CLASS NOTES | SUMMER 2024 | 49 U.S. Navy Reserve Officers Candidates program, went to O.C.S. at Newport, was commissioned, then went to Supply Corps school in Athens. I received orders to the U.S. Naval facility at Yokuska, Japan, as ships shore ashore officer. “At the end of my sophomore year, my dad’s business folded, and I could not afford the next-year expenses. I lived at home in Haddonfield, N.J., drove a taxi during the day and attended night classes at Rutgers College of South Jersey in Camden. I saved enough to return to Lehigh for my senior year. I was elected president of Theta Xi fraternity. I took my final exam on June 10 and married Mary, my wife of 69 years, on June 12. We had a brief honeymoon on Glen Lake in Michigan since I had to be in Newport by late June. This means I missed our graduation ceremony, which I have always regretted. “Following discharge from the Navy, I joined IBM Corp., where I worked for 34 years in a variety of jobs. In 1966, I got a job managing an education center in New York City. We moved to New Canaan, Conn., where we lived for 27 years. After retiring, we bought an 18th-century farmhouse and moved to rural Maryland. We now live in a Baltimore County condo. I play golf and duplicate bridge and read extensively. Mary and I raised one daughter and three sons. We have three granddaughters, four grandsons and two adorable great-granddaughters. My hearing is very bad. Thanks to a cochlear implant, I get by. I love email.” So good to hear from you, Paul. As an aside, you may be the only classmate to have served in the Navy, while I may be the only one who served in the regular Army. I served 1948-50 and was an honorably discharged veteran before I entered Lehigh as a sophomore. I have the U.S. Army to thank for most of the clothing I wore when at Lehigh. I had all the Army issue dyed a darker brown and my wife tells me that Army-issued clothing is (or was) virtually indestructible. This letter is from Bruce Klein. “I graduated from Dwight Preparatory School. Winton Miller ’32 was headmaster and a very enthusiastic Lehigh graduate, who enjoyed playing baseball for Lehigh. I graduated from the Business College of Lehigh, worked 10 years in the public accounting profession, earned a CPA in New York and joined Preload Corporations, a spinoff of the Foundation Corporation. At that time, Preload Corporations were insolvent, which was remedied. The product was a proprietary prestressed concrete water storage tank built on-site in sizes up to 20 million gallons. The market was Maine to Texas. The largest project was two large L.N.G. double-walled insulated storage tanks for the Philadelphia Gas Corp. I was the secretary/treasurer and a minority stockholder. I retired in 1990 and became active in the P.E.I.R. (personal enrichment in retirement) program at Hofstra University. After all these years, I still remember the words of my accounting professor: ‘Be liquid.’ Valuable advice! Professor Cowin drove a beautiful Chrysler, which I admired as a sign of success. I recall he would come around during exams and make helpful comments, which I still remember.” Now—where are the rest of you? We old guys all have stories to tell. ’55Burt Sutker, (732) 718-0617; 21204 Shannondell Drive, Audubon, PA 19403 Hope this issue finds you and yours well. We do not have a star for the summer 2024 Bulletin, as no one has stepped forward with a column for your reading pleasure. What I do have is a bunch of snippets. Lou Peters (star of the winter 2019 Bulletin) continues to send humorous items. There could be several a week. Lou, always appreciated. If you do not get them, ask Lou to add you to his distribution list. From Jim Kline: “Hi, Burt, appreciate your followup note. I have not forgotten your request. I will try to give your column some stuff about my life after Lehigh graduation but cannot promise you when (hopefully, something before year-end). Also want to thank you for taking up the task of the class column. It is good to know there are classmates still kicking in their 90s.” Dick Davis had shared the following before he died: He started out as a mechanical engineer but then changed course work to international relations. Dick was a brother at Sigma Phi Epsilon, along with Lew Shupe and Jim Kline. He was in Air Force ROTC and, after graduation, spent his life/career as an officer in the Air Force. He retired as a bird colonel. He has two granddaughters, one of whom is completing a program as a physician’s assistant. From Ed Hatfield (star of the summer 2021 Bulletin): “Burt … you have done a great job. It’s good to see our class in the Bulletin. At 90, those of us reading your message are the fortunate ones. Pinky and I still share time between Chestertown, Md., and Pawleys Island, S.C. Three married children and eight grandchildren keep us in the ‘real world.’ I looked forward to Lew Shupe’s column. He was my barrack mate at BIOC at Ft. Benning and fellow traveler to spring break in Ft. Lauderdale, 1955. Perhaps that is censored!” Lee Butz (star of the summer 2022 Bulletin) was recognized for his athletic accomplishments and inducted into the Hall of Fame, as noted in the Fall 2023 Bulletin. A personal note: Every column needs information. I will press you for information every chance I get. At some point, no information means no column. ’56 Bill Burgin, 534 W. Beechtree Lane, Wayne, PA 19087, (610) 6887374 (H); billburgin1934@ gmail.com I heard from Anne Kime and Carolyn McGrory, wives of two former classmates. Sadly, Al Kime died in February 2020 and Bob McGrory died in July of the same year. In May 2023, Anne joined college classmates to attend their 65th reunion from Randolph College (formerly Randolph Macon Women’s College) in Lynchburg, Va. Anne, who lives with daughter Jennifer in Asheville, N.C., enjoys celebrating milestone events in the lives of their four grandchildren. Carolyn McGrory, in keeping with the zest for travel she shared with Bob, joined two University of Pennsylvania classmates to board a ship in Chicago and tour all five Great Lakes. Carolyn, from her residence in Montgomery County, Pa., works part time and keeps up with her industrious family. She recalls her many happy memories of Lehigh. It is with heavy heart that I report the news of Jim White’s death April 7. Jim was dedicated to Lehigh and our class, contributing substantially to each of our reunions. Look for more information in the next issue of this Bulletin. He had stayed in touch with Arthur Anderman and fellow Sigma Nu Frank Cafaro. Class President Arthur Anderman and his wife, Carole, have provided an endowment for Lehigh in memory of their daughter Lisa Anderman Daskal ’83. Sadly, Lisa, mother of daughter Noa Daskal ’22, died in 2021. The Lisa Anderman Daskal ’83 Endowment Fund for Lehigh University Emergency Medical Services, the first
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