CLASS NOTES | SPRING 2026 | 41 that in February of 2024 I sold my condominium and moved to a CCRC in Bethlehem called Kirkland Village. I enjoy it here, nice residents, pleasant staff, good food, many activities and good support. A few retired Lehigh faculty are here, but not as many as I would have expected. Due to some health concerns, I have not traveled much, ending my drives to Florida in 2019. I am now stable with Afib, having had cardioversion and ablation therapies. Hope it holds. After many, many years volunteering as the financial guy at my condo, church and diocese, I hoped I was finally retired. But I am now the treasurer of the resident association here at Kirkland. Thank God there are term limits. Election year by year, with a two-year limit. I and your fellow classmates anxiously await to hear from you. Email, call or write me at one of the contact points above. I can read cursive. ’67 Eric Hamilton, journeyman618@ gmail.com Finally able to print the last of the news I collected last year. Send me a note to be included in the next issue! George Marlatt had a stroke in February 2021, which left his left side paralyzed, but he is still cognitive! Currently, he is staying in an assisted living facility in Holland, Mich., and “working daily on recovery. “My favorite sports program is college wrestling, which I watch on YouTube. The football team was Patriot League Champion, which was good to see. I also watch Lehigh graduation speeches on YouTube. “I have two M.S. degrees from Carnegie Mellon, which I attended part-time while working for Westinghouse Nuclear in Pittsburgh. My undergraduate college decision was between CMU and Lehigh. Sure glad I chose Lehigh.” David Rights emailed in 2022 and I missed seeing his note, for which I am deeply sorry to him and his wife Sharon. David wrote, “We are looking forward to our 55th reunion in June. My wife, Sharon, and I are also celebrating our 55th wedding anniversary. “I am still working because I choose to and love what I am doing. I happen to work for an investment advisor, and the company switched to remote work for everyone almost instantly after COVID hit. I am blessed with the opportunity to continue to work remotely, even as the company is reconvening. “Sharon and I were fully vaxxed and have also escaped COVID or any of its variations, so we are blessed.” D’Arcy Roper has been busy with family life as well as alumni life at Lehigh. Among the multitude of his accomplishments, he has championed the Military Scholarship Fund for the Class of ’67 as part of Giving Day and March Mania. D’Arcy did research during the past year or so and found there are 115+ members of the Class of 1967 who are veterans for their service. He compiled his study into an extensive report of those veterans’ service lives. Jerald A. Schragen is still working in real estate for Residential Home Funding Corp. assisting homeowners and real estate agents. Jerry Silber said, “This fall I was honored at the annual Israel Cancer Research Fund dinner. I am currently chair of the Connecticut chapter. In the summer, my wife Bracha and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary by taking our two daughters, our sons-in-law and three grandchildren to a Club Med in the Dominican Republic for five days. Our oldest grandson celebrated his Bar Mitzvah this past December.” Harvey York related, “Barbara and I have been up to Lehigh regularly. We visit the Hotel B, in which we are partners with Bruce Haines, Bill Trotter and others. The hotel is doing well. So are Bill and Bruce! “Ran into Mike Caruso at Saucon Valley Golf Club. (We are all members.) Mike looks great! He has not changed and is one of the nicest people, and he never misses a wrestling match! “We are aging and our granddaughter is now considering an application to Lehigh— she is a junior in high school. “Speak to Andy Segal regularly, and he is doing well. Oh, and I still practice law full-time!” ’68 George Klacik, 27 Oak Forest Lane, Summit, NJ 07901, gklacikjr@aol.com, (908) 273-7850. Lauren (Bell) Isaacs ’03 sent an email with sad news: “Hello George, I just wanted to let you know that sadly my dad, Richard Trent Bell, passed on Oct. 10, 2025. He was the class correspondent for many years—I believe he preceded you in your role. Here is a link to his obituary: readingeagle.com/obituaries/dr-richard-trent-bellreading-pa. He was a proud Lehigh student and active alum. In 1988, he received the Lehigh Alumni Award and was a proud member of the 50+ Lehigh-Lafayette Games Club (he never missed a Lehigh-Lafayette game since he was a freshman in ’64— that includes away games AND the game at Yankee Stadium!). My mom, sisters and I [attended] the 50+ Games Club brunch in his honor and remembrance.” Dick was an exceptional person. Chuck Raynor wrote: “Greetings from the heart of South Carolina’s Lowcountry. My wife Judy and I have lived on St. Helena Island since I retired in 2005 and enjoy playing golf, sailing and traveling. After a few years as an engineer and 35 years as a funeral director, I still work a couple of days a week as a piano technician. Since 1973 I’ve been an active member of Rotary and will take over the presidency of Lowcountry Rotary in 2026 (God willing!). Hope all’s well with you and yours.” My curiosity required me to ask why an EE became a funeral director. Chuck replied, “Fifth generation [family business]—in the same town since 1874. Engineering training made me great at problem-solving!” Bill Gill wrote: “Here is something from someone who has never contributed to the column. Phyllis and I have been in Charlotte since graduation, where I ultimately owned an insurance agency from which I retired in 2012. Since then, have taught entrepreneurial classes and worked with several nonprofits, to keep off the streets. We have one daughter and three grandchildren all in Charlotte. Also in Charlotte is Fred Klein, who is developing the better part of this region. Childress Klein has become one of the significant developers in the mid-Atlantic region if not beyond.” Hey Fred, drop us a note and tell us how you accomplished this. Bill Josey wrote: “I came to Washington, D.C., right out of Lehigh in 1968. Actually started working for the Navy as a mathematician the week before graduation and took leave without pay to go back to Bethlehem to graduate! That was the beginning of a satisfying 43-year career in weapons systems software development and, ultimately, program management for the Navy and, later, the Army. It was a good ride that included five years living in London, England, in the late 1970s. My wife, Sara, and I live in Kensington, Md., in the same house we bought in 1980 and where we raised our four children. When I retired in 2011, I joked with the retirement specialist that I was a boring case, having only one address, one phone number and one wife over all those decades (when the forms had space for many more!). Our 10 grandchildren give us ample opportunity to attend horse shows, basketball and soccer games, lacrosse, football, swim meets and art shows. We are active singers, singing with our church choir and a large symphonic choir that performs in multiple concert venues in the D.C. area. In between concert dates, rehearsals and family events, we are fans of international travel, having been on safari in Tanzania, on the beach in Turks and Caicos, on a long boat on the Danube and touring the Baltics … many more. We are very thankful for a great family, good health, good friends and an active life.” I thank all who answered
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