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Sarah Prager
Sarah Prager (CAS’08) and Aspen Prager of Brookline, Mass., were married in western Massachusetts in October 2024. “It was one of the happiest days of my life,” she writes. Sarah is the author of four books about LGBTQ+ history. She speaks on LGBTQ+ history to schools, libraries, corporations, and other groups. Learn more at www.sarahprager.com.
From the Summer 2025 issue.
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Erich Luening
Erich Luening (COM’95) of West Tisbury, Mass., writes, “As part of my recent career shift over to education after almost 30 years as a professional journalist, I’m assisting colleagues to establish a revamped media literacy curriculum for students at our local high school.” Erich (left), pictured with US Senator Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), covered the burgeoning tech industry for CNET before transitioning to teaching. His journalistic experience “gives
me a useful perspective to help colleagues and students develop better tools to navigate the current media environment, where disinformation, propaganda, and fact-deprived information swamps their screens.” Email him at erichlue@gmail.com.
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William J. Mahoney
William J. Mahoney (Wheelock’63,’70) of West Roxbury, Mass., was cocaptain of the BU men’s baseball team in 1963, then head coach of the University’s club baseball team from 1975 to 1984 before becoming head varsity coach until 1995. He was inducted into the Boston Park League Hall of Fame in 1986 and into the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2019. William has been a physical education teacher and coach in Boston Public Schools for more than 40 years; he coaches baseball at O’Bryant High School. Email him at burhubarb@yahoo.com.
From the Summer 2025 issue.
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Eric Wickfield
Eric Wickfield (Questrom’90) (left) of Ivins, Utah, received the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2024 Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award. The award is the highest honor issued by the FAA and recognizes pilots who have practiced safe flight operations continuously for 50 or more years, exhibited exemplary aviation expertise and professionalism, and made overall contributions to aviation safety. In addition to a distinguished aviation career, Eric is an author and a speaker on oceanic operations and aviation safety issues. He was presented with the award by FAA inspector Robert Jeffs at a ceremony attended by local dignitaries, friends, colleagues, and his wife, Leslie, who is also
a distinguished aviator.
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Conor Ryan and Sarah (Kirkpatrick) Ryan
Conor Ryan (COM’15) and Sarah (Kirkpatrick) Ryan (COM’16) of South Boston, Mass., were married in July 2024
at the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston’s Kenmore Square, across the street from the former offices of the Daily Free Press, where they first met. “Kenmore Square is really the center and foundation of our lives,” Sarah writes. “It’s where we met, and it’s where we learned so much of what we know professionally. And, of course, we both love baseball. It was such a joy to celebrate with our friends and family in a place that means so much to both of us.” Conor is a sportswriter for the Boston Globe and Boston.com, and Sarah is an assistant athletic director at the College of the Holy Cross.
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Dan Harary
Dan Harary (COM’78) of Beverly Hills, Calif., launched The WOW! Signal News Service, a new publicity distribution
network for ufologists, filmmakers, producers, scientists, educators, and whistleblowers working within paranormal research fields. Dan, a 40-plus-year veteran Hollywood publicist, conceived of the news service with his daughter, Anjuli (left), creative director of a Los Angeles–based advertising and marketing agency. Dan is the head of Asbury PR Agency, a published science fiction author and memoirist, chair of the Hollywood Disclosure Alliance, a longtime UFO researcher, host of the weekly podcast From Hollywood…It’s Paranormal Tonight!, and director of media relations for Contact in the Desert, the world’s largest annual UFO conference.
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Nickholas Rodriguez and Sarah (Bickford) Rodriguez
Nickholas Rodriguez (ENG’18, STH’21) and Sarah (Bickford) Rodriguez (CAS’20, Wheelock’22) of Framingham, Mass., were married in West Bridgewater in November 2024. The couple met in Marsh Chapel in early 2017 and have been together ever since. Terrier friends joined as guests, readers, members of the wedding party, and even as one of the officiants. Pictured are Nickholas (from left), Breanne MacFarland (SSW’22, STH’22), Colby Sim, associate director for career communities and student engagement at BU’s Center for Career Development, Amber Frost (SSW’20), Phoebe Oler (CGS’17, CAS’19), Michael Moscatt, Lawrence Whitney (STH’09,’19), Julia Rowley (Wheelock’20), Claire Doire (COM’20), Angela Richard (Wheelock’23), and Sarah.
From the Summer 2025 issue.
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Ashley (Williams) Ellis
Ashley (Williams) Ellis (COM’94) of Montgomery, Ohio, is marketing director for Cure Blindness Project, a nongovernmental organization. In early 2025, she embarked on a two-week trip to Kenya, where she worked with City Eye Hospital and participated in community screening camps. “It’s difficult to put into words the joy of seeing someone who regains his or her sight,” she writes. “It’s something that will always stay with me.” Email Ashley at aellis@cureblindness.org.
From the Summer 2025 issue.
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Richard Yeo
BU Athletics honored 91-year-old Richard Yeo (CAS’55) for his decades of Terrier hockey fandom at the March 6, 2025, game against Providence College at Agganis Arena. They paid tribute to him with an announcement over the PA system and a personalized jersey with the number 33, his birth year. Yeo, whose uncle, J. Wendell Yeo (Wheelock’29,’32), was a Wheelock College of Education & Human Development dean, attended his first Terrier hockey game in 1951. He took his future wife, Elinor, to hockey games on their first dates, and they regularly attended home games until her death in 2023. He now watches most BU games on ESPN+, emailing scouting reports to friends. He is pictured with Jake Maliel (Questrom’03) (left) and Steve Holt, a BU senior editor-writer. That night, the men’s team also honored and delighted Yeo by shellacking the Friars, 8-2.
From the Summer 2025 issue.Vaughn Watson
Vaughn Watson (CAS’12) of New York, N.Y., published going out & being normal (Press 53, 2025), his debut poetry collection. Email him at vwatson725@gmail.com.
From the Summer 2025 issue.