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Gerry Flanzbaum ’58 Serves Jewish Communities in U.S. and Israel
Gerry Flanzbaum ’58 serves as chairman of the American Friends of Technoda, which supports a science education center in Hadera, Israel, that provides enrichment classes and activities for disadvantaged children. He also is chairman for the Mack Ness Business Loan Fund, helping to oversee the distribution of loans to new businesses in Negev, Israel. "We have 53 loans out," he says. "They run the gamut from cherry tomato farmers to dairy farmers who employ Bedouins. There is a Nile crocodile farm in the desert." He also chairs a group that fosters relationships between Jewish communities in the U.S. and Israel. He served as the first chairman of the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust and Genocide and remains a member.
Aug 28, 2007
Trustee Emeritus Ned Jesser ’39 Dies
Aug 23, 2007
Fraternity Won Encounter with Racism in '50s
In 1955, Lafayette's Phi Kappa Tau fraternity was met with opposition by its national organization when it decided to pledge two Africa-Americans, Edward Washington
’59 and Victor Partridge ’59. The chapter voted unanimously to resign from Phi Kappa Tau and set up a local fraternity. "They were pledged for the same reasons that anyone else was: They were personable, appeared to get along well with the rest of us, were intelligent, and seemed to belong," recalls James Vorosmarti Jr. ’57. The College administration supported the fraternity. Within a few years, the national organization changed its constitution to end discrimination, and Lafayette's chapter rejoined it.
Jul 18, 2007
Reunion 2007 Dispatch: 50-Plus Years in the Lafayette Community
More than 100 50-Plus Club alumni attended a lunch in their honor Friday on Reunion Weekend, kibitzing with classmates and making new friends while also getting to speak with Lafayette President Dan Weiss. As Dan Gichner '52 sees it, more alumni ought to take part in such events, even though they are getting a bit grayer. "I think we should plan for the 60th reunion for people to get them to think positive," he said. Otto Alden '42 still attends alumni events, and he remains enthused about the College's progress. "We're moving ahead very much academically and athletically. I think it's a real fine institution," he said. "I'm pleased with the renaissance of the athletic program. I'm pleased with our new president."
Jun 01, 2007
Class of ’42 Will Celebrate 65th Reunion
Otto Alden '42 has been attending reunions regularly for the last 50 years, but this year’s event is certainly a milestone for the class. "It's a great opportunity to come back and see a marvelous school and marvelous campus, and to see old friends and meet new ones," he says. Highlights of the 65th reunion will include a private champagne breakfast in Marquis Hall, where Diane Shaw, College archivist, will discuss the relationship between the Marquis de Lafayette and George Washington. For Alden, there are too many fond memories of his alma mater to narrow down to just one. William Richtmyre '42, a civil engineering graduate,
agrees. "The good memories of those four years equal those of any other four-year period of my life," he says.
May 07, 2007
Raymond B. Jacoby '57 Helps Lead Lafayette-Lehigh Alumni Chapter in Vermont
The Jacoby family and Lafayette share a long history together. Ray Jacoby '57 says it began with his grandfather, who graduated in 1901. Since then, he and his father, older brother, son, niece, and great-nephew have followed. "We didn’t know that there was any other college that had football," Jacoby jokes, noting that his father took him and his brother to Leopards football games when they were growing up. He helps lead an alumni chapter shared by Lafayette and Lehigh alumni in Burlington, Vt. Despite the historical rivalry between the two schools, the only chill between the alumni is Vermont weather. The group's activities and trips strengthen the members' ties to each other and their alma mater.
Apr 22, 2007
Proud Class of ’57 Takes Reunion Celebrations to New Heights The Class of 1957 just may be the most excited group of alumni getting ready for Reunion this June. "We left campus as a disparate group of alumni and have become a very close-knit class as a result of the camaraderie and esprit built through great reunions and social contacts over the years," says biology graduate Glenn Grube '57, reunion co-chair and class correspondent. "My classmates really like each other." The class reunion committee has planned a weeklong series of events called "The Shawnee Experience" to expand the time attendees can spend with one another. The class has raised more than $500,000 for the College in honor of its 50th celebration. It is looking forward to a mid-reunion cruise or soiree in 2010.
Mar 26, 2007
Frederick W. Light Jr. '26 Enjoys Century of Living
The 1926 Melange describes Frederick W. Light Jr. '26 as never hesitating "to do what he thinks is best, regardless of conventionalities, and he is to be admired for it." The chemistry major was a member of Sphinx Club, Gayley Chemical Society, Radio Club, College Band, Instrumental Club, Freshman Players, Shakespeare Club, and Y.M.C.A. Council. At Johns Hopkins, he earned an M.D. in 1930 and Ph.D. in 1940. In 1951, he began working at Edgewood Arsenal, a chemical weapons research, development, and testing facility. He was chief of the Wound Assessment Branch and assistant chief of the Biophysics Division. Light testified in the investigation by the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Mar 23, 2007
Tom Walker ’54 and Partner Turn $100 into $475 Million Tom Walker '54 turned a $100 investment into $475 million in 12 short years. His former company, SourceCorp, provides businesses with solutions and strategies, including outsourcing. With $100, he and a friend were able to raise the $900,000 they needed to get the company going. In July, the partners sold the company and realized a significant profit. Now he helps students with scholarships. "It's not much," he says. "Somebody gave me one while I was there. It's really just a supplement to what they're doing on their own. I'm trying to help some kids who have the limitations that I did. [Lafayette is] a school with a great deal of concern for the students. You don’t always see that."
Mar 18, 2007
Campus Memorial Service for Sarkis Acopian '51 Scheduled for Feb. 10
Jan 23, 2007
Scadron ’57 Leads Field in Jaguar Restoration
After his first retirement, Doc Scadron '57 founded Doc's Jags, the largest restorer and purveyor of classic Jaguars. The business has won some of the most highly coveted awards for restoration and contributed to many of the most prestigious car collections in the world. The company expanded this year from four lifts to 14 to make headway into a four-and-a-half-year backlog. "In some ways I have fulfilled what I wanted to do when I came to Lafayette to be an auto designer," says Scadron. "We do design modification to cars and so in the end I find those design dreams fulfilled." He is looking forward to his upcoming 50th class reunion at Lafayette. He intends to bring a 1954 XK 120 Roadster, a former factory racecar.
Dec 14, 2006
Trustees Salute the Late Roland M. Brown '49
Dec 07, 2006
A Cloud over the '49 Sun Bowl
Dec 07, 2006
Flying for Freedom
Dec 07, 2006
Hamlen ’51 Honored for 45 Years of Service to Power Source Industry
Chemistry graduate Bob Hamlen '51 has spent his life researching and developing portable power sources. After 45 years of dedicated work, 20 hard-earned patents, dozens of trips abroad, and thousands of productive international committee hours, he has earned a reputation as a leader in the industry. His contributions earned him the Department of the Army Meritorious Civilian Service Medal when he retired in 2004. More recently, at an International Power Sources Symposium in England, Hamlen was awarded the Frank Booth Medal and was invited to be keynote speaker. He was also named to the Board of Directors of Electro Energy Inc., a leading provider of advanced battery technologies and associated systems.
Dec 07, 2006
Hand ’56 Gives Hope to Street Children in Brazil
The problem-solving skills he developed at Lafayette are a key in endeavors by electrical engineering graduate Bob Hand '56, including BizKidz, a nonprofit group that helps Brazilian street kids escape the cycle of poverty and become self-sufficient. "The first project, Projecto Sinhana Eva, opened January 2004 in Pinhimi and is run by my partner Darci Garcia de Melo. We started with 12 kids and now have nearly 200 from ages 10 to 18 participating," he says. Using funds from Rotary, the project set up a shop where adolescents work imprinting personalized garments and paper products. In August 2004, it expanded to include development of a commercial garden. A computer school opened in March 2005. "In each case, the project is locally owned," notes Hand.
Dec 05, 2006
Kunzman ’57 Beats Death and Earns Recognition for Service Falling to the floor of the Skippack Golf Course snack shop, Irvin A. Kunzman Jr. '57 had few thoughts of his recent election to the Manchester Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry. He had been honored for his professional and charitable deeds. But that day, an emergency crew from Lansdale, Pa., rescued him from what is technically called coronary death. Six days later, he was discharged from Montgomery Hospital after a remarkable rebound. "God was watching over me," says Kunzman, a born-again Christian. His attending physician, Dr. Harinder Sharma of Cardiac Consultants of Philadelphia, told him, "You are a lucky man. Few have experienced what you have and lived to tell the tale."
Sep 28, 2006
Lafayette, Philadelphia 76ers Honor Green '56 for Volunteerism
Since retiring from a long career in marketing, Kit Green '56 has dedicated his life to volunteerism. Green has worked at college phonathon events, serves on the senior reunion committee, belongs to the Marquis Society, and is a member of the Friends of Lafayette Basketball and Football programs as well. "I’ve always loved volunteering," says Green, a history graduate who has never missed a class reunion. "It makes me feel good to stay in touch with the Lafayette community, no matter what type of program it may be." Green also volunteers as a driver for the Shriners Hospital for Children and recently was recognized for his dedication by the Philadelphia 76ers organization with a Hometown Hero award.
Aug 29, 2006
Rothkopf '55 Named to American University Board of Trustees
Arthur J. Rothkopf '55, president emeritus of Lafayette, has been named to the American University Board of Trustees. He is among seven new trustees selected from a pool of 85 nominees. He is senior vice president and counselor to the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where he is leading a new program that will assess how each state's public education system is preparing its students to compete in the 21st century and will recommend specific reforms to improve competitiveness. He is a member of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, the board of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and is president of Pennsylvania Society.
Jul 03, 2006
Seiler ’54 Spearheads Creation of Adult Learning Program
When he graduated from Lafayette, there were some classes electrical engineering communications graduate Dick Seiler '54 had been unable take. Thirty-nine years later, after a successful career at IBM, he began work on founding Adventures in Learning at Arizona State University. "Since the inception five years ago, more than 1,000 people have participated in the Adventures classes given locally," says Seiler. "People with a desire for intellectual stimulation in retirement are able to come together for discussion groups, tours, lunch programs, and learning. The program also has provided the catalyst for meeting top ASU faculty, giving to the ASU Foundation, and community interaction."
Jun 27, 2006
