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Lehigh’s rocky rapids rush from problems caused me to quit out the West, ’Mid a grove of the team. The coach was Tony spreading chestnuts, walls in Packer. ivy dressed, On the breast of old “My first week was spent on South Mountain, reared against the top floor of the ‘Young Folks LEHIGH DISPATCH the sky, Stands our noble Alma Bazaar’ building, a very warm mater, stands our dear Lehigh.” week! Editor’s note: Welcome to Lehigh Dispatch, where you can find He sang the whole of it; “Fortunately, I was then out what your fellow alums are up to. Thanks to our dedicated despite his physical discom- housed in Taylor Hall, Section correspondents for the work you do to keep our extended fort and his memory loss, he E, with Charles Nicholls ’49, Lehigh community together. Please send Class Notes to your remembered every word of his Larry Malone ’49 and Ray alma mater. We sang together. Stauffer ’49, all GI Bill students. class correspondent, or, if unsure the class to which the news “Hail, all hail, Lehigh.” “Upon graduation I went to applies, send to [email protected]. Dad was given full military work with the New Jersey Zinc honors at graveside. I thought Company, at the world-famous the playing of taps would break Franklin and Sterling Mine in Dawn MacAllis- an 18-year-old traveling alone me, but like the WWII soldier Franklin, N.J., where I met and ter ’85 and Tom by train to a school far away, would have wanted, I stood married my wife. We celebrated ’43 MacAllister ’43, sight unseen, with his belong- tall, proud and firm, hand over our 64th anniversary. (540) 424-9436 (H); bunpanic@ ings shipped separately to heart, and I clutched that folded “We have been Florida yahoo.com save money, it is humbling. All flag with gratitude for his ser- residents for 26 years, with the It is with great sadness that I this, he said, as Germany was vice, his life and his legacy. hurricanes and wildfires, and write the Class of 1943 entry crossing the Polish border and Thanks, Dad, for a life well are in reasonably good health. this quarter. My dad, Thomas war, he knew, was imminent. He lived, and thanks for choosing “Sincerely, Steve Mitchell MacAllister, the inspiration enrolled in ROTC thinking if he Lehigh. I will go forward sans ’51” behind my taking over as class had to go to war, maybe his luck fear and remember your advice correspondent, my teacher and would be better as an officer. He to “do the best you can, some- Bill Erdman, hero, passed away peacefully spoke of the “good times,” work- times it’s all you can do, and it’s (407) 644-0391; holding my hand on November ing at Bethlehem Steel at No. 8 enough.” ’52 1171 Willa Vista 9, 2020. As I attempt to write an Machine Shop, washing dishes Trail, Maitland, Fla., 32751 uplifting message of perspective at the Lehigh Lunch, which Editor’s note: [email protected]; and life lessons, my thoughts saved meal money, solving the Dick MacAdams seeoursite.org/lehigh turn to Dad’s memories of Le- world’s problems at the Tally ’46 passed away in Is there anyone left out there? I high and his WWII years. Ho while taking advantage of December 2020. He had served haven’t heard a peep from any of Dad had a fall in August the student discount meals. in his class’s leadership for over you guys! It sure makes it hard which necessitated a move He learned of the attack on 25 years, specifically writing this to write a newsletter about the to assisted living near me in Pearl Harbor when he arrived at column for the last 12 years. Dick “Golden Years” of the Class of Virginia. He spent 61 years in the library to study that Sunday had a special way of bringing ’52. I expected it to be the other the house I grew up in, and the morning, but even knowing the back memories from the Class way around—as you sat around move was traumatic. For a while fate of his graduating class, he of ’46’s time on campus, and we in your mask and hand sanitiz- the storyteller was silent, and I focused on his studies as the will miss his creativity and wit. er, looking for something to do, was worried. We watched a lot future hadn’t yet arrived. When As Dick would always close his I was sure you would take this of baseball and movies, and I ate graduation came, he left with columns, so shall we here: opportunity to write me several quiet lunches with him daily. a diploma and orders to report “En avant!” newsy notes. It is your loss as I Then I took out the Shutterfly on three days leave to his first am forced to bore you with my book I made of our weekend at wartime assignment as a second Dick Allen, misadventures. his 70th Reunion in 2013, and it lieutenant in the U.S. Army. I 15010 Shell Point As stated last issue, I had did the trick. asked if he was scared. He said, ’51Blvd., Fort Myers, set a goal of riding 90 miles on The counselor came to his “Yes, we were all scared, but we FL 33908. (239) 243-0969 (H); my bike the week of my 90th house when he was a junior in all had a job to do and we did [email protected] birthday. I achieved the goal high school and told his parents it, and hoped luck was on our I received the following letter and beyond—118 miles in five that due to his excellence in side.” In those memories lies from Steve Mitchell last Sep- days bracketing my birthday. math and science, he was a my perspective. It’s the courage tember. It is printed here in its In fact, I did 290 miles that scholarship candidate for three and honor with which his gen- entirety. month of September. My family top engineering schools on the eration faced the uncertainty “Dear Dick, gave me a great celebration via East Coast. After a series of that formed the character that “I was on the 1947 freshman Zoom. Seeing all my family was tests, the counselor suggested influenced my life. football team, along with Rob- a fitting reward. Lehigh as the best match for As he closed the book, he ert Kaulius, Richard Doyne However, don’t be too excited Dad. When I think of him as began to sing, “Where the and Dick Gabriel. Scholastic about my skills on a bike. At 6:30

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a.m. on October 7, your knight news is, however, that for the Burt Schweigaard- computer series, Art jumped of the road was hit broadside by next issue of the Lehigh Bulle- Olsen, 1299 N. right in and learned computer a woman who ran a red traffic tin, our Herb Roemmele will ’54 Tamiami Trail, programming. He completed light and demolished my bike be guest correspondent. Herb, Unit 1021, Sarasota, FL 34236. his formal industrial career in and also did the same to me! As you may remember, wrote our (941) 923-4210 (H); (828) 577- 1994 after several years as a I crossed an intersection on a column for several years right 1484 (C); [email protected] data processing contractor and green light, I looked right and after graduation and before retired to Florida. saw only the hood of a full-size Tip took over. Burt Sutker, Art’s father attended Lehigh pickup truck as it hit me. My We may want to continue 55 Lexington and graduated in 1928 after only reflex was to straight-arm the guest columnist policy. At ’55 Drive, Pennington, serving in the British Navy in the hood—this saved my life. our ages that is probably a good NJ 08534. 609-730-0839; World War I. A niece graduated The action threw me from my plan. [email protected] in 2018. bike, which she then ran over. If Following the news of Tip’s Along with a specificArt Swal- His note asks to be remem- I had stayed on it, I would not be death, I heard from a number low-centered column, I want to bered by Lehigh colleagues Bill writing this today. of classmates with notes fondly just mention the other Lehigh Swider, Carl Albright, Ed The good news: I walked remembering him. Jay Picking classmates that I have heard Cahn and his Drinker room- away from it, mostly cuts and wrote that he and Tip were from in the past months. mate, Phil Salter. bruises, a sore hip and leg, fraternity brothers of Kappa Bill Schiesser introduced He says how much he ap- dislocated thumb from the Sigma. Others writing were Em- me to a series of lectures given preciates attending Lehigh for hood, driver was insured, pass- mett Clary, Nick Gentile, Don by the department where he those first two years and how it erby gave police an eyewitness Moyle and Don Swartz. serves as an emeritus professor. truly affected his life. account of what happened and I Herb talked to Charley Hull Lou Peters is sending week- Don Steeber, who was high- had it all recorded on my helmet and passed along that Charley is ly thought and humor. John lighted in the Spring 2020 issue camera. still alive and well in New York Mahoney “edits” my columns of the Bulletin and was the force Kinda morbid, Bill. Any less City. I also received a nice, long and corrects spelling of faculty behind planning class reunion, intense information? Yes, there email from Art Tauck. He and members. Steve Brown (Ernie died on October 30, 2020. I am is—my camera was torn from Ronni are “in lockdown in the Brown’s son) advised of Ernie’s sure his 1955 classmates will my helmet and landed out in fresh air of Mexico.” They have passing. Ernie and I roomed miss him, his always positive the road—five cars drove over had an open-air home there the together in Dravo Hall for a attitude and his love of Lehigh. it (recorded of course). Not past 24 years. Their doctor tells year. Dave Flatow responded to Condolences to the entire Stee- light-hearted enough? Well, them that is a far safer place the 2020 Reunion Committee ber family. if you must have something during the pandemic than back hoping that we do reunite soon. to laugh at, I need to tell you in Connecticut. He is on the Bernard Blum responded that Bill Burgin, 534 that every part of my body was Mayan Riviera south of Cancun. he has gone from running (which W. Beechtree Lane, covered by cuts and bruises, Tourism has disappeared and I still do every other day, 5K) to ’56 Wayne,PA 19087. except my face, so as I laid on “our home is an isolated oasis.” a rowing machine. Anything to (610) 688-7374 (H); w.burgin@ a slab in the ER, I looked like Art signed off as “Arturo.” keep the body (and mind active). att.net what I was—a 90-year-old bag Several, including Charley Bob Benowitz sent some inter- It is good to hear from John of bones. I called my wife to tell Hull, Nick Gentile and Don esting info, and I will feature him Milnor from Trinity, Fla., who her that I made it to the hospi- Moyle, said they missed coming in the next edition. reports that he is active, well tal. To do this lying down, I had to Bethlehem in the fall for a Now on to Art Swallow, who and ready for a 65th Reunion. to hold my cell phone over my football game. I did, too, includ- attended Lehigh from 1951-1953 We join John in regretting the head. Yep. I dropped it on my ing what would have been my and then was drafted into the deaths of our classmates Bob forehead and drew more blood! 69th Lehigh-Lafayette game. U.S. Army, where he served as an Hunter, Dave Lepper and It was the first time I laughed all Our local paper reported the infantryman and medic during George Meinel. morning. death on October 24, 2020, of the Korea conflict. His final I also sadly report the loss OK, guys, this is what you Bruce Mooney. assignment in the military was of a loyal classmate and friend get for not sending me some Please pass along any “news” at Vint Hill Farms, a high-se- to all, Bob McGrory. Bob died updates. Write to me. Save me to Herb at herbertroemmele@ curity base in Virginia. He was July 16, 2020, after a brief, sud- from myself. Bill gmail.com or Joe Workman at discharged in July 1955. He den illness. [email protected]. started his industrial career at In a 25-year career, Bob Joe Workman, A final word about email ad- Air Products and then Sharples was a pilot with Pan American jmw4emw@aol. dresses. We still have quite a few Stokes after attending Kutz- World Airways, attaining the ’53 com. classmates for which Lehigh has town State. He graduated (sum- rank of captain of the 747. He Having received no volunteers a mailing address but no email ma cum laude) from Delaware previously had served six years to be class correspondent to address. Please send that email Valley University with a B.S. in the U.S. Air Force, flying replace (the irreplaceable) Tip address to Lehigh so we can in 1989, benefiting from the GI B-47s for the Strategic Air Mowrer, I will, for this column communicate more quickly and Bill. When IBM launched their Command. He remained in the only, fill in again. The good easily. Stay well. System 36 and 38 and AS400 Air Force Reserve, retiring as a

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lieutenant colonel. Denson ’56 Award to be given Mike Kaufmann and Hank in 1939. Another great life and At Lehigh, Bob was an engi- annually to an alumnus who Bauer lived. Ed Delany, who will friend. We miss you! neering major and member of “demonstrated leadership by not go skiing this winter, related Bill Glose called with a the Air Force ROTC. His many identifying and implementing that his and Tom’s Phi Delt question: Had I heard anything leadership roles included junior pathways to increase diversity in brothers often traveled to his recently about Wilmer Hough? class president, vice president the American workplace and in parents’ summer house in Ocean He knew he was ill, but nothing of the Interfraternity Council our educational institutions.” City, N.J. since. Lehigh had nothing, and and president of his fraternity, For information on the Tom spent a few years work- so far for me, no phone answers Kappa Alpha. He was named Dr. Douglas scholarship fund, ing in Philadelphia and serving or returned envelopes. I’ll keep to “Who’s Who in American please contact Sridevi Rao at the in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve you up to date. Universities and Colleges.” address given in the 2011 class there, before moving to Dallas. Bruce Gilbert called me the As an alumnus, Bob served column in this Bulletin. There, he met the love of his day of Bob Christie’s Columbia as class agent for our 30th Keep hope alive and send life, Barbara, 47 years ago. He game tailgate to see if I was on Reunion, was a member of your news. was the founder of the Dallas/ my way to attend—not, no game! the Tower Society, and was Fort Worth Lehigh Alumni Club. His real question was could I find a consistent presence at our James Watson, He was a member of the Sons the whereabouts of his freshman reunions and alumni luncheons. 774 Highview of the American Revolution roommate, Bob Ginsburg. Well, For his dedication to Lehigh, he ’57Drive, Wyckoff, and an enthusiastic color guard Anne Helfrich discovered that was honored with the Alumni NJ 07481. (201) 891-1246 (H); member. He enjoyed his friends Bob had died several years ago, Award in 1991. He was active in [email protected] at Brookhaven Country Club, but then answered the real ques- his church and his Montgomery the YMCA and his poker group. tion, that he was the brother- County, Pa., community. Bill Helfrich, That’s only the half of it! What a in-law of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Longtime readers of this col- 80 Southwick great life for a great friend! When I related this story to Dick umn will recall how enlivened ’58Drive, Orchard I called Bill Bux to inform Briggs, he added a story that these pages were by the McGro- Park, NY 14127. (716) 662-7927 him of Tom’s passing and talked when he and Bruce were pledges rys’ annual travel reports. They (H); [email protected] to Marianne. Bill was asleep after to Beta Theta Pi, they had to traced Lewis and Clark up the I can’t believe the sad news con- a fall. The next time I talked to make a trip to Cornell, but had Columbia River in Oregon on tinues. It must be our age. Marianne and their son, Bradley no car. They ended up borrow- a paddle-wheel steamer. They The first notice was an inter- ’97 (Kappa Sig), was November ing Bob Ginsburg’s car for the toured Alaska and many other esting combination of emails. 19 when Bill did not wake up trip. Dick also informed me that parts of the world, accompanied Tom Smith and his wife, Barba- (Alzheimer’s). As you know, he Don Garaventi is now living in by friends and family members. ra, composed the first email ex- was the longtime president of Boston. Bob was a person who plaining that Tom fell while they our class, and he and Marianne Jack Hobby called me from loved his life. Our thoughts are were walking the dog and landed always came up with a winning Boston to congratulate the Buf- with Carolyn, his wife of 64 on his rear … hard! He went to parade theme at reunion. Many falo Bills for finally beating the years, their children Melanie, the ER, where they discovered coming from his love of magic. Patriots and wish them a great Elizabeth, and Robert and their he had a burst L3 vertebrae, not He was presented the Alumni playoff season. Go Bills! Jack also spouses, and four grandchildren. bad enough for surgery, but a Award in 1998. goes to the grocery store once I appreciated hearing from pain in the rear! They decided to He was born in Philadelphia per week like Bob Christie. Bob Sridevi Rao, Lehigh Bulletin col- rehab in the hospital, and Tom in 1935, and lived in Jenkintown, also called me when the Bills umnist for the Class of 2011. Sri’s wrote the first email inviting Pa., since 1972. An ATO brother, beat the Jets twice this year. class is seeking donations for everyone bored with the COVID he earned two Lehigh degrees (Jets are not his favorite team!) a scholarship benefiting Black nightmare to call him on his cell (IE and business). After Lehigh, I missed an item in the Spring students with financial need. It is phone between his “elder abuse he went into the Air Force and 2020 Bulletin In Remembrance named the Dr. Frank Douglas ’66 therapy sessions.” The next day then Army Reserve. He loved obituaries that Frank Bredi- Endowed Scholarship Fund. Dr. we received a second email from everything Lehigh and didn’t mus was right next to Carl Doll. Douglas, who went on to Cornell Barbara, informing us that Tom miss too many Lafayette games They were brothers in Sigma University for graduate degrees was found unresponsive in his or tailgates. He especially loved Phi Epsilon and had 100 percent and Johns Hopkins Medical bed. The doctors were not able Zoellner Arts Center, alumni attendance at their annual Institution for his medical to revive him from his cardiac fundraising and reunion com- summer fraternity reunions and residence, is an award-winning arrest on October 30. mittees. One of his greatest hon- the five-year Lehigh reunions. veteran in the field of health care I didn’t realize that Tom was ors was to represent Lehigh in They were always together and and pharmaceuticals. born in Japan in 1936, where his the academic procession at other still are! In naming the scholarship, father, an industrial engineer, college presidents’ installations. There was no Lehigh-Lafay- the class acknowledged the late was the supervisor in the plant Bill and Marianne celebrated ette game or telecast this year, Dr. Costel Denson, the first making wooden cabinets for their 50th wedding anniversary but I have a few sightings. Bob Black student at Lehigh and a RCA Victor Talking Machines. this year. He was the principal Mampe ’70 ’71 can’t wait to go to member of our class. In 2016 They returned to the U.S., set- of J.R. Bux and Sons, manufac- both of his classes’ reunions— Lehigh created the Dr. Costel tling in Haddonfield, N.J., where turer of narrow fabrics, founded twice as much fun! Pete Fenger

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’49 missed last year’s game 18049. (610) 967-2049 (H); (610) career in consulting, we found the way some businesses adapt- because he was in a nursing 393-0565 (C); [email protected] this to be so true. “Seer-sucker ed to working from home and home. Don Heidenburg, our and John Canova , The Carillon theory: In 1980 after reviewing thriving during the pandemic class clown, received notoriety in 209, 2525 Taft Drive, Boulder, many published experiments on and thinks some of the changes the Buffalo News when the Erie CO 80302; canova618@gmail. judgmental forecasting, I con- will become new standards for County Fair was canceled and com cluded that experts are no better some everyday operations in he was unable to perform for the “Each day the engine of my than non-experts. This led to my the future. children as “Kasper.” Lori and gratefulness / must be coaxed Seer-sucker theory: ‘No matter And what about you? In the Joe Jablonski ’78 visited the Na- and primed into action. / Of how much evidence exists that calm following the pandemic val Academy to honor the mem- course like any old clunker, / it seers do not exist, suckers will storm, what occurred in your ory of their son, JJ. (Joe does not would just as soon stay put.” pay for the existence of seers.’” life that you can find positive? like working from home.) Poet Dale Biron has famously Amen to that! What is your positive pandemic Dave Hecht ’60 and I didn’t expressed what so many class- Scott has always been a takeaway? Here is John Cano- have to find a location like BSG mates have been seeking as we sharing person, so send a request va’s: My grandmother would this year. Gov. Cuomo shut them sift through the ashes of the past to [email protected] for a say, “Mia familia essere mia for- all down. Dave has recently year: things for which we should full copy of his paper and, if so za.” (My family be my strength.) been the caregiver for his wife, be grateful. inclined, hire him as a consultant Bob Teufel notes that he is Margaret. Anne and I ran into Tom Latanision reported (AKA: seer). grateful that the scientists who Matt Darragh ’05, his wife, Emily from Florida. “Our independent This column’s featured living developed effective vaccines so Shutt Darragh ’05, and 1-year- living facility kept us safe, sound group is Alpha Tau Omega. Steve quickly elected to take those old Ethan walking in our old and well-fed, but very isolated. Walton majored in chemical tough STEM courses in school. neighborhood (he doesn’t like Very difficult to give up making engineering, specializing in And now your turn to let us working from home). Their next- your own decisions on how you process instruments and process know about you. Send an email door neighbors are Sally and want to live. At our age we can’t analytics. Soon after graduation to John Canova listed above. Lyle Roberts ’50, who also help afford to waste any more time. he moved to Detroit for work Sidebar: Want to see some- out with Ethan. Dave Saunders Hopefully, 2021 will be a big and love, meeting and marrying thing that makes Lehigh special? and Pete Tremblay report that improvement and see us back his wife of 53 years, Lorrie. Go to the ’43 class column. Tom their wives, Sally and Dale, have to a semblance of normal living Serendipity played a role MacAllister was 98 years old. recovered from their falls and while being more cognizant of in Steve’s freshman year. He That’s special. That’s Lehigh. that Dave never misses a martini the perils of pandemics.” wanted to join the football team during the virus. If you attended our 60th but was greeted by a sign saying Williams E. Big news: After 50 years, Gary Reunion, you may recall the “come back tomorrow.” On the Millsom, 67 has sold the barber shop to Alex colorful debate between two of way back up the Hill, he saw ’60 Mystic Road, Smith. The name will remain the ’59’s more prominent scholars, another sign in front of Grace North Stonington, CT 06359. same, as well as the barbers and Beall Fowler and Scott Arm- Hall saying “band auditions (860) 536-2926 (H), (860) 235- the conversation. Gary will not strong, on “global warming— today,” and the rest is history: He 3618 (C); [email protected] completely retire as he discussed manmade or predictable natural became a French horn player in Hello classmates, hello again. with his longest customer (me), climate phenomena.” The the Marching 97, rising to stu- Trust everyone had a nice holi- but Gov. Cuomo closed his doors. audience awarded a tie; while the dent conductor his senior year. day season, although I am sure it During my last haircut in Octo- scientists in our class appreci- His business career was equally was different from any other we ber, Randy Brown, our neighbor- ated Scott’s charts, graphs and impressive; starting in 1959, he have experienced. hood pharmacist, explained how statistics, the English majors worked for top-tier companies I have not been in person- he was preparing to administer just nodded. Scott has recently (e.g., Stanford Research Insti- al touch with any classmates the vaccine in Orchard Park. We announced his retirement as a tute) before co-founding his own except for Tom Bliss and his also talked about how well the professor at University of Penn- marketing research company wife, Tricia, as my summer Bills are playing without fans sylvania’s Wharton School to in the 1980s. Steve retired in vacation consisted of a two- in the stands (per Cuomo), and move to a future in writing and 2020! If our math is right, that’s day visit to Tom at his Tenant if they keep it up, who knows? consulting. He sent along a draft about 60 years in the job saddle. Harbor, Maine, summer home. Gary’s Barber Shop is an inter- of a paper he developed as part Steve’s major takeaway from his It was a delightful time, although esting place! of his resume, titled “On being a Lehigh experience is the “strong we did little but sightsee and Greekers to Frank Bredimus, Scientist.” Scott expresses grat- and enduring friendships” with enjoy meals at home. Sadly, Tom Carl Doll, Tom Smith, Bill Bux, itude to Penn and his colleagues his ATO brothers, including his passed away on the morning of Wilmer Hough, Bob Ginsburg, and muses on what it takes to be pledge class Don Bateman, November 28. He was my closest Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the a scientist in today’s world. Gordon Fisher, Alfred Moore, friend for about 60 years and will Buffalo Bills. As so many ’59ers at least Ted Rojahn and Allan Werft. be dearly missed by his family started at Lehigh in science And more on gratefulness: and all who knew him. Bob Teufel, studies, his observations are Len Augustine remains quite Just before heading to Maine, 1 Stoklea Drive, pithy and to the point. Since busy on community boards and I received an email from Jerry ’59Emmaus, PA both of your columnists had a noted very positive results in LeVasseur, who is living with SPRING 2021 | 47 NOTES

his wife, Arden, in Brunswick, works out daily with a four-mile ly traveling around the world. Representing the Class of ’62 Maine. We wanted to get togeth- run, yoga, lifting weights and Art Rogers has moved into a were Downing, Phil Kinzel, Al er when we were up there, but meditation. He mentioned that retirement complex on the east Rieper and Dick Teeter. While they were in self-quarantine a core of 1960 Kappa Sigs gets coast of Florida. Philadelphia our team didn’t win, we weren’t and not getting out except to get together bi-weekly on Zoom. wouldn’t be the same without last. Our team agreed that we groceries, etc. Jerry retired to The group consists of Dave Dick Bookbinder’s cheese- were chronologically challenged, Maine many years ago. He has Hecht, Mac Gowin, Joe Mc- cakes, which Lee and Bookie still and the younger alumni had the given up racing dogs, but is still Goldrick, Larry Swanson and bake and sell. Barbara and Ken advantage. While most of the involved in track, both running Dick Ullery. All are doing well Smith just made a big move— challenges were non-Lehigh- and as a volunteer coach for the and are hunkering down to get from one home on Lehigh’s Lafayette related, our team did women’s team at Bowdoin Col- through the pandemic. hilltop campus to another, just come through when a group of lege. One of his three daughters, All for now. Stay healthy. across the road. Except for the questions was about Lehigh- Linda, an accomplished author, heavy items, they moved most of Lafayette games. There was a recently published a short story Robert Paternos- their things with a shopping cart! question about a rivalry game of Jerry’s life titled “Fitness, Fun ter, 448 N. Bellflow- And Roy, himself, has moved. wherein many of the fresh- and Friends.” It is a story of how ’61 er Blvd., Suite 302, He and Vonnie are still in the men were put on probation for he did not let the debilitating in- Long Beach, CA 90814. San Diego area, but in a smaller throwing what kind of fruit at juries he suffered in the Hartford [email protected] home with a nice garden, where the spectators. Of course, we Circus fire ruin his life. Jerry Phil Mezey and wife are they grow fresh vegetables year- got that one right, and Downing traveled the world competing in hunkered down in Fort Meyers, round. pontificated to the participants senior track meets and remains Fla., waiting for the COVID-19 Myron Olstein wrote to about the hurling of pears that very active today. Linda’s book is pandemic to pass. Like most of encourage us all to participate in were served in the cafeteria. available on Amazon. us, he’s hoping it’s behind us clinical trials, as he and his wife Dick Teeter was quick to On a sadder note, several soon so that we can gather again Sherry have been doing in the answer Wilkes-Barre, 50 miles classmates passed away during in Bethlehem to enjoy our 60th National Capital Region. Living from his home in Hawley, Pa., the last few months. Ira Fried- Reunion. Sixty years! Can you in Falls Church, Va., near the Na- to the question about the only man notified me his fraternity believe it!?! tional Institutes of Health, they game, other than the 150th at brother Phil Talkow died of I’ve been communicating reg- have participated in numerous Yankee Stadium, to be played in pancreatic cancer. Phil was a ularly with Class President Paul such studies, including testing neither Bethlehem nor Easton. loyal Lehigh grad and supporter Smith, who’s also snow birding of the high-speed MRI machine That game was played in 1891 of the class. I think he attended in Florida and enjoying the fresh for heart imaging, the Moderna and had the largest crowd ever, all of our big reunions. air on the links. He reports that COVID-19 vaccine trial, and the 3,000 spectators, at a football Harry McNally informed me Rich Bradley is recovering from All of Us study on steroids. The game in Wilkes-Barre. Dick of the passing of Tom Gilhool, a serious bicycle accident, but he Olsteins are now empty nesters, owns and operates with his who was our class president for plans to be up and running (and as both David and Nanci have daughter, Julie, Teeters’ Funeral all four years while we were at biking again) by June. Paul also recently left home for profes- Chapel in Hawley, where he Lehigh. After graduation, Tom referred me to Rich Miller’s sional jobs in New York City and worked as a youth and then earned a law degree at Yale, Facebook page, which features a Madison, Wis., respectively. joined the family business in where he met his wife, Gillian. picture of the bonefish he caught 1965. Dick is the fourth genera- As a lawyer, he was known for when Paul visited him in the Philip J. Kinzel, tion of Teeters to operate the his work to help disabled peo- Keys. Rich gathers his clan of 808 South Drive, home, which began with Richard ple. He served as Pennsylvania’s four generations in Florida each ’62 Brick, NJ 08724. Adam Teeter in 1849. The fu- secretary of education in the winter, and then reassembles (732) 295.2106(H); (973) neral chapel is the oldest service late ’80s. them in Ohio in the summer. 226.1430(W); (973) 464.8282 and retail business in Northeast- See the In Remembrance John Van Deusen enjoys most (cell); [email protected] ern Pennsylvania. section of this publication for of his life these days in Colorado, (e-mail) Fritz Mueller will have to more details. but still maintains his place in Not to be deprived of celebrat- wait until November to attend Bruce Paton wrote that he the Big Apple. Like many of us, ing the tradition of the Lehigh- his 63rd consecutive Lehigh- worked for Procter & Gam- he and his wife had to cancel Lafayette 156th game rivalry, our Lafayette game. Fritz finally ble and Pepsi for 30 years, their fall vacation to Europe due class president, Bob Downing, retired after his wholesale florist retiring as VP of operations He to COVID. put together a team to par- business in Newark, N.J., was then formed an international Here goes a complete update ticipate in a Lehigh-Lafayette acquired by New Jersey Institute consulting company, which on Phi Delts, courtesy of Roy virtual trivia contest. The event of Technology (NJIT) as part of he ran until he fully retired 20 Martins. Ronna and Tom was organized as part of the Le- its expansion and development years ago. Bruce lives on a lake Whitten hang out in Denver, high Rivalry 155 half-weeklong program. near Rockwall, Texas, with his where Tom has become an series of events in November. Downing has tried to get wife of 35 years, Dariah. They accomplished painter and an Approximately 22 teams from classmates to “stay connected” have two daughters, one son and avid skier. Lee Keiser makes his Lehigh and Lafayette joined the with a series of emails but has four grandchildren. Bruce still home in Chicago but is constant- trivia event hosted by TriviaHub. had little response. Herb Ehlers

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reported that he read the Gerry Our classmate and consummate Alumni Association’s Alumni (Montgomery) Wilhelm, was Lehman book “Tough Streets.” Lehigh Engineer Dixon Earley Award at our reunion in 1983 Class of ’90 in, yep, electrical His review is that it is “a great died on October 21 in Camp Hill, and was our class correspon- engineering. and quick read. Lots of very Pa. His daughters, Susan Stoup dent. He was indeed a complete Tom Brunner, electrical interesting inside stories about McDonald ’80 and Amy Earley Lehigh Man. engineer and Gryphon, writes he’s Lehigh wrestling. Anyone who Morton ’93, both Lehigh grads Bill Montgomery recalls happily married to his high school is interested in Lehigh wres- and Lehigh athletes, survive him. that as freshmen we all filled sweetheart for 56 years and lives tling should enjoy this book. Dixon was a four-year foot- out a questionnaire to show near his two adult sons and four It transported me back to the ball manager, becoming the head our career preferences. He was delightful grandchildren. ‘glory days’ when I was young football manager in 1962. Dixon devastated. Results showed After family, Tom’s fulfill- and cheering for the wrestling was an avid supporter of Lehigh that he could be a farmer or ment is his career working on team at Lehigh.” and its sports. He kept basketball printer, but not an engineer, innovation in health care. His Dave Angell has been statistics for the Alumni Associa- his childhood dream. Lehigh Lehigh training served him well spending a lot of his time with tion and attended 58 Lehigh-La- psychologist Dr. Edmiston said it through three careers. First at his daughter and son-in-law in fayette football games and 56 simply meant he would someday DuPont as a process engineer, Seattle, away from his home in EIWA wrestling tournaments. close the books on engineering. where he earned an MBA at Savannah. While at Lehigh, he became After graduating in electrical the University of Delaware in November in the Northeast a brother of Delta Chi fraternity engineering, he went to Pitt finance. Then in 1969 he joined has been one of the warmest and a member of the Ameri- for graduate degrees and then Coherent, a California laser on record. Downing and Ron can Society of Civil Engineers. on to Bell Labs, followed by a startup for his second career in Johnson are thankful for global Upon graduation he began his decade at AT&T (where he and the startup world. He was for- warming helping to extend their professional career with the Russ Borner ’62 would occa- tunate to move to Silicon Valley golf season. Pennsylvania Department of sionally meet up). As the FCC and be involved in the develop- My column deadline was Highways as an intern and then was dismantling AT&T, he left to ment of lasers for eye surgery. December 1. Hopefully when a bridge designer, and District begin consulting in the hot topic In 1970 he helped introduce the you receive this Spring 2021 8-0 Bridge Engineer. In 1980 the at that time, quality control and first laser to prevent blindness Bulletin, we will have a vac- Department of Environmental process improvement, which from diabetic retinopathy, a cine and are back on our way to Resources appointed him direc- took him to Egypt, Turkey, New treatment still widely used normal. During the pandemic we tor of the Bureau of Abandoned Zealand and all around the USA today. More recently he was on have become high-tech seniors. Mine Reclamation, chief engi- for about 12 years. He was also the board of a startup developing Learning how to use Zoom and neer for Resources Management academic dean of a graduate femtosecond lasers to remove FaceTime to socialize with our and then chief engineer. school for five years, managing cataracts. After five startups he families. And for those of us still He was a life member of faculty and curriculum. While began a third career in the non- working, using different technol- the American Society of Civil the consulting was interesting, profit sector when he joined the ogy to work from home. Engineers, serving as secretary Bill was discouraged by the lack Glaucoma Research Foundation of its National Specifications of commitment in companies. in 2003 as their president and Editor’s note: Committee. In 1982 he was He applied to the marriage and CEO. For Tom each career has Class correspon- elected national president of the family therapy department at been a tremendous learning ’63 dent Dixon Earley American Society of Highway LaSalle University in Phila- experience where he’s been able passed away in October 2020. Engineers. He served on the delphia. Upon being accepted to build on his engineering back- He was an exemplary alumnus, committee for Boy Scout Troop into the program, Bill said to ground working with scientists his dedication to the university 52 at the Camp Hill Presbyteri- the head of the department, “I and physicians around the world touched many members of this an Church, was assistant Little guess today is the day I close the at the cutting edge of technology. class and the entire Lehigh com- League baseball coach for nine books on engineering!” After munity. He will be missed by many. years, coached his daughter’s three years full-time at LaSalle, David A. Rie- The column below was written softball team and was president and four more licensing years of mondy, 774 Mali- by Class President Alan Barney. of the swimming, softball and supervised internship work, Bill ’64bu Lane, Indialan- Alan, unfortunately, also died in diving parents’ organizations. practiced within a therapy group tic, FL 32903. (321) 777-9659 December 2020. His dedication He also served as president of for a few years before opening (home); (321) 506-7302 (cell); to the class was evident to the the West Shore Country Club in his own practice. Today he uses [email protected] (email) last. We appreciate all he did for Camp Hill. teletherapy sessions from his I’m writing in Greenville, N.C., Lehigh. Our condolences to the Beyond these accomplish- home office due to COVID-19 again. Our son, John (56), passed class on losing these two great ments, from a freshman in and has no near-term plans to away on November 21 in Wash- members. Richards House (he saved his retire. Bill has a fantastic wife, ington, D.C. COVID restrictions As we continue to look for a dink and wore it at our reunions) Loretta, two daughters, two allowed only his wife to be with new 1963 class correspondent, to leading our reunion organiza- stepdaughters and two teenage him when he died. Mickey, please feel free to send any up- tion, Dixon was one of the most grandchildren. He is proud of Theresa (his sister) and I were dates directly to Stephanie Fisher enthusiastic friends anyone them all and grateful they are in in D.C., but could only be with at [email protected]. could have. He received the his life. One daughter, Joanna him via Zoom. The doctors and

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nurses at Georgetown University a much deeper appreciation of have done projects in Africa, graduation in 1966 might be Hospital bent over backwards the University as a part of the Ecuador and the U.S. Mostly fun (easy to hard): 1) In which to save his life and to keep us faculty. He and June retired in these were Catholic organiza- building was commencement all in the loop. We drove back 2017 and moved to Portland to tions, but I always considered it held? 2) Who was the Lehigh to Greenville for Thanksgiving facilitate seeing their two kids nondenominational. A year and president at the time? 3) Who with our grandkids and returned and grandchildren. Jay has been a half ago, I received a plaque was our senior class president? to Virginia for services. When I the president of two alumni signed by the Pope’s secretary 4) What was the date of com- wrote my last column in July, we clubs and an active supporter of thanking me for all that I had mencement? 5) Who gave the were here with the kids while my Mountain Hawks football. He done. It hangs proudly in my commencement speech? Are son-in-law was at the Jackson- has stayed in touch with Jake living room.” you “all in?” Answers at the end ville Mayo Hospital undergoing a LaMotta. Sadly, Jake is now And this, about Irv Linde- of the column. pericardiectomy. The good news suffering from dementia. muth: “Fusion Power Associ- George Barnes, son of a is he is doing well and will go I got a note from Skip Dan- ates (FPA) Board of Directors Foreign Service officer posted back to work soon. ielson shortly after submit- has selected the recipients of to Turkey, spent junior and I had begun this column ting my last column. Skip and its 2020 Distinguished Career senior year at the Air Force several weeks ago. Lane Jor- Judy lost their son, who was a Awards. FPA Distinguished high school and the first year of gensen had suggested I contact firefighter, several years ago. He Career Awards have been college at Middle East Technical Jay Lacke. Lane’s daughter, asked that I call your atten- given annually since 1987 to University in Ankara. He was at- Sarah, a CNN producer, ran into tion to fundthefirst.com, a recognize individuals who have tracted to Lehigh because of the Jay at a farm outside Portland collection of cloud funding sites made distinguished lifelong three colleges integrated into when her CNN crew was there devoted to helping families of career contributions to fusion the one university and the fact covering an event. Sarah no- fallen first responders. You can energy development. A 2020 that the admissions folks might ticed Jay in a Lehigh sweatshirt contribute to Scott’s family at Distinguished Career Award look more favorably on his “B and began a conversation. Since fundthefirst.com/campaign/ will be presented to Irvin Lin- average” reach compared to then, Jay and Lane have recon- line-of-duty-death-scott-dan- demuth (Los Alamos National some Ivy League options. After nected. I finally caught up with ielson-rsq9ar. Laboratory). Lehigh, he earned a master’s Jay and his wife, June, while By the time you read this, “Irvin Lindemuth is recog- degree at the Fletcher School they were driving between we will be a few months into nized for a distinguished and of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts. doctor appointments this week. the new year. Hopefully we varied career spanning five George then attended Naval June, his high school sweet- will all be well, many will have decades in fusion research and OCS and served as a supply heart, was prepping for two been vaccinated and COVID-19 related high-energy-density officer on an LST in Vietnam knees and a hip replacement. will be behind us. Folks will be physics, with particular empha- and Naval Air Station New She’s a real trouper. back to work and the markets sis on the development of com- York. He then began a career Jay and June were married thriving. Our government will putational models and codes with Citibank in the Middle right after Jay earned his B.S. have peacefully transitioned for applicable to many varieties of East, working in Beirut, Dubai, in 1964. He picked up an M.B.A. the 46th time in 224 years. The fusion geometries. These have Bahrain and Kuwait. He joined from Columbia then worked for press will rediscover America’s included Z and Theta pinches, Mobil Oil in NYC as manager of a couple years before returning greatness, and we will all feel liner implosions, pulsed power political and regulatory affairs. to Lehigh to teach and earn good about ourselves again. technologies, inertial confine- In 1987, he relocated to Dallas to an M.A. in economics. Facing ment targets, and magnetized take a faculty position in inter- the expense of raising a couple Ronald L. target fusion. He is especially national management studies at of kids, he left education and Workman, recognized for his contributions the University of Texas, retiring worked for industry for 15 years. ’65 1981 Berrel Court, to the resurgence of interest in in 2011. George met his wife, He mentioned ExxonMobil. Yardley, PA 19067-7225. (215) the area now called magneto-in- Martie, at a singles’ sailing club, In 1984 he returned to univer- 808-0809 (H); ron_workman@ ertial fusion. His seminal, and and married in 1993. Rather ob- sity life with the University prodigy.net continuing, work in that area vious that George enjoys sailing, of Maine system. In 1995 he Ron Small provided this bit of has broadened the perspective along with their children and earned his Ph.D. in economics news: “You may be aware that of the international fusion grandchildren. He volunteers at from the University of New since the ’80s, I retired from community.” church and in the community. Hampshire. paid work and have worked Tom Bogia had one career Over his career Jay taught at since first setting up a school for James A. with one employer at one seven colleges and universities, the handicapped in Thailand Tiefenbrunn, location. He spent 37 years as a including several more years in and then later managing the Fr. ’66 1201 Butztown civilian engineer with the U.S. the Lehigh Valley with Lehigh Ray Sponsor a Child Foun- Road, #31, Bethlehem, PA Navy in the area of jet engine and DeSales. He spent the last dation (us.fr-ray.org), which 18017. (610) 691-1714 (H); development. He took early re- five years of his career in educa- although primarily assisting [email protected] tirement due to the base closure tion teaching at Holy Cross. Jay young needy kids in Thailand, As it’s been 55 years since program, and then turned his noted he had enjoyed his stu- also supports other children’s Commencement, I thought five longtime interest in tennis into dent years at Lehigh but gained programs around the world. We trivia questions concerning our officiating 12 years for college,

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amateur and national tourna- note to D’Arcy Roper, who for- 50-plus years. I started work at Buffalo. He moved to Lynchburg ments. Tom officiated at several warded it to me. Bruce lament- Price Waterhouse and worked in 1993 and became the pres- Lehigh matches and swears that ed the state of the suffering there 12 years and became a ident of Buffalo Air Handling, he maintained his impartiality world and our economic woes. CPA. I moved on to Chemical retiring in 2011. Chip and his at Lehigh-Lafayette matches. Nevertheless, Bruce and his Bank in NYC and ended up VP, wife, Sandy, have two daughters He follows Lehigh sports and family “… had an epic year.” They director of corporate tax plan- and four grandkids. Chip and marvels at the difference in Le- spent two months searching for ning and compliance. After 12 Sandy are moving to Raleigh high sports facilities and staffing a winter home in the Southeast years the merger bug bit me and near their younger daughter in that exists now compared to with side visits to Montgomery, I was unemployed for two years April. Golf and tennis are their the 1960s. He has volunteered Ala., and the Memorial for Peace (the worst two of my life). I interests. Chip said that the for the United Way, the Bucks and Justice and other museums finally got the same job at GPU. Lehigh education and reputation County Association for the along with a historic city tour. He FirstEnergy acquired GPU, and opened a number of doors that Blind and the Golf Association highly recommends the city. after 11 years the merger bug bit all worked out. I second that! of Philadelphia. He and his wife, He talked about starting six again and I was “retired.” Tired Now it is your turn. Send me Bettilyn, live in Bucks County “fantastic” months of quarantine of 60-hour weeks, I decided to an email or call and let me know and make a summer escape to with all the family children and take on the accounting at my what you are doing and have Ocean City, Md. They recently grandchildren. At summer’s end church, which only required 40 done over the last 50+ years. If sold their home of 47 years the family went back out into the hours a week and a one-mile you are in touch with a group of and moved into a senior living world: Rayna returned to college commute. I did that for 10 years our classmates and would like to facility. Bettilyn retired after at Tulane; Emily returned to and really retired two years ago. write the column for one of the many years as a school librarian Landmark College in Vermont; I met my wife Suzanne on issues of the Alumni Bulletin, and media specialist. They have and Rachel flew to Kathmandu a blind date at Lehigh. She is a that would be great. Or send me two daughters, seven grandchil- to assume her new role as Nepal Cedar Crest graduate. We have the information and I will put it dren and recently became great Country Director for CARE. two sons and a daughter. Each together. grandparents. After the family left, Barbara, has provided us with three It is with deep sorrow that his wife, and he got involved with grandchildren. They all live A. Raymond I note the passing of Jack Vote Forward. “They coordi- close to Summit (Suzanne and Schmalz, 325 Yaissle this past October. We nated a handwritten letter cam- I are still in Summit with no ’69 Lowell Ave., Mill were friends from the first day paign to millions of registered plans to move). We saw them Valley, CA 94941-3845. (415) of “freshmen arrival,” living voters in swing states that are regularly until COVID-19. 388-3263 (H), (415) 317-0923 in adjoining rooms in Dravo likely Democratic but unlikely Summer vacations have been in (C); [email protected]. B-3. Even our parents formed a to vote. We targeted Georgia and South Harpswell, Maine (near Bob Gordon writes that he and lasting friendship that extended feel we caused the flip.” Portland), at a summer cottage Sue, a Muhlenberg beauty, have until their passing. Tom Lang, They ended 2020 in their Suzanne and her brother inher- been married for 48 years. Over Jack’s roommate for several new winter home in La Jolla, ited from their parents. I play a those years, they have done a years and lifelong friend, gave Calif., where they hope many lot of tennis and always plan to massive amount of traveling. a fitting and moving eulogy at friends can visit and stay with play more golf. Forgoing their wanderlust has the funeral Mass. Ironically, them when the pandemic is Chip Phelps and I have ex- been their biggest sacrifice Jack’s grandson enrolled as a under control. changed a few emails recently. during this lockdown. Can- first-year student at Lehigh this He recalled we were both in celing their May 2020 Buda- past August. George Klacik, Drinker freshman year. We fig- pest-to-Bucharest-to-Transyl- The trivia answers: 1) Grace 27 Oak Forest ured out that we met each other vania river trip was a bummer, Hall, 2) Dr. Deming Lewis, ’68 Lane, Summit, NJ through Rob Eisele. Rob lived but they are hoping travel opens 3) Stephen F. Goldmann, 4) 07901, [email protected], (908) on the same floor as Chip. Rob up in 2021 so they can hit the Monday, June 13, 1966, 5) Dr. 273-7850. had lived in Summit (my home- road again. T. Keith Glennan, president of Dick Bell, our class correspon- town) until his family moved to They are still living about 45 Case Institute of Technology dent for many years, has decid- Hamden, Conn., for his senior minutes from Lehigh and are and former NASA Administra- ed to retire from this activity. year. The small world phenome- able to get up there whenever tor and member of AEC. Who? We owe Dick our thanks for all na came into play when Rob and possible for games, events, Remember to check our Face- the time and effort he invested I renewed our friendship when theater at Zoellner, etc. They book page, “Lehigh University on our behalf. we met again at Lehigh, and I also own two houses in Cali- Centennial Class Reunion.” Jeff The electoral college met met Chip while visiting Rob. fornia: one in Redondo Beach, Gallagher will be happy to ap- and elected me the new corre- Chip joined the Navy in 1969 af- the other in Capistrano Beach. prove you for this closed group. spondent, 1 to 0, since no one ter OCS and served three years They just acquired the latter else chose to run. Since all this active duty on the East Coast. after selling another house Eric Hamilton, happened in the last couple of He stayed in the Navy Reserve, in Studio City. Their son, an journeyman618@ weeks, I don’t have much mate- retiring as a captain in 1991. animal-rights attorney in LA ’67 gmail.com rial, so I will bore you with what After three years of active duty, and Orange County, rents their Bruce Wolff sent a Christmas I have been up to for the last he worked for Buffalo Forge in Capistrano house (and he’s good

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pay!). A couple of Tesla engi- We have two children. Jeff toward the goal of $250,000. home and makes the 425-mile neers rent the Redondo house lives in our basement apart- The email I got came from drive every other week from (so are they!). They’re hoping to ment, and Katie and her family, students Sri, Brittany Bartlett Ypsilanti, Mich. get to California sometime over including our two grandsons, ’11, Anthony Pascale ’11, Andi Bob Schnaars retired from the winter. ages 3 and 5, moved from San (Lucas) Schmerin ’11 and Abby the tool and die business two Twenty years ago, Bob eager- Francisco to Henrico, Va., just Harris-Shea ’11. Why include years ago. He had been the ly accepted a golden parachute outside Richmond. My wife has this here? A tip of the cap to owner of Dunmore Tool & Die in from his longtime employer. already visited once, and we active alum Reginald Jen- Barto, Pa. He jokes that he was Since then, he has had 10 books both will be visiting often in the nings, who’s a guru supporting the oldest apprentice when he published—all on sport. Bob coming years as things get back Black excellence and who was entered the business. Bob and also teaches French at a nearby to “more” normal. They have Lehigh’s first-ever minority Sharon have six kids between college, as well as continues to twice the house at half the cost football player. them and have adopted a sev- perform and teach guitar (43 of their house in San Francisco. Your class columnist enjoyed enth (they needed a tiebreaker). years, OMG, can’t be that long Please stay safe!! an odd-duck Thanksgiving, Bob enjoys puttering around the …). the first-ever solo with fiancée house, landscaping and playing For 30 years, Bob and Sue Denny Diehl, Walda Passaro in our Millville guitar in a band. wrote restaurant columns for 28 Chancery home. Even with grandkids John Hannan moved from a dozen different Delaware ’70 Court, Millville, 30 minutes away, it just made the Pittsburgh area to Scotts- Valley magazines, but they gave NJ 08332. (610) 698-7136; sense with the nation en fuego dale, Ariz., 15 years ago to escape it up when they became vegan. [email protected] with COVID. the cold winters. He retired as He also stopped consulting on Richard Reppert (rlreppert@ a sales engineer at MPSW, an construction and utility engi- me.com): “Jan and I will spend Sam Dugan, 143 HVAC equipment supplier, at neering about 10 years ago but our first winter in North Amer- Pinecrest Lane, the end of last year so he can continues to accept expert-wit- ica in 15 years. We are accus- ’71 Lansdale, PA work on his golf game at Tatum ness offers in construction and tomed to two summers a year, 19446. (215) 368-1895 (H), (215) Ranch and do more traveling utility. He keeps “threatening” one in United States and one in 680-9719 (M); srdugan49@ with his wife, Barbara. to stop the expert-witness work Argentina. Now we are looking comcast.net Bob Ferguson, Psi Upsilon but keeps getting roped into in odd places for winter coats The reunion committee got an Hose Co.’s erstwhile firetruck taking “just one more case.” and, egads, snow shovels. This is email from Susan Schoenberg of mechanic, retired several years All in all, Bob’s whole family a terrible year.” Downers Grove, Ill., inform- ago after distinguished careers in is safe, healthy and happy. “Life Mike Ford (meford70@ ing us that her husband, Dan the airline and pharmaceutical and Lehigh have been good to gmail.com) writes: “In spite of Schoenberg, died of a rare form industries. Bob has homes in me—and life continues to be the quarantine, shutdown and of blood cancer in August of both North Carolina and Florida, good for Sue and our family.” gradual partial reopening of last year. Dan, Susan and I were but Florida is his legal residence Bob sends his best to all our Lehigh, I have remained busy the only ones from our class to for obvious tax reasons. classmates. in my ‘retirement’ as a visiting march in the parade at our fifth Ted Wedel lives in Balti- Mary Louise and I celebrated research associate in the chem- reunion in 1976 even though more, Md. Ted was the owner our 50th wedding anniversary ical engineering department. In several others were allegedly of Chesapeake and Hudson, a in June. We met in 1966 during addition to helping several grad in attendance. I was the parade publisher’s representative, in a glee club trip to Wells College students with questions about marshal for our class and Dan Brunswick, Md. He sold the in Aurora, N.Y., and dated all their Ph.D. research, my prof carried our class banner in the business in March of last year. through my years at Lehigh. Af- has asked me to edit a couple of parade. I certainly expect a sig- Perfect timing in light of the ter two years in Rochester, N.Y., manuscripts before publication. nificantly larger representation pandemic. and then two years at Stanford Happily, all of this can be done at our 50th. Harold “Skip” Paul and Business School, we lived in online, which helps with social I’ve decided to devote the wife Meg live in Baton Rouge, Lexington, Mass., for 24 years distancing. Hope you had a safe balance of this column to my Psi La., where Skip was the director until Digital Equipment Corp. and happy Thanksgiving!” Upsilon fraternity brothers in a of the Louisiana Transportation was acquired. I then got a job Last October, Sri Rao ’11 tribute to our 50th. Research Center until retire- at AAA of Northern Califor- ([email protected]) John Texter is a full ment in 2016. He is also a retired nia, in San Francisco, an auto invited interested alumni to professor at Eastern Michigan U.S. Navy Reserve Intelligence and home insurance company note Lehigh’s Dr. Frank Douglas University in their polymers Officer (NCIS) with 42 years of where I retired in 2012 as VP ’66 Endowed Scholarship Fund and coatings program. John has service. Skip describes himself treasury. for the Advancement of Black over 35 years of experience in as a wine aficionado whose wine I have been active in the local Excellence—an endowment the fields of coatings, polymers, cellar holds 1,500-2,000 bottles. Masonic Lodge here in Mill that “could continue to support colloids, emulsions and advanced Skip and Meg travel extensively Valley, including three terms as Black students for generations materials. He is the author of to France and Italy. master. I also served for three to come.” It comes with an more than 200 publications and Gerry Gibney retired last fall years as the grand treasurer of anonymous matching gift that over 40 issued U.S. patents. John from OpenText, where he was a the Grand Lodge of California. kicked off the fund at $100,000 still calls Rochester, N.Y., his senior strategist dealing with be-

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hind-the-scenes products for the protection and advocacy. solo practice attorney. He has as a professional engineer/con- financial services industry. Now John R. Gulash Jr. is the settled in Charlotte, N.C. Doyle’s sultant to industries, weapons that he’s retired, he has more time founding partner of Gulash & practice has specialized in plants and governments, with for gardening and fly fishing. Associates in Bridgeport, Conn. business transactions, includ- a focus on water and waste Tom Wible retired from a He graduated from Stetson ing commercial agreements, treatment, compliance systems, life in software development University School of Law in employment agreements, acqui- information management and with TRW and Northrup Grum- 1976 and began practicing as sitions/sales and trademark site remediation. Alan classifies man at age 60. Visit Sterling, an assistant public defender licensing agreements. himself as “semi-retired” as he Va., and you might run into him assigned to Bridgeport’s courts. Richard B. Gallagher lists is presently working for the City biking around the countryside. Bob opened his private practice himself as principal attorney of Santa Fe Public Utilities. Tom is kept busy as webmaster in 1981, when he founded his editor, Thompson Financial/ After all these years, John for four websites. He claims not own firm to specialize in crim- West Group, based in Roch- Henning is still an avid follower of to remember what happened inal defense. He has handled ester, N.Y. He is recognized as Lehigh wrestling from his home in during the past year since noth- many high-profile cases and has “an attorney-editor for several South Burlington, Vt. John is mar- ing has happened because of the also served on behalf of clients legal publishing companies for ried with seven children and five COVID-19 pandemic. in other contexts, such as civil over 30 years,” who has “written grandchildren. He reports that he service disciplinary boards and about and studied a number of has worked in three varied career Charles S. educational boards. He has legal areas, including employ- fields since Lehigh: marketing and “Chuck” Steele, experience representing a wide ment law.” Richard’s audiences selling fine wines; serving as an ’72 2080 Flint Hill range of clients at all stages in have included not only legal EVP of an auto dealership group; Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036. the legal process, including the professionals, but also employ- and working in financial services. (610) 737-2156 (M); chuck. pre-arrest period, employment ers and employees, especially He’s also been fortunate to have a [email protected] and civil concerns relating to related to the subject area of summer camp on a pond near the Here is our fourth lawyer issue, criminal charges, mediations, employment discrimination. coast in Ogunquit, Maine, which again in reverse alphabetical trial and post-trial matters. Bob Gentlemen, please keep in he describes as a “place of soli- order. Incidentally, Irvine is has also handled civil rights mind that we are getting ready tude.” John says he is still working Blake Johnstone’s first name. actions for both plaintiffs and to celebrate our 50th Lehigh Re- and does not regret getting up My informant asked to remain defendants, wrongful death union next year. More details will every day to “rise and grind.” anonymous but explained that all actions and other civil matters. follow about our planning efforts. Since retiring from his last he needed to do was consult the According to Facebook and career position as managing individual listings near the end of LinkedIn, Steven W. Grieb may Patrick Fekula, director of Guggenheim Invest- our 1972 edition of the Epitome. actually have retired in May. 1891 Evans Drive ments, Mark Rayford is not Philip C. Hunt earned a He was actually least likely to ’73South, Jackson- letting the grass grow under his Harvard Law School degree wind up in this group of lawyers ville Beach, FL 32250. (904) feet. Mark is married and living in 1975. He then satisfied his from the Class of 1972, having 451-4949 (M); Pfekula7@gmail. in Bethesda, Md., and has two five-year commitment to the Air spent more than 30 years in the com daughters, Emily Rayford Mason Force. Immediately after that, financial services industry—for As predicted, it has been a and Katie Rayford. In 2019, he in 1980, Phil joined the law firm Prudential in New Jersey and dark winter for our country. attended the MLB London series of Perkins Thompson Hinckley for DST in the U.S. and Europe— However, as you are reading between the Yankees and the & Keddy, in Portland, Maine, finally landing in Kansas. Steve this, spring is in the air … and Red Sox. Mark has also attended and has remained there for the made his major career change optimism is growing as this pan- Yankee spring training games for duration of his professional in 2004, when he went back demic hopefully begins to wane. the past three years with his Al- career. His principal areas of to school. He graduated from With that in mind, here is pha Sigma Phi fraternity brother practice have been in estate the School of Law, University the latest update on members of John Lynch. Mark also spends planning and probate admin- of Kansas in 2007 and imme- the Class of ’73: Alan MacGre- his time playing in two senior istration, elder law, federal diately began a different sort gor currently resides with his golf leagues at TPC Potomac, and state tax law, and business of “clerking” experience, as re- wife, Susan, in Santa Fe, N.M. playing bridge and spending transactions. search attorney with the Kansas Prior to New Mexico, he lived time in Bermuda. Solo practice in Athens, Ga., Supreme Court. That developed in Chester County, Pa., for 18 After Lehigh, Steve Herbein is the route taken by W. Glover into the final position he held years, and in Evergreen, Colo., went on to earn his MBA at the Housman Jr., who graduated there, as general counsel to the for 16 years. Alan and Susan University of Pittsburgh, which from the University of Georgia chief justice. A “South Jersey have two sons, Ian and Ross, led him to career assignments Law School. Glover’s has been Boy,” Steve continues to root one daughter, Hannah, and five as assistant controller, cost ac- a business-focused law career, for Philly’s professional sports grandkids. After Lehigh, Alan countant, IT manager, financial which has involved bankruptcy teams, but hasn’t had a problem earned his M.S. from MIT in civil service center manager, senior law, business litigation, secured celebrating championship engineering-water resources, business analyst, director of transactions, e-discovery and seasons of the Royals and Chiefs and a master’s of computer accounting and then a position the use of technology, as well as in recent years. information systems from the on the board of directors of a a personal commitment to child K. Doyle George is another University of Denver. He worked charter school software firm.

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Married to Carolyn since 1974, “6:00 p.m. Meet on the lawn in this particular poignancy. As unforeseen positives. In some the Herbeins live in the Atlanta front of UC. (Actually, we met at Andy wrote in an email to Gus, cases, it has allowed us to spend suburb of Marietta, Ga. Steve the top of the steps on the walk- “Thanks so much for organizing more time with our spouses and Carolyn have two children, way in front of the UC.) this event, to honor a father old and significant others. It has Andrea and Matthew, and five “Comments from Class of enough to have produced a son prompted us to reach out, grandchildren. This cruising 1974—favorite memories and young enough, so that we can albeit through Zoom and other couple has taken 30-plus trips words of wisdom! celebrate a spread of class years, electronic media, to friends to date. Their trips include: “Comments from Class of precisely half a century apart! whom we have thought about. the Caribbean, New England, 2024—early observations of Does anyone know whether Jim Barnes wrote that Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Cuba, COVID start of college! such an alignment of circum- COVID has spawned a group of Mexico and the Panama Canal “Cameo appearance of Lehigh stances has ever occurred Sigma Chi brothers to set a once in this hemisphere. In addition, Marching 97 representatives— before?” I suspect it probably a month Zoom get-together. Par- they’ve cruised to Barcelo- Silver Goblet, etc. has, but certainly not often. ticipants have been classmates na, the French Riviera, Italy, “Official handing over of the Andy has promised me an Greg Zenczak, Rick Gill and Greece, Turkey, Australia and flag. Students do a ceremonial email for a future class column Jim Randolph. Jim wrote that New Zealand. Future cruise run around the lawn! with lots of details about his they have all enjoyed reconnect- plans include Ecuador and the “Final photo ops. life. For now, it was just fun to ing and talking about all their Galapagos. A 2018 cruise includ- “6:45 Drive to Saucon Valley gather with him, his son and kids and grandkids. Fellow Sigs ed a stop in St. Croix, U.S.V.I., Country Club for dinner at 7:00 the rest of this great group for from other classes joined in as where Steve had the opportuni- p.m.” the ceremony and a really nice well. Gary Jackson ’78 shared the ty to visit his Delta Phi fraterni- Our group contained a pretty dinner at the country club. Gus, vista of his farm full of livestock ty brother Will Hart, whom he good representation of leaders Andy and I had another drink and swore it is not a Zoom-pro- hadn’t seen in 45 years. from our class, beyond Gus. afterward at Saucon Valley’s duced landscape. There were Reminder: Our 50th Class Andy was the manager of the Weyhill Guest House, where hints in Jim’s note that there Reunion is just two years away. Marching 97, architect of one of Andy spent the night before may have been a cocktail or two Plan now. Let’s have the biggest my favorite Lehigh memories, returning to New York. involved in the end of the day turnout in Lehigh reunion the day women were introduced Hats off to Gus for making calls. And no driving! history! to the band in very dramatic all this happen, just one more Jim is in the educational fashion. Fans in Taylor Stadium example of how lucky we are to consulting business, and virtual Bill White, 5418 didn’t know women were have his class leadership. learning in many colleges due to Holiday Drive, marching until they removed COVID has altered his retire- ’74 Allentown, PA their hats and shook out their Thom Hirsch, ment plans as many colleges 18104, [email protected] hair at halftime as the band 139 McHenny and universities have requested I have no recollection of how played “Everybody Takes Their ’75Court, Chester, MD online tutoring. Jim is too busy class presidents are selected. Hats Off to Lehigh.” 21619, [email protected] helping these institutions deliver But I can tell you that however Ed was part of a legendary By the time this column is pub- human subject expert contact to it happened, the Class of ’74 hit offensive line that helped estab- lished, hopefully we are on the retire just yet. the jackpot. lish a tradition of Lehigh foot- downside of the COVID-19 pan- In early 2020, another of our The latest evidence was a ball excellence that continued demic and the vaccine is becom- distinguished classmates, Vince cool ceremony late last August for decades, and I was editor of ing widely available. Hopefully Forlenza, stepped down as CEO organized by our president, Gus The Brown and White and ended none of our classmates or their of BD, after a 40-year career Gustafson, and attended by up as our class correspondent. families have become seriously with the global medical device, Andy Shmerler, Ed Purdy and I’m not sure our “words of ill with the virus and everyone is diagnostic test and life science me along with Andy’s son, Har- wisdom” qualified, but we all staying healthy. This is a period company. He remains executive ry, and two other new Lehigh did our best to deliver some in the history of our nation (and chair of its board of directors. students and their parents and good advice to young people indeed the world) that someday The traveling that Vince and grandparents. Harry, Nick Caiazzo and Isiah we will be able to explain to our Ellen, his wife, had planned was Because COVID deprived our Simon. They didn’t run around grandchildren with the hope totally disrupted as it has been class of the traditional gathering the lawn, but they did run the that they will not have to go for everyone. Instead, like Jim and flag presentation to the class flag down the sidewalk and through this like we did. Barnes, Vince was requested to of 2024—50 years after ours, back. The parents were Darrin If you are aware of any of devote what was supposed to if you’re weak on math—Gus Simon and Ray Corbin-Simon, our classmates who have been have been his retirement to deal- decided we should stage our and Lisa Caiazzo, and they were on the front lines helping ing with COVID testing issues on own (masked) flag ceremony, joined by Nick’s grandfather, others during the pandemic or behalf of the diagnostic industry. complete with a small contingent George Williams. Gus even have otherwise done something Vince also rejoined the Le- from the Marching 97 playing arranged for the whole thing to heroic, please let me know so high Board of Trustees and spent some favorite fight songs. be recorded on video. that we can recognize their a busy summer of 2020 working I’ll share the itinerary Gus The fact that Andy’s son efforts in later columns. with University President John sent out: is in our 50-year class gave The pandemic has had some Simon to create the plan to re-

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open the University. Vince states inated, and unfortunately there I don’t think any of us were sor- reunion amongst ourselves; that President Simon and his were no Nationals 2020! ry to say goodbye to 2020! But however, that is on the back team did a great job. Vince was Tom Peters updated me on we were very sorry to have lost burner till at least next year for also involved in a board effort to his and one of my favorite frater- two very special classmates this sure. My spouse, Karen, and I find a new university president, nities, Theta Xi. Unfortunately year—Helen Richardson and are well here in Minneapolis, after Simon announced his plan like my fraternity—Zeta Psi in John Healy. Our sincere and actually the suburb of Chanhas- to retire. The team conducted 1999—Theta Xi was dissolved in heartfelt condolences to their sen, and as you know out here, virtual town halls with univer- 2019 after 115 years at Lehigh. families. Helen died suddenly we have certainly created more sity stakeholders, including Fellow brothers and classmates on September 7. Always an than our share of national news. faculty, students and alumni, to Preston Crabill, Bob Shur- enthusiastic alum, Helen was My youngest son, Chris (lives get their input. Vince saved the man, Rich Wilson, Topper an early pioneer for women’s and works in Los Angeles), has best news for last—he and Ellen Waters and Tom tried their best sports at Lehigh! After Lehigh, been home several times to get became grandparents for the to save the house on a recruiting in 1985 she received a doctor a change of scenery, work re- first time in September, when incident but no luck. “2020!” of laws degree from Temple motely from our home, and take Jason Liam Dolan was born. On to my son, Bryant ’07 University and was engaged advantage of Karen’s cooking! We cannot thank Vince ’08, and his new wife, Heather. primarily in corporate law po- My older son, Pat (a captain in enough for his devotion and All is good, but the actual large sitions, most recently as senior U.S. Army Special Forces), lives contributions to Lehigh. wedding celebration that was counsel, legal division, Canon in Nashville with his girlfriend, As always, feel free to send rescheduled to November 16, Solutions America, Inc. She and will be deploying overseas in me an email about what you are 2020, in Jupiter, Fla., was smart- was also a dedicated volunteer the near future. I myself really doing. Do not be modest. Your ly changed to March 2022. It will for many organizations. Helen dialed back my executive coach- classmates want to hear about be a heck of a gathering … Lehigh was a constant presence at our ing/consulting practice early you. And don’t forget to “like” will be well-represented … can’t reunions, and her contagious this year as we were planning our class Facebook page run wait! “2020!” enthusiasm and vitality will be on doing a lot more traveling … by our great classmate Jeff Many of us should remember sorely missed. not so much now! We are all very Sherman. It can be found at: that crazy Thursday night at Le- I am most grateful to Tom fortunate, and don’t take our facebook.com/lehighseventy high when we made the national Anderson for alerting me to blessings for granted.” five?fref=ts. news due to a quite large gather- Helen’s passing. Tom told me Here are some snapshots of EVERYONE STAY WELL! ing on campus to watch and par- that he and his wife, Ev, spent news he gleaned from the Chi ticipate in streaking! Known as most of the COVID time at their Psi brothers: Scott Strait and Mark E. Goeh- the Campus Intramural Streak- summer place in St. Michaels, his wife, Diane, live outside ring, 10 Princeton ing event, Paul Loschiavo Md., on the Eastern Shore. SF/Oakland and are working ’76 Drive, Shamong, revealed to me the real story on John Healy passed away on from home and working to stay NJ 08088. (609) 841-0389 (C); how it was organized. Allegedly September 30 due to complica- healthy. “Purchased heaters and MarkGoehring LU76@gmail. a “fake memo” was created and tions following heart surgery. canopies, assuming that this com; Look for me on Facebook! circulated to the living groups John was a Chi Psi brother and lasts through the winter. Haven’t I write this column reluctantly, as under the guise of John “Steck” football standout. In fact, he needed them yet, as it seems like the first COVID vaccines are on Steckbeck. It spread so fast all tried out for the New Orleans it is never going to rain again their way to millions. I pray that over campus and among the 30- Saints, making it to the final cut. here. Thank heaven for Zoom.” there are safe and healthy times plus fraternities that Dean Quay His career was in the heating Dave Ashton and his wife, ahead, and that we are putting sent out a memo: “Ignore the and air conditioning business Candace, live in Avon Lake, this horrible virus to rest. I had a counterfeit intramural notice (Rheem). As big as John was at 6 Ohio. Dave retired in July. “A lit- moment the other day and lost my about streaking!” Well. That just feet, 6 inches, his personality and tle weird to retire in the middle temper … I yelled loudly, “2020!” added more fuel to the fire, and sense of humor were even bigger. of COVID-19. It has been a very On October 23, Don Mc- for the “rest of the real streaker Sincere thanks to Rob Abele busy retirement so far since we Gillen and wife Violet became story,” email Paul (losch@com- for staying in touch and telling downsized, selling our home of happy grandparents when their cast.net ). Hint, it started in old me about John. Rob writes: “I 23 years, building a new smaller daughter, Jess, had a baby boy Linderman Library, and at this have been in email correspon- home (while more expensive), named Simon. Another big first point, the statute of limitations dence with a lot of my Chi Psi living in a hotel while the new on March 28, 2020, Bill (Dink) has probably run out! brothers over the past month home was being built, and then Hewit and wife Rita were Be safe, be healthy and about this news. On a more pos- moving into the new home. We blessed with a grandchild named please stay connected. itive note, the guys are all doing would like to travel but will hold Olivia Nancy. Their daughter, fine despite the inconveniences off for now.” Hillary, and her husband, Mat- Ann Louise being posed by this pandemic Larry DiSabatino and his thew, named her after Bill’s fa- (Werley) Price, reality. Some continue to work wife, Beth, live in Wilmington, ther, Oliver, Lehigh Class of 1949. ’77 2 Colton St., on a full- or part-time basis, Del., and spend winters in Bill and Rita live in Freehold, N.J. Farmington, CT 06032. (860) and some are taking advantage Bonita Springs, Fla. Larry has He attended the Lehigh Easterns 677-1295 (H); prokemo@ of complete retirement. We family business, DiSabatino last March, where Lehigh dom- comcast.net have been trying to plan a mini Construction Co. “My family

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1. Glenn Keet ’85 and Maura McElhinney ’85 were married in September 2019 in Gloucester, Mass., with a strong Lehigh representation. Back row, from left to right: Don LeBuhn ’86, Mark Hurley, Dominique (Edelen) Hurley ’85, Jane (Thompson) Willgren ’85, Maura (McElhinney) Keet ’85, Glenn Keet ’85, Meredith Flynn-Ripley ’85, Martine (Costello) Duffy, Betsy (Manning) Martindale ’90 and Brian Kearns ’86. Front row, left to right: Derek Hyatt ’86, Ted Guthrie ’86, Wight Martindale ’85 and Andrew Wolk ’86. 2. Class of 1974 members celebrated an unofficial First-Year Student Rally with Class of 2024 members. From left to right: Gus Gustafson ’74, Isiah Simon ’24, Nick Caiazzo ’24, Harry Shmerler ’24, Andy Shmerler ’74, Bill White ’74 and Ed Purdy ’74. 3. Matthew Burns M.A. ’05 recently published a book of poetry, “Imagine the Glacier.” 4. Brian Reardon ’13 and Mary (Haynie) Reardon ’12 welcomed their first baby, Emma Rose, into the world on Nov. 14, 2020. 5. Peg and Dixon Earley ’63 pose in their Lehigh gear. Dixon was the Class of 1963 correspondent until his death in October 2020 (he was predeceased by Peg). Dixon was the consummate Lehigh man: an avid supporter of Lehigh sports—he had attended 58 Lehigh–Lafayette football games and 56 EIWA wrestling tournaments; and a generous volunteer—he was known of wearing his freshman dink to all the reunions he helped coordinate. For his dedication, he was awarded the prestigious Alumni Award in 1983. 6. Bruce Wolff ’67 quarantined with his wife, children and grandchildren during the spring and summer of 2020. 7. Ryan Day ’98 and his wife, Amanda, welcome their first son, John Ryan Day, Jr., in October 2020.

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is doing well—working with bad, meme-worthy year 2020 her roommates from the classes Francis (Chip) Uricchio, M.D., all three of my sons (Michael, will be in our rearview mirrors, of 1978 and 1979, including wrote just after my last deadline Jeffrey, Kevin) now and have and we’ll have a new president, Carol (Richardi) Riggin, Dr. in August 2020. Chip stated six grandchildren. We all live as well as a new vaccine that Marie Bush, Diane Corbett, that this is his first-ever alumni about 10 minutes apart, so lots will allow our lives to return Mo Madden, Allison (Steele) update. He graduated in the of family time.” to some semblance of normal. Lang ’79, Janet LeClair ’79, first class to earn a biochemistry Mitch Simpler and his wife, In the meantime, I’m pleased Julie “Beeb” Crouse Daniels ’79, degree at Lehigh. Biochemistry Diane, live in Mantoloking, N.J., to have enough news for a full Mimi (McLennan) Groves ’79, was in the School of Engineering and he remains partner/man- column, with a little left over Sally Okoniewski ’79 and Jean at that time. Lehigh was followed aging partner emeritus at JBB for next time. Benoit Tickell ’79. She describes by medical school at Tufts in (NYC). “All is good here in N.J. I Dr. John Barczynski con- her old crew as “tremendous Boston, with postgraduate train- have been working from home tacted me in a way no classmate women who were forerunners ing at both Tufts and Penn. Chip at the Shore, and quite frankly, I has in about a decade—by snail for women at Lehigh and wom- practiced interventional cardiol- like it! No grandkids yet because mail! John lives in Wexford, Pa. en in demanding careers.” Well ogy for 25 years in Philadelphia. neither of my two children seem (just north of Pittsburgh), and said, Doreen! As of 2015, he is semi-retired. He to want to settle down and start retired in 2020 after 38 years Dennis Sprick reports that plans to start a part-time nonin- a family! I guess I will need to with the Sto-Rox Neighborhood last August, alumni of Lehigh’s vasive job close to his home on rewrite the memo stating that I Health Council, where over the cross-country and track and Galveston Bay, Texas. Chip and am not getting any younger!” years he held the positions of field teams from the 1970s his wife are building a home on Jim Eshelman and his wife, staff periodontist, chief dental and 1980s gathered on Zoom the bay. The architects are Zach Claire, and their family were officer, chief clinical officer to celebrate the 90th birthday Davis and Joe Zebleckes (both also doing well. All working and finally chief executive of Coach John Covert. During in Delaware), fraternity brothers from home. officer. In addition, he was the the event, which was organized of Chip’s at Chi Phi. When not Whit Cummings and his periodontal consultant for the by Dave Thomson ’83, Lehigh practicing medicine, Chip has wife, Mary, remain in Summit, local Veterans Administration athletes shared stories of their been working on a technolo- N.J., (Whit still doing invest- Medical Center and an assistant lives pre- and post-graduation gy startup, partnering with a ment banking/bank consulting professor of periodontics at the and how Coach Covert helped product development firm based for Cummings & Co LLC) and University of Pittsburgh School shape who they are. These in Exton, Pa. He also talks with have three grown children all of Dental Medicine. John and sentiments were very much Jeff Kurtz ’80 from time to time. in the area. Kirk Fazioli, Rob his wife, Lisa, are the parents appreciated by Coach Covert Chip notes that Jeff lives near Abele (and spouses) vacationed of triplets who graduated from and his wife, Carol, who still live Syracuse, N.Y., and seems to have in Lake Placid, N.Y., with Whit college in 2018. in Bethlehem. Checking in from mastered the art of retirement. and Mary (they have a second After five years in the Hous- New Jersey were Class of 1978 Bill Amelio has joined place there) in August 2019, and ton area, Joe Alessi has moved alumni John Grady of Mount DoubleCheck Solutions, LLC as had a blast doing some hiking to Dripping Springs, Texas (in Laurel, Chris Nunan of Ocean co-CEO and executive chairman. and boating. Thankfully before the “Hill Country” near Austin), City, and Dennis, who now lives DoubleCheck is a financial tech COVID hit! to follow a career opportunity in Ocean Grove. startup aiming to revolutionize Michael Kane and his wife, for his wife. Since graduation And speaking of the bank and credit union overdraft Melissa, are still in Virginia Joe has worn many hats. He’s cross-country and track teams, and NSF practices. In addition to Beach, Va. Their two daughters been a chemical engineer, a law- Steve Collins has posted about chairing DoubleCheck’s board of are in the area as well, and they yer, an information technology half a dozen pictures of team directors, Bill will be leading the have two young grandsons. project manager, a stay-at- members, then and now, in our company’s operations, including Mike continues to dabble man- home dad/Lehigh MBA student class Facebook group. Steve is engineering and finance. aging his portfolio of clients and most recently decided to living in St. Petersburg, Fla. I would like to give a shout- in wealth management with start a career in insurance. Thanks to everyone who out to fellow class correspon- Davenport & Co LLC. Doreen (Volk) Grieve re- posted news in our Facebook dent Gail Reinhart ’78, who Hope you all stay healthy … tired from working as a consult- group (facebook.com/groups/ works as a writer and lives in here’s hoping that 2021 looks ing regulatory/environmental Lehigh1978). I’ve reached my San Antonio, Texas. During this better! professional engineer in 2007 word limit for this column but difficult year she has helped to join her husband on his over- will include the rest of you in the with distribution at one of Gail D. Reinhart, seas assignments. They spent next one. Also, I welcome any her local food banks. She also 215 N. Center St., about six years in Africa and the additional news, by snail mail or donates at blood drives. I am ’78 #1407, San Anto- United Arab Emirates. Doreen email as well as Facebook. certain that many of you are nio, TX 78202-2723. ladygai has four children and four engaged in various types of [email protected] grandchildren, with whom she Lance M. Bell, community service, and for that Happy 2021, classmates! A lot enjoys spending as much time 952 River Run Dr., I thank you. of things are up in the air as I as possible. In addition, she’s ’79 Macedonia, OH I am becoming a master san- write this. However, by the time finally had time to catch up with 44056-2369. (216) 219-3729 itizer, which I had not planned you read it, that no good, very the “Montclair Mansionettes,” (mobile); [email protected] on. During the November

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election, I worked the polls Wayne R. Shurts, ha, Ford, NFL, PGA and others. is now 3 months old. I am active here in northeast Ohio. My job 9304 Old River Ct. Ken also just started working in IEEE as communication chair was to sanitize booths and pens ’81 W, Montgomery, TX on his second book, tentatively in the power and energy chapter between voters. During the 77356; [email protected] titled “The Time I Worked With and secretary for the Central busy morning hours, I com- ...” It’s a bunch of short, funny Texas Section. So, life is busy pared this job to busing tables John P. Belardo, stories of when Ken worked with and interesting, and just a little at an Outback restaurant on a 152 Berkeley Cir- people like Kiefer Sutherland, less fun with the pandemic. We Saturday night. I was worn-out ’82 cle, Basking Ridge, Matthew Perry, James Hetfield, are socially isolating because my at the end of a 15-hour workday. NJ 07920. (973) 425-8755 (B); Shania Twain, Bill Murray, mother-in-law is 99 years old.” My church has also increased [email protected]. On Patrick Mahomes, Denis Leary, Matt Peck, my fraternity the frequency of blood drives to Facebook, like “Lehigh Universi- Keanu Reeves, Wayne Gretzky brother, writes that he retired once per month, as requested ty Class of 1982.” and Mark Messier and others. last February from CIGNA after by the Red Cross. My wife is the Gina McBean-Linton says Ken resides in Oakland, N.J., a long career. Matt spends his blood drive coordinator for our hello from Rockville, Md.: “My when he’s not at the family beach days working on his train set-up church, so again my job is to husband and I moved here 18 house on Long Beach Island. in the basement, working with sanitize chairs between donors. years ago. I have two beauti- Ken has two children—Brendan his grandson a couple days a I also get to scan forehead ful girls. My oldest, like many is married with one daughter week on “remote learning/virtu- temperatures at the door. If my young couples, just recently (she’ll be 2 years old in January), al school” and trying not to make hemoglobin level cooperates, I got married in a small, socially with another girl due in March. himself insane learning golf. Un- get to donate blood, too! distant outside ceremony in Ken’s son followed him into the fortunately, Matt’s wife passed I hope you are all well and October. We hope to celebrate business; he’s a director of pho- away three years ago. His father safe. Please check in with news with a larger event next year. tography and editor, doing well sold his home and moved in with about your comings and goings. My youngest is a freshman at and living in North Arlington. Matt. “He is a baker of pies, so I Our classmates would love to Mt. Holyoke College. This past Brett is an attorney in Red Bank, am fighting the COVID 19 (or in hear from you. July, I took over as director of N.J.—loving the single life living my case 29) and losing, badly.” international student programs in Long Branch. Brad Bodwell and his family Gary Chan, at the same high school my Martha Dodge is in Texas returned to New York City after (847) 902-8881 children went to, Our Lady of now. “I worked for PPL Nuclear an eight-year sojourn in Austin, ’80 (C); gkchan80@ Good Counsel High School in and PPL Electric after gradua- Texas. Their two oldest children alum.lehigh.edu Olney, Md. It has certainly been tion, getting my MBA at Lehigh are in Austin and at New York Chuck Sheppard retired after an interesting time to take on in 1988. I left PPL as a senior University, and their third grad- a career in academia and indus- an international program in director in 2010. I had a lot of uates high school next spring. try. He and his wife contracted the midst of a pandemic. I love fun leading a department that Steve Alonso of Fiji checked and recovered from COVID-19 the job and my students. I look won a Smart Grid grant, and in: “Mary Jo (Cedar Crest Class during the month of October. forward to recruiting travel once then deploying a pilot that has of ’82) and I have been in the They plan to stay in Tulsa, it is safe to travel again.” since expanded throughout the Indianapolis area for 26 years Okla., visit their four grand- Ken Rosen of Fiji checks in territory. I returned to Lehigh and will be here forever. We children weekly, travel by car, with this: “The biggest, most rel- in 2011 as director of the Energy have two (of our) daughters, camp, visit B&Bs and do some evant news for me is the book I Systems Engineering Institute four grandsons and one on consulting. They will contin- published three years ago about and its master’s program. Won- the way living here within five ue being involved with their the last century’s pandemic derful being on campus and es- minutes of the house. Our church, international students and the search to find its cause pecially working with engineers, youngest is working for the and a local crisis pregnancy and a cure—‘1919: The Search mathematicians and physicists Nasdaq and living in NYC about center. for Mankind’s Greatest Killer.’” to prepare for a career in energy. three miles from where I went Jeff Skodnik is living in Ken discovered the story while I left in 2015 to care for my to high school at St. Peter’s Prep Suwanee, Ga., which is outside working at the NHL as execu- father, and then his estate after in Jersey City. I retired from of Atlanta, where he lives with tive producer and group vice he passed away. I moved to Texas Fifth Third Bank last year as his wife, Carolyn Bourdeaux, president. He is no longer with in 2016 to be near my daughter the group president of the U.S. Yale ’92, and their 8-year-old the NHL, having left there in ’08 and her husband, and to help regions. Mary Jo and I have been son. Jeff had a great career in to work for a company called them take care of my mother- spending our time between Indi- sales leadership and is currently IMG Productions (as executive in-law who lived with them. It’s ana, Hilton Head, the Upstate Pa. with LexisNexis Risk Solutions. producer), which later became very hot and dry, so I miss Pa., area (MJ’s hometown) and NYC. Carolyn was just elected to the part of the William Morris Agen- but love being with them. We We have had to cancel a number U.S. House of Representatives cy and then ENDEAVOR. About bought a small ranch together of long traditional holiday cele- for the Seventh District of a year ago, Ken started his own and built a second house on it brations and are staying home Georgia. company, Killer B’s Productions, for me—we have a horse, four for Christmas for the first time I wish the best to all my that produces content (mostly mini-goats, a mini-donkey, and in 40 years. Everyone has been classmates. branded entertainment) for most recently my new grand- healthy through the pandemic, ’8-O! GO! GO! companies like Mutual of Oma- daughter, Wyatt Isla Reed, who and we pray that this continues. I

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am in frequent touch with Mark Technology Building is slated liberal arts degree in manage- THE GAME that is not to be, I Hessinger ’83 (ATO), who was to open in 2021. Members of ment at Harvard University. am working on a socially dis- my freshman roommate. He and our class became part of Lehigh Matt noted that it is very differ- tanced tailgate where we bring his family are living in Charlotte, history by virtually signing one ent from what we experienced our own food and drinks and N.C., and doing well.” Great to of the steel beams—Scott Bar- at Lehigh in the early 1980s. scream at each other through hear from Steve, and if I ever tolett, Cynthia Berardi, Scott Now it’s all about digital text- our masks. Interestingly wanted a guy ahead of me in a bar Burghoff, Thomas Catania, books, e-learning, with chalk enough, we do have a few takers. fight, it would be Steve. I recall he Paul Dura, Scott Edwards, and blackboards replaced by We’ll see how it turns out.” was an extraordinary boxer while Denis Esslinger, Peter Hi- laptop screen projections. Lastly, I received a nice note at Lehigh and an excellent rugby laris, Mark Himmelwright, Matt has also been doing from Lawrence Loeb about the player and co-captain of the team. Valerie (Smith) Hirsch, Rich volunteer work for Lehigh as birth of Alexander Max Loeb. Lastly, your class corre- Jones, Nancy Liu, Deirdre a Lehigh AVA (Alumni Volun- He sent the birth announce- spondent and his wife, Joan, (Trabert) Malacrea, Jill teers for Admission). These ment, which I excerpt below. purchased a second home in (Rosenfeld) Marcus, Dawn volunteers assist Admissions by “New York, NY – Today Kennebunkport, Maine, to bun- Moore, Doug Murk, Mi- representing Lehigh at college Michele J. Meises and Lawrence ker at, enjoy riding out COVID chael Petroski, Greg Reiff, fairs held at high schools in the D. Loeb announced the addition and often work still as attor- Maria Reyes, Trish Saydah, fall and spring. Matt has been to Meises & Loeb (“M&L”) of neys remotely. Our youngest Jennifer (Peoples) Stegers, doing it for about 15 years now, Alexander Max Loeb. Master daughter, Jennifer, graduated Richard Wastcoat and Joseph and he really gets a kick out of Alexander joined M&L at 10:28 Boston College Law School last Yesulaitis—have all left their talking to prospective students. a.m. on August 31st. At 21 inches May. Jen is law clerking for the mark for generations of future They were put on hold this past long, and 9 pounds, 10 ounces assignment judge of Somerset, students and alumni. year due to some organizational (at his commencement date), Hunterdon and Warren counties Enjoy your spring and sum- changes and the pandemic. he brings an assortment of new here in N.J. Good hearing from mer and please send me your Hopefully, they will be back at it strengths to an already thriving all of you. Please continue to news. I am looking forward to again at some point. enterprise. His ability to under- email me with your updates. seeing people and attending Dr. Steve Fleisher also stand younger demographics some Lehigh events this year. checked in via email: “My wife will be indispensable to the Nancy Liu With any luck we will be back and I went to the Christkindl- future of M&L. Freedman, tailgating in the fall and hope markt in Bethlehem this past “Of the hiring, Lawrence ’83 nancyliulehigh83@ to see some of you there. weekend. Afterward, trying to kill Loeb said, ‘Since we formed gmail.com time before dinner without going Meises & Loeb on August 12, Happy spring! I am happy it is Thomas Keat- to a bar was a challenging feat. We 2012, Michele and I have always not 2020 anymore. Every day ing, 19 Hackney decided to head into the Mora- intended to grow our enter- was the same. Nobody went ’84 Way, Harleysville, vian Bookstore, and in walks prise. We investigated a number anywhere, nothing much hap- PA 19438. thomaskeating@ Rob Sell ’85. It’s amazing how I of alternative expansion options pened, and nobody sent in any yahoo.com recognized him even in a mask, and determined that organic updates. I had to be creative Greetings, Class of 1984! go figure. He comes to Bethlehem growth was the best path for us.’ and do some stalking to find Eight months ago, I received a couple of times each year. It “Michele Meises said, ‘As some news for this column. an email from Matt Mellett, was a great surprise to run into soon as I met Alexander, I knew Congratulations to Mike which he wrote while listening him. He says his business is going that we had to bring him into Dicker and Richard Wast- to AC/DC’s “Back in Black” (!). strong amidst all this insanity. the fold. He is the most clever, coat on the recent graduation After working many years in He was up with his family hitting handsome, and athletic boy that from Lehigh of their respective the asset management indus- their favorite restaurants. Shortly was ever born. It is clear he is children, Jeffrey Dicker ’20 and try, Matt founded the Saucon after that, we met up with Pete destined for greatness like other Eliza Wastcoat ’20. You both Creek Institute for Financial Marri ’83, Kathy and their lovely Alexanders before him.’ must be so proud that they Literacy. These days he spends daughter, Samantha. As usual, it “Mr. Loeb added, ‘Alexan- chose to attend Lehigh. his time developing financial was a fun evening as we solved der has already contributed to Mike, we are looking for- literacy curriculum for high all the world’s problems. Not broadening our focus to include ward to seeing you and Mary school and college students. only that, we figured out a way to various areas of nutrition, Lynn at some home football Recently he collaborated with profit off it. entertainment and waste man- games this year. the University of Chicago “I was recently in touch with agement. Until he joined us, we Richard showed the impor- Financial Education Initiative Dean Shollenberger ’85 thru knew next to nothing about the tance of the Lehigh connection to improve discussions around LinkedIn. He heard Dr. Evil (of types of food these new gen- at our 20th Reunion by flying money, just hoping to improve Austin Powers fame) was work- erations prefer and had only a in from his home in England. the level of financial literacy ing down in Texas, so he and his passing knowledge of how their Maybe we will see you at the among young people. family loaded up the truck and waste product was disposed of. next reunion in 2023, which Matt also went back to moved to Ft. Worth to work for In his short time with us, Alex- will be our 40th. school on a part-time basis Bell Flight. ander has made us near experts The new Health, Science & working toward a master’s of “As of now five days short of in those fields. We expect that

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he will continue to introduce Glenn and Maura are now Olivia, respectively are studying living in Italy (half of 2020 us to new frontiers, allowing us living in Gloucester, where they at Wake Forest and Yale. quarantined in a hilltop villa to gain new skills that can only recently moved from Connecti- Leveraging his Lehigh major, in Puglia), Tracey (Dudding) enrich M&L for the future.’ cut. Maura works as an attorney Kevin Fitzpatrick has been Kleber moved to Scotland, “Alexander Max said, ‘I am for a technology company, and leading video conferences about an hour north of Edin- very pleased to join M&L and Glenn is working in the health with fellow computer science burgh, very close to St. Andrews look forward to providing signif- care software industry. classmates Jessica (Buczac- (take note, retirees such as icant added value. I was particu- My fellow class correspon- ki) Daley, Bill Phelan, Al you, Rennie). Beyond Rennie, larly attracted by their generous dent from the Class of 2011, Luckanavage and Mary Anne Tracey, you may be ’86 class- educational subsidies. It isn’t Sridevi Rao, is co-leading an Randour. Ping Kevin (kfitzva@ mate inundated as the 2022 often that you find an enterprise initiative to create the first-ever gmail.com) for the next one. British Open approaches. In willing to fully endow a primary endowed scholarship at Lehigh Raise your glass of Cinzano, addition to Tracey’s production and secondary education as that will go directly to genera- as Jim Cronin is breaking away, company, she started a U.S.- well as a university degree. tions of future Black students at bike riding the rural roads of based vegan advocacy nonprofit What further separated M&L Lehigh University (and live on Indianapolis, with his wife, cele- called Toward A Vegan World. for me were the post-graduate forever). An anonymous alumni brating the Purdue (mechanical Ah, Bach*, Tracey, the sheep opportunities. ‘There’s a million donor has agreed to match the engineering) graduation of the (now) may safely graze (* Note things I haven’t done. But just first $100,000 in donations. I youngest of their three daugh- the reference to “Ah Bach,” has you wait, just you wait.’” hope you will consider contrib- ters. Allentown-based Jayme nothing to do with Radar O’Rei- Thanks for reading this uting to this wonderful scholar- (Hyde) Kerr modified her ly, but with the actual, JS Bach). column and for all the class- ship fund. The link for this can 2020 plans, like all of us, but did Tracey, is there a vegan version mates who sent updates. Please be found at mylehigh.lehigh. celebrate the marriage of her of Shepherd’s Pie, and how does continue to send me updates edu/drdouglasscholarship. son, Ian ’15, met up with Robin it compare to the University on our 1984 classmates, and see I am hoping you all stay safe (Simpson) Rumen in LBI, and Center dining hall? you next time! and healthy. Please drop me a enjoyed the diversions of home A previous column not- note and let me know how you cooking, gardening and tennis, ed Chris Bubser’s political Jennifer are doing. It’s always a great alongside her residential real pursuits in California’s 8th Sheehan, time to reconnect with class- estate career. Congressional District. Chris ’85 (240) 401-3724, mates and share what you’ve Phi Sigma Kappa’s Robert did not emerge victorious last [email protected] been up to. Kalmey has mostly been in November, but we’re hopeful I heard from Glenn Keet that Orange County, Calif., since she’ll continue her political he and Maura McElhinney Dave graduation, where he is senior activism and perhaps run again. were married in September Polakoff, vice president of an insurance Susan (Armento) Bahner 2019 in Gloucester, Mass. It’s a ’86 400 E. 71st St., services firm. Robert’s elder ’89 and Martin Bahner have second marriage for both, and #3K, New York, NY 10021. daughter graduated Arizona four kids, Kathryn ’17, Matthew they have five children between [email protected]. Look for State University and is now pur- (MIT ’21), Michael (Carnegie them. Please see the photo in “Lehigh University Class of 1986” suing a zoology degree at Moor- Mellon ’24) and high school- the Celebrations section, where on both Facebook and LinkedIn. park College, and his younger er Stephanie. The Bahners you’ll find more than a dozen “Maybe somewhere down the daughter is studying fine arts recently moved houses within classmates looking great against road a ways, you’ll think of me, and eyeing an acting career. Doylestown, Pa., to within walk- a beautiful beach backdrop. In and wonder where I am these Robert’s recent travels include ing distance of Peddler’s Village attendance from our class were: days. Maybe somewhere down Greece and skiing in Zermatt. (no, it is not a restored colonial Jane (Thompson) Willgren, the road when somebody plays In the rare category of ’86ers settlement, I thought it might Meredith Flynn-Ripley, Purple Haze (Traveling Wil- who worked for one company be). Martin participated in Judy Dominique (Edelen) Hurley burys).” since graduation, and speaking (Lannin) Panagakos’ Stough- and Mark Hurley, and Wight Weston, Conn.-based Andy of insurance, Rennie Benn just ton video reunion, including just Martindale along with his wife Hollyer is president and CEO retired from 34 years with Pru- under 50 percent (that’s almost Betsy (Manning) Martindale of Tomra Americas, whose tech- dential. Rennie and Jennifer half!) of the 44 dorm members. ’90. Class of ’86 attendees were: nology is used to redeem and (Moore) Benn live in Summit, “Where are you going now Brian Kearns, Ted Guthrie, process over eight billion PET, N.J., while Jennifer teaches in my love? Where will you be Derek Hyatt, Andrew Wolk, Don aluminum and glass deposit con- Warren, N.J. (Can’t get enough tomorrow? (CSN)” LeBuhn and Martine (Costello) tainers in the USA and Canada, of that Route 78, eh, Jennifer?) Duffy. As many years as I’ve with eyes on Central and South With apologies to Robert and Laura M. D’Orsi, been writing this column (35!), America. Having spent 2017 at Rennie, I didn’t want to have to 26 Falcon Ridge I’ve never encountered this Tomra’s home office in Asker, choose between you, so I’m in- ’87 Circle, Holmdel, before, but Glenn is actually Norway, Andy now only eats sured with Lloyds (of Lubbock), NJ 07733. (732) 241-5229 (H); considered both Class of ’85 and herring and cod. He is celebrat- whose motto has always been [email protected] ’86 because he was in a five-year ing 30 years with wife, Diane, “Insurance by handshake!” Well, here we still are. Cannot Arts and Engineering program. and their daughters, Grace and After almost five years of believe this is not over yet.

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COVID-19. As I write the col- She says she misses “the pure fall “Stuck inside these four walls, He also saw Mark Redmann and umn, it is basically a few days be- feeling and brings back so many Sent inside forever, Never see- John Gewartowski camping in fore Lehigh-Lafayette weekend. memories of the most wonderful ing no one ….” the Adirondacks. David and his One of the best weekends of the time in school.” Laura (Carber- Paul McCartney penned wife, Kimberly, are opening a late fall. For the first time in 155 ry) Muldowney, whose son is these lyrics well before our time new nurse anesthetist school years, it is canceled. Seeing all at Lehigh, says she misses “re- at Lehigh, but they ring eerily in Rhode Island in conjunction the announcements of canceled connecting with Lehigh friends” true today in life under COVID. with an area college. games is so upsetting. Makes you and her personal fun rivalry with Truly hope everyone Larry Maitlin provided an realize what you are missing. her sister who is a Lafayette ’96 is safe and well. update on his freshman Dravo It is usually a crisp fall day; graduate. Now that her son is at It is a pleasure to reconnect B5 roommate. Ed Adams has hats, gloves and scarves are Lehigh, it is a 2-1 in the family! with the great Class of ’88 and been with IBM for 20-plus years needed. The trees don’t have Karyn (McMenamin) guest host our column. and now runs the pension divi- many leaves on them. We make Cravens misses the opportunity Hard to believe 20 years have sion and lives in Wilton, Conn. the drive from New Jersey to to run into old friends. Living flown by in Florida with my Michele (Bell) Dibsie is Bethlehem in the a.m., park and in Florida, she doesn’t get the wife, Wendy. Our son, Justin, living in Morristown, N.J., with then make the trek across the opportunity to see many Lehigh recently graduated from Rice her husband, Dennis. After parking lots. I usually try to stop alums. She is hoping more University with a music perfor- 30-plus years working in the by a few tailgates. My husband Lehigh folks relocate to Florida mance degree. Professionally, I telecom industry at AT&T and and son usually get tired of my as they get older. Lisa Seward orchestrate the college search IDT, she exited the corporate socializing and go into the game. Kirwan ’85 misses Joe Yammari- for talented students globally world in 2019 to become a full- The last stop is usually Joe Yam- no’s tailgates! Joe is getting a lot for my company, Best College time caregiver for her nearly marino’s ’85 tailgate right at the of press here. Consulting. 98-year-old aunt. During the end of the tailgates before you Andrew Levy was missing Dietmar Laenger is also pandemic, Michele has been a get to the stadium. Lehigh-Lafayettes of the past living down in the Florida Pan- frequent curbside visitor to her I reached out to a bunch of where dozens of Sigma Alpha handle and has been working for local Bottle King. you to see what you miss about Mu (Sammy) alums returned Armstrong since graduation. His Linda and Dr. Bruce Lehigh-Lafayette weekend. Here to Bethlehem for the football son is at Georgia Tech and daugh- Sachais reside in New York is what some of you said. game. This year about 50 Sammy ter in medical school at FSU. City, where Bruce is chief Daniela Boebert Titterton alums joined a Zoom call at what Bill Bahlke is a technical medical officer at the New York reminisced about when she was would have been tailgate and product manager at Advent Blood Center. They moonlight a freshman and she was recruit- kickoff time to share great sto- software working on a port- as members of the Gotham ed to ride the bed down the Hill ries and memories from the past. folio accounting application Rock Choir. Bruce says he’s for Phi Delt. She had no idea “Given the COVID situation, it called Geneva. His son, Trey, drinking more wine since the what she was in for. It was a ter- was great to be able to interact is a sophomore at Lehigh, and pandemic and is anxiously rifying ride down the hill. Kathy with the guys, and they had some his daughter, Kendall, is a high awaiting the reopening of bars (Reichert) Koenig remembers guest appearances.” Andy’s niece school senior. His wife, Kirsten, and shows. Their two daugh- chasing Pete Ruocco ’86, driving Serena Sachs ’23 joined to thank is a vice president of marketing ters, Sarah and Michelle, are a a bed on the last lap of the race the alumni for donating to Le- at the American Kennel Club. photographer and recreational down the Hill. Andrea (Worth) high’s Hawkathon and also Tony Bill and Kirsten celebrated their therapist, respectively. Bruce Robik enjoyed the game last Caiazzo from Campus Pizza, 25th wedding anniversary this and Linda enjoy spending time year when she finally socialized who has been catering events for year and are living in Garden with their two grandkids, Hailey with her brother, who is also a many years at the Sands/Wind City, N.Y. and Jason. Lehigh alum, and wants to make Creek. Michael Liebman has been Chris Marshall just moved their Lehigh-Lafayette reunion So … all in all I think we were with Bloomberg for 17 years back to Bethlehem, Pa., in a an annual tradition. all homesick on this weekend now. Currently, he is the lead home that is just a mile from the Brent Byers said he missed before Thanksgiving 2020. It’s for business intelligence, data Goodman Campus. “all of it” and felt sad that he an annual tradition we have warehousing and data manage- Steve Hiltabiddle contin- was cheated by COVID from grown to love. I enjoyed hearing ment within Bloomberg’s in- ues to swim competitively in sharing a last Lehigh-Lafayette from all of you, and that made ternal applications engineering master’s swimming. He holds with his son who is a senior. me a little less homesick. I hope team. In addition, as one of his several American records Leigh Eagleson misses tailgates we are all in the Lehigh Valley side jobs, Michael is one of the for the 50-54 age group and because they are a wonderful next year, not sure if that will U.S. co-leads for the Bloomberg is threatening a few world way to reconnect with friends be at Lehigh or Lafayette. Can’t Abilities community, B-Able, records! you have not seen in years. Leigh wait to see you all then. with a focus on mental health is living in Florida and has been and physical disabilities. Jocelyn (Gitlin) visiting her daughter in Mary- GUEST COR- David Delano saw Vin Deutsch, land. Deena Pegler hasn’t gone RESPONDENT: Farese and Scott Skyrm right ’89 9 Vincent Lane, to the game for many years and ’88 Dave Best, dave@ before the shutdown in March Armonk, NY 10504. was finally going to go this year. bestcollegeconsulting.com at Vin’s ski house in Vermont. [email protected]

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Elizabeth back when, David Providenti mylehigh.lehigh.edu/drdoug running and biking during the (Short) Stothoff, and his family took a break from lasscholarship. pandemic. ’90 15 Finn Road, New York-living and moved to Dan Conway and his wife, Pittstown, NJ 08867. (908) Costa Rica for a few months. Steve Harap, Christi, are both United Meth- 296-5695 (C); ess@inlineser During that time, he had a (630) 430-1557; odist pastors in the Houston vicesinc.com business trip to Israel and we ’92 s_harap@yahoo. area. He is currently pursuing a had the chance to catch up over com doctor of ministry degree from Diana Zoller dinner. It felt almost like we Gordon Conwell Theological Perkins, were back at the Lehigh-Lafay- Leslie Keating Seminary in outreach and ’91 dianazoller@gmail. ette game at Yankee Stadium— Joiner, (404) discipleship with a dissertation com kidding—but we did have a ’93 276-3280; on sermon-based small groups. As I sit down to write this great time. I think that was my [email protected] Don says, “While I don’t recall update, it’s early December and last visitor before the borders Hello, Class of 1993! Best wishes ever seeing any Lehigh Univer- we’re still in the midst of the closed. to you and your families for a sity bumper stickers here in COVID-19 pandemic. I don’t A sincere thanks to those of healthy and sane 2021. the Houston area, I did see one think any of us expected this you who did take the time to Bill Hogenauer is a partner on the streets of Seoul, South major life change or thought it send updates. Holly (Hoffman) at an executive search firm and Korea, a couple summers ago!” would last this long. In Israel, Ash and Michael Ash live on leads a practice focused on chief Chuck “Chozi” Wiltraut is we’ve had various lockdowns Long Island and both work in information and chief technol- entering his 27th year in health and openings and closing of commercial banking. Their ogy officers. Happily married care operations and is currently schools and stores and restau- older son, Derek, is living in NYC for 20 years to his wife, Sandy, serving as CEO of Mission East rants. It’s just not normal, but and is a CPA working in audit they sent their oldest child off to Dallas (MED), an award-win- in some ways, we’re adapting to at Deloitte. Their younger son, Pitt in August 2020, where she ning Federally Qualified Health the not knowing. And on a pos- Alec, is a senior at the University lives at school but only attends Center (FQHC) located in itive note, our classmates have of Michigan and, after gradua- classes virtually. Bill added, Mesquite, Texas. On occasion, not lost their sense of humor. tion, will be working as a systems “It’s certainly nothing like the he works with the United States I wasn’t going to name engineer in the Boston area. freshman college experience we Department of Health and names, but that would’ve been Kerry (Johnson) Tichi was had!” Their middle child now Human Services conducting so boring. So, without further SO excited to go visit Susan has his driver’s permit (stay compliance assessments or ado, here’s what some members Lanter Blank and Dana Sus- off the sidewalks if you visit virtual operational site visits for of the Class of ’91 suggested man back in March for a track Doylestown), and their young- other FQHCs across the United I put in the Bulletin: Devin meet in which her son, Luke, est is in middle school longing States. He has hosted several Gross shaved his beard, Brett was competing in NYC. She had for the days when he can play virtual Lehigh reunions via Sherman is playing a lot of visits planned with Jennifer baseball and basketball without Zoom to reconnect classmates, PlayStation 5, Andrea (Wiesel) (Zerner) Hoffman and Stacey a mask. including Matt Goodrich with Weissman is binge-watch- Winter and probably would’ve Erin Meagher Dough- Michael G. Pane ’91 and Mark ing Netflix and baking a lot of bumped into other Lehigh erty writes that she and John Hopkins ’90. In fact, one Zoom sweets, and Stephanie (Gitkin) grads at dinner or just walking Dougherty ’92 live in Sinking call early in the COVID-19 Hawk is compiling a Class of ’91 around the city. “But NOOOO, Spring, Pa. Erin is an attorney pandemic facilitated a “prob- Signature Drink List (submit damn COVID ruined our little and works remotely for Cahn lem-solving” session for people any and all suggestions directly reunion! I am grateful that Luke & Parra LLC and is also the in operations regarding the to Stephanie). was able to attend Williams executive assistant for The Small Business Administra- Andrea Strong wrote a College in Mass. Seems like Quaker City Foundation and tion (SBA) Payroll Protection book, “Good for You: Bold everyone wants to move to our The Hounds Foundation in Program (PPP) that was being Flavors with Benefits” with chef small town of Durango these Chester Springs, Pa. She and offered. As a result of the call, Akhtar Nawab. Check out days and bring COVID with John have four children. The four businesses run by Lehigh andreastrong.com/ them!” Meater, you do live in oldest, Sydney, graduated graduates applied for and strong-writing. She’s also one of the most beautiful parts from Lehigh in 2020. Sydney received PPP. turned all bottles of wine into of the country, and I miss being is furthering her education at The weekend of Septem- single-serving sizes by sim- there and getting to see you. Widener University Delaware ber 11, 2020, marked the 15th ply inserting a straw. Stacey The Class of 2011 has Law School; daughter Megan Annual Beta Theta Pi Golf Levine adopted a farm’s worth launched the Dr. Frank Douglas is a sophomore at The College Tournament at Old Homestead of dogs and cats and got a fan- ’66 Endowed Scholarship Fund of William and Mary; son Jake Golf Course in New Tripoli, Pa. tastic new job! for the Advancement of Black is a sophomore in high school; Tee times were established by Think back to pre-pandemic Excellence—an endowment that and daughter Emma is in eighth Don L. Steele, with post-golf life for just a moment—kids could continue to support Black grade. Erin reports that she festivities hosted at Chuck’s going to school, no knowledge students for generations to visited with Kim Bayer and Pennsylvania home. Social of Zoom, travel for work and come. If anyone is interested in her new husband, Ted, over the chairs for the day were Gregory pleasure, no masks, etc. Way donating, here is the link: summer and continued to enjoy B. Saunders and M. Kent Zam-

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belli ’91. Also present were Mi- and now live in St. Davids, Pa., three years helping to develop (or even if you are!) but would chael J. Spillane, Phil J. Kinzel closer to where they grew up, the new Brussels, Belgium, met- like to connect with some of ’92, Chris Barry ’88, Kurt J. and closer to family. Paul works ro. On the side, she teaches Irish our classmates, you can join our Wetzel, John T. Maccagnan at Google and is based out of dance, which has been particu- 1996 digital yearbook on Bright ’91, Jason C. Deeble, Robert their New York office. larly challenging during COVID. Crowd. Bright Crowd is a digital Clinton ’91, Sonny Rutkowski Eric Williams is the chair of She told me, “My favorite thing community where alumni can and Daniel F. Pratt ’95. The the Criminal Justice Depart- to do during COVID is drink stay connected with classmates next Lehigh Beta gathering will ment at Radford University. and make really crappy tie-dyed and celebrate each other’s be in January 2021 in Denver Prior to that, Eric earned his shirts. I’m thinking of taking up accomplishments. Join the 1996 to celebrate the 50th birthday master’s at Lehigh and was a smoking.” Bright Crowd community today of retired Lieutenant Colonel professor from 2005-2007. Cheers to that! by visiting lehigh.brightcrowd. U.S.M.C. Martin J. Forrest IV. He recently left his position at com/1996! Chuck says: “Let’s all continue Sonoma State. Bridget And now, to the one and only to do our level best to facilitate Lori (Hood) Sanders is the O’Connell, 1840 update, thanks again David! healing and hope over hysteria chief environmental counsel ’95 Sycamore St., “My son (13), daughter (10) and and division.” at Dupont. Her family made a Bethlehem, PA 18017. (610) 868- I are kicking butt on Fortnite ... If you sent in an update and great pandemic purchase—a 38- 6605 (H); [email protected] My wife tolerates it. I am in the do not see it here, please check foot Class A Tiffin motor home. Greetings, Class of ’95! running for the hermit world the next issue! They have traveled all over and It was great to hear from record ... but have a lot of com- are planning a month-long trip Dan Bird, who has retired from petition here; wish me luck. Ruh Michael B. to Yellowstone and the Grand Bank of America after 20 years. Rah Rega, Alpha Tau Omega. York, 215 W. 88th Tetons. This is NOT the family Dan is now headed to Greece ‘San Dimas high school football ’94 St., #5D, New trickster. Lori has two children, to enjoy the beautiful weather. rules!’ I am employed, so pretty York, NY 10024; michael.york@ Summer (9) and Trexler (11). Congratulations, Dan! pumped about that.” nyplaw.com Bill DeSimone started a So, David is probably playing What a long, strange year it’s production company called Jen (Crimmins) my sons, Harry (14) and Max (12), been. Hopefully by the time Twice on Saturday Produc- Keen, 17 Windsor on Fortnite. I leave the actual you read this, 2020 will long be tions. Their first project is a ’96 Drive, Foxbor- video gaming to the boys, but I’m forgotten. Or not. And I will be musical, “Just Between the All ough, MA 02035. (508) 543- pretty good at Candy Crush and looking to unload a 13-year-old of Us,” which he described as 5036; [email protected] word games on my phone. Ah, the girl and 10-year-old boy. a choose your own adventure Class of ’96, I hope you are all joys of quarantine. Every few years, you get an style scripted musical with well. I imagine you are all very Cheers, Class of ’96! email from me asking for info. improv elements. If you like busy as no one except David Thankfully not all of you delete screaming at the TV during Hardwick responded to any of Lopa (Patel) the email. As a warning to all “The Bachelor,” this is for you. my pleas for information! Zielinski, of you who responded—if you Bill lives in New Jersey with his Can you believe we are com- ’97 Madison, NJ, told me your kids were 8 and 6 wife, Laurie, daughter Julia (19, ing up on 25 years since grad- [email protected] years old, they may be 11 and 9 University of Miami) and their uation? Crazy!! I don’t know when you read about them in son Andrew (17). where the years have gone, as I Gregory the column! Brad Berk has been at- can still remember my days and Kuklinski, gjk4@ Warren Fisher and Julie tending weekly “Bachelor” and some of the nights (ha ha) at Le- ’98alum.lehigh.edu (Vozick) Fisher’s oldest, Maya, “Bachelorette” watch parties high. In some of my extra spare I hope that all is well as of this is a freshman at Lehigh. They at Brian Lapin’s home. Their time I recently went through writing and you are staying safe dropped her off after having to wives are appalled. a scrapbook of my freshman and healthy and had a nice holi- quarantine on the drive from Julie Sandler Ferrara’s year on M&M. The first days of day season. Please keep sharing their home in Florida. They daughter, Emily, is graduating school, rush, formals, so much the news and photos! spent two weeks in the Hamp- from Lehigh in the spring and fun. I was on the soccer team Ryan Day writes that he and tons. Really roughing it. Maya taking a position at KPMG. She my freshman year, so I have his wife, Amanda, welcomed joins Andy Bennett and Sam is moving to Florida for the job lots of pictures of the team, their first son, John Ryan Day (Churgin) Bennett’s daughter, as Julie and her husband, Tom, including my roommate, Kris- Jr., in October. Jonah Myer- Sarah, who is a sophomore. moved to “The Villages,” in ten (Gschwind) Carmouche, berg shared fantastic news that I’m not sure Lehigh can handle Florida. (Julie will angrily text along with Courtney (Rossi) he was able to take his company, another Churgin and Vozick. me the minute she reads this.) Macchia, Michelle Yrigoyen, Desktop Metal, public at the Warren is the CEO of Manole Many of you wrote in with Shannon Herchel and Sherri New York Stock Exchange. Capital. other funny comments too, but (Corr) Philipkoski. From the I hope all of you have a nice After 18 years in NYC, Paul Sheila Shovlin took top hon- looks of it from Facebook, none winter and until next issue, stay Vernisi, wife Karen, and their ors. She has been working as a of us have changed—we’ve all well and safe. two children (5 and 3 years old) software development manager only gotten better with age! Class of 1998 Facebook moved out of NYC in June 2020 for Hitachi Rail for the last If you are not on Facebook Page: facebook.com/groups/

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Lehigh98/ strategist for the 2021 Spring Safiya (Jafari) Lehigh Valley, I joined JFR My Lehigh (Class of 1998): Virtual Health Business Simmons, 5621 Salvage, Inc., located in Wind mylehigh.lehigh.edu Association. I am still at ECIR ’03 Cary Street Road, Gap, Pa., where I am now the Medical Communications as #503, Richmond, VA 23226; vice president of the company. Karen (Smith) the director of strategic services [email protected] We are a scrap metal recycling Fischer, and enjoying the growth our company that purchases and ’99 kms5lehigh@ business has seen, even in these Lloyd Hender- processes both ferrous and gmail.com unprecedented times. son, lloydjr04@ non-ferrous scrap metal, then Hello, Class of 1999! Anyway, until next time ... ’04 gmail.com ships it both domestically and As always, I hope this finds stay classy, Class of 2001! In baby news, Michael J. internationally, where it is you and your families healthy Zurat and his husband, Mi- eventually melted and pro- and well. And I am excited to Laura chael Irwin, welcomed a son, duced into new product. share some news from one of (Schwamb) Matthew James Irwin, into “At JFR, we regularly give our classmates! James Ho—a ’02 Carino, the world on September 23, back to communities and foun- fellow Taylor College resident— [email protected] 2020, coming in at 6 pounds, 14 dations throughout the Lehigh and his wife live in Taipei with Greetings, fellow Class of 2002 ounces. He joins his big brother, Valley. We stay committed to their two boys, who are in the alumni, William. They are all doing well supporting St. Jude Children’s first and fourth grades. They I hope you are all having a resting at home in Alexandria, Hospital, LV Burn Foundation, run a delicious gelato business, wonderful spring and that by Va. Congratulations, Michael. local schools and law enforce- and spend time with a fellow the time you are reading this, As always, feel free to email ment, among others. We have Lehigh alumnus, Sunny Chang we have turned the corner with me at any time. I love receiving also partnered with Lehigh ’97 ’98G, and his family. Thanks COVID-19 and are looking your news. Stay healthy. Athletics the past four years, for the update, James! forward to a fun and healthy including sponsoring the past It always makes me very hap- summer for everyone! Jessi (Schimmel) two Lehigh-Lafayette football py to hear from our classmates, Now on to our first update! McMullan, games at Goodman Stadium. so if you have a minute, please Julie (Dickensheets) Yimoy- ’05 jessi.mcmullan@ “I now reside in Nazareth, drop me a note. Wishing you all ines and her husband, Keith alum.lehigh.edu Pa., with my wife, daughter the best! Yimoyines ’03, have lived in West I often find fodder for this Gioia (5), and son Marco (2). Hartford, Conn., for the last nine column because I come across a Being close to Lehigh allows Corina Fisher, years. Julie is in the middle of news article about a classmate. me to stay involved with the (732) 688-3671 her 18th year of teaching high This column is no exception. University and attend events ’00 (C); corina_fish- school chemistry while Keith is In their efforts to keep content throughout the year to catch [email protected] a naturopathic physician who fresh in the absence of a fall up with fellow classmates and specializes in the treatment of sporting season, Lehigh Sports alumni. I have aspirations Sabrina Lyme disease. They are very busy Information took a “trip down of coaching when the time McGuigan, with their two boys, Eli (8) and memory lane” with a “look permits.” ’01 mcguigan_ Caleb (6). They celebrated their back at one of its league-best 12 Thanks, Anthony, for filling [email protected] 15th wedding anniversary last Patriot League championship us in. Hope everyone else is Well, folks, no one can say 2020 February and are looking forward teams” every week of what doing as well as can be. Re- was not an interesting year, to a tropical vacation when they would have been the football member, you don’t have to be right? I hope everyone has been can travel safely again. season. Here, I found All-Patri- in the news to fill us in. Please staying safe and your families Tom Gamarello and his wife, ot League linebacker Anthony feel free to reach out to me to are well. With the coming of Christine Spodnick ’00, live in Graziani reminiscing about the update us on your life. spring, I know I am hopeful for central New Jersey with their 2004 Patriot League Champi- the promise of improved cir- two children and their Bernese onship. Katie (Murray) cumstances across many fronts. Mountain Dog. Tom is a lawyer I reached out to him to see Pennline, I am very excited to report and Christine is a veterinarian. what he’s been up to since grad- ’06 kpennline@ that Rebekah (Tuthill) Taylor Between their jobs and their uation. Here’s his story in his gmail.com has informed me that she has children, they occasionally still own words: been appointed the chair of speak with one another. “After graduating in the Brian Roth, biology at Frostburg State Uni- Please reach out and share fall of 2005, I was given the lehighclassof2007 versity, the first female to hold what’s happening in your part of opportunity to play American ’07 @gmail.com this position! Very exciting, way the world! Contact me at LCa- football in Italy. It was a great Carolyn (Sterling) Collins ’10 to break that glass ceiling for [email protected] or on Facebook experience and allowed me to and Michael Collins wel- those to come, Rebekah! at Laura Schwamb Carino. I travel and play throughout Italy, comed their second daughter, As for myself, I am working can’t wait to hear from you! Stay Germany, Austria and Norway Charlotte, on October 21, 2020. through my MBA at Johns healthy, have a wonderful few as I concluded my football Charlotte, who will go by Char- Hopkins Carey Business School months and stay tuned for more career. lie, was 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and and the acting PR/marketing updates! “Upon returning to the joins big sister Maisie.

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Editor’s Note: of the House: Surreal Spaces And in professional news, have maternity/paternity leave Many thanks to for Queer Homes in the Plays of Trevor Drummond just took extended forever, that would be ’08 Kaitlyn Noon Sarah Ruhl,” can be found in the a new role working in opera- pretty awesome, but we’ll enjoy for representing her class as fall issue of Modern Drama. tional defensive space control the time we have now.) the correspondent for the last That’s it, and as always, feel as a modeling and simulation Sam Litt and Dan Juda ’11 eight years. To share your news free to send any class updates engineer at Perspecta. have been married three years or if you would be interested in for the next column to Lehigh Stay healthy, my friends. and are living in Brooklyn. Dan becoming your class’s correspon- [email protected]. spends his time working at OXO dent, reaching out to classmates, Sri Rao, sridevi211@ and Sam works at Etsy. They and writing a column three times Nick Anderson, gmail.com welcomed their adorable first a year, please contact Stephanie Nick.Anderson@ ’11Members of our child, Levi, in November and Fisher at [email protected]. ’10 alum.lehigh.edu Class of 2011 took the lead on were also able to both take time It likely goes without saying creating a new endowed schol- off of work to enjoy being madly Bobby that Lehigh-Laf is my (as well arship, the Dr. Frank Douglas ’66 in love with their baby! Buckheit, as many of your) favorite Endowed Scholarship Fund for Jessica Singer and Steven ’09 lehigclass2009@ Lehigh tradition. At the time the Advancement of Black Ex- Shapiro were married—COVID gmail.com of this writing, shortly after cellence. The goal of the schol- style—on the beach, just the Hello, Class of 2009! Hopefully Thanksgiving, I can’t help but arship is to promote equality at two of them, in Palm Beach, by the time this column is pub- feel a little emptiness that I was every level by working toward Fla. Dr. Jess graduated from lished, we are at the beginning not afforded the opportunity a more inclusive and equitable NYU College of Dentistry and of returning to normal. I hope to gather with fellow alums and Lehigh. Cos Denson ’56, the first is currently practicing in South everyone is safe and healthy and mercilessly heckle Lafayette’s Black student to graduate from Florida. Dr. Steven graduated can’t wait to connect with many football team and fan base. I am Lehigh, earned his diploma just from TuoroCOM and is pursu- of you in person again. Just a optimistic that we will each have 10 years before Dr. Douglas ’66, ing a residency in emergency few updates for the column. that opportunity in 2021! for whom this scholarship is medicine. They’ve made Florida Nate and Betsy (Schlauch) We had lots of baby an- named. Currently, only about 4 their new home with their pup, Hritz just welcomed their nouncements in the second half percent of Lehigh’s undergrad- Maisen. second child, another daughter! of 2020! James Coffey and his uate population is Black, and Zach Casler has been biking Her name is Olivia Jane Hritz, wife welcomed their second we are hoping to increase this around Austin, spending time and she was born on October child, Cecilia Lane, at the end by making a Lehigh education af- with his girlfriend, and hosting 21, 2020, at 8 pounds, 1 ounce, of June in 2020. The family is fordable to a broader audience of outdoor events through The and 21 inches long. Their first moving from D.C. to West Palm students. Learn more about the Round (the company where daughter, Caroline, is so excited Beach, Fla., where James took a scholarship here: lehighcrowd he is founder and CEO), most to be a big sister! new job working at a real estate funding.com/organizations/ recently outdoor yoga with a Laura Deutsch and her hus- private equity firm.Martha the-dr-frank-douglas-66-en few hundred people. band, Chris, are now a family of (Durant) Rossi and Michael dowed-scholarship-fund-for- Henry Weinberger and three! Baby boy Carter arrived Rossi ’11 welcomed their first the-advancement-of-black- Guliz Uncu were happily mar- on October 26 and has brought child, Margaret Anne, in July of excellence. Please consider ried with a small group of family so much love and joy. Laura is 2020. Deborah Streahle and donating here: mylehigh.lehigh. and friends sharing the love. looking forward to taking him Alex Haitos welcomed a baby edu/drdouglasscholarship. They currently reside in Brook- on his first visit to Lehigh once boy, Aius Alexander, in August I did not receive any updates lyn, N.Y., working remotely at the pandemic is over! of 2020. Adriana Brizuela from any of our classmates this home as newlyweds. Exciting news for Bess Gindlesperger and husband time, so make sure that you Charlotte Bidgood and Rowen, her book “The Lines Christopher welcomed baby boy continue to send updates to me at Chris Ellinghausen ’11 recently Between the Lines: How Stage Levi Brizuela Gindlesperger in [email protected]. I love moved from NYC to Conn., and Directions Affect Embodiment” August 2020 in Philadelphia! hearing what you all are doing and they have two adorable mini is officially forthcoming with Kevin Ackler and wife Z’hara hope you all continue to thrive! doxies, Lucy and Teddy (@ University of Michigan Press (Green) Ackler ’12 welcomed tedandgoose). Chris proposed to with a book release scheduled their first baby boy, André Lenox Mary (Haynie) Charlotte while out on a sunset for fall 2021! The book covers Ackler, in September of 2020. Reardon, (215) beach walk with the dogs. Chris her ideas of affective stage direc- Lauren Bloch and husband Ker- ’12 687-1624 (C); works at MUFG and Charlotte tions, which are stage directions ran welcomed a baby girl, Riley [email protected] has been working at J.Crew since written to engage with future Makenna Bloch-Flanagan, in Hello all! As I write this, I’m in our graduation. readers and production teams November! And, on the same day the middle of a glorious materni- Congratulations all!! I love through their embodied imagi- in November, Juliana Bleiberg ty leave; I definitely recommend hearing great news from our nations to add unique, culturally welcomed a baby girl, Edie Be- it. Brian Reardon ’13 and I had classmates—if you’re reading specific dimensions to the plays atrice! Congrats to all! our first baby, Emma Rose, on this and your life has changed surrounding them. In the mean- In wedding news, Nicholas November 14 and we couldn’t be at all since we were together in time, her latest article, “Ruhls Steiner married Erin in July of 2020. happier! (Actually, if we could Bethlehem in 2012, let me know!

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Bea Dizon, 203- Kroeger Associates, and Kaitlyn there is an outpatient COVID have a nice weekend, a walk in 524-4659, bead- works as a Senior Associate for treatment clinic with experi- downtown Lake George during ’13 [email protected] First Republic Bank. mental treatments. Being on the the fall is absolutely worth it. Congratulations to both cutting edge of health develop- Shout-out to Patch Kroll for Mike Ronan, couples! ments is really satisfying to her. convincing myself, Jon Wood, michaelronan214@ Rickie Hill has been serving While Emily feels exhausted Matt Cossel and Andrew ’14 gmail.com; Leah as the lead ASU operations engi- and terrified to be working with Hutcheson to participate, as Paulson, leahpaulson22@ neer at Messer Americas in Dal- COVID on a daily basis, giving well as Casey Kozoh ’16, Sara gmail.com las, Texas, and Adel, Ga., since back to one of her favorite com- Keeler ’16 and Natalie Costa. It Hi everyone! Leah Paulson 2014. During this time, he has munities is something that she’s was a nice “fake tailgate” get-to- and Mike Ronan here. We worked on numerous projects really glad she is able to do. gether; we hope we can replicate hope you are well, and we are including the commissioning Jennifer Angelo got it in Bethlehem this year. excited to share some fantastic of a $40 million custom-engi- engaged to Benjamin Smith The end of 2020 was spent updates from our fellow Class of neered separation plant. Rickie (University of Delaware ’16) this figuring out how to spend ’14 alumni! spent four years on Lehigh’s summer, and the two bought a socially distanced holiday time Alexa Elias has been serv- football team and has transi- house in Yardley, Pa., earlier in and Zoom calls with extended ing as a technology program tioned his passion for fitness and the year. Jen and Ben went to family and old friends. How manager at Alphadyne Asset competition into CrossFit. middle school and high school many Zoom holiday parties, Management in NYC since 2017, As always, feel free to email together and reconnected after happy hours or New Year’s where she works with the chief either of us (Leah at leahpaul college. They are planning for celebrations did everyone tally technology officer to devise and [email protected] or Mike an October 2021 wedding in up? How many do you think execute the firm’s innovative at michaelronan214@gmail. Bucks County. there are cumulatively among technology strategy across its com) anytime. We love hearing Chris Foley moved to Phil- our class of computer-savvy five global offices. Alexa was what you’re up to! adelphia and started working in millennials? Do we have anyone recently recognized as a finalist the Lockheed Martin Opera- from the math department or for the Young Leader Award for Kerry Mallett, tions Leadership Development statistics majors who can make a the NYC Women in IT for her kerryamallett@ Program. good estimate? work at Alphadyne, in addition ’15 gmail.com Cassandra Saulski ’17 picked This year was my first chance to being the first woman to join The end of a tough year for us up a new hobby during quar- at writing these articles for our their 30-plus person technology all has still brought milestones antine and started a YouTube class, and I am thankful for team and starting the firm’s first and celebrations for the Class channel about board games. the opportunity to do this and women’s affinity group. Alexa of 2015! Evan Pines-Boyle and connect with all of you. I am has also been serving as the Elizabeth Pines-Boyle ’16 are ex- Robert Hillman, hoping to continue to reach co-chair of the Team Fox NYC pecting their first child in April robert.j.hillman1@ out to you and find the amazing Young Professionals for the past 2021. Dana Gallant got engaged ’17 gmail.com stories of how the Class of ’17 has two years, in conjunction with to fiancé Taylor at Prospect Park Happy 2021, Class of ’17! launched themselves into the the Michael J. Fox Foundation over Thanksgiving. And John I hope everyone had a good world after graduation, and how for Parkinson’s Research. She Schultz moved out to Tacoma, holiday season and found an we persevere through 2020 and was also recently included in Wash., this fall, and road-tripped appropriate way to celebrate the beyond. Feel free to be proactive the inaugural Undergraduate across the U.S. during his move New Year. Four years out from and email me about your story, Dean’s Advisory Council for the to the West Coast! We hope our graduation and so much has your business, your adventure, College of Business at Lehigh. everyone is staying safe and well happened in that time. your new family or anything. *Wedding Bells* during the holiday season and as I have failed to catch up Reach me at robert.j.hillman1@ Chris Ellis and Lauren we begin 2021. with other alumni to prepare gmail.com. Hochman got married in an for this article. The virtual Other things I’m thankful for amazing ceremony in Red Bank, Rachel Sholder, Lehigh-Lafayette celebration include: Zoom for rising as the N.J., on October 4, 2020. Lots of rachelsholder@ in November was a fun way to better mousetrap and keeping family and friends were there to ’16 gmail.com bond with some people over us all connected with each other celebrate, including a number I hope everyone enjoyed their the rivalry, but I did not have an and our families; Animal Cross- of other members of the Class holidays safely. Emily Poche opportunity to get a life update ing New Horizons for keeping of 2014. became a registered nurse in from anyone. my partner and me sane; and Harris Fanaroff and May and has been working as In 2020 there was only one local libraries and package stores Kaitlyn Kelleher got married a front-line worker since June chance I had to meet up with my for remaining open, inviting and in a small wedding ceremony during the COVID-19 pan- old roommates. We managed often contactless for the past 12 outside Boston on September demic in the greater Lehigh to schedule time off, quaran- months. I hope 2021 sees more 6, 2020. Harris leads sales and Valley community. She loved tine time and tests to meet in things to be thankful for, like an marketing for an organizational Bethlehem when at Lehigh and Queensbury, N.Y. If anyone is opportunity for us to regroup at development/emotional intel- decided to make it her home. At looking for a reason to leave the Lehigh sometime soon. ligence company called Otto the hospital where she works, home office, stretch your legs or If you want your life updates

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shared with your classmates, navigation to collect patient get in touch with me! I can be health data. After this role, he reached at robert.j.hillman1@ moved to the Bay Area and has gmail.com, and I am always excitedly announced a new monitoring our old Facebook position as back end developer group (facebook.com/groups/ for Tempo. LUClassof17/). You can also find Jamal Connelly graduated me through a variety of other from Lehigh with an impressive means, i.e., Instagram, Facebook, triple major in political science Snapchat, message in a bottle, and government, religion studies smoke signals and carrier pigeon. and Africana studies. He is cur- Stay safe and get in touch soon! rently an AP U.S. history teacher Take care. for Uncommon Schools. He says that he not only prepares his stu- Megan Olivola, dents for the AP test, but it is his meolivola@gmail. goal to have them understand ’18 com American politics and history. Providing mentorship for his Sabrina Morawej, students, he says, “I feel like I sabrinamorawej@ am doing my part in changing ’19 gmail.com the world every time I step into Hello, everyone! I want to share the classroom.” the unique careers some of the Yet again, the Class of 2019 GETTERS 2019 alumni have pursued with is showing us all that is possible Go-getters put ideas into action, creating change their Lehigh degrees. with a Lehigh degree. If you’d Ally Abramson has started like to share your story, please that impacts our communities and our world. a new position as a copywriter contact me through my email! for Quaker City Mercantile. She Lehigh University’s Vice President of Development graduated from Lehigh with Madison Hite a degree in marketing with a mlh220@lehigh. and Alumni Relations Joe Buck hosts straight-up, concentration in advertising. edu no-nonsense conversations with leaders on the In her previous role, she was a ’20 forefront of change. junior copywriter with Domus, Amy Chai, Inc. Congratulations, Ally, on (412) 427-1769; this amazing opportunity! ’21 amc321@lehigh. Sage Chasen holds an edu integrated degree in engineer- Class of 2021, congratulations on ing, arts and sciences honors making it past the first semester COMING SOON! program (IDEAS) degree in of our last year at Lehigh. With- industrial and systems engineer- out a doubt, this semester has ing, and a degree in integrated been a challenging one. I want fashion and product design. Sage to acknowledge the tremendous has had diverse work experienc- effort we all made despite the es since graduating. Starting at circumstances. In particular, I the North Face, he designed new want to highlight the activities To learn more about the podcast, visit: models to increase stockroom Sophia Mayone and Abdul capacity and started plans to Syed accomplished thus far. roll out these models. He then Sophia Mayone is a chemical lehigh.edu/GOGetters moved on to impressive roles in engineering student who spent Don't miss an episode! Check out the first two seasons at: product development at Ralph all of her semester working on Lauren, and currently, he is the her capstone project as well as associate distribution planner at her senior thesis. Undoubtedly, Louis Vuitton. ChBEs have a difficult fall se- With his degree in computer mester because of all the senior science and business, Nimesh projects; however, Mayone Monson started his career at states that working through Exscribe, Inc., where he devel- the difficult project by getting Subscribe to the podcast today! oped a dynamically rendered to know her group members questionnaire with skip logic closely has been one highlight

SPRING 2021 | 67 of her semester. The capstone Abdul has realized that his plan and interact with old ones. vote was heard regardless of project consisted of designing after graduation has to make There were no sporting which candidate they voted for. a chemical plant, and through a positive impact on people’s events, gatherings were limited Both Cyanah Ramsay and all the Zoom meetings with lives. With this in mind, Abdul is to 10 people or less and all Kanea Brooks voted in their her team, Mayone recounts looking to work at biomechan- the Lehigh traditions such as first presidential election and the close friendships that ics firms that make prosthetics Founder’s Week and Le-Laf were felt like it was important to she formed with her group and implants upon graduation. celebrated virtually. make their voices heard. members. In addition to the Moreover, Abdul is a leader The year 2020 itself has In an article in The Brown capstone, Mayone emphasiz- in many of Lehigh’s clubs and been unprecedented with and White, Ramsay said that es that the biggest highlight societies, including serving as a the pandemic, an uprising in voting is a duty, and in the same of her semester was working head Gryphon for the Far- social justice and a presidential article, Brooks said that as a under Lehigh ChBE profes- rington-Brodhead dorms and election. At the same time, I Black woman, she felt like she sor Dr. Angela Brown for her as president of the Biomedical have been super impressed by was a voice for the minority senior thesis, which involved Engineering Society. His main the leadership initiatives from population. engineering bacterial outer goal for the next semester is to fellow classmates over the last I knew this semester would membrane vesicles to trans- pass the torch off to the next few months. be a different one than anyone port Alzheimer’s disease drugs generation of student leaders, Dave Jha was one of 350 has previously experienced. across the blood-brain barrier. making sure there is a good students selected from 41 It has been harder for me, Mayone states that Dr. Brown transition of exec members in countries to win Apple’s 2020 like everyone else, to form is a strong role model for her all his clubs. Worldwide Developers Confer- those in-person relationships within the chem-e department, Abdul is looking forward to ence (WWDC) Swift Student that help make one’s college and that her interest in the keeping the momentum going Challenge back on June 15. The experience memorable. I miss development of new drugs was and ending the year off strong. contest challenges participants learning in person while being first ignited by her co-op at Sa- He states his excitement for the to create an interactive scene surrounded by my fellow peers nofi, a pharmaceutical compa- job hunt; instead of dreading the in a Swift playground, which is and students. ny she worked with during her process, he’s found that his cur- a testing ground for developers. At the same time, it was grat- junior fall to senior summer. At rent internship has given him a Jha developed an app from a ifying to see all of my classmates Sanofi, her projects focused on lot of experience and knowledge Washington Post simulator that step up academically and have improving the manufacturing in his field. simplified social distancing the motivation to work toward process of influenza vaccines, As we charge forward into impacts and relations to viruses their degrees despite learning on which helped Mayone realize our last semester, I want to hear such as COVID-19. Zoom for a majority of the time. her true passion lies in creating what you’ve accomplished at He also started working I was personally impressed new drugs. Lehigh and your plans for the for PPE4NYC, a nonprofit that cases were down for a while In preparation for gradu- future. Email me at amc321@ organization that has supplied and that everyone did the best ation, Mayone is applying to lehigh.edu to share! protective equipment during they can to follow the university chem-e Ph.D. programs all the pandemic. guidelines. across the U.S., focusing on Leidy Iglesias, Sadly, there have been This semester is also a lesson pharmaceutical development lmi222@lehigh. classmates who have stayed at to savor all the moments that for biological drugs. Mayone is ’22 edu; Andrew Lehigh and in the U.S. since the you get to spend with each oth- excited to see what the future Isaacson, [email protected] pandemic began in March due er. Times are tough right now, holds after graduation, when Hello, Class of 2022. I hope to travel restrictions. but I’m optimistic that things she will be able to fully apply that everybody had a solid fall Adrian Suarez, an interna- will slowly return to normal for her interest in her field. semester, despite learning al- tional student from the Philip- the spring semester. Abdul Syed is a bioengineer- most fully remotely and having pines, is one of those students, Better days are ahead, and ing student studying biome- limited in-person gatherings but he has continued to be a I hope we can use this time to chanics and materials. During with friends and professors. leading voice for the Lehigh regroup and return to a university winter break, Abdul is complet- The Fall 2020 semester community. with more in-person classes and ing an internship at ABEC—a was challenging for everyone Suarez organized and gatherings for the spring semester. biotech company near Lehigh. because of the COVID-19 pan- co-hosted a Lehigh Strong His project involves designing demic. Some students were com- Variety Show to support essen- Laura Duffany, the mechanical component in pletely remote and took their tial health care workers in the lxd223@lehigh. large-scale bioreactors, which classes from their off-campus Lehigh Valley on June 27. The ’23 edu; Ana Victoria Abdul states “are essentially houses in Bethlehem or wherev- event was live-streamed on Smith, [email protected] giant machines that make cells.” er they live. On-campus housing YouTube. He finds his project especially was limited to freshmen only. The presidential election Samantha rewarding because his work It was strange to see campus was important in so many ways, Gropper, allows major drug companies extremely quiet for an entire and it was great to see numer- ’24 shg224@lehigh. to test COVID-19 vaccines. semester and was harder for ous Lehigh students show up edu Through his work at ABEC, students to make new friends to the polls to ensure that their Hello, everyone. My name is

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Samantha Gropper, and I am a excited to have found ways to to compare it to, and I haven’t and has included papers and first-year student from West- give back to the Lehigh commu- truly been able to understand courses on subjects as varied as chester, N.Y., studying psychol- nity in such a difficult time. what our class missed out on. De- graffiti linguistics, 20th-century ogy. As a member of the Lehigh Lehigh freshmen have had to spite the unusual circumstances, music subcultures, hobos and Class of 2024, I think I can safely adapt to all sorts of different ac- though, I loved what I was able contemporary transience, and say that the experience of living ademic challenges. I was able to to experience at Lehigh this fall. working-class literature.” on-campus this past semester make the most out of my semes- I was lucky enough to have had has definitely been different— ter by finding different places on one fully in-person class, and Bonnie A. Green M.S. ’98 both academically and socially— campus to take my remote class- even though we were masked, Ph.D. ’02 was elected to serve from most other first-year ex- es, do my homework or study. I it was nice to be able to sit in a as the president-elect for the periences at Lehigh. I thought I loved taking my Zoom classes in classroom with other students. Eastern Psychological Associ- would share a little bit about my either the library or the STEPS It was challenging, but I still ation (EPA). “Dr. Green will be first semester at Lehigh, just in building, and found getting out managed to meet new people and EPA president for their March case any alumni or upperclass- of my room and utilizing the form connections with others. 2022 meeting, scheduled for men were wondering what it space on campus made a huge As a new member of the Lehigh New York City. Prior to her elec- has been like on campus during difference for me. I spent a lot family, I believe my classmates tion, Bonnie was elected to EPA this unprecedented time. of my afternoons in the library’s and I have learned that it’s up to Board Directors, and was select- Until a few weeks before the Grind Cafe, where I was able to us to be resilient and make the ed as the teaching chair of the fall semester began, I wasn’t sit with friends and classmates most of our first year on campus program committee, as well as sure if my fellow freshmen and I to do work. Discovering new during these unprecedented chair of the program committee. would be permitted on campus, places to study, especially with circumstances. Her dedication to serving EPA, so I was thrilled when Lehigh friends, made life on campus her research in student success announced that first-year feel a lot less isolating. and her mentoring of dozens of students were allowed to come. For the first month of the GRADUATE undergraduate researchers led However, the housing setup for semester, since there had been to her being recognized as an the freshman class would be no cases of COVID on campus, College of Arts and Sciences EPA Fellow. quite different than ever before: students were able to eat in the Matthew Burns M.A. ’05 “Additionally, Dr. Green Every student would be in a dining halls, work in the libraries recently published a book of has begun a two-year visiting single room, spread out across and attend some classes in poetry, “Imagine the Glacier” science appointment at the the different dorms, on-campus person. The end of September, (Finishing Line Press). “This National Science Foundation apartments and houses. I lived however, saw a rapid increase of work explores the transience (NSF), where she is serving as a in an on-campus apartment cases that shut down Lehigh’s of nature—both human and program director in the Division in Sayre Park Village, which campus for about three weeks. elemental—capturing images of of Undergraduate Education. At was very different from the While I was fortunate to not get beauty, brutality and intimacy NSF, her responsibilities are an typical dorm experience I was COVID this semester, my friends within multiple environments. extension of her research, which expecting, but nonetheless and I were moved to the Trem- The collection includes James began while still a graduate stu- a great place to live. At first, bley apartments after contact Hearst Poetry Prize winner dent at Lehigh, which includes it was difficult to meet other tracing revealed we had been ‘Rhubarb’ as well as the Pushcart translating basic research in students outside of my building, exposed to the virus. Since two Prize and Best of the Net nomi- cognitive developmental psy- but by making an effort to meet of my friends and I had tested nations. The book can be found chology to educational solutions other people in the dining halls, negative for COVID in quaran- on his website: matthewburns particularly for post-secondary in-person classes and even the li- tine, we were able to live together poetry.com, as well as through students from underserved or brary, I was able to make friends in Trembley. We passed the time the publisher and Amazon. oppressed backgrounds. Dr. regardless of where I lived on watching movies, playing games “Born and raised in upstate Green recognizes the mentoring campus. and Zooming with other friends. New York, Burns is now an she received and continues to I have also been able to meet Having to quarantine was just a associate professor at SUNY receive from faculty at Lehigh’s other students, both freshmen small bump in the semester, and Cobleskill (where he) teaches Psychology department, with and upperclassmen, by getting afterwards we were able to safely creative writing and literature special recognition going to her involved in a few clubs on cam- make the most of our time to- courses. His poetry and essays advisor and on-going collabora- pus. Through the virtual club fair gether on campus. While COVID have appeared in numerous tor, Dr. Susan Barrett.” that was held at the beginning of had now become a prevalent part national and international the semester, I joined the Lehigh of the atmosphere on campus, journals. Beyond creative work, Mary Jane Ingui Ph.D. ’85 was yearbook, the Epitome, as well as it did not stop Lehigh students Burns has served as editor of awarded second place for letters Best Buddies, a club that fosters from making the most out of Harpur Palate, Heron Tree, and in the nonfiction category at the relationships between students their first semester of college. a special graffiti-themed issue National League of American and people living with develop- Arriving at Lehigh this semes- of Rhizomes: Cultural Studies Pen Women 2019 Florida State mental disabilities. Even though ter, I had no idea what to expect. in Emerging Knowledge. His Association Conference, for her both of these organizations have As a freshman, I didn’t have scholarly work often focuses book, “Trauma and Tenacity in run virtually this semester, I’m previous on-campus experience on the less-than-common Vietnam: A Surgeon’s Story.”

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“(In) 2020, the book was ter graduating from Lehigh, Mr. It is a time travel novel called He now has his second book, made part of the University of Abel served in the U.S. Army in “Going Back.” The second—a “Influences and Influencers,” Alabama Library’s Special Col- Germany as a nuclear weapons romance novel called “The Inn available for purchase. He has lections by Dr. Lorraine Mad- officer. He also helped redesign of Destiny”—was released in started mentoring startup orga- way. Available on Amazon and the pay system for the Army Na- November 2020. nizations through a group called on Ingram (for libraries), this tional Guard and Army Reserve. The year 2021 holds much the Tampa Wave. In addition, he book details Dr. Sheldon Kush- He retired as a full colonel. As excitement for Gene: “My non- joined the educational advisory ner’s role in a MILPHAP unit a civilian, he held several roles fiction book, ‘What, If Anything, committee for the ISE depart- in Vinh Long, Vietnam, doing in hospital, university and bank Is Out There,’ will be released. ment at Rutgers University surgery on South Vietnamese settings. It is a book that takes a look at and began teaching a virtual civilians from 1968-1969. This “I retired in 1999 when my late the UFO sightings and the pos- class to business students on book provides another part of wife, Carol, got cancer. We spent sibility that we are being visited project management starting in the history of the Vietnam War 10 years in Florida, and she passed by extraterrestrials. And later in February 2021 through Alvernia since there were many of these away in 2008. In 2011, I married 2021 the sequel to ‘Going Back’ University. units which were designed to Susan Bittner, a Jersey girl, and will be released, and the title of elevate the health care of the we live in Sicklerville, N.J.” that book is ‘Kidnappers from Vietnamese and thus win the Many years ago, he started the Future.’” hearts and minds of the general writing and self-publishing population.” novels. He now has four books P.C. Rossin College of Engi- under contract with Indigo neering and Applied Science College of Business River Publishing. The first was Peter Christian M.S. ’77 Gene Abel MBA ’64 gave Le- released in October 2020 and wrote in with an update since high this update on his life: Af- became an Amazon bestseller. the Summer 2020 Bulletin.

Southern New England Tele- brother. He was president and phone Company. His daughter, CEO of Endo Laboratories, Dawn MacAllister, is a member a pharmaceutical company of the Class of 1984. Father and responsible for the development daughter worked as a team to of Coumadin. He went to Hofst- write the Class of 1943 column. ra Law School in 1978, becoming Roderick W. Link ’44, the oldest entering student in IN REMEMBRANCE Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Sept. 9, that school’s history. He served 2020. A Psi Upsilon brother, as a Hofstra University trustee The alumni and university communities extend their sympathy Mr. Link was also a member of from 1982 to 2007, and as chair- to the families of the alumni listed. Obituary sources include Tau Beta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa and man of the board from 1989- relatives, alumni and friends. Send details to Advancement Ser- Omicron Delta Kappa honor 1991. In 2012, the law school was vices, 306 S. New St., Suite 500, Bethlehem, PA 18015; 1-866-517- societies, as well as the soccer, rededicated as the Maurice A. 1552; [email protected]. The following were reported to us wrestling and lacrosse teams. He Deane School of Law at Hofstra as of December 31, 2020: finished his degree after serving University. Along with his wife, in the U.S. Army during World he established two centers at served as chief medical director War II. He spent his entire The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1940s for various other companies career with IBM. Mr. Link was New York City: The Barbara Herbert A. Brown ’41, Milford, including Tenneco Chemical a member of the Asa Packer and and Maurice Deane Prostate Conn., Oct. 6, 2020. Mr. Brown and Johnson & Johnson. His Tower societies, and his son, Health and Research Center, served in the U.S. Army Air son, Rudolph Gosztonyi III, is a Stephen Link, is a member of and the Barbara and Maurice Forces during World War II. He member of the Class of 1979. the Class of 1985. Deane Center for Wellness and worked as both an engineer and Thomas C. MacAllister John A. Ross ’44, Kennett Cognitive Health. His daughter, a math teacher. Jr. ’43, Fredericksburg, Va., Square, Pa., Nov. 27, 2019. Mr. Jill Deane Sheppard ’79, is a Rudolph E. Gosztonyi Jr. Nov. 9, 2020. Originally from Ross was a member of the soccer member of the Lehigh family. ’42, Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 13, Milford, Conn., Mr. MacAllis- team. He worked as an engineer Richard J. MacAdams 2020. Dr. Gosztonyi was a veter- ter was a U.S. Army veteran of for DuPont. He was also a mem- ’46, Lambertville, Mich., Dec. an of the U.S. Army. He practiced World War II who served in the ber of the Tower Society. 16, 2020. Mr. MacAdams was a general medicine before moving China-Burma-India theater. He Maurice A. Deane ’46, Sigma Phi Epsilon brother, as to Ingersoll Rand to focus on spent his nearly 40-year career New York, N.Y., April 1, 2020. well as a member of The Brown industrial medicine. He also as a transmissions engineer with Mr. Deane was a Tau Delta Phi and White and Epitome, the

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Marching 97, and the Mustard Weiss ’81—are members of the George W. Kahler Jr. ’48, in tennis. He served in the U.S. and Cheese. He worked as a Lehigh family. Overland Park, Kan., Dec. 1, Navy during World War II and professional engineer for over Lewis D. Wetzel ’47, Port- 2020. Mr. Kahler started at the U.S. Army during the Ko- 50 years. As an alumnus, he was land, Maine, Sept. 28, 2020. A Lehigh before going to serve rean Conflict. He owned Fleet a very active volunteer with his Theta Chi brother and soccer in the U.S. Navy during World Leasing Company. class, representing them for team member, Mr. Wetzel was War II. He came back to finish Philip E. Paulus ’49, over 25 years, including the last also a veteran of the U.S. Navy his degree. He was a member Sarasota, Fla., Aug. 13, 2020. Mr. 12 as the class correspondent during World War II. He made of the Marching 97. He went on Paulus was a Psi Upsilon broth- in this magazine. He received his career as an engineer in the to work for Western Electric/ er and member of the swim the prestigious Alumni Award communications industry. AT&T for 37 years. team. He was renowned for his in 1991 for his dedication to the Eugene F. Holben ’48, Med- John T. Palmer ’48, woodworking skills. university. He was also a mem- ford Leas, N.J., Nov. 25, 2020. Shreveport, La., Aug. 31, 2020. Alfred O. Schwarz ’49, ber of the Tower Society. Mr. Holben was a veteran of the Mr. Palmer was a member of the Pompton Plains, N.J., Jan. 3, Charles D. Jones ’47, Dublin, U.S. Navy during World War II. swim team and a Beta Theta Pi 2020. Mr. Schwarz worked for Ohio, Sept. 27, 2020. Dr. Jones As a student, he was a brother brother. He made his career as a Bell Telephone Company before served in the U.S. Army during of Sigma Phi Epsilon and played geologist in the oil industry. He World War II. He served in the World War II, where he worked basketball and track. He was an formed Palmer Petroleum, Inc., U.S. Navy during the war. After- on the Manhattan Project. As amateur radio operator for over in 1977 and served as its presi- ward, he went back to Bell and a student, he was a member of 40 years and a founding member dent and chairman of the board pursued his degree simultane- the track, wrestling, fencing and of the Battleship New Jersey until 2020. His brothers—Park- ously. He was a member of the soccer teams. Dr. Jones spent Amateur Radio Station. Profes- er Palmer ’37, Carol Palmer ’38, team that launched the first Tel- his career in the department of sionally, he founded Conameter Robert Palmer ’40 and Richard star communications satellite. mechanical engineering at The Corp., a manufacturer of indus- Palmer ’43—were all members Vian B. Silliman Jr. ’49, Ohio State University. trial instruments. of the Lehigh family, as well as Finksburg, Md., Sept. 2, 2020. Stephen J. Litrides ’47, Leon C. Holt ’48, Bethle- his father, Philip Mason Palmer, Mr. Silliman was a U.S. Army Nazareth, Pa., Oct. 17, 2020. A hem, Pa., Sept. 13, 2020. Mr. Holt the former dean of the College veteran of World War II. He first U.S. Army veteran of World War was a veteran of the U.S. Navy of Arts and Sciences. worked for UGI and spent near- II, Mr. Litrides played piano during World War II. He was an Donald van Roden ’48, ly 40 years in the field. He was in the university swing band Alpha Tau Omega brother. He Wyomissing, Pa., Dec. 18, 2020. also a member of the Asa Packer and orchestra. He worked as an spent more than 30 years with A Theta Delta Chi brother and Society. His daughter, Tracey electrical engineer for PPL and Air Products, retiring as vice member of the soccer team, Mr. Silliman Peters, is a member of Westinghouse his entire career. chairman and chief adminis- van Roden was also a veteran the Class of 1980. His children—Carol Litrides trative officer, and also served of the U.S. Army during World ’72G, James Litrides ’76 and as chairman of the Air Products War II. Upon graduation, he 1950s Wendy (Litrides) Karapoulou Foundation and a director of the began his career with Smith- Thomas R. Brew ’50, St. ’83G—are all members of the VF Corporation. Mr. Holt and Kline Beckman Corporation, Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 20, 2020. Lehigh family. his family endowed a scholarship the pharmaceutical company, in A Phi Delta Theta brother, Joseph E. Vostovich ’47, and established the Holt Family Philadelphia, where he served in Mr. Brew was a veteran of the Danville, Pa., Nov. 28, 2020. Endowed International Intern- marketing, sales, administration U.S. Air Force and Air Force Mr. Vostovich worked as a ship Fund. He was a member of and management for 39 years, Reserve. He had a long career chemical engineer for General the Asa Packer and Tower societ- including nine years as president with American Can Company Electric for 38 years. He holds ies, as well as a longtime member of the pharmaceutical division. as an industrial engineer and an 17 patents. After retirement, he of the Friends Committee of Don served on SmithKline’s independent contractor. taught chemistry at the Bridge- the Zoellner Arts Center. For Board of Directors from 1969- William G. Campbell ’50, port Engineering Institute in his dedication to the university, 1987 and retired as vice chair- Downingtown, Pa., Feb. 8, 2020. Connecticut, and the St. Cyril he was awarded the prestigious man. He was a member of the E.R. Hogan ’50, Damascus, Academy in Danville. Alumni Award in 2018. His son Asa Packer and Tower societies. Ore., Nov. 23, 2019. Mr. Hogan James E. Weiss Jr. ’47, and daughter-in-law, Richard P. Bruce Ferguson ’49, served in the U.S. Army Air Allentown, Pa., Oct. 18, 2020. Holt and Valerie (Ciocca) Holt, Lansdale, Pa., Oct. 13, 2020. A Force during World War II. Mr. Mr. Weiss was a veteran of the received their graduate degrees Phi Delta Theta brother and Hogan spent his career with U.S. Army Air Corps in World from Lehigh. member of the track team, Mr. the carbon products division of War II. He worked as credit Quentin C. Jurgensen ’48 Ferguson considered volunteer- Union Carbide in sales. manager for Merritt Lumber ’49, Las Vegas, Nev., Sept. 4, ism the hallmark of his life. Edgar G. Kaup ’50, Phoenix, Company for 30 years and was 2020. Mr. Jurgensen served in Bruce M. Hinlein ’49, West Ariz., Nov. 25, 2020. A Kappa Sig- executive director of the Allen- the U.S. Army during World War Chester, Pa., Oct. 18, 2020. Mr. ma brother, Mr. Kaup worked as town-Lehigh County Board of II. He was a Delta Upsilon broth- Hinlein was a Pi Lambda Phi a chemical engineer for several Realtors for many years, as well. er. He spent his 35-year career brother, champion wrestler and companies. His specialty was His children—John Weiss ’70, with E.I. DuPont de Nemours tennis player. He was a member in the chemistry and treatment Richard Weiss ’75G and Andrew & Co. of the Junior Davis Cup team of water. As an alumnus, he was

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very active with his class. He Richard W. Nicholls ’51, ’53, Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 4, Commendation Medal with two received the prestigious Alumni Cranford, N.J., Oct. 5, 2020. Mr. 2020. Mr. Cramton was a Chi oak leaf clusters. After retiring Award in 2010 for his dedication. Nicholls worked in the oil indus- Psi brother. He also sang in from the Air Force, he worked He was also a member of the Asa try for Chevron and Koch Oil. the choir. He served in the for Campbell Soup Company Packer Society. His son, Chris- Elmer A. Richards ’51, U.S. Army during the Korean for 10 years as the manager of topher Kaup, is a member of the Ossining, N.Y., Oct. 10, 2020. War. He founded Engineered logistics. Class of 1988. Mr. Richards was a member of Monofilaments Corp., where he John H. Boardman ’54, Paul F. Kunkel ’50, Em- the swimming team. He spent developed products and held 20 Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 17, 2020. A maus, Pa., Dec. 8, 2020. Mr. his career with the engineering patents. Sigma Phi brother and baseball Kunkel was a veteran of the U.S. consulting company Mueser Frederick H. Harding ’53, team member, Mr. Boardman Army in the Pacific Theater Rutledge Consulting, retiring Palmer, Alaska, Dec. 5, 2020. was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked as senior partner. He was a Mr. Harding retired from the stationed in Korea. He was the as the director of engineering member of the 50-Game Club State of Alaska after 25 years of third generation of his family at Lehigh Valley Dairy for 20 and a very successful Thistle service. He was part of the crew to work for American Can years and later was a consult- Class sailboat racer. He was also that built the Denali High- Company, where he had an over ing engineer and partner of a member of the Asa Packer way and many fish hatcheries 30-year career. McTish, Kunkel and Associates and Tower societies. His father, around the state. He also served Robert R. Donecker ’54, until retiring. As an alumnus, he Elmer Richards ’23, and uncle, as the mayor of Valdes, Alaska. Kennett Square, Pa., Oct. 23, volunteered with his class. Louis Richards ’24, were mem- He was a veteran of the U.S. 2020. Mr. Donecker sang in the Jackson A. Ransohoff ’50, bers of the Lehigh family. Army and a member of the Asa university choir and the glee Bethesda, Md., Oct. 24, 2020. A John P. Archibald ’52, Packer Society. club as a student. He worked for tennis player as a student, Mr. Stamford, Conn., May 6, 2020. Bruce C. Mooney ’53, Burroughs/Unisys, where he Ransohoff worked at the Oak Mr. Archibald served in the U.S. Moorestown, N.J., Oct. 24, 2020. spent the majority of his career Ridge National Laboratory on Army after graduation. He went A Phi Delta Theta brother, Mr. as a computer systems pro- the start-up of the first nuclear on to work at Norden Indus- Mooney spent his entire career grammer/architect/manager. reactor to tie into the power tries. at Alcoa. In his retirement, he Joseph S. Falzone ’54, grid, before moving to the Army Lewis P. Bush ’52, Avon founded a recycling business. Allentown, Pa., Sept. 18, 2020. Reactors Branch. He was also a Lake, Ohio, Dec. 25, 2020. A Charles D. Snead Jr. ’53, Father Falzone became rector member of the Tower Society. Theta Chi brother, Mr. Bush Scottsdale, Ariz., Nov. 2, 2020. of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Lawrence A. Smith Jr. ’50, was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Mr. Snead was a Theta Delta Chi Church, Whitehall, Pa., in 1966 Bradford, Pa., Oct. 15, 2020. A He worked for International brother and veteran of the U.S. and served the parish for 34 Delta Sigma Phi brother, Mr. Salt Company for 40 years as Army during the Korean War. years before becoming rector Smith served on submarines a mining engineer and general He was president and CEO of of St. Paul’s Anglican Church in the U.S. Navy during World manager of the salt mine on Callahan Mining Corporation, in Allentown, where he served War II. He taught at the Naval Whiskey Island. where he’d started as corporate until his death. Academy and saw active duty Arvid Kulits ’52, Van- counsel. While at Callahan, Mr. J. Roger Alwang ’55, Media, again during the Korean War. He couver, Wash., Sept. 30, 2020. Snead also served in various Pa., Sept. 8, 2020. A Delta Chi owned McQuilkin Plumbing Co. Mr. Kulits came to Lehigh as legal, executive and board of brother, Mr. Alwang worked for James L. Gill ’51, East a refugee after World War II, director positions for several Boeing as an engineer. Winthrop, Maine, Nov. 21, 2020. and he always appreciated the New York and Nasdaq stock Robert G. Butterweck ’55, Rev. Gill was a member of The kindness he experienced in exchange listed companies. Medford, N.J., Dec. 20, 2020. A Brown and White, the Mustard Bethlehem. He worked for the Donald L. Stuart ’53, Sara- Theta Chi brother, Mr. Butter- and Cheese, and Omicron Delta State of Connecticut. sota, Fla., Aug. 20, 2020. Mr. weck was a veteran of the U.S. Kappa honor society. He served Duncan C. Malcolm ’52, Stuart was a U.S. Army veteran Army. He was an early trainee Episcopal congregations in Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 14, of the Korean War. He was also in computer programming and Pennsylvania, Maine and the 2020. Mr. Malcolm was a Delta a business owner. went on to become a director of Philippines. Tau Delta brother and captain Joseph H. Battaglia ’54, communications network re- Stanley R. Moore ’51, of the basketball team. He was Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 20, porting for Cigna Corporation. Claremont, Calif., Oct. 3, 2020. a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. 2020. An Alpha Tau Omega Clifford A. Grammich ’55, Mr. Moore worked for 33 years He owned and operated D.C. brother, Ret. Col. Battaglia Clarendon Hills, Ohio, May 15, as a professor and chair of the Malcolm, Inc., as a petroleum served 30 years in the U.S. Air 2020. Department of Philosophy exploration and consulting Force following his ROTC term Donald F. Riegel ’55, at the University of Wiscon- company for over 50 years in at Lehigh. His major military Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2020. Mr. sin-Platteville. He also taught West Virginia. In addition, he awards were the Legion of Merit Riegel was an Alpha Tau Omega religious studies, and for many was president and CEO of Con- with one oak leaf cluster, Distin- brother. He served in the U.S. years directed the university’s sumers Gas Utility Company. guished Flying Cross with two Navy. He also worked as an honors program. He dedicated James C. Reed ’52, Los oak leaf clusters, Meritorious industrial engineer for several himself to a progressive social Angeles, Calif., April 5, 2020. Service Medal, Air Medal with companies. justice platform. F. Richard Cramton three oak leaf clusters and AF Donald E. Steeber ’55,

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REMEMBERING William and Peter Eagleson

Richmond, Va., Oct. 30, 2020. Alan H. Colyer Jr. ’56, Mr. Steeber was a brother and Burnt Hills, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2020. president of Theta Delta Chi Mr. Colyer interrupted his as a student. He graduated education to serve in the U.S. A Tale of Two with a “Distinguished Military Navy. He came back to Lehigh Graduate” designation and and was a Chi Phi brother. Brothers was a veteran of the U.S. Army He owned and operated the Corps of Engineers. In his early Fo’Castle Farm Country Store career, he developed the basic and Orchard. As an alumnus, he design for what today is the also volunteered for his class. Two brothers who used their Lehigh educations to valve used on most swimming Norman L. Gasswint II launch very successful yet distinctly different careers pool filter tanks. He went on to ’56, Spartanburg, S.C., Dec. have passed away within a month of each other. Peter S. own and operate several family 19, 2020. Mr. Gasswint was a Eagleson ’49 ’98H died on Jan. 6, 2021, and William B. businesses, as well as teach Phi Delta Theta brother. He Eagleson ’49 ’83H ’88P died on Feb. 5, 2021. and coach at The Steward served in the U.S. Air Force. The elder of the brothers, Bill, was born in 1925, but School. An active alumnus, he Professionally, he was a sales Peter, born in 1928, was the first of the two to attend volunteered extensively with engineer at Alcoa Conductor Lehigh. Bill served in his class and was integral to Accessories, where he retired the Navy and joined reunion planning. He was also after 37 years of service. He Peter at Lehigh upon a member of the Tower Society. volunteered with his class his discharge. In For his dedication, he received and the alumni regional clubs. 1949, both graduated the Alumni Award in 2015. He was a member of the Asa with bachelor’s de- William S. Stempfle ’55, Packer Society. grees—Bill’s awarded Chapel Hill, N.C., Nov. 24, Roy K. Higgins ’56, Belle summa cum laude in 2020. Mr. Stempfle was a Delta Mead, N.J., Oct. 1, 2020. A business administra- Tau Delta brother, as well as a Sigma Nu brother, Mr. Higgins tion and economics U.S. Army veteran. He worked was the president and owner of and Peter’s in civil for Anaconda American Brass the Belle Mead Garage. He won engineering. From Company until 1972, when he Chrysler’s highest recognition there, the broth- launched his own business that for customer service for more ers’ paths diverged specialized in the sale of cus- than 30 years. His grandchild, but led both to the From left, William B. Eagleson ’49 ’83H ’88P tom-made metal components. Ryan Sullivan, is a member of heights of their re- and Peter S. Eagleson ’49 ’52G ’98H His daughter and son-in-law, the Class of 2023. spective professions. Anne (Stempfle) Sharrar and F. Kenneth Ivers II ’56, After graduating, Bill earned his MBA from Univer- Robert Sharrar, are members of Stuart, Fla., Oct. 30, 2020. Mr. sity of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 1951, joining the Class of 1984. Ivers worked at A. Willard Girard Trust Company as a security analyst that same William A. Strohl ’55, Ivers, Inc., the family shipping year. He was elected president of the bank in 1970 and Highlands Ranch, Colo., Dec. brokerage firm specializ- chairman of the board in 1973, holding that position until 8, 2020. Dr. Strohl was a Theta ing in the worldwide ocean the 1983 Girard-Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh merger, when Chi brother and member of movement of forest products, he became chairman of Mellon Bank Corporation. Bill Tau Beta Pi honor society, the molasses and petroleum. His was a Lehigh University trustee for more than 40 years, glee club and the wrestling grandchild, Nicholas Ivers, is a serving on the finance committee. team. He was on the faculty at member of the Class of 2014. Peter served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis University Medical Alfred C. Johnson ’56, after graduating, but returned to Lehigh for a master’s School until he was recruited Sarasota, Fla., Sept. 22, 2020. A degree in engineering. He joined the MIT faculty as a to start the Department of veteran of Korea, Mr. Johnson civil engineering instructor in 1954, became an assis- Microbiology at the fledgling was also a Phi Sigma Kappa tant professor in 1955, and completed his Ph.D. in 1956. Rutgers Medical School, now brother and member of the After a distinguished academic career as a pioneer in University of Medicine and swim team. He worked for Ha- hydrology, he retired in 1993 and went on to publish two Dentistry of New Jersey. He zeltine Corp., and as the owner books that bridged the fields of hydrology and ecology. was a member of the Asa Pack- of Clarkson & Ford Company, In 1997, he was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize. er and Tower societies. compounding industrial lubri- Bill was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Edward Swikart Jr. ’55, cants. His brother, Franklin Catherine (known as Cantor), who passed away in Sep- Rumson, N.J., Nov. 21, 2020. Johnson ’56, and son, Richard tember 2020. The couple are survived by their children, Mr. Swikart was the owner/op- Johnson ’83, are members of John Eagleson ’88 and Elizabeth, and four grandchildren. erator of Pauels Boatyard and the Lehigh family. Peter is survived by his wife, Beverly; children Helen, Applied Financial Resources, A. Thomas Kartsotis ’56 Peter Jr., and Jeffrey; stepchildren William, Robert, Nan- where he did consulting and M.A. ’60, Allentown, Pa., Dec. cy, and Cynthia; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grand- accounting. 5, 2020. Mr. Kartsotis was a children.—Cynthia Tintorri

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veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He multiple major cities, including 27 years before becoming a Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 22, 2020. was an educator in the Bethle- Orlando. high school math and science Mr. Gilhool was a Theta Chi hem Area School District for Bruce E. Wendling ’57, teacher. brother, as well as a member 43 years, spending the last 18 Endwell, N.Y., Sept. 22, 2020. E. Thomas Smith ’58, of The Brown and White, and years of his career as principal A player with the Mustard and Dallas, Texas, Oct. 30, 2020. Mr. Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi of Nitschmann Middle School. Cheese, Mr. Wendling was Smith was a Phi Delta Theta Eta Sigma honor societies. He For 25 years, he was a consultant employed by IBM for 32 years, brother. He worked in sales and was lead counsel in two land- for Middle States Association of primarily in product testing. marketing before becoming a fi- mark federal cases that changed Colleges and Schools, traveling After retiring from IBM, he was nancial consultant. He served in treatment of the nation’s dis- to numerous American (national the store manager at Wood- the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves abled people. He worked for the and international) schools as worker’s Warehouse. for 10 years. He helped found Public Interest Law Center of the chairman for accreditation. William H. Bux ’58, Jen- the Lehigh Alumni Club of Philadelphia. He also served as His daughter, Karen (Kartsotis) kintown, Pa., Nov. 19, 2020. Mr. Dallas/Fort Worth and was also Gov. Robert P. Casey’s secretary Leever, is a member of the Class Bux was an Alpha Tau Omega a member of the Tower Society. of education from 1987 to 1989, of 1986. brother, as well as a veteran of William L. Weiss ’58 M.S. then taught eighth grade for a George N. Korkgy ’56, the U.S. Air Force and Army ’60, Haddonfield, N.J., Oct. year at Vaux Middle School. Leonia, N.J., Nov. 21, 2020. An Reserve. He was a principal of J. 21, 2020. Mr. Weiss was an Jay C. Hayes ’60, West Alpha Sigma Phi brother, Mr. R. Bux & Son, manufacturer of engineer at Boeing for 55 years, Brandywine, Pa., Sept. 22, 2020. Korkgy owned and operated narrow fabrics. As an alumnus, where he focused on structural Mr. Hayes was a veteran of the the Empire Cleaning Company Mr. Bux was very dedicated to design and materials. U.S. Air Force. He owned and and served as the recreation di- his class, volunteering in nearly James D. Rooney Jr. ’59, operated J.C. Hayes Oil Co. rector for Palisades Park for 25 every leadership and fundrais- Hudson, Fla., Dec. 21, 2020. Mr. William F. Parks ’60, Rolla, years. His son, George Korkgy, ing role. He was awarded the Rooney served as a paratrooper Mo., Nov. 1, 2020. Dr. Parks was is a member of the Class of 1992. prestigious Alumni Award in in the U.S. Army. In his profes- a professor of theoretical phys- David W. Stewart ’56, 1998. He was also a member of sional career, he owned and ics at Iowa State and Missouri Morrisville, N.Y., Dec. 21, 2020. the Tower Society. His son, D. operated General Party Rentals State universities. Mr. Stewart was a football and Bradley Bux, is a member of the in Hamden, Conn., for 30 years. Robert E. Rogan ’60, lacrosse player. He made his Class of 1997. His children, Patti Rooney Win- Chatham, N.J., Oct. 16, 2020. career in sales with companies Michael W. Dopilka ’58, field ’82 and Donna (Rooney) Mr. Rogan was a basketball like The Pillsbury Company and Troutman, N.C., Oct. 15, 2020. O’Hara ’89, are members of the team member and Theta Delta Syracuse Supply. Mr. Dopilka was a veteran of the Lehigh family. Chi brother. He worked in Lesley H. Browder Jr. ’57, U.S. Air Force during the Kore- computer sciences when it was Clearwater, Fla., Aug. 4, 2020. an Conflict. He spent his career 1960s a nascent field, helping to create Dr. Browder was a Phi Sigma with Arco Chemical. Thomas H. Bliss Sr. ’60, the switching software that Kappa brother, as well as singer Charles B. Kahler ’58, Charleston, S.C., Nov. 28, 2020. is the basis for much modern in the university choir and glee Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 5, 2020. Mr. Mr. Bliss was a brother of Sigma communication. club, and performer with the Kahler was a veteran of the U.S. Phi and a member of The Brown Philip D. Talkow ’60, New Mustard and Cheese. He spent Army. He worked for 43 years and White, as well as the skiing York, N.Y., Sept. 29, 2020. Mr. his career in education as a at Alcoa, retiring as a senior team and Pi Lambda Phi. He Talkow was a Pi Lambda Phi teacher, public school superin- metallurgist. served in the U.S. Marine Corps. brother, a member of The Brown tendent, and professor at both Alfred C. Sauerbrey ’58, He founded Bliss Box Corpora- and White and the Epitome, and Stanford and Hofstra Univer- East Greenwich, R.I., Oct. 20, tion and ran the company for 20 a member of the Hillel Society. sities. His brother, H. Basil 2020. A Phi Sigma Kappa broth- years before selling it to Pack- He spent his career with the Browder ’63, and son, L. Hughes er, Mr. Sauerbrey had been cor- aging Corporation of America. family business, Manhattan Browder III ’84, are members of porate secretary and director of As an alumnus, he volunteered Welding Company. His son, the Lehigh family. taxes and insurance for Brown with his class in both leadership Andrew Talkow, is a member of David J. Carpenter ’57, & Sharpe for many years, prior and fundraising roles. He was a the Class of 1989. He was also a Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Oct. 6, to becoming a tax and financial member of the Asa Packer and member of the Asa Packer and 2020. Mr. Carpenter worked consultant in East Greenwich. Tower societies. His grand- Tower societies. for 50 years at Solon Manu- His brother, Wilmer Sauerbrey, daughter, Isabelle Marshall, is a William F. Feuerbach Jr. facturing Company, where he is a member of the Class of 1958 member of the Class of 2020. ’61 ’62, Salisbury Mills, N.Y., became president and CEO. He as well. David F. Cook ’60, Riegels- Dec. 20, 2020. Mr. Feuerbach was a member of the Asa Packer James E. Seigman ’58, ville, Pa., Dec. 2, 2020. A Phi was an Alpha Chi Rho brother. Society. Killeen, Texas, July 19, 2020. Delta Theta brother and soccer He spent his 52-year career Kenneth T. McKenna ’57, Ret. Lieutenant Colonel team member, Mr. Cook served with S.M. Frank & Co., retiring Orlando, Fla., Nov. 3, 2020. Mr. Seigman was a Pi Kappa Alpha in the U.S. Navy and Naval Re- as president. His father, William McKenna was a member of the brother and member of the serve. He had a 40-year career F. Feuerbach ’27, son, William ice hockey team. He was a civil football team. He served in the in banking. Feuerbach III ’83, and grand- engineer whose work impacted U.S. Army’s Signal Corps for Thomas K. 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members of the Lehigh family. Hill, Pa., Oct. 21, 2020. A Delta are members of the Lehigh College of Arts and Scienc- Roy J. Arlotto ’62 M.Ed. Chi brother, Mr. Earley was family. es Advisory and the Lehigh ’65, Allentown, Pa., Sept. also the head football team John H. Harrington Jr. Leadership councils. For his 21, 2020. Mr. Arlotto was a manager. He began his career at ’64, Cape Coral, Fla., Dec. 5, dedication, he was awarded the chemistry teacher at Louis E. the Pennsylvania Department 2020. A member of the March- Alumni Award in 2001. He was Dieruff High School for over 40 of Highways before moving to ing 97, Mr. Harrington was a also a member of the Asa Packer years. In addition to chairing the Department of Environ- veteran of the U.S. Army in Viet- and Tower societies. the science department for mental Resources, where he nam. He worked as a process David J. Gorfine ’69 ’72, several decades, he also assisted retired as the chief engineer. He computing specialist chemical Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Nov. with many of the school’s clubs, was extremely proud of the fact engineer for over 30 years at 6, 2020. Mr. Gorfine was a activities and teams. He also that he had seen 58 Lehigh-La- DuPont. Gryphon and went on to have a owned Arlotto’s Draperies. fayette football games and 56 Richard E. Krout ’64, varied career in telecommuni- Hugh D. Jones ’62, EIWA wrestling tournaments. Park City, Utah, Nov. 2, 2020. A cations. Weatogue, Conn., Dec. 7, 2020. He had served on all his alumni Kappa Sigma brother, Mr. Krout Alan B. Soschin ’69, Spring- A singer with the glee club, reunion committees and was spent his career with Masland field, Va., Nov. 2, 2020. Mr. Mr. Jones made his career in the Class of 1963 correspondent Industries, retiring as vice Soschin was a Sigma Alpha Mu aviation and transportation, at the time of his passing. For president of procurement and brother and the editor-in-chief working for several airlines and his dedication, he was awarded supplies. His children, Wendy of The Brown and White. He airports. His daughter, Wendy the prestigious Alumni Award (Krout) Day ’91 and Christian practiced law in Washington, Jones, is a member of the Class in 1983. His daughters, Susan Day ’90, are members of the D.C., and Virginia for 50 years. of 1991. Stroup McDonald ’80 and Amy Lehigh family. Paul F. Wiener ’69, West William L. Munson ’62, Earley Morton ’93, as well as Preston R. Gray Jr. ’65, Milford, N.J., Sept. 12, 2020. Mr. Sunderland, Vt., April 2, 2020. his granddaughter, Meagan Jacksonville, Ala., Dec. 3, 2020. Wiener was a Delta Sigma Phi A veteran of the U.S. Marine McDonald ’11, are members Mr. Gray was a member of the brother. He worked for Palomar Corps, Mr. Munson was a Delta of the Lehigh family. He was a Marching 97 and Tau Beta Pi Medical Technologies. His chil- Tau Delta brother and member member of both the Asa Packer honor society. He spent 40 years dren, Dale Wiener ’04 and Dior of the lacrosse team. He worked and Tower societies. working with Westinghouse. Hewlett ’05, and Jeffrey Wiener as a stockbroker and financial Roger L. Miller ’63 M.Ed. Roger L. Walter ’65, Beth- ’06, are members of the Lehigh adviser with Morgan Stanley. ’64, Hampstead, S.C., Sept. 26, lehem, Pa., Nov. 9, 2020. Mr. family. He was also a member of As an alumnus, he volunteered 2020. Mr. Miller was a veteran Walter was a Theta Chi brother the Tower Society. with his class. of the U.S. Army. He worked and member of the debate team Allan Rosar ’62, Richmond, as the principal at Littlestown as a student. He served in the 1970s Ind., Oct. 19, 2020. Mr. Rosar Middle School for over 20 years. U.S. Army. He spent his career Raymond J. Brunner ’71, was a Phi Gamma Delta brother. He was also a former chief and first at Bell Telephone, moving East Petersburg, Pa., Nov. 17, He was a businessman who led former volunteer emergen- to AT&T before retirement. His 2020. Mr. Brunner was the many organizations. cy medical technician at the father, William Walter, was a owner and operator of Brunner Richard Straub ’62, Mor- Bonneauville Fire Department, member of the Class of 1939. & Associates, where he restored ristown, N.J., Nov. 11, 2020. Mr. and he owned and operated an He was a member of the Tower the world’s finest pipe organs. Straub was a Phi Sigma Kappa ambulance service for many Society. He wrote “That Ingenious brother and member of The years. Marshall Frost ’66, Cut- Business,” which highlighted Brown and White. He made his David L. Rae ’63, Encinitas, chogue, N.Y., Oct. 11, 2020. Mr. Pennsylvania German organs career in telecommunications, Calif., Nov. 23, 2020. A Sigma Frost was a member of the soc- and organ builders. working for AT&T and NECA, Chi brother, Mr. Rae practiced cer team. He worked as a civil Joseph M. Fedock ’71, retiring as director of regulatory patent and corporate law, as engineer and president at Frost, Manahawkin, N.J., Nov. 23, affairs at NECA. He volunteered well as served for more than Christenson and Associates. 2020. Mr. Fedock worked for with the Lehigh Wrestling Club 25 years as the president of the Clifford M. Sofield Jr. ’66, AT&T. and was a member of the Asa Fair Housing Council of Bergen Neptune City, N.J., Oct. 17, 2020. Daniel H. Schoenberg ’71, Packer and Tower societies. County, N.J. Mr. Sofield was a member of Downers Grove, Ill., Aug. 24, Alan Barney ’63, Easton, Stuart Zimmerman ’63, Ironworkers Local #373, Perth 2020. Mr. Schoenberg practiced Pa., Dec. 30, 2020. Mr. Barney Denver, Colo., Sept. 12, 2020. Amboy, for over 56 years, where civil engineering for several was a baseball team member. Mr. Zimmerman was a Pi he served as financial secretary/ municipalities and served the He made his 40-year career Lambda Phi brother, as well treasurer. Additionally, he Village of Hinsdale for 26 years with DuPont. As an alumnus, as a member of The Brown and was the owner and operator of as its engineer. His brother, Joel he was dedicated to his class as White and the Epitome, and Campbell Boat Works. Schoenberg, is a member of the president and correspondent. the track team. He worked as John R. Yaissle ’66, Te- Class of 1980. His daughter, Janis (Barney) the president of Cahokia Flour questa, Fla., Oct. 2, 2020. Mr. John M. Fields ’72, Schachter, is a member of the Company. His daughter, Susan Yaissle was an active alumnus, Frackville, Pa., Nov. 27, 2020. Class of 1985. (Zimmerman) Jenkins ’89, and volunteering with his class for Archpriest Fields was a member J. Dixon Earley ’63, Camp son-in-law, Henry Jenkins ’88, many years, as well as with the of Omicron Delta Kappa honor

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REMEMBERING Professor Emeritus Jerry King

King was also an athlete, having played three sports in high school. He started running at age 35 and became a sub-three- hour marathoner in his 40s, ultimately finishing 25 Boston Marathons. “Jerry was not only interesting; he was also interested,” says friend and former colleague Vincent Coll, professor of practice of mathematics at Lehigh. “He listened better than anyone I have ever met. I knew that I had his full attention when I was speaking, and he certainly had mine when he spoke.” Coll says King’s playful personal- ity came through in his writing. “His award-winning Art of Mathematics is a beautiful brew of mathematics and well-crafted prose,” he says. “No small feat.” King also wrote Mathematics in 10 Mathematician Lessons: The Grand Tour. King’s work in the classroom earned him two of Lehigh’s most prestigious and Marathoner teaching awards: the Stabler Award for King had a gift for explaining ‘the beauty’ of mathematics Excellence in Teaching, based on nom- inations from undergraduate students, and the Deming Lewis Faculty Award, given by the 10-year reunion class to the Jerry King, professor emeritus of mathematics at Lehigh who had a gift for faculty member who most significantly explaining the “beauty and wonder” of mathematics to students and lay people influenced their educational experience. alike and whose myriad passions included both Shakespeare and Frank Sinatra, “Jerry had such enormous respect died Oct. 15, 2020. He was 85. for and interest in mathematics,” says King, who was also dean emeritus of the Graduate School at Lehigh, grew up in Dick Barsness, former dean of Lehigh’s Murray, Kentucky, and worked his way through the University of Kentucky, where College of Business. “He always wanted he fell in love twice: first with mathematics, then with the woman who became people to refer to the subject as, ‘math- his wife, Jane Connell. Five days after they married in 1962, he began his 45-year ematics’, not, math. He, in addition, career at Lehigh, becoming full pro- was incredibly well read, fessor at 32. in terms of classics, of King, of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, “JERRY WAS NOT ONLY INTERESTING; both Shakespeare plays went on to serve as Lehigh’s associate HE WAS ALSO INTERESTED. HE and classic literature and dean of arts and sciences and dean of could quote from any the Graduate School, then returned LISTENED BETTER THAN ANYONE number of sources spon- to teaching in 1988. taneously, which I always “He had a gift not just for explain- I HAVE EVER MET. I KNEW THAT I HAD found both fascinating ing mathematics but for enabling and remarkable.” students, lay audiences and readers HIS FULL ATTENTION WHEN I WAS A specialist in the of his books—anyone who might have areas of complex analysis felt intimidated by mathematics—to SPEAKING, AND HE CERTAINLY HAD and summability theory, see the beauty and wonder of it,” says King lectured nationwide friend and former colleague Kurt MINE WHEN HE SPOKE.” and abroad, published Pfitzer, who worked in Lehigh’s Office many research papers and of Communications and Public Affairs. —VINCENT COLL, PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE OF MATHEMATICS reviews and guided nine King had offered an hourlong Ph.D. students. class in mathematics to alumni returning to Lehigh for Reunion, said Pfitzer, who King is survived by his wife, Jane attended a session. “In a panoramic and captivating way,” Pfitzer says, “Jerry King; daughter, Elizabeth King and showed how each field of mathematics described a part of the natural world.” husband William Baker of New Milford, In addition to King’s deep love of his family and his interest in mathematics, Connecticut; son, David King ’87 and wife his many other passions included Shakespeare, Sinatra, the Bible, poet Robert Robin King of Philadelphia; and grand- Frost, novelist/screenwriter Raymond Chandler, Happy Hour, film noir and children Ryan and Michelle King. storytelling. —Mary Ellen Alu

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society and the Gryphon Soci- ’78, Marleton, N.J., Oct. 26, was a member of the Parents’ tennis, basketball and soccer. ety. He worked as an attorney 2020. Mr. Pittman worked at Council for seven years, serving Philip J. Spaziani M.A. before becoming a Catholic Lockheed Martin as a sourcing as co-chair. He was also a mem- ’59, Palmer Township, Pa., Oct. priest. material program manager for ber of the Asa Packer Society. 6, 2020. Mr. Spaziani served John M. Genter ’72, 33 years. His children, Morgan Unger ’17 in the U.S. Navy during the Bloomington, Minn., Dec. 13, William L. Peters ’79, and Ryann Unger ’20, are mem- Korean War. He was a history 2020. A Psi Upsilon brother, Mr. Towson, Md., Aug. 30, 2020. Mr. bers of the Lehigh family. and English teacher, as well as a Genter served in the U.S. Navy. Peters was the president of Beta Megan (Beatty) Cintron principal for Easton Area High He owned and operated John Theta Pi fraternity as a student. ’87, Crownsville, Md., Oct. 24, School and director of second- Genter Associates, where he He served in the U.S. Navy, both 2020. ary education. He twice served worked as a CPA. active and reserve duty, for 21 as interim superintendent William D. Green Jr. ’73, years, retiring as a commander. 1990s before retiring. Alexandria, Va., July 31, 2020. He went on to work in banking Michael J. Pachter ’92, Homer D. Hadley M.A. ’60, Mr. Green holds several patents and as a credit analyst for Wells Hamilton Township, Pa., Sept. Elverson, Pa., Aug. 21, 2020. Mr. and has published poetry. Fargo. His father, Theodore 7, 2020. Mr. Pachter co-owned Hadley served in the U.S. Ma- James I. Parker ’74, Peters ’44, was a member of the and operated Jukebox On-line. rine Corps in Korea. He taught Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 28, 2020. Lehigh family. His brother, Jeffrey Pachter math at the junior high school Mr. Parker worked for many Gregory S. Zenuk ’79, ’88, is a member of the Lehigh level, retiring from Horace S. years as a sales rep in the paint Upper Chichester, Pa., Oct. 15, family. Scott Intermediate High School industry. 2020. Mr. Zenuk was a Zeta Psi in Coatesville. Eckhard K. Schulz ’74, brother. Anthony P. Jordan M.Ed. East Petersburg, Pa., Sept. 30, GRADUATE ’61, Palmerton, Pa., Oct. 20, 2020. Mr. Schulz, a Phi Sigma 1980s G. Clinton Shay M.S. ’48, 2020. A veteran of the U.S. Kappa brother, was employed Bruce A. Underkoffler ’80, Hardy, Va., Sept. 30, 2020. Army in Korea, Mr. Jordan for many years in his family’s Spring, Texas, Oct. 6, 2020. Mr. Mr. Shay was a veteran of the taught elementary school in the business, Atlas Manufacturing, Underkoffler played trumpet U.S. Navy, taught at Lehigh Palmerton Area School District and retired in 2014 from Stew- with the brass choir and the and then began his career at for 43 years. art-Amos Steel, Inc., where he alumni band. He was also a Corning Glass Works. He led the James V. Roth Sr. M.A. ’61, worked as general manager. member of Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi development of the Fusion glass Emmaus, Pa., Sept. 11, 2020. Mr. John P. Healy Jr. ’77, Mu and the Institute of Indus- sheet forming process. Fusion Roth served in the U.S. Army. He Syracuse, N.Y., Sept. 30, 2020. trial Engineers honor societies. would prove to be optimal for was a teacher in the East Penn A Chi Psi brother, Mr. Healy He worked for 40 years with making glass sheet for liquid School District for 33 years, captained the football team. He ExxonMobil. crystal displays used in so many where he also served as guid- tried out for the New Orleans Laurence P. Finnegan everyday items. In 2014, he was ance counselor and assistant Saints, before making his career III ’83, North Wales, Pa., Dec. named the International Glass coach for Emmaus High School in the heating and air condition- 4, 2020. Mr. Finnegan was a Industry’s Person of the Year. football and basketball teams. ing business. Lambda Chi Alpha brother. Vincent O. Altemose M.S. His children, James Roth Jr. ’79 Helen H. Richardson ’77, He spent his 34-year career in ’55, Campbell, N.Y., Nov. 19, and Frank Roth ’80, are mem- Yardley, Pa., Sept. 7, 2020. Ms. the defense industry working 2020. Dr. Altemose was a vet- bers of the Lehigh family. Richardson was the co-captain for Lockheed Martin before eran of the U.S. Army. He spent Edward McCafferty of the softball team, as well as retiring as a senior manager of his career with Corning Glass M.S. ’64 Ph.D. ’68, Severna co-editor of the Epitome year- engineering. Works as a research associate in Park, Md., Sept. 21, 2020. Dr. book and a member of Omicron Brian W. Boorman ’85, physics. McCafferty worked for the Navy Delta Kappa honor society. Downingtown, Pa., Oct. 22, Alfred D. Neff Jr. M.A. ’55, Research Laboratory as lead She first worked as a reporter 2020. A Beta Theta Pi brother, Emmaus, Pa., Nov. 30, 2020. Mr. scientist for 32 years. He earned for The Easton Express, and Mr. Boorman worked as execu- Neff was a World War II veteran numerous awards for corrosive then in the Sports Information tive vice president at Van Horn of the U.S. Army. He taught and science and wrote a textbook, Department at Muhlenberg Metz. All of his children—Jef- coached football in the East “Introduction to Corrosion College, where she also coached frey Boorman ’15, Kevin Boor- Penn School District. Science.” women’s softball. She went on man ’17 and Matthew Boorman A.R. Bartolacci M.S. ’58, Jesse C. Moore M.A. ’64 to earn a law degree, working in ’20—are members of the Lehigh Upper Nyack, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2020. Ed.D. ’74, East Stroudsburg, corporate law and volunteering family. Mr. Bartolacci spent his entire Pa., Dec. 14, 2020. Dr. Moore with the Philadelphia Volunteer Marc A. Unger ’86, Liv- 37-year career with IBM. was a professor, graduate coor- Lawyers for the Arts. Her sister, ingstone, N.J., Dec. 22, 2020. A Wayne E. Engle M.S. ’58, dinator, and department chair Ann Richardson Hagmann Delta Phi brother, Mr. Unger Pennsburg, Pa., Aug. 21, 2020. in the Reading Department of ’69G, is a member of the Lehigh was a partner and chief financial Mr. Engle taught at Perkiomen East Stroudsburg University for family. Ms. Richardson was also officer at Harvest Partners. As School for 40 years. For many of 34 years. a member of the Tower Society. an alumnus, he served 14 years those years, he chaired the math Richard J. Mortimer Robert W. Pittman on the Wall Street Council, and department. He also coached M.Ed. ’64, Coplay, Pa., Nov.

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8, 2020. Mr. Mortimer was an University. His wife, Barbara to higher education. tant superintendent in charge educator for the Bethlehem Davison ’66G, is a member of the Joanne R. Bobek M.A. ’70, of school business in the Great Area School District for 38 years, Lehigh family. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 8, 2020. Ms. Valley School District and was teaching elementary and middle Donald K. Gordon M.Ed. Bobek served as the program president of CADRE Consultant school. ’66, Aiken, S.C., Dec. 23, 2020. Mr. director for medical technology Investments. Paul A. Peters M.Ed. ’64, Gordon was an educator for 30 at St. Luke’s Hospital. She also Tamara (Bezsoniw) Bau- Harleysville, Pa., Aug. 27, 2020. years in the Council Rock School wrote “Math for Med. Techs,” “A man M.Ed. ’76, East Greenville, Mr. Peters worked as a teacher District of Bucks County, Pa. Day at Pond Snow” and “Mid- Pa., Dec. 17, 2020. Ms. Bauman and principal in several school David J. Linaberry M.Ed. Life Spiritual Reflections, A was a special education teacher districts. After retirement, he ’66, New Bern, N.C., Nov. 8, Journal.” in the Upper Perkiomen School continued helping children 2020. Mr. Linaberry was a Mary E. Loftus M.Ed. ’72, District for 30 years. by opening a Sylvan Learning veteran of the U.S. Army Medical Scranton, Pa., Oct. 5, 2020. Sister Her husband, Jeffrey Bauman Center in Montgomeryville, Pa. Corps. He taught fifth and sixth Mary Edward Loftus of the Sis- ’76G, is also a member of the He concurrently worked as a grade at Fogelsville Elementary ters, Servants of the Immaculate Lehigh family. financial adviser. School for 30 years. Upon retir- Heart worked as a teacher and Margenett (Hartzell) Roth James J. Wallaert M.S. ’64, ing from teaching, he worked for principal in many schools. M.Ed. ’76, Nazareth, Pa., Dec. Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 5, 2020. Mr. Dorney Park as an independent David W. Stocking M.A. 10, 2020. Ms. Roth was a teacher Wallaert was a civil engineer at contractor restoring and paint- ’72, Fishers, Ind., Sept. 27, 2020. in the Boyertown, Bethlehem, Heyl & Patterson for nearly 30 ing the park’s carousel. Dr. Stocking had a 40-year Stockertown and Nazareth Area years. K.R. Schafer M.Ed. ’67, teaching and coaching career. school districts. Her husband, David P. Daniel M.A. ’65, Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 28, 2020. James M. Thompson M.Ed. Charles Roth, was a member of Martin, Slovakia, March 12, Dolores T. Skripek M.Ed. ’72, Cape May, N.J., Sept. 30, the Class of 1948. 2020. Rev. Daniel was a scholar ’67, Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 7, 2020. 2020. Mr. Thompson was an Elinor (Palmer) Dinsmore of 16th-century Eastern Europe- Ms. Skripek practiced and taught educator and coach in the com- M.Ed. ’78, Nazareth, Pa., Nov. an history, as well as a professor nursing for nearly 30 years. munity of Gloucester Township 19, 2020. Ms. Dinsmore taught in of theological history. He was Dennis G. Ligay M.S. ’68, for over 30 years in various the lower and middle schools at the recipient of four Fulbright Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 27, 2020. administrative positions, includ- Moravian Preparatory School/ Fellowships. During Slovakia’s Mr. Ligay spent 38 years of his ing the principal of Blackwood Moravian Academy in Bethle- “Quiet Revolution” he assisted career at IBM across a variety Elementary and director of spe- hem for nearly 30 years. Her the U.S. State Department as of computer engineering and cial services for the Gloucester children, Cynthia Dinsmore ’80 an official adviser as the first management roles. Township School District. and Joanne (Dinsmore) Lopez Director of the Slovak Academic Alexander J. Nagurney Gregory N. Klemick M.A. ’87, and her husband, Emeritus Information Agency (SAIA) in Jr. MBA ’68, Forks Township, ’73, Dresher, Pa., Dec. 3, 2020. Professor George Dinsmore, are their interaction with Slovakia’s Pa., Dec. 9, 2020. Mr. Nagurney Mr. Klemick served in the U.S. members of the Lehigh family. developing democratic insti- served in the U.S. Army National Army Reserve. He made his Catherine L. Madden M.S. tutions that included academ- Guard of New Jersey. He was career in local government ’78 Ph.D. ’80, Nazareth, Pa., ic, charitable and religious an accountant/CFO of Rexroth management. Oct. 13, 2020. Dr. Madden taught communities as they adjusted to Hydraulics and later for the Robert T. Galle M.Ed. ’74, courses in mathematics at Wag- post-communist environments. Catholic Diocese of Allentown. Bethlehem, Pa., Dec. 20, 2020. A ner High School in Philadelphia, His brother, John Daniel, is a Robert F. Hollenbach M.A. veteran of the U.S. Army during Cedar Crest College, Moravian member of the Class of 1960. ’69, Sellersville, Pa., Dec. 23, the Vietnam War, Mr. Galle College and Lehigh University. Neil C. Schoen M.S. ’65 2020. Mr. Hollenbach was a taught English in the Bethlehem After receiving her Ph.D., she Ph.D. ’68, Seattle, Wash., Aug. U.S. Army veteran. During his Area School District for 36 years. was employed for many years 28, 2020. Dr. Schoen had a service, he was a cryptographer Richard P. Steiner MBA by Bell Labs and AT&T before 40-year career in the aerospace with the White House Army ’74, Bushkill Township, Pa., Nov. retiring. industry, including his own Signal Agency. He later worked 1, 2020. Mr. Steiner was a coach Eugene H. Felty M.Ed. ’79, consulting company called as an English teacher for the with the freshman football team Lower Macungie Township, Pa., Ergon Technology Associates. Pennridge School District. as a student. He worked for Air Oct. 26, 2020. Mr. Felty was an He retired from The Boeing John M. Murtin M.Ed. ’69, Products & Chemicals as general elementary school teacher in the Company. Barnesville, Pa., Oct. 24, 2020. manager of strategic accounts Parkland School District for 34 O. Douglas Davison M.Ed. Mr. Murtin served as an educa- and in other various positions years. ’66, Honey Brook, Pa., Oct. tor, track and field coach, junior for over 40 years. Liwei Song Ph.D. ’88, San 19, 2020. Dr. Davison taught high school principal and school Richard I. Bauer Ed.D. ’76, Jose, Calif., Sept. 14, 2020. Dr. elementary school and then superintendent in Mahanoy Spring City, Pa., Oct. 7, 2020. Dr. Song made his engineering worked as a principal for over City. Bauer served in the U.S. Navy in career in flash memory storage 25 years. Upon retirement from Peter E. Veruki MBA ’69, Florida during the Cuban Crisis. products. He joined Western public education, he began a new Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2020. He taught high school business Digital Corporation and worked career as a supervisor of student Mr. Veruki worked for Bethle- classes in the West Chester there for 14 years. He held two teaching with West Chester hem Steel before transitioning School District, worked as assis- U.S. patents and co-authored

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REMEMBERING Professor Jerzy A. Owczarek more than 40 journal publi- cations on applied physical methods of building better superconductive materials. Accomplished Teacher, Ann Marie B. Toloczko Ph.D. ’89, Pocono Township, Pa., Nov. 7, 2020. Dr. Toloczko Researcher was employed at Pocono Jerzy A. Owczarek discovered important phenomenon Hospital until founding Pocono of reflecting pressure pulses between turbomachinery blades Psychological Associates. She taught courses in psycholo- gy at Northampton County Community College and East Jerzy A. Owczarek, 94, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and mechan- Stroudsburg University, before ics, passed away Jan. 11, 2021, after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. He had recently joining the University of Scran- celebrated 61 years of marriage with his wife, Elisa Mercedes (Basoli) Owczarek, who ton. While there, she was the survives him. counseling and human services Owczarek joined Lehigh as an associate professor in 1960, became a full professor program director for many in 1965, and retired in 1995. A gifted teacher, Owczarek was awarded an Outstanding years and led the program to its Faculty Award by the Tau Beta Pi first national accreditation. Engineering Honorary Society Anne Maeve Coughlin in 1979 and named Mechanical M.S. ’92, Montreal, Canada, Engineering Teacher of the Year July 29, 2016. After obtaining by the Pi Tau Sigma Mechanical her degree from Lehigh (while Engineering Honorary Society also working for Air Products), in 1993. Ms. Coughlin graduated from While at Lehigh, he published Temple Law School. She worked two books: Fundamentals of Gas for a number of years as an Dynamics (1964) and Introduction intellectual property attorney to Fluid Mechanics (1968). His re- for Perkin and Elmer while she search in the fields of gas dynam- lived in Beaconsfield, Quebec. ics, turbomachinery, fluidics, and Robert L. Hutchinson rheology resulted in 26 journal MBA ’92, Emmaus, Pa., Nov. articles and 40 technical reports. 4, 2020. Mr. Hutchinson From 1969–1973, he directed a Themis Project on Fluid Amplifiers at Lehigh; from was a chemical engineer and 1990–1994, he collaborated on the design, building and operation of the Gas Dynamics senior project manager for Air Laboratory at Lehigh’s Mountaintop Campus. Products for 35 years. Most Owczarek was born in Piotrkow, Poland, on Nov. 2, 1926. He fought against German recently, he worked at Universal occupying forces during World War II as a member of the Polish Home Army, was Compressed Air as the chief wounded and lost sight in his left eye. When the Soviet Union occupied Poland in 1945, operating officer. he was able to enroll at the Mining Academy in Krakow. His studies were abruptly halted Daniel L. Hornberger in 1946, when he and a large number of fellow students were arrested for staging an M.Ed. ’98, Reading, Pa., Nov. 5, anti-communist demonstration. After a short time in prison, Owczarek escaped the 2020. Mr. Hornberger was a doc- country and made his way to Italy, where he joined the 2nd Polish Corps of the British umentarian, podcast producer, 8th Army in Ancona. A few months later, he was transported to England. and tennis and basketball coach. Owczarek resumed his studies at the Polish University College in London. He received Michael P. Connor M.Ed. a Dipl.-Ing. degree in mechanical engineering in 1950 and went on to graduate studies ’13, Palmer Township, Pa., Dec. at the University of London. He received a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering in 1954 and 19, 2020. Mr. Connor worked soon after moved to the United States, where he acquired a position in the Turbine Divi- for ADP. sion of the General Electric Company in Schenectady, New York. His commitment to his work was evident in his many professional memberships: He was an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a life member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. From 1976–1977 he was chairman of the Anthracite-Lehigh Valley Section of the ASME. He was a member of the Tau Beta Pi Society and its Lehigh Chapter faculty advisor from 1991–1995 and also belonged to the Sigma Xi national research society and the Pi Tau Sigma Society. He was a consultant to numerous industrial firms, notably Bell Laboratories and DeLaval Turbine Inc. In the course of his career, Owczarek filed seven patents dealing with turbomachines, steam turbines and gas turbines.—Katie Kackenmeister

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