Fall / Winter 2017

Pat Moran (now deceased):

Hi, Classmates.  I made it!  Yes, I did!  I made it back to campus for our 65th Reunion.

As Ralph Fortney said during the festivities: "We may not have had quantity, but we sure had quality!"

Those back were: Robert Arndt, Richard Barba, David De Graaf (deceased), Wally Field, Ralph Fortney, Robert Riesman, Robert Kradoska, Pat Moran (deceased) , Neil Randall (deceased), Richard Schaphorst, Dick Schmidt (deceased), Gealy Wallwork and Richard Washer.

Before my arrival, I envisioned that some of our 'mates might be on walkers or in wheelchairs, or even on portable oxygen units—not the case at all.  Only one was on a cane and that one was Me!

The camaraderie was palpable, the class dinner was intimate—excellent food.  Lehigh always goes first class and does things right.  Dr. Simon stopped by to say hello and wished us well.

When you are older than dirt, good things come your way.  We might be "on the back nine," but we are playing with house money.

The campus looked scrubbed and pristine. The student assistants and drivers were alert and friendly.  Every activity was well thought out and professional.  All in all, a very Lehigh affair.  Done well and with aplomb.

There isn't much other '52 news.  So I will finish with a request.  To those returnees that I missed speaking with, please drop me a line and fill me in on your activities.

To Wally Field, who put me up and put up with me for 10 days, thank you for being a great host and a dear friend.

That's it for now, I will conclude this edition with another tribute to my beloved, Daz. This prayer comes from Pete Fenger '49, who always reads the '52 column.  Thank you, Pete!  Best to you and good luck.

An Irish Prayer: "Death is nothing at all-I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each other that we are still.  Call me by my old familiar name, speak to me in the easy way that you always used to. Laugh as we always laughed at little jokes that we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.

"Let my name be the house­hold word that it always was.  Let it be spoken without effort.  Life means all it has ever meant.  It is the same as it ever was; there is absolutely unbroken continuity.  Why should I be out of your mind because I am out of your sight?  I am but waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, just around the corner.  All is well.  Nothing is passed.  Nothing is lost.

"One brief moment and all will be as it was before-only better, infinitely happier and forever-we will all be one with Christ." - Carmelite Monastery, Tallow Co., Waterford

 Pat (now deceased)

Deceased

• Robert Pfaub

• Robert Restow

• August Seidenberger

• Herbert Weisser

Revised:  June 08, 2023