78 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | IN REMEMBRANCE David H. Kirkpatrick ’72, Rochester, N.Y., June 13, 2023. A veteran of the U.S. Navy in Vietnam, Kirkpatrick worked as a mechanical design engineer. He held four patents and contributed to the James Webb Space Telescope. Gary A. Dimmick ’74, Greensboro, N.C., July 20, 2023. Dimmick spent his career with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. John A. Kiddon ’74 M.S. ’79, North Kingstown, R.I., July 12, 2023. A Zeta Psi member, Kiddon worked at the EPA as a chemical oceanographer and authored many papers using complex data sets to help the government make decisions on where and how to spend resources to make the environment safer. Howard B. Foltz ’77 MBA ’80, Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 18, 2023. Foltz was a Kappa Sigma member. He worked as a CPA for the family real estate investment business and as a ski instructor. He was a very active alumnus, involved with his class, the Greek Alumni Council, adviser to the Interfraternity Council and former board member of LUAA. He was honored with the Alumni Award in 2012. His father, William Foltz ’46, and siblings, David Foltz ’80 and Jonathan Foltz ’83, are members of the Lehigh family. He was also a member of the Asa Packer Society. John E. Grant ’77, Upper St. Clair, Pa., May 9, 2023. An Alpha Tau Omega member, Grant made his career in sales with Honeywell. Amy (Levy) Wolfe ’77, Newton, Mass., July 3, 2023. A Gamma Phi Beta member, Wolfe was a devoted parent and active volunteer in her community. Kevin R. Weiner ’78, Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 4, 2023. Weiner worked at Lehigh as the director of advanced technology. Joseph A. Zebleckes Jr. ’79, Wilmington, Del., June 19, 2023. Zebleckes was a Chi Phi member. He worked for ICI as an engineer for 20 years before becoming an architect. 1980s George J. Rudy ’80, Ephrata, Pa., July 20, 2023. Rudy was the founder of Enterprise Software Products, a company that revolutionized engineering analysis. He developed the program FEMAP. David R. White ’81, Summerville, S.C., Aug. 13, 2023. Barry J. Coriell ’83, Martinsville, N.J., April 27, 2023. A Sigma Chi member, Coriell was a CPA who held executive positions in various transportation, construction and consulting firms in New York City and New Jersey. Thomas J. Galvin ’83, Phoenix, Ariz., Aug. 3, 2023. Galvin was a Pi Lambda Phi member. James R. Putira ’84, Palm Bay, Fla., June 12, 2023. Putira was a Delta Upsilon member. He worked as a quality engineer for defense contractors, DRS, Extant, SMTC and, most recently, L3Harris. Jeffrey D. Armor ’86 MBA ’88, Charleston, S.C., July 28, 2023. Armor was a member of the soccer team and Zeta Psi. Paul H. Hartzler ’86, Buckingham Township, Pa., July 22, 2023. Hartzler owned his own consulting business, Routine Solutions, and worked for Sabre Systems. Maurice T. Murphy ’86, Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 14, 2022. Murphy was a member of the football team and Delta Upsilon. 1990s Phillip H. Pender ’90, Manchester, N.J., July 10, 2023. A football player and Delta Upsilon member, Pender taught and coached in the Freehold Township High School. 2000s Lauren Iamascia Haynes ’05, Reston, Va., June 7, 2023. A member of Alpha Gamma DelNicholas W. Balabkins, former professor of economics and economic theorist, passed awayMay 8, 2023, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He was 96. Balabkins was a professor at Lehigh from 1957 until 1994. He was known in the Lehigh academic community for utilizing a teaching style that combined approachability and academic rigor. After retirement, he continued his research in the role of professor emeritus. Balabkins conducted a wide range of research and scholarship. He wrote several books and more than 40 published professional articles that discussed economics through the lens of theory, history and sociology as well as statistics and technology. His most renowned work was the 1971 book “West German Reparations to Israel,” published by Rutgers University Press. Balabkins retired from Lehigh in 1994. At that time, the university honored him with the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Award for Excellence in Teaching. Edward Evenson, professor emeritus of Earth and environmental sciences and distinguished scientist of glacial geology, died Aug. 7, 2023, at his home in Mackay, Idaho. He was 80. Born in Wisconsin in 1942, Evenson had an internationally respected reputation for deciphering how the Ice Ages sculpted Earth. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1972 and, the following year, began teaching at Lehigh, where he stayed for the next 50 years. As a teacher and mentor, Evenson helped launch scores of careers. He founded the Lehigh University Field Camp and led the program for more than 40 years. Outside the classroom, he guided countless undergraduate students as many encountered Earth sciences for the first time, changed their majors and went on to top graduate programs. Many graduate students benefited from his expansive understanding of geologic processes, some of whom would go on to be close colleagues and collaborators. Influential Educators Balabkins was an economic theorist. Evenson was a scientist of glacial geology. REMEMBERING Nicholas Balabkins & Edward Evenson
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