Dan Resnick has stepped away from his role as your class secretary. We thank Dan very much for his work connecting you with each other. If you’d like to become the new class scribe or have any news to share for the next issue of Class Notes, please write to Liz Martin Taylor ’87, Class Notes Editor, at classnotes@wesleyan.edu.
Please write to your class secretary.
Please write to your class secretary.
Charlie Selig shares: “I am still here at Boca West, Boca Raton, Florida, with my wonderful significant other, Madalyn Lehman. She has made my life worth living. Been together 13 years since my wife passed away. . . . Still swim laps regularly, work with my fitness man once a week, and play bridge online or at the club five days a week. . . . Wes is way back, but they were special days. Be well, Biff, and thanks to all that we are still living a decent life, even at 95. Regards to all Wesleyan men from the Class of 1951.”
Cliff Milner shares this update: “My news is that I am still alive. My family helped me celebrate my 96th birthday last night with pizza and wings . . . my teeth are still working! Actually, my birthday—August 10—is tomorrow. I have had some sicknesses in the past year, but with the help of my local son and daughter, I hope the coming year will be more pleasant! I still live in the home we purchased back in 1958, with my youngest son. My wife, Marilyn, passed away 10 years ago right after we had returned from a trip to Florida, where we visited the families of the three kids living there. My daughter lives in the next town of Webster.
“I have been a radio ham (K2SKO) since 1952 and am the oldest ex-president of our local club. After many years of being a hobbyist woodworker, I finally joined the local woodworking society. It is excellent and I only wish I had joined a long time ago.
“I guess this is enough to fill a spot in the 1950 record! I forgot to mention that I have 19 great-grandchildren; one those kids just got her driving license, so might soon give me a great-great-grandchild.”
Alan S. Ward ’52, P’81, GP’17, ’21 passed away on September 23, 2024. A full obituary can be read here.
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Hi everyone. Here are some updates from Class of 2021:
Sofia Murtaugh wrote: “My post-college life in Honolulu has been filled with sunshine, ultimate Frisbee, cannabis, and good friends! I work in a lab, manufacturing products for medical marijuana dispensary, Noa Botanicals, learning about the growing cannabis industry alongside some of the coolest folks in Hawaii. Outside work I am thriving in the island’s Frisbee scene! I’m a captain of Hawaii’s only club ultimate team, Party Wave, a mixed team that competes in the mainland. I’ve also commissioned a community recreation league, captained a number of league teams with my partner, Mikey Palmer, and started a women’s pickup game that’s been going strong for over a year now.
“I’ve been lucky enough to have two mini-Wes reunions this year already! Tenley Abbott ’23 came to visit and compete in Hawaii’s biggest ultimate tournament, Kaimana Klassic, in February. In March, my classmates Ana Finnerty-Haggerty and Isabel Algrant came for a special beach-filled reunion!” So exciting to learn about Sofia’s post-college life in Honolulu. Sofia can be reached at smurtaugh@wesleyan.edu if you want to connect with her.
As for me, I am halfway through law school. This spring semester I am doing direct legal assistance work through the Civil Practice Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. I am also happy that I attended the Master’s Recital by Hayley Qin ’22 at the New England Conservatory of Music on April 5 and celebrated my friend’s creative endeavors.
Thank you for reading! Please feel free to send me updates throughout the year and look out for new submission requests.
From Kush Patel: “I graduated from the PA program at Tufts, and I am now a board-certified physician assistant working in dermatology! I have the honor of working in my home state and caring for those that I was born and raised around. I’m looking forward to this new adventure!”
Miles Brooks has been working on the Klamath River Renewal Project in Northern California. Four dams are going to be removed to restore natural flow and fish passage on the Klamath River. Miles is working for the Yurok Tribe, the original stewards of the Klamath River who are leading the revegetation efforts following the drawdown of three reservoirs. They are seeding and planting native plants on the newly exposed sediments to restore the natural ecosystem.
Thanks to Kush and Miles for their updates!
As for me, I’ve been going back and forth from Chicago to Atlanta, supporting my mom, Susie Greenberg (yes, like the Phish song but spelled a little different), and her campaign for Georgia House District 53. Susie is running on the fight for reproductive freedoms, community safety, and economic prosperity in our Atlanta-area community and across Georgia. If you’re interested in supporting her efforts to flip the district—where the governor lives—let me know or Google search for her name to get more info!
