Pat Moran (now deceased):

I took my annual trek East in September and witnessed three Lehigh victories (Penn, Princeton and Cornell).  My thanks to Barb and Bill Smith (deceased) and Ceily and Wally Field for opening up their homes to me.

Before I forget, Bill Erdman is looking for any and all class information - individual profiles, missing classmates, anecdotes, vignettes, anything you think will be of interest to the class. 

Back to football for a minute!  At halftime (Cornell game), 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).

I ran into Gerry and Norm Merksamer (deceased) at the Penn game and, among other things, learned that their son, Gregg '84, is a published author, and that the Merksamers are still playing tennis.  Norm says the shorts on the court are shorter than on the golf course.  Daz and I played mixed doubles up until a year ago when the "ole" knees gave out!

World travelers Barbara and Frank Sgambelluri (deceased) venture to Italy often to see Frank's relatives in Naples.  This summer they also took in the Passion Play at Oberammergau (Germany) where the theater has been completely modernized and the production is as elaborate as any at the Met in New York.  While in Italy, Frank mentioned swimming at Amalfi, seeing the ruins at Herculanum and getting to the top of Vesuvius.

Daz and I ventured up the Interstate to Phoenix to see the Engineers / Mountain Hawks dispose of Lafayette.  I'll put the "cap" on this edition with a tribute to the 2000 football team - congrats on a 11-0 undefeated season.

Deaths (click for picture and details):

• Theodore E. Andrews

• Ferdinand J. Napoliello J