CLASS OF 1949 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
One note this time, from Bob Wylie: “After a career in the man-made fiber industry and 60 years residence in Greenwich, we moved to Meadow Ridge, a long-term care facility in Redding, Connecticut....
View ArticleCLASS OF 1951 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Here we are in December with notes that you will receive in the future. Past notes in the future, and so it goes. Good note from Ted Bartolotta, now residing in Florida with his wife, Evie, of 71...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1952 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Samuel Fitch advised that he is still on the “greenside” in an independent living facility in Sun City, Arizona, with too much to do—and too little energy. He sends his best to all and happy holidays....
View ArticleCLASS OF 1953 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Our class’s 70th Reunion happens in May 2023—attend one event, if possible, or at least send me a note as to your status. Walt Cutler writes: “I have two granddaughters at Wesleyan, both in the junior...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1955 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Just after I submitted the following note, I received news that John Mosher passed away earlier this year, on March 28, 2022. He is survived by his wife Liz of 63 years, children, grandchildren, and...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1956 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Paul Weston writes: “I came to the green, tree-lined Wesleyan campus from the windswept plains of Oklahoma in 1952. Graduated in the 1956 physics class of eight bright young men and went on to...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1957 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
As our Class Notes move closer and closer to the front (only nine to go), I enjoy reading the notes from the 1940s. In the spring issue there was a great one from an alumnus (age 100!) who, when he...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1958 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Dan Woodhead was the first to report. He noted that the football team had a record of six wins, three losses. Overall, a good season. Dick Goldman attended a reception on Homecoming weekend and then...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1959 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Greetings, great class of ’59. Your scribes wish you well in this holiday season and beyond. Two things to remember: our 65th in May of ’24, and our old friend, WAF. Now to our doings. John and Cyndy...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1960 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
In August–September, Nici and John Dobson traveled to Ireland, London, and lastly Malaga, Spain, where John attended a formal meeting of the Duke Hand Society. Michael Jay Levine died on October 30,...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1961 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Russell Mott writes: “Another summer at camp in Amesbury, Massachusetts, teaching ceramics, and livin’ the dream back in New England. Presently I am running a gallery with my partner, Joyce, and...
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CLASS OF 1962 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
John Driscoll’s celebration on November 5, in a packed Memorial Chapel, was attended by classmates Robin Cook, Bob Krugman, and Hank Sprouse. Robin, who remembers John as “one of the most affable and...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1963 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
A few words from classmates: From Jim Dresser: “I am still living in Salisbury, Connecticut, where we sold a large house and built a small bungalow in the backyard just before COVID hit. It is indeed...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1964 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Nick Puner penned a follow-up to David Skaggs’s note from the Fall Issue. He said, “Indeed, I did miss the POSH (the fictional law firm of Puner, Oleskey, Skaggs, and Howard) reunion at Jim Howard’s...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1965 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Dear Classmates, This column will be devoted to reporting on our class’s well-attended Homecoming gathering on Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5. Kudos to Hugh Wilson, Mark Edmiston, Bob...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1966 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
“A bit hard to digest that it was 60 years ago that we started at Wesleyan,” begins this inspirational update from Dave McNally. “The 1960s were a different world, exciting like an erupting volcano,...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1967 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Classmates,Sad news. Len “Bergy” Bergstein died Monday, October 17. His sudden death was apparently caused by a heart attack.In 2002, after attending our 35th Reunion, I wrote my first set of class...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1968 | 2023 | SPRING ISSUE
Cornered Joel Lang, author/journalist (four decades at the Hartford Courant), now semiretired in Bridgeport. One of his last projects at the Courant was a special, 80-page section on slavery in the...
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