N O T E S bigwigs pulled out all the stops to present himwith a lifetime achievement award via Zoom meeting attended by a couple of thousand people globally. Quite a few people spoke, and Jim’s secretary colluded with me so that I could hand him the physical award. It was gratifying to hear him recognized for all his years and great contributions.” In December, Robin visited Jill (Heide) Hansen in Naples, Fla. “She has a beautiful condo down there and is a fabulous host/tour guide. We wined, dined, kayaked in the Gulf and lounged poolside. Scott Freedman was in the area helping his parents move to a new place, so he joined us one afternoon/ evening at a fun brewery/food truck venue. The one thing that was glaringly diferent from our Lehigh days is that we were yawning and ready for bed by 9:30 every night, though. “Last weekend, a couple of close Delta Chi friends helped celebrate Jim’s retirement with us. Bill Glaser (our regular brewery partner) joined, of course. Bob Bohny and his wife, Kim, drove up from South Jersey and Doug Grandin and his wife, Lisa, drove from Boston to surprise Jim at our favorite local hangout, Bonn Place Brewing (a place that every Lehigh alum should check out when in Bethlehem). Next reunion of that crew is planned for Boston in April.” The last update comes from my adjacent class correspondent for 1985, Jennifer Sheehan: David Greenberg has been named the CEO of L’Oréal USA. He is the frst non-French citizen to hold this position, which means that the management of L’Oréal holds David in very high regard indeed. You may remember David at Lehigh as an economics major or as an AXP brother, rush chairman and executive council member. In the words of Louise Prance-Miles of Global Cosmetic News, “David spent more than 28 years in leadership roles at L’Oréal across markets, divisions, brands and functions. Prior to his current role, Greenberg served as president of Maybelline, Garnier and Essie within L’Oréal USA’s Consumer Products Division for eight years and directed marketing for the L’Oréal Paris brand for a further six years.” Commenting on Greenberg’s appointment, Nicolas Hieronimus, CEO of L’Oréal, stated: “I have known David for many years. David is one of the architects of L’Oréal’s rise to become the market leader in the U.S., and he still leads with the same entrepreneurial, innovative and competitive mindset. “He is a successful team builder. I am very proud to name the frst American to head the North America Zone and to join our Groupe’s Executive Committee. North America Zone is one of our biggest engines of growth, and David is the right person to take our team and business to new heights.” Keep your eyes here for more exciting Lehigh Alumni Bulletin news! The Alumni Bulletin–“It does not soil the breakfast cloth.” (a New York Journal original slogan). ’85Jennifer Sheehan, (240) 401-3724, jksheehan@aol.com Recently one of my kids asked Mike and me if we had to go in person to register for classes in the early ’80s—and hoo boy, yeah, we did! These days, schools ofer sophisticated information about prospective schedules, such as how long it takes to walk from class to class and who else is on the class roster, but we were really on our own back then, weren’t we? And we didn’t have online professor reviews, but we had word of mouth, which was usually an excellent source. As I write this, it’s the tail end of MarchMadness, and I was refecting that in 1985, Lehigh, led by our classmate and captain Paul Wickman, faced the No. 1 seed Georgetown in the frst round at the Hartford Civic Center. While Georgetown did win that game, Lehigh earned respect for coming on strong in the second half, and the crowd loved it. Coult Aubrey, a reporter for The Morning Call, quoted Patrick Ewing as saying after the game, “They were able to get underneath me, take my legs away.” Ewing went on to a long career in the NBA and is now the head coach of Georgetown men’s basketball. These days, Paul is the CFO of Western Technologies Group, a company that specializes in food and tideland mapping. David Yarmof was named chief operating ofcer of Health-Ade, a maker of fermented kombucha tea, which is a favorite product in my household. TomWheeler is the chief fnancial ofcer of EBSCO Services, a worldwide provider of research services. Blair Pomeroy has retired as a partner from consulting frm Oliver Wyman and is now a clinical professor of business administration at University of Pittsburgh. Ann (Erdogan) Tracy is the chief sustainability ofcer for Colgate-Palmolive and a board member for the United Nations Global Compact Network, which is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. ’86Dave Polakof, 400 E. 71st St., #3K, New York, NY 10021. david@dpolakof.com. Look for “Lehigh University Class of 1986” on both Facebook and LinkedIn. “All the people we used to know, they’re an illusion to me now. Some are mathematicians; some are carpenters’ wives. Don’t know how it all got started, I don’t know what they do with their lives.” (Bob Dylan) In the previous column, #102 “for those of you keeping score at home” (David Letterman), two classmates were written up for their works of writing … bona fde authors. Let’s add another—this time, Michelle (Miller) Davis, who you learned in column #97 (please, no marching band snickering or cueing of the Marching 97’s “tag”), had published her frst novel, “Learning to Bend.” She has now published “The Invitation,” which delves into the world of spirituality and holistic healing. In addition to writing women’s fction, check out Michelle’s blog, michelle mdavis.net. Michelle’s career path includes banking, teaching and college admissions consulting; she began writing in her early 50s. Bringing back an old ’86 column favorite, “Great Moments in ’86 Class History,” let’s fre up Mr. Peabody’s “Wayback Machine” and visit “Great Moment #58,” Joe Jackson plays Grace Hall, the “Night ’n’ Day Tour,” Oct. 27, 1982. The ticket price was $10. Bucking the advice of Prince, New Jersey-based Larry Maier didn’t party like it’s 1999, but that year, he started his own wholesale insurance company, Atlantic Risk Specialists, Inc., specializing in difcult-to-place clients (Larry, just within our class, I could “name names!”). With the help of partners and teammates, the company was sold in 2019 to Amwins. Larry contemplated retirement, but with a premium of the pandemic being able to work from home, Larry renewed his commitment to continued company success. Larry reports that fellow Sigma Chi brother John Menna retired fromUPS, where he had been vice president, global health care logistics. Gee, Lehigh really got John hooked on the color brown. John and Linda (Linahan) Menna ’87 split time between Naples, Fla., S UMM E R 2 0 2 2 | 5 5
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