Deceased October 15, 2019

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In Memory

We lost the captain of our basketball team and a good friend to many on campus; Lee Lindeman passed away on Oct. 15, 2019, at a healthcare facility near Eastham, Mass., at age 82. Lee was born in Oneonta, N.Y., on May 21, 1937, to Henry Valentine Lindeman and Helen Bridge Lindeman and lived with his family in Easton, Pa.; Westfield, N.J.; and Fairfield, Conn. He was a graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School and was a member of the basketball team that won the New England Championship Basketball Tournament in Boston Garden his senior year in 1955. Lee was a member of Chi Psi fraternity. Following graduation from Amherst, he worked in the Bauer & Black division of the Kendall Company for 18 months in Johnstown, Pa.; Chicago; and Seneca, S.C., before moving to Atlanta to take over as CEO of Southern Belting & Transmission Co.

He is preceded in death by his son Richard and is survived by his other three sons, Kenneth Lindeman (Margaret), Peter Lindeman (Celeste), Henry Lindeman (Amy); two daughters, adopted in his second marriage to Audrey Rankine from 1983 to 1987; 10 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

Following retirement as president of Southern Belting & Transmission, Lee relocated back to the New England area he so loved and spent his last 30 years with his loving companion, Betsy Wagner, in the Eastham, Mass., area. They attended the Federated Church of Orleans together, where he sang for years in the choir. Most of this information was obtained from The Cape Codder, published last November.

John Liebert ’59