N O T E S Award at our 2019 class reunion recognizing his devotion and contributions to our class and Lehigh as well as his community service. John was a mensch! In planning our class columns, John was the one devising contests to garner news and interest. The one with the most response was “who has had the most joint replacements.” The clear winner was Arnis Balgavis, with four. So, keeping with John’s memory, I’d like to propose another competition: the classmate with the most interesting hobby or pastime. This was brought to mind when I met class president Leon Harbold at his home on the way to have lunch with George Karr. Having never been there, I asked Leon for directions, which he provided, adding “look for the house with the stone wall.” If you have seen the Great Wall of China or The BerlinWall, you would note they pale when compared to Leon’s construction, which he adds to on a regular basis. In addition to painting, Winston Churchill was noted for his post-government hobby of stone wall building, so Leon is in great company. So, what is your interesting pastime? Your classmates may need some inspiration, and in keeping with John’s example, a Lehigh gear prize will be rewarded. ’60Williams E. Millsom, 67 Mystic Road, North Stonington, CT 06359. (860) 5362926 (H), (860) 235-3618 (C); bill. millsom@gmail.com Hello, classmates. By the time you receive this, we will have had our belated 60th Reunion at Lehigh. Hopefully I will be able to attend and gather more material on classmates for my next column. My wife, Gill, and I started the year with our annual trek to Jupiter, Fla. On the way we spent a couple of nights with Tom Bliss’s widow, Tricia, in Charleston, S.C. Tricia is doing fne, living in a very nice condo in the center of old Charleston and, as usual, was a great hostess. Once we arrived in Jupiter, we got together with Bill Ross and his wife, Dottie. They held their usual Super Bowl party, but it was drastically subdued as Bill is having major problems moving about, so it was only them, us and John Mac Williams, his wife, Louise, and their late son Brian’s widow. During our month in Jupiter, we drove down to PalmBeach to play a round of golf with John Cunningham and his wife, Karen, at the PalmBeach par three golf course. It was good to get together with them. John and Karen have just taken up golf, so it was a leisurely round of golf followed by a nice lunch. They were spending three months in PB and had attended a reception for Lehigh’s new president, Joseph Helble ’82, a week before we saw them. John and Louise had also attended this function. Speaking of Florida news, I learned on Facebook that Jack McCarthy had won the Senior Club Championship at Audubon Country Club in Naples. Earlier he had won his fight in a member guest tournament, and his wife, Diane, had also won her fight in another tournament. Their house must be full of golf trophies. Bob Teufel ’59, who lives in Emmaus, Pa., sent me the obit for Bob Scavuzzo that was published in The Morning Call, Allentown. Bob was a member of Delta Chi while studying for his B.S. at Lehigh and went on to get a Ph.D. at Pitt, where he met his wife of 57 years, Jennifer. Bob spent most of his working career at Bell Labs, where he managed a broad range of complex projects. He designed his dream house in Zionsville, Pa. John Daniel sent me his Christmas letter, which focused on his wife, Carol, who has been bed bound and in home hospice for about a year and a half. John has been her chief caregiver, supported by four women and a nurse. Carol was frst diagnosed with dementia in 2015, and it advanced to stage seven in 2020. John remains his ever-hopeful and cheerful self though all these hardships. Hopefully he will be able make an appearance at the Reunion. Jack Kennedy, our class president, has been working hard at making sure we have a successful Reunion and is looking forward to seeing many of you at the Hotel Bethlehem on Saturday evening. ’61Robert Paternoster, 448 N. Bellfower Blvd., Suite 302, Long Beach, CA 90814. robertpaternoster@yahoo.com I trust that all who returned to Old SouthMountain for our 60th Reunion enjoyed the event, witnessed the amazing improvements to the Lehigh campus and, most importantly, renewed friendships from years past. I amwriting this article before the event, so I won’t be able to tell tales of attendees until the next edition. I want to take this opportunity, however, to give a special thanks to Class President Paul Smith, who chaired the ’61 Reunion Steering Committee consisting of Toby James, Dave Hapke, Ed Watters and myself. Credit also goes to those who reached out to fellow classmates to encourage attendance, including Rich Bradley, Mike Groover, Ken Weaver, Toms Royal (who just purchased a new second home in Indian River Shores, Fla.) and Roy Cravzow (who recently created the Rabassa/Valenzuela Endowed Chair in Latin American Literature and Culture to honor two Lehigh professors who inspired him to focus his interests on Brazil, where he began a very successful industrial export business). A short note from Matt Taylor informs us that health concerns prevent his return to campus, but he and Joan are enjoying life inWyckof, N.J., where they have hung out since he retired fromAmerican Cyanamid in 2000. Their “triplet grands” keep them happily occupied. It’s been reported that Joan and Mike Hoben are enjoying a full life of travel, the arts and philanthropy in Vero Beach, Fla. Mike served as an ofcer in the Air Force following graduation and then began a very successful investment career. He and Joan have shared their good fortune, having founded the Endowment Fund for Teaching of Ethical Decision-Making at our 50th Reunion and the Joan &Michael Hoben Teaching Fellowship in the Department of History. EdWatters managed to enjoy 2021 despite COVID-19. He snuck of to Boothbay, Maine, for a week, where he was able to explore the Maine coast, feast on multiple lobster dinners, participate in a birding trip and meet up with a great college friend, JimWright and his wife, Helen. He also spent two weeks at Ile de Re, an island of the west coast of France with “wonderful beaches, restaurants, historic villages and adventurous boat rides.” He still plays tennis, manicures his gardens and “enjoys good times and adventures with friend Eva.” He admits that the pandemic was a horrendous experience that changedmany things forever, “but it also emphasized what is really important to us all: family, friends, values and health.” ’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) My column deadline comes at the end of MarchMadness. The NCAA basketball brackets are a refreshing change to the overdose of political and chaotic world event media reporting. S UMM E R 2 0 2 2 | 4 3
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