|
Fall 2009
W, L. "Pat"
Moran II
6481 E. Placita Acambay, Tucson, AZ 85750.
(520) 979‑2733 (H);
pmoran27@q.com;
Hi, Classmates! News
is a little thin this edition (we are all trying to weather the economic
conditions), and the news I have reads like a hospital report!
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. Daz and I had lost touch with
Barbara and Frank Sgambelluri;
their Christmas card and e‑mail in late 2008 filled in some gaps. A later
e‑mail mentioned that Barbara was coping with chemo and doctors' visits,
and although not up to speed 100 percent, they do see their kids and are able to
do light chores. Bless you two. Keep pluggin'!
Another wounded
warrior, Dick Schmidt, had his left knee
replaced in November '08, and after he fully recovers, he says he'll have the
right knee done too. I want to share a letter
Dick
wrote to his grandson,
Josh, prior to his becoming a member of the Lehigh Class of 2012, a truly
beautiful letter.
"Josh,
first, I am so pleased that you chose to apply to Lehigh. Second, I am
really pleased that you and Lehigh decided to accept each other. It is
difficult to express how much I love Lehigh. My four years there as a
student were some of the best I have ever had. I learned from some great
professors and some of the assistants (many became professors later). I am
so impressed with the many new programs and methods for learning that are in
place today. We never had the interdepartmental programs combining science
with art, art with business, engineering with art, etc. I am almost jealous
of the possibilities you now have. Also, at Lehigh I became involved with
so many men who are still today my best friends, Many I see every 5 or 10
years, but we still have so much in common. The guys I met on the football
team (and I was just the manager) are as important to me now as they were
when we were students. You've met a few of them when you were there for the
dedication honoring Coach Leckonby. My fraternity brothers are still my
brothers. I communicate with several regularly via e-mail, and we have a
blast when we get together at reunions. There are many other Lehigh guys,
not in my fraternity or on the football team, whom I got to know in class or
just around campus or at fraternity parties or functions and organizations I
participated in who are also good friends. I met them 50 plus years ago,
and we still enjoy being together. You will have some of the same
experiences and you will have others (after all, there are women on campus
now), but they will be very important to you, I just realized that you will
graduate from Lehigh the same week that I will be on campus to celebrate my
60th reunion in 2012. Won't that be a blast? I am very proud of you, and
know that you will have a great time and receive a great education. I am
very proud to sign my name
Dick Schmidt,
Lehigh '52, '75P, '12GP"
Recently Deceased
Pat
Revised:
March 29, 2010 |
