64 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES I are very happy that the young couple has pledged their troth. What is next? Grandchildren? We will see. No pressure, kids. If you read this column, please consider dropping me a line just to say hello or to fill me in on events in your life that I can share with our classmates (or not—consider this a safe space). Is there anyone you would like to reach out to me in this assemblage of great minds? Just say the word and I am on it. ’85 Jennifer Sheehan, (240) 401-3724, jksheehan@aol.com We are coming up on our 40th Reunion! Please mark your calendars for June 12-15. I plan to attend, and I hope to see many of you there. Speaking of reunions, I went with Mike Sheehan ’84 in September to a Lehigh baseball reunion organized by the 1984 ECC Championship team, nicknamed “The Lumber Company.” While Mike graduated in 1983, he played with that group for three years, and it was great to see everyone, including the coaches. Jeff Onorato had me laughing. He said that he lives a quiet life, drinks coffee every day, goes to bed early and still has his knees and hips despite the many years of baseball. Jeff is the author of the highly reviewed book, “The SIN of Addison Hall.” I learned that Jeff hit 13 triples while at Lehigh, still holding the school record to this day. When we graduated, he also held the record for home runs. Pete D’Agostino was also in attendance; he is living in Staten Island and working in construction with Cole Partners, Inc. Pete still holds the all-time career batting average record at .369 (tied with Pat Hollander ’01). We caught up with members of the Class of 1984, including Ross Brinley, Mike Coryell, Bill Jeney and John Patten, plus twins from the Class of 1987 Mark Zlock, who was there with his brother Kevin, who played football at Lehigh. This event was so fun, and I loved hearing the guys recount their fond memories of games and road trips. James Maida and his wife, Sharon ’17P ’19P, have made an incredibly generous gift of $2 million to Lehigh to enable students with financial need to study abroad. I love how they are helping all students have access to this type of global education. Penney Frohling has joined Lehigh’s newly formed International Advisory Council. She founded Ethos Partners, a firm that specializes in corporate strategy and financial services, in London. My son Matthew ’19 is working for Mars, and one of his co-workers, Rachael Freedman ’14, said her parents went to Lehigh too. It turns out she is the daughter of Nancy Liu Freedman, class correspondent for Class of ’83, and Scott Freedman ’84. ’86 Dave Polakoff, 400 E. 71st St., #3K, New York, NY 10021, david@dpolakoff.com. “Don’t tell me about a night in June or a shady lane beneath the velvet moon. Don’t tell me, ’cause I want to talk about you.” (Ella Fitzgerald) “If you can’t say Acapulco, you can call it paradise.” (Desi Arnaz) And if you can’t say Aruba, what would you call it? Perhaps we should ask the “Stoughton Girls,” Sue (Zavesky) Morris, Susan (Peper) Boudreau, Lisa (Fauci) Keenan, Lori (Spivak) Frohmann, Jackie (Mahrer) McGlone, Ellen (Villegas) Rudel and Amy Roth, who celebrated their 2024 birthdays (my abacus cannot do the math) on the “One Happy Island.” And if you can’t say Bethlehem, what would you call it? Perhaps we should ask the “Emery Girls,” Julie (Luce) Clifford, Susan Lustig, Mary (Haws) Redmond, Dorothy (Snee) Falk, Eve (Gerriets) Mongiardo, Rebecca (Shapiro) Sendel, Sandy (Bevan) Ritchey and Sharon (Kanovsky) Richter, whose Lehigh weekend included a walk through Emery 3, part of a private campus tour, lunch at Rathbone and tailgating (catering courtesy of The Goose, plus Lehigh’s famous brownies), along with Emery 2 girls, Linda Kagan Horowitz, Heather (Truesdale) Vimba, Melissa (Capuano) Roland and Jill (Henry) Schopf. Purpose of the trip: see “Stoughton,” above. Sue’s eagerness to report the weekend to me had to wait until she got home; while she had a ton of quarters, she couldn’t find the Emery payphone. (Check out alumni.lehigh.edu/ news-blog/alumnae-take-tripdown-memery-lane for pictures and another great story.) Rebecca and Scott Sendel ’85 have been in Colorado for the last 26 years, though they swapped the suburbs for Denver. Scott retired and Rebecca transitioned to part-time consulting. Daughter Hannah is with Accenture in Denver; son Connor is with San Francisco’s climate tech startup, Terradot. And if you can’t say Hawley, Pa., on Lake Teedyuskung (Woodloch Pines Resort), what would you call it? Perhaps we should ask the “Gamma Phi Girls,” Jodi Friedman, Jill Lovecchio, Mary Anne (Way) Rutkowski and Marie (Bradshaw) Sonde (et al.). The getaway featured hiking, haunted walks, trivia games and searching for the infamous onearmed clown (I’m hoping Bozo didn’t lose an arm?!). Purpose of the trip: see “Stoughton,” above. Marie, along with husband Tom, reside in Manasquan, N.J. Son Michael is a coder; son Chris is a senior at Boston College; and daughter Katie is a sophomore at Bucknell. Marie’s newest role is co-founder of Learn Interactive, which leverages AI to drive analytics, insights and training solutions. Andy Daecher retired from Deloitte. WNBA commish Cathy Englebert was bestowed Lehigh’s Excellence in Industry Award (for alums who have demonstrated professional achievement of the highest caliber in the management of a for-profit organization) at the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Michelle (Miller) Davis’ book “The Healers” (third and final book of “The Awakening” Series) is now available, as is Tracy (Dudding) Kleber’s latest book, “Mud, Grapes and White Linen: A Beautiful Vegan Life.” The November/December 2024 issue of Latitudes & Attitudes magazine (latsatts.com) includes my photos and article, “Why Are There Songs About Sailing but Not Golf?” for your viewing and reading pleasure, using this link: tinyurl.com/SongAboutSailing. James Burnet, son of … James Burnet, who (now) lives in Medford, Mass., was married, and was toasted, with Jameson, by (dad) James, in Carmel, Ind. Both Jameses live/had lived in Madison, N.J., where (dad) James (one of my frosh roommates, who we then called “Jim”) has burrowed his way up to CFO of the borough. Trust me, if my eighth-grade English teacher had me diagram the previous two sentences, I would get an A, along with my “Ode to Groucho Marx.” “I should tell my mind to stop remembering. I should make my ngers stop their trembling. And when I pass your doorway, I should just walk right by. When you say hello, I’ll say goodbye.” (Lake Street Dive) ’87 Laura M. D’Orsi, 26 Falcon Ridge Circle, Holmdel, NJ 07733, (732) 241-5229 (H); lauramdorsi@yahoo.com Hope everyone is well. Lehigh-Lafayette was an amazing weekend for tailgates and football. The game was sold out; Lehigh beat Lafayette and won the Patriot League. The team then went on to the first round of the FCS playoffs at Richmond, won that game and then flew to University of Idaho for the second round of
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