Factor Clojure code setting many different fields in a Java object

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How do I factor code setting many different fields in a Java object? I would like to factor

(set! (. employee name) "Chris")
(set! (. employee age) 100)
(set! (. employee salary) 5000)

to

(doseq [field '((name "Chris") (age 100) (salary 5000))]
  (set! (. employee (first field)) (second field)))

However this won't work because the period is a macro, and tries to evaluate (first field) literally. By the way, I understand that setting fields is not good practice. I need to inter-operate with legacy code.

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