Richard C. Abouchar
Summit, N.J.
Nov. 29, 2007

He was a retired linen industry executive, serving as president of J. Abouchar and Sons Inc., a family business founded by his father, which he ran with his brother for 47 years.  He was an Army veteran. Survivors: Wife, Dorothy; son; daughter; two grandsons.

From Winter 2009 Alumni Bulletin:  He was retired from Philadelphia Suburban Corp., formerly Huth Engineers.  As an undergraduate, he was a brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a pole vault champion.  He was a U.S. Army veteran.  Survivors: Wife, Charlotte; two daughters; son; two grandchildren; step grandchild; two great‑grandchildren.

Ted was a retired vice president of operations with B. Braun Biotech Inc., Piscataway, N.J.  During his career, he held 30 patents in the field of engineering.  He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.  His wife, Amy, survives.

He received the Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Iowa State University in 1956, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Fulbright Scholar at Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.  He was appointed chair of the chemistry department at the University of Oklahoma in 1971, dean of the Graduate College and vice provost for research administration from 1974-78, and resumed teaching and retired from OU in 1992.  He was a member of Kappa Sigma.  Survivors: Wife, Betty; a son; two daughters; a stepson; six grandchildren.

David Bacon
3/30/1996

William Barney

William A.  Barney '52, La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 6, 2009.  He was the retired president of the State Bank of La Crosse.  He was a veteran of the Korean War and served in Pusan with the 269^th Transportation Battalion.  He earned an M.B.A.  from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.  He was a brother of Beta Theta Pi.

Winter, 2000 - Another newsy letter from Mary Jo Johnston, Allison Park, Pa., reports a second annual Beta Reunion - a nice warm up for our 50th reunion.  In attendance were Henry "Doc" Adams, Ann and Bill Barney, Ruth and Bob Ellis, Judy and Fred Gartside, Bob Homing, Mary Jo and Jim Johnston, Tess and Fred Kieshauer and John Kimerer.  See you all in Bethlehem in June 2002.  Many thanks, Mary Jo.

A retired founding and managing partner for American Asset Management, New York City, he received the M.B.A. from Cornell University.  Pete was a former member of the Advisory Council for the Graduate School of Business at Cornell University and a member of Theta Delta Chi.  He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War Surviving are his wife, Nancy, a son, and two daughters.

From Fall 2006 Alumni Bulletin: Robert L. Borofski  .  He was a retired revenue officer of the Internal Revenue Service.  He was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, serving as a sergeant.  He was All-Scholastic in football in 1947 and played on the only undefeated football team in 1950.  His name was mentioned in The Citizens Voice top 100 athletes in 2005.  Survivors: Wife, Mary; daughter.

Robert L. Borofski, of Nanticoke, passed away Saturday, March 11th, 2006, at Kindred Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.

Born in Nanticoke, he was a son of the late Leon and Dorothy (Glowacki) Borofski, and attended Nanticoke schools and Lehigh University.

Robert was All-Scholastic in football in 1947 and played on the first undefeated football team for Lehigh University in 1950.  His name was mentioned in The Citizens’ Voice top 100 athletes in 2005.  He was a member of St. Stanislaus Church, Nanticoke, and served his country in the Korean War as a sergeant in the Air Force.  Robert belonged to the American Legion, Post 350, Nanticoke.  He was an avid hunter and sports fan.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a niece, Brenda Borofski.

Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Grevera; daughter Kristin Morgis and her husband, Dennis, Mountain Top, PA; brother Ronald Borofski and his wife, Joyce, Mountain Top, PA; aunts, cousins, nieces and a nephew.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday from the Kearney Funeral Home Inc. at 10 a.m. with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Stanislaus Church, Nanticoke.

The viewing will be held today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 22 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke.

His sense of humor will be sadly missed by his friends and family. “Cheers.”

Spring, 2001: Pat Moran took his annual trek East in September and witnessed a Lehigh / Cornell  game.  At halftime, the 50th anniversary of the 1950 undefeated team was celebrated.  On the field were 31 of the original 42 players; imagine, not only are 31 of these guys still with us, but 74 percent of them returned!   Of those back, 11 were from our class - Bob Borofski, Stan Gedney, Pete Ginesi, Lon Haines, Bill Henderson, Dave Mesick, Joe Orr, Dick Pradetto, Walt Pullar, Dick Schmidt and Bill Smith.

Paul R. Browner '52, Silver Spring, Md., Aug. 1, 2009.  He was a certified public account who founded his own accounting business, Paul Browner Chartered, in Rockville.  He was president of the Association of Practicing CPAs and served a term as executive director.

John Byerly

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, he was a retired attorney with U.S. Steel Corp.  He was a volunteer at Brashear Community Center and HealthSouth, Harmarville.  He was a former chairman of the Aspinwall Civil Service Commission and a member of Phi Gamma Delta.  Survivors: Wife, Betsy; two daughters, four grandchildren.

                William Bloomfield

From Fall 2008 Alumni Bulletin - Don Williams, class correspondent for 1950, sends along news that Kay and Bill Bloomfield (Note:  Bill is listed here as we have no address or e-mail for him) and Marvel and Dick Evans visit Nantucket, Mass., every summer.