Ask who the father of Lehigh University was and the reply will surely be Asa Packer. But it would be the rare person who will know that without Robert H. Sayre, none of these institutions ...

Located in Jim Thorpe, this luxurious mansion was constructed in 1861 for Asa Packer, railroad magnate and founder of Lehigh University. Construction of the three-story, 18-room home took two ...

Asa Packer Elementary School, 650 Kenwood Drive, dismissed all pupils by noon Friday. It happened after the water main break began around 9 a.m. along Kenwood Drive, in the vicinity of the school.