Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Activities 15 Living Groups 45 Seniors 131 Faculty 281 Administration 299 Advertisements 315

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THE 1975 EPITOME Lehigh University Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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DEDICATION After 104 years of bachelorhood, we decided women would add an extra touch to Lehigh. If you want to be among the first 1 00 women to add the extra, get in touch. ' ' Yes, Virginia. You can come to Lehigh. And we began. And the new dormitories were to have pay phones out-; side so men could eatf — what kind of security — And my fight for receptionists to provide some security and a graciousness of living The summer orientation for 100 — where you picked your roommate on the basis of one night ' s experience. And graduate Gryphons (Faith, Chris and Rita And we began . .with 127 freshman and 27 transfers The freshman rally — coats and ties — You will not be able to use the steam room but you are getting full-length lockers and mirrors You can sing in the chorus but can ' t march in the band What ' s it like — Do you like it here — You girls must have it made — Has Lehigh lowered its standards? What ' s it like? The first Powder Puff football game Carothers ' raid on the fraternities The nunnery, the jocks, and the zoo And we began — and reality set in — No hostility was open (with exceptions! but there were challenges all along the a : Co-education is an e oeriment Why do the girls get the best housing? What is the woman ' s point of view Isolation in the classroom Women come to Lehigh for an MRS We wilt not change curricula for women Thev were supposed to major in languages and thev ' re in biology f The aiumni: 4 voted against co-ed And we began — Ruth Hurley Vihon From this beginning, Lehigh coeducation has come a great distance. To the 74 women who were here when it started and have helped to bring it this far — Lehigh ' s first graduating class of women — this book is dedicated. Susan Adam Cynthia Andrucci Ibolva fialog Deborah Bartets Beard Mi mi Sergei Patricia Bender Marilvn Blacher ' Wendv Brower Linda D ' Apoltto Doreen Desborougb Cynthia Dtefil Karen Edelman VeJ-ma Gehhard Paula Goodis Laura Gottdenker Judith Gottesman Shell - 1 . Greenwald Kathleen Kane Roxanne Kapifcian Margaret KiUefc Cathv Lazarus Kathv iiss Judith Manns C nthia M.m vifler Cynthia Scharer Ann Schmover Debra Schwartz Lvnn Schvvinger Anita Seaman Andrea Siegel Sue Sinclair Michele Stoudt Patricia Brown Kerrv Brown Karen Brunkho st Judith Burke Cayle Cofenian Tom Connell Roberta O.owcll Donna ' n Louise D Andrea Julie Gnscom ludith ( laileman Judith Haneman Diane Hanse Catherine Hetwig Paifkid Holt Ofga Holt Ann Huer.eoMrtli Ruih Sa m Janet ScagneJ ' f Stephanie Stvs Lynn Succop Louise Tutelian ean Tutelian an Uiemokly Lorna Velardi Maria Zumas Constance Mentzer