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John Bachofer
July 6, 2016

John L.  Bachofer Jr.  '52, East Stroudsburg, Pa., July 6, 2016.  Mr.  Bachofer retired as vice president of Metropolitan Edison Co.  He was a member of the Tower Society.  His brother, Bruce, was a member of the Class of 1955.

October 2001- It's been a long and not too pleasant Fall for Mary and me.  She's trying to get to the bottom of a sleep apnia condition, in which she stops breathing for periods during sleep--potentially fatal.  I've just learned that I have some sort of malignancy in bone marrow, as yet not pinpointed, and probably face chemotherapy.  Accordingly, we're actively pursuing leaving our townhome in E. Stroudsburg, PA for a retirement facility, where there is some supervision, and availability and skilled nursing care, as well as a place a surviving spouse could get on with minima further disruption.  As a result, we've not been able to give much consideration to the reunion.

November 10th, 2000 - I retired ten years ago after 38 years with the GPU system.  All in one or another aspect of power generation, including a stint as Project Mgr for TMI-2.  Later on special assignment to TMI post-accident.  Very interesting work. 

The last ten tears were as VP Generation for Metropolitan Edison, one of the operating subsidiaries.

Since retirement, Mary and I have enjoyed travel, including 20 Elderhostels, skiing, sailing, and scuba diving.

More recently, we've undertaken a lot of volunteer work, including a present stint as Project Mgr for Habitat for Humanity locally, building a duplex residence.

Look forward to the reunion, John

David Bacon
Deceased Match 30, 1996

Francis T.  Bailey '52, Greenville, S.C., May 24, 2014.  Mr.  Bailey was a member of the Glee Club.  He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, worked for Union Carbide, Armour, and Consolidated Foods and worked as an executive vice president of subsidiary groups for Fluor Corp. - Fall 2014 Alumni Bulletin

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From Summer 2010 Alumni Bulletin:  G Thomas Bailey  He was a retired industrial engineer from Ametek.  He was a brother of Phi Gamma Delta.

Jackson W  Balestier '52, Middletown, N.J., July 20, 2014.  Mr Balestier was a brother of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and a member of the Lehigh soccer team.  He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.  He worked for Polymer Industries as an international sales manager.- Winter 2014 Alumni Bulletin

From Spring 2020 Alumni Bulletin:  Richard V. Barba, Smithtown, NY, March 4, 2019.  Mr. Barba was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.  He retired as an engineering section head from Unisys Corp.

From Fall / Winter 2017 Alumni Bulletin:  As Ralph Fortney said during the festivities: "We may not have had quantity, but we sure had quality!"  Richard Barba joined 12 other '52 Classmates at our 65th Reunion - See Fall / Winter Alumni Bulletin for more details.

I received an e-mail from Richard Barba, who said "I've always been proud of Lehigh and it stood me in good stead in my work." - Fall 2012 Alumni Bulletin

I will attend and want to ride.  My wife Carolyn died last March and I was going to go alone.  My son could not come because it was his anniversary but his wife told him come with me and celebrate any time.  He is coming with me and they made be very happy. - Dick – May 2012

My wife Carolyn past away last May and she loved coming to our reunions.  She was my official photographers and I decided to come for her.  It's been hard without her but I decided I have to continue with out her. This year is my 20th year of retirement--were does time go?  Dick – March 2012

November 2011:  My wife Carolyn passed away in May and loved coming to our reunions.  I hope I’ll be up to coming for our 60th.---- Dick

January 2008 - Not too much news.  Carolyn and I did some traveling and went to visit her sisters who live by San Juan Capistrano and the next morning the fires started in the area and was frightening to see and smell.  We flew out of John Wayne Airport for Las Vegas that Sunday evening and the view of the fires were awesome.  I live on Long Island and we just worry about too much water and a rare hurricane for which we get at least a weeks warning.  Had fun in Vegas and helped their economy.  We never bet the farm even though we don't own one.

  I want to thank you for the good job you do for the class.  Wishing you and yours a happy new year.

March 2007:  Hi Bill,  The attached news article (See Ken's page) was in today's Newsday 3/31/07 showing that Ken Thomson is missing after working on his boat.  I know  this is  our classmate.  We both started work together at Sperry Gyroscope as aerospace engineers.  He also came from Chester, PA.  I also know he was an Army Lt. before starting Lehigh.  I read your listing of a Ken Thomson deceased in 2000 in our class internet site and I don't know him.  Hope to see you at the reunion.  I have my Comfort Inn reservation made already.--Your classmate, Dick Barba

Dick, Ken was listed in the deceased list with a gray background meaning that he was "Lost" not necessarily "Deceased".  Thanks for the update.  Bill

This past year has been good to us and we derive so much happiness from our children and grandchildren.  My sons 2 daughters, 1 a senior in high school and her sister a freshman both played on the schools' varsity soccer team.  They both received high praise and made us proud.  May the good Lord make the holidays and the coming year healthy and happy for you and your family . Your classmate, Richard and Carolyn Barba – December 2005

Richard Barba writes : Things have been going well this year.  Last year was filled with many health problems especially for Carolyn.  Thanks to many doctors she is back to normal.  Since I gave up boating I've been chasing a little white ball and trying to hit it which invariably ruins a nice walk in the park.  Hope to be there for our 55th. – October 2005

From 50th Reunion Book, 2002 - USAF July 1954 - July 1956. Married Marjorie Baker 1956 (deceased 1964).  Children Frank, born 1957, and Ellen, born 1959.  Married Carolyn Morison 1966; stepson Wayne 1959.

I worked 40 years, except for 2 years in the USAF, for the same company until I retired in 1992.  The company, Sperry Gyroscope evolved into several different companies and wound up as Unisys.  When I retired, I was an Engineering Section Head in a systems management group for the Nexrad Doppler Radar weather detection system.  My work over the 40 years was varied from aircraft autopilots, development of digital Loran C, submarine sonar arrays to automatic warehouse systems.  My Lehigh engineering training was of great help and pride.

My wife, Carolyn, and I live on Long Island where we enjoy boating on LI sound.  For the last few years, I'm enjoying playing golf, weather permitting.  We also enjoy the time we have with our children and 5 grandchildren.

December 8th, 2000 - The years have gone by so quickly but the Lehigh web site will allow us to renew old friends.

I worked 40 years, except for 2 years in the USAF, for the same company until I retired in 1992.  The company evolved into several different companies and wound up as Unisys when I retired.  I was an Engineering Section Head in a systems management group for the Nexrad Doppler radar weather detection system. 

My work over the 40 years was varied from aircraft autopilots, submarine sonar array's to automatic warehouses.  My Lehigh engineering training was of great help and pride. 

My wife, Carolyn and I live on Long Island where we enjoyed boating on the sound and now for the last 3 years I'm enjoying playing golf, weather permitting.  We also enjoy the time we have with our children and grand children. 

We've been regulars at all our reunions and are looking forward to our 50th, God willing. Your fellow classmate--Dick Barba

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    Allen G. Barelay '52, Sacramento, Calif., April 7, 2012.  Mr. Barclay was a member of Tau Beta Pi.  He worked for General Electric Co.  He was a member of the Asa Packer and Tower Societies. - Fall 2014 Alumni Bulletin

    December 2004:  Retired from GE in 1985, then consulted for 3 years, specializing in engineering management.  Finally could not stand another night in hotel rooms and fully retired in 1988.  We lived in Lake County of CA for 15 years, where I played a major role in community activities.  I really liked it there; we had acreage, lots of oak trees, deer and raccoons.  Unfortunately, the roads tended to be narrow and winding, and medical services limited.  We moved to a Del Webb community in Lincoln, CA in 1999.  Although there are over 11,000 residents here, I have not been able to locate a single other Lehigh Graduate.

     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 - Henry "Doc" Adams (deceased), Ann and Bill Barney (deceased), Ruth and Bob Ellis (deceased), Judy and Fred Gartside, Bob Homing, Mary Jo and Jim Johnston (deceased), Tess and Fred Kieshauer (deceased) and John Kimerer (deceased).  See you all in Bethlehem in June 2002.  Many thanks, Mary Jo.

John F  Barteau, Boerne, Texas, Jan.  7, 2017.  A World War II Army veteran, Mr Barteau worked for the American Machine and Foundry Co.  for many years, before becoming president of Far West Industries, the Church's Chicken manufacturing subsidiary.

    A. C. Bartlett (A Crawford Bartlett):  Born 1 July, 1930, died 26 June 1996.  Last residence, Cincinnati, OH.  (From an extensive search of archived records by Bob Byrne (deceased), March 2012)

Elmer Beck

     Elmer F Beck, Ma­tawan, NJ, November 6, 2017.  Mr Beck had a multifaceted career with Bell Laboratories.

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Eric Beinlich

     Per Bill Skillman:  Eric Beinlich, no hits on Ancestry.com.  It has been over 16 years since I've heard from Eric so I have reluctantly moved him to the Deceased listings. - Updated April 2018.

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Edgar Bergmiller
August 12, 2021

Fall / Winter 2022 Alumni Bulletin:  Edgar A. Bergmiller '52, Southbury, Conn., Aug.12, 2021.  A Lambda Chi Alpha brother, Mr. Bergmiller was a business executive overseeing transportation and logistics for a number of Fortune 1000 companies and ended his career as a financial planner for IDS/American Express.

From Fall / Winter 2016 Alumni Bulletin Pat Moran (deceased) writes:  Ed Bergmiller, who lost his wife three years ago after rejoicing in her for 68 years called and comforted me

November 2011:  Nothing new here. Just remember that no news is good news, especially at our age!!!   Well , let's see. I do remember some things.  Fake right knee, spinal stenosis and now orthopedic guy tells me my left shoulder is shot!!  You might say I'm laughing on the outside but crying on the inside - Falling apart at the joints!!.   Ed B

August 2010:  Hello Classmates, wish I had some good news for you, but life is pretty routine these days.  Nothing exciting to report, except I was delighted to see my name was not on that list of those from '52, who recently passed away.  Am pretty much recovered from right knee surgery last summer, but still not perfect.  Healing takes a while once you are in your 80's!!!!!  If anything outstanding happens to me in the near future, you'll be the first to know.  Eddie B

January 2008 - Yo, "Pay" Moran (deceased), when did you change your name?  I almost deleted your message, as I'm not interested in paying anyone anything.

I tried to reply to you on your last request for info, but my message came back as undeliverable.  Hard to figure. (Editors note: not to difficult as I had Pat Pay”Moran's address wrong - [now deceased])

Not much news here, except I just passed the big "80" birthday.  Suddenly I feel a lot older.  Ed B

November 2005 - So Bill, did you really have a turkey vein inserted in your "hallowed" Lehigh body??  Geez, do you feel more "chicken" since that procedure???   Thank God, my wife was able to draw veins and arteries from her leg, a few (6) years ago, when she underwent triple bypass surgery.  (Ed has reference to my heart surgery)

October 2005 - .No new news about me. Still "hanging out" in Cocoa Beach, FL, dodging hurricanes if any come our way.  They pretty much missed us this year, and Wilma was supposed to just be a tropical storm up our way.  Big mistake, as we had hurricane winds between 70 and 90 mph.  No serious damage to our condo, just lost a few roof soffitts, shingles, signs, etc.  Also power only out for 6 hours and weather was turning colder, so no A/C was not a problem.  Went from 85^o and humid to 49^o, cold and dry in 24 hours.  Ed

     Charles S. "Chuck” Berry '52, Conneaut Lake, Pa., July 20, 2010.  He was a retired insurance broker and owned his firm, Charles Berry Insurance.  He was a brother of Chi Psi.

From Alumni Bulletin, Summer, 2020 - Colborn Theodore Blaisdell '52, New Tripoli, PA, April 3, 2020.  D. Blaisdell was a Psi Upsilon brother and played lacrosse.  He was also a veteran of the Korean War.  He was the director of anesthesia at Sacred Heart Hospital and served on the committee to plan and build the Allentown / Sacred Heart Hospital Center (ASH), which became the Lehigh Valley Health Network.  His daughter, Susan Blaisdell, is a member of the Class of 1987.

The following information was submitted by Cheryl Bowman on Monday, April 13, 2020:  C Theodore Blaisdell, died on April 3, 2020.

Per Bill Skillman:  Colborn Theodore Blaisdell - 610-285-2217, I called and talked to him.  He has Parkinsons.  Born 1930.  7915 Carpet Rd., New Tripoli, PA, about 5 mi from Egypt (N of Allentown).

     Alumni Bulletin, Spring 2023 - Charles C Black III, Houston, Texas, December 12, 2022.  A Sigma Phi brother, Mr. Black served in the U S  Navy and retired from the Reserves as a lieutenant.  He made his career in the oil industry and was a volunteer firefighter.  His stepson, Peter Dietz, is a member of the Class of 1988.  He was also a member of the Tower Society.

Johnson Blake
January 13, 2018

     From 2018 Summer Alumni Bulletin:  Johnson C. Blake '52, Kiawah Island, SC, Jan. 13, 2018.  Mr. Blake was a Chi Psi brother, a glee club member, and he played on both the soccer and baseball teams.  He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.  Then, he went on to spend his career in publishing with McGraw Hill.  His father, Alfred Blake, was a member of the Class of 1924.

From Spring 2017 Alumni Bulletin:  " I, Pat Moran (deceased) soon learned that many people loved Daz as much as I do.  Those who offered comfort included Johnson "Jack" Blake who called twice from Johns Island, S.C.  There were many more calls of support which will have to wait for the next column.

     From Winter 2004 Bulletin - Bill Smith (deceased) saw Jack Blake in Seabrook, S.C., last April.  Jack's daughter, Mindy Blake, is a TV commentator here in Tucson.

William Bloomfield

    William F. Bloomfield Sr. died on Sunday March 16, 2014 at his home at Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, NJ.

Bill was born in Philadelphia, PA to Marion and Herbert Bloomfield and grew up in Glen Ridge, NJ.  At seventeen, after graduating from Glen Ridge High School, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served with the eleventh Marine Air Wing at Cherry Point North Carolina.  After an honorable discharge from the Marines, Bill attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, and graduated in 1952 with a BS degree in Industrial Engineering.

Bill married Kathryn Miller of Johnstown PA and began his career with the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company.  They lived in Bloomfield, moved to West Orange, and then settled in North Caldwell, where they lived for forty-three years.  They moved to Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, NJ in 2008.

Bill worked for New Jersey Bell for 31 years, retiring as Director of Labor Relations in 1983.  After his retirement, Bill and Kay split their time between their homes in New Jersey and Nantucket Island, where he enjoyed spending time with friends and family, fishing, clamming, scalloping, and birding.  He was able to build almost anything, including beautiful furniture, and became a talented carver of shorebirds and duck decoys.

He was a long-time member, and later chorus director, of the Montclair chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA).

He is survived by his wife of sixty-one years, Kathryn M. Bloomfield and his three sons and their spouses William and Diane of Denville, NJ, James and Karen of Houston, TX and Chris and Irene of Kinnelon, NJ.  He is also survived by his eight grandchildren Heather Jason and her husband Stephen, Amy Bloomfield, Danielle Bloomfield, Timothy Bloomfield, Michael Bloomfield, Kathryn Bloomfield, Eric Bloomfield and Victoria Bloomfield, and two great grandchildren Stephen and Emma Jason, and his sister June Bourne of Yarmouth, ME.  He recently lost two sisters Elizabeth Pfluger of Sunnyvale, CA and Joan Lillie of Albuquerque, NM.

A memorial service was held at the Glen Ridge Congregational Church, in Glen Ridge, N.J.

William F.  Bloomfield, Pompton Plains, N.J., March 16, 2014.  Mr.  Bloomfield was a brother of Lambda Chi Alpha.  He served in the U.S.  Marine Corps during World War II.  He retired as director of labor rela­tions from N.J.  Bell Telephone.  His son, James M. Bloomfield '80, graduated from Lehigh. - Fall 2014 Alumni Bulletin

     From Fall 2008 Alumni Bulletin - Don Williams, class correspondent for 1950, sends along news that Kay and Bill Bloomfield and Marvel and Dick Evans (deceased) visit Nantucket, Mass., every summer.

Arthur E. Bondy, Walk-ill, NY, March 22, 2021.  A Sigma Alpha Mu brother, Mr. Bondy served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.  He founded two manufacturing, import and marketing companies, and served as president during his 50-year career.  Summer 2021, Alumni Bulletin.

Arthur Bondy writes:  Thanks for keeping it up. I have been retired for 11 years and living in Middletown now after over 30 in rural CT.  My biggest achievement was in the Civil Rights movement for multi years. - January 2019

Per Bill Skillman:  Arthur Edward Bondy, married Marilyn Apter in 1953, no obituary.  Have no information concerning Arthur since graduation - 69+ years.  Assumed deceased. - Updated May 2018.

Per Bill Skillman:  Arthur Edward Bondy, married Marilyn Apter in 1953.

     George A. Borger, Jr.:  Born 23 December 1929, died 17August 2005. CPL, US ARMY, Korea.  Buried in Riverton, NJ.  (From an extensive search of archived records by Bob Byrne (deceased), March 2012)

     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 (deceased) 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 (deceased), Stan Gedney (deceased), Pete Ginesi (lost), Lon Haines (deceased), Bill Henderson (deceased), Dave Mesick (deceased), Joe Orr (deceased), Dick Pradetto (deceased), Walt Pullar (deceased), Dick Schmidt (deceased) and Bill Smith (deceased).

Louis Brandt
November 23, 2013

     Per Bill Skillman:  Louis Frederick Brandt, School Yearbooks 1944, b 1928, PA vets Comp. Appl. b 7/21/1926 in Wilkes-Barre, SSDI has Frederick Brandt, b 8/9/1930, d 1/1986 in Toms River, NJ. (See below date) - Updated May 2018.

     Death notice, Louis F. Brandt, Bethlehem, Pa., Nov.  23, 2013 - Fall 2014 Alumni Bulletin - Will go with this date as more accurate.

     Richard H Brown '52, Carlsbad, Calif., Sept. 5, 2013.  Mr Brown was a member of Tau Delta Phi honor society and the Mustard & Cheese Soci­ety.  He served on the National Leadership Committee and was a member of the Asa Packer and Tower Societies.

From Winter 2009 Alumni Bulletin:  I recently had a lengthy phone conversation with Richard "Dick" Brown, of Carlsbad, Calif.  After Lehigh and Army service, Dick entered the selling game with Coro, manufacturers of fashion / costume jewelry; he covered territory from Canada to Mexico, and from Kansas to California.  Dick bought into another jewelry firm and later owned the company.  In 1986, Dick retired and purchased a thoroughbred trail horse, but found that weekend riding was not stimulating enough, so a second and then a third were acquired.  In November 1988, Guenter Seidel, a renowned rider/trainer, came into the picture.  From that time on, Dick says the United States Equestrian Team became his life.  He and his steeds represented the USA in three Olympics‑ 1996, 2000, and 2004‑where all won bronze medals.  Dick also took part in three World Equestrian Games and four World Cups.

The Browns say that "the past 20 years have enriched our lives‑the agony and the ecstasy of the competition, the adventure, the travel, the wonderful friends we have met, and the daily reward of the love of our horses is beyond our dreams."

Thanks, Dick and Jane, for your wonderful story!

     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.

Donald Brunda

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Have no information on Don in 69+ years so reluctantly moved him to "deceased" list.  Statistically this is realistic - contact if in error - April 2021

John Byerly

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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.