CLASS NOTES | SPRING 2026 | 47 from T. Rowe Price (TROW) in 2022. He enjoys golfing, a lot, and has a scary good handicap. Additionally, Jack is a fundraiser for a local nonprofit, Helping Up Mission, working with a few fellow retirees from TROW. His children have graduated from college (John from Vanderbilt in 2023 and Meredith from Northeastern in 2025) and are working in Maryland. Jack’s in touch with fellow Pi Lam’s Steve Brietner and Mark Bastian as well as Art Greenwood. Word is Art and his family are doing great, looking good and enjoying golf at SVCC. What do Linda, Anne, Shari and Jack have in common? They’re members of our 45th class reunion planning committee. And what a reunion they are planning! If you have attended previous class reunions, you know that Lehigh still throws a great party! If you haven’t, you owe it to yourself before the 50th rolls around. The date is June 11-14, 2026. Response has been great! If you’re undecided, go to the registration page and check out who’s coming. (alumni.lehigh. edu/reunion-weekend) I’m sure there will be old friends on the list with whom you would like to reconnect. ’82 Michael Whalen, michaelwha len81@gmail. com. On Facebook, like “Lehigh University Class of 1982.” ’83 Nancy Liu Freedman, nancyliule high83@gmail.com Happy Spring Class of ’83! I did not receive much news this time, but I did meet up with classmates at various events. Remember, if I see you, you will be mentioned in the column. Sandy Denton, pickleball aficionado, was invited again this year to compete in the 2025 Pickleball World Championships Tournament in Texas. This time she earned the silver medal! She was close to first and has vowed to get the gold medal next year. Great job again, Sandy! I know you can do it next year! Sandy also hosted the Soaring Together event at Chief in NYC. She was joined by Kira (Cauwels) Mendez, Lucia (Mascolo) Diana and me to meet and network with fellow alumnae. At the Clayton UC dedication during Founder’s Weekend, I noticed that a few classmates generously donated to the renovation of the UC. I bumped into Val (Smith) Hirsch, her husband Thom ’75 and son Edward ’10. I missed seeing Debbie Harmon, but I know that she was there. Thanks for your generosity! Also attending the dedication were Sandy Denton, Drew Freed, and Kira (Cauwels) and Steve Mendez. The building is beautiful, and you must make it a point to visit it the next time you are on campus. Football games Carol (Adamcek) Ellis made the trip from Lancaster, Pa., to join us at a tailgate. I met up with Dave Thomson at a few games. Lehigh-Lafayette What a great game! Perfect 12-0 season! Patriot League champions! It was exciting to ruin Lafayette’s 200th anniversary celebration with a 42-32 win. I saw Sandy Denton, Liz (Batesole) Hainey, Paula (Thoden) Bayer ’84 and Chip Bayer before the game. Sandy mentioned that she saw Diane (Villwock) Sitkowski at the Bethlehem telecast. Now, I am going to try something different. To get some kind of response from you guys, a fellow correspondent suggested asking a question. So, here is my question: What is your favorite Lehigh memory? Enjoy your spring and please send me your news or a quick response to my question. As LUAA Board president, I will be attending many Lehigh events, including Reunion weekend on June 11-14, 2026. Hope to see you at an event! ’84 Thomas Keating, 2343 15th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713; thomaskeating@yahoo.com At the time of this writing, a very successful Lehigh football season has concluded, and a pleasant holiday season was had by all. I am thankful for all of you, my heroes, and especially those classmates who sent in items, enabling my laziness! First: Dilworth Paxson LLP issued a press release with one of their attorneys, our own Roy Ross, a trusts and estates attorney, being recognized as “One of the Best Lawyers in America 2025.” Congratulations Roy, a well-deserved honor. Steve Touhill wrote to say: “My Phi Kappa Theta pledge class makes a concerted effort to stay connected, and for the past few years, we have been graciously hosted on the Jersey Shore at the homes of Helen and Jim Kovacs in Mantoloking and with Kevin O’Brien and Kendall (Butts) O’Brien in Bay Head. Our 2025 gathering had a great turnout, with 11 out of our class of 12 able to make it, most with their significant others in tow. The 11 were yours truly, Kevin, Jim, Peter Olsen, Fred Kleinhenz, John Niemasz, Rick Schadt, Bob Raffo, Chris Broderick, Dave Storck, and Jay Stefany ’85. Jay’s wife Vivian (Moore) Stefany and Kendall are also classmates of ours. We’re hoping to convince missing man Fred Deuschle to join us next year. We feel very fortunate to have maintained our friendship over the past 45 years.” Phil Goldman was inspired to write: “I retired in May of 2025 after 42 years with engineer of one kind or another in my job title. Honeywell, Seagate and Medtronic were the major jobs. But being married to Lynne for 33 years is the best of all. Volunteering at the Science Fair as an organizer for 30 years, and at Como Zoo and Conservatory as event team leader for the last 33 years and as host of other charities has kept us busy. I have been living in Dayton, Minn., near Minneapolis, since graduation.” Lowell Eisenstadt dropped me a line: “I organized an alumni event over the course of a year and a half: Lehigh at the Milwaukee Mile—Wisconsin State Park. It was an awesome success. We were limited to 20 people and got 24. The event was capped off by a visit to the infield paddock area and the Penske garage where they were preparing the Penske cars, and Roger Penske ’59 made an appearance to greet the group. It was surreal when he came out and all the employees were in awe. The race was good, though Penske cars finished 3rd, 7th, 26th.” The Milwaukee Mile is the world’s oldest operating motor speedway and hosts the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series. Brian Durkin sent me the following: “We held our annual Sig Ep Tailgate (mostly ’80s alums) at The Game. We had a bigger turnout than expected, and the crew included ’84 alumni Suzanne (Taylor) Thompson, Dave Hicks and Steve Fleisher. We tailgated at the top of a dead-end street above the stadium since they do not have the space around their stadium. It was a great game, both teams played well, but Lehigh was able to prevail for the 42-32 final. … On the home front, our daughter recently had a baby boy, and baby and mom are doing well. That is now our third grandchild (all boys) in the last two and a half years; all are happy, healthy and very fun to be with. We will have all three of our grandkids home together for the first time—my wife and I are really looking forward to it!” Thanks again for all the information, but time waits for no one, so keep it coming! ’85 Jennifer Sheehan, (240) 401-3724, jksheehan@aol.com Len Ferman published his second sports history book under his label, The Sports Time Traveler. It’s titled, “Great Golf Tournaments—Volume 1.” The book takes the reader on a virtual journey back in time to relive classic golf events that took place 50 to 100 years ago. Fans get to experience Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus in their prime as if the tournaments were taking place now.
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