CLASS NOTES | SUMMER 2024 | 57 1. Christina Bauer ’15 stands atop Rainbow Mountain in Peru at an elevation of 17,000 feet. 2. John Texter ’71 traveled to the Tibetan base camp of Mt. Everest at 17,100 feet above sea level. The mountain, called Mt. Qomolangma by Tibetans, rises in the background. 3. Jamie Holbrook ’76 attended a book signing by Marty Baron ’76 in Seattle. Baron’s book is “Collision of Power–Trump, Bezos, and the Washington Post.” 4. Jay Canell ’89, left, and Neil Canell ’89 have been supporting the men’s lacrosse program for years. In April, the program honored them by naming “The Canell Brothers Lacrosse Suite.” 5. Wes Wardell ’51 and Lee Martucci ’82, who work together to write the Class of 1951 column, met in person for the first time at Wardell’s house, where they bonded over a love of wrestling, even watching some of Martucci’s old matches on YouTube. 6. Alumni proudly displaying the Lehigh flag on safari through the Lehigh Alumni Travel Program. From left, back row: Irene and Pete Kershaw ’76, Susan (Bregstein) Hembarsky ’80 and Mark Hembarsky ’80, Ross Hotz ’81 (right of flag, front) and his family, and Jennifer Cunningham ’28P, AVP of Alumni Relations. 7. Lehigh came out to celebrate the wedding of Andrew Papazian ’15 and Rebecca DeStefano. From left, Rebecca Bay ’14, Roxanne Kapikian ’75, John Papazian ’78, Douglas Tashjian ’77, Andrew Papazian ’15, Allie Anderson ’15, Nick Tashjian ’15, Tyler Moon ’15, Tamara Huson ’15 and Nicholas Schan ’15. 8. Amy Shotmeyer ’05 and Andy Porter were married in February. Celebrating with the happy couple were, from left, back row: Timothy J. Shotmeyer ’00, Lisa Cuny Smith ’02 ’03G, Lauren Van Hoesen-Salvo ’05, James Stanley ’99, Erika Murdock Balbuena ’05, Arleigh Waring ’05, Katie (Preate) Stanley ’03, Alexandra (Kelly) Pickard ’05,Brad Szalachowski ’05,Lauren (Guida) Szalachowski ’05),Darren Magarro ’00. From left, front row: Christina Marks ’05, Alison (Cummins) Gely ’05, Amy Shotmeyer, Ashley (Forwood) Drane ’05, Kristin (Cuny) Kollberg ’06, Kimberly (McNeil) Beckerman ’05 and Courtney Kelly ’06 (on the floor). Celebrations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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