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Ed Porter wrote: “I am enjoying a summer vacation on the coast of Maine and planning to do some cruising in my 23-foot sailboat around Penobscot Bay, as I wind down my sailing career. I also was exhibiting some old and new prints in a two-person show during May, in my hometown of Lunenburg in Nova Scotia. And so, it goes.”
Gordon Wilmot shared: “Marilyn and I are doing fine. Now with five-and-a-half great-grandkids, it’s getting tough to remember first names—forget the middle names. In November, we’re going on a cruise from Boston through the Caribbean to New Orleans. After a few nights there, we’ll take Amtrak back home, stopping in DC to have Thanksgiving dinner with our granddaughter. Then we’ll spend January, February, and March on Tybee Island in Georgia. Hopefully we can stop and visit John Allison in Stuarts Draft, Virginia, on our drive south.
“I keep busy building and maintaining family and neighborhood websites (i.e., wilmots.org). The Rotary Club of Warwick is a big part of my life, as it has been for the past 58 years.
“That’s about it from Rhode Island.”
We received news of the passing of Jeff Williamson on August 29, 2026, at the age of 90. Jeff grew up in Middletown, where his father was a renown Wesleyan professor of economics. Jeff, who would ultimately pursue and leave his mark on economics, started off his Wesleyan undergrad studies “in studio arts, where he created lithographic prints that are treasured by his family to this day. Jeff originally set his sights on architecture but at some point, switched to mathematics.” After teaching for many years at the University of Wisconsin, Jeff moved back to New England, where he was the Laird Bell Professor of Economics at Harvard University until his retirement in 2008. Jim LaCrosse remembered Jeff fondly, as his roommate and best man at his wedding, and enjoyed staying in touch.
A link to Jeff’s full obituary can be found here.
The 70th Reunion of the Class of ’57 will take place on campus on May 21–23, 2027. Registration will open in March 2027, so be on the lookout for more information in the coming months or check wesleyan.edu/rc for updates.
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