CLASS NOTES | FALL/WINTER 2025 | 39 there 1954-58. There were only 2,000 students surrounded by engineering buildings and large living quarters. I called Bob Holcombe and was updated by Betsy M.Ed. ’67 that he was hanging in there but needs full-time care living at home. I get calls throughout the year from Marianne Bux keeping me up to date on the Pittsburgh Steelers. She prefers the Watt Brothers (Pitt) over the Kelce Brothers (KC), but she is really on the Bills bench! Don Heidenburg, our class clown, started a new string of performances at this year’s Hamburg Fair. Read the other class news articles. They are really great, especially Class of ’51, by Wes Wardell! He has great ideas and good interviews. Greekers to Fred Townsend, Bert Elsner, Bob Canning, Larry Sheridan and the Buffalo Bills. Editor's note: The summer column incorrectly reported on Tom Shaver's family. In fact, he and his wife, Nancy, celebrated their 65th anniversary recently and his two children are grown and nearing retirement age. ’59 Bob Teufel, 1 Stoklea Drive, Emmaus, PA 18049. (610) 967-2049 (H); (610) 393-0565 (C); rteufel@aol.com While scanning LinkedIn, I noticed an interesting post from Paul Prestia advocating for the development of a freight transportation system incorporating autonomous vehicles capable of travel on both the nation’s highways and the railroad system. According to Paul, “With the website railhighways.com, I have tried to summarize the practicality of such a system, as well as the possible economic and environmental benefits that might accrue by integrating the country’s interstate highway and railroad networks.” So, I went on the site and found the concept interesting but could also see the challenges, having spent a few years in the trucking business. Paul reports, “Joanne and I are happy and healthy, snow birding between Sanibel, Fla., and Williamsville, N.Y. Regarding Theta Delts, we have lost Dick Patterson and Joe Henningsen within the past two years. I’m still a volunteer small business counselor with SCORE, getting occasional referrals whenever IP issues come up, from chapters both in Florida and Pennsylvania.” Leon Harbold had a good visit with Judy and Ed Hamer, who is “still playing golf on a regular basis in the Sarasota area. Judy remains one of the top salespersons selling outdoor furniture. (Editor’s note: If you were among the fortunate few at our 65th reunion dinner, you will recall her beautiful voice as she sang the alma mater). We were unable to see Jim Blair since they finally settled with their homeowner’s association on repairs suffered from a hurricane three years ago and needed to focus on their contractor’s efforts.” As our class president, Leon carried our class flag and represented us at the freshmen welcome event in late August. Bob Woerheide and I were both swordsmen at Lehigh, meaning we were on the varsity fencing team together, so it was pleasant to get a recent update from him. “Inger and I are still living at our old New Hampshire farm, having renovated and added buildings over the last 28 years. We have lots of peace and quiet and good weather most of the time. I am still the treasurer of the foundation connected to our town library, and I share my accounting skills with other groups in town. Other activities include making maple syrup in March in our sugar house that sits amongst 30 maple trees we tap. We have been at it for 15 years. Fraternity brother John Ford and his wife visited us a few years back; they are living in a retirement community in N.H.” Classmate and artist David Knapp had several of his original acrylics acquired by the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, which is affiliated with the Smithsonian. Next time you visit, you may want to walk down the Hill to visit the museum—well worth a glimpse at the industrial past. My fraternity, Phi Kappa Theta, has joined the growing list of dissolved chapters at Lehigh. When we were students, the campus supported 30 vibrant nationals and a lively social life. Remember house party weekend? IFC weekend? RIP. And “the older we get the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.” ’60 Williams E. Millsom, 67 Mystic Road, North Stonington, CT 06359, (860) 235-3618 (C); bill.millsom@gmail.com Hello, classmates. I missed the reunion due to balance problems but received several emails from those who did attend. Betty Resch ’60W and Harry McNally were the most informative and sent some great photos of the class attendees and the parade. They wrote that class president John Daniel did a very nice job organizing the dinner, which included a Zoom session. Betty, John, Harry, Jack Branning and Bob Bevan were present and connected online with 12 classmates who could not make it to the dinner, including Ira Friedman, who was attending his MBA reunion at Harvard, and Bob Voccola, who was attending his grandson’s graduation at Dartmouth. Others on the Zoom call were Craig Anderson, Ron Freeman, Richard Gretzinger, Richard Herring, Myron Olstein, Philip Peller, Arthur Ullman and Torry Watkins. There were three Chi Psis in attendance—Harry, John Cunningham and Wighty Martindale—which was most of any living group. Most classmates rode golf carts in the parade. Wighty walked, probably because his daughter keeps him fit and active. Betty wrote that Jamie Godshalk, Smitty Haller, Al Kovac and Jim Tyrie did not attend due to the distance. Ronald Plumhoff was signed up to attend, but I do not know if he made it. Bob Voccola posted some great photos online of his grandson’s graduation, where the weather was nice and the graduation went smoothly. They then headed to New Mexico for the summer, where we hope they were not affected by the floods. Dave Eyer was back from his adventures in Egypt and Turkey and rode in the parade. John Daniel wrote that Craig Andersen could not make it to the reunion as his wife, Judy, was not feeling well. Ira Friedman received the Alumni Award for the Class of ’60. It is well deserved. Craig Andersen sent me a lengthy article from the New York Post about the last of the 1962 Mets, of which Craig is a member. Craig and Jay Hook are the only players who played the entire 1962 season. Craig was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and then went to the Mets in the expansion draft. Craig met Judy in St. Louis and mentioned she became engaged to a Cardinal and married a Met. John Daniel emailed me some great photos of classmates over the years. If you are interested in viewing, please email John at jldaniel@enter.net as I am sure he will be happy to send them to you. ’61 Ken Weaver, 13 Coachman Drive, Egg Harbor Township, N.J 08234, kenweaver78@gmail.com, (609) 788-4897 (H) Our 65th reunion will be held June 11-14, 2026. Jessica and I will be there and hope to see you, too! The class has reserved rooms at the Comfort Suites. President Paul Smith has revised our class website (lehigh61.com), so check there for the latest on events and updates (and even copies of these columns!). We are planning to post photos of our past reunions, so if you have some group photos, email them to me. I had a nice chat with Doug Wood on July 12. Doug and wife, Glenn, live in Palm Coast, Fla., and love it there. Back issues prevent him from playing any more golf, and these days, flying seems like such a hassle that they do not travel much. They re-
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