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ADAMS , Henry J., geologist and financier, died from complications of cancer chemotherapy August 5, 2009, at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.  The Baltimore and former Fairlee, Vermont resident was 79.  A Baltimore native, he obtained an A.B. in geology at Lehigh University while participating in chapel choir, varsity, lacrosse, and the Air Force ROTC.  After obtaining a Masters in geophysics at the University of Pittsburgh and working at Marathon Oil, he was called to military service as an Air Force Analyst at the Lincoln Laboratory, Cambridge, MA.

After returning to Marathon Oil in CA, he pursued a change in career by obtaining an MBA in finance at Columbia University.  His career spanned over 40 years in areas of finance, accounting, and planning including controller and treasurer with St. Joseph Minerals and A T Massey Coal Companies. 

While in New Hampshire, he started and served on the Board of several small technology companies, one of which he co-founded.  His wife of 43 years, Jane Dowling died in 1999.  Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Adams-Swann of Bethesda, MD, and Katherine Atherine Adams of White Hall, MD, and two grandchildren and a brother, Otto Eugene Adams of Athens, OH. 

 From Summer 2010 Alumni Bulletin:  Fred Kieshauer (deceased) sent news that Doc (Henry) Adams and Bill Barney passed away.  I have no other information at this time

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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.

Howard Allen '52, Stockton, Calif., Feb.  28, 2015.  Mr. Allen served as an officer in the U.S.  Army during the Korean War.  He worked as an engineer for Carando Machine Works.

From Winter 2009 Alumni Bulletin:  He was retired from Philadelphia Suburban Corp., formerly Huth Engineers.  As an undergraduate, he was a brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a pole vault champion.  He was a U.S. Army veteran.  Survivors: Wife, Charlotte; two daughters; son; two grandchildren; step grandchild; two great‑grandchildren.

Per Bill Skillman 4/10/18, Alday Andrews died 3/17/2010

Ted was a retired vice president of operations with B. Braun Biotech Inc., Piscataway, N.J.  During his career, he held 30 patents in the field of engineering.  He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.  His wife, Amy, survives.

From 2021 Spring Alumni Bulletin:  John P. Archibald, Stamford, Conn., May 6, 2020.  Mr. Archibald served in the U.S. Army after graduation.  He went on to work at Norden Industries.

Alumni Bulletin, Spring 2023:  Frederick J Arnold, Upper Gwynedd, PA, August 30, 2022.  A Phi Delta Theta brother and tennis team member, Mr Arnold was a bond trader and partner in several brokerage firms.  His brother, Robert Arnold, was a member of the Class of 1947.

I received a letter from Fred's wife, Bert, concerning his death August 30, 2022.  She noted that Fred was a bond trader and partner in several brokerage firms.  Fred remembered, very fondly, his years at Lehigh and his Phi Delta Theta brothers.  He was an avid tennis player until he was 85.  He is survived by his wife, Bert and 2 children - September 2022.

From 2015 Winter Alumni Bulletin:  I received a very pleasant phone call and subsequent letter from Fred, who with wife, Bert, lives in a 55 and older community in Upper Gwynedd, PA.  I used to travel that area (Lansdale, Blue Bell) when I was selling.  I remember it well.  Fred says his main pastime is painting (watercolors), mostly landscapes and wildlife.  He plays tennis occasionally, when he can find three "healthy seniors”  for doubles.  Fred and Bert travel annually to some region of the world (Bert has been to over 108 countries).  So, how many new places are left to visit?!  Bert just completed her first book, Somewhere Out There:  A Memoir, the story of her 15 1/2 years in an orphanage in the Depression and WWII years and the trauma and pain she endured.  The book is getting good press and is available at Barnes & Noble or through Amazon.  Thanks, Fred, for a great update.  Good luck to you and Bert.  See you at our 65th.

August 2010 - I live in ocean city, NJ with wife, Bert.  This November equals 56 yrs.  Play tennis and paint - water colors.  Bert has been to over 105 countries not so many for me but still travelling.  Pat, thanks for being our class correspondent.  Good luck!

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He received the Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Iowa State University in 1956, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and was a Fulbright Scholar at Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.  He was appointed chair of the chemistry department at the University of Oklahoma in 1971, dean of the Graduate College and vice provost for research administration from 1974-78, and resumed teaching and retired from OU in 1992.  He was a member of Kappa Sigma.  Survivors: Wife, Betty; a son; two daughters; a stepson; six grandchildren.