FA L L 2 0 2 2 | 4 7 N O T E S unions, we do have one coming up in 2024.Whilewemay be diminished innumbers, hopewe are not in spirit. Thought for our era: “To get back tomy youth, I would do anything in theworld, except exercise, get up early or be respectable.” OscarWilde. ’60Williams E. Millsom, 67 Mystic Road, North Stonington, CT 06359. (860) 5362926 (H), (860) 235-3618 (C); bill. millsom@gmail.com Hello classmates, our 60th reunion has come and gone. I missed it due to a fall the week before, which left me with broken ribs, etc.; however, Bob Bevan was nice enough to fll me in on the details. Jack Kennedy worked hard to organize the reunion until health problems intervened. Ira Friedman, Bob Bevan and John Daniel stepped in to ensure all went smoothly. Attending the Reunion from our class were John Daniel; Ira Friedman; Alan Beck; Craig Anderson and his wife, Judy; Bentley Ofutt and his wife, Ann; Myron Olstein and his wife, Sherry; Don Petersen and his wife, Roberta; Whitey Martindale; Harry McNally; Betty Resch; and Bob Bevan and his wife, Jane. The Friday evening dinner was held outside in a tent near the new library with good food, music and good weather. The Saturday morning parade was long, with many alumni participating, including our class. This was followed by lunch and a talk by the university president. Quite a few class members attended the Kingston Trio concert, which brought back memories fromwhen they performed at Lehigh in 1959. At the suggestion of the university, the classes of 1960, 1961 and 1962 joined together for dinner in the University Center, which included live background music. After dinner, the members of our class who attended met privately to conduct class business. During this meeting, Jack Daniel was elected new class president, Craig Anderson as VP and me as class correspondent. Alan Beck volunteered to get a list of our classmates so we can more easily contact them to learn how they are doing, etc., and then get that information into future class columns. Craig had prepared a short synopsis of life at Lehigh while we were there. It is well worth reading, and I recommend anyone who is interested to get in touch with Craig and ask for a copy. He can be reached at craigandjudy@ aol.com. Dave Eyer and his wife, Irene, had planned to come up fromKeyWest, but after a bout of COVID in early June and because they will be driving up north in the fall to visit relatives and friends, they decided to miss the Reunion. Dave will also spend four weeks fshing inwesternQuebec at Kipawa Lodge. Bob Bevan mentioned he still plays tennis, pickleball, paddle ball and slow-pitch softball on a local church team. He has seven grandchildren, two of whom attended Lehigh, and three daughters—Sue (Bevan) Baggott ’83, Sandy (Bevan) Ritchey ’86 and Sheri (Bevan) Comisac ’88 —who all attended Lehigh. Overall, his family has 14 members who went to Lehigh, dating back to 1887. John Daniel reports that his wife, Carol, passed away in April. She had been ill for many years, with John as her main caregiver. He is now adjusting to life without her and once again becoming involved in the community, as evidenced by his willingness to take on the presidency of our class. After our class reunion, Ira Friedman attended his 40th reunion at Harvard Business School. While in Boston, he was able to see his oldest daughter, Lisa, and his granddaughter, Haylie, who just got her M.S. (magna cum laude) from Simmons University. On a sadder note, former class president and longtime supporter of the class and Lehigh, Bill Ross, passed away in April upon his return to Villanova fromJupiter Island, Fla. Bill’s two sons, Bill Ross Jr. ’90 and James Ross ’93, graduated fromLehigh. He is survived by his wife, Dottie, his two sons, a daughter, Cathy, and six grandchildren. Lisa Eisler ’85 advised me of the passing of her father, Richard Kalady, in January. He was a strong supporter of Lehigh and had a grandson, Brendan Eisler, who graduated from Lehigh inMay 2022. ’61Robert Paternoster, 448 N. Bellfower Blvd., Suite 302, Long Beach, CA 90814. robertpaternoster@yahoo.com It felt quite comfortable to be back on Old SouthMountain. A lot has changed over the decades. The campus is so much larger and somuchmore attractive, but the old Lehigh spirit is still alive and well—or perhaps 20men from the Class of ’61 brought it back with them as they returned to campus to celebrate their 60th reunion! The Brown andWhite Awards Dinner kicked of ReunionWeekend. I was present to receive the volunteer award for our class and was happy to see Toby James (a previous award winner), Bob Jones and Ralph Kaufman also present. Toby is still working four days a week as an income tax consultant. However, he has just retired fromhis favorite pastime, running the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving Day parades for his hometown of St. Louis. Toby is currently single but shared a picture of his present sweetheart, exclaiming, “I amworking onmy fourth!” Bob lives just 45minutes fromLehigh in Fleetwood, Pa. He lost his beloved wife Sandra in December of 2020. Fortunately, his daughter, one of six children, lives in nearby Allentown. Bob received his master’s in electrical engineering fromDrexel University in 1965 and utilized his keen interest in optics to assist the televisionmanufacturing industry move fromcathode-ray to fat screen. He spent a year in China, training locals in TV design and construction. He later spent six months in Switzerland building anemometers tomeasure wind speed for military tanks. Ralph introduced Barbara (his wife of 58 years), and she chatted with Rona (my wife of just sevenmonths at the time) as Ralph and I refected back on our careers. He retired back in 1996, after working inmaterials management forMonsanto in St. Louis and for Sun Oil in Philadelphia. He earned a Ph.D. inmanagement science from the University of Texas in 1993 and used that degree to launch a second career at the University of Houston, teachingmanagement science (supply chainmanagement). In 2006, his status changed to associate professor emeritus, formally completing classroom teaching and giving him time to regularly publish professional articles. Comfort Suites was the ofcial reunion residence for the Class of ’61. I was pleased to see Jessica and KenWeaver at breakfast Fridaymorning. You may remember that I reported last year that the couple had to cancel their planned tour of Italy because of the COVID epidemic. Well, it happened again. This year’s Italian vacation was scuttled when a blister on Ken’s toe became so seriously infected that he had to enter the hospital. Rich Bradley was also on hand. Rich has retired fromhis Chatham, N.J., funeral busi-
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