Alumni Bulletin - Winter 2009 - (Page 1)

DEPARTMENTS 2 3 4 FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK Lehigh’s founding vision more relevant than ever MAILBOX Alumni Bulletin goes greener—and gold My ﬁrst time ON CAMPUS Giving voice to the “poor but passionate” … Jeffrey Sachs to give commencement address … Ten minutes with Peter Gilbert … Bayer family reunion … The subprime house of cards 10 RESEARCH Study links fast-food TV ads to childhood obesity … A green future for scrap iron … Researcher: Workers more prone to lie in e-mail 12 ARTS & CULTURE J. Wok and the Pedestrians put the fun in funk … The best education for your buck … L.A. Theatre Works presents War of the Worlds and The Lost World 14 SPORTS Putting feet to his dreams … Lewandowski proves to be a “Treble” threat 32 33 FROM THE PUBLISHER’S DESK Lehigh gets in your heart ALUMNI NEWS Class notes … American idyll … Fall (asleep) classics … A tricycle built for H2O … Obituaries • THE LAST WORD Spirit Week in pictures FEATURES 16 COVER STORY TEAMING UP TO TACKLE GLOBAL CHALLENGES Lehigh’s new $85 million STEPS initiative will bring together faculty and students from across the university to confront the critical issues facing our planet. PHOTO COURTESY OF LEHIGH UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 24 POSITIVELY 4 T H STREET An offhand comment by a prospective employer led Dave Fry ’73 to embark on a career as a folk singer, children’s entertainer, and founder of South Bethlehem’s legendary coffeehouse and listening room, Godfrey Daniels. Lehigh’s commitment to confronting global problems dates back to the university’s earliest days. Here, researchers at Chandler-Ulmann Laboratory conduct penicillin research in the early 1950s. 28 A SWEET JOB As a Lehigh student, Autumn Bayles ’92 used to run to the bookstore to buy Tastykakes. Today, as senior vice president for strategic operations at Tasty Baking Company, she runs operations, manufacturing, and supply-chain functions for the iconic Philadelphia bakery. winter 2009 1

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Alumni Bulletin - Winter 2009

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