FROM THE NEST | SPRING 2023 | 5 CORRESPONDENCE REVISITING MILES ROCK Thank you for the excellent article about my great-great-grandfather Miles Rock that appeared in the Fall 2022 Lehigh Bulletin. To my knowledge, I am the only descendent of Miles Rock to have graduated from Lehigh in recent time—I earned my B.S. in geological sciences from Lehigh in 1980. My cousins, David and Chris Grace, informed me they had donated the vast collection of articles that were in the attic of their Trumansburg, N.Y., home, and I was thrilled that Lehigh was willing to accept and house the collection. Few of Miles Rock’s possessions were passed down to my side of the family (all I have is his map of Guatemala on the wall of my office), though I do have three of [his son] Alfred Rock’s university notebooks on geology given to me by David and Chris’s mother many years ago. I also knew very little about Miles Rock’s life, so the article in the Lehigh Bulletin was illuminating and educational. I will be keeping that copy of the Bulletin with my keepsake possessions. As a side note, my Lehigh education served me well over the years also. I worked as a professional geologist in the environmental consulting industry then transitioned in midlife to a tenured faculty position at Harrisburg Area Community College. I have since retired from that position and currently live in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. James E. Baxter ’80 Just want to say just how much I enjoyed your Fall 2022 Alumni Bulletin, especially the Miles Rock article. So well researched, written and illustrated. And kudos to your art director for the entire issue, great design elements and readability. Bob Teufel ’59 Share your thoughts by sending a letter to the editor at maa614@lehigh.edu. CHRISTA NEU The Lehigh-UN Partnership brought nearly 100 students, faculty and staff to the United Nations in February for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly. The event, which had sustainable development as its theme, aimed to bridge women in science and the international community and connect science and policy. Ginny McSwain (left), associate professor of physics, and Gabrielle String (below), assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering and the College of Health, presented. Four students served as rapporteurs, helping to coordinate the event, take notes and produce a post-conference report. Lehigh Joins UN Assembly GLOBAL
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