4 8 | L E H I G H B U L L E T I N N O T E S ness, and he and Linda have moved to Vero Beach, Fla. Our conversation revolved around his commitment (muchmore than a casual hobby) to bicycle racing. He has fully recovered fromhis 2020 bicycle accident (“brokemany, many bones”) and now rides three days a week. He recently won state championships among 80-year-old riders in both Florida and New Jersey. He has participated 31 times in the weeklong cross-state RAGBRAI in Iowa, themost prominent such road event in America. He has even twice snuck onto the Tour de France course until chased away by the gendarmes! Rich was among fve classmates who participated in the pre-reunion golf outing at Weyhill Golf Course in Saucon Valley. The others were Toms Royal (who couldn’t stay for the reunion because of three separate graduation ceremonies for his grandchildren), Paul Smith, EdWatters and Roy Cravzow (I’ll share news fromeach of them in subsequent articles). There apparently was no winner of the golf match—or at least it wasn’t Rich! ’62Philip J. Kinzel, 808 South Drive, Brick, NJ 08724. (732) 295.2106(H); (973) 226.1430(W); (973) 464.8282 (cell); pkinzel@kinzelco.com (e-mail) It was a reunion to remember! This year during the historic Parade of Classes, we sang “God Bless America,” accompanied by the Lehigh Band at the judges stand. We got lots of applause but failed to win the coveted Petty Flag for best parade performance. Our classmates looked pretty good for a bunch of octogenarians. Only a few canes, no wheelchairs and one golf cart. Attendees came fromnear and afar. Wendy and Scott Scheirer fromWest Chester, Pa., were attending their second reunion. The last was our 50th. Scott is semi-retired. He still does some engineering consulting work in the electric utility area. The Scheirers dined at the Saturday night dinner with Kappa Alpha brother George Saylor and Cheryl. The Saylors live in LakeWylie, S.C. Our class reunion committee was led by our president Bob Downing with Ron Johnson and Phil Kinzel as reunion co-chairs and Buddy Gitlin as a special resource. The planning was especially challenging as certain reunion activities included the classes of 1960 and 1961 also celebrating their 60th reunion. Upon arriving for the weekend, the frst stop for Eleanor andme was the Hawktoberfest featuring local brews, German food and a German brass band. Wemet up withmy fraternity brother John Bello and Sherry and ultimately spent a good part of the weekend events with them. The Bellos live in Stamford, Conn. John is still working, managing a family residential real estate rental operation. If there were a living group attendance award, it would go to Tau Delta Phi, with brothers Art Cader (Sunnyside, N.Y.), Eleanor and Joel Glanstein (Rockville, N.Y.) and Diane and Norman Goldberg (Milford, N.J.). Patty and JimMorgan and Kent Westhelle traveled from Savannah, Ga. They live at the Landings, a neighborhood in Skidaway Island. Kent retrieved Buzz Happ from the Philadelphia airport in order to attend the Saturday night dinner. While Buzz is dealing with some hip issues, he is still playing golf. A highlight of the weekend was the Kingston Trio performance at Zoellner Arts Center. The event was planned and sponsored by the famous Class of ’62. Attendees reminisced to tunes of “TomDooley,” “MTA” and all the other Trio hits from the campus performance by the original Trio inOctober 1959. Dr. DonMellman enjoyed the performance and provided a picture of your columnist with the Trio. Don lives in Tampa, Fla. Our class dinner on Saturday was at the ClaytonUniversity Center, and the venue was shared with the classes of 1961 and 1960. Fritz Mueller gave the invocation and concluded with “auf Wiedersehen.” Fritz reminded us that while the expression is often used to express farewell, the real meaning is until wemeet again or until we see each other again. Glenn Breidenbach was congratulated on being chosen as the 1962Alumni Award recipient. KentWesthelle presented the proposed slate of class ofcers for 2022-27: President BobDowning, Vice President BuddyGitlin, Treasurer Ron Johnson and Secretary/Columnist Phil Kinzel. Withno nominations fromthe foor, all were duly elected. Paul Smith ’61 arranged for a band for entertainment and dancing. At Sunday breakfast at the Hyatt Place in Bethlehem, we joined Al Rieper and Chuck Moore. Al was preparing for his drive back toMarblehead, Mass. Chuckmade the trip from his home in Reno, Nev. Chuck shared his thoughts on extensive research he did on COVID and many of themisconceptions andmisinformation about the pandemic. Mark your calendar for our 65th reunion, June 10-13, 2027. Auf Wiedersehen. ’63Dr. Robert C. Elser, navman9@ comcast.net; and James NewtonWilson, 959 Tree Tops, Wharton, NJ 07885, (973) LEhigh7-6516 (H), (862) 243-0864 (C), newt14@optimum.net As we near the time of our 60th reunion, our class president, Harold Milton, wrote to report of happenings at Lehigh’s Reunion event in 2022. “Class reunion Chairman Fred Braun, fellow classmate Jim “Blade”Wilson (our coclass correspondent) and I have been attending this event annually for 20-odd years now, so we were anxious to participate anew following a two-year suspension due to the COVID pandemic. Because of this suspension, the classes of ’60 and ’61 were celebrating their 60th in a delayed mode, as well as the Class of ’62 doing theirs ‘on time.’ “So, there were a lot of older, but familiar, faces on campus. The “Blade” was unable to join us, but Fred and I, after checking in at Reunion headquarters, spent a pleasant Friday afternoon in the grassy space adjacent to Packard Lab. Beer on tap, tasty snacks, a threepiece combo clad in alpine garb and interaction with friends from ’60, ’61 and ’62 made for an enjoyable interlude. That evening, under a tent pitched on the newer campus belowPacker Avenue, we enjoyed a nice dinner while chatting with friends and listening to the Lehigh Alumni Big Band Swing. “On Saturday morning, Fred and I were back to observe the Parade of Classes, followed by a picnic lunch served just below the fagpole. At that point, Fred headed home, but I was comped a ticket to the Kingston Trio concert (sponsored by the Class of ’62) and a ticket to the combined classes of ’61 and ’62 dinner that evening. So, I hustled home to put on some better threads and returned for both of those events. I am sure many of you attended the concert by the original Trio when we were freshmen. This is a diferent cast of characters, but the songs were the same; I enjoyed it much more than I expected. “The combined class dinner was in the CUC; the food was fne, and they had a live combo. However, we were in a room without air conditioning, and it was a bit stufy, at best. So, let’s avoid that when it’s our turn in
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