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Reliable correspondent Charlie Selig shared, “I continue my good life here at Boca West, Boca Raton, Florida, with Madalyn, my significant other for 14 years—[she] is a very special person [and] I’m so lucky to have her in my life.” Charlie said that his great-granddaughter visited in June, and “my family is here quite often as well.” He now stays in Florida full time as it’s “too much to travel to New York anymore. Best to all Wes friends, Charlie.”

On a sad note, Bill Mitchell passed away on February 21, 2025. Bill was a biology major at Wes, and he spent many years employed by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He also served in the Army Reserves as a lieutenant colonel. Bill’s obituary said, “He led a life marked by dedication to his family, country, and community.”

We also received news of the death of Leon Protass on August 15, 2025. After graduation from Wesleyan with honors, he went to medical school at John Hopkins and became board certified in internal medicine and neurology, a specialty he practiced for close to 70 years. His son Harlan wrote, “Medicine and science were my father’s passion. He was widely respected for his diagnostic skills, intellectual approach to the practice of medicine, and bedside manner. Even though he largely worked in urban areas, he always practiced medicine as if he were a small-town doctor.”

Our condolences to the families of both Bill and Leon.

We have email addresses for more than a dozen of our remaining classmates, so let us hear from you! And if you are reading this and don’t receive our emails, send a note to me or to the Class Notes Editor, Liz Taylor ’87, at classnotes@wesleyan.edu to let us know that you’re still here. Thank you.

BIFF SHAW | rshaw2@aol.com