CLASS NOTES | FALL 2024 | 49 June 2024. His citation read, in part, “He approaches his volunteer role with initiative, humor and tech savviness. And he made an immediate impact on the class, reconnecting with many classmates and reminding them of the comradery that was so important to their student and alumni experience.” Please see the In Remembrance section for more information about Mark. ’55Burt Sutker, (732) 718-0617; 21204 Shannondell Drive, Audubon, PA 19403 Lots going on in our lives right now, and you do want to share with your classmates, whose numbers are shrinking. Either you are close or you have crossed the big 9-0, and perhaps have grandchildren and great-grandchildren with all the wonderful events that come with the expanded family. Many of you may have legacies who have attended Lehigh. My son and one of my grandsons are Lehigh graduates. A. Haigh Cundey started with the Class of 1955 and has maintained friendships with ’55 members and brothers at Chi Psi. There was a two-year break for military service before Haigh ultimately got his degree in finance and graduated with the Class of 1958. He had a 50year career on Wall Street with Werthheim, Werthheim-Schroeder, Smith Barney and then Morgan Stanley. I quote from the Alumni Award he was honored with on June 4, 2005, at our 50th reunion: “An accomplished portfolio manager and senior vice president with Smith Barney, he is a generous contributor to the University’s permanent art collection and was an early supporter of and contributor to both the concept and the building of the Rauch Business Center. Long espousing the complementary role of athletics and academics at his beloved Lehigh, he was a generous contributor to the Grace Hall Restoration and a lead donor for yet another visionary project, the A. Haigh Cundey Varsity House, a dream come true in the summer of 2002. In addition to these tangible gifts, his gifts of time, energy and influence are exemplary through his participation in the Lehigh Leadership Council, his 30th and 40th reunion fund committees and as chairman of the 50th. He leads by his example, always aiming to improve what he considers an already stellar institution: in return, his alma mater recognizes him today as a treasured and steadfast friend.” The Varsity House serves only varsity athletes. The facility provides team locker rooms, meeting rooms, sports medicine and equipment repair services, along with strength building and conditioning. Haigh has been married for 66 years and has four children and eight grandchildren. He spends seven months of the year in North Palm Beach Florida and five months in Summit, N.J. Haigh is still active in the financial world as our conversation was cut short when Haigh said he had an incoming client call. Little, however, interferes with golf as it took several sets of phone calls before I got him “off the golf course.” Over the recent years, I have had an opportunity to communicate with several faculty members on consulting assignments. Lehigh is fortunate in having such skilled and dedicated professionals in its teaching and research faculty. If you have a need for help, look to Lehigh first. ’56 Bill Burgin, 534 W. Beechtree Lane, Wayne, PA 19087, (610) 688-7374 (H); billburgin1934@gmail.com We are remembering and honoring our good friend, class treasurer and invaluable class member Jim White, who died last April 7. Jim was highly productive in each of our class reunions. Most recently, he negotiated and oversaw the creation and installation of a bench and plaque placed on campus near the Linderman Library. The bench is our class gift to the school, marking our 66 years since graduation. Also for our 65th reunion postponed to 2022 Jim joined with Liz Thun to provide a festive cocktail party at the Saucon Valley Country Club. For our 30th reunion in 1986, Jim installed a giant tent over rows of tables outside of Taylor Hall, with the complex serving as our reunion headquarters all weekend. Jim, a landscape architect, after service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began his career with Bethlehem Steel, then owned Kuss Brothers, a landscape and tent company. He received the Persa Award and the Alumni Award from Lehigh. A loyal member of Sigma Nu fraternity, Jim enjoyed gathering with his brothers near his winter home in Osprey, Fla. We extend deep condolences to his family and his longtime companion, Freda Frova. Class President Arthur Anderman writes that he and Carole are spending summer days at their lake house in Connecticut, where they are frequent weekend hosts to their grandchildren and a batch of young friends. Arthur is in touch with Harry Levine and reports that Harry has retired to Florida. Harry and Frances were married for 41 years before her death shortly before our 50th reunion in 2006. He is a member of the Asa Packer and Tower Societies and has attended many pre-game luncheons and Rivalry games as a member of the Lehigh-Lafayette 50-Game Club. He told Arthur he is in touch with Len Arkin. Congratulations to Augustine (Gus) Ripa, who retired from the Department of Theatre this past year. I met Gus as part of a visiting committee of alums shortly after his arrival at Lehigh in 1979. He was vital to the creation of a long-needed Department of Theatre in 1989 and the construction of the Zoellner Arts Center in 1997. Bravo, Gus! ’57 Jim Watson, The Waterstone, 150 Bloomingdale Rd., Apt 532, White Plains, NY, 10605, 201-803-1307; jwatson@execsearchinc.net After living in Wyckoff, N.J., for the last 59 years, we sold our house and are moving to a senior living hotel. We’re on the fifth floor (two-bedroom apartment) in White Plains, N.Y., near the Westchester Mall (good walking in those winter months, near Whole Foods and across the street from Bloomingdales). The Waterstone is about two years old, having started in Boston, and they now have five locations around the East Coast. It has a great swimming pool that I have to use, as well as breakfast, lunch and dinner, with an option to cook in the apartment and do laundry as well. There’s an extra bathroom for visiting children and grandchildren, plus a dog-walking option for our Charlie. This will be our first apartment since 1960-62. Here’s hoping we like it! I received a great note from Paul Ringenbach from Schertz, Texas, who has been married to Sally Evans (St. Luke’s Nursing School) for the last 65 years, with four children and 15 grandchildren. He may have set a class record … who has more than 15 grandchildren? His fond memories of Sigma Nu included: Austy Short and John Moyer getting a calf and painting it black and white to impersonate a zebra; Austy and Alex Maslowsky jammed into Austy’s car to return the calf to the farm—the car never smelled the same. Paul was an AFROTC member and, after 28 years of active
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