Harry H. Glasspiegel ’72, P’07
Harry H. Glasspiegel ’72, P’07 passed away on December 19, 2022. An obituary will be posted when it becomes available.
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Roger E. Mann ’70, MAT ’72
Roger E. Mann ’70, MAT ’72 passed away peacefully on October 19, 2022.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years Tessa Tilden-Smith, a daughter Tanya Mann (Jeff), a son Thor (Amy), and five grandchildren (Anna, Sebastian, Julian, Stella, and Sanna), his brother Todd (Jane), niece Jamie (Rob), and dear cousins and friends.
Roger was born into a secular Jewish family in the suburbs of New York City. He enjoyed the big city experience and developed a love for the Brooklyn Dodgers. In his teenage years, he engaged in civil rights activism, and managed his friends’ rock band, before heading off to college at Wesleyan in Connecticut.
Inspired by his intrepid parents and his own sense of adventure and service, he left Wesleyan for Friends World College, and in 1968, he arrived in Kenya, where he began a 15-year off and on love affair with East Africa. He returned to Wesleyan for a Masters in African History. In the early 1970s, he was involved in Vietnam war protests, and worked as an asparagus farmer, and as a journalist, in Vermont and West Virginia. He then returned to Africa, to Zambia to teach secondary school. Over the next few years, he served as a correspondent for the Washington Post, NPR, and High Times, and had his son with a Swedish nurse. As the 70s ended, he moved his family to London, where his daughter was born, and then to Tanzania, teaching Danish development volunteers how to thrive while living in African villages.
Looking for a different type of adventure, he returned to the U.S. and got an MBA from Yale. He then began a business career in the Washington D.C. area, including projects such as management consulting, a water storage company, real estate investing, and a sandwich cafe. His last and most enduring venture was Care-Free Pools in Naples.
In 2000, he and Tessa had moved to Naples to be closer to his parents. He delighted in tennis, wildlife sightings, beer talks, blues festivals, alumni meetings, lively discussions of current affairs, and evangelizing for electric cars. He loved international travel as well as local getaways, and frequently visited with his grandchildren, enjoying with them time in nature, riding roller coasters, and entertaining them with stories of his varied experiences.
In retirement, he continued his civic service by working for the 2020 census and volunteering in the foster care system. His “Done” files included: found a forever partner, visited India, trekked in Nepal, owned a business, saw the Redwoods, worked in Africa, farmed, toured the Galapagos, improved at tennis, and celebrated Tessa’s 70th birthday with her family in Kent.
His lifelong courageous authenticity, steadfast beliefs, and strong will guided all his actions, including his clarity and decisiveness in his last week to return to Naples, cast his ballot, and donate his body to science.
In lieu of flowers, kindly consider a donation to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (www.lls.org).
Leonard “Len” J. Bergstein ’67
Leonard “Len” J. Bergstein ’67 passed away on October 17, 2022. A full obituary can be found here.
Michael “Mickey” Jay Levine ’60, P’98
Michael “Mickey” Jay Levine ’60, P’98 passed away on October 30, 2022. A full obituary can be found here.
Frederick P. Boynton III ’56
Frederick P. Boynton III ’56 passed away on January 10, 2022. A full obituary can be found here.
John F. Mosher Jr. ’55
John F. Mosher Jr. ’55 passed away on March 28, 2022. A full obituary can be found here.
S. Robert “Bob” Walsh ’48
S. Robert “Bob” Walsh ’48 passed away at the age of 99 on November 2, 2022. An obituary will be posted when it becomes available.
CLASS OF 2022 | 2022 | FALL ISSUE
Dear Class of 2022,
Four years ago, we were Wesleyan frosh learning how to navigate college, both academically and socially, and just trying to find our groove. Today, we are Wesleyan alumni and all in different aspects of our lives trying to find our groove again. I hope that wherever you are, whatever you’re up to, everything is going well!
My name is Tashfia Jilu and I was your senior class secretary last year. I will now be coordinating the class notes for the alumni magazine for the Class of 2022! This means that I will be collecting notes about your life updates, achievements, and anything you’d like to share with other members of the class through the magazine. I can also take picture submissions for the online magazine as well.
A little update from me: I moved to Michigan in July and recently started at the University of Michigan School of Public Health for my master’s in public health in the Health Behavior and Health Education Department. I also work at Michigan Medicine as a patient care tech and am enjoying exploring the coffee shops in Ann Arbor! I’d love to hear about what you’ve all been up to since graduation, so please send over your updates!
I look forward to hearing from you all and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Best,
Tashfia Jilu
CLASS OF 2021 | 2022 | FALL ISSUE
We heard from several classmates this time around.
Two classmates are in graduate school: Gayon Yang wrote to say that “I started school at UC Irvine. I’m [getting] my master of arts in the teaching program.”
And Sofia Colorado said, “I am just entering my second year of a PhD program in computational biology in Denver, Colorado. Could not be happier with the program.”
Two other classmates are working and living in big cities: After a year working for the U.S. Forest Service in Washington, D.C., Andrei Pinkus switched over to the nonprofit world in July. He is now a coordinator on the Corporate Climate Solutions Team at Conservation International, working to facilitate business investment in protecting, managing, and restoring nature at scale to limit the worst effects of climate change. He is living in a two-person house in downtown D.C. and making plans to move abroad after a little while longer in the nation’s capital!
And Kiki Vetoulis-Acevedo wrote, “It’s about a year since graduation and I’m currently living in Manhattan and working in immigration law. The Wesleyan-to-New York pipeline is definitely not the road least traveled but being here with so many friends (like my wonderful roommates Luca LaFayette and Lina Marcinczyk <3) made the transition to real world living as easy as it could be. Mostly, I’m writing this because my parents and sister read this magazine, so: mamá, μπαμπά, and Mari, I love you and miss you; thank you for everything!”
CLASS OF 2020 | 2022 | FALL ISSUE
Mariel Baitenmann-Middlebrook and Isaac Klimasmith got married on the 25th of July 2022 and were thrilled to celebrate their wedding with friends from Wesleyan. Isaac has published three scientific articles and is just beginning his third year of a PhD program. Mariel has started a new job as a dual language social studies teacher. Mariel and Isaac continue to spoil their rat children and enjoy life in their little house on the prairie.
Eiji Frey is finally moving toward a freelance career in furniture and custom fabrication after figuring out life in LA as a tradesman and fabricator for the past couple years! He is super down to hit Wes homies with good deals if you want him to make you cool stuff!
Andrew Hirsh is growing in his Yiddishkeit at Machon Shlomo Yeshiva in Jerusalem and is still working on his crazy start-up: olivebranchpictures.org.
King Emeka has settled into his own in LA. He works at a commercial production company and creates things in his free time—music, films, and experiences. He has also developed a routine of trying new foods and discovering LA through the perspective of its many different cuisines.
Nick Ticali says, “Life is good!!” Nick starred as Jack Kelly in a production of Newsies at the Cultural Arts Playhouse. The show ran every weekend through August 21st in Syosset, Long Island. He also worked with his mother as a teaching assistant in her summer school program, Mentoring in Medicine; continued his work as an EMT with Northwell Health; and prepared for PA school, which was set to begin on September 1st!
Emilio Weber is moving to Washington, D.C., after two years postgrad working at City Year Philadelphia. He will be attending University of Maryland, College Park, and studying for a MA in sociology of sport.
Alec Haas finished his two-year commitment with Teach for America as a second-grade teacher at a charter school in East Harlem, New York. Concurrently, he also completed a MA in teaching from Relay Graduate School of Education. He is proud to have finally been able to walk at our in-person graduation this past spring.
Amir Daouk has been living in NYC with Alec Haas, Teddy Kennedy, and William Humphrey for the past two years. He just finished his first year at EY where he works closely with Mike Gallo as a finance consultant. Amir is still very connected to the Wesleyan community and always enjoys running into fellow Cardinals on the streets of New York!
As for me, I’m so glad I got to catch up with so many of my fellow Class of 2020 classmates at our much belated graduation this past June. We’ve all been on such a journey since we left campus in March 2020 and it was so amazing to hear about what everyone has accomplished since. I’m still in Chicago working in health-care consulting, so if any of you venture out to the Midwest, let me know!