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Alfred Feickert

Picture from 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - ->

From Fall 2009 Bulletin - My good buddy, Wally Field, is recuperating from back surgery, which will curtail his singing and dancing in Bethlehem‑area musical theater for a while.  Daz "talks" to Wally often via online duplicate bridge.

From Winter 2005 Bulletin - DAZ and I met Wally and Ceily Field in Palm Springs, Calif, the first week of February '04.  Their Pennsylvania pallor quickly turned to golden brown as their golf scores improved.  On the third day, Ceily shot 92' and Wally 78.  Not bad after a four-month layoff.  We are expecting the Fields in February '05 for golf and grub.

Spring, 2001: Pat Moran took his annual trek East in September and witnessed three Lehigh victories (Penn, Princeton and Cornell).  His thanks to Barb and Bill Smith and Ceily and Wally Field for opening up their homes to him.

At halftime (Cornell game), 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

Winter, 1980:  The University and Wally Field wish to thank each of you who pitched in to help Lehigh and the class financially in the past year.  53% of the class contributed to either the Annual Fund or new Century Fund-a new record for the Class.  $53,235 was contributed by the class through Annual Giving.  This places us Number One among classes between 1949 and 1958 with whom we primarily compete.

From Chuck Huch, June 2004:  I see that one of the Class of 1952 members is listed as presumed deceased.  His name is Bart Filaseta who was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1953.  A friend, who has known Bart for a long time, provided me with Bart's address:

6690 E. Largo Salici
Tuscon, AZ  85750

From Winter 2010 Alumni Bulletin - Bob Flynn saw Neil Randall and Dick Schaphorst at the Villanova game.  For many years, Neil and Dick worked together in Philly, sidestepped a corporate move to California, and then formed their own high‑tech company and prospered.  Bob volunteers at the welcome desk in the Alumni Memorial Building and is an active member of the Senior Alumni Council.  Thanks for the great message, Bob.

Winter 2006 Alumni Bulletin:  A wonderful letter came in from Bob Flynn.  He and his wife, Anne, have stayed in the Lehigh area since graduation.  Both retired in 1996, Bob from sales management and Anne from teaching.  Bob and Anne enjoy golf, travel, gardening, and volunteer work.  Bob's pet project is serving as an advisor to the Lehigh Valley Agency on the Aging.  He also serves on the Senior Alumni Council and volunteers at the Admissions Office desk with  Chick Kuss and Randy Zehner  Thanks, Bob, for taking the time to send me a great letter.  Good luck to you.

From 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - Armed with a journalism / government degree and a semester as editor-in-chief of the Brown & White, I was ready to take NYC (my home base) by storm.  But the Korean War, marriage, children and woeful wages in the newspaper field intervened.  I turned to industrial communications and the Lehigh Valley has been my home for 50 years. 

I spent 12 years with Pennsylvania Power & Light in employee communications and government relations, 4 years with a local advertising agency and finally 26 years with Electro-Space Fabricators.  Ours is a little-known name unless you want the finest in custom hardware for electronic packaging.  I retired in 1996 as Vice President of Sales and now devote my time to golf, reading, travel, babysitting and August at the seashore.

Anne and I have been married for 47 wonderful years and have 4 children and 9 grandchildren.  Living next door to Lehigh has given us the opportunity to enjoy much of what the University offers to the community.  We have been rabid "Engineer" football fans through good times and bad (mostly good these days!), from the cozy confines of Taylor Field to the open elegance of Goodman Stadium.  We also are a Lehigh family in other ways.  My wife earned her masters in education in 1974.  Our son, John, worked at Lehigh in the early 80's as Assistant Director of Physical Planning and was responsible for the major renovations of Taylor College.

  Fall 2009 - The Tower Society article about the strength of Lehigh's Endowment and Faculty had this picture of  Ralph and his wife Sue Ann:

Spring 2009 - Mary Lou Leidheiser, widow of Ed Leidheiser, sent a card from Flat Rock, N.C. thanking me for my efforts as correspondent and mentioned a wonderful visit with Sue Ann and Ralph Fortney after their granddaughter's wedding in Greensboro.  Mary Lou sent a heavenly 'hi' from Ed.

Spring, 2007 Alumni Bulletin - In early November (2006) I received a number of email photos of a group of happy and good‑looking "seasoned citizens."  The location was the lovely South Carolina home of Sarah and Harry Stowers on Hilton Head Island.  In attendance were Scottie Malcolm with wife Lura, Bob McCann with wife Ann, and Ed Leidheiser with Mary Lou.  Sue Ann and Ralph  Fortney, who also have a place on Hilton Head, joined this group for dinner. The conversation got around to the classmates’ prowess many years ago in varsity baseball and basketball.  All agreed they were awesome jocks.  Today they are awesome bocce ball players, fortified with copious adult beverages.  Some things never change!  Editor's note:  Harry Stowers died August 12, 2007 right after this news article was published)

My wife and I visited Wil Wilbern at Mornigside Assisted Living in Newport News, VA while enroute to our Granddaughter's graduation from North Carolina State in Raleigh, NC.  Wil is doing as well as can be expected following a stroke which resulted in partial paralysis of his left side.  He is mentally alert but confined to a wheel chair which fortunately is powered so he gets around quite easily - but no drag racing in the corridors.  The Assisted Living environment is very nice and the Staff is friendly and helpful.  He's forever a Lehigh supporter and would like very much to hear from classmates.  I have contacted the Alumni Office and gave them Will's current address which is:
          Morningside Assisted Living
          655 Denbigh Blvd.
          Newport News, VA 23608
          (757)890-0905

Ralph Fortney, June 2004

Summer 2003:  Class Vice President Ralph Fortney sent a long, cheery note saying that Ed Leidheiser and his new bride, Mary-Lu, had stopped by his Delaware home.  They looked great and are very happy after a Thanksgiving wedding aboard a cruise ship with both their families in attendance.  Ralph also mentioned attending a Lehigh Alumni meeting at the South Carolina Yacht Club (Hilton Head) and chatting with Bob Homing and Charlie Paules, who are residents in the area.  Ralph went on to say that the Class Of '52 Scholarship has gone once again to Christopher D. Bromley '02, Of Mystic, Conn.

From 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - My greatest achievement was marrying my college sweetheart, Sue Ann, following discharge from the U.S. Army in 1954, after serving in Korea.  We were blessed with two lovely daughters: Janice, University of Delaware '77 and Sarah, Lehigh University '80.  Both are now married to great guys and each family has presented us with two fabulous granddaughters: Marianne Diana, University of North Carolina - Class of '02; Theresa Diana, North Carolina State - Class of '04; Jennifer Bridges, age 9 and Julia Bridges, age 2. Our goal is to attend all graduations.

Career wise, I was a "TREEHUGGER", spending all 39 years with DuPont - holding a variety of manufacturing and personnel management positions including Plant Manager at two locations and Director of Human Resources for Corporate Research and Development.  I retired from the International Department as Group Director - Latin America.

Family and career have been augmented by numerous volunteer activities.  For example, I have served as President and Board Member of 4 community associations, Elder and Deacon in the Presbyterian Church, Board Member and 20-year volunteer Delaware Chapter American Red Cross, President Lehigh Alumni Club of Delaware, Committee Chair and 10-year volunteer McDonald's LPGA Championship.  I enjoy playing golf, being part of a team rating golf courses for the Delaware State Golf Association and relaxing at our villa on Hilton Head Island.

Attending and graduating from Lehigh was a personal achievement.  The total Lehigh experience served me well throughout my life providing close, lasting friendships, opening doors in both the business and social worlds and presently affording me meaningful ways of giving something back.  It's been a privilege to serve as a Class Officer, Class Agent, Co-Chair of the 50th Reunion Fund Committee and most recently as a Board Member of the Lehigh University Alumni Association.  I see exciting things happening at Lehigh, but best of all, I feel "at home" whenever I'm on campus.

Fall 2001: Ralph Fortney, class vice president and agent, spent an evening recently with Chris Bromley, the Physics / EE major who is the recipient of our Class of '52 Memorial Scholarship.  Ralph says that Chris is a bright, delightful young man whom we can all take pride in sponsoring.  As to our class fundraising, our total stands at almost $4.6 million, up from $4.0 million in March 2001.  This is a nice start, upon which we can build.

Summer 2001- Toward the latter part of 2000, the Morans played host to Sue Ann and Ralph Fortney. It was fun to share our warm weather with Sue Ann and Ralph who have had a mean winter back in Delaware.  

From the Lehigh University Alumni Association nominees list:

Ralph Z. Fortney '52

May, 2001 - Ralph Fortney, of Greenville, Del., retired as group director B, Latin America with the DuPont Co. in 1990, after 38 years of service.

His role in alumni activities includes:

•  Past president of the Lehigh Club of Delaware

•  Class agent and class vice president

•  Member of 40th and co-chairperson of 50th Reunion Fund Committees

•  Admissions Outreach and phonothon volunteer

•  He is an elder and deacon in the Presbyterian Church

•  Past board member of the Delaware State Chapter of the American Red Cross

•  Corporate coordinator and longtime committee chairperson of the McDonald's LPGA Golf Championship Tourney

•  Delaware State Golf Association volunteer

•  Society Associate of the Asa Packer Society.

Walter Foster

Picture from 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - ->

Picture from 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - ->

December 4th, 2000 - In Korea during the war as a Lieutenant in a Combat Engineer Battalion.

Was the Southern District Manager for Dravo Corporation and Vice President and General Manager of Dravo Ocean Structures,Inc.  Then joined Brown & Root, Inc. of Houston Texas and became Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer for Europe and Africa as well as being a Senior Vice President of Brown & Root, Inc. before retiring. 

I am currently, the President of Frankhouser & Associates, Inc. involved in International Consulting.  Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. 

Betty is my wife and we have 5 children and 8 grandchildren

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