CLASS NOTES | SPRING 2025 | 55 same house we bought in 1980 in Kensington, Md. We have four children and 10 grandchildren, and we love to travel, both for leisure and for singing tours.” Bob Cornman wrote: “After graduation I went to work for Ingersoll Rand in Phillipsburg, N.J., in the Cameron Pump Division. I then went back to Lehigh to receive my MBA in 1971. I was fortunate to meet the love of my life, Debbie Cornman ’74G, and we were married in 1972. Debbie received her master’s degree in education from Lehigh and then taught elementary education in the Wilson and Pen Argyl school districts for more than 35 years. We have two wonderful daughters, Meridith and Rachel, who both now live in Bethlehem with their families. I continued to work in the centrifugal pump business through two subsequent joint ventures and acquisitions, finally retiring after 47 years. During this time, I was fortunate to travel throughout the world in support of large vertical pumps for the fossil and nuclear power generation industry. “I am the current president of the Green Knight Economic Development Corporation, which is a not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates a landfill gas to energy power plant where all of the revenue from the sale of electricity is used for economic development, grants and scholarships for our local community. “During my working years I was able to start collecting classic and antique automobiles. My current specialty is Franklin automobiles, of which I now have six, and I am the past president of the HH Franklin Club. I enjoy displaying my automobiles throughout the east and midwest. “Debbie and I have lived in Plainfield Township just north of Easton since 1975, where we have 22 acres of land. We enjoy our time there with our Bernese Mountain Dog, Bentley, and babysitting our grandchildren, Quinn and Penelope.” Congratulations to Tom Muir for his induction into the Pa. Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. Tom wrote: “Hello ‘Lonely’ George from Tom Muir ’68, ‘the former Red Bear,’ living in Central Pennsylvania. Of greatest note in Nell and my life was the August 8, 2023, birth of our first grandchild, Fiona Sophia Shylock to parents Trevor and Margie Muir Shylock, of Princeton, N.J. To balance any thoughts of a Princeton legacy, in June 2023, Margie and Fiona marched with the Alumni Band at the 55th Class of ’68 Reunion, after joining our president for photos at lunch. Two months prior on my 78th birthday on April 30, Trevor, Margie and Fiona, waiting to be born in August, celebrated with Nell and me in Hershey, at my induction into the 31st National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Pennsylvania Chapter. Joining our family was Beta fraternity brother Jeff Rebert, and cousin and fraternity brother Ed Hamer ’59 and his family. … Hope to have relieved your loneliness for a moment and all is going well with you.” Ralph Kidder emailed from Reston, Va. He and Linda celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary last spring with a trip to Martha’s Vineyard, where they were married. Last summer they got together with their three kids and 10 grandchildren for a week in Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. Tropical storm Debby was an uninvited guest who brought a lot of rain. Ralph retired in 2014 after 25+ years as a CFO at a variety of higher education institutions. He now spends his time as a docent at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in D.C., and as a presenter for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Richmond. Per Sorensen left me a voicemail. He is living in Connecticut and working as an investment banker. He is working on projects in San Diego and Chicago that will eliminate landfill. The process rearranges molecules to form methane which can be used as fuel and reduces the original volume of the landfill to 5% of its original size. Hope it works. Sounds like a game changer. Jonnie Rushatz passed away in October. He provided many exciting moments to the Lehigh community on his way to becoming an All-American wrestler. He worked in finance for various chemical companies, retiring in 1999. He was an avid supporter of Lehigh athletics. I received emails from Norman Beamer, Ken Wright and Stuart Lipoff, but I have run out of space and will have to include their info in the next Bulletin. MMXXV ’69 Peter Dane, pkdane@sbcglobal.net and George Ikeda, gaikeda425@gmail.com “There’s hope for these aging bodies, men,” Dr. Bill McClintic writes. “While riding my bike, I got hit by a car going 60 mph this summer (2024) and survived. Back to climbing up into my tree stands for archery hunting and tending to our 200-acre farm in northern Pennsylvania where wife Anne and I have lived for 46 years. Volunteer a day a week providing medical care at a free clinic nearby and actively involved in the lives of our eight grandchildren since our two sons and a daughter live in close proximity.” Tom Spencer is retired from his legal career in Maryland, but he still works for the betterment of Lehigh. He recently finished his fourth term on the board of the Alumni Association, and now serves on the Director’s Council of the Art Gallery. The gallery is in the Zoellner Arts Center, but the council also has oversight of satellite galleries around campus and a large collection of outdoor sculpture. In his legal career, Tom was a partner in his firm, and a specialist in corporate and commercial law. Tom’s daughter, Katy Spencer ’97, is the director of alumnae and parent engagement at Roland Park Country School in Baltimore, her prep school alma mater. Tom has recently seen Phi Gamma Delta brothers and classmates Dick Miller, Bill Elers and Jerry Stenson, as well as Doug Breen ’68 and Tom Armstrong ’71G. George Fowler III writes his life post-Lehigh has been that of a rolling stone, serving a stint as a Naval officer and another 40-plus years in international banking, living in nearly two dozen places and visiting about 60 countries. Work took him to Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York, Texas, Ohio, California, and 10 years living internationally, the final six in Singapore. Along the way, he was fortunate to visit places he never dreamed he would get to, from the Mekong Delta (in combat and, 30 years later, on vacation) to former Soviet submarine bases in Russia, to the Golden Temple in Amritsar to downing shots of cachaca in Brazil, to snorkeling with sharks in Malaysia and to the White House. Many laughs, great meals and amazing friends along the way. He goes on to note that after decades spent bouncing all over the place, he thoroughly enjoyed our 50th Reunion in 2019 and reconnecting with so many of his Theta Chi fraternity brothers that he had not seen in—literally—50 years. He now resides in the San Francisco area but continues to fill up his passport and is using up his frequent-flier miles. Finally, he notes he truly believes his Lehigh education—both in and out of the classroom—opened the door to many of these experiences. After decades of running a recruiting and placement business, first with a partner and then on his own, and scaling back in recent years, Rich Bond wrapped up and closed the business at the end of 2024. He specialized
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