculty. The First Women of connect through social media. Lafayette reunion reached alumnae who may not have been able to return to campus and in many cases, reunited women who had lost contact with Lafayette for decades. LafayetteCollegeAlumni Lafayette has made it a bit easier to volunteer, right from our homes and our screens. I was able to join College staff and several alumni at all of the summer Welcome Events, @LafayetteAlumni which took place in 16 locales from Seattle to Boston for incoming Class of ’24 students and their families. Zoom made it possible for record numbers of alumni to “bring Lafayette” to the newest members of the Lafayette community. FOR MORE CLASS NEWS The Gateway Center, which offers career advice and networking exchanges to all For all class news, photographs, baby and alumni, is creatively using technology to provide externships for students during winter wedding announcements, reunion planning, and break. Through the Explore and Connect program, alumni can virtually host a student more, go to leopardlink.lafayette.edu/classnotes. seeking career experience. To mentor a student, you can register on GatewayLink Click on “search,” then type in your class year. (gatewaylink.lafayette.edu), Lafayette’s own networking platform. Updates can be made through Leopard Link Please check out all the events listed on leopardlink.lafayette.edu. I also invite you to visit the or sent directly to your class correspondent. 50th Anniversary of Coeducation website, coeducation.lafayette.edu, with links to oral histories, To volunteer to serve as a correspondent, contact the Alumni Relations office. interviews, the Skillman virtual exhibition, and special events that will take place all year. Class Notes may be edited Alumni engagement is certainly different this fall, but your participation in all of these for length and clarity. virtual events and volunteer opportunities has been heartening. We Leopards want to Please upload notes to Leopard Link connect with and support our alma mater. Thank you for all you do for Lafayette. or pass them along to class correspondents by these deadlines: With Pard Pride, Spring Issue 12/15 Summer Issue 4/15 Fall Issue 8/15

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Research Laboratory. Art and Ginny presidency. Cashiers Rose was purchased then went to Dover, N.J., where Art was a by ConMet Corp. of Vancouver, Wash., 1951 supervisory electronics engineer at the U.S. and Ed was moved to supervise a new plant Your correspondent received a welcomed Armament Research and Development at Bryson City, N.C. He became president communication from Robert P. Hamlen Command, a longtime employment, from of the Cashiers division of ConMet, N.C., about Class Notes in the summer edition which he retired in 1983. from which he retired in 1995. The Cashiers of our magazine. Robert and Jean, his Art owned a “#7 three-quarter midget plant manufactured truck door-to-door wife, are retired, living at The Atrium, race car,” which he enjoyed racing on dashboards. Red Bank, N.J. Robert retired in 2014 as Friday nights at Pine Brook Raceway near Ed committed “The Cremation of Sam chief of the power division of the Army’s Parsippany, N.J. Art’s buddy from high McGee” by Robert Service to memory, communications-electronics research school was the driver, not Art. which he enjoyed reciting at social and engineering development of Ft. Arthur and Ginny, who survives him, functions. Monmouth, N.J., and Ft. Belvoir, Va. At were married 67 years. He and Ginny Ed and Jean traveled extensively, visiting Lafayette, Robert was a Phi Beta Kappa, enjoyed recreational trips across the “back countries of Europe and the Pacific, a student of chemistry, and he earned roads” of the country. Art was a friendly including Japan, Korea, and China. A a Ph.D. in 1956 in physical chemistry at and likeable fellow to everyone. vacation to Hawaii is especially memorable Johns Hopkins. Robert also completed Art was a “tinkerer,” which he to Jean, who took up playing golf with Ed, an advanced management program at enjoyed doing in his basement garage which they enjoyed near home in North Harvard Business School. Robert’s career and workshops. Art was an asset to his Carolina, golf Mecca of the U.S. concentrated on batteries and fuel cells. Parsippany neighborhood. He fixed Ed enjoyed an outstanding business He was CEO of Exxon’s battery division everyone’s electronic devices in his garage career but is said not to have been fond of and oversaw the development of the first clinic, and he was also a kids’ popular adult “corporate” life. rechargeable lithium battery for sonar who fixed dozens of needy bicycles, all with Our classmate John H. Carpenter, 95, watches and other instruments. Robert a smile and a “you’re welcome” to the kids’ of Parkville, Md., electrical engineer, died also managed the development of alu power “thank you.” July 12. John was a U.S. Navy veteran of for Alcan Aluminum Ltd., used in science Art was active in Parsippany Historical World War II who enlisted at age 18 and kits, underwater power, and potentially for Preservation Society. He also is survived served in the Pacific Theater up to the electric vehicle propulsion. by sons Steven and Erik, daughter-in-law unconditional surrender of Japan Robert’s father, Paul, was a Lafayette Denise, beloved grandsons Erik and Adam, Sept. 8, 1945. John was an outstanding radio College graduate, Class of 1925, and and nieces and nephews. technician in the Navy. His Navy friends commuted to the College from a farm Art’s life will be celebrated and well urged John to go to college to further his in Phillipsburg, N.J. Robert’s daughter, attended by family, friends, and bicycle radio know-how. Upon his Navy discharge, Michele Hamlen Klein ’93, is the third owners in Parsippany at a date to be set. John joined us at Lafayette. He was an generation of Hamlens to graduate from Contributions in his name may be made to outstanding student and was inducted into Lafayette. Robert is a recipient of the Parsippany Volunteer Ambulance Squad, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society. He was a Army’s Medal for Meritorious Civilian P.O. Box 6024, Parsippany, NJ 07054. member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Service and the Frank Booth Medal for his Edmund P. Whitby Jr., president of John was a native of Chester County, outstanding contributions and leadership Delta Kappa Epsilon, treasurer of the Pa. He was a lifetime member of Brown in power development and use. Robert Inner Fraternity Council, and with a B.S. Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, worked on molecular sieve adsorbents in chemical engineering, 90 years of age, Md., where he married Maria Hanyi, whom early in his career. As chief of the U.S. died at Highlands, N.C., where he and his he met when he sought employment after Army power division, Robert (and Jean) wife, Jean Patricia (Smith) Whitby, lived. discharge from the Navy. John and Maria’s traveled to numerous U.S. military and They married in 1952, having met on a blind marriage endured for 50 years, and they international bases to observe and evaluate date, the marriage lasting 68 years. Ed parented three children—John (Kathy) the quality of power support and use. and Jean resided in Highlands, a beautiful of Virginia Beach, Va., Margaret Beian Our classmate Arthur Harrison mountainous area of North Carolina, for 43 (Ander), of Bel Air, Md., and Jim (Karyn) of Hendrickson, 92, died May 30. Art earned years after 22 years of residency in Warsaw, Midlothian, Va., all of whom survived John, a B.S. in physics and was a member of Ind., with their children, Cindy and Ted. as well as grandchildren Robert, David, Ana, Sigma Chi fraternity, where he volunteered Ed was employed in Warsaw by White Andrew, Lydia, and Taylor. John’s sons, John after college as adviser. Art was a World Metal Manufacturing Corp. of Brooklyn, and Jim, were Eagle Scouts who achieved that War II U.S. Navy veteran, having enlisted N.Y., manufacturer of ladders, and by rank in Troop 729, co-founded by their father after graduation from Teaneck High Armstrong Products Corp., manufacturer at Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, School in 1945. Arthur and his wife, Ginny, of epoxy coatings. Next, Armstrong was 1316 Park Ave., Baltimore, Md., where also a Teaneck High School graduate, purchased by Philip Morris Co. in 1977. memorial gifts may be sent. John received married in 1952 and went to Alexandria, Va., Ed then worked for Cashiers Rose the Silver Beaver Award for service to the where Art was employed at the U.S. Plastics Corp. of Warsaw and rose to its Boy Scouts of America, the highest award

When you see this icon  go to pages 98-99 to see your classmates’ images. FALL 2020 LAFAYETTE 77 CLASS NOTES for volunteer service because John gave for also starred in baseball at Spring City member for 48 years, and served as church many years to scouting. Following his start High School. Upon graduation from elder and church treasurer. Jim is survived of employment with Westinghouse Corp., Lafayette, Ralph enlisted in the Navy and by his children, James Jr. and Helene, her Baltimore, John was employed in instrument served as a lieutenant during the Korean husband, Suketu, nieces and nephews, sales by Foxboro, Robertshaw, and Leeds & War, after which he had a teaching career including Russell Farkouh ’66 and Ray Northrup Corp. John retired in 1988, freeing at Parkland High School, Allentown, Sahadi, Lafayette graduates, and grandson Maria and him to enjoy travel to many foreign Pa., for 30 years. He retired in 1993 with Oliver. Jim continued his Lafayette countries. Maria predeceased John. John honors for outstanding teaching and enjoyment as a member of “The Graduates” possessed a ready smile throughout his life, service. Ralph was an assistant coach during the 1980s and 1990s. Importantly, and he was popular and admired by associates, in baseball, advised the student council, Jim loved tennis and competed to age 87. friends, and family. and cheered the productions of student He expertly delivered spin shots to the Our classmate Gordon B. Clark, 92, musicals at Parkland. Ralph prized time consternation of younger competitors a mechanical engineer and member of with his family and attending events of whom he often solicited to play. Jim was a Sigma Nu, passed away Aug. 10, 2019, in the Schwenksville Pennsylvania Seniors “live wire” to the end and was praised for his Basking Ridge, N.J. Gordon was a native Association. He is survived by sons marvelous singing by classmate Al Arkett, of Massachusetts and spent his early years Ralph III and Jeffery, daughter Janine, the College choir president during our time. in Southampton. He enlisted in the Navy six grandchildren, and eight great- after high school and served until the end grandchildren. Contributions can be made Correspondent: Richard H. Knox of the war and unconditional surrender to the L.C. Humane Society, Schwenksville. 511 Roumfort Road of Japan Sept. 8, 1945, aboard the USS Robert Adams Goodfellow, 93, died Aug. Philadelphia, PA 19119 Missouri. Gordon earned a master’s degree 2 at Vermont Veterans home in Bennington, 215-242-8192 in mechanical engineering at Newark Vt. Robert enlisted in the Navy after high [email protected] College of Engineering. He went to work school in Chatham, N.J., and served in both for Esso (later Exxon) and served as a the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, including project engineer for the Alyeska pipeline Guam and Iwo Jima, near the war’s end. He in Alaska, in the North Sea oil fields, and in was a student on the G.I. Bill at Lafayette, 1952 North Africa, Italy, and Malaysia. Gordon where he earned a B.S. degree in economics Correspondent: Thomas A. Coughlin was civic-minded—he was a director and and business, and specialized in marketing 175 W. North St., Apt. 430A president of the Warren School Board, throughout his work career. Bob married Moravian Hall Square which oversaw the construction of Mount Consolee (Lee) Schaeffer in 1951, and they Nazareth, PA 18067-1998 Horeb Middle School, Somerset County, parented four children in Chatham, N.J., 610-746-1396 N.J. Gordon’s engineering career began in Ridgefield, Conn., and Manchester, Vt. [email protected] research for Esso where he met his wife, Bob was a fan of antique automobiles, his Eleanor, a marriage of 58 years. Eleanor favorite being a Cadillac DeVille convertible predeceased Gordon. He is survived by five nicknamed “Old Goldie,” which he loved children, eight grandchildren, two great- driving and “showing off” in Manchester and 1953 granddaughters, and two sisters. A memorial environs and beamed at spectators’ applause OK, here we go. This is hard for me to service will be scheduled. Gifts may be for his prized antique. He enjoyed discussing pass along this time. I have three deaths to made to The Visiting Nurse Association politics, current events, and history. Bob and report and some added info for a previous of Somerset Hills, 200 South Airy Road, Lee picnicked at beautiful Vermont locations. obit, so here goes: Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 or to Alzheimer’s Lee’s father owned an art studio, which they Clifford Douglas “Doug” Moore Jr. Drug Discovery Foundation, 57 W. 57th St., often visited. Bob was a proud member of passed away March 5 in Richmond, Va. Suite 904, New York, NY 10019. Knights of the Round Table, an ancestral Doug was born in 1931 in Waltham, Mass., Classmate Ralph C. Frederick Jr., of connection. the son of Clifford D. Moore, M.D., and Orefield, Pa., 90, died April 29 in Salisbury James Sahadi, 91, an economics and Alfreda Moore. He was a member of Kappa Township, Pa. Ralph and Betty Jane business major, passed away Aug. 8. Jim was Sigma fraternity, serving as VP for one (Wasser) Frederick enjoyed 60 years of a member of Phi Gamma Delta, resident year; Yacht Club for one year; Geology marriage from their 1951 nuptials. Ralph of Brooklyn, and sought-after financial Club; I.R.S.; and played intramural sports. I was born in Pottstown, Pa., and graduated consultant. Jim and wife Eleanor resided in may have played intramural softball against from Spring City High School in 1947 Toms River, N.J., for 30 years beginning in him. His major was government. where he was class president and played 1995 before relocating to Sonoma County, Doug is survived by son Scott Hanson football, which he also did at Lafayette Calif., replacing cold with warm winters Moore, daughter Dawn Carlson, and four with our former classmates and Lafayette and locating close to their grandchild. Jim grandchildren, Martina and Clayton Cook, co-captains of the 1950 team, Jay Barklay was a life member of Union Church, Bay and Kirsten and Cameron Moore. He was and Joe Diamond, the latter being our Ridge, N.J., where he shared his beautiful preceded in death by two sons, Clifford class president to his death in 2017. Ralph tenor voice with the congregation as a choir and Bradford.

78 LAFAYETTE FALL 2020 For more class news and photos, go to leopardlink.lafayette.edu/classnotes; click on “search,” then type in your class year. CLASS NOTES ALUMNI MEMORIAM Notices received April 2020 through August 2020 Doug’s career was in hotel sales We reported a very brief article about 1949 Stephen C. Keppel Jr. July 31, 2020 management, and he became national Robert Floyd Leepa in the last issue of Frederick J. Trumpbour Oct. 29, 2018 group sales manager for Marriott hotels. Class Notes, but I have now received the 1950 Carl W. Smollinger Jan. 16, 2020 Previously he trained and worked at complete obituary, so I am going to expand H. Palmer Woodcock Jr. July 17, 2020 upscale hotels Pierre, Barbizon-Plaza, Park on his very interesting life, starting with 1951 John H. Carpenter July 12, 2020 Lane, and Barclay. Unfortunately, he had his graduation with a B.S. in electrical Gordon B. Clark Aug. 10, 2019 a stroke at age 37, which ended his career engineering. Ralph C. Frederick Jr. GP’08 April 29, 2020 in hotel management. He had to retire, Bob started at Westinghouse right out Robert A. Goodfellow Aug. 2, 2020 Arthur H. Hendrickson GP’10 May 30, 2020 but he continued to do gardening, sports, of school, but was drafted and served as Edmund P. Whitby April 5, 2020 travel, history, and socializing. He was a big lieutenant during the Korean War. After 1952 Robert S. Bohrer Nov. 25, 2015 football fan of college and pro games. the war he worked 41 years as an engineer Richard R. DeTurck June 6, 2019 His obit says he was known for his back at Westinghouse. He led multiple Donald R. Mills P’78’82 May 6, 2020 “hotel smile.” Hope you find a hotel to projects including defense projects, 1953 Dennis J. Monaghan July 17, 2020 run and some football games to watch including those for the Apollo missions. C. Douglas Moore Jr. March 5, 2020 in heaven, Doug. In retirement, he joined several biking Rev. Carl C. Weaver Jr. Aug. 15, 2020 Rev. Carl C. Weaver Jr., 88, passed away clubs and many organizations where he 1954 James D. Bryson June 26, 2020 Aug. 15 at Peconic Landing, Greenport, could serve the community, among them Everett B. Dayton May 28, 2020 N.Y., where he and wife Marilyn lived for the Hearing Loss Association of America, Donald P. Knowles Jr. Aug. 22, 2019 five years. Carl was born Oct. 23, 1931, in holding multiple positions, including 1955 William C. Gross May 15, 2020 Easton, Pa., to Marie and Carl Clemens president. William R. Krauss June 14, 2019 Weaver. He was their only child. Carl was Bob was a car enthusiast, belonging to Richard A. Strizki April 15, 2020 a psychology major at Lafayette and played several car clubs and keeping busy in his J. Frederick Weber Jr. July 1, 2020 in John Raymond’s marching band. For six-car garage working to keep his special John R. Woolford Jr. March 21, 2020 one year he also was in the concert band, cars in PERFECT shape (i.e., 72 Alfa GTV 1956 Gerald P. Bodey, M.D. June 22, 2020 choir, Marquis Players Little Theatre, and 2000, 65 Corvair Monza, 53 XK120 fixed Anthony A. Brodfuhrer Aug. 13, 2020 served as Lutheran Student Association head coupe). He belonged to several clubs, 1957 Carl A. Philipp May 10, 2020 treasurer for two years. I’m sure I remember including the Antique Car Club of America, Larry A. Schwartz May 20, 2020 him, probably from the band or choir, which and exhibited these special cars at local and 1958 S. Robert Beane P’88 June 24, 2020 I was part of also. After graduating from regional events. Hon. Edmond M. Kirby June 15, 2020 1959 Ronald L. Eshleman, Ph.D. Sept. 11, 2020 Lafayette he was ordained in 1956 at Mount Woodworking was his special passion and Donald J. Rogers June 4, 2020 Airy Seminary school in Pennsylvania. talent. He built many pieces for his own 1960 Richard H. Beck May 7, 2020 He was a pastor at Holy Cross in Lake home and for children and grandchildren, David Cressman, P.E. Aug. 6, 2019 Ronkonkoma and St. Peter’s Lutheran including furniture, rocking horses, cedar David Gicking Aug. 15, 2020 Church in Southold, N.Y. chests, etc., that are used and cherished by Robert K. Johnson June 14, 2020 Carl and his wife, Marilyn, were his family. I can relate to that, being a wood 1962 James J. Fadule Jr., Ph.D. extensive world travelers. Carl spoke butcher myself. Bob was active in multiple 1963 Fred R. Hammett P’03 April 29, 2020 French like a native, which was very helpful Christian churches and was a founding Gary L. Thomas March 25, 2020 for his two years as a pastor in France. member of Covenant Fellowship, meeting in 1964 Jeffrey P. Brown June 29, 2020 He was a member of the Evangelical Marriottsville. He served with Habitat for Charles J. Testa May 27, 2020 Lutheran Church in America New Humanity, building homes in Baltimore. 1965 Edward A. Statham July 20, 2020 York Synod. In his retirement he was a He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Barry H. Todd March 29, 2020 lighthouse keeper at Horton Point in Patricia Auhl Leepa, sons Robert, Douglas, Michael S. Nelson May 2, 2020 Southold. How cool is that! and Christopher, all M.D.s., and 10 1967 David L. Hill July 15, 2020 Carl is survived by Marilyn Greisaber, grandchildren (Matthew, Morgan, Andrew, 1969 Malcolm G. Franklin April 14, 2020 his wife of 63 years, and his two sons, Philip Michael, Gwenn, Daniel, Elaina, Elizabeth, Kem C. Moser, D.M.D. Aug. 21, 2019 and wife Kathleen of E. Patchogue, N.Y., Abigail, and Sarah). 1970 Theodore A. Kramer May 4, 2020 and Andrew and wife Jennifer of Miller Hopefully, Bob, you will find some bikes 1973 Sanford D. Hickok May 11, 2020 Place, N.Y. There are grandchildren—Phil, to ride and cars to mess with in heaven and John Rehm June 7, 2020 Dylan, Andrea, and Nathaniel; William maybe even a workshop in which to have 1974 Bruce E. Smith May 16, 2020 and Scott Buro, Marissa, and Michelle; and fun making things. 1976 Kenneth C. Bruch Jr. June 23, 2020 James Edmonds, Sr. May 9, 2020 great-grandchild Benjamin. Dennis J. Monaghan passed away Leslie M. Rosato Godspeed, my friend; I’m sure you will do July 17 at age 88. Dennis graduated from 1978 Kim L. Best well in heaven, and with any luck we could Bethlehem Catholic High School before 1980 Janet Middlemas Lynn Aug. 9, 2020 meet and form a really great choir. And entering Lafayette. He obtained his law 1984 Joan Bishop Jennings P’17 Aug. 4, 2020 Marilyn, my condolences and hang on to degree from Brooklyn Law School and had 1990 William C. Adams, III those slides—they are precious memories. a private practice in Bethlehem. He also

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served as district justice in Upper Nazareth on the USS Roanoke during the Korean Cheltenham High School in Elkins Park, and Bethlehem townships. Dennis was an conflict. Pa. At Lafayette Bill was a member of Delta avid reader and loved to go to the library. Dan graduated from General Motors Upsilon. He enjoyed a long career with the He was also a member of the Tammany and Institute and joined his family’s business, Budd Co., where he became president of Saint Bernard’s Social Clubs. Bryson Motors, until he retired in 1994. the wheel and brake division and eventually Dennis is survived by a son, three Donald P. Knowles Jr., 88, passed away corporate vice president of worldwide sales daughters, six grandchildren, friend and in Moab, Utah, Aug. 22, 2019. Don began and marketing. After retirement he formed caregiver April Wilson and her family, his college studies at Washington State Krauss and Associates, an international and his beloved dog, Smokie. He was University then transferred to Lafayette sales and marketing company. After a predeceased by one son. College. He graduated with a degree in second retirement he served as a volunteer OK, you guys, let’s hear from you. I know economics, was a member of Kappa Sigma with the Executive Services Corp. of you are out there, and if I don’t hear from fraternity, class president his senior year, Delaware. His wife, Barbara, preceded you, I will make calls. Would be good to and listed in Who’s Who. him in death, and he is survived by two talk to old classmates (very old). He served in the U.S. Army stationed daughters. in Germany for two years until 1957. J. Frederick “Fritz” Weber Jr. Correspondent: Donald R. Mildrum Don worked for Michigan Limestone & passed away in South Orange, N.J., 4321 E. Zenith Lane Chemical Co. in Detroit. In 1960, he and July 1. He was predeceased by his wife, Cave Creek, AZ 85331 his wife, Jo Ann, relocated to Moab, Utah, Katherine, and his daughter, Anita, and 480-264-6915, [email protected] where they started the Gambles Family is survived by sons Jacob and Michael, Store in 1961 and operated it for 40 years. and four grandchildren. Originally Don formerly served as president of the from Ridgewood, N.J., he lived in Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, and South Orange for 55 years, where he 1954 also past president of Canyonlands Natural was a member of the first-aid squad Charles Azzalina gathered with three History Association. and served as its president. An active generations of Lafayette graduates in Don is survived by his wife, Jo Ann member of his church, he served as an front of old Pardee as he celebrated his Gibson Knowles, their five children, 15 usher and helped with transportation of granddaughter’s, Adrianna DiMarco ’20, grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. members to appointments and church virtual graduation. With them is services. He also served as coordinator Charles’ son and Adrianna’s uncle, Correspondent: Gene Harrison of the South Orange leadership team Doug Azzalina ’85.  17 175 Newlins Road W., Apt. 234, and was a member of the village budget Everett B. Dayton, 88, passed away in Easton, PA 18042 advisory committee. After graduation, Davidson, N.C., May 28 from COVID-19. 484-714-8722 cell he served in the Army as an officer. He He graduated from Blair Academy and [email protected] then joined New Jersey Bell Telephone Lafayette College followed by a career as a systems engineer. At Lafayette he with Chase Bank as vice president / was a member of Theta Delta Chi and controller’s office. Everett maintained a served as its treasurer. He was on the lifelong interest in New Jersey politics and 1955 Melange staff and was assistant director community service. He volunteered as William C. “Bill” Glass passed away of the Lafayette Press. A familiar face at treasurer for the Riverside Hospital in May in Apalachin, N.Y. He was basketball games, he served as manager of Annual Fund. predeceased by his wife, Barbara, a those great teams. Following retirement, he and his wife graduate of Liberty High School in Another Theta Delta Chi brother, Alan moved to Punta Gorda, Fla. He had a Bethlehem, Pa. Bill came to Lafayette C. Good, passed away in July in Dresher, passion for the U.S. Power Squadron and after serving six years in the Navy aboard Pa. He is survived by his wife, Sally, and served in leadership roles in the Peace the USS Missouri. At Lafayette, he majored sons Alan C. Good Jr. ’78, Michael, and River Squadron. After 23 years in Florida, in electrical engineering, graduated with Steven. His brother, Lloyd Good ’52, they moved to The Pines at Davidson, N.C. honors, and was awarded the American preceded him in death. Al was active in Everett is survived by his wife of Institute of Electrical Engineering prize. the Philadelphia real estate business for his nearly 60 years, Amy Carol, and three He was a member and president of Sigma entire career. children, six grandchildren, and two great- Nu and Interfraternity Council treasurer. Dr. Dan Greenholz is one of the more grandchildren. After graduation he joined IBM, where active members of the class as he continues James D. “Dan” Bryson, 87, passed away he was involved in quality control and to enjoy his life in Denver, Colo. Both in Hopwood, Pa., June 26. specifically with circuit boards in IBM’s alpine and cross-country skiing occupy his He was preceded in death by his wife of mainframe computers. He was an avid time along with fly-fishing and bike riding. 58 years, Sara Ferguson Bryson. fisherman and enjoyed golf. Like many of us, he still enjoys golf but He briefly attended Lafayette College, William R. “Bill” Krauss died in June claims his game is on the decline. He and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in Fort Myers, Fla. Bill was a graduate of Art Rothkopf had talked about returning

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for our reunion, but COVID-19 killed accepted a professorship with University at University of Texas Health Science that. Your correspondent just canceled his of Texas Health Science and Medical Center Medical School and Baylor College planned reservations for the second time. Center in Houston. Upon leaving academia of Medicine. In his honor, University of Speaking of Reunion, Lou Schaeffer in 1995, he and his wife, Gail, moved to Texas established the Gerald P. Bodey reports there is no news to report at this Navarre, Fla., and in 2016 moved to Azalea Distinguished Professorship. He authored time. He is staying in touch with the Trace Retirement Village in Pensacola. In or co-authored more than 1,000 peer- College to see if there is anything to report. addition to Gail, Jim is survived by sons reviewed papers, textbook chapters, and We’re waiting for an updated phone James, Laird, and Bradley, brothers Lufay teaching aids. He devoted much of his time number list for our class so we can resume and John, and seven grandchildren. Our to the lunar quarantine operations team for calling you for news. Too many changes sympathy to Jim’s family. several Apollo space flights. have made the effort frustrating, so we’ll Dr. Gerald P. Bodey Sr., 86, one of our As an internationally recognized start with a new list. academic all-stars, passed away peacefully leukemia and infectious disease expert, at SureCare and Bristol Hospice, near he delivered lectures in all 50 states Correspondent: Peter T. Standbridge Houston, June 22, after an extended illness. and in well over 35 countries. He and 330 Watermere Drive He was born in Hazleton, Pa., May 22, Nancy were active members of First Southlake, TX 76092-8113 1934, to the Rev. Allen and Marie Bodey, Presbyterian Church, Houston, and 817-562-5864 but grew up in the Allentown/Bethlehem after full retirement, Woodlands United [email protected] area. He graduated with a chemistry Methodist Church, where they focused on major, magna cum laude, and induction global medical missions. A few years ago, into Phi Beta Kappa. Many outside his his medical alma mater, Johns Hopkins, pre-med major did not know Gerald well, awarded him the title of Distinguished 1956 largely because he could not afford to live Alumnus. Along with Nancy, his wife of 63 Bruce E. Kahn, 84, died in Boulder, Colo., on campus. Consequently, he rode with years, he is survived by daughters Robin April 11, 2018. His wife, Susan Stashin Litt, a family friend from Bethlehem to the Sparwasser and Sharon Brantley, son graciously provided me with some details of College each morning, and hitchhiked back Gerald Jr., seven grandchildren, and two his life. He was born to Gilbert and Marth after classes. He married his childhood great-grandchildren. Lafayette community (Cohen) Kahn and raised in Brooklyn. On sweetheart, Nancy, in Colton Chapel extends sincere sympathies. campus, Bruce roomed in Kirby while the summer of commencement. His two Anthony A. “Tony ” Brodfuhrer, 86, pursuing his industrial engineering degree, brothers, who predeceased him, were also died Aug.13 at Lake Lure, N.C., from although he was active in the American Lafayette alumni, Rev. Dr. Richard A. complications of COPD and leukemia. He Society of Mechanical Engineers. In 1985, Bodey ’52 and Phillip L. Bodey ’62. was born in 1934, in Brooklyn, to Eric and Bruce embarked on a business venture, Gerald and his bride entered Johns Hermine Brodfuhrer, who had emigrated Laboratory Accessories Inc. After more Hopkins University in fall 1956; he to America from Germany. Tony grew up than 20 years of appreciable success, he was a medical student, and she was in in the Bronx and Bronxville, N.Y. Though retired as president in 2007. In addition the nursing school. At that time they his parents spoke English, German was the to wife Susan, he is survived by son David were considering service as medical voice common to Tony and older brother and granddaughter Erin Kahn. A sister, missionaries. After medical school, Eric. Tony was born with clubbed feet, a Judith Schmeidler, also survives. He was Gerald accepted an internship at the condition surgically corrected, allowing predeceased by a brother, Charles. We National Cancer Institute, involving him to play high school football well extend our sincere condolences to the family. research on leukemia. A residency in enough to be named team captain in his I learned belatedly about the death oncology at University of Washington senior year. of Dr. James Brooks Sweet, 85, July in Seattle followed. In 1966, Gerald was At Lafayette, he majored in industrial 22, 2019, in Pensacola, Fla. Jim was born invited to join the faculty at University engineering and participated in intramural in Darlington, Pa., to the Rev. Lufay A. of Texas renowned M.D. Anderson sports. Tony and I were roommates in the Sweet and Margaret Jean (Brooks) Sweet. Cancer Center, where he established the second semester freshman year and pledged He grew up in Pittsburgh. At Lafayette, adult acute leukemia service and was Phi Delta Theta together, where he served Jim roomed in Soles and majored in appointed chief of cancer chemotherapy as commissar. He married his college psychology, played football for three in the department of developmental sweetheart, Karla, in 1957, and served as years, and competed in track. In 1957, he therapeutics. He founded the infectious a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After his enlisted in the Navy flight program. After diseases department and was appointed discharge, he was hired by Union Carbide active duty, Jim earned a dental degree the first director of the office of protocol and remained with them throughout his from University of Pittsburgh and an M.S. research. He also served as chairman of career. One of his assignments was to in public health from NYU. For some the department of medical specialties South Africa for several years, and another years he served in the U.S. Public Health until his semi-retirement in 1995. in Ohio where he was recognized with Service (USPHS), reaching the rank of Gerald not only held a professorship at promotions before retirement in 1989. He captain. After retirement from USPHS, he M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, but also and Karla moved to Lake Lure in 1992.

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Until illness limited her mobility, they do less distant traveling now. For those who from Budapest to Amsterdam as soon as traveled the world, often on cruises. At the might ask him his favorite places to visit, COVID-19 takes a vacation. He keeps in time of her death in 2013, they had been Bill recommends the Grand Canyon and touch with SAE brothers Dick Wilson, married 56 years. Venice. Good suggestions. My wife, Marion, who’s living in Boise, Idaho, and Dr. Ron Tony was devoted to the Lake Lure broke into tears when she first beheld the Keyser, who’s now in Bradenton, Fla. community and was known by everyone Canyon, and said we should have spent two He also maintains links with other SAE as “the volunteer of everything”: Fairfield or more days in Venice. Be well, Bill! brothers from ’57 and ’58. Mountain Fire Co. & EMT, Fairfield I appreciated an email exchange with In the last Class Notes (summer 2020) Mountain Chapel, Rumbling Bald POA, Saul Cooperman, who has been diagnosed I mentioned that George Watts had Lake Lure planning/zoning boards, and the with a rare disease, dysarthria, which has downsized temporarily to a condominium. Blue Bag Lunch Beer Drinkers Golf Gang. rendered him speechless; he has lost the He is now fully transitioned to a permanent Tony enjoyed a well-deserved reputation faculty of speech. His specialists say that condominium near Southport, N.C. He as a chugaluger at Lafayette. The word was his condition is irreversible. He navigates still takes the ferry to Bald Head Island for that Tony could make 10 ounces of beer with an iPad that turns text to an artificial a part-time job at the golf course a couple disappear faster than you could blink. A voice for communicating. The irony is times a week and maintains a walking tribute to his German forefathers. that Saul communicates every day with routine to keep the leather in his legs supple. He is survived by daughter Karen of readers through email that covers world Charlie Sitkin and I talk regularly, often Florida, sons Russell and Douglas of and local news, and is often interchanged about one of our favorite subjects, politics. New Jersey, four grandchildren, and four with human interest and humor. As long as Since we’re so close to the election, the great-grandchildren. His brother, Eric, his fingers work, Saul will not be silenced. excitement mounts. As for his cancer, he is predeceased him. Our sympathy to his He and Jan have celebrated their 10th grateful for a good appetite and his joy of family and his Phi Delta Theta brothers. anniversary. He crosses paths with Ed reading good books that he recommends I’m often asked what the necrology/ Landis, who still goes to his law office. to me. survival count is for our class. Consequently A correction should be mentioned Fred Hunt continues writing I’ve done a retrospective over the past few from my last class notes. Don Veitch was conservative essays. We share an ongoing months to see if I can come up with an designated as a member of the Class of 1953. sadness, missing good friend Don answer. When we graduated we numbered Somehow the class notes editor mistook Sayenga. Fred and Don had many classes 333. The original class census in 1952 was Don for his brother Boyer Veitch ’53. Ted together as metallurgical engineers, and in larger, of course, but several dropped Hewitt wanted us to remember that a later years, ironically, experienced severe out after the first semester or first year bench was dedicated on campus to Don’s back pains and similar surgeries. Fred has or transferred. We also received some memory at the 2001 Reunion. 11 great-grandchildren and is thrilled to transfers. At our reunion 50 years later, After a long search, I finally caught up have more of his family choosing to move the necrology report named/numbered with Phi Delt brother Marshall C. “Bud” closer to Jacksonville, allowing him and 53 classmates. Since 2006, we have lost, at Jost and his wife, Sally. They are living Pat to enjoy the kids. By the way, they least, 96 more friends. I say at least because in a retirement community in North celebrated their sixth anniversary and we sometimes don’t learn of deaths for two, Tonawanda, N.Y. That good news got Fred’s birthday May 27. three, or more, perhaps some never. So, if better when I learned they are both well. Harold Hartman sent a nice gift my you use those numbers: 333-53=280-96=184 Bryan Satterlee dropped a few lines to say way recently: a versatile aerial map of Lake classmates survive as of 9/15/2020. There he and Pat have decided after 20 years to give Mead in Pennsylvania where Marion and I is a discrepancy, however, that I have up their winter home in Tucson, Ariz., and live. I can zoom in and out, and get various yet to reconcile. According to the most will return permanently to New Hampshire. angles of our home or other homes as well. recent class of 1956 directory maintained If Bryan is ready to admit that getting older It’s fun, much like a Sunday afternoon ride by the alumni office, 163 classmates are eventually crosses the line into getting old, I, by virtual flight. listed. If the directory is correct, 19 deaths Don Mitchell, can too, having discovered Mike and Dee Mozzochi were finally are unaccounted for over the last 64 years. this month that I have arthritis. I suddenly allowed to leave Saba Island in the West I’ll follow up to see if I can reconcile the woke up one morning with a limp. Why a Indies where they have a winter home. discrepancy. In the meantime, you have a limp after a good night’s sleep? Age! Essentially they were quarantined there general idea of our survival rate—somewhere Hunter Garbee has downsized too. by authorities until late July, because the between 163 and 184. Living in Charlotte, he’s giving up his island was free of any cases of COVID-19. I talked with William “Bill” Kent who apartment to move in with his widowed So, they were spared the possibility of still holds forth with wife Tanja in Camp daughter, Beth, and her teenage son. contagion. They had to charter a plane to Hill, Pa. He revealed that he has undergone Sounds smart since they live only six get home to Westbrook, Conn., via Antigua open heart surgery, but he is doing well. blocks apart. Hunter’s other daughter, and a flight to New York, where son Mike Bill has always maintained an exercise Cindy Garbee Coats ’80, lives in Kila, met and drove them home. Their first regimen. Nevertheless he is cautious to Mont. Hunter and his companion are goal was to see granddaughter Kathryn avoid overdoing. He and Tanja will likely looking forward to a European river cruise “Kate” Mozzochi receive her diploma from

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Lafayette. While the commencement was my memory, can now print my name slowly, Tiger and Andy Wilson if they come to not an actual ceremony, they saw Kate and Joan has taken over all driving over 10 California. His memories of his time at graduate with honors virtually and be miles. But I plan to continue writing this Lafayette are all great. (He wishes he had named valedictorian of the Class of 2020. column (with difficulty typing) as long applied himself a bit harder.) He sends his Pride is allowed!! as classmates send me news about their best to all classmates from 1957! I’ve had several conversations with Dr. healthier lives. I also will struggle to plan Gordon “Corky” Galtere wrote, “Long Rashid Abdu who is still vitally active and conduct our great 65th reunion, which ago I was warned to never consort with in the larger Youngstown, Ohio, area. will arrive in June 2022. This will be the those who ask favors, but I’m asking The Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast 11th five-year reunion that I have planned you for a favor.” Corky was saddened Cancer Care Center there that he founded and led, having not been in charge of our in reading about Dave Jones’ death. in tribute to his late wife is expanding its fifth or 10th in 1962 or 1967. I would love to Corky knew Dave was having kidney services through satellite locations and fully hear stories from each of you about which or bladder problems because he chose equipped MamoVans that do mammogram years were the most memorable. not to participate the night our team X-rays, scans, and MRIs. Hopefully, a Carl Albero has a new email address in was inducted into the Marquis Hall of feature article of the center will appear in a Sanibel Island: [email protected]. Fame. “I missed seeing him for we were future issue of Lafayette magazine. He is one of only four living Delta Tau roommates our first two years, drank a A few tidbits from Gayle Parker’s Delta brothers from our class. He and Bill lot of beer together, and certainly cared memoir about his active duty in Korea. Rude graduated from Westwood High in about our team’s progress. Dave was a true After participating in the invasion at New Jersey, where I was later the principal. leader, for even in practices he was always Inchon, South Korea, and the invasion Our memories go back to before our pushing. As a group we often said our of Wonson, North Korea, he also was freshman year at Lafayette. practices were harder than many of our involved in the United Nations offensive Rick Cortazzo sent a letter that his wife games.” Dave’s death caused me to look at in North Korea, all between September of 12 years, Cookie (Unger), passed away a framed picture my daughter put together and December 1950. On Dec. 29, he Aug. 1. Both were 91, and when I called from the many photos displayed that very was assigned to Gen. MacArthur’s Rick, our memories went far beyond the special evening, and I realized how many headquarters in Tokyo, where Gayle was four years at Lafayette. He and Cookie had died before that evening. witness to MacArthur’s poignant day of were both in the Class of 1947 at Easton Gordie’s request was for me to send him departure from his Exec. GHQ office to High, which was in heated rivalry with Marilyn’s address (Dave’s wife). That done, begin his return to the states after being P’burg. Rick was in the service before Corky later sent me his autobiography. He fired by President Harry Truman. A college, thus we entered together in 1953. was true to his words with a three-page moving experience for a young lieutenant. We found out that he and I worked part missive received Aug. 22, which shall be No new news on our possible reunion 65 time at Ingersoll Rand at the same time in shared with the class at our 65th in 2022. in 2021. More on that next time. Be well 1957, and he got to know my dad who was Until then, I share Corky’s closing words: and stay masked. a lifetime employee at IR. I did not really know Rick until he and his wife joined Jim “I remember when I first started to get the Correspondent: Donald L. Mitchell Sandford and Loretta at our Florida home magazine, thumbing through the pages to 5 Pemberton Drive prior to our late ’90s mid-reunion cruise. find ’57’s news. This time I noticed we are East Berlin, PA, 17316-9319 Rick is now trying to figure out what to some of the first. I’m not ’Curious George,’ 717-619-7459 do. He’s in good health, although he has things are not getting curiouser and [email protected] shrunk 4 inches in height and wonders why curiouser, they’re now self-evident.” that could not have been applied to his waist? He plans to remain in Easton in a The Robert E. Moss Class of 1957 Internship modest apartment and virtually go back to Endowment continues to provide summer 1957 NYU for a Ph.D. The Class of 1957 never internship experiences for students seeking The pandemic left me with a difficult stops looking forward! career development opportunities. One time in my life following a small stroke Carol and Hank Darlington are doing hundred thirty-five students applied in 2017 that affected my memory, ability fine, are a bit tired of being locked up, but for summer funding; all applicants were to write my name, and drive. I played are trying to do all the right things. Hank reviewed by a 10-person committee, softball (poorly) in 2018-19 until the games is doing woodworking projects, and Carol composed of staff, alumni, and faculty. were curtailed in January, resulting in my works in her craft room. He does stretching Twelve were chosen to receive grants. This decision to retire from my Rotary Club, and yoga every morning and volunteers fund was initiated by Bob and has grown to cease my five years of volunteer work at taking folks to medical appointments. He over $300,000 thanks to the Annual Fund Abrazo Hospital, no longer play bocce, and is also a mentor for a 62-year-old vet who donations from our classmates. The fund leave my softball playing to the younger has had a tough life. He and Carol came assures our Class of 1957 is and will continue guys as I was the second oldest player in home from San Juan with a thousand to be highly recognized at Lafayette College the league at age 83. I am slowly recovering shrimp, which he will share with George far into the future.

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Our obituaries are short and will be Charley Rose is in touch monthly with says that his terrace in New York is getting followed by further information in the next news of other Phi Gams but also about his boring to be a place of entertainment column. family. They just had a reunion in Victore, during COVID-19. He can only have Carl A. Philipp passed away May 10. Idaho, where they did hiking, biking, fly- one couple over at a time. He has homes Larry A. Schwartz died May 20. fishing, rafting on the Teton River, and a in Italy that are sitting empty because I would appreciate hearing from the lot of family bonding. I know his son, Steve, of COVID-19. Hopefully all of that will 22 classmates who have been absent from and he is really Charley cloned. He sent a change in the next six months. most of the 192 columns that I have political note to me. When he managed the Mackey Skinner checked in from written since 1972. It would be great to Scott Paper Company in Winslow, Maine, Baytown. His exposure to people has been know you are still alive. Ann LePage was his secretary. She is the limited because of COVID-19, but he has wife of former Gov. Paul LePage. Paul was been able to maintain doctor visits and to go Correspondent: Glenn E. Grube one of 18 children who grew up in an abusive, grocery shopping. He is awaiting the birth 15765 W. Fairmount Ave. impoverished household. There are stories of his 20th great-grandchild, a girl. He has Goodyear, AZ 85395-8773 that Paul will be running again for governor been in contact with Charlie Bennett. 623-455-8184 of Maine. I’m not supposed to make any Hope everyone has a happy holiday and a [email protected] political statements in my column, but I healthy New Year. would be affirmative on his move. Gerry Flanzbaum writes from Israel that Correspondent: Edward B. Brunswick COVID-19 has stopped his travel back to 4931 Bonita Bay Blvd. #801 1958 the states. This was the third summer that Bonita Springs, FL 34134–1708 It is early fall days in Rangeley, Maine. he has not been back. His wife, Marilyn, 239-949-0801 home and fax Temperature this morning was 42. Trees is suffering from Alzheimer’s, and she is 917-855-5844 cell are turning beautiful colors, and the days under good care. Gerry is active in Jewish [email protected] are crisp. Golf is sporadic, and the social Federation and Technodo. Bill Rothschild season is almost nonexistent because of the and he exchange notes, and Gerry says that COVID-19 situation. We have been lucky Bill is well but aging. (Aren’t we all?) in Maine to have one of the lowest national Doug Cherry, our noble leader, is doing 1959 figures of problems from this virus. well. I had several long chats with him, and he By now, we’ve all survived (endured!) many, Sad news: is active in the community, the College, and many months of this pandemic, sheltering Ed Kirby has passed away. The College with friends. He is selling his big house and in place, wearing masks, and social sent me a long tribute that appeared in the moving into a community called Kirkland. distancing. Hopefully everyone is in good paper, but I thought that everyone who reads He mentioned that a lot of the men he health, and looking forward to the day this column knew Ed and how to remember wrestled against are living in Kirkland or when we can all return to our normal daily him in their own thoughts. Ed was active in a nearby. He was thrilled that he was able to activities with families and friends. lot of groups in College and ended up being a renew acquaintances with people he knew Dick Kohler and Gerry Crean ’84 have judge in the Superior Court of Essex County, from his athletic world of many years ago. notified me of the passing of our classmate N.J., where he served from 1972 until 2002. Ray Hersh finally sent in a note to me. Gera ld P. “Gerry” Crean Jr. Son Gerry Bob Beane passed away June 24. The He is in Florida and sees Marty Phillips Crean sent the following message. “I College did not have any information to from time to time. Marty is in Boynton wanted to let you know that my father forward to me. I do know that Bob was Beach. Ray is in Boca Raton and started an passed on Saturday evening, Sept. 5, 2020, a trustee of the College and took that investment boutique investment bank that after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. While position very seriously. He and his wife, he is still involved in. Of course, he works much of my father was robbed by the Rosa, had a home in New Hampshire, from home now because of COVID-19. disease over the last 12 to 18 months, he which I had the privilege of visiting. He Ray has been fortunate to see some of our faced the illness with grace, and never once was in the insurance business and lived in fraternity brothers of Pi Lam from later complained about his illness. I can tell you Europe for many years, working with major years. He keeps the Lafayette circle alive. that my father lived and breathed Lafayette. companies on their insurance situations. Jim Wild is on my email list, along with Growing up, there wasn’t a family event Chuck Stevens wrote to me regarding others, and we exchange comments, jokes, where the Pards were not mentioned, along my mention of Sandy Manthorpe’s and stories weekly. He is still bowling and with a few renditions of the school songs. children’s book in my last column. His getting better with age. His granddaughter My siblings and I heard countless stories wife, Molly, did all of the illustrations for got married, with him in virtual attendance. about Lafayette in the 1950s. He loved the Sandy’s book. If you have grandchildren, His oldest son is considering retirement. Jim school and all of his classmates. He always look for it on bookshelves in your favorite sends pictures of himself and family, and he raved about the education he received, and bookstore. He also sent me an article on really looks the same as he did in college. the opportunity to play both basketball Joe Madden ’76 that appeared in The Wall Mike Frankel is using his time to play and baseball for the College. I was also Street Journal July 17. plenty of golf. His club is still open. He fortunate to be a graduate of Lafayette

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College, graduating in 1984. My roommate of claims manager for the home office in and a sailing club, in which I operate a and best friend from College was Dick Hartford. During his years with Travelers, remote-controlled sailboat in weekly races. Kohler’s son Richard Kohler Jr. ’84, and Gerry and Kathleen raised four children Doing OK for a power boater. Thanks both the Kohler and Crean families have while being transferred from Connecticut for all the work you put in to keep us all remained close friends since the 1950s. to Knoxville, Tenn., and Marietta, Ga., and informed on our classmates.” Bob’s new Please share my Dad’s passing with your then back to Connecticut. address: 5501 Dunrobin Drive, Unit #3306, classmates, and let them know he is waiting “Upon returning to Southington, Gerry Sarasota, FL 34238-8550. Phone number for them with skybox seats for the next became active in local politics, serving and email address remain the same: Lafayette–Lehigh homecoming game. All on many town boards and commissions. 941-923-4014; [email protected]. the best, Gerry Crean.” Subsequently, he was elected to the Town The College has been informed of the Gerry graduated from Lafayette College Council, and later served as Town Council passing of our classmate Ronald L. “Ron” in 1959 with an A.B. degree in history. chairman. In 1980, he was elected as State Eshleman, Ph.D., Sept. 11, in Burr Ridge, While at Lafayette, he was a member of Representative to the 81st District, where Ill. Judith (Judy) Eshleman sent the Kappa Delta Rho fraternity, where he was he served two terms. Upon leaving the following message to the College. social director; intercollegiate conference legislature, he remained active in the “Sad news. Ron died Friday, following a on government secretary; student local Democratic Party. Gerry believed in long battle with failing lungs. Two close athletic council president; Calumet; serving the community, and came from a friends and I were with him all night Maroon Key; Kirby government and law family of public servants. Thursday. Our pastor and two other close society; Scabbard and Blade; baseball 1, 2; “He was predeceased by his sister, Mary friends were with me when he died. His basketball 1, 2, 3, 4. Ellen Crean, the first principal of Kennedy care was excellent. I have not yet processed From Gerry’s obituary: “The world has Junior High School, and he was the nephew it. Thought you would want to know.” lost a great son, brother, husband, father, of Urban T. Kelley, the longest serving Ron was raised in Hershey, Pa., and friend, and leader. Gerry was born on Dec. school board member in Southington attended Lafayette College, where he 12, 1936, in New Britain, Conn., to his history. He is survived by wife Kathleen; graduated in 1959 with a B.S. degree late father Gerald P. Sr. and mother Mary Gerald P. Crean III ’84; James M. Crean; in mechanical engineering. While at Kelley Crean. His mother died when he Thomas P. Crean; Kelley Crean Conte; 13 Lafayette, he was chairman of the local was 9 years old. His father was a decorated grandchildren. A funeral mass was held at chapter of the American Society of WWI veteran and long-time sports editor Mary Our Queen Church, and burial was at Mechanical Engineers. Ron received a of the New Britain Herald. Gerry, an avid St. Mary’s Cemetery in New Britain, Conn.” master’s degree from Lehigh University sports fan, happily attended many sporting Kathleen’s address is 45 Rockwood Drive, in 1961 and his doctorate from Illinois events with his father. A childhood Southington, CT 06489-4621; 860-621- Institute of Technology in 1967. highlight was when he served as a batboy 3543; [email protected]. Adam Stauffer, Lafayette’s associate in a game in which the legendary Babe Bob Dahlin sends word that he and vice president of development and college Ruth played. He got to meet and to talk to Annette have relocated to a retirement relations, penned his remembrances of the Babe, leading to a lifelong love of his community in Sarasota, Fla. Ron. “Ron and Judy did so much through beloved Yankees. “With the pandemic around, I thought the years, from mentoring students to “In 1954, he graduated from New Britain I would take some of my extra time these providing financial aid, and advocating for High School and attended a postgraduate days and give you an update on the lives advancements in engineering. All from the year at Cheshire Academy. While at NBHS of the Dahlins. Our three children are humble roots of a Hershey, Pa., dairy farm.” and Cheshire, Gerry excelled in baseball, all in the Annapolis, Md., area, and we On Sept. 17, 2017, Ron and Judy basketball, and academics, earning him a hope to be able to get to see them around were inducted into Lafayette’s Société scholarship to Lafayette College. While Christmas. Annette and I celebrated our d’Honneur. The philanthropic honor there, he played for the first Lafayette 60th anniversary in June, and we are now society was created in 1986 by the Board men’s basketball team to earn a berth in an both in our 80s. All things considered, of Trustees to recognize extraordinary NCAA Tournament. we are doing well. Still play tennis three generosity on the part of alumni, parents, “Upon graduating from Lafayette in 1959, times a week (senior tennis that is), swim, and friends. he began active duty service in the U.S. exercise, and walk. The following are excerpts from the Army, and then transitioned to the Army “In January, we moved into a retirement induction ceremony program. Reserve for 15 years, having attained the community in Sarasota. It is called The “Ron found his professional passion rank of captain. Gerry married the love of Glenridge, and we are very happy here. It is during a course on mechanical vibration his life, Kathleen Moran Crean, formerly of an excellent retirement community, with that was taught by Lafayette Assistant County Kerry in Ireland. They soon moved assisted living and nursing care should we Professor Kemal K. Feridun. Throughout to Southington, Conn., and he took a need it. The food is great, and we have time his career, Ron, who earned his doctorate position as a claims adjuster with Travelers for all the activities offered. They include in mechanical engineering from the Illinois Insurance Co. 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of machine diagnostics and correction, difficult times. I’m happy to say we are and offers much during this stay at home. isolation and damping, torsional vibrations, doing well. There’s not much going on Not much to report other than our family and machine balancing. He has taken a here. Our tennis club opened in late May, continues to grow. We are at 34 in the leadership role in the development of U.S. so we play about four or five times a week. family, with two more great-grandchildren and international standards on machine My son, Andy, and his family are tennis on the way, bringing the total to nine! We vibrations. In 1972, Ron was one of the nuts also, and we play with them often. My have been privileged to experience this pioneering founders of the Vibration granddaughter, Adina, will be in eighth great gift of these little ones, which our Institute, a not-for-profit organization grade this year, and she hopes to make the parents were never able to enjoy. We wish dedicated to the exchange of information Glen Ridge High School tennis team next you and your bride a safe and healthy rest on machine condition and monitoring, year. We’re rooting for her. of the year.” Contact info: 325 Kempton St., and fault diagnostics. He served as the “Fishing this year has been great. I get out Apt. 1202, Spring Valley, CA 91977-5810; organization’s president until 2015, when once a week, and the bass have been very 818-903-2378; [email protected]. he stepped down to take the role as the cooperative. I usually have a friend in my boat Dick Kohler and Dick Wright have Institute’s technical director for training.” with me, but this year I fish alone. My weekly sent the very sad news of the passing of During the induction ceremony, Ron and poker game and dining out have gone the way Betty Ziegler, beloved wife of their Phi Psi Judy made the following comments from of other pre-pandemic pleasures, but since brother, the late John K. Ziegler. Enclosed the rostrum. “We are passionate about baseball has resumed, Peg and I watch our is an email from Karen Ziegler Kelly ’84: supporting the school because it has evolved beloved Yankees. We do binge on TV with “It is with great sadness and an abundance with the times, and the College has done Netflix, Apple, Amazon, Hulu, and others. of joy my mother passed away peacefully on a good job of advancing the curriculum, I’m confident that we will come up with both Sept. 8, 2020. especially in engineering. By enhancing a vaccine and a cure before the end of ’21, so (Editor’s note: Betty had been diagnosed teaching and learning, Lafayette will help we all can get back to what once was a normal with stage 4 lung cancer.) “Mom, Bebe, engineers apply their technical knowledge life. Until then, my best wishes for continued Betty, Elizabeth . . . is now up in heaven with to the world’s most critical problems.” good health to all.” Contact info: 38 Herbert the love of her life, my dad, John. Thank I had the honor of attending Ron’s Terrace, West Orange, NJ 07052-1076; you for all your support and prayers during induction, as Jerry Turnauer, my 973-736-1022; [email protected]. this time. She is now our angel, watching sophomore year roommate in Newkirk The College has been informed of the over all of us as we navigate through life.” Hall, was inducted in the Société passing of our classmate Donald J. Rogers Kelly’s contact info: [email protected]; d’Honneur at the same ceremony. in June 2020, in Huntersville, N.C. Don 770-329-2244. Judy’s contact info is 183 Pheasant was born Jan. 4, 1936, in Easton, Pa., and From yours truly, Mary Ellen and I are Hollow Drive, Burr Ridge, IL 60527-5050; received a B.S. degree in mechanical in great health and sheltering in place plus 630-654-2774; [email protected]. engineering from Lafayette College in 1959. wearing our masks and social distancing Dr. Frank Fletcher, Bob Dahlin’s Delta He also attended Franklin and Marshall when in public. The only excitement to Tau Delta brother, has also relocated. “We College and Pennsylvania State University. report is we survived our second lightning moved to a suburb of Charlotte, N.C., last Don was president of DJR Electronics strike in early August—lightning never October. We miss Reedville, Va., and in Charlotte, N.C., and was a former strikes twice—don’t believe it! This Chesapeake Bay, but the shopping and violinist with the Charlotte Symphony one damaged just about everything health facilities are now close by—five to 10 and Lancaster (Pa.) Symphony. A man of electrical, including six days without air minutes away. Of course, the virus has us many hobbies, he enjoyed woodworking conditioning. But compared to all those in solitary confinement for the most part. and photography, was a licensed ham radio trying to survive in southwest Louisiana The good news is that I’ve sharpened my operator, and also enjoyed woodturning and in the fire-ravaged West Coast, there digital communications skills. Congrats with the Southern Piedmont Woodturners. are no complaints from us, and we are very on the Woodring Service Award, well Don is survived by his wife, Gloria, and two grateful. deserved. I was sorry to learn of Joe sons, Mark D. Rogers of Concord, N.C., We send best wishes to all our ’59 Stef’s passing. I got to know him during and Craig D. Rogers of Huntersville, N.C. classmates and to their families and friends freshman track season in ’55-’56. A good guy. Gloria’s contact info: 9438 Pembroke Road, for a very Happy Thanksgiving, Merry I was happy to hear about Walt Pickwell Huntersville, NC 28078-8426; 704-392-1283; Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and for a in Glenn Grube’s ’57 column. A couple of [email protected]. happy, healthy, and nonpandemic New Delts. Say hello to Mary Ellen and all the My PKT fraternity brother Bob Turner Yea r! best to you.” Frank’s new address: Frank sent an update. “Hello Norb, trust you W. Fletcher, 8419 Strathburn Court, Apt. are doing well. We are also well despite Correspondent: Norbert F. Smith D, Huntersville, NC 28078-2810. Phone this unusual time in our lives. But we are 227 Rivers Edge number and email remain the same: giving God the glory with thanksgiving Williamsburg, VA 23185-8933 804-694-6204; [email protected]. for keeping us safe in our retirement 757-229-7377 Bill Foster always sends a great update. setting. We are blessed to be in this senior [email protected] “Hopefully you are all well during these community that cares for our every need,

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Duncan O’Dwyer sent a long email with been as a member, officer, and competitive this news. Like all of us who participated rower with the Swan Creek Rowing Club 1960 in the ROTC advanced course, Duncan in Lambertville, N.J. This COVID-19 This is my fourth report as your class had a military obligation after graduation. thing put an end to that long period of fun correspondent. When Bob Brodie asked He fulfilled his with a two-year Army tour. and exercise. It is impossible to maintain me to take this job, I said I would serve After completing the Infantry Officer basic “social distancing” for eight rowers and for a year to see how things went. He will course at Ft. Benning in December 1963, he a coxswain in a space 50 feet long and 20 be happy to know that, unless one of you was assigned to the 1st Infantry Division at inches wide. Working out on an indoor has a burning desire to take over, I will Ft. Riley, Kansas. In mid-June 1965, the unit rowing machine (an ERG in the rowing continue in the position. The job has been was alerted for deployment to Vietnam, but world) is no substitute for the exercise and made much easier by those who send me Duncan, with less than 90 days of obligated social interaction you experience on the notes to share with the class. My thanks service remaining, was not eligible to deploy. water. And finally, a bit of humor to close to those men. To others who might be Duncan continued to serve as a military this report: Behind every angry woman procrastinating, please consider joining in. lawyer in the Army Reserves, retiring as stands a man who has absolutely no idea Our twice-delayed 60th reunion is now a lieutenant colonel in 1988. A detailed what he did wrong! planned for June 2021. Having waited for 60 record of his assignments and schooling years, we can certainly hold on for one more. as a military lawyer requires more space Correspondent: Bob Edwards In the spring 2020 notes I included news than I am allotted in this column. Duncan 6118 Stoney Hill Road from Dr. Bruce Brundage. That report is currently in his 53rd year as a lawyer New Hope, PA 18938 was read by Dr. Ed Platia ’72, who wrote (the last 25 as managing partner) with the 215-862-3950 to say that as a cardiologist, he is familiar firm of Forsyth, Howe, O’Dwyer, Kalb & [email protected] with many articles written by Bruce and Murphy in Rochester, N.Y. In addition to that Bruce is “quite famous and has been his workload with his law firm, he is on the one of the giants in the field of cardiology board of trustees for Roberts Wesleyan over the past few decades.” He added that College and Northeastern Seminary 1961 this was the first time he learned Bruce is a and serves as a mock trial judge at Yale Once again I did not receive much Lafayette alum. University for the National Mock Trial information to report to you. Being Greg Culley wrote to update the news Championships. Duncan’s first wife, Alice, quarantined does that. The fact that I did he reported in the spring 2020 notes. He died in 2018, and he recently remarried not get a chance to go to any Lafayette says that at age 82 he has been called back to a high school friend, Penelope Winters. baseball or football games makes this serve the community. He is now the interim He and Alice had two children and five period particularly painful. I am now chief executive officer of Indian Stream grandchildren. Even with a huge workload hoping that basketball is not closed down. Health Center in Colebrook, N.H. This as a lawyer and college trustee, Duncan has As you can see, I do follow Lafayette sports, center is a federally qualified health center in found time to travel to 43 foreign countries and I find it an excellent way of keeping in far northern New Hampshire and provides to sightsee, ski, play tennis, and sail. touch with alumni with similar interests. medical services to all citizens of the “Taps”—following are the names and Nevertheless, here’s what I have: area, including many low-income families. obituary references of classmates lost since The Class of 1961 ISS fund speech was Greg’s willingness to volunteer during the my last column. canceled for 2020 due to COVID-19. No COVID-19 crisis is commendable. Even Richard H. Beck, May 7, The Villages, speaker had been selected, so no problems more so when his job keeps him away from Fla. Obituary reference not available. there. It was determined that the next ISS his family for two weeks at a time broken up Richard was a member of Delta Tau Delta, event will be held next fall as previously by every-other-weekend visits home. graduating with a degree in mechanical scheduled. A group of faculty has formed a Bob White checked in from San Diego engineering. He married Eleanor Global Education initiative and will focus to say that the area has been blessed with Steffensen, and they raised five children. events, courses, and lectures for the next several months of near-perfect weather and He worked in the space shuttle program, year on the role and future of global cities. that he and his family (wife Linda, daughter enjoyed coaching youth sports teams, and Thus, there is a good chance our future Erika, son-in-law Jeff, grandson Owen) loved classic cars. speaker could be a high-profile contributor have been enjoying the local municipal golf David Cressman, Aug. 6, 2019, to this effort. course. I am not a golfer, so I would like Norristown, Pa. www.lifecelebration.com Our 60th reunion is coming up this June, someone to explain why all of you golfers David S. Gicking, Aug. 11, Sykesville, and plans for the event have just started. never include your handicaps? Md. www.legacy.com/obituaries. You must Last year’s chair, Jim Sorrentino, has Dave Wister is having some serious enter state, city, and deceased name. stepped aside, and his vacancy has yet to be medical problems and has been moved to Robert Kyle Johnson, June 14, Aiken, filled at this writing. Don’t expect anything the Windsor Health Center in the Vicar’s S.C. www.aikenstandard.com quite like our 50th. The highlight will most Landing Community in Ponte Vedra In closing, my primary spring, summer, likely be the Saturday evening dinner. The Beach, Fla. and fall activity for the past 27 years has good news is that, so far, no deaths of 61ers

When you see this icon  go to pages 98-99 to see your classmates’ images. FALL 2020 LAFAYETTE 87 CLASS NOTES have been reported to the College since with good health and are virus-free. At age second lieutenants when they graduated. mid-April. 81 he is still an active writer, the latest being As a result of some prodding by Dick I received an elegant note from Don a book co-authored with a friend and fellow Gilbert, they convened in Columbus, Ohio, Boardman regarding the death of his transportation professional. The title, All in 1968 to share postgraduation experiences wife. He wrote: “I regret to inform you that Service Vehicle (ASV), is now available. It’s and war stories. As Dick Flickinger related, my beloved wife of 51 years, Carol Page the story of why and how hybrid gas electric “Jim and his wife, Kay, introduced me to Preston Boardman, passed away shortly buses developed in the mid-1930s. The Roxana Smith, originally from Chicago, after 4 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. She technology was way ahead of its time, and who had lived in the same apartment waged a courageous seven-year battle with about 600 were built for New Jersey only. complex with Kay while Jim was serving in metastatic breast cancer. I am grateful for The idea was to get rid of streetcar tracks Vietnam.” As a testament to the endurance the faithful service of Gilchrist at-home but retain the overhead wires. The ASVs of these relationships, the Flickingers hospice and a host of Baltimore area’s best lasted only a decade. The book is being observed their 50th wedding anniversary physicians. I will miss her.” He went on published at 4th Lake Publishing, 245 Deer in April 2020, and the three families to say how he met her and how she was a Path, Gillette, NJ 07933-1223 ($45). maintained their lifelong friendships. good minister’s wife, even being ordained Dave indicated he is still involved in Flickinger, who has served the Ligonier, a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church establishing a Transportation Heritage Pa., community as an attorney for 50-plus (USA) for her volunteer church-related Center for New Jersey. The group has years, has promised Roxana he is going to charity work. We send our condolences to assembled a collection of about 40 vintage ease into retirement from his law practice you, Don. buses in Lakewood; most still run. More noting that “old lawyers never die; they We made contact with John Hossenlopp locally they are restoring the classic just lose their appeal.” They are looking in Amagansett, N.Y. John indicated that he prairie-style Union Railroad Station in forward to spending more time with is planning to be at our 60th. Like most of Phillipsburg. their two sons, daughters-in-law, and four us, John is lying low due to the virus. granddaughters. Dick Webster visited with Jim Correspondent: Douglas Hobby As has been their practice, Bill Westkott and his wife last July. He was 29 Rowan Road Ditenhafer, Joe Cornell, and Bruce hoping to report some upbeat news, but Chatham, NJ 07928-2210 Marshman have been meeting each year in sadly he found Jim in not very good shape. [email protected] Maine to enjoy the scenery, get caught up Reportedly, Jim is feeling a little better on classmate news, and climb a mountain since taking an experimental drug. to “keep young and maintain their vigor, Jim Edwards and wife closed their B&B and vitality.” They have dubbed themselves in Lewes, Del., and bought into a CCRC, 1962 the Theta Delta Chi Three (TDC3). This the Willows, just outside Lancaster, Pa. Jim Montgomery and Bruce Vakiener year they ignored the risk for COVID-19 George Rittenhouse stated that as reported they are developing plans for our and climbed French Mountain to far as he is concerned, life is great. He is 2022 reunion and have already started the demonstrate to our contemporaries that 80 married to the same lovely lady, has two process of coordinating with the Alumni is the new 60. Following their triumphant kids, nine grandchildren, and four great- Association and Lafayette administration. return from conquering the mountain, grandchildren. Aside from his Pasadena, “We are considering adding an extra event they were joined by their wives for dinner Calif., police department chaplain job to give classmates another opportunity to at a local restaurant to celebrate another (currently on hold because of COVID-19), get together and discuss a topic of interest year of active living and being able to George says he is just moving on! to all of us. We want this reunion to be enjoy the camaraderie of longtime college Dick Toro said that aside from the one of the most memorable and hope for a friends. Jim Collins, who had previously nothingness of the last several months, he great turnout.” participated in the annual mountain climbs had a pacemaker put into his lazy heart! He The summer of 2020 has been dominated before moving to California, remains in received a remarkable improvement. by COVID-19 and our reaction to it. Most touch with TDC3. He mentioned that his Ron Geesey and his wife recently classmates have restricted themselves to wife, Sherri, is recovering from COVID-19 celebrated their first anniversary. Ron’s staying home, avoiding any extensive travel, contracted in January 2020. Joe noted A-fib has kept him at home since March and not mingling with others. Nevertheless, that TDC3 sends their best wishes to all 14, and the couple has spent the past half it is clear that our folks have developed an classmates to stay healthy and to plan on year in normal privacy and the other half in appreciation of life and health, and value being at the 2022 reunion. On a personal lockdown mode because of the virus. the long-term friendships developed at note, Joe added that their grandson is in his The virus forced Dave Phraner and wife Lafayette. sophomore year at University of Delaware to stay in hot Georgia and not head north Richard “Dick” Flickinger provided and their granddaughter, Grace, is a senior to the cool Catskills for the first time in a great example of how Lafayette at Lafayette. Due to the projects she has for 50 years. Fortunately their son, who lives connections last for a lifetime. Dick her double major, she was among the few a lake away, is taking care of their place. Gilbert, Jim Hartsel, and he were all students who were able to return to campus Dave mentioned that his family are blessed mechanical engineer hopefuls and ROTC in the fall.

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Matt Thomases reported that most stuff, gardening, and assorted yardwork. So all have their own cultures.” They’ve both classmates know his wife had passed far, he’s gotten through the first four of the been active in many activities at their away four years ago. He is now in a new 20-plus volumes of the official biography of church in Montgomery, Ohio, although relationship with a widow, Helen Forster, Winston Churchill. The leading ladies in COVID-19 has shut down many of them he met at his 60th high school reunion Steve’s life—Carolyn and daughters Karen for the present. They take a lot of pride in in March 2019. They never dated back and Kristin—conspired to throw a surprise their children and grandchildren. Daughter then but have friends in common. They virtual 80th birthday party for him. There Beth and her family now are in Prague, have been close ever since and now were no reports of anyone overindulging on Czech Republic (State Department/ consider themselves to be in a permanent virtual birthday cake or virtual champagne Foreign Service). Beth and Tyler have relationship. Unfortunately, in July 2020 and therefore had no need for a virtual two sons, 5 and 8 years old. They had Helen was diagnosed with pancreatic designated driver. hoped to see them over there this fall, cancer. She responded well to the first Larry Schwartz reports that all is but COVID-19 put a stop to that trip. eight months of chemotherapy, had a break as good as can be in these times. He is Their son, Michael, and his wife, Jenn, for four months, and then underwent still working albeit remotely. He and his live in Loveland, Ohio, about 25 minutes additional chemotherapy treatments. wife are looking forward to returning to away. They just had their first child, a Matt summarized their approach to their home in Florida. They visited their son. Michael is a senior scientist in the their situation saying, “We are handling daughter in New Jersey in June 2020. Their research department of Children’s Hospital it well and not at all feeling sorry for our grandson, Ryan Green ’21, just started his in Cincinnati, and Jenn is a clinical predicament. This is LIFE at our age. We senior year at Lafayette, but remotely. He pharmacist in the cardiac intensive care must take each day and enjoy it as best we is living in a house off campus with some unit of University Hospital. can as a blessing.” fraternity brothers. Larry has circled the Again, this is your class newsletter. Send Matt added that his younger son, Ben, date for our 2022 reunion. us your family news and activities to keep decided to move into Matt’s summer home We are saddened to learn of the this going. Or, send us a story about your in the Berkshires in late March 2020. passing of Dr. James “Jim” Fadule in life experiences, classmates, and great Ben is the executive director of Queens August. At Lafayette Jim was a history times on the Lafayette campus: sports, Community House, the largest settlement major, member of Delta Upsilon, and star clubs, fraternities, parties, etc. We all have house in Queens. Matt’s older son and player on the football team. He earned a stories to share and would love to hear family visited Ben in June 2020. Ironically, Ph.D. in educational administration and about them. Come on guys, please send us when Matt decided to join them he had to devoted his professional life to the key something to write about other than an rent a home nearby. facets of the educational field: teacher, obituary. Best to everyone in the class and Matt also reported that even though principal, assistant superintendent, and stay safe in these hectic times. Max Rothman has his own health issues, superintendent. He was well respected at he is still working hard running an agency every level he served. Correspondent: D. Frederick Day that funds services for seniors in four south 149 Grande Ave. Florida counties. Since he has been able Correspondent: Theodore Elsasser Morrisville, NC 27560 to work remotely, he and his wife, Sandra, 110 Kings Place [email protected] escaped the hurricane season by retreating Tullahoma, TN 37388-4823 Correspondent: Dr. Michael A. Stillman to their summer home in Maine. Steve [email protected] 131 San Marco Drive Hyman and his wife, Mim, also worked Correspondent: Kenneth A. Poppe Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418 from home at their summer residence in 45 Barry Lane, Simsbury, CT 06070 [email protected] Vermont. 860-651-9167, [email protected] Steve Altenderfer sent in a note saying he’s doing well, but he and his wife, Carolyn, have essentially restricted themselves 1964 to home and their local area during the 1963 Walter Beamer writes: “After graduating, pandemic of 2020. From his account, Edward Fusakio writes that he and I worked for the Naval Air Development it’s not clear whether he is bragging or his wife, Eileen, finally said goodbye to Center working as a design and later complaining. On the one hand, he must their single family home and moved into systems engineer for which my physics be in good health as he asserts that he can a ground-floor condo on a golf course degree better prepared me. I got an M.S. still dunk a basketball from a standing west of Lebanon, Ohio, last spring. After in electrical engineering from Drexel start. Furthermore, he says he won’t be nine different states since graduating and University. I worked on carrier combat participating in the “I’ve-got-more-health- heading to Florham Park, N.J., it was time aircraft systems. After retiring from civil problems-than-you-do” contest. On the for a condo. “It’s been a bit like Steinbeck’s service, I became a Pennsylvania-certified other hand, he feels many people would Travels with Charley, as we have been east teacher of secondary math, science, and view his life as “boring.” He spends his time coast, southeast, south, and midwest over physics, teaching as a substitute. I then reading, doing crossword puzzles, computer that time. Each area has a lot to offer, yet went to work for Lockheed Martin

When you see this icon  go to pages 98-99 to see your classmates’ images. FALL 2020 LAFAYETTE 89 CLASS NOTES working as a systems engineer on transport while U.S. citizens do not. That was aircraft (C-5 and C-130). After 15 years, I nearly 60 years ago. And still the U.S. retired at age 70. A good career. 1965 does not offer a level playing field for its “My daughter and her three sons moved I hope all of you had an enjoyable summer, children. Can anyone explain to me how to Georgia after I retired from Lockheed are staying safe, and making the best of a such a wealthy nation can’t live up to that Martin in July 2013. Her purpose was to difficult time. I am sure we are all looking challenge?” finish her college studies while living with forward to next spring when we can spend Dan responded, “If you think that it me. She graduated cum laude in December more time with family, friends, and all the looks bad for the U.S. from over there, 2015 from Kennesaw State University. She other activities we enjoy. imagine what it is like to actually live now works for Truist Bank in Atlanta as a As far as news: here and experience what is happening. project manager in information technology, Dan Johnson emailed to say: “I have I have never seen my country in such a which was also her degree. been retired as an electrical engineer disorganized mess. My mother was born “This past June, my daughter remarried from Hewlett-Packard Co. now for eight in Newfoundland, then a British colony, after being divorced 12 years with her years, having worked there for 42 years and later a province in Canada, so I believe three boys in high school. At age 43, she beginning in 1970. I also worked for them that I am eligible for at least Canadian was ready. I did the father role escorting as a consultant in 2015-16. In any case, I citizenship, if not British. If I were much her down the aisle. Her mother died when am very grateful to them for providing me younger I would claim my citizenship(s), she was 12. I was not aware how severely it with employment for all those years and move to Canada or some other place in the affected her at the time. A vacant chair at helping me in retirement. My older son, British sphere, and live and work there until the wedding was reserved for her deceased Dan Jr., works as a production manager my country returned to sanity. I wish all my mother. That surprised me. My daughter for ASML in San Diego and has blessed fellow Americans, and Lafayette alumni, and her husband live near me in suburban me with two grandsons ages 11 and 4. My the best, and let’s hope for the best.” Atlanta, Ga. I live in Cobb County. They younger son, Mike, works in marketing Frank then included a picture of his live in Gwinnett County. for a company that manufactures in-home grandkids. 2 “I am still retired, but I am active in dialysis machines—he himself has been David Seal also wrote to tell us about Republican politics. Otherwise, I am on dialysis for 24 years and is doing pretty a project he is working on that involved keeping a low activity level because of well. My daughter, Julia, by my second the Marquis de Lafayette. “In July 2019, COVID-19.” wife, Rotche, just completed her freshman my wife, Susan, and I formed a nonprofit Eugene Scanlan shares: “The arrival of year at Palomar College in San Marcos, organization that is working with the COVID-19 found us at our Tucson home. Calif., majoring in nursing, and made Town of Greenburgh, N.Y., to restore We had visited with Dean and Karen the dean’s list last semester. Meanwhile, an important old house known as the Umemoto and Ed and Lynne Donovan I am trying to assist my wife with her Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters. there, but decided to head back to B.C. caregiver business utilizing some of the It played an important role during earlier than planned in mid-March.  3 business skills I obtained at Hewlett- the Revolutionary War and is on the Except for trucks and RVs, many with Packard. Let’s all hope for the best—this National Trust List of Historic Sites. In B.C. plates, the highways were almost country got through a flu pandemic, the 1781, the commander of the French Army empty. Food was only takeout, and motels Great Depression, two World Wars, and in America, Le Comte de Rochambeau, where we stayed said they would be numerous other conflicts, so maybe it led his French soldiers to Hartsdale, shutting down in a few days. Our border can do it again. I myself am recovering N.Y., where we live, and made the Odell crossing (Blaine) was deserted, and the from recent prostate surgery. However, I House his headquarters. He and George border officer had to come to his booth believe that I should completely recover Washington then spent six weeks, from from the administration building to check (eventually), and there was no cancer, July 6 to Aug. 18, 1781, scouting the British us through. At home we did our 14-day thank goodness. Hopefully, I can return defenses in New York. Washington’s quarantine and arrived to our refrigerator to Lafayette for a future get-together, and plan was to confront the British in and pantry fully stocked by our neighbors. that on-campus classes will have resumed. I Manhattan, but Rochambeau thought a Interesting times!” fully support the efforts by the College for frontal assault on New York would fail. racial equality and equal justice under the His position prevailed, and they marched Correspondent: Gordon R. “Don” Evans law as I understand it. We seem to have a to Yorktown, Va., and took on the British 958 Sand Castle Road very competent president.” forces under Charles Cornwallis. This Sanibel, FL 33957-3627 Dan then had an exchange with Frank decision, possibly made over dinner in 267-418-0732 Bason. Frank said: “As an ex-pat living in the Odell House, changed the outcome [email protected] Denmark, it is heartbreaking to follow the of the war and assured America of victory news from the U.S. When I took a ’junior and independence. The British army in year abroad’ in 1963-64, I returned from Virginia was trapped on the Yorktown Europe wondering why Scandinavians peninsula, surrounded by water and by our enjoyed free health care and education Marquis de Lafayette and his American

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troops. When the American and French Donald P. “Don” Lordan, 77, of of and retired from Industrial Motor troops arrived, the combined forces Harleysville, Pa., died Aug. 24. Don, an Supply Inc. in Harrisburg, Pa. Mike’s significantly outnumbered the British All-American pitcher, led the Lafayette passion was sports photography. He army, and Cornwallis conceded defeat. Leopards to the 1965 College World Series, developed his skills while photographing The Revolutionary War was essentially where they faced Arizona State. During the his children’s sports events and then over. At our urging, the Town of 1965 season, Don racked up the third-most moved on to a professional photography Greenburgh bought Odell House this year. wins in a single season (9) in 93.2 innings career on the LPGA Tour. He was well It has already received a matching grant of pitched with 66 strikeouts. His record known throughout the women’s golf $600,000 from New York State, and we of 93.2 innings pitched still stands as the tour for his framing, focus, and timing are helping to raise those matching funds. second-most in a single season, and his of shots. He also served on the board of Our nonprofit organization is called record for strikeouts is tied for sixth-most. the Keystone Chapter of the National Friends of Odell House Rochambeau Don was also a top-notch hitter, and he led MS Society. He was a mainstay, with Headquarters. Susan is the president, and his team with a .404 batting average during his camera of course, at athletic events I am the treasurer. Our plan is to have the the 1965 season. Don was inducted in the all across town. Mike volunteered for Odell House Rochambeau Headquarters Maroon Club Hall of Fame in 2013 and 2015 the Camp Hill Middle School Outdoor Museum open in time for the 250th for his baseball accomplishments. After Education Program for over 30 years. anniversary of the American Revolution graduating from Lafayette College in 1965, Although he retired in 1996, Mike in 2026.” Don signed with the Milwaukee Braves. returned to the Outdoor Education Gary Layton also emailed to say: Don ran a sporting goods store and had Program in 2002 when his grandchildren “Thank you for your fine, ongoing been working in the sports memorabilia began to attend. efforts as class correspondent; you are business for over 30 years. He also had Edward A. Statham, born in Plainfield, a wonderfully good sport. In the last worked with the All American Baseball N.J., passed away July 20 at his home issue, I was glad to see Jeff Smith’s tip Academy in Warrington, Pa., organizing in Puyallup, Wash., after a long illness. of the hat to Professor William Watt. baseball camps and clinics for more than He is survived by spouse Marylene, a Our class was blessed to learn under a 48 years. Surviving Don is his wife, Karen brother, Stuart, daughters Lisa and roster of marvelously gifted and amiable Lordan, and their daughter, Kady Lynn Deanna, and many grandchildren and professors—whose names come readily (Steve) Stoyanov of Simpsonville, S.C. great-grandchildren. Ed graduated from to mind, especially as we approach Several of Don’s classmates have sent me Lafayette with a B.S. in economics. At Homecoming time. Everyone has his notes describing what a wonderful and AT&T, he managed writers who developed favorites. Mine are John Losee, logic; talented person Don was and how much he training. Harold Streeter, French; Edward Heath will be missed. and Al Gendebien, history; Arthur Barry H. Todd passed away March Correspondent: Marshall J. Gluck Montgomery and James Dyson, geology; 29. Barry grew up in Harrisburg, Pa., 1133 Park Ave., Apt 11W W. Edward Brown, literature; Dr. lived in Wilmington, Del., and worked New York, NY 10128-1246 Tarbell, finance; plus the incomparable in Philadelphia, Pa., for 27 years before [email protected] Jim Finnan, who announced every home retiring to Breckenridge in 2009. Barry game at Fisher Field for 50 years—simply retired from the Army as a lieutenant superb, in contrast to the deafening colonel after 28 years and two tours in noise being blasted since his retirement. Vietnam, and also retired from SEPTA 1966 We were fortunate to have missed the railroad after 30 years. He is survived by his Hi, everyone. I thought I might dedicate grievance culture of today.” wife, Sue, whom he married in Honolulu this month’s column to an update on myself. If any of you have favorite professors or in 1969, his two sons, Michael (Jennifer Cathy, my love and companion for 56 stories, send them to me, and I will include Fenton) and Jason (Christina), his sister, years, passed away just before Christmas, them in any next column along with several Judy Gill, and nine grandchildren. Barry and I lost interest in a lot of things, like other notes I have already received. was an avid skier and hiker, having hiked my home and my consulting practice. Pat “Paul” Freeland emailed to say he 17 of the 14ers, and was a volunteer at guest As bereavement therapy, I: 1) quit my is living with his wife of 40 years, Vicki, in services for nine years at Breckenridge. consulting gig; 2) bought a new boat; 3) Cornwall, Pa., just across the lane from his Michael S. Nelson Sr. of Camp Hill, acquired an Australian Labradoodle daughter and son-in-law, after having lived Pa., passed away May 2. Mike is survived (Guinness), who is my new companion. We in Hingham, Mass., for 30 years. Paul has by his loving wife of 56 years, Jane spent the winter exploring the woods and been a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, (Goodwin) Nelson; his children, Elizabeth streams near our home in West Chester, a local tour guide at the colonial era Nelson, Michael Nelson Jr., Jill (Rick) and I dropped 20 pounds. This August, we Cornwall Iron Furnace, and stays in touch Debroisse, Melissa (Tom) Cunkle; his moved the boat down from Nantucket to with several classmates. grandchildren and a great-grandson. Mike the Chesapeake (500 miles, about 12 days), Unfortunately, I am sorry to report on received a B.S. in mechanical engineering and we plan to head south in November the passing of the following classmates: from Lafayette in 1964. He was an owner and spend the winter on the boat in Key

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West. Then hopefully up to Maine next with a couple of weeks in Colorado. We’ve summer. I feel like I have a lot of living left decided that we can do that safely and, at to do, and I want to get on with it! worst, sitting outside on the patio reading in 1969 Best regards to all my classmates. the mountains beats reading sitting inside As we celebrate 50 years of Lady Leopards, Rod Heckman at home.” Dave sends a prayer that all our I thought it appropriate to mention my classmates come through the pandemic safe niece Alison M. Flowers ’07. After Correspondent: Rod Heckman and well. graduating magna cum laude with honors 1690 Yardley Drive Bob Smith reports that he and Gloria in both Spanish and international affairs as West Chester, PA 19380-5778 are doing well. Bob’s biggest health well as Phi Beta Kappa, she earned her J.D. 484-883-1666 problem was having a baby tooth extracted in Florida and joined the U.S. Attorney’s [email protected] earlier this year. He was pleased to get office in Chicago, Ill. While practicing over 73 years out of the tooth and thought law there, she wed Mike Lintal and then it was time for it to go. He decided against was recruited by Penn State Law School to putting it under his pillow out of fear the advise their students. After moving back to 1967 tooth fairy would send him a bill. Bob Pennsylvania, she gave birth to Milo Lintal I received a note from John Soltis informing continues to teach an adult Sunday school (a future Leopard in the Class of 203_?). us of the sudden death of his wife, Barbara, class at his church, although teaching Our classmates John Squarcia, Gary in October 2017 from a massive brain bleed. by email due to COVID-19 has not been Masline, and William Wetmore John and Barbara had been married for over ideal. His latest hobby is bread baking submitted updates via Leopard Link. John 45 years and had known each other for almost using a recipe designed for use by idiots. says, “I will be beginning my 20th year as a 50 years. John continues to live in their home He has made 15 loaves to date and has visiting professor of education at Lafayette in Cranford, N.J., where he is near friends, made a different mistake on each one. All this fall. I was appointed to my second neighbors, and golf buddies. He is fortunate smelled good and tasted better. six-year term as a trustee at Northampton that his two sons, Chris and John, and his In 2012, Vic Ludlum retired from Community College, where I represent the two grandchildren live nearby in Spring Lake, Bob Jones University Press, where he Easton Area School District.” John was my N.J., enabling them to get together regularly was operations supervisor in the product fellow classmate at Easton Area High School for outdoor dining, Little League baseball, development department. He and Fran, playing baseball for both the Red Rovers and golf. his wife of 47 years, have been blessed and the Leopards. I would love to see the David Lee Hill passed away July 15. with seven grandchildren. In 2016, Vic Leopards in the College World Series here David came to Lafayette from Wyoming came out of retirement to work as a patent in Omaha once it resumes in 2021. Seminary, a preparatory school in Kingston, application classifier and in 2017, began Gary says, “Though I am still licensed as a Pa. He was a German major and a member teaching high school algebra. Now fully private attorney, I am not seeking cases, but of Kappa Sigma, but left Lafayette during retired, Vic and Fran live in Staunton, Va., my work as a regional artist continues at the our senior year. He soon discovered his and enjoy exploring the Shenandoah Valley studio in nearby Troy, N.Y. The 24 by 18 oil- true passion was culinary arts and became mountain trails and scenic waterways. on-canvas attached (titled “Going Out”) was a well-respected and accomplished chef at Save the dates! When you read this, our recently selected by the juror for inclusion several Pennsylvania country clubs. David class’s 55th reunion will be about a year- in the Cooperstown Art Association’s 85th was predeceased by his wife of 40 years, and-a-half away. Mark your calendars National Exhibition.  24 Only 117 of Carole Ann, and is survived by his daughter, for June 3 to 5, 2022, and plan to return 509 works submitted were chosen. The Lilith Lynn Hill, his stepson, James to the Hill for a chance to meet with our exhibition this year will be online only, Cunningham, and grandchildren Dalton classmates once again. from July 10 to Aug. 14, on the CAA website, and Bailey Cunningham. www.cooperstownart.com.” We extend our sympathy to John and his Correspondent: Henry D. Ryder William says, “I retired March 3, 2020, family and to David’s family on their losses. 30 McClelland Ave. with 42 years of federal service as an Although younger alumni, particularly Pitman, NJ 08071-1059 attorney-adviser at the Board of Veterans’ those working in health care, no doubt have [email protected] Appeals. I wrote tentative decisions in final some amazing stories of their service during form for presidential appointed judges this pandemic, Dave Scholes guesses that regarding veterans’ benefits (specializing most of us from the Class of ’67 will only in disabilities of the eyes, gunshot wounds, have stories of how we braved five months 1968 neurological disabilities, education benefits, and counting of isolation. Dave writes: “It Correspondent: Howard S. Rednor and medical tort claims at different times has taken too long for too many of our fellow 8 Taylor Way over the years). I started representing Texans to figure out that masks really are a Washington Crossing, PA 18977-1046 employees in labor relations in 1992 and good idea, so we’re getting to do it twice in [email protected] actually spent the last 17 years doing Austin. We’re heading out soon for a road that work exclusively. I did litigation, trip to some of the national parks, ending negotiations, and legislation during those

92 LAFAYETTE FALL 2020 For more class news and photos, go to leopardlink.lafayette.edu/classnotes; click on “search,” then type in your class year. CLASS NOTES years. Turns out, I loved cross-examination. Engineer Exam in January 1977. In March David Choate is in commercial real My wife of 46 years, 45-year-old son, 43-year- 1981, I accepted a position as an engineer estate and living in Rye, N.H., with his wife, old son and daughter-in-law with two girls with Omaha Public Power District, and Elizabeth Choate. (13 and 10), and 38-year-old daughter and son- my family and I left Pennsylvania for Tim Church is a retired counseling in-law with three boys (14, 12, and 7) and two Nebraska. I retired in March 2011. professor living in Bellingham, Wash., with girls (11 and 9) are all safe and well. Haven’t My grandfather, Luther Aaron Flowers, his wife, Marcia Katigbak-Church. seen them except on Zoom since last July. worked as an instructor in engineering Ron Clymer is married to Beth Clymer. That’s killing me. But, really, the only worry forge at Lafayette, 1915 to 1917. Larry Cook is still working at Broadway is my daughter is an R.N. in California.” Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and lives in Regretfully, Malcolm G. Franklin Correspondent: James A. Flowers Brooklyn with his partner. passed away April 14. [email protected] Mark Cozin is retired and living in His brother Dr. George A. Franklin ’66 Bernardsville, N.J., with his wife of almost was deceased. 48 years, Sybil Cozin. Dr. Kem C. Moser of Sigma Phi Chi Jerry Dandeneau is an attorney living in passed away Aug. 21, 2019. He ran a dental 1970 Smithtown, N.Y., with his wife, Diane Lott. practice in Kennett Square, Pa. As you may know, our reunion has been Bob Davis is living in Bellingham, We would appreciate hearing about your postponed, again, to June 2021, when we Wash., with his wife of 22 years, Margaret. careers, families, and social activities. will combine with the Class of 1971 to Marc Davis is an attorney in To introduce me, I lived at my parents’ celebrate a joint reunion. Other five-year Philadelphia. home at 938 Lehigh St. in Easton and class reunions will be combined as well. John Delatush is a retired engineer commuted to campus on a daily basis Contact anyone you were friendly with in living in Freehold, N.J., with his wife, from September 1965 until June 1969. I the Class of 1971 to get together. Deborah Delatush. was a Gamma Delta Iota (Gosh Darn If you haven’t entered information about William Dudyshyn is retired and living Independent). In my senior year, I was yourself for our class “yearbook,” please feel in Conway, S.C., with his wife, Teresa honored with membership in Eta Kappa free to do so and peruse what others have Dudyshyn. Nu (electrical engineering honorary). I was written to date. We will all get a hard copy John Fischer is retired and lives in a student member of IEEE and received as well as an electronic copy of the book. Annapolis, Md., with his wife, Ann Fischer. the Lehigh Valley Chapter student The information I am including in this John Fisher is a retired teacher, now member award. I was a member of the column reports brief excerpts from each living in Fort Myers, Fla., with his wife of ROTC file team in my junior and senior class member who has reported details. 50 years, Diane Fisher. years. I completed three years of active Rich Agins is an attorney living in Tom Foley is living in Farmington, duty in the U.S. Army from January 1970 Chandler, Ariz., with his wife of nine years, Conn., with his partner. through January 1973 in the electronic Kathi Agins. Woody Freeman is a retired attorney warfare laboratory at Fort Monmouth, Larry Arnold is living in Harrisburg. and exercise physiologist, now living N.J. I returned to Easton as an engineer He has spent much of his career exploring in Bethel, Vt., with his wife of 18 years, at Metropolitan Edison Co. In fall 1974, I paranormal phenomena. Elizabeth “Robin” Freeman. was asked by Prof. Warren Guy to serve Ed Bartosh is retired from the George Frisch is a college instructor as laboratory instructor for the evening military and living with his wife, Betty, in and lives in Harleysville, Pa., with his wife session of EE41 (Energy Conversion and Coldstream VIC, Australia. of 40 years, Donna Jean Frisch. Control) and again for the spring of 1975. Jim Bellis is retired and living in Chuck Freedman is a retired physician In 1975, with the rank of captain, I was Haymarket, Va., with his wife of 50 years, living in San Diego with his wife. accepted for the position of technical Nancy Bellis. Bart Gershbein is a retired physician industrial officer with the U.S. Army Jim Bennett is a retired attorney living living in Tiburon, Calif., with his wife. Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, in Summit, N.J., with his wife of 49 years, Phil Goldstein is a retired physician N.J. On the evening of Nov. 10, 1975, while Christine. living in Maple Glen, Pa., with his wife of returning to my quarters from an evening Jerome Blakeslee is retired and living 37 years. shopping session, my car was struck by a in Easton with his wife of 50 years, Bonnie Phil Gott is retired and living in vehicle driven by a third-offense drunk Blakeslee. Princeton, Mass., with his wife, Jean Green. driver. After 29 days, I awoke from a Cliff Brane is retired and living William Greenberg is an attorney coma and transferred from Monmouth in Birmingham, Ala., with his wife, in Purchase, N.Y. He has been married Medical Center to the Navy Hospital in Julie Brane. since 1973. Philadelphia, Pa. The Army put me on Geoffrey Caldwell is a glass craftsman Bill Harrington is involved with temporary physical disability retirement living in Stockton, N.J., with his wife, charitable activities internationally and at 100%. I was able to return to work at Karen. lives in San Diego with his wife of almost Metropolitan Edison Co. in February 1976. Roy Cavalcant is a retired physician 50 years, Judy. I passed the Pennsylvania Professional living in Northern California.

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Bob Heppe is a retired attorney living Hal Lubin is an attorney in Gales Ferry, Howard Ressler is an attorney living in in Harwich Port, Mass., with his wife, Conn., with his wife, Deb Lubin. New York City. Gaylene Heppe. Steve Machen is a retired educator Michael Richmond is an attorney living Richard Hildreth is living in Virginia living in Santa Fe with his wife of 50 years, in Columbus, N.J., with his wife of 40 years, Beach, Va. Meredith. He makes beautiful furniture. Marguerite Richmond. His biography is Frank Hoffmann is living in Chester John Mason is a retired patent attorney fascinating, but I couldn’t hope to paraphrase. Springs, Pa., with his wife of 47 years, Cathy. living in Park City, Utah, with his wife, Jim Ronemus is a retired engineer and Stephen Houpt teaches physics and is Linda Mason. living in Lehighton, Pa., with his wife, a professional musician in Dallas, Texas, David Mayer, a physician and attorney, Mary Ronemus. where he lives with his wife, Sherry Houpt. lives in Huntington, N.Y. Dave Roth is living in West Hartford, Brad Hunter is retired and living in Jim McGuire is a retired attorney living Conn., with his wife, Linda Horvitz. Fairfax County, Va., with his wife of 36 in Pennington, N.J., and Lake Nuangola, Pa., Heinz Roye is retired and living in years, Susan Swett (Lafayette Class of with his wife of 45 years, Elizabeth McGuire. Stanwood, Wash., with his wife of 50 years, 1972—our only classmate married to a Tom Meisner is president of an Carol Roye. Lafayette alum?). insurance business, living in Aiken, S.C., Richard Salb is an oral and maxillofacial Stephen Hutnick is retired and living in with his wife, Nanci Meisner. He was active surgeon living in Scottsdale, Ariz., with his Fort Myers, Fla. His wife died in 2008. nationally with Phi Kappa Psi. wife, Judith Salb. Michael Jackson is an attorney Philip Merriss is retired and living in Tom Saunders is living in Snohomish, living in Richmond, Va. He has served Weston, Conn., with his wife of 47 years, Wash. as an assistant director of admissions at Janet Merriss. Steve Sharp is retired and living in Los Lafayette. Robert Meyer is a retired physician Angeles with his wife, Valerie Wallace. Bruce Jaggard is living in Moseley, Va. living in Goldsboro, N.C., with his wife, Ken Skillman is living in Hillsborough, Tom Judson is retired. Linda Meyer. N.J., with his wife of 50 years, Nancy Dave Kelley is retired and living in Michael Miller is a retired psychologist Skillman. Wallingford Conn., with his wife, Jan Server. and counselor, working with chronically ill Craig Sleep is retired and living in Bahram Keramati is retired and lives in kids and their families, and is now living Bangor, Pa. Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with his wife, Ruth in Denver with his wife, Kathie Miller. Paul Sobelman, a retired physician, lives Andrea Levinson. He had lived in Israel for 10 years, playing in Placerville, Calif., with his wife of 53 Karl Kline is a retired attorney in and coaching basketball professionally, years, Stephanie. Pittsburgh. He is married to Marcia Kline. completing graduate school and IDF Marty Solomon is a retired physician He had taught at Lafayette for about 10 service. living in the Boston area with his wife of years. Patrick Naugle is retired and living in 50 years, Betsy. David Klink is living in Seaside Park, Gettysburg, Pa., with his wife of 21 years, Pete Soraruf is a retired physician who N.J., with his wife of 49 years, Edie Klink. Susan Naugle. lives in Kennett Square, Pa., with his wife He is still working as an internal auditor. Tom Okonak is retired and living in of 50 years, Sue Soraruf. Mark Koshar is a physician living in North Canton, Ohio, with his wife, Nancy John Stephenson is a dentist in Fairfax, Easton with his wife, Iris Koshar. Fletcher Okonak. Va., where he lives with his wife of 50 years, Tom LaConte is a Superior Court judge Joe O’Leary is retired and living in San Lynne Foley Stephenson. living in Wayne, N.J. Diego with his wife, Peggy O’Leary. Richard Strouse is an engineer living Ron Leir had a career in both journalism Stephen Otway is retired and living in in Norwich, Conn., with his wife, Cynthia and acting and lives in Jersey City, N.J. Meredith, N.H. Strouse. Fred Levick is living in Atlanta, Ga., Miles Overholt is living in Tucson, Ariz. Robert Strouse is living in Glenmoore, with Marcia Goldstein. Jay Parini is a very successful author and Pa., with his wife, Norma Strouse. Howie LeWine is a physician living in professor at Middlebury College, and lives Chris Sutton is retired and living in Massachusetts. in Middlebury, Vt. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., with his wife of Michael LeWitt is a retired physician, Christian Pascale is retired and living 50 years, Linda. now woodworker, living in Berwyn, Pa., in Williamsburg, Va., with his wife, Liria John G. Thomas is retired and living with his wife of 41 years, Lynne Rubin Pascale. in Easton with his wife of 50 years, Terry LeWitt. His three adult children live in Jim Pooley is an intellectual property Thomas. Philadelphia. He is eagerly looking forward attorney, living in Portola Valley, Calif., John H. Thomas is retired and living to Reunion . . . sometime. with his wife of 36 years, Laura-Jean in Delian, N.J., with his wife of 43 years, Dave Littman is an attorney in Scotch Anderson. Nancy B. Thomas. Plains, N.J., with his significant other, Jorge Punchin is a mathematics Scot Tufts is retired and living in Austin, Michele Feldman Tiger. professor in San Juan, and lives with his Texas, with his wife. wife of 45 years, Maria. Jeff Ullman is an attorney (and was in practice with the late Gary Platt), and lives

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in Somerset, N.J., with his wife of 50 years, Michael Volpe and his wife, Margaret, Ladimer Nagurney is weathering Honey. made a quick trip to Florida in early the crisis with his wife in Amherst, George Valentine is a retired attorney March to see sights and saw two spring Mass. Their daughter is doing the same and lives in Chicago with his wife of many training games for the World Champion in Blacksburg, Va. For Lad it was a years, Susan. Washington Nationals in West Palm tumultuous semester. “The switch to Dennis Visich is retired and living in Beach, and visited St. Augustine as well. remote teaching (I prefer the term remote, Naples, Fla., with his significant other, Mike is no longer the clerk of session since the courses are not designed as Gina. for his local church, but is still involved online courses) went a bit better than Paul Warner is retired and living in the Presbytery and its committee on could be expected. All my students in Bellport, N.Y., with his wife, Mindy ministry, working with local Presbyterian finished their courses, and I had no Warner. churches on saying goodbye to departing horror stories. However, in the midst, the Mick Weinstein is retired, living pastors and looking for new ones. Mike’s university offered many of us an ‘early’ in Larchmont, N.Y., with his wife of daughter and husband run a dental practice retirement package. Since knowing my age, 40-something years, Jill Weinstein. His in Springfield, Va., and have two children, you will not be surprised when I say that I business career was in the carbonated and ages 6 and 4. had expected next year to be my last year other beverages industry. With a dearth of fellow alumni news, and full time. However, after evaluating the Todd Wiley is retired and living in to make sure my column is not the shortest package, I and Anna decided that, based Olympia, Wash., with his wife of 43 years, of the Class Notes, I am compelled again upon the uncertainty for next year, it was Diane Mendes Wiley. to report my tennis exploits. My daughter, a good deal to take it. Since the university Bob Williams-Neal is a retired clergy Megan, and I were the finalists of the wanted me off the payroll by June 30, they and educator living in Louisville, Ky., fourth annual Wikler Memorial Mixed gave me the rest of my salary for AY19- with his wife of 40-plus years, Frances Open Doubles Tennis Tournament held 20 as a lump sum, and I am quasi-retired, (Camille) Williams-Neal. He also has a at Brighton Highlands Country Club on although I said I’d be available, as I am fascinating biography, which I couldn’t July 11, and won the Harvest Hills Animal every summer, to wrap things up until hope to paraphrase. Shelter Mixed Doubles Tournament on Aug. 15. Our new hire reneged during the Greg Woods is retired from IT, but Sept. 12 at the same country club. I became crisis, and we were not able to make a teaching and living in Camp Hill, Pa.. a grandparent for the first time when my second offer, thus I have also agreed to Ted Kramer, 73, died May 4. He son, Barrett, Lafayette Class of 2006, and teach my required course in digital signal received an MBA and was a military his wife, Jenn, had Siena June 16. processing remotely from Amherst. That policeman. He had been married will work out well, since about half the almost 48 years to Mary Kramer. He Correspondent: Arthur H. Goldsmith class are international students who have had a successful business career. May his 4 Melvin Terrace been repatriated to their home countries memory be for a blessing. Denmark, ME 04022-5457 and will not be back in the U.S. for the 207-452-2569 fall semester. Anna has been busy being Correspondent: Dr. Michael H. LeWitt 207-452-2568 fax a ‘talking head’ for various TV stations 1128 Cymry Drive 617-721-7210 cell from our living room. Here’s a link to the Berwyn, PA 19312-2042 [email protected] university’s release on my retirement.” 610-647-0744 610-993-0288 fax hartford.edu/unotes/2020/06/college-of- [email protected] engineering-technology-and-architecture- 1972 announces-ladimer-nagurneys-retirement.aspx Classmates, I hope that you have been able to stay well and have found ways to make Unfortunately, I have not heard from any 1971 it through this pandemic. I have followed other classmates. As for me, all is much Fran and Kathie Minotto have fully how our alma mater has adapted and the same. I have enjoyed being able to recovered from COVID-19 contracted in planned. While the Lafayette experience work in my garden and the many, many March. Both Fran and Kathie have retired, is now different, it still represents what tomatoes harvested have been enjoyed Kathie after 40 years working as an accounts made Lafayette so special to us. I hope and will be enjoyed this winter using the clerk for the Borough of Pottstown, Pa., and that by the time I pen (well, keyboard) frozen sauce put up. Surprisingly, every Fran after a career with Siemens and then my next update, we are once again able to single pepper plant died. I guess that’s doing some substitute teaching for the past visit and gather together, and on campus why I garden: I am always surprised. three years. They hope to travel once the if we choose. It’s always nice to know that Bonnie and I have been well healthwise health restrictions are lifted. The Minottos my entry is not only read by classmates and still avoid crowds and restaurants. have a new grandson, Isaac Feather, born but other alums as well. Rick Mayer ’73 It’s been hard, but safer is better. Well, Dec. 20, 2019, and are expecting another commented on my photo in the last issue. that’s about all for now. Keep yourselves one in January 2021. Thanks, Rick. safe. If you have some updates for us,

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please consider putting them on the that later became part of BLBB Advisors. Lafayette and Columbia, the two schools class page of the Alumni Notes online. “Having two different careers was quite where he received degrees. Go Pards. rewarding.” He’s now volunteering with Dr. Neil Fruman recently retired as a BLBB Charitable, a private foundation, and family physician. “I developed Parkinson’s Correspondent: Frank T. Julia Jr. enjoys working with potential grantees and disease around 10 years ago, but wasn’t 20403 Sawgrass Drive seeing the great works they’re doing. really impaired until the past two years.” Montgomery Village Back in September, Nick Sabatine, He’d been with a primary care medical Gaithersburg, MD 20886-4599 lawyer by day and musician by night, group in Lafayette, Calif., for the previous [email protected] performed at a concert in Allentown, Pa. 20 years, and also pursued multiple other Under the theme of “Stand Up for America,” special interests: medical ethics, adults he performed his own original songs in a with developmental disabilities, serving band led by Ted Nugent’s bass player. “For as a clinical instructor for residents, 1973 those unfamiliar with my work—and that mentoring high school students, and taking As we mark our 50-year milestones, think would be almost everyone—I write political part in medical missions and projects. He back to the fall of 1970, when the last all- satire (God help me, Prof. William W. and his wife of 16 years, MyHang, live in male freshman class—ours—started our Watt!) that addresses the issues of the Walnut Creek, Calif. They’ve traveled second year, and Lafayette was changing day.” He has a new CD out and welcomes extensively, but “Parkinson’s has slowed us for the better. any of us interested to contact him at down and COVID-19 has halted our travels Pat Tumulty, one of the first women [email protected]. altogether.”  20 Some of his Lafayette in the Class of 1973, recalls, “While other Don Chew writes, “As I have for the memories include some misadventures on women were looking for their dorm rooms, past 40 years, I’m still editing my corporate the swim team and having his aspirations to I was looking for the student parking lot.” finance rag,” the Journal of Applied Corporate be a writer cooled by some of Dr. Lusardi’s She was the first woman from Phillipsburg Finance. The “rag” focuses on such weighty red ink on his papers. (For example, “My, to cross the “free bridge” to Easton to begin topics as private equity and sustainable what tortuous and wordy prose you have.”) her academic career at Lafayette, although financial management—investments that But that helped redirect him into the pre- hundreds of men from the town preceded both address social problems and earn med program. her as commuters. She remembers getting high returns. He came into this gig after Neil also has some timely Rx for us: much-needed help from Frank Julia ’72, completing both a Ph.D. in English and an “I’ve struggled for many reasons since a fellow P-burg alum. “It was Frank who MBA in finance at University of Rochester. my retirement. To any of you planning introduced me to the ‘charms’ of the Both of these degrees show up in his on retiring soon, let me encourage you commuter lounge, a small, inauspicious introduction to a recent edition, in which to do more than having your retirement room hidden under the stairwell in he jokes that he’s “always on the lookout financial plan in order, including a will, Marquis Hall. The lounge provided a place for what Yeats once called ‘monuments of trust, and advance directive. If you don’t where commuters could go between classes, unaging intellect.’” Apparently there aren’t have a hobby you are passionate about, eat lunch, and most importantly, play many of these in the world of corporate find one and nourish it.” He says that cards.” Pat later lived on campus to get the finance. Don is happy to share recent while blessed with wonderful friends and full Lafayette experience, but “will forever editions electronically—drop him a note at a supportive family, he finds that he’s be grateful to that small group of guys who [email protected]. He’s still living missing the interactions with patients welcomed me into their world and provided in Manhattan, although recently he and and colleagues, and especially a sense me with laughter, support, and friendship his wife bought a country place near Great of purpose and relevance. One way he’s during my first year.” Barrington, Mass. harnessing that energy is by helping Alan Hinkle is coping with the Alan Pralgever  26 is still a scientist friend who has invented a pandemic in retirement and thankful that “practicing” as a business litigator and superior mammography device that’s he got out before it started. The pandemic doesn’t intend to stop anytime soon. He now in clinical trials. If any classmates has limited his ability to visit children recently lectured the N.J. Bar Association are radiologists, or know someone who and grandchildren, including scrapping a on “Force Majeure and COVID-19,” and would be interested, contact Neil at trip to Cologne, where his daughter and serves on a couple of law-related boards. [email protected]. family are living. FaceTime is helping fill He’s playing tennis and golf regularly, and Some of us were fortunate enough to that gap. Pre-pandemic, he and his wife eagerly awaits a COVID-19 vaccine. In have made lifelong friends during our traveled to Antarctica, “an amazing place,” 2019, he began serving on a committee time on campus. Sadly, one of those I and to France for the 75th anniversary in New Jersey to elect Joe Biden. “I never counted as a friend, John Rehm, passed of D-Day. Alan’s first career was as an believed when we graduated that we would away June 7 after a short battle with actuary—eventually chief actuary—at face the circumstances that we are facing cancer. At Lafayette he discovered a Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. After now nationally socially, politically, and passion for geology and switched his the company was sold to Nationwide in personally.” Al’s two daughters are happy major from economics to “geo.” Crew 2002, he joined an investment advisory firm and thriving, one each having attended became another passion, and he helped

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start the College’s crew club. He was also an active long-distance bicycle rider, continue to practice law for as long as I a trumpeter in the band and a member  27 enjoyed his grandchildren, and enjoy it and am needed by other attorneys of Delta Upsilon. John remembered hosted players from the United States at the firm. Lafayette as a great experience and Professional Baseball League in his maintained a lifelong relationship home. Since May 2020 he has been Correspondent: Edward K. DeHope with the school, including helping to employed by DXC Technology in Sterling 75 Fairwood Road coordinate (and enliven) the annual Heights, Mich., where he leads a team Madison, NJ 07940-1460 Lafayette-Lehigh telecast in Portland, of 45 professional application software 973-377-7338 Ore. After Lafayette, John completed a testing personnel scattered across the [email protected] master’s in geology at Rutgers and worked United States. Paul’s team assists state as a geologist for Gulf Oil in Oklahoma. and local health care organizations that He later moved to Salem, Ore., to work are replacing/upgrading their Medicare/ for several state government departments Medicaid systems and applications 1975 as a field geologist and hydrologist. He to increase efficiency and to meet I write this second Class Notes column of also consulted under the name Rehm continuous regulatory changes. Paul 2020 from my home office in Verona, N.J., Geological. Kind, personable, cheerful, is glad to be reengaged in the business where my husband, Joe Harpster ’73, and and with an inquisitive, free-ranging community while a solution is sought for I continue to deal with COVID-19. While mind, John left a wide circle of friends. the COVID-19 pandemic situation. the shelter-in-place restrictions have been His was a life well-lived. He’s survived by Pam Smith wrote of the passing of her lifted, masks, hand-washing, and social his wife, Betsy, and their three children. husband of nearly 40 years, Bruce E. distancing continue to be in our vocabulary See more about John in LeopardLink or Smith, May 16. Bruce earned a degree in and practiced daily. Our big news is the at this link: tinyurl.com/JohnMRehm. geology at Lafayette and made his hobby engagement of our son Ryan Harpster to Sanford “Sandy” Hickok died of mineral collection, which he started Maddie Spagnola. Wedding is planned, unexpectedly May 11. He apparently had at age 12, his livelihood, as he pursued COVID-permitting, for fall 2021. been living on Cape Cod and enjoying crystals, minerals, and fossils locally and Robert Healey sent in this update: “Kat the activities the cape had to offer. At worldwide. He collected nearly every and I have been living at 12635 W. Crystal Lafayette, he was a business and economics day and attended shows nationally and Lake Drive, Sun City West, AZ 85375 for major and a member of Delta Tau Delta. I internationally, accompanied by his wife the past four and a half years. We’re now remember him as a gregarious, supportive and friends. Bruce was a member of the preparing for our move back to Japan. guy and a talented athlete. After graduation, Pennsylvania Earth Sciences Association After we left Japan, our son decided to Sandy completed an MBA at Rutgers since its inception in the 1960s. His entice us back by having two kids, our and had a business career that included a mentor was Arthur Montgomery, author granddaughter, Sara (3), and our grandson, position as a VP at Towers Perrin. He is of the classic Mineralogy of Pennsylvania, Jo (1). Time to go back and act like survived by his two children. See Sandy’s in which Bruce is cited for his research grandparents. Our old pet Candy, a golden obituary at tinyurl.com/SandyHickok. in Pennsylvania minerals and locations. retriever, is now 16 years old and still enjoys Jack Sullivan has taken point for our Bruce enjoyed the scientific and aesthetic walks. 50-year class gift, a scholarship fund that aspects of mineral collection and amassed “We have a new borzoi, Fox, who is Calico we’ll present to the school at our “golden” large collections of Franklin, N.J., and Luna’s brother. They are both 3 1/2 years old reunion in 2023. Reach out to Jack with any Eastern European specimens. He was a now and like to take me for walks. questions. respected dealer in these minerals as well “As an educator, the current pandemic has as Pennsylvania minerals until he became kept me away from my calling, so I spend Correspondent: Chris Wain too ill to continue. Bruce had been sick for time doing extraneous things like rewriting 11875 SW Belmont Terrace a few years and also had the misfortune of song lyrics for this time. My latest, called Beaverton, OR 97008-6327 going blind several years ago. Pam wrote ‘COVID-19 Breath’ is sung to the tune of 503-641-0553 that Bruce truly enjoyed his time Jethro Tull’s ‘Locomotive Breath.’” [email protected] at Lafayette. Nancy Broadbent has had so many As for me, working primarily from home changes in the last few months. She since March has been a challenge for this says, “At a time when I should have been old-school attorney who prefers to draft by thinking about retirement, I was, with two 1974 hand and to leave the details of document weeks notice, forced to pivot my classes in With the COVID-19 pandemic and production to younger colleagues more business law and business organizations shutdown of most of the state of skilled with a keyboard. However, there into a totally online/remote learning Michigan impacting and restricting have been compensations for such as format. At this point, Lehigh is not sure any retirement travel activity, Paul M. afternoon walks with my wife, Leanne, and if we will be back in the classroom, so I Schwartz has come out of his retirement dog Amber and the freedom to schedule am taking lots of training this summer to of four years. In retirement, Paul became work and play on my terms. I plan to teach—properly—remotely in the fall. The

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required closure of my private practice was They were fortunate to have taken a river engineering company prior to a brief a setback, but my role as Special Master cruise down the Rhine in October 2019 and stint in real estate. He is survived by wife, holding hearings each week in juvenile a skiing trip to Whistler, B.C., Canada, in Kathleen, daughter Kelsi, son-in-law Sal, court for Northampton County kept the March before the pandemic shut things and three beloved grandchildren. As a bills paid. As my husband is also self- down. June, under her pen name, JB patient and faith-filled man who always had employed, it’s interesting. Even when we Sweetser, published her first novel, Avie a smile on his face, he will be greatly missed. were ready to get back into our offices, we No More, which she reports was very much We were informed that Leslie Marc found clients not yet ready to venture out. inspired by her time at Lafayette. She also Rosato passed away. Notice was provided I am thinking of these times as rehearsal has written a couple of new short stories for by his wife, Ms. Melody Carver, and no for retirement. (Not sure I like it . . ..) But her author website. other details were received. I am enjoying being a Nana to my first When Sue Krieger Harris and I agreed As we extend our deepest sympathies to grandchild, Lillian Grace, now 8 months to be co-class correspondents at our 30th all these classmates’ families and friends, old, who lives in Brooklyn, and who got to reunion in 2006, we never thought we we also hope you stay well and strong in spend lots of extra time at home with her would still be writing 14 years later. I am these unprecedented times. parents.” so glad to be able to volunteer my time to share our class information, but now the Correspondent: Susan Krieger Harris Correspondent: Carol Pescatore Harpster task also involves sharing the sad news [email protected] 6 Wayland Drive about classmates passing. Since this is the Correspondent: Betsy Huston Fadem Verona, NJ 07044-2329 only way some of us learn of their deaths, [email protected] [email protected] we continue to make them a part of our Class Notes. Wesley “Wes” Wubbenhorst died in March 2016. Wes was the Leopard 1977 1976 mascot and president of Kappa Sigma Chauncey Browning reports that since After watching Tom “OJ” Odjakjian’s fraternity. Following his work in the Peace the COVID-19 outbreak, he and his interview on “PrimeTime Pards” in July, I Corps in Honduras, he attended Virginia wife, Judy, have been spending a lot of was filled with great admiration for the Theological Seminary and was ordained time at their beach house in Corolla, accomplishments of our classmate. As in 1989. His entire life was one of spiritual N.C. Chauncey reports that it’s not a always with tremendous humility, OJ service and leadership. Wherever Wes bad place to quarantine. After an injury spoke in detail about his campus and career was, it was a time of joy and growth for timeout, he is back to training for an experiences, and the virtual audience hung his parish and parishioners. In 2004, Wes October marathon in West Virginia. on every word. Hopefully, OJ can make received federal grant funding to support Their grandson, Chauncey V, who is just next year’s reunion so he can continue to his work around domestic violence and called “V” for short, has been a wonderful entertain us with his stories. created a nonprofit interfaith organization, distraction during the pandemic and a Mike Yuhas retired this past May, after Domestic Violence Interfaith Coalition, to joy to be around.  15 He is 14 months working for 44 years at Westinghouse carry out this work. He and his dedicated old. Chauncey extends his best wishes to and Eaton Corp. The breadth of his work are greatly missed. everyone to stay safe and well. responsibilities included positions James Edmonds Sr. died May 9 at the Your correspondent, Michael Margello, in technical sales, engineering, and age of 95. Jim proudly served his country and his wife, Sharon, are delighted management, which required him to live in the Merchant Marines during WWII to report that in May they became in Buffalo, Los Angeles, Tampa, and now and again called to duty and served grandparents for the first time. Veronica Denver. With his wife, Cia, Mike hopes during the Korean War as a lieutenant Margello and mom Ally are doing great, to do some traveling in his retirement in the U.S. Navy. Jim worked for many and they are together with son Mike time. Mike reports he has been able to years as an engineer for the Fuller Co. quarantining on far eastern Long Island. stay in touch with Theta Delta brothers in Catasauqua and later for GATX in If you haven’t already heard, starting fall Bill Findle and Dean Cowles. Mike Bethlehem. He is survived by his wife, 2020, Lafayette will commence a yearlong thoroughly enjoyed attending our 40th Corradine “Clara,” his children, son James celebration of 50 years of coeducation at reunion, where he reconnected with so Jr. (Donna) of Allentown, and daughter Lafayette, highlighting the advances of many friends. Hope we see Mike and Carol (George Quay) of Royersford, along women at the College and their influence others at our 45th reunion next year, even if with three grandchildren and three great- on Lafayette, their fields of study, and it ends up being a virtual gathering. grandchildren. the world. A virtual gathering of the Retirement news was received from June Kevin Tichacek passed away July 12 in First Women of Lafayette took place Pearson Sweetser stating that despite Montvale, N.J. Kevin was a civil engineer, Sept. 10 recognizing the moment when COVID-19 restrictions, she and her a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Lafayette’s first women students stepped husband, Tom, have been spending time on worked for Toys “R” Us and Grand Union. on campus in 1970 and changed life at the their sailboat on the Puget Sound, Wash. He later owned and operated his own College forever! If you haven’t already

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created a page for the First Women of with the rank of major and decorated with Cindy have raised two foster daughters, Lafayette Virtual Scrapbook, please join the Meritorious Service Medal. After both now grown: Melissa, who works your classmates to share stories, memories, military service, Marc returned to his as an X-ray technician, and Angeline, a photos, and updates. The Class of ’77 hometown of Cherry Hill, N.J., and opened hairstylist. From the old house to the new was an integral part of the first decade his private orthopedic practice. At this one, Marc had to relocate his extensive of women at Lafayette. Take a look at point, who doesn’t love a love story? One and fascinating model train layout. He Lafayette’s website to honor the 50th day Cindy came into Marc’s office as a has been playing with trains since he was anniversary of coeducation featuring patient. They both grew up in Cherry Hill a kid, but became a serious collector about a timeline of milestone events, oral and went to the same high school, but 30 years ago. Working on this project for histories from those years, and more. “Tell did not previously know each other. Not the past four months, Marc promises to your stories” is not just for women—all a Lafayette grad, Cindy is an artist by post a video when the trains are up and classmates are welcome to add to the trade. After Marc fixed her shoulder, she running. In his note, Marc mentioned that collection of memories! was discharged, but came back and made from high school in Cherry Hill, he and his another appointment. As a bachelor in good friend Gary Will came to Lafayette Correspondent: Michael Margello his mid-40s, Marc never expected that together, and they remain in close contact 1575 Rising Way Cindy would come back to ask him for a to this day. Mountainside, NJ 07092-1600 date! She later told him that she knew he Sue Fleming Bence sent in pictures 908-317-5440 would not ask her first . . . and then, as Marc of a summer road trip that she and her [email protected] says, “the rest is history.” The Kahns have daughter Sarah took while exploring the five wonderful children, but sadly, one of beautiful and fragrant lavender farms near their daughters, Lizajane, passed away four Charlevoix, Mich. Sarah Bence was writing years ago, leaving them with a beautiful an article for Traverse magazine, and as you 1978 granddaughter, Anastasia. Their oldest can see, Sue is still a biologist at heart as In these unprecedented times, there daughter, Raechel, is a buyer for QVC, and she is right down there in the dirt with the is some good news to report from our Marc reports that the family discounts plants!  9 classmates. Since retiring, Dr. Marc Kahn are great! Their son Jon is a sophomore This summer Rob Kurz and Carol Way and his wife, Cindy, have sold their long- at University of Alabama, where he is Kurz ’79 along with Ken Brown and his time home in Voorhees, N.J., and moved majoring in business. Marc says, “What an wife, Fran, gathered in Brigantine, N.J., at full time to their summer home in Ocean experience we had last year visiting Jon and the home of Jim Valenti and Sue Feehan City, N.J. Two years ago, the Kahns were going to an Alabama college football game. Valenti ’80.  8 Jim reports that they all able to acquire the house next door and RollTideRoll!” The Kahn’s third daughter, enjoyed this Jersey shore reunion! have been busy building a beautiful new Madison, attends Lehigh University on The Class of ’78 extends sincere addition to their existing house. Marc an athletic scholarship, and Marc writes: sympathies to the family of our classmate expresses his hope that this will be their “Yes, the Patriot League now offers athletic Robert J. Lasko Jr., who passed away last move. With all their children coming scholarships and no, Lafayette did not peacefully Jan. 1 at his home in Palmer and going, along with a very desirable recruit her.” She is the starting goalkeeper Township, Pa. Bob graduated from Liberty location only three blocks from the beach, for the Lehigh women’s field hockey High School and Northampton Community Marc and Cindy are happily anticipating team. A very talented athlete, Maddie also College, and earned his bachelor’s degree constant company. The Kahns also have earned the starting spot as goalkeeper for in economics from Lafayette. Bob worked a place on Kiawah Island, where Marc the USA U21 field hockey team. She was at Bethlehem Steel for 15 years and then at says, “there is plenty to do, even if you don’t scheduled to compete in the Pan American Northampton County for 20 years before play golf.” Their plan is to spend winters in Games in Santiago, Chile, in December retiring in 2008. His wife of 44 years, South Carolina and summers in Ocean City. 2020, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, Sharon, and their children, Lisa, Dan and While at Lafayette, Marc earned a degree the Games have been postponed for one his wife Jessica, and grandsons Luke and in biology and was a member of Phi Kappa year. Maddie will be doing college online Ben survive him. Online condolences can be Psi fraternity. After graduation, Marc this fall as she pursues a degree in business. offered at morellofuneralhome.com. attended Hahnemann Medical College in She continues to train six days a week and Maybe you have a little more time Philadelphia, where he trained to become has her sights set on qualifying for the on your hands at home during these an orthopedic surgeon. Marc says he Olympics. Keep an eye on Madison Kahn quarantine days, so please consider sending chose the field of orthopedics because he because according to her proud father, she me an update about yourself. Pictures are was always mechanically inclined. The has a great chance of becoming a future also encouraged! Take good care y’all. U.S. Army paid for his medical school Olympian! 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brothers from the Classes of ’79-’83 1979 1980 gathered at his home for a celebration of “Mombo’s” life.  22 Bob’s wife, Ginny, In June, Gar y Wegman won the Rob Goldstein wrote to let me know that was able to attend via Zoom, and the Democratic primary for the Pa. 9th Ken Miller died Nov. 12, 2019, of brain group exchanged memories. Many had Congressional District. It was a close race, cancer. Rob and Ken met on the first day not seen each other since their College and results were not announced until two of summer orientation at Lafayette. Both days. In a fitting tribute to Bob they now weeks after the election to allow time to pledged Sigma Nu and remained close hope to have a monthly Zoom call to stay count all the mail-in, provisional, military, after their College days. From running connected. In the photo from left to right: and absentee ballots. Gary will face Fire Island summer houses in the 1980s David Fenske, Bob Whitlock ’79, Ed incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Daniel to family vacations together, the friends Ziska, Gary Koslov, Alan Kirby ’82, Meuser in the November election. shared many important life events. Ken Jeff Ward ’82, Ron Dranetz ’81, Bruce Steve Hurlbut is living in Half Moon was the best man at Rob’s wedding and was Castor ’83, Bryan Dufner, Wayne Bay, Calif. As of July, they had virtually an important part of his daughters’ lives. Menz ’81, John Maher ’81, Marty no positive COVID-19 cases. Steve has Ken battled with brain cancer for nearly Sowa, Doug Wood ’79, Eric Krieg, Ed been volunteering at a local food bank and two years. Zamiskie ’81, and Tim Gilroy ’82. enjoying golf and dog walks while waiting Janet Middlemas Lynn passed away Erica Bonime has moved from New for work to resume. Aug. 9 from complications of ALS. Janet York to Arizona. I had to double check Lisa Kassel and Mitch Winter was a fellow math major but certainly when I read it—Scarsdale, Scottsdale, remained in Utah for the summer and had surpassed yours truly in academics. She what’s the difference? Well, currently the opportunity to see the Neowise Comet was valedictorian of her Passaic Valley about 40 degrees! The move puts her together, do some physically distant happy high school graduating class and graduated closer to her mom. I’m sure if she had hours, and took several hikes with views magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from known how hot it would get there she of wildflowers and wildlife. The highlight Lafayette. She was a co-founder of Sigma might have made the move this winter was hiking the Albion Basin, where the Kappa, the first sorority on campus. There instead of this spring, but she is happy to wildflowers were beyond stunning, and is a beautiful picture of her on the sorority’s be settled in. Still working for the same then seeing five moose grazing a short page in the yearbook. Upon graduation she company but in a different role. distance from the trail! was hired by Babcock & Wilcox and went on Cindy Garbee Coats and her husband, On Thursday, Sept. 10, 130 Lafayette to work for Ernst & Young and finally First Doug, are now fully retired and living in alumnae participated in a virtual Data Corp., where she served as a division northwestern Montana. They are enjoying celebration of 50 years of coeducation vice president. When she and her husband, all of the outdoor activities that the area at Lafayette. Seventeen were from Stephen, welcomed daughter Katie, she left has to offer, including but not limited the Class of ’79: Bonnie Butler, Sue the IT workforce and became involved in to hikes, bikes, motorcycles, horses, Longenbach Cooley, Debbie Dixon, her daughter’s schools. She served as PTO kayaks, skis, and snowshoes. They play Cathy Edwards, Margaret Emerson, president and volunteered. She worked as a pickleball and are members of Friendship Kathy Rosen Finneran, Beverly Fazio substitute teacher in Saint Augustine. Janet Force International, a cultural exchange Herter, Trish Buck Horter, Lisa Kassel, was also involved in her local church and program that has been severely hampered Nancy McCarthy, Barbara Mignogna, helped organize and teach the Vacation by COVID-19 challenges. In more normal Benedette Fieres Papandrea, Sharon Bible School. She was an active member times, the organization facilitates travel Baillie Roiser, Laurie Samet, Barbara of Marsh Creek Country Club for 15 years, incorporating homestays and cultural Huster Sivek, Bobbi Toop and yours truly. and didn’t let being wheelchair bound keep immersion in an effort to find common Several of us had other virtual gatherings her from serving as president of the Niners ground and friendship among people via Zoom and Google Meet: Laura ladies golf league. Janet is survived by her worldwide. Cindy also participates in Roberts, Catherine Hanlon, Barbara husband of 36 years, Stephen, daughter African drum and dance classes as well as Bingham Kalavik, Carol Way Kurz, Sue Katherine Lynn of Tucson, stepsons Charles book club, church, and Bible study. Doug Cooley, Debbie Dixon, and Lisa Kassel. and Jeffrey Lynn, and many close friends is an avid golfer and a firearms safety Please send me your updates! Our class and family. instructor. Cindy volunteers with the has a closed/private group on Facebook: David Fenske wrote to tell me that Professional Association of Therapeutic LafCol Class of ’79. It’s open to Class of ’79 Bob Northup passed away in January Horsemanship (PATH) International members and their spouses. Please join in Studio City, Calif. Bob loved baseball, and travels to PATH centers around if you haven’t already! We have over 100 especially the L.A. Dodgers. He enjoyed the country. Cindy and Doug return to members. photography, nature, cooking, and Charlotte, N.C., in the winter to visit their camping. He was known to set up his parents. Correspondent: Barbara L. Siegel camera on the front lawn to be able to Alison Roedler King reached out to [email protected] photograph the rocket launches at 4 me after finding a letter that I had sent to am. David said that in February, 16 SAE her when I was doing a summer abroad

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in Spain in the summer of ’79. She was Joe and Des Karabots McNulty’s son Hawaiian Islands was lifted.  11 still laughing about it when we talked. Andrew and wife Kate had a baby girl, Editor’s note: Does Eddie think Alison and I were two of the founding Kennedy Josephine, in December 2019. EE=Extreme Entertainment or something sisters of the Gamma Tau Delta sorority Their son Chris ’12 and wife Annie just similar? at Lafayette, which became Kappa Kappa celebrated their one-year anniversary Gamma. Alison and her husband, Geoff, in September and are living in London. Correspondent: Robert J. Meindl Jr. are both retired now and have put their Chris is working for Apollo Global Mgmt. 40 Tall Pine Dr, Unit 10 house in Bernardsville, N.J., up for sale. Daughter Kara is living in NYC and Sudbury, MA 01776, They will be moving to their second home working for MUFG. This past summer 508-259-2232 in Cape May, N.J., purchased in 1988, Joe has been able to play golf with Carl [email protected] which should allow more time to enjoy DiPiazza, Bill Tucker, Pete Ramsey, their 30-foot sailboat! They hosted a final Dave Marion, and Jim Valente. The golf Christmas party at their old house, which course seems to be a great place to see was attended by Dave and Gina Zevas classmates as they ran into Jim Rufe and 1983 Hansen and Maryanne Link and her his son Carter ’12. We hope our classmates are all doing well! husband, Tim. Alison and Geoff also have Keeping our fingers crossed that At this point in 2020, remote learning, a timeshare in Aruba, which they were Reunion weekend 2021 will be held for our Zoom meetings, and virtual happy hours are able to visit just before the COVID-19 40th! Will keep you updated. becoming the norm. We’ve been having fun lockdown. Alison was also in touch with catching up with our Kappa Sigma friends Sallie Howell and confirmed that Sallie Correspondent: Laura Isken Doyle for virtual birthday parties, concerts, and and her husband, Tim Osborn ’83, are 703-255-1570 pub nights. We hope you’ve been keeping now fully retired and have bought a [email protected] your Lafayette connections strong too. We’d place in Florida. They usually spend the love to hear from you—please send us news summers in Connecticut sailing on their about how you have been living, learning, Beneteau 45. working, and keeping up with friends. 1982 Charlie Churchill writes that he’s Correspondent: Susan Sheehan Lee One of the interesting things I recently living in Secaucus and just finished his 1209 Wisteria Drive read was The Atlantic article about adult latest art project for New York City Health Malvern, PA 19355-9736 children moving back in with parents and and Hospitals, with whom he has been [email protected] how this is not a pandemic phenomenon affiliated since 2005. He sent an image but rather a rising trend. While none of from a set of 12 large-format watercolors our children have moved back in with us, he completed for Elmhurst Hospital two of them have been able to work from Center’s new mother/baby wing. He also 1981 home at our house for a couple of weeks reports that Chi Phi’s have been meeting Sharon Tchon Gruet is working for each, which worked out way better than via Zoom during the COVID-19 lockdown, Citizens Bank in business banking. Her son, I thought it would. Why do I bring this mentioning that he recently participated in Michael, and his wife, Hannah, residing up? I am sure that several of you have one for the Class of ’83. near Austin, Texas, recently had a baby girl, interesting stories to share that the rest of Remi Rose. Sharon’s first grandchild! us would like to hear. Let’s face it, 2020 has Correspondent: Ann Marie DeProspo Weeks Phil and Susan Bollman Duvall’s been a tough year so far, and I’m sure our 16 University Ave. daughter Andrea ’12 and husband Nick classmates would love to hear how you’re Hamilton, NY 13346-1320 Petkovich ’12 are proud parents to a baby doing. Don’t hesitate to share stories and 315-824-1230 girl, Mackenzie, and living in Denver. pictures that share how you’re getting [email protected] Sue and Phil’s son, Philip, was wed to through 2020. Having said that, I haven’t Correspondent: Nancy Telliho Nicole Smaranda in a small intimate heard from many folks since our last 60 Riverside Drive, 12B ceremony in Columbia, Md., in August. update, so this submission is pretty light. New York, NY 10024 Daughter Chloe is working for Deloitte Still putting his EE degree to good use, 212-579-5448 in D.C. Sue is retiring this year, and Eddie Sax lives in Hawaii on the windward [email protected] Phil is cutting back his work with their coast of Oahu and runs a luau. Since the company, Pittsburgh Tank Corp. They tourism industry has been shut down since will be spending more time at their home mid-March, Eddie reports he has officially in Bonita Springs, Fla., where Bill and run out of things to do but admits there are 1984 Laurie Loken Brightly live on the same worse places on the planet to be forced to Barbara Haws writes that after 34 years street and down the road from Joe and do nothing. Eddie and his wife of 33 years, of actuary consulting in employee benefits Des Karabots McNulty. They are having Charlotte, visited Maui’s upcountry in late she has retired as of summer 2018. Now a lot of fun seeing each other! June, just after the travel ban between the that she has successfully raised her two

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children through college, she finds more believe we started our COVID-19 way of shut down in March. She is renovating a time for reading, exercising, volunteering, life as winter was winding down mid- condo in Philadelphia and will relocate and traveling. She has recently downsized March. We’re approaching the fourth when completed. Last, Connie Thompson her home and has relocated to Ponte Vedra season during which masks, social graduated from Clemson University and Beach, outside Jacksonville. The pandemic distancing, working from home, home will study at an acting conservatory in did not spare Barbara, and while she schooling, and not interacting with NYC when courses can resume. recovered, her elderly father, sadly, did not. our friends and family is the new norm. Stevie also passed along info about In spite of it all she manages to keep busy in Hoping all Class of ’85 members, families, Doreen Ventresca Sullivan, who runs a law a number of different ways. and friends are safe and healthy. Again, practice with her husband, John, in northern Joe and Suzanne Wingard Senackerib our thanks to essential workers across the Westchester County, N.Y. Sadly, business has are happy to announce the birth of their spectrum. exploded with real estate closings as people first grandchild. Their son, Chris ’11, and John “FJ” Floyd-Jones took on a are moving out of NYC. Their daughter his wife, Christina Hunt Senackerib ’11, summer renovation project unlike many Julianna graduated virtually from Harvard, gave birth to Jackson Senackerib July 16. others. Some of us baked sourdough and the Sullivans’ oldest son is starting a Two days later their daughter, Laura bread, completed 1,000-piece puzzles, Ph.D. program at University of Texas–Austin. Senackerib, married Matthew Leonard. or learned how to paint. FJ bested all of Joanne Ruziska Wachenfeld and Matt’s dad is Jeff Leonard ’82. us, landscaping a new garden and fire husband Jeff quarantined with all four David Schwager reports that he is pit. In his own words, it was an “insane adult “children” during the pandemic; not serving as president of the Pennsylvania project” using a Home Depot rental auger what empty nesters had in mind! Their Bar Association.  4 Dave has an that required a warning label. Running daughter Colleen graduated virtually extensive history of leadership within this machine was not only punishing from American University and is working the organized bar for the last 30 years. but likened to hanging onto a wild boar! remotely for a campaign in Arizona. Their He continues to practice law in Luzerne There was temptation to flip through the oldest daughter, Amanda, in a small world County, specifically Wilkes-Barre, in yellow pages to find experts to finish the twist, is also starting a master’s engineering the firm that bears his name, Chariton, job; FJ persisted. Before this column was program at University of Texas–Austin. Schwager & Malak. submitted, the update shared was that grass Three generations of Lafayette graduates It is with sadness that I must report the had been planted. Waiting for the first “lit can be celebrated in the photograph shared passing of Joan Bishop Jennings. Joan the pit” story and grass photo. by Adrianna DiMarco ’20. She celebrates left us all too soon on Aug. 4 after a long Stevie Westphal Thompson pulled in front of Pardee with her grandfather, battle with cancer. She was 58. During her through with a multi-classmate email. Charles Azzalina ’54, and uncle Doug professional life, Joan was an underwriting She and husband Chris (“CT”) cut short Azzalina with their diplomas.  17 manager, human resources manager, loss winter living and golfing in the Dominican Classmates, stay well, masked, and control engineer, and consultant at Chubb Republic due to COVID-19. Following socially distant. Please share news about & Son Inc. While she grew up in Scotch time at home in Pennsylvania, they how you’ve managed the work-from-home Plains, she would ultimately settle with enjoyed the Jersey Shore. An update on and home-schooling situations, what new her family in Chatham, N.J. A devoted the five Lucas-Thompson daughters, in hobbies you’ve adopted, shows you’ve mother and wife, Joan is survived by her order, includes: Andi Lucas Schmerin binged, books you’ve read or written, or husband, Bob, and their two children, Rob giving birth to her second child, a baby anything else newsworthy. and Michelle ’17. Joan is also survived by girl, Reagan Antoinette Schmerin mid- brother Craig Bishop ’75 and her sister, December. Rae Rae joins big brother Correspondent: Sandy Kazinski Beth O’Boyle. Joan was a sister of the William Lucas Schmerin. Melanie married 444 E. 75th St., Apt. 9H Sigma Kappa sorority and cherished her Matthew DeStefano (a Lehigh grad) Jan. 4 New York, NY 10021-3448 relationship with her sisters. at The Union League in Philadelphia. [email protected] The DeStefanos were able to move into Correspondent: Glenn C. Slavin, Esq. their new Malvern, Pa., home before the Slavin & Morse, LLC COVID-19 lockdown. Middle daughter 234 Main St. Samantha Lucas returned to Fort Rucker, 1986 Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Ala., and Army officer training, and Hello, Pards of ’86! If you’re like me, you 732-726-3307 continues in the Maryland National Guard turn to these pages first to see what’s going [email protected] as a helicopter pilot. She invested in real on with your fellow classmates before estate in Newtown Square, Pa., where she reading the rest of the magazine. Thank hopes to set up housekeeping following you for your interest and please help me her Army orders. Kenzie was scheduled keep the news coming by sending in an 1985 to start her MBA at The Wharton School update yourself. It’s a crisp fall night in New York City at University of Pennsylvania this fall and We had only one update from our as this column gets typed. It’s hard to quarantined with Stevie and CT when life classmate Donna Lucas Drake. Donna sadly

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reports that two of her Sigma Kappa sisters Also thriving as educator heroes (my words, have passed this year: Karen Cedzidlo ’85 in not theirs, but they’re too modest) are Stacey February (she was Donna’s Big Sis) and Joan Weiss DeMichele and her husband, Rob. 1988 Bishop Jennings ’84 in August. They will be Stacey loves counseling middle-schoolers, A big shout out and recognition to Warren missed. She also reports that the pandemic especially now that her own two daughters Chaiken, president and CEO, and Ed can’t keep a good birthday celebration from have passed that age: Allie is a junior at Gibbons, executive vice president, at happening: In May, several Sigma Kappas Penn State and wants to be a physician, and Almo Corp. who made positive change celebrated Anna Bevilacqua Dime’s Mikayla is a high school senior, pining for happen this year when they leveraged the birthday via Zoom! Joining the fun were when sports can once again be a part of her company’s national logistics network to Linda Barth Kallmyer, Mary Wallendorf school routine. Stacey recently zoomed ship needed ventilators to state agencies Robison, Joan Bishop Jennings ’84, Marci with Kelly Morris ’86, Joanne Berkow and hospitals during the pandemic. Almo Coleton ’88, Mary Devane ’88, and Michi Schwartz, and Sue Detwiler Bacallao. Sue Corp. partnered with California-based Calcagno ’87. It had been more than 30 years lives in St. Croix, but she and Joanne Kelly Bloom Energy to distribute ventilators since some of them had seen each other. ’86 managed a socially distanced visit with using its network of distribution centers How about you? What’s new in your Stacey on her front porch this past August. and access to more than 50 freight carriers life? How are you connecting with other Stacey’s main motivation to write was across the nation to get them where they Pards virtually or in person these days? to report on the Suicide Prevention Walk needed to go. What new endeavors are you pursuing in in which she participated last October All of us are looking for ways to stay your professional and personal lives? Send to commemorate Heather Campbell connected this year, and Zoom has become your updates in so your classmates have Schreiber, who died in November 2018. probably part of a lot of our lives. Barbara something to turn to first thing upon “Heather was one of my closest friends, and Shegog organized Monday night Zoom receiving the next Lafayette magazine. I continue to miss her,” writes Stacey, who calls during quarantine with Valerie Until then, “Go, Pards, Go!” was joined for the walk by classmates Karen Young, Suzanne Young, Dawn Reynolds, Griffin Ernst, Eileen Crocker Kraut, Julie Hodges Gouveia, Beth Urbaniak, Correspondent: Karen F. Bush Tara Luke Ryan, Lori Siegfried Butler, and Laurie Sutton. Great way to stay in 1119 Leigh Mill Road and Kate Devilbiss Weglein.  12 touch; BYOCocktails, of course! Great Falls, VA 22066-2202 A pre-walk dinner was also attended by Rich McNamara has been living in 703-757-1884 Art Bell, who recently provided his own Colorado for many years. He checked [email protected] update: “Before the pandemic took hold, in with us recently, telling us about an my wife, Ann Renee, and I had dinner with amazing hike on the summit of Castle Tom Dooner and his wife, Jane. All of our Peak (elevation 14,265 feet) near Aspen, children are in different stages of education Colo. And what to his wondering eyes 1987 and employment in the Philadelphia area. In should appear at the top of the summit but Thanks to so many of you for writing to me May, my daughter Elizabeth graduated with a person with a Lafayette cap on. Turns out during the pandemic. My inbox has never the Class of 2020 from Loyola University, it was Sarah Shoop ’17. Lafayette alumni been so non-empty! Maryland.” seem to find each other everywhere. 16 First-time (I think) class news Another proud parent classmate is Steve Earlier this year, Rod Espirito Santo contributor Fred Fogg writes, “I’m Delahunty, who writes that his son Liam joined Torino Capital as managing director married with three daughters and have just began his second year at Embry Riddle and head of sales. During his career, Rod been living in Ridgewood, N.J., since Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. developed successful emerging markets 1997. My oldest is a year out of college Liam is enjoying his Army ROTC training, fixed income distribution businesses and the younger two are a college senior following in his dad’s footsteps laid down for market players such as Paribas, UBS, and freshman. One small silver lining to 32 years earlier. Steve is also celebrating Commerzbank, and Credit Agricole. the COVID-19 crisis has been having 41 satisfied clients to date for the firm he He was also responsible for executing everyone home for several months now. founded three years ago, Arcetyp LLC, Santander’s key LatAm FX and local Our dining room has been transformed which supports small businesses in their markets business build-out before moving into a mini WeWork site. After Lafayette, pursuit and execution of U.S. government to BBVA, where he became director I worked in banking for many years and contracts. and head of sales. After Lafayette, Rod then recently decided to change things up. Happy New Year to you all. God bless us, obtained his MBA from Columbia Business I went back to school in 2018 and earned a every one! School. Congratulations, Rod! teaching degree. It was a little weird being A couple of years ago, Gary and Jenny in school again as I was a wee bit older Correspondent: Edward I. Ackerman Dunn bought a 72-acre farm in Hebron, than my classmates, but they were very 72 Putnam St., #B Conn., and they are now completing welcoming. One of my classmates was a Needham, MA 02494-2225 construction of a new equestrian facility 2018 Lafayette grad, and we had a fun time [email protected] on the property, complete with an indoor comparing notes.” riding arena as well as a 12-stall horse barn.

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This summer, I hosted a Lafayette practice since soon after they relocated and summer intern, Adrienne Rufus ’21, in said that “with COVID-19, we have had our medical affairs group at Pfizer. It was a 1990 to make many adjustments and changes in completely remote experience for her. She William Keough, M.D., M.Sc., FAAP, protocols with treating our patients, but we did a great job and got a lot out of it. We has been appointed to a three-year term are evolving with the situation and doing well were fortunate that the work she was doing as trustee of the American Academy of overall.” Her husband, Rich, is an investment could be done remotely, and she taught us Pediatrics Group Insurance Trust and banker and is able to work from home a lot of a thing or two about doing effective Zoom co-chair of the Pennsylvania chapter’s the time. They have a “houseful” with three meetings! I encourage you to consider Advocacy Committee. As advocacy teenagers: Taylor, 17 years old; Victoria “Tori,” hosting a Lafayette student as an intern if co-chair, he’s been featured recently in 15 years old; and James, 13 years old. Taylor you are able. For more information, contact newspaper articles and television programs is a senior, and Courtney shared that “we Josh Walker, [email protected] at the addressing issues related to education are hoping the kids will actually be able to Lafayette College Gateway Career Center. amid the coronavirus pandemic as well as physically get back to school soon. All three Looking back at 2020, I’m reminded of discussed by prominent state politicians, of them are athletes, so we are really missing the words of our Commencement speaker including Gov. Tom Wolf and Pa. Sen. the sporting activities with all the COVID-19 in 1988, U.S. Rep. William H. Gray III, Lindsey Williams discussing mask wearing restrictions.” Over the summer, they were from Pennsylvania, who said, in part to and the safe reopening of schools in able to vacation at Glacier National Park us all on the Quad that day, “You are not Pennsylvania. Bill’s clinical background and the Bitterroot Wilderness, where they living in the same world of your parents. is in pediatric infectious diseases, and his enjoyed hiking You are the first generation who gets not current day job is as a medical director at and camping.  25 Courtney said, to predict the future, but to plan it, to live UPMC Health Plan in Pittsburgh. “It was great for all of us to be able to get away it, to challenge it, to change it, to vote on Also, Lafayette was notified of the for a little while.” She adds, “Of note, a fellow it, and to make it work ... it’s time for a passing of William C. Adams III. Pard is living on our neighborhood street, ‘we’ generation and you must be it … you And a final note specific to FIJIs from Jennifer Reif Gifford ’96. Also, we were must be the new voice of reason.” This has the Class of 1990: Tom Winant ’88 is able to do a self-directed tour of the Lafayette certainly been that year to challenge our organizing a reunion for spring 2021. campus this summer to show our kids the world, change it, vote on it, and be the “we” For details, send an email to me at school. They all loved the campus and agreed generation, together as one. [email protected]. it was beautiful. It brought back so many Keep up to date on what’s going on with great memories!” our classmates by visiting our Lafayette Correspondent: Matt Sinclair Cynthia Lamontanaro Ironson wrote in College Class of 1988 Facebook page. And 146 Salter St. to say that she and Harold “Butch” Ironson email your updates to me too at hylant66@ Springfield, NJ 07081 celebrated 25 years of marriage this year. She aol.com to feature in this upcoming 973-218-0736 says, “Time has just flown by! We’ve been up column. [email protected] in Massachusetts for almost eight years now. We’re busy trying to get our 17-year-old son, Correspondent: Tim Hylan Dan, in gear with the college search, which 29 Red Spring Lane is just so incredibly messed up because of the Glen Cove, NY 11542-1752 1991 pandemic, as other alumni parents of rising [email protected] Jennifer Kinard Cornish and Seth seniors can attest, I’m sure! Every school Cornish ’86 dropped off their daughter looks the same on a virtual tour . . . We will Kristin at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute make it work somehow. Looking forward at the end of August and are hoping all to eventually being able to show Dan 1989 goes well so she can stay there until the Lafayette’s stunning campus. I’d love for our Correspondent: Andrew W. Kennedy Thanksgiving break. They had a week’s class to have a virtual gathering . . . because [email protected] vacation at Lake Wallenpaupack in the why the heck not! Yes, we may all be sick Correspondent: John Donovan Poconos, “which we enjoyed immensely,” of Zoom, but it would be fun to touch base [email protected] says Jen. if anyone is interested. If so, email me at Courtney Ryan Pierce continues to [email protected].” work as a family medicine physician. After Lisa Puente Callahan and husband completing her time in the United States Pat Callahan ’92 have lived outside of Air Force in 2007 as a USAF doctor, she Cleveland, Ohio, for 18 years. Pat is with has worked in both urgent care and private Progressive Insurance, and Lisa has been practice settings. The family moved to managing the home front. Their daughter northern Virginia, Loudoun County, in 2017, is a freshman at Northwestern University, and “we really love our new home,” Courtney and “unfortunately, due to COVID-19, she says. She has been with a local private is studying from our home for at least the

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first quarter of the school year. We’re hoping Please send news and updates anytime to you’re looking for a home in Morris County, she gets to go to campus in Evanston, Ill., in [email protected] or via LeopardLink N.J., give Kim a call. January,” Lisa says. Their son is a sophomore (leopardlink.lafayette.edu/classnotes). Stay safe everyone and send some happy in high school. After canceling two overseas news my way! trips, they were able to vacation domestically Correspondent: Rachel Gordon Skrzypczak and spent a weekend in South Bethany 224 Central Ave. Correspondent: Mara Weinstein Friedman Beach, Del., at the home of Tom Parker ’92, Pleasantville, NY 10570-3719 15 Rainbow Ridge Drive his wife, Anne, and their three kids. Steve [email protected] Livingston, NJ 07039-1126 Wagenbach ’93, his wife, Victoria Colin 973-994-1128 Wagenbach ’92, and their three kids were [email protected] there as well. They also traveled to Hilton Head, where they stayed for a week and had 1993 a nice getaway. Lisa says, “We’re looking Correspondent: Stan G. Horowitz forward to seeing more of our Lafayette 61 E. 86th St., Apt. 51 1995 friends, hopefully in the near future.” New York, NY, 10028-1037 Hello, everyone! Hope you and your [email protected] families continue to stay safe in this new Correspondent: Merri Lee Newby normal. 610-449-7351 home Amy Saalwachter Strobl recently 215-429-4142 cell dropped me a line: “I’m at this great point [email protected] 1994 in my life, with older children (Lauren, 16, Greetings! I’ve tried to make the most of Claire, 14, and John-Philip, 9), that I’m COVID-19, so I decided to relocate out able to volunteer quite a bit, in addition east to the Hamptons. I spent most of to working freelance in both broadcast 1992 the summer in Sag Harbor, N.Y., working and written journalism. I’m on the I hope you all continue to be safe and remotely by the pool in the morning, then board of trustees at our local art center healthy during these challenging times. If playing tennis and going to the beach. My (Parkersburg Art Center in Parkersburg, you are looking for something different new favorite mode of transportation is W.Va.), I coach the middle school tennis online, Lafayette has developed many virtual the bicycle—love it! I love it out there so team at my son’s school (Veritas Academy resources for alums, including ConnectEd much I may just move out there. Justin in Marietta, Ohio), and our entire family virtual learning, faculty presentations, Wineburgh also spent some time out there. is involved with AFS International Primetime Pards (athletics), Lafayette alumni We tried to connect but did not have luck. hosting foreign exchange students. We book club, alumni career services, and much Next summer! hosted a boy from Italy two years ago, our more. Check them out on LeopardLink! Kathryn Kerge Couch finally arrived oldest daughter lived in Germany for her In class news, Ray Gilbert recently had back to the United States after a three- sophomore year of high school, or until the opportunity to volunteer at covidactnow. month stay in Montserrat. I’m waiting for March, when she was sent home due to org, which is a “multidisciplinary team my coconuts that she picked from her tree! COVID-19, and we are hosting a girl from of technologists, epidemiologists, health Neelah Alpert Pincus took a road trip Germany this January, fingers crossed! experts, and public policy leaders working to up north, stopping in Rehoboth Beach, I’m really looking forward to bringing my provide disease intelligence and data analysis where she saw Cassandra Toroian, then daughter to Lafayette this spring for the on COVID-19 in the U.S.” Ray worked on traveled again to her family’s home in the alumni admission session!” the technical side with the site infrastructure, Berkshires. She made it home alive! and, as an Amazon and Ring employee, also The FDA just approved cedazuridine, Correspondent: Vicki Salemi contributed computing resources to run the the cancer drug chemistry Prof. Dana c/o Lafayette College models generated by the org. Ray heard about Ferraris invented more than a decade Pfenning Alumni Center covidactnow.org from Pard Rick Klau ’93, ago when he worked in the biotech Easton, PA 18042 and says “it has been a great opportunity to industry as a medicinal chemist. In its [email protected] give back during the quarantine.” approval announcement, the agency says Classmate Kevin Cheok writes that the combination of cedazuridine with he assumed the post as Singapore’s the cancer drug decitabine in pill form Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, is “an important advance in treatment 1996 resident in Bangkok, in May 2019. Kevin options for patients with myelodysplastic Victor Goldman, CEO of GoldBook joined the Singapore Foreign Service in syndromes (MDS), a type of blood cancer, Financial, was recently included in the 1996, and he has held various appointments who previously needed to visit a health care Phoenix Business Journal’s Book of Lists in Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. facility to receive intravenous treatment.” in the Employee Benefits Consultants In 2019, he was awarded Singapore’s Public Kim Gronquist Dennison is enjoying and Insurance Brokerage categories. Administration Medal (silver). her new career in residential real estate.If The firm has 100 financial professionals

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headquartered in Scottsdale and with satellite offices in Tucson, New Mexico, Nevada, and California. Its collaborative 2002 2003 approach has gained regional and national The law firm of Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, Maggie Leschuk Walters wrote that attention for its effectiveness in helping LLP promoted Christopher Scott to partner “in June, after 14 years in NYC, I moved clients achieve their financial goals. effective Jan. 1, 2020. Based in the Harrisburg, to Chappaqua, N.Y., with my husband, Recently, Victor and his team have focused Pa., office, Chris specializes in workers’ Kyle, and my two daughters, Violet (age on executing strategies to help businesses compensation and employment cases. 6) and Abby (age 4). I’m still working for and families impacted by COVID-19 In January 2020, Argentum Law, the Con Edison as the general manager of regain their financial footing, take sister law firm of communications firm substation planning.” advantage of opportunities in the market, Argentum Partners, welcomed Stacie Liza Lesser Schwager is thrilled and attain their goals. Truesdell Michaels to its Las Vegas office. to announce the birth of her daughter, Stacie previously served as general counsel Madeline H. Schwager. She joins big Correspondent: Nancy Davis for Wynn Las Vegas. brother Sid, 1.  7 610-664-0503 Christine Socha Czapek was elected a fellow of the American College of Trust Correspondent: Liza Lesser Schwager and Estate Counsel in March 2020. [email protected] After 12 years of practicing as a 1997 bankruptcy and corporate restructuring Correspondent: Eric S. Goll attorney for the law firm of Cole Schotz, [email protected] PC, the last three of which were as a 2004 partner, Jill Geisenheimer Bienstock Melissa Grandis Gatto and husband joined the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP George welcomed their third son, Leonard firm as a director of business recovery Marshall, Feb. 3. Big brothers George, 4, 1998 services in its advisory area. and Teddy, 3, were excited to add “Lenny” Correspondent: Tarin Decembrino Cataldo The Class of 2002 had a small “baby to their family. [email protected] boom” this year. Spencer Williams and Jennifer White and Marty Lawlor ’05 his wife, Kellyn, welcomed their first welcomed their third baby, Waverly Anne, child, a son, Ryland, Feb. 5. Lindsay on Cinco de Mayo, which was appropriate Mann Pugliese and her husband, Thomas, timing during the coronavirus pandemic. 1999 welcomed their third child and first Waverly joins big brother John, 4, and Correspondent: Open daughter, Stella Marie, March 9. Daniel McKenna, 3. D’Alessandro and his wife, Melissa, Liz King Lynch and husband John welcomed their first child, Hayden Charles, welcomed their third baby, Julien Thomas, June 11. Katie Ferrone Chambers and May 19. His sister, Ellis, 6, and brother 2000 her husband, Britton, welcomed their first Everett, 3, have been enjoying lots of Josh Oshinsky and his wife, Tiffany, child, Sloane Casey, Aug. 25. snuggles with Julien. recently had a daughter, Emma Rose, who joins older brother A.J. as part of the happy Correspondent: Christine Socha Czapek Correspondent: Jillian Dodge Ventresca family.  10 908-451-9159 841 Duchess Drive Thank you to all our first responders and [email protected] Yardley, PA 19067-4619 essential workers from the Class of 2000. 201-638-6219 We appreciate all your sacrifices to keep us [email protected] healthy and safe!

Correspondent: Diane Pisseri Lindemann [email protected] 2005 What a crazy time to be alive?! In the midst of all this chaos and a pandemic, please try to enjoy the few updates provided. Also, 2001 PLEASE send me updates for our next Correspondent: Paige Olek Ingelsby column! Feel free to send email updates 69 Plymouth Drive at any time throughout the year; I will do Royersford, PA 19468 my best to include everyone in our column. [email protected] Stay safe!

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Charlotte Smith is currently an enjoyed the Alaska summertime with many urgent care physician at Penn Medicine in outdoor adventures and was lucky to meet Philadelphia. After seven years with Drexel 2007 up with Lindsay Hannum Bear. Medicine, she decided to take the urgent For this edition, we have a few job updates. I hope everyone is staying safe and care position at Penn last year. More recently, Shannon Fisher and Keith Bloom have healthy, and I’m looking forward to hearing Charlotte has spent the last few months relocated to the Philadelphia area. Shannon more updates from you for the next issue! on the front lines fighting the COVID-19 took a new position as the director of pandemic. She currently lives in Rittenhouse athletics at Merion Mercy Academy in Correspondent: Sara Davis Bowman Square in Center City Philadelphia with her Merion Station, Pa. Keith now teaches [email protected] dog, Harper, that she rescued from the dog- math and science at the Solebury School meat trade in South Korea. “Stay safe and in New Hope, Pa. Shannon and Keith were please wear a mask.”  21 previously at Christchurch School Brendan Rivage-Seul and now-wife Dr. in Virginia. 2008 Erin Pearson (UPenn ’05) were married Kaytlin Henry Henderson has been Jessica Ferrara and husband Thomas in Paris, France, May 4. In attendance promoted to digital technology lead at “TJ” Ganter welcomed their first child, were Lafayette Class of 2005 members Dow’s Digital Operations Center. Kaytlin Nathaniel Thomas Ganter, July 8. Oliver Bowen, Laura Roberts Bowen, has been with Dow since 2012, and lives in Jenna Firshein married Benjamin and Mark Trybulski. David Van Der Pearland, Texas, with her husband, Jared. Cooper May 24 in a small backyard garden Beek ’06 also attended. Brendan, an Sara Kreisel, PWS, recently accepted ceremony at Jenna’s parents’ home. Jenna international affairs and Spanish major, a promotion and position as ecological and Ben are expecting their first child in has been since 2010 a career Foreign project manager with The BSC Group, an November 2020. Service Officer with the U.S. Department environmental engineering and consulting Lia Mandaglio received her Juris Doctor of State. He is in year two of a three-year firm, in Worcester, Mass. She works from George Washington University Law diplomatic assignment at U.S. Embassy primarily on transportation projects for School and practiced structured finance Paris, where he works as a political affairs MassDOT and utility projects for various law in New York City. For the last five officer. He and Erin (a public health clients.  5 years, she has served as a director at the researcher) are expecting a baby girl I’ve taken a new role as a product Arcus Foundation. Lia married Hudson next spring! manager at Crossref, a nonprofit Taylor in 2011 in Washington, D.C. Lia Finally, my husband, Matt, and I welcomed membership organization working to make serves on the board of directors of Athlete our second baby girl, Scarlet Rose, July 17. She scholarly communication better. I’ll be Ally, a nonprofit organization she and is the perfect addition to our family. working remotely from Charlottesville, Va., Hudson co-founded. They have two where I live with my husband, Todd, and daughters, Tosca Temi and Petra Anaïs, Correspondent: our son, Liam. and live in Millburn, N.J. Catherine A. Hobby McBride Maggie Oberrender is working in 973-769-0012 marketing and virtual special events at Correspondent: Meghan Muldowney [email protected] The Actors Fund, a nonprofit that has [email protected] distributed more than $16 million to more than 13,000 people in the performing arts and entertainment industry who are out 2006 of work and in need due to the ongoing 2009 Tacie Steidel Williams, husband Matt, COVID-19 pandemic. Allison Summer married Joseph Colella and big sister Lucy are happy to announce Kiira Benzing earned Best VR (Penn State ’06) in a small backyard the birth of their newest family member, Immersive User Experience at the Venice ceremony May 24 in Westchester County, Katherine “Kit” Mattingly Williams, Film Festival, where she debuted her latest N.Y., after their wedding was postponed born July 3 in Washington, D.C.  23 work, Finding Pandora X. Premiering the due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone is happy and healthy! world’s first virtual repertory theater, the Officiants, along with friends and family show blends live theater with Broadway not present, joined via Zoom. The couple Correspondent: Taren Weidaw Kobyra talent and cutting-edge technology. plans to hold their full ceremony and [email protected] I’ve heard from just a few of you about reception when it is safe to do so. socially distanced activities during the Ng’ang’a Wahu-Muchiri and Waruiru pandemic. Ben Flath reports that he and Mburu got married in Nairobi, Kenya, in his husband, Jesse Reilly, spent the first December 2019.  13 Tirimba Obonyo part of lockdown building a wine rack in attended as one of the groomsmen. Ng’ang’a their home in Portland, Ore. They spent the is assistant professor of English at University next part drinking wine. Danielle Bailey of Nebraska-Lincoln. Tirimba is assistant

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Matthew has experience Southern California, for which the district [email protected] in the fields of consumer products, was awarded CA Owner of the Year by medical and mechanical devices, and Engineering News-Record. blockchain technologies. He has Katelyn Scoular and Will Booz represented clients in cases involving were married in October 2019 at the 2012 patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair Carey Institute for Global Good in It’s been a busy spring, summer, and fall for competition, covenants not to compete, Rensselaerville, N.Y. Alums in attendance the Class of 2012 with engagements, article trade secret misappropriation, and domain included Cara Cordeaux, Micah Fuller, and book publications, and graduations name disputes. Lauren Harkins Hatch, Tim Hatch, from Ph.D. and MBA programs. Congrats Scott Hunter, Jennifer Isher-Witt, to all! Correspondent: Open Danielle Jenkins, Stefanie Mircovich, Becca Heslin and Eric Docknevich ’13 Amanda Pisetzner, Allison Scoular are elated to share with the Lafayette Sargent ’15, Will Sargent ’16, Colin community that they are engaged!  19 2010 Smith, Dan Stevenson, and Janelle The rebel in Eric came out on July 21, Thompson.  14 when he decided to pop the question in Chris Shumeyko became president of enemy territory—at Lehigh University’s the United States Collegiate Ski and Correspondent: Marie A. Garofalo South Mountain lookout! The two have Snowboard Association (USCSA), the [email protected] been taking weekly walks from Becca’s national governing body for college Bethlehem apartment to Lehigh University snowsports, July 1. This comes after Chris since the beginning of quarantine, so spent 10 years as a volunteer within the the campus has become a special haven organization. In his new role, he will 2011 for them during these challenging times. represent more than 5,000 members from The Class of 2011 has had a lot to celebrate Never having met while on campus as over 150 colleges and universities across over the last few months. So many of undergrads, the two were introduced at the country. He first became involved with us, including those beyond this column, a mutual friend’s wedding in 2018. The USCSA during his first year at Lafayette, have shown that even during the most couple are grateful for their Lafayette where he was a member of the ski and challenging and unpredictable times, experiences, which led them to finding snowboard team. there is always something for which to be each other. Jennifer Romano Bucholtz and David grateful. Congratulations to Daniel Ricken and Bucholtz ’11 are excited to announce the Marcus Cox married Maya Polashenski Benjamin Triscuit ’14, who got engaged in birth of their son, Noah Benjamin, July 19. Feb. 29 in Rochester, N.Y. Raymond June on their four-year anniversary. They The family of three are enjoying their time Van Cleve and Ryan Flaherty served as look forward to celebrating their wedding together at their home in Jenkintown, Pa. groomsmen, and many additional alumni when the pandemic is over! Michael “Mickey” Adelman recently were in attendance. Tyler Bamford published his article completed his term as president of the Charles Justin Bruce was born June 11 to “United in a Great Cause: U.S. and Allied board at Temple Beth David of the San Jacqueline Bruce and Justin Bruce. Military Relations in World War I” in the Gabriel Valley in southern California, We also have a new family of three. summer 2020 issue of Army History. He also where the lessons from Lafayette Hillel David Bucholtz and Jennifer Romano contributed a chapter to Defense Engagement Society about Jewish community (and the Bucholtz ’10 welcomed their son, Noah Since 1900, which was published in May by social value of great food) served him well. Benjamin, into the world July 19.  28 University Press of Kansas. He is still working as an environmental They are all enjoying their time together at Nicholas DeRosa is excited to announce engineer at Stantec, formerly MWH, in their home in Jenkintown, Pa. that he has published his first novel, titled Pasadena, Calif. His work on design and In April 2020, Hannah Klein defended Those We Knew in Summer. Check out his testing for the “Pure Water San Diego” her dissertation on the relationship website (nicholasderosa.com) and social water recycling program is coming to between childhood adversity and gang media platforms for more updates on his fruition, as the full-scale facilities are membership at Temple University and other writing projects. now under construction. Pure Water earned her Ph.D. in criminal justice. In Katie O’Neil obtained her Ph.D. in San Diego is the first approved surface August 2020, she joined the faculty at counseling psychology from Auburn

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University in August 2020. She started a Villanova University in May 2020. She postdoctoral fellowship with Southern graduated with a specialization in strategic Methodist University’s Counseling Services 2014 management. in August 2020. In other professional Amos Han is returning to Bloustein In November 2019, Daniel Lupia updates, Katie published an article in School at Rutgers University in fall 2020 accepted a position as a senior treasury March titled “To swipe or not to swipe? as a candidate for a second master’s degree consulting analyst with PFM Group in Contemplating mental health professionals’ in public informatics. Amos also shares Harrisburg, Pa. use of online dating services.” This spring this story about his recent Lafayette Katie also co-wrote a dialectical behavior connections. “Recently I ordered a book Correspondent: Ashley R. Ellis therapy-based manual titled COVID-19 called Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience 2084 Drake Court Skills Training: Remaining Resilient to teach Is Waiting by Sally Lou Oaks Loveman ’84 Mahwah, NJ 07430 clients coping skills for managing their to read myself. After finishing the book, 201-956-0706 mental health during the pandemic. I ordered another copy sent to my house Brian Selvarajah graduated in July from so I could share it with George Furst ’65, London Business School with an MBA, who lives in Daejeon, South Korea (located concentrating in strategy. Brian will be about 100 miles south of Seoul). I then 2017 staying in London to work in management placed the book along with the note into a Correspondent: Megan C. Reiling consulting. large envelope and headed to the post office [email protected] in my hometown in northern New Jersey. Correspondent: Sarah J. Welsh-Huggins Upon arriving at the post office I was 614-216-5301 cell helped by a postal clerk whose son happens [email protected] to be a Lafayette alumnus. In other words, 2018 there are four Lafayette connections Emma Cohen continues her work in involved in the journey of this mail! The patient advocacy at Mount Sinai Hospital sender (me), the recipient (George Furst throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2013 ’65), content of the package (book written she hopes that all her fellow alumni will Lara Lash successfully defended her by Sally Lou Oaks Loveman ’84) and the utilize their education and wear masks to dissertation in aerospace engineering and postal clerk who accepted my package. As continue protecting our most vulnerable is finally done with school!  18 She has for how I first met George Furst? Every community members. accepted a job at NASA Ames Research once in a while I’ll fly 15 hours nonstop Stephanie Nickerson will begin vet Center in Moffett Field, Calif. from New York-JFK to Seoul (Incheon school at St. George University in Grenada Two Lafayette Leopards, Ana Drehwing Airport) to visit extended family in Seoul, this fall. and Rocco Schiaffino ’12, were married and during my more recent visits, through Kenzie Corbin has dedicated time May 23. The original wedding was planned a Facebook connection, I learned of a and efforts toward street medicine in to be held in Camogli, Italy. Because of Lafayette grad located in South Korea.” Michigan to aid the underserved during the COVID-19, the wedding plans drastically COVID-19 pandemic. changed from a 200-person wedding Correspondent: Sophie E. Richards in Italy to a 15-person intimate family [email protected] Correspondent: Taylor Corsi wedding in Ana’s parents’ backyard in [email protected] Wyckoff, N.J.  6 It was an incredible day filled with so much love and happiness! The couple is now living together in Long 2015 Island City, N.Y. Correspondent: Elizabeth Miller 2019 2128 Green Mountain Drive As we begin to close out on what has Correspondent: Evan R. Gooberman East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 arguably been the strangest year of our 609-707-4827 cell 507-269-4616 lives, it’s important for us to take a moment [email protected] [email protected] to celebrate all the good things that have happened thus far. Since 2020 hasn’t always been easy, it’s incredible to see that our classmates have flourished at creating new 2016 families, starting new academic journeys, Alexandra Fetter was recently promoted and getting jobs! to manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Love was definitely in the air this She has been with the firm for four year! Andrea Killian and Clay years. Alexandra received her MBA from Wegrzynowicz ’20 were married June 20

When you see this icon  go to pages 98-99 to see your classmates’ images. FALL 2020 LAFAYETTE 111 CLASS NOTES in Madison, Wis., in a small wedding with college graduates experience challenges their families. While COVID-19 thwarted adjusting to new routines and new lives, their plans for a larger event, they streamed which in normal times is difficult enough; a ceremony in the Lehigh Valley and our transition was especially abrupt and celebrated virtually in September with their discouraging due to the COVID-19 bridal party, including Katie Lee, John pandemic. Jamieson ’18, Bryan Sherrill ’18, Nicole I know that we are all missing our time Maksymiw ’18, Adin Kugelmas ’16, Dan at Lafayette and grieving for the last few Goodman ’20, and Sophia Giovanelli ’20. months we lost on campus, but I hope They hope to celebrate sometime in that as many of you as possible will plan the next few years with the rest of their to return to campus for our class “reunion” intended guests, including many members when it is safe to do so. of the Lafayette community, and even a few Until then, the Class Notes section friends from Lehigh. of Lafayette magazine will be a way to Zachary Coleman and Madeline share our accomplishments and new life Wensel got engaged in Wildwood, N.J., experiences with each other and will help this summer.  1 After three years of us maintain ties to Lafayette during this being friends, the two began to date after time where we may all feel distant. You graduation. With Madeline getting her can submit your Class Notes through master’s degree at California University LeopardLink or by emailing me directly of Pennsylvania (Cal U) in Pittsburgh, Pa., at [email protected]. I’ve included and Zachary working toward his Ph.D. in an example of what a Class Note can look civil engineering at Auburn University in like below. Auburn, Ala., this couple is no stranger to I look forward to hearing from you! Stay Skype and Facetime! safe and healthy! Abigail Williams, soon to be Abigail Generis, was married Aug. 8 and is Example Class Note: expecting her first child in 2021. This Isabelle Rein is working at Badlands fall, she began taking Master of Social National Park in South Dakota as a natural Work (MSW) courses at University of resource interpretive assistant with the Connecticut. Geoscientists in the Park (GIP) program. And she isn’t the only Pard working She will continue to present her thesis toward her master’s degree! Lauren research on the geochemistry of Icelandic Champagne began her MSW with a apatite after her abstract was accepted clinical practice concentration part time at for an oral presentation at the Annual University of Pennsylvania School of Social Geological Society of America (GSA) Policy and Practice. conference in October. After her position Last but definitely not least, Margie at Badlands is over, she will be pursuing her Lewis is working in the A&R department graduate education in geology. at Warner Chappell Music, a Warner Music Mary-Kate Brunk is pursuing her Groups music publishing company. master’s degree in education under the Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program Correspondent: Louise M. Olson at University of Pennsylvania. After this 914-433-8838 accelerated program, Mary-Kate will be [email protected] teaching grades Pre-K to 4. Adrianna DiMarco gathered in front of old Pardee to show off her diploma alongside her grandfather, Charles Azzalina ’54, and uncle Doug Azzalina ’85. 2020  17 Hello, Class of 2020! I know that this postgraduate life is not Correspondent: Isabelle Rein what we had expected or planned for, but [email protected] nevertheless, I hope you are all doing well. The world has changed drastically in the six months since we left Lafayette. All new

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