05/10/2023
Those who have died since our 50th:
Ed Breidenfield: Eddie and his wife Judy had three daughters and seven grandchildren. He lived in Upper Darby and was a devoted Phillies fan. Although never an all-league athlete, he was a fierce competitor on the basketball court at recess while at PC. He loved animals, especially his companion George the cat. He owned a very successful business that helped people create unclassifiable establishments or fictitious corporations, to protect their assets.
Skip Gable: Skip starred in both baseball and football at PC and caught a game-winning pass at Chestnut Hill to win the game enabling us to tie for the Interac championship and was captain of the league champion baseball team. He was a loyal and dependable friend and inspired all who knew him with his handsome features and confidence when it came to dating. Although he was unable to attend the 50th PC Reunion, he made a point to visit Phil Maroney with a small group just before the gathering when our former teacher and coach was mostly bedridden. His career path included a stint with Birchrunville Construction, one of the most successful builders on the Main Line. He later shifted to the restaurant business in Malvern and was also active in a security company.
Jordan Lederer: Attended UC Berkeley during the Free Speech Movement and left to serve in the Army during the Vietnam era. He was active in the violent 60’s era conflicts and was active in alternative communities in the Bay Area. At the same time, he did contract fieldwork using innovative aircraft guidance for agriculture in the deep South which gave him an unusual balance of cultural perspectives. He traveled extensively and at times lived in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Later he moved near LA where he continued to broaden his studies to include Zen, Taoism, Jungian archetypes, and atavism. He went on to build his own exceptional home, uncanny in its immersion in nature, where he raised his family with whom he shared his passions for wisdom, travel, and life.
Varick Martin: A “fun guy” who had some seriously good card tricks, he was described by a friend as a “charismatic rebel in a suit.” Rick was a banker and trader who cared deeply about his employees. When a film was made about the First National City Bank, Rick was the star. He was described as a natural on camera, smart and playful; a person of great integrity; and maybe the only banker who owned a pinball machine. He was also characterized as fastidious and loved his hobby of doing upholstery work.
Dwight Renfrew: Dwight received a BA degree, summa cm laude at Brown, and then completed an MA in his same favorite subject, Physics, at Princeton. He later added an MD at the University of Pennsylvania before earning a law degree at Pace University while working full-time. He was employed at NOAA working with computers supporting satellites. He was the sole intellectual property attorney for Phillips Electronics, Medical Systems Division. Before Phillips, he worked at a biogenetics company in Hartford. He also did some International Law studies in London and Florence. Dwight volunteered with the Physics department at Columbia University for six years while serving as an intellectual property senior patent attorney helping clients here and abroad with complex business methods patents in a wide variety of arts. In the years before his death, he worked for extended periods in Thailand.
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Craig Smith – late add
