Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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TO THE 1976 EPITOME THE FOUNDERS Pages 180 through 189 offer a literary and illustrative it of the Founders. This essay, written and researched by Marty Baron, (Rob Feldman assisting), includes a portrait of the founding and developing stages of Lehigh, and personal features on the early, outstanding human products of the University ' s educational techniques. PORTRAITS OF THE PRESENT The balance of the 1976 Epitome spans the more traditional yearbook elements outlined below. SPORTS, pages 284 through 321, provides the names, faces and scoreboxes for athletics in 1976. Edited by Helen Richardson, Dan Solis-Cohen, Jay Pennick and Fred Haynes, this section also includes a four-year wrap-up, outstanding athlete features, and an intramurals listing on page 321. SENIORS FACULTY, pages 84 through 177, also comprises more than a catalog of seniors and their professors, by department. Edited by Helen Richardson and Andrea Kaplan, this section features a 14-page essay of early Lehigh life reprinted from founding issues of the Epitome. Photo reproductions were prepared by Warren Bradway. ADMINISTRATION, pages 324 through 333, reflects the theme by including the educational philosophies of selected ad ministrators, including President Deming Lewis, Dean John Karakash and Dr. Lora Liss. LIVING GROUPS, pages 192 through 281, presents portraits of today ' s Lehigh students living in dormitories and fraternities. SENIOR DIRECTORY spans pages 336 through 359. COMMUNITY, pages 362 through 375, includes glimpses of Lehigh business interests. ANIMATED HISTORY, in the effort to provide a proper balance of coverage for the reader, offers a humorous history of four years of undergraduate life, from the perspective of Lehigh men and women. Jeff Bloom and this editor collaborated to produce copy for the animated history, (pages 376 through 389), while Gene Mater provided his art work and sense of humor for graphic effect. Even though the 1976 Epitome exceeds in length many preceeding volumes, the staff concedes many omissions and oversights. Every Lehigh graduate will remember different aspects of four years as a student. A yearbook staff only can strive to produce a literary and photographic framework for these years. We hope that our portraits have come close to achieving this ambitious goal. LAUREN EISENBERG EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, 1976 EPITOME Editor ' s Guide, 19

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PORTRAITS OF THE FOUNDERS AN EDITOR ' S GUIDE The passage of decades often can be chronicled in the architecture of this 200 year-old nation, as evidenced in the opening photographs of the University Center, first as it stood in the late 1800 ' s (once known as Packer Hall), then as it appears today. This campus and the Bethlehem community have changed radically throughout the eleven decades of Lehigh ' s existence. However, as the introductory section reveals, both the community and the University have preserved their founding spirit and historical identity. Lehigh founder Asa Packer, once of the nation ' s earliest industrialists and philanthropists, founded in 1865 a University which soon became a leader in blending technological and scientific training with study or the liberal arts. In 1976, an age which places increasing importance on technology, Lehigh continues to embrace this founding philosophy. It is therefore appropriate to focus this 100th yearbook of Lehigh on our founder, and subsequent pioneers of his ideals. The 1976 Epitome undertakes to provide Portraits of the Founders during Lehigh ' s embryonic stages. This book is a capsulized history of Lehigh and American educational ideals of the late 1800 ' s. The Epitome also provides a personalized collection of the issues and events of Lehigh from 1972 through 1976. The traditional ingredients - senior portraits, directory, and sports, also have been maintained. We hope this Epitome, divided as outlined below, will provide a comprehensive portrait of Lehigh, one which will sustain interest through coming years. V OR£WORP , lo tke : iru-stee-s, i- ] -.. . I i - iftfen .,-: ' fer il ks ■ : i . ■ a-d of life. SPEAKERS AND ACTIVITIES The theme of Portraits of Founders is supported in this collection of the pioneers and leaders who lectured or performed on campus this year. Also included in this section, (pages 24 through 65), is a fairly extensive collection of student organizations which reflect the direction of this University in 1976. » r I E r THE LEHIGH EXPERIENCE This section provides a light-hearted, pictorial essay of The Lehigh Experience for 1976 graduates. The essay, compiled by Jo Fineman (pages 68 through 81) begins with the brief memoirs of one of Lehigh ' s older alumni, in order to provide a historical backdrop for the subsequent contemporary portrait. 18, Editor ' s Guide

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DEDICATION Many founders of America, as well as Lehigh ' s founder, Asa Packer, are dis- tinguished for their commitments to technological and cultural exchange. Shortly after our University was founded in 1865, its leaders expressed hopes of merging engineering skills with progress in the humanities, in the effort to pro- duce an adaptable, versatile graduate. Eleven decades later, the University continues to pursue the same direction. Dr. John J. Karakash, dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, provides an excellent example of this pursuit, thus making appropriate this dedication to him of the 100th Epitome. Dean Karakash has conducted pioneer- ing research on the prototype electronic digital computer, on radar systems and bioengineering projects. He also joined other researchers to study mechanical hearts. Before he came to Lehigh three dec- ades ago, Dean Karakash earned respect and recognition in other fields. He was an international and Balkan Olympic javelin champion, a translator in several languages, a columnist and a music crit- f, 20, Dedication