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<strong>Class</strong> <strong>Notes</strong><br />
1959<br />
Knox Drive, Apt HT-205, Colfax,<br />
NC 27235-9697, home phone (336)<br />
455-9797, cell phone (336) 207-8253,<br />
email dsharding@triad.rr.com.<br />
In our last column, Warren<br />
Hogan provided a wonderful update<br />
on the humanitarian work he does in<br />
support of a new venture to create<br />
and make available ultra-low-cost<br />
housing shelters for humanitarian<br />
and disaster relief. An update: “I<br />
have made a modest investment<br />
in the enterprise called IADDIC<br />
Shelters LLC, and now I am active in<br />
bringing about the final investments<br />
needed to move forward and<br />
establish a manufacturing capability<br />
that can scale up rapidly to meet the<br />
high demand. For example, between<br />
January 13 and March 28, we have<br />
had 23 inquiries totaling 133,000<br />
units worth $199 million, with<br />
much of the demand created by the<br />
devastating earthquakes in Haiti and<br />
Chile. If you want to know more<br />
details about the products, you can<br />
check out www.sheltertheworld.<br />
com and www.iaddicshelters.<br />
com.” Warren’s email is warren@<br />
hogancenter.com, and his phone is<br />
(469) 241-0751.<br />
From Allan Johnson: “Just a<br />
note to let you know that I am now<br />
the chair for the Friends of <strong>Lafayette</strong><br />
Golf and would appreciate any<br />
support our classmates could give<br />
to that effort. Thanks, and stay in<br />
good health.” Allan’s contact info is<br />
710 Quaker Ridge Terrace, Easton,<br />
PA 18042-7102, (610) 253-6570,<br />
awjChart@aol.com.<br />
Don Kein, one of our most loyal<br />
column contributors, sent two great<br />
updates: “Greetings from wet, cold<br />
Sarasota, Fla. We did have a nice day<br />
yesterday, and Janeen and I played<br />
at a private club called Misty Creek,<br />
which is inland about 15 miles.<br />
Interestingly, the temperature rises<br />
as one goes inland. We teamed up<br />
with two guys from the Midwest and<br />
had a congenial round. However,<br />
you could see that when we started<br />
out our partners were not happy<br />
about playing with a woman,<br />
especially a half-blind one, as they<br />
later found out. Well, Janeen has a<br />
new Taylormade driver that suits her<br />
swing. She stepped up to the first tee<br />
and WHAM!—she bangs a 150-yard<br />
drive down the middle. By the turn,<br />
they were joking around with her,<br />
coaching her shots, and generally<br />
having a good time playing with us.<br />
When we shook hands at the 18th,<br />
they opined that it was too bad we<br />
couldn’t have played another round,<br />
as they were leaving the next day.<br />
You never know how things will end<br />
up, but it went very well.<br />
“Janeen and I are in Aiken,<br />
S.C., visiting with Jad and Marian<br />
Sortore before we head north. As<br />
you know, it’s always a treat to visit<br />
here, especially to savor Marian’s<br />
cooking. Last evening, she served her<br />
signature dish: English-styled roast<br />
leg of lamb with all the trimmings.<br />
It was wonderful! Jad and I got a<br />
round in yesterday on his home<br />
course, and today we hope to play<br />
mixed doubles with the girls. Life<br />
is tough, but somebody has got to<br />
do it.” Don’s email is kpglaw.dgk@<br />
verizon.net.<br />
I received a great update from the<br />
Honorable Jack Kingfield: “Since<br />
we live near the campus, Kathie and<br />
I enjoyed attending most of the<br />
<strong>Lafayette</strong> home basketball games<br />
this year.... The last home game was<br />
a satisfying win over Lehigh. At that<br />
game, the <strong>College</strong> celebrated 100 years<br />
of <strong>Lafayette</strong> basketball. Many former<br />
players were recognized at halftime,<br />
including Gerry Crean and Rich<br />
Kohler, and I enjoyed meeting with<br />
them at the reception after the game.<br />
My mediation practice has slowed<br />
down, but that leaves more time for<br />
reading, travel, and exercise, which<br />
naturally includes tennis and golf.”<br />
Jack’s email is kingfield@enter.net.<br />
Bill Lee, a world traveler, is—<br />
guess what—traveling again! “You<br />
caught me just in time, as Kathryn<br />
and I leave in a few days for a<br />
photo safari in southern Africa (i.e.,<br />
Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe)<br />
and some time at Victoria Falls. We<br />
will be gone for 25 days, including<br />
five nights in Cape Town and then<br />
back to the U.S. on April 3. This<br />
is the Ultimate Africa Tour with<br />
Overseas Adventures Travel, www.<br />
oattravel.com. We are a group of<br />
16 friends who were all rounded up<br />
by Kathryn, and so off we go with<br />
our malaria pills, DEET, cameras,<br />
and pants with zip-off legs—but no<br />
spears. There will be updates later.”<br />
Bill’s email is knblee@mindspring.com.<br />
I have the very sad duty to report<br />
the untimely loss of Henry F.<br />
Miller, our outstanding classmate<br />
and friend, who suffered a fatal heart<br />
attack in late January. He was the son<br />
of Lester Miller ’30, was raised in<br />
Wynnefield, Pa., and Narberth, Pa.,<br />
and attended Germantown Academy<br />
in Fort Washington, Pa. Henry was a<br />
member of Pi Lambda Phi fraternity,<br />
the Kirby Government and Law<br />
Society, the Athletic Council, and<br />
was the advertising manager of<br />
The Marquis and a cheerleader.<br />
Henry, who will always be<br />
remembered as one our class’ finest<br />
athletes, was captain of the swim<br />
team, a member of the track team,<br />
and achieved a varsity letter. He<br />
received a bachelor’s in government<br />
and law. His law degree was from<br />
the University of Pennsylvania Law<br />
School. He also served his country<br />
in the Army Reserve. Henry was<br />
an athlete his entire life. He was an<br />
active cyclist and loved to accompany<br />
friends on long bicycle trips across<br />
the Delaware Valley. In 2006, he<br />
completed a 660-mile cycling trip of<br />
three days in Oregon, from Eugene<br />
to Crater Lake. In summer 2009,<br />
Henry spent a week cycling 50 miles<br />
a day in the mountains of Vermont.<br />
Henry had a most distinguished<br />
career in law, first serving as a law<br />
clerk to a judge in the U.S. District<br />
Court in Delaware. He then practiced<br />
real estate law for the WolfBlock<br />
law firm in Philadelphia, Pa., for 45<br />
years, where he served for several<br />
years on its executive committee and<br />
for 10 years was chairman of the<br />
firm’s real estate practice division.<br />
Upon WolfBlock’s closure, Henry<br />
had been with the law firm of Cozen<br />
O’Connor. He particularly enjoyed<br />
mentoring young lawyers. During<br />
his long career, Henry represented<br />
developers and real estate brokers of<br />
several multimillion-dollar high-rise<br />
office buildings, shopping centers,<br />
and industrial parks. He was one of<br />
the most respected real estate lawyers<br />
in the country and was elected a<br />
fellow of the American <strong>College</strong><br />
of Real Estate Lawyers. Chambers<br />
USA Guide to America’s Leading<br />
Lawyers for Business listed Henry in<br />
the exclusive category of “Senior<br />
Statesman” after years of listing<br />
him in the first tier.<br />
62 lafayette • SUMMER 2010 For photos, articles, and Alumni Updates, see <strong>Lafayette</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> Online