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Foote’s Calling Moves Thousands of Feet
In his 43-year career, Ed Foote ’63 has told more than half a million people in a dozen countries what their next step will be. The professional square dance caller has called in the U.S., Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. At his peak, he was traveling 40,000 miles year and calling more than 400 dances. Today, though Foote and wife Marilyn stay closer to their native Pittsburgh, he still travels to California, Florida, and the New England states to call. For 20 years he has penned a monthly column for American Square Dance Magazine and he also contributes to The Northeast Square Dancer Magazine . He’s authored books on the subject, published his own newsletter, and recorded instructional videos and audio tapes used worldwide.
Jul 10, 2008
Award-Winning Teacher Larry Morris ’67 Brings Past to Life
Larry Morris ’67 thought he was going to be a math teacher. Then he took a history class with Professor George Heath, which hooked him on the subject and continues to influence his teaching career. “His ability to relate anecdotal stories about characters in history made history more alive than just routine, traditional approaches to chronological progression,” he says. “People coming alive made history come alive. He had such passion for his profession." Morris teaches advanced placement American history and world history at Worcester Prep School in Berlin, Md. In 2006, Worcester Prep nominated him for the Maryland American History Teacher of the Year Award, which he won.
May 23, 2008
English Professors Inspire Jay Carson ’63 to Become One
Jay Carson ’63, professor of English studies at Robert Morris University, says he might never have decided to become a professor if he hadn't been inspired by great ones at Lafayette. For example, William Watt, professor of English, "greatly appreciated all poetry and, on occasion, published his own in The New Yorker," he says. "His poetry contained light verse with a depth of meaning that belied its style, much like the works of E.E. Cummings. Watt was quite a character, giving unique personality both to his classes and to the English department. I remember seeing him stop while crossing campus and boom out to Frisbee players on the Quad, “Whenever I see a Frisbee flying, I see intellectual fires dying.”
May 22, 2008
Class of ’68 Will Reconnect at Reunion Weekend
Class Reunion Chair William Messick ’68 believes the weekend will serve as a chance to reconnect with his classmates and reminisce about their years on campus. "I am interested in what my classmates are doing, their families, their lives. Remembering old stories and events embellished as they are," he says. "Gathering on campus this time of year always is an inspiring event." Messick recalls that in 1973, the class viewed old films of football games. He remembers Reunion parades, especially the parade cars like the 1960 Ford Edsel, the Maroon Mustang, as well as the live band party at the old Delta Upsilon house on the Quad, the tour of Chateau Chavaniac, and pub night socials.
May 19, 2008
Class of ’63 Will Turn Back the Clock at Reunion Ronald A. Garfunkel ’63 has been his class’ reunion committee chair for 40 years. He says Reunion is the perfect time for alumni to revisit the great times they had at Lafayette and catch up with classmates. “I am sentimental,” he says. His favorite Reunion was his 25-year one. “We had a big turnout and had a blast,” he says. Garfunkel had recently gone through a divorce, but when he brought his future wife to the reunion, “It was magical.” Garfunkel encourages all of his classmates to come to Reunion this summer, June 6-8. “We are not getting any younger,” he says. In addition, he believes that attending Reunion is a great way to see how Lafayette has grown and changed over the years.
Mar 13, 2008
Meet Cast, Get Discount for D.C. Production of Pirates of Penzance David Williams ’60 is portraying the Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance Feb. 23-March 9 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. Customers get a 25% discount if they mention Lafayette College when buying tickets for the 8 p.m. Saturday, March 1 performance or the Sunday, March 2 matinee at 2:30 p.m. Any student with ID can get in for $10 one hour before performances if tickets are available at the box office. Williams will be available after the show to greet alumni in the lobby and introduce other cast members. Those wanting to spend more time in the nation’s capital may want to watch the Lafayette men’s basketball team take on American
University the afternoon of March 1.
Feb 22, 2008
Alumni Online Community Connects Peter Veruki ’60 with Long-Lost Friends
Nearly 50 years had passed since Peter Veruki '60 had spoken with his closest friends at Lafayette. "Alan Staats was in mechanical engineering with me," he recalls. "We were close friends all four years at Lafayette because we were in classes and studied together. And Charlie Frederickson was my roommate for a year. The three of us were very good friends." Then Veruki joined Lafayette's Alumni Online Community and in one morning, he spent four hours in it searching, as he says, for "long-lost buddies." The three friends have made plans to meet up on campus at Reunion Weekend. And, Veruki says, they plan to keep in touch in the future. "If other alumni haven’t used the community, they sure are missing out," he says.
Feb 20, 2008
Brent Glass ’69 Appears on "The Oprah Winfrey Show"
Lafayette Trustee Brent Glass '69, director of the Smithsonian Institute's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Jan. 23. He discussed some iconic artifacts in the National Museum of American History, displaying the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, Fonzie’s jacket from "Happy Days," Sylvester Stallone’s boxing gloves in Rocky II, a pair of boxing gloves used by Joe Louis in a 1936 fight, and an iron tool used by Abraham Lincoln in the 1830s. "People come to the Smithsonian Institute and the National Museum of American History to connect with the larger world of art, history, and science," said Glass. The appearance was previewed in a Jan. 22 article in The Washington Post.
Jan 24, 2008
Robert L.G. White ’64 Heads Industry Leader for Helicopter Rescue Equipment
As president and CEO of Breeze-Eastern Corp. in Union, N.J., Robert L.G. White '64 is instrumental in ensuring that the hoists, hooks, and lifting devices used in helicopters for rescues are strong and perfect. The equipment is complex and dangerous. Helicopters must be outfitted carefully to support the equipment, which, White says, are the only components that do not have a backup system. The price of failure is the main reason that the industry is small, with just one other major manufacturer. Providing the equipment includes giving operators intensive training to keep rescuers safe in 50-foot seas of 30-degree water. Breeze-Eastern also makes lifting devices that help transport and equipment that loads missiles and other weapons onto aircraft.
Dec 28, 2007
Robert L. Simon '63 Named Among 100 Most Influential Sports Educators Robert L. Simon ’63 has something important in common with Tiger Woods, Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr., Duke and U.S. National Team men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski,Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, and Emmy Award-winning sportscaster Bob Costas – all have been named among the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America by the Institute for International Sport. Simon is a professor of philosophy at Hamilton College, where he has taught for nearly 40 years. An expert on ethics and social values in sports, he is the author of Fair Play (Westview Press), now in its fourth edition, and a past president of the Philosophic Society for the Study of Sport.
Dec 28, 2007
World Traveler Ed Auble ’61 Settles Down
Ed Auble '61 has visited more than 70 countries since graduating with a business administration degree. Military service at the dawn of the Vietnam War contributed to his world travels. Auble flew Grumman S2 Tracker aircraft for the Navy, and landing on pitching carrier decks may have been his life's toughest challenge, he notes. He's now managing partner and cofounder of Broker Resource Center, an insurance agency, and also runs Auble Financial. He received the President’s Cup in 2007 for championing the ideals of the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and was voted Citizen of the Year by Paoli, Pa., in 2006. He is a member of Lafayette's Alumni Council, chairing the International Alumni Committee.
Dec 17, 2007
For Paul Eugene Thurston '60, Teaching Career Was Full of Satisfaction Paul Eugene Thurston ’60 retired from Texas Southern University after 34 years as a member of the chemistry faculty – a career filled with purpose, accomplishment, and satisfaction. “As an African American, teaching at a historically black university like TSU was icing on the cake. Although I’m sure I could have made a lot more money working for some big chemical company, I doubt that I would have gotten the satisfaction from the work as I get from being a professor. Seeing students each year grow, then come back later to thank me” is a great joy, he says.
Dec 05, 2007
Capturing Freshman Dinks Among Fond College Memories for Scott Hunt '65 In the 1960s, at the beginning of the fall semester, first-year students were expected to wear dinks, or beanies, as a freshman custom. For Scott Hunt '65, the memory is a fond one. "It was a great thing to be able to snag dinks from other schools,” says the executive director and CEO of the 13,000-member Endocrine Society. “Especially Lehigh. I was very proud to get dinks from the University of Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg, and Gettysburg. We would work out a strategy to get one from some unsuspecting student. And I am happy to say that I kept my own!" Hunt participated in ROTC. "It taught me leadership. I was one of the youngest in my class and somewhat immature. I found the ROTC experience to be maturing."
Nov 27, 2007
Alumni Online Community Helps Ed Auble ’61 Plan for Class Reunion Ed Auble '61 is a very active alumnus. When asked about his involvement with his alma mater, Auble responds, "Here goes!" and begins his extensive list, including former president of the Philadelphia alumni chapter and a three-time member of the Alumni Council. Still, when the opportunity presented itself for him to join Lafayette’s Alumni Online Community, he didn't hesitate to register. "I want to be connected with my classmates and others in the Lafayette community," says Auble, managing partner of Broker Resource Center in Paoli, Pa. "As reunion chair for our 50th, I want to have more contact with classmates." He encourages other alums to join the online community. “It was easy to sign up,” he says. And the benefits are well worth the time.
Nov 05, 2007
Tom Dawes ’65 of Rock Band The Cyrkle Dies
Tom Dawes ’65, a member of the rock band The Cyrkle and composer for some of the best-known commercial jingles, died Oct. 13. Comprised of Dawes and Don Danneman ’65, Marty Fried ’66, and Earle Pickens ’65, The Cyrkle recorded the hit single "Red Rubber Ball." The group was the opening act for the Beatles during their 1966 summer tour. Dawes wrote music for Alka-Seltzer (“Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz”), American Airlines (“We’re American Airlines, Doing What We Do Best"), L’eggs, 7Up, and many others. He collaborated with his wife on music for Coke (“Coke Is It”), McDonald’s (“You, You’re the One”), and American Airlines (“Something Special in the Air”).
Nov 02, 2007
USC's James Steele '65 Has Authored 27 Books and Developed Asia Study Program
A professor at USC's School of Architecture, English graduate James Steele ’65 first taught at Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal University, where he wrote the book Hassan Fathy, which garnered worldwide recognition. He has penned 27 books, including American Institute of Architects award winners The Queen Mary and The Eames House, plus the winner of the Phi Kappa Phi Award, Los Angeles: The Contemporary Condition. He developed a program in 1998 to take architecture students from USC to examine in-country the building and urban planning issues facing Asian nations. He is working on a book on Chinese urbanism whose sales will fund the construction of a Cambodian school for students who now have to meet outside.
Oct 30, 2007
Rallying Alumni in Houston
"I hope that I will be able to rally the support of a large majority of our local alumni to support the goals of the College," says George Gick '60, president of the Houston Alumni Chapter. "Events such as the evening sponsored by Amy Scott '01 at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the efforts of Gordon Laird ’49 in arranging a great alumni 'tailgate party' for the Lafayette-Lehigh game show the sincere interest and commitment of classmates separated only by the years they graduated and not college camaraderie and spirit. More events will be planned to amalgamate our chapter members through that never-ending quest for knowledge instilled at Lafayette in each alum. Isn't that quest what really has given each of us the personal fulfillment we have experienced in life?"
Oct 05, 2007
Kenneth Rich '67 Amasses Wealth of Experience in Executive Search Field
After a four-year stint at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, Kenneth Rich '67 lived in Dubai while working for Citibank, focusing on OPEC, specifically Iran and Nigeria. He started in executive searches (i.e. "headhunting") in 1983, consulting for businesses seeking the right candidates to fill top positions, from CEOs to CFOs. He has worked in, or recruited for, virtually all segments of the financial services industry. He is now managing director of financial services for Edward W. Kelley & Partners, Inc., handling the board searches for private and nonprofit financial organizations. "I enjoy helping clients develop their strategy, not just their recruiting strategy, but their business development strategy," he says.
Sep 24, 2007
Robert Hinkelman '63 Coauthors Books, Exhibits Art from NYC to Florida
"My [art] centers on oceans, marshes, creeks, the desert, mountains in winter, birds of prey, and sand dunes,” says Robert Hinkelman '63. "My goal is to make my paintings real enough that the viewer senses that he or she is 'looking out a window' at the sky, the snow, the marsh, the sea." The history graduate has exhibited at galleries from Manhattan to Florida and maintains an online gallery at www.rmhinkelmanart.com. He recently coauthored and self-published Perpetual Innovation: A Guide to Strategic Planning, Patent Commercialization and Enduring Competitive Advantage. The book arose from his career at AT&T (1963-98). It is available in both bound and electronic versions at www.lulu.com.
Sep 03, 2007
John Bruce ’65 Helps World’s Poorest Gain, Keep Land In 1997, the World Bank named John Bruce ’65 its senior counsel (land law) and land tenure expert for its Rural Development Department. During his nine years there, he took particular pride in his role in obtaining a reversal of a rule prohibiting Bank funds from being used to purchase land. As a result, the Bank now provides funds for groups of landless farmers to buy property. His work has taken him to more than 50 nations. Today, he operates Land and Development Solutions International, addressing land use and property rights for the world’s poorest people. Developing countries and international donor organizations like the United Nations and the Millennium Challenge Corporation continue to call on Bruce for his expertise.
Aug 15, 2007
