N O T E S limited by COVID concerns. My wife and I purchased tickets for a Broadway series at our wonderful theater here in Dayton, including ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Come fromAway,’ so we are looking forward to that. I signed up for the online Lehigh alumni book club and flm club. Our two kids are grown; one is married with a 3-year-old son and another child on the way. “I enjoyed reading the Bulletin and online resources about the 50th anniversary of Lehigh going co-ed in 1971—the beginning of our sophomore year, of course—especially Susan Sachs’ ’77 (a close contemporary) article about the pioneering atmosphere for an athlete. “Several years after graduation, I was talking with a co-worker about college, and it fnally dawned on him about my being in the last all-male freshman class: ‘You mean you went to an all-guy school ... ON PURPOSE?’ Of course ... I went to Lehigh on purpose. (The marching band and ‘Dames’ still stand out.)” One fnal note: I received an email from a member of the Class of ’76 with the following ofer: “In the course of pre-estate cleaning, I decided that I no longer need my unblemished copy of the 1974 Epitome (as best as I can tell, it contains no pix of me) and would like to ofer it to a 1974 class member. I will cover postage. Would you be willing to include my anonymous ofer in your next Alumni Bulletin post?” If you’re interested, let me know. First contact gets the Epitome. ’75ThomHirsch, 139McHenny Court, Chester,MD 21619, hirschlaw@verizon.net Congratulations to our classmate, Vince Forlenza, on his selection as chair of the Lehigh University Board of Trustees. This is an awesome responsibility for Vince. We know Lehigh will be in good hands. In the news article announcing his new position, Vince stated that he is “honored to serve Lehigh and is looking forward to working together with his colleagues on the board, as well as President Joe Helble ’82 and the Lehigh leadership, during this next stage of Lehigh’s future,” according to the press release. “Vince and his wife, Ellen, are ardent supporters of research and educational innovation at Lehigh. In 2020, the Forlenzas established the Ellen and Vincent Forlenza ’75 Chair in Health Innovation and Technology Endowed Fund for Lehigh’s College of Health. “Vince recently retired as executive chairman of the board of directors of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a global medical technology company headquartered in Franklin Lakes, N.J., after serving as its CEO…. As a leader in developing public-private partnerships, BD partnered with the PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ) and the Clinton Health Initiative to provide low-cost diagnostics for HIV patients and access to cervical cancer testing in Africa, Asia and Latin America.” Vince and his wife are “actively involved in autism awareness and advocacy, helping to found the Quest Autism Foundation, a New Jersey-based nonproft organization that works to provide support and services to adults with autism. “The Forlenzas reside in Franklin Lakes, N.J., and have two daughters, Joy and Corie.” I know we all send Vince good wishes and intend to support him in his role as the chair of Lehigh. Many thanks to our class planning committee, and especially Mardi Blacher-Reich and Jef Sherman, our class co-presidents, for all the work you did planning our 45th Reunion. Updates from that great event will be in my next column. Congratulations are also in order for Jef Sherman. Jef is serving in his frst year on the board of directors of the Alumni Association. Jef is doing a great job in helping the Alumni Association move forward and in representing the classes from the ’70s. And don’t forget to “Like” our Class Facebook page run by Jef at: facebook. com/lehighseventyfve?- fref=ts. I heard from Bill Willersdorf, who with his wife, Carol, has been going on some very long trips—to see national parks. They have traveled over 13,000 miles and visited 30 national parks so far. Carol’s brother, Robert Eason, is a member of our class. Bill and Carol’s most recent trip was to the Denver area, where they had lunch with our classmates Jef Gass and Greg Fischer. Bill and Carol made the trip on their 44th wedding anniversary; Jef and Greg were both in their wedding party! They hiked Rocky Mountain National Park trails with Jef and his wife, Judy, later in the week. Bill and Carol still tent camp, and several elk visited their campground. Bill retired in July of 2020, partly due to COVID and wanting to enjoy the Florida sunshine, which allows a good deal of pool time, pickleball and tennis. Bill ended up working for the world’s largest environmental frm, headquartered in France, and traveled a great deal to Europe, Asia and, of course, throughout the United States. Bill feels that Lehigh was defnitely a terrifc beginning for his engineering career and, more importantly, instrumental in his meeting Carol, who graduated from Cedar Crest. Bill and Carol have three wonderful children, three fantastic grandchildren and a fourth on the way. They are both happy campers! Finally, several of us are looking to get in contact with Mike Hofman. We and Lehigh have lost touch with him. If anyone knows how we can get in touch with Mike, please let me know. We sure would like to renew our friendship with “Hof.” Please send information about what you have done since you graduated from Lehigh, including those of the class with whom you have stayed in touch. Your classmates want to hear from you. ’76MarkE.Goehring, 10 Princeton Drive, Shamong, NJ 08088. (609) 841-0389 (C); MarkGoehring LU76@gmail. com; Look for me on Facebook! Cheers to all and thank you to our classmates who attended our 45th+1 Reunion in June. I am writing this in April, so I am assuming it was a success and re-connecting with our classmates, along with Class of ’75 and ’77, was epic. We will have to wait till the fall column for details from each class column. I will say this “in advance”: If you missed it … shame on you! As a good friend of mine at the Jersey Shore continues to say, “Mark, how many good, fun, active summers have we got left in us?!” Hats of to Chad Paul. Chad has had great success in his life and one major one was his vision to create and expand the Ben Franklin’s Bethlehem Incubator facilities known as Ben Franklin TechVentures. His vision has been recognized twice by the International Business Innovation Association as Incubator of the Year. Chad stepped down as president and CEO in July 2020, to spend more time with family and friends and do some traveling. Well, he’s back, as senior adviser to the CEO at Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Many of us at our 40th Reunion dinner S UMM E R 2 0 2 2 | 5 1
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