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CLASS OF 1970 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Aloha. First, I have to apologize that somehow I missed a print deadline completely. No idea what went on there. Maybe it was finally moving into the house we’ve been building for several years, maybe...
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CLASS OF 1971 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Aloha, Class of 1971! Here are your most recent emails to me about your transitions and other items. Enjoy! Fran Pawlowski said: “Wow! The online format is practical, the written comments are...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1972 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Roger Day sent a note to both Peter D’Oench ’73 and me, daring us to fight over which class gets him. Since Peter is probably swamped with reunion-related stuff, I hereby claim Roger. This “duel”...
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From Colorado, William “Billy” Burke writes, “I’m so excited about our upcoming 50th Reunion! It has already been terrific seeing classmates during reunion planning meetings on Zoom. I also had the...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1974 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Reminder: Consider joining our 50th Reunion Planning Committee. You can participate as little or as much as your time and interest permit. We have monthly Zoom calls. Also, continue providing ideas...
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CLASS OF 1975 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Spring is sprung as I write this on a rare sunny afternoon between rainstorms in Northern California—fitting for the vernal equinox. Paul Bennett, seven years retired, keeps busy with nonprofit boards...
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CLASS OF 1976 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Susan Jung writes: “I’ve been happily retired for the last 10 years, doing the usual volunteering, genealogy, and traveling. I’m struggling to master Mandarin, which isn’t my family’s dialect, but...
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How is it possible that it is already mid-March as I am writing these notes? Others before us recognized, as philosopher and psychologist William James wrote, that “The same space of time seems...
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CLASS OF 1978 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Nancy Chen has moved from Bozeman, Montana, to Calgary, Canada, with her husband Jack. Her daughters live on the West Coast: one soon finishes her PhD program in water conservation at UC Irvine, and...
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Denise Giacomozzi reached out with the following note about a worthy volunteer opportunity that she is involved in and hopes others may want to join her. “My news is that I now volunteer for ENGin, a...
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CLASS OF 1980 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Sending a big thank you to all our wonderful classmates of Wes ’80 for all the enduring friendships, kindnesses, and contributions that you are providing to this world and to Wesleyan. Best wishes to...
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CLASS OF 1981 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Greetings from Zurich, where I am vacationing and spending some time with my middle son James, who has been living here for three years and currently works for Google. What a beautiful place, and what...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1982 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
It’s really true that my memories of Reunion last year are fresh, but that’s probably because time flies by so quickly and May 2022 seems barely yesterday. I had a chance to see Michael Roth when he...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1983 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Greetings! Thank you for the memories. Space is limited so I’ve edited a bit. I suppose if I asked all to share their memories, I ought to participate, too. Let’s see . . . happiest memories were...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1984 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Hello again, Classmates. Let me share some updates from our far-flung WesFriends. Dana Sachs has a new book coming out this year (All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1985 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Hello, ’85ers! I had the good fortune to visit campus at the end of January to take part in a very fun mentoring workshop with current women athletes. The more Wes changes, the more it stays the same....
View ArticleCLASS OF 1986 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Lots of work and life news from ’86ers: Scott Michaud: “I have left my position as senior speechwriter to the director of National Intelligence, and I am now the senior speechwriter for the chief...
View ArticleCLASS OF 1990 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Ted Bardacke just completed his fifth year as CEO of Clean Power Alliance, the nation’s largest provider of 100% renewable energy, with over 1 million customers in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties....
View ArticleCLASS OF 1991 | 2023 | SUMMER ISSUE
Ann Goebel-Fabbri learned that not all too-good-to-be-true invitations are spam. After daring to hit “reply,” it turned out to really be an invitation to join a team of international experts informing...
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