CLASS NOTES | FALL/WINTER 2025 | 49 “Cause you and me go way back … to way back when. And I love you since way back; and I’d pick you again.” (John Sebastian) Tanya and Geoffrey Magistrate’s daughter, Rayne, is a Lehigh frosh, pursuing electrical engineering. Bethlehem winters may be a culture shock, as the Magistrates have been living in Cyprus. At the very least, the Hill shouldn’t be “all Greek” to Rayne. Why Cyprus? Pure whim—Geoffrey’s Lehigh roommate suggested spring break there. (“La Forza del Destino!”) Amy Roth’s daughter, Rachael, graduated from Northeastern University, summa cum laude, and is now at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital while applying to physician’s assistant school. To celebrate Amy’s milestone birthday and Rachael’s graduation, they traveled to Cape Town, Victoria Falls and Botswana. Continuing with my poll (favorite UC room, circa 1986), Marietta (McVeigh) Grother responded, the “peace and quiet” of the chess room. Marietta’s fave undergrad concert: Billy Joel at Stabler, 1983. Not abandoning Billy, Marietta continues her worldwide following of Bruce (including Manchester, UK; Lille, France; and Gelsenkirchen, Germany). Son Christopher is finishing his computer science and bioinformatics degree; son Scotty founded Brooklyn’s IT Studios, an event production company; and daughter Isabella is enjoying her gap year. “Six Degrees to Billy Joel”— everything circles back to Bethlehem. Brooklyn-based psychedelic rock band Crumb features the daughter of Ronni (Levine) Aronow and Mike Aronow ’85, Bri, whose 2025 tour included Allentown’s Archer Music Hall and a write-up in LehighValleyNews.com. And there’s also a “Six Degrees to Bruce,” as Crumb’s tour included Asbury Park’s The Stone Pony. Chesterfield, Mo.’s Cindy (Deichmann) Pilling serves as board tech chair for the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund, providing grants to area NGOs. Cindy is a huge cyclist, having enjoyed a summer trip to France. Missy (Capuano) Rohland is director of strategic programs at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, a full-service civil engineering and related services firm. Missy focused on emerging technologies and infrastructure digital twins (a virtual replica of physical infrastructure assets, systems or even entire cities, used to simulate, analyze and optimize performance). Son Zach works for a Chicago-based energy solution firm; son Michael is an estimator for a commercial contractor specializing in millwork, laboratories and ornamental products (clients include the Tennessee Titans stadium); and son Vinnie ’23 is a bridge inspector for PennDOT and some of the national parks. Florida’s Gayle (Fay) Higgins ’88 and TJ Higgins are enjoying retirement (favorite activity: not setting an alarm clock) and took an extended trip to Asia—Singapore, Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Hong Kong. From the local villages to the big cities, they experienced many unforgettable moments, from kayaking in mangroves and rice fields to snorkeling about giant clams in Coron, Philippines. And the food—“Pretty amazing, also.” “Well, goodbye, people; we’ll see you down the road; some other time, some other place. And we’ll raise our voices, maybe even a glass in toast, to those that can never be replaced.” (Gov’t Mule) ’87 Laura M. D’Orsi, 26 Falcon Ridge Circle, Holmdel, NJ 07733, (732) 241-5229 (H); lauramdorsi@yahoo.com I was fortunate that Adam Malofsky answered my plea for info. Adam had not written to me in the 38 years since we graduated. Adam has been married to Robin for 34 years. Robin runs a jewelry company, raising money for the American Heart Association and Cancer Charities, donating 20% of her revenue. They have two adult children, Brandon and Nicole Malofsky ’19 MS’21. Nicole was a Kappa Delta president, and now adviser, and is finishing her Ph.D. as an NSF fellow at Vanderbilt. She’s also working in due diligence at a boutique private equity firm and as a volunteer mentor and startup adviser at Alloy, a Cincinnati incubator. Brandon is operating his own marketing, strategy and fundraising advisory firm, Iron Hook Strategy. Brandon graduated from WPI in operations engineering with an entrepreneurship minor and then received two more degrees in only a year from the University of Cincinnati. Adam earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in three years, writing his own grants at the University of Connecticut. From chemist to sales to manufacturing to CEO, he has had a great career in materials science. Most of his career has been in new corporate businesses that transferred into his own ventures, and now, with success, they have their own venture studio, Wellspring Material Ventures, with three companies—Nano Catalytics, Rare Earth Technologies and Farmed Materials. Adam is also a K-12 and university volunteer educator on science, engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship as well as a college, graduate and career adviser. When not working, Adam and his wife spend more and more time in Scottsdale, Ariz. They like the heat better than the humidity! I also was fortunate to hear from Jeff Van Inwegen. Jeff and his buddies recently celebrated their 32nd annual “Mimi Cup” event, where a group meets in Bethlehem and has a hockey match at the Steel Ice Center. As Jeff tells it, “The story began in 1985 at Lehigh. We would regularly play hockey down on the canal and later at the legendary Ice Palace in Allentown. The only ice time we could afford back then was at 2 a.m., so you can imagine how those games went. Starting in 1993, we began our reunion tradition by meeting back at Lehigh for a hockey game at the Ice Palace, followed by spending the weekend visiting our local fooderies and bars. The games are in honor of Mimi Wise, Lehigh grad student in the ’60s and grandmother of Arthur Wise. Mimi attended every game until she passed away several years ago in her 90s. This was our 32nd consecutive meeting. ‟Participants include Michael Westhelle, Nick Philippides, Brian Lerner, Arthur Wise, Andrew Bennett, Michael Galluppi, Edward Fenley and Bill Jones, as well as friends and now kids (who are the better skaters). We all skate a bit slower than we used to, and it’s always a friendly game to avoid injuries. The night always ends on the back deck of The FunHouse down on Fourth Street. Wouldn’t miss it for the world.” We also have some ’87ers who have kids joining the Class of 2029! (We are definitely old!) Raj Bhatia’s son Jesse and Karl Pupke’s son Ian are joining the Class of ’29. Ian will be a third-generation Lehigh member, following Karl, his sister Karen Pupke ’91 and his dad, Henry Pupke ’60. Karl looks forward to “reliving his Lehigh experience” while visiting Ian back on campus. ’88 Jamie Sorcher Pitzer, jamiesor cher@gmail.com, 908-415-9471 “Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.”— Unknown I share this quote as many of us are approaching a new and, may I say, imposing decade. I celebrated my half birthday on July 1 …the last hurrah of my 50s. Hard to believe that we’ve come this far, yet this time of our life is filled with lots of celebrations and milestones. Happy retirement to one of my friends from Carothers, Rick Potts. Rick said he hopes to travel more, catch up on some neglected projects around the house, exercise (mountain biking is big in Bentonville!), read and study up and improve his poker game. That’s not all. When he turns 60, Rick said he can take free classes at state schools in Arkansas, so maybe there is another degree in his future?
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