36 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN ’51 AND EARLIER Wes Wardell, (302) 998-7020; and associate, Lee Martucci ʼ82, leemartucci12@gmail.com, (602) 370-5496 Casey Cosgrove reported: “After graduation, I spent two years at the Army Corps of Engineers Officer Training Facility at Fort Belvoir, Va. Following discharge, I started my career in the railroad supply industry at Railway Maintenance Corporation in Pittsburgh, first as a draftsman and then a field service engineer. RMC was a leading supplier of innovative track construction and maintenance machinery. Additionally, I spent several years in U.S. and foreign sales management and was the VP, engineering and manufacturing in 1970, when it was sold. “I left RMC that year and took the position of VP, railroad sales for Woodings Verona Tool Works. They were a manufacturer of forged hand tools and track hardware. In 1974, I moved to Unit Rail Anchor Co (competitor to Woodings) as president and oversaw construction of a new plant in Atchison, Kan., while moving offices to Chicago, which was the center of the rail industry at the time. After retirement, I continued as a consultant to several start-ups in the energy field. “All my positions required considerable travel throughout the United States and Canada, along with several trips to South America, United Kingdom and Europe. Through all this, my wife, Paula, and I raised two children and have three grandchildren, all successful in their own right. Paula, who passed in 2022, unfortunately missed the birth of three great-grandchildren now living in the San Francisco area. I am now in reasonably good health and live Class Notes Welcome to Class Notes, where you can find out what your fellow alums are up to. Thanks to our dedicated correspondents for the work they do to keep our extended Lehigh community together. Please send class notes to your class correspondent, or, if unsure of the class to which the news applies, send to alumni@lehigh.edu. Class Notes may be edited for clarity and brevity. After a successful foundry career, David Knapp ’59 developed a passion for painting vivid scenes from inside foundries on canvas. He now has six of his original acrylic paintings depicting American foundries on view at the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem. Read more about Knapp in the Class of 1959 column.
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