N O T E S Kenny Holdsman continues to reach new heights at Philadelphia Youth Basketball, Inc. PYB is a fve-year old, nonproft organization that has been established to empower young people to achieve success as students, athletes and leaders. A passionate and diverse group of founders, board members and staf team colleagues are actively building an organization, raising money, acquiring land and running cutting-edge programs to over 800 deserving young people. A state-of-the-art youth development and community empowerment center in the heart of North Philadelphia is currently under construction. This $25 million undertaking will serve over 5,000 children and families each year for the next 100-plus years. The center will be the manifestation of the time, talent, treasure and ties of literally hundreds of caring Philadelphians from throughout the city and region, with leaders from the grass roots to the tree tops. If you have a connection to the City of Philadelphia, love Kenny, like many of us do, and would like to support this incredible venture, reach out to Kenny through LinkedIn or Facebook, and he would be happy to share more about this enormous project. When I think about all the amazing things our fellow Class of ’89ers are doing, Ian Netupsky is currently topping the charts! In early March, Ian packed his bags, few to Poland, rented a house and the largest vehicle he could fnd and headed to the border of Poland and Ukraine. He reports running missions and dodging missiles on a daily basis. He helps move supplies into Ukraine, extracts displaced persons and houses refugee families. While in Poland, Ian met journalist Fabiola Galindo and they are there to help during this catastrophic war. Many of us have fnancially supported Ukraine, but if you want to do more, Ian would appreciate your support. You can reach him at ianski31@ hotmail.comor via Venmo @ Ian-Netupsky. Ian, stay safe. You are an incredible human being! ’90Elizabeth (Short) Stothof, Editor’s note: Since graduation Elizabeth (Short) Stothof has flled this space with stories, and worked diligently to keep the Class of 1990 connected to each other and the university. She often highlighted living groups and always had a kind word or laugh to share. Thank you, Elizabeth, for 32 incredible years of service to Lehigh. We’d like to welcome Michael Lewis (mpl1968@yahoo.com) and David Tratner (dctsports@ gmail.com) who will take up the mantle of class correspondents. Look for their frst column in the next issue. ’91Diana Zoller Perkins, diana zoller@gmail.com ’92Steve Harap, (630) 430-1557 s_harap@yahoo. com Hello, Lehigh Class of ’92! I hope that you are all doing well and that you are enjoying your summer. Things are going well on my end. As I write this (in early spring), I am getting ready to embark on the frst college tour trip with my son, who is a junior in high school. I remember this time well fromwhen I went on my college visits, and it’s hard to believe that my youngest is at this stage. I’d like to thank Melissa (Gitlin) Jacoby and Rachel (Beck) Diamond for stepping into this correspondent role. I know many of you saw them at Reunion and that they will do an incredible job. Their frst column will appear in the next issue. Now, let’s hear about our classmates! We have just a few updates for this column, but they seem to come in related themes. Erinn Tozer, Ph.D., shares that she founded Hillcrest Psychological Associates (HillcrestPsych.com) a group psychological practice with 24 clinicians, in San Diego, Calif. Hollie (Nottingham) Roizman is also a clinical psychologist living in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. She keeps herself busy treating primarily teens and young adults. After Lehigh, she received a master’s degree fromHarvard University and then a doctorate in clinical psychology from Widener University. However, she says that, most importantly, she is the proud mother of three wonderful daughters: Jasmine, Sabrina and Talia. Jasmine (24) is at NYU getting a master’s degree in mental health counseling. Sabrina is at University of Florida in Gainesville, and Talia is in 11th grade. Interestingly, I also earned my Ph.D. in clinical psychology, although my career has been primarily focused on leadership development. It’s nice to know there are at least a few of us (and likely several more) who pursued the clinical psychology path. Two of our classmates reported that they have recently relocated back to the United States after having lived abroad. Chris DeAngelis just bought a house in Tustin, Calif., after spending over 16 years in Beijing. He will still spend at least half of his time in China, but he is starting to reconnect with old friends – which he says has been great. He’d love to connect with anyone in Southern California. Dana Monticello reports that she repatriated back to the United States inMay after living in Costa Rica for 10 years. She accepted a project scheduler position with Scientifc Research Corporation in Charleston. Robert Hamilton sent in an update stating that he, Craig Gill, Andy Shafer and Greg Busch ’93 played together for Team 8 Lacrosse at the Vail tournament last year. They met their goals to have some fun and to generate support for spinal cord injury patients. ’93Leslie Keating Joiner, (404) 2763280; joiner1@comcast.net Hello! Lots of updates from the Class of 1993. Let’s get to it. First, a bit of sad news to share: Stephanie (Schott) Moros passed away onNov. 9, 2021, in Philadelphia. Stephanie was a chemical engineering major. Our deepest condolences go out to her husband and three children. Thank you to Marla Humphreys for letting us know. It was great to hear from Jedd deLuca and Erin Byron deLuca. Jedd and Erin were married in 2007 at Lehigh in the chapel and their party/reception was at the Tally Ho. After 20 years in New York City/Hoboken, they moved to Madison, N.J., and have lived there for almost seven years with their 11-year-old twins, Bryn and William. Jedd has spent most of his career in computer security sales, working at Zscaler the last few years. Erin “retired” from Coca-Cola at the end of 2020 after 23 years and is looking for something new, yet still in the marketing space. They stay busy with lots of kid activities and some new family members: a dog, two cats and a horse! Christina (Gullo) Walkosak lives in Center Valley, about fve miles from campus. Christina and husband Tom have been married 27 years, and she is a vice president and general manager at Evonik Corp, for the Americas region of the high-performance polymers business. They have two daughters, both Delaware Blue Hens. Their older daughter is now a third-year student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia, and her younger daughter is fnishing her third year of undergraduate chemical engineering, the same S UMM E R 2 0 2 2 | 5 7
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