CLASS NOTES | SPRING 2024 | 57 of the scholarship funded by our senior class gift is Donald Cory from the Class of 2024. Donald, who “adores the hard sciences, especially physics,” wrote, “I’m deeply grateful for all the help that my family has been given. … Everything that I [have accomplished] would not have been possible without the help from charitable benefactors such as you. I wish to pay it forward someday. Rest assured that your generosity does not go unappreciated; thank you.” Another way we can give forward will be our reunion class gift. In the run-up to the 50th, a group of the reunion committee will be seeking contributions to build our class gift. Our goal will be to convince as many of our classmates to contribute as possible, emphasizing participation over the amount of the contribution. We want to get as close to 100% as we can. Funds contributed for our reunion class gift can be designated to anything you choose—the current capital fundraising campaign, the annual fund, scholarships or any other use. On the class news front: Our classmate Steve “Biggie” Bigach got in touch to relay the details of the reunion of the 1973 Lambert Cup winning football team during the recent Lafayette weekend. Coaches Dunlap, who is still extremely active at 95 years of age, and Luckhardt attended. Coach Dunlap was presented with a framed photo of him being carried off the field by the team after his first victory over Colgate, his alma mater. Many members of our class attended the reunion: Joe Alleva, Jim Addonizio, Rodd Anderson, Steve Bigach, Jimmy Case, Mike Chieco, Scott Kress, Bobby Handschue, Mike Lechner, Bill Maier, Danny Mullane, Tim McDonough, Bill Neil, Ken Probst and Brent Willey. All told, 31 members of the team attended, including Lehigh Hall of Fame members Kim McQuilken ’74 and Rod Gardner ’77. This is the same team that qualified for the Division II National Championships playoff quarterfinals game against Western Kentucky. Biggie was the master of ceremonies at a team dinner Saturday night in Stabler Arena. What a memorable event. I reached out to fellow Gryphon Jay Berman, who I had noticed friended our Facebook page. Jay responded that he has lived in Israel for many years and is retired after 40 years as a teacher of English at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He and his family were just returning from a trip to Spain when the war in Israel broke out. Jay said that he and all his family were fine and safe, but he is concerned about the situation in Israel. Finally, don’t forget to like our Facebook page run by Jeff Sherman. It can be found at facebook.com/lehighseventyfive?fref=ts. Follow developments about reunion planning. Post some pictures! And, please send me an email about what you are doing these days, so I can include you in the next class column. Your classmates would love to read about you. ’76 Editor’s note: Please welcome Paul Laschiavo and Jamie Holbrook as your new class correspondents. They can be reached at Lehigh76correspondents@gmail.com. Look for their first column in the Summer issue. ’77 Ann Louise (Werley) Price, 2 Colton St., Farmington, CT 06032. (860) 677-1295 (H); prokemo@comcast.net Gina Tarantini represented our class well at the first-year student rally and delivered an inspirational speech to members of the Class of 2027! Well done, Gina! Mark Shiner proudly carried our class flag! Remember that rally back in 1973—and how hot it was in Grace Hall? I have it from a very reliable source (aka one of the culprits) that 1979 was not the first disappearance of the band canon, per the article “Lost, Found, Then Lost Again!” in the fall Bulletin. It disappeared during the fall of 1973, thanks to some bored freshmen in Richards. Kirk Fazioli and wife Janine live in Brunswick, N.Y., with 10 grandchildren nearby. Married for 46 years, Kirk works for a family-owned company that sells HVAC gear for commercial and institutional buildings. Bob Wagenseil ’76/’77 writes, “Patricia (Torrey) Wagenseil (PT) ’78 and I met at Lehigh and were married in 1978. She was an outstanding teacher both in New York City and then for more than 20 years in Florida. We spent our summer holidays sailing and, in our final years together, touring parts of the country via our RV. PT passed away in 2022 following a long battle with cancer, but her memory lives on in the many hundreds of students, parishioners, family and friends whose lives she touched for good. “My sister, Elise (Wagenseil) John, and PT lived on the same floor in Carothers. Elise and husband Roger retired to Texas. Roger passed away several years ago, but Elise is in good health and doing well. Our father, Robert Sr., graduated in 1949. We are a Lehigh family of several generations. I was ordained to the priesthood (Episcopal church) in 1980 and served the bulk of my active years as a parish priest on Long Island and in southwest Florida. I also served for 18 years as district chaplain and volunteer firefighter in Florida and ran a sailing program for youth and adults. PT and I both began a final retirement in 2017 and moved from Pinellas County to Crystal River, Fla. We were blessed with nearly 44 years of marriage and always cherished our memories of wonderful people and places. Those good memories will never pass away, and our years at Lehigh remain a cherished part of those memories to this day. I send best wishes to the Class of 1977 (and 1976!). Stay safe, stay well, enjoy the gift of each new day, and may your memories remain a blessing.” Janet Holva-DeSipio retired from her dermatology practice in Bryn Mawr, Pa., last year and has been traveling. Janet reports that she “purchased our retirement condo on the beach in Singer Island, Fla., and plans to spend winters in Florida and summers at our house in the Poconos with the grandkids. My daughter, Brooke DeSipio, graduated from Lehigh in 2006 and earned a master’s in 2008. After earning her Ph.D., she currently serves as assistant dean of students at Lehigh. You can find me tailgating at Lehigh football games.” From Bob Scott: “I retired in June of 2020 but am an owner in a small security software company called ARES Security Corporation and still do some part-time work for them. We have a command and control solution but also a modeling and simulation solution that is used to build 3-D models, or a digital twin, of a facility or base and can simulate attacks and the security response to evaluate effectiveness. I graduated as a civil engineer and got my PE license in 1981 (which I keep current), but most of my career has been in sales, marketing and program management. I have done work internationally, so I have traveled all over the world. My wife, Monica, and I like to travel for fun as well. Between our fun trips and my career, I have been to all seven continents, over 50 countries and all but one state in the United States. My daughter, Caitlin, is an English teacher in Rouen, France. My son, Rob, is with GM and just relocated
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