50 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES He did some consulting work and then went into banking, working for savings and loans in Cleveland and Springfield for almost 50 years, enduring three bank mergers and retiring as controller in 2009. For some years, Terry has been a lease analyst for several companies, particularly a major mall in Cleveland. They have five children and 11 grandchildren. Chuck is a huge sports fan, especially the Browns, going back to their success in the All-America Football Conference and continuing success after entering the NFL. Living close to Columbus, Chuck is now a big fan of Ohio State. He is part of a group of Lambda Chi Alpha brothers that held reunions at the Maryland seashore every two years, but those have not resumed since COVID. Chuck Morgan, my fellow Theta Delt, and Judy live in suburban Baltimore. After serving as an Army officer, he spent his working life with Connecticut General, which became CIGNA. Judy has a successful interior design business, which she plans to close at the end of this year. After retirement, Chuck drove blind veterans to weekly meetings at the Baltimore VA Hospital. He is also active in the Sons of the American Revolution. They are originally from the Finger Lakes Region of New York and have a second home on Keuka Lake, where they spend several months each year. They love to combine travel with biking and biked through the Czech Republic and Austria on one trip, the Loire Valley on another (that trip included Paris and Normandy) and then through Spain on yet another. They are planning a barge trip through the Netherlands this year. Dave Clark and Ann live in North Haven, Conn., where Dave says he is “still kickin’.” He spent his career with Southern New England Telephone Company, working in accounting, auditing, finance and regulatory. He retired in 2001 after 40 years there. Ann is originally from the south, so they used to travel down there almost every year. Following retirement, Dave was active in working with a local credit union, serving as secretary and treasurer. He and Ann have three daughters, two nearby and one in Florida, and four grandchildren. Dave still prefers to read paper, rather than electronic magazines and newspapers, and says his long walks have gotten a bit shorter recently! ’62 Philip J. Kinzel, 808 South Drive, Brick, NJ 08724. (732) 295.2106(H); (973) 226.1430(W); (973) 464.8282 (cell); pkinzel@kinzelco.com The Lehigh-Lafayette weekend was a lot of fun, but it would have been more fun if the final score was not 49-21. Lehigh fans were excited when the half-time score was 21-14 in favor of Lehigh, but the excitement ended quickly in the second half when Lafayette showed why they are Patriot League champions. On Friday, Eleanor and I attended the 50 gamers reception followed by the “Beat Lafayette Senior Luncheon.” It was fun to meet up with Penny and Mike Semcheski, Wil Hamp, Fritz Mueller, with his son Robert ’88, and others from our surrounding classes. We made a toast to acknowledge Fritz’s attending his 65th consecutive Lehigh-Laf game. Fritz attended every game since he was a freshman. Eleanor mentioned that she has attended 50 Lehigh-Laf games. Her comment was overheard by a Lehigh administrative staff person, and she was immediately given a 50game pin. Her name was also announced at the game as a new member of the 50-Game Club. Wil Hamp drove up from Ashburn, Va., with Kitty and Al Richmond ’61. Al was the Lehigh-Lafayette MVP in 1960. The luncheon was well attended, with senior members of the football team assigned to tables of alumni, staff, friends and parents. Saturday morning, we attended the pre-game breakfast with Lehigh and Lafayette alumni. Speakers included Lehigh president Joseph Helble ’82 and Lafayette’s new president, Nicole Hurd. Both had interesting comments about the rivalry, the most-played college football rivalry in the nation. The two teams first took to the gridiron in 1884, just one year after the first standardized football rules were established, and have played 159 times. Other classmates attending the game were Norman Goldberg (59th game) and Ron Johnson. The post-game event was the annual venison chili dinner hosted by Harold Milton ’63 at his farmhouse built in 1751 in Quakertown. Several of the guests were members of the famous 1961 Lambert Cup championship team. We had lots of fun reminiscing about the pranks that led up to the game when we were at Lehigh: attempts to set fire to the Lafayette bonfire; capturing a Lafayette student to get his Lafayette jacket in order to sneak in to light the bonfire; having a “L” shaved in your head to show you were captured; the coldest day when the last game was played at Taylor Stadium; and, of course, the famous game where pears were hurled at spectators. Today, those pranks would be classified as arson, kidnapping, larceny and assault, punishable as crimes. Ron Johnson, our class treasurer, crossed off another destination on his bucket list. In November, Ron spent 10 days in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. He returned just in time to attend the Lehigh-Laf game and enjoy Thanksgiving with his son and family in North Carolina. Mike Semcheski reported on two adventures that were never on his bucket list but have nevertheless been crossed off. Mike bungee-jumped from the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand. The normal fee of $300 was waived since Mike was over 75 years old. The jump was 140 feet into the Kawarau River. Lots of spectators watched the old guy jump. A few years later, Mike’s family gifted him a skydiving jump. He was joined by the family in his jump from Pennridge Airport in Perkasie, Pa. Mike reports, “It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop.” He cautions, “Don’t look down, or you might chicken out.” Mike and Penny live in Shannondell, a retirement community in Valley Forge, Pa. ’63 Dr. Robert C. Elser, navman9@comcast.net; and James Newton Wilson, 959 Tree Tops, Wharton, NJ 07885, (973) LEhigh7-6516 (H), (862) 2430864 (C), b14jnw@gmail.com In early October, several of my ATO brothers met at our home for a mini reunion. Joe Hudson, John Coblentz and wife Dottie, my wife, Friedel, and I enjoyed a casual luncheon on the day before the Coblentzes returned to their Florida home for the winter. We had hoped to see Syd and Bill McGinley and Carol and Dave Howell as well, but uncancellable appointments prevented them from attending. We all are in good shape for the shape we’re in and looking forward to getting together in 2024. Newt and I had an emailed update from George Poncy relating to one of his movies. “One of my motion pictures, ‛Unconscious,’ is now available on Amazon Prime for $2.99, but it’s also on YouTube for free and FreeVee. It’s got-
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