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Hello, Classmates,

As I write to you, we have just crossed over into 2026, though you won’t read these notes for some months.

I start with some sad news about two classmates. We have learned of the December passing of Adrian (Menapace) Quattlebaum, of ovarian cancer, from her sister Gianna ’86.  Her obituary is found here.

We have also learned of the passing of Andy Hodges last September. He was mentioned on the In Memoriam list in the last issue, but we wanted to be sure you were aware. His obituary is here.

Karen (Rothblatt) Zilberstein writes that she was honored at the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s Angels in Adoption Celebration in Washington, D.C., in recognition of her research and clinical work with children and families involved in the child welfare system. The award was presented by Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA), who nominated her for the honor. Her book on clinical work with child welfare–involved families will be published by Guilford Press in fall 2026. On a personal front, two of her three children are now married, with a granddaughter on the way.

Joel A. Fein chimes in with his “30-plus-year update.” He is a pediatric emergency medicine doc at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and a professor of pediatrics at Penn. His research and advocacy have been in the area of violence prevention, and he founded and co-directs the Center for Violence Prevention at CHOP. His wife, Vicki, is a fellow pediatrician, and they have three sons. (His eldest just turned 30—my own son is hitting that milestone this year.) Typical Wes detail, Joel has a hospital-based, eight-piece Beatles cover band called Osler Circle that raises money for CHOP (his Wes band was Bad Habits);  www.oslercircle.com. Joel celebrates his “wild and fulfilling ride!” 

Publishing news! Eileen Kelly says that Kirkus Reviews named her novel, Small Wonder, a Best Book of 2025 and one of the Top 100 Indie Books of the Year. And while she did not write in to plug her book, I want to give a shout-out to fellow Alpha Delt Pagan (Pamela) Kennedy, whose nonfiction book, The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, was one of NPR’s “Books We Love” of 2025.

I’ll also mention my own work, a new CD of songs co-written with Michael G. Ronstadt (under my pen name of Z. Mulls), entitled Less Hospitable Terrain. You can find it on Michael’s Bandcamp site.

I hope this note finds you well, wherever you are.

MICHAEL STEVEN SCHULTZ | mschultz84@wesleyan.edu