The Fall 2021 issue welcomes home Lehigh President Joseph J. Helble ’82, who became the second alumnus in the university’s history to be appointed president. An in-depth feature on Lehigh’s 15th president details the path that brought him to Lehigh and his path back to lead the university. The issue also includes stories about a Mountaintop project on retrofitting spaces with hydroponic growth systems to help boost people’s wellbeing and a Q&A with Karen L. Stuckey ’75, the first woman to lead her class in “adopting” an incoming first-year class.
The Lehigh chemical engineering grad returns to his alma mater to lead the university that changed the course of his life.