46 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | CLASS NOTES at Richards. His final two years were spent living at SMAGS with Rick Devine ’80. Dave graduated with a degree in government. He also ran track and cross-country. Dave has been married for 40 years to his elementary school sweetheart. They have four grown children (with an age range of five years!), all living near them in the NYC area. Dave and his wife also have four granddaughters under the age of three. After Lehigh, Dave hitchhiked around Europe before returning home to enter law school and pass the N.Y. bar. He practiced law before joining the family business, ClearVision Optical, with his brother and sister. They now employ 160 staffers and are one of the largest family-owned and -operated eyewear distributors in North America. They’ve received numerous awards for workplace culture and as a “Best Company to Work For.” Dave and his brother are majority shareholders in TechPrint Industries, a 3D printing startup. The business is recognized for technical advancements in 3D printed eyewear. Dave supports Lehigh through their Capstone Project and recently donated a 3D printer to Professor Brian Slocum and the Wilbur Powerhouse Lab. Dave stays in regular contact with Jim Davis, Stellan Thoren ’77, Elliot Michael ’76, Rick Devine and a little less frequently with Andy Hubsch ’80 and Dave Rohr ’80. ’80 Mark Hembarsky, Mhem barsky1980@gmail.com Jim Merrill highlights that he played the pipe organ at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pa., twice in 2025. He had also played there in prior years. It is the world’s largest Aeolian organ constructed in a residential setting, with over 10,000 pipes. He adds that it was “great fun and hope to play again there in 2026. I also do volunteer piano work regularly near where I live for assisted living/Alzheimer’s communities— music is universal.” Jim is still with Ernst & Young some 40+ years after Lehigh! John Heidenreich got together with Ted Bahr at Ted’s gallery in Oyster Bay, Long Island. It was a great evening of Grateful Dead music and viewing Ted’s collection of psychedelic rock art from the ’60s and ’70s. John is living in NYC, working on Wall Street, and is very active in the small IPO market. Ted retired in 2018 and opened the only art gallery in the country dedicated to vintage psychedelic rock posters. He says he has two granddaughters so far and is “living the dream in what doubles as the world’s largest mancave!” Jim Donahue retired after an incredible career. He was a journalism and government major, and after a brief stint working as a reporter, he earned his law degree. Jim then made impressive contributions in the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General for over 40 years. Jim started in the antitrust section. He was promoted to chief of the section and was chair of the National Association of Attorneys General Antitrust Task Force. Jim spent 10 years as executive deputy attorney general, followed by the last 2½ years serving as the first deputy, the No. 2 person in the office, with responsibility for reviewing all major public protection, civil litigation and criminal matters. An amazing resume! Though now retired from the Attorney General’s office, Jim continues practicing law. Jim notes that our classmate Michael Antunes M.D. retired from Christiana Health Care as head of neonatology after an impressive career researching how to care for newborns. “Some of Mike’s projects are now standard care.” Football games help keep the Class of ’80 connected, as seen by these updates: Mike Snowden, along with Drs. Leamon Davenport ’92 and Rob Mills ’82, were hosted in Kansas City, Mo., by Mike Ford for the Week 2 Philadelphia Eagles vs. KC Chiefs football game. First time in more than 40+ years for this overdue reunion! Both Ford and Mills were members of the then Lehigh Engineers football team under Coach Whitehead. Mike says that “KC barbecue is the best,” and the Eagles won a hardfought 20-17 victory. Bob Sukenik is currently living in Euless, Texas, and working at Quicken Steel. He says he is “enjoying tracking the football successes of the Mountain Hawks.” Doug Pitney rode the wave of our class’s 45th reunion into the fall 2025 athletic season. He writes, “I attended all six home football games (plus a later afternoon volleyball game), took a road trip to Hamilton, N.Y., to watch the Colgate game and host a pregame barbeque for the Marching 97 flame band, and gathered with alumni Lambda Chi Alpha and Pi Kappa Alpha brothers at Lafayette for a great Mountain Hawk win.” PIKE family alumni attending included Craig Madsen, Susan (Bregstein) Hembarsky and yours truly. Along the way, Doug started a new tradition of handing out a “Cooking Up Lehigh Memories” apron to a deserving alumnus, football player parent or undergraduate, one per game. Other classmates highlighted the magic of L-L weekend last year. Our Mountain Hawks (still the “Engineers” for many of us) beat the Leopards to win the Patriot League Championship, secure a 12-0 record and move on to the FCS Playoffs as a fifth seed. The Lehigh-side stands were packed, and many Lehigh fans also sat in the Lafayette-side seats. Jim Flanagan proudly highlights that Phi Delta Theta alumni had a strong showing at Rivalry 161. “I started with a breakfast beer with Spence Reid and Wayne Curry in Easton. We attended the game together, celebrating our recent retirement and Lehigh’s undefeated season.” Frank Scattene says, “I enjoyed the great win vs. Lafayette with my wife, LU Athletics Hall of Famer Roseann Corsi, along with Andy McIntyre,Buddy Weisenberg and Joel Isaacson.” Lehigh hosted Villanova in the second round of the FCS playoffs, but despite a valiant effort, came up just short. Regardless, more alumni reconnections and new connections were made during the weekend. At the LXA and PIKE tailgate, we met Bob Bevan ’60, his daughter Sheri (Bevan) Comisac ’88 and her husband Glenn Comisac ’89. They happened by, asked a question, struck up a conversation and we learned about their five-generation Lehigh family! Look them up to see some interesting articles from Lehigh about this incredible family. ’81Tom Wocklish, twocklish@alum. lehigh.edu Lehigh finished a perfect regular season defeating Lafayette in an exciting game, winning the Patriot League Championship. After finishing ranked fifth in the FCS and earning a firstround bye, the second round of the FCS Championship playoffs pitted Lehigh against Villanova. You do remember our initial national championship our freshman year! Jen and I watched the Lafayette game in Georgia at one of the more than 50 rivalry telecasts organized throughout the USA. The Atlanta event was equally attended by Lafayette fans. I dug deep for the freshman in me, appearing in most of the ’Pards group photos. Linda (Taylor) Ferguson and Anne Kline attended their 50th rivalry game, wow! The festivities started the day before at the home of Sue Yee ’82. The party was attended by many Lehigh friends and family; fellow ’81s included Shari Butz and Lehigh adjunct professor and brand-new granddad Dr. Rich Titus. Linda is still flying for American as international purser. Anne was heading to Santiago, Chile, for the South American Regionals of the Laffont/Metropolitan Opera Competition. She’s still on two opera boards and always loves bringing first-timers to the opera. Shari Butz lives in the Allentown area and plays pickleball. Jack McGowan retired
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