Harvey Thomas (Tom) Calvert

I’ve lived at Cape Fear, NC, for the last 12 / 13 years and have done lots of traveling, first the US in a camper and now abroad.  Still have to get to Africa and Antarctica but been lots of other places.   Presently planning trip while I recover from a knee replacement.  Instead of "H. Thomas Calvert"  just make it plain "Tom"  - no one any longer remembers what the "H" stood for - especially me. (Editors note:  It’s “Harvey”, Tom) – October 2005

Cass Camarda
Picture from 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - ->

January 2008 - Lockie and I enjoyed being with the great members of the great class of '52.  A great highlight of the year was our attendance at the inaugural. of Dr. Gast to Presidency of Lehigh.  It was an exciting and moving experience.  

It was not too long ago that we returned from a 2 week cruise of the Mediterranean.  Great trip.  We enjoyed being with most of our 4 children and 11 grandchildren for the holidays and are looking forward to the 4 graduations coming up in '08.  

Drew Camarda will grad from Stanford, Brett Camarda from Brown, Elizabeth Young from W. Virginia, and Brooke Camarda from St. Pauls Prep in New Hampshire.  We are trying to figure out the logistics of all of that.  

I still have an office I still go to everyday (Commercial Realestate).  Thank God!  Makes my life free of many empty hours.  Great to see all the great members of the great class of '52.  Thanks for all your work in keeping us together. Cass

Russell Campbell

James Clark

From 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - Right out of Lehigh with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering, given the month of June to play, then off for 2 years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force.  The first year in Georgia was the best - I met Jeannice, got engaged, married her after a second year of duty in French Morocco.  We've spent 46 great years together so far.

Two years at U. of Penn and an M.S. in Met. E. to prove it.  Dupont's offer was the best.  A very satisfying career over 32 years of varied and challenging assignments, first in research, then on to business and marketing.  But the real excitement was on the home front.  Two boys - Bruce and Andrew, a year apart and then beautiful daughter - Sally, 3 years later.  All the good kid things in the growing up years - sports, Scouts, grades, vacations - plus the inevitable setbacks and tears.  They're all degreed, have careers (bond / currency trading, software sales and nursing).  Now 6 fascinating grandkids are bringing on the new generation.  A humbling feeling.

Jeannice closed a successful career as realtor, now has 2 busy volunteer commitments serving her fellow humans in hospital services and scholarships for women.  For nearly 20 years, I've volunteered in agencies serving the homeless - and more recently, youth-at-risk - inner city Wilmington, DE.  Rich personal rewards accrue, also disappointments.  We are blessed with family, friends and good health.  And keeping right on.  Long-distance cycling works for me.

Victor Cohn

From 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - 1954 - A.M. (Medical Sciences), Harvard University. 1961 - PhD (Biochemistry), George Washington University.  While studying at Harvard, I met Marlene Kaschmann, 6 months later, we were married and now have a daughter, 2 sons and 3 grandchildren.

My career started at the National Institutes of Health doing research on brain biochemistry.  Four years later, I joined the Department of Pharmacology at George Washington University Medical Center.  My research related to drug metabolism; I specialized in teaching pain management, alcoholism and drug abuse.  In addition to teaching medical students, I developed and taught graduate level courses in drug abuse education to school teachers and counselors, law enforcement and military officers and college students.

In 1979-80, I served as the science advisor in the White House Office for Drug Abuse Policy.  For 3 years, I was a member of the National Academy of Science - National Research Council's Board on Toxicology and Environmental Health.  Other community activities have included 20 years on the Board of Trustees and 3 years as President of Temple Emanuel of Kensington, and as a member of several community mental health and drug abuse advisory boards.

At retirement, my most cherished gift was the establishment by my graduate students of an annual Victor Cohn Lecture in Neuroscience.  For 50 years my avocation has been cooking, and especially bread baking (by hand, not machine).  Each summer, we spend 4 months in Maine.  The rest of the year, we take courses at Johns Hopkins, attend many chamber music concerts and plays and travel.

John (Jack) Collins

Picture from 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - ->

Richard "Dick" Cornman

Picture from 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - ->

Edward "Ed" Dann

  1950

I married Marguerite Thyberg, from my '48 high school class in Ridgewood, NJ, had one son who has turned out to be an engineer, too.

Bell Labs was my employer from '54 thru '89, except for 4 years at Bellcomm, Inc.  At the start, I designed some transistor circuits for the Titan radio guidance system, but this soon transformed into a lifelong dance with astrodynamics, programming and computer technology.  I helped to design the guidance program for the Titan ICBM, and a complex simulation program for the Apollo lunar flights that was used to plan the missions and scope out what was possible.

At Bellcomm I helped to plan the Skylab missions.  But then I watched in dismay as the US, in its wisdom, killed the golden goose and terminated the space program.  Teams of brilliant engineers and scientists were disbanded and released to do "more productive" work.  What a tragedy!  I had the rare privilege to participate in the greatest intellectual exploration in history.

I became involved with the UNIX operating system and, since retirement, have become an enthusiast of Linux and the open source movement, running my consulting business for amusement and stimulation.

Thanks, Lehigh, for helping me to learn how to learn.

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January 2002: David A. De Graaf - Jan. 2002 Lehigh '52 - BSEP Princeton '54 - MSEE

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