lehigh.edu/gogetters Helble ’82, and with Joe Buck, vice president of development and alumni relations. I think a lot about Lehigh, and this was an opportunity to present many of my ideas for the president to consider. I believe “Lehigh will shine” under his leadership. The president expressed his enthusiasm for our class getting together for our 68th Reunion last September and promised to be with us next year for our 70th. We both remarked that we know of no other college that has classes come back for a 70th. Let’s hope many of us can make it. Keep sending me news! ’54Editor’s note: To share your news or if you would be interested in becoming your class’s correspondent, reaching out to classmates and writing a column three times a year, please contact the Alumni Ofce at 610-758-3069 or classnotes@ lehigh.edu. ’55Burt Sutker, 55 Lexington Drive, Pennington, NJ 08534. 609-730-0839; BJSutker@aol.com My son Stuart Sutker ’78 and I went back to the fag ceremony on Aug. 21, 2021. It was great to see howmany fags were carried and to see the enthusiasm of the classes participating. Also had a nice chat with Joseph Helble ’82, the incoming president of Lehigh. This column’s story is from Roman Zaharchuk, a chemical engineering classmate. What struck me is that Roman stuck close to his knitting over the course of his professional career. After graduation, Roman started with Firestone Plastics Co., in Pottstown, Pa., in the pilot plant and then in the main plant as a process and project engineer. During these years, he obtained a professional engineer’s license. He was responsible for the design, installation and operation of a nylon 6 pilot plant with the help of two German engineers. A full-size plant was constructed and operated in Maryland. From then on, Roman was involved with several projects that focused on water and air quality. The frst was a design and installation of two water treatment plants for the City of Pottstown, Pa. This was followed by a pilot plant to treat particulates and sulfur dioxide removal from a coal-burning boiler. The work resulted in an article in Pollution Engineering magazine. This environmental expertise led to a 16-year career with Gilbert Associates in its industrial division, working mostly on projects for the Department of Energy. These focused on hot gas cleanup from high temperature and pressure coal-burning boilers. Roman served on the planning commission of the township for 19 years and the BMMA, an authority that was responsible for township water and sewage, for 11 years. He retired from active chemical engineering in 1996. His painting skills were obtained from his father. Two of Roman’s prize possessions are portraits: one of his four kids and one of himself and his wife. Gardening occupies his time in the growing season, with a one-acre plot, and golf flls some of his time as well. He also recalls playing piano in a dance band, which helped pay his way through Lehigh. On another subject, Hartley “Duke” King ’56 was featured in Bill Burgin’s ’56 fall 2021 column, as he graduated with their class. Hartley started with the Class of ’55. I include comments from his letter to me that relate specifcally to his time as a ’55 classmate. “Burt, I was Wally Tarbert’s roommate in Dravo 409, our freshman year, and next to
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