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Nina Eichacker and Johann Patlak (and their two kids and cat) are living happily in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Nina just received tenure at the University of Rhode Island, and Johann is still working at Rhode Island Hospital and training med students and residents that go through the program there. They periodically get to see nearby Wes alums, including John Wesley, Adina Bricklin Kieft, and Tracy Honhart, and would love to see more WesKids. If you find yourself in the Ocean State, please reach out!
Daniel Dykes spent much of the winter and spring of 2024 in Peru, where he took advanced Spanish classes and visited many ancient archaeological sites. He also took Portuguese classes in São Paulo and spent a month in Wales this summer taking an intensive third-year Welsh course at Aberystwyth University. He continues to be co-chair of the Alumni Council of the Williams-Mystic Coastal and Ocean Studies Program and historian of the Harvard Law School Parody and Drama Society Alumni Network. He is enjoying hiking in New England and catching up on his extensive reading list.
Keitaro Nakamoto shares, “I am currently working as an acute care surgeon and assistant professor of surgery for Medstar Health/Georgetown University School of Medicine. They gave me teacher of the year this year! I am moving back home to Japan at the end of the year and going to be working as vice chief for surgery at Tokyo Bay Medical Center.”
Sarah Gillooly writes, “After 15 years in the classroom and coaching softball here in Florida, I made the transition, and I am the assistant principal and athletic director at Jensen Beach High School. I spent my 40th coaching my team to a district championship after a weekend celebrating at Disney with friends!”
Zach Strassburger does Americans with Disabilities Act compliance for the City of Philadelphia and would love to connect with other municipal attorneys or disability rights folks. Zach received the 2024 DEI award from the International Municipal Lawyers Association for their work, including creating a guide to inclusive legal writing. The guide can be accessed at https://www.phila.gov/documents/inclusive-language-guide/.
In March, Brian Lewis and Samantha DuPont celebrated their “birthweekiversary”—40th birthdays and their 18-year anniversary—in Bend, Oregon, along with Owen (Wes ’37) and Will (Wes ’43). They are excited to announce that they are card-carrying members of the last Blockbuster on the planet. They moved to PDX in 2020 and have enjoyed reconnecting with Thomas “Mr. T” Phillips, and they are eager to meet up with other Wes folk in the area!
Saad Handoo shares, “Things are lovely in the Handoo household. We celebrated our summer going to London and seeing Kevin McDonald when out there. We also ate loads of delicious food at Burrough Market and visited the Cotswolds in the countryside.”
John Wesley writes, “An all-Wesleyan UK premier league football adventure was planned last fall to celebrate incoming 40th birthdays with old friends Kevin Lohela, Patrick Garrity, Willie Gould, and me. Highlights included a stop at historic Goodison Park in Liverpool to see Everton F.C. (miraculously) win a match, 3–0. A few Beatles songs were sung post-match and also the Wes fight song. Best to all!”
Mel McCrea is an associate marriage and family therapist with Blue Oak Therapy Center, offering in-person services in Berkeley and telehealth throughout California. Her website is: https://www.mel-mccrea-therapy.com/.
Hayley Stokar had an eventful summer—after being granted tenure in June for her position on the social work faculty at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., she and her husband welcomed their second daughter, Honora, in August. Parents and big sister, Clarissa, are quite smitten.
Sarah (Perry) Wilson is in her seventh year of leading fundraising for Workers Center for Racial Justice, a Black-led organization focused on community organizing, leadership development, policy advocacy, and voter engagement. Right now she’s busy raising funds for WCRJ’s program of voter mobilization work in Wisconsin and Illinois— the largest of its kind in the Midwest—to ensure strong Black voter turnout in the November elections. You can learn more about WCRJ online.
Jane (Maxson) Hendrickson, Erin (Reding) Glaser,and Kate McCrery have enjoyed TWO birthday hangouts this calendar year! Erin lives outside of Philadelphia and has been asked to serve as a board member on her daughter Ivy’s wheelchair basketball team, which she has accepted! Kate moved from New Orleans to Brooklyn in 2021 and works as the director of marketing at Right to Start and is the founder of Rhinebeck Ventures. Jane lives in northeast Connecticut and welcomed her fourth (!) child, Rose, this May.
That’s all folks!! Please send updates anytime and we will make sure to include them in future issues!
Jane Hendrickson | jane.s.hendrickson@gmail.com