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Winter 2010
W, L. "Pat"
Moran II
6481 E. Placitam Acarnbay, Tucson, AZ 85750.
(520) 9792733
(H) (New Number)
pmoran27@q.com;
In the 20 or
so years since I've been your correspondent, this is the most difficult column
I've had to write, My dear friend of 61 years,
Bill
Smith,
passed away in August.
Bill
was a Marine
Corp veteran and member of the 1950 undefeated football team, and he LOVED
Lehigh. He was honored with the prestigious Alumni Award, the highest alumni
award granted, for his volunteer service in working on our past four highly
successful reunions.
Bill
was Lehigh.
God bless you,
Bill
‑you are
missed. Our collective 1952 hearts go out to
Bill's
widow, Barbara, and their four children, including Joanna (Jody)
'79.
Bob Hoyt,
Berwyn, Pa., e‑mailed that he had a nice visit in early '09 with
Bob Horning and his wife, Joan, in
Spring Island, S.C. One of the
Horning's
grandsons entered Lehigh last fall. 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.
I learned
that one of our outstanding athletes,
Dick Gigon, passed away on Aug. 5. He was an All-American soccer player
and a talented baseball player. Following his college career,
Dick
was selected
by the U.S. Olympic Soccer Committee to participate in the 1952 Eastern Olympic
Soccer Trials. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War,
Dick
had a
31‑year career as a manager of design engineering with the Wright Aeronautical
Division of Curtiss Wright. He was inducted into the Lehigh Athletic Hall of
Fame in 2000.
Thanks,
classmates, for the cards, letters and e‑mails. Keep it Lip, because our class
is listening.
Deceased
Pat
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December 10, 2010 |
