Alumni Class News

1940s

E. Lee Skipper Jr., (Company

D) N ’47 lives alone in Liberty Hill, South Carolina and is quite healthy and energetic. He joined the U.S. Navy a few months after leaving Culver and was on the USS Coral Sea CVA 43 for four years. After the Navy he graduated from Georgia Tech and went to work at the Springs Cotton Mills in South Carolina, which were owned by Col. Elliott Springs, who was an ace pilot in World War I and his son was a pilot in World War II, both of them Culver graduates.

1950s

John F. Popp ’50 (Company B)

N ’47 is the current president and third generation to lead Aunt Millie’s Bakeries, founded in 1901 by his grandfather, John B. Franke. In 2021, John Popp was inducted into the Baking Hall of Fame, an honor recognizing inductees for their achievements in organizational growth and development, advancements in ingredient technology and processing or in a service related to the commercial baking industry.

C. Alexander Brassert, Jr. ’51

(Company D) N ’49 and his family have been involved in Culver since his father went to Summer Naval School in 1916. He is proud to have been able to send his daughters to Culver; Celeste and Desiree attended summer and CGA in the 1980s. Alexandra served as a counselor in the 2000s and grandson Oliver was a counselor.

He improved his French during early U.S. armed forces intervention in Vietnam. That is when, in 1964, he met his wife, Hong. In the early 2000s, for 10 years, he taught English in the education systems in Ho Chi Minh City. They spent their summers at their house very near the beach in Hossegor on the Atlantic coast about 40 miles from Spain.

Oscar A. P. Raynal Garcia S. J.

’51 (Battery B), a Jesuit priest in Chihuahua, celebrated 50 years in the priestly ministry on June 13, 2019.

Harry L. Crisp II ’53

(Company C) N ’49 W’47 was awarded an honorary doctor of public service degree by the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees. He is chair-

man of the board and CEO of Pepsi Mid America Company, a family-owned soft drink business, that he built into one of the largest privately owned Pepsi Cola and Dr Pepper bottling and distributing operations in the nation.

James L. Dunlap ’56 (Troop B)

and his wife, Rachel, have been riding out the pandemic in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Their five adult children and twelve grandchildren are scattered across the United States and England. They have had the chance to enjoy outside life, venturing into the mountains and outdoor spaces, hiking and motoring across the prairies.

Richard W. Freeman Jr. ’56

(Company D) moved from New Orleans to Folsom, Louisiana in 2008. He began breeding animals after the family Coca-Cola bottling business was sold. At his Oak Hill ranch, he started with Arabian horses and later began breeding sport horses primarily used for dressage. In five years in the mid-2000s, Oak Hill Ranch was either champion or reserve champion breeder of dressage horses in the United States. In 2020 Oak Hill Ranch received a Pegasus award for lifetime excellence from the United States Equestrian Federation.

In 2020 they began to liquidate their horse breeding inventory and then moved to a house in New Orleans that was built in the 1850s.

Thomas Shumaker ’56 (Band)

NB ’54 retired from practicing law for 40 years in western Pennsylvania and now enjoys the warm weather and ocean view from his Jensen Beach, Florida condo. He is a seven- year cancer survivor and has shared 48 years of close friendship with his brother. He has been happily remarried for 38 years and has a son, a daughter, three grandsons and three loving stepdaughters.

Billy Wann ’56 (Battery B)

struggled with reading throughout his years at Culver and college. A tour of duty in the U.S. Army medical corp gave him time to consider how to finish school. He returned to Auburn in 1961 and graduated in 1964. In 2012 in Elberta, Alabama, his pastor challenged the congregation to read the entire Bible in a year. Determined to meet the challenge, he started reading and never stopped. Since that day in his 75th year of life, he has read almost all of the books he had not been able to read until now, from The Odyssey to To Kill a Mockingbird.

1960s

Robert H. Kuck II N ’61 W’56

of Sarasota, Florida published a book in May 2021 entitled “Blood and Honor: The Life and Times of Fur Trader Pierre Louis de Lorimier.”

Martin J. Oberman ’62

(Company B) W’58 was designated chairman of the Surface Transportation Board by President Biden on Jan. 21, 2021. He was sworn in as a member of the board on Jan. 22, 2019. He is serving in his first fiveyear term following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate on Jan. 2, 2019. The Surface Transportation Board is an independent federal agency that is charged with the economic regulation of various modes of surface transportation, primarily freight rail. The agency has jurisdiction over railroad rate, practice, and service issues and rail restructuring transactions, including mergers, line sales, line construction, and line abandonments.

James C. Wofford T ’62

(Troop B), a three-time Olympian, has written his autobiography entitled Still Horse Crazy After All These Years. Wofford shares his unique perspective on horsemanship and the history of equestrian competition in the United States, as well as his ascendancy from a one room schoolhouse to Culver Military Academy, to the United States Equestrian Team. In 2000, Wofford was listed by the Chronicle of the Horse as one of the “50 Most Influential Horsemen of the 20th Century,” and he is a member of both the U.S. Eventing Association and Culver Horsemanship Halls of Fame.

Gary M. Geralds ’64 (Troop

B) married Betty Lou Pace on March 6, 2021. He lost his first wife, Joanie, in 2012 after almost 50 years together.

Paul W. Killian ’65 (Company

B) was elected to the Phillips Collection Board of Trustees. New members bring a wealth of new perspectives to the Phillips and their range of expertise will provide the museum with additional tools to celebrate its centennial year in 2021.

Paul is a litigation attorney in Washington, D.C., specializing in infrastructure projects. His practice involves alternative dispute resolution, as well as litigation before U.S. appellate and trial courts, federal boards of contract appeals, and U.S. and international arbitration panels. Killian has also been recognized by Best Lawyers in America and the Who’s Who Legal 100.

John R. Price ’65 (Company

C) N ’63 is co-chairman, president, chief executive officer and co-founder of Greffex, Inc. He has over 35 years of experience in operations, management and finance. Price, a decorated Vietnam veteran, was a senior fellow at the Centre for Business and Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Prior to founding Greffex, he was a Partner at Deloitte & Touche, ran his own accounting and investment banking firms, was a managing director at American Express, and was chief operating officer of Goran Capital, a billion dollar public insurance company.

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Noel C. Coulantes ’67

(Company C) SC’63 reports that he has been hunkering down in his condo during the pandemic with Rocky, his “17-year-old sweet kitty.” He regularly texts with John Clark and Tom Story and hears from Tony and Pete Mars as well. “My Mercedes engine shop is quiet on purpose, and I only selectively work on virtually brand new Mercedes AMG engines that are usually damaged in floods.” Noel believes he is “the only dinosaur left in the U.S. that can fix Latest Mercedes AMG engines.”

Jerome Daugherty ’67

(Company E) SC’63 retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Services in January 2014. He and his wife, Florine, liked the mountains so much that they decided to stay in Savery, Wyoming, where they lived for the past 10 years. Recently, they moved to a continuing care retirement community at Uplands Village in Pleasant Hills, Tennessee.

Milton D. Frank ’67 (Battery

A) marked a milestone in his career in broadcast journalism, completing 40 years of service at the Voice of America, which took him to the former Near East South Asia Division, the African Division, and the Latin America Division. He broadcasted in Spanish to Latin America, in Creole to Haiti, and the Caribbean in television, radio, and Internet. Since 2001 he has been the executive producer of the division. Voice of America reaches a weekly audience of more than 350 million people in nearly 100 countries, via a network of more than 2,200 radio, television, web and mobile outlets.

Dr. Henry (Phil) Williams ’67

(Company E) taught last fall via Zoom at the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. as the head of the regional studies program in Turkey, the Middle East, and North Africa. “During the pandemic, I have marveled at the online musical offerings and humor from America and abroad which have added quality to our lockdown experience. The Culver regimen has served me well in life, not least of all when one is quarantined.”

Dave Newill ’68 (Battery B)

W’64 was really happy to be one of the early twice vaccinated in Indiana. While his youth flying project, American GEM, remains grounded due to COVID, which impacts his teaching programs for teens, he is keeping more than busy as a director for the Indiana Aviation Hall of Fame, getting ready for an October banquet.

Arvel “Rod” Ponton III ’69

(Band), a county attorney in Presidio County, Texas, was involved in a Zoom hearing in Texas’ 394th Judicial District Court in February 2021. He was using his secretary’s computer and his image was portrayed as a cat, not Rod. Apparently, it went viral with 2 billion views globally, #1 on YouTube and over 100 million Twitter followers. It was the biggest internet story to date this year and was reported in the New York Times and mentioned in the Feb. 13 edition of the Wall Street Journal.

1970s

Kriegh Moulton ’70 (Battery

A) N’67 W’65 retired from 30 years of practicing cardiology and moved to Calistoga, California.

Keith A. Jarett ’72 (Company

A) wrote a piece entitled “A Culver Love Story,” in which he reflects on his life and the impact that Culver has had on him.

Peter G. Stipe H’72 published a memoir of his service with the Ann Arbor Police Department in Michigan entitled “Badge112,” which includes a chapter on Culver.

Kent Drummond NB ’74

appeared in the PBS American Experience documentary “American Oz” which recently premiered and tells the story of L. Frank Baum. He teaches English at the University of Wyoming and is one of the experts who appears in the film, along with his wife.

John Stivers ’75 (Troop A)

W’70 is currently working as the assistant director at Region 10 Technical High School in Brunswick, Maine.

Ann Rutledge SSG’78 ’79 and Paul Stscherban were married Aug. 15, 2020 in South Haven, Michigan. Culver friends and family in attendance were

Annemarie Ahrberg Mahoney

’78, Eric Aschinger ’79, Dan Brooks ’79, Tracy Orr Pickett ’79, Ross Rutledge N ’69 and Ann’s sons, Curtis Fischer N ’10 and Evan Fischer NB’16.

1980s

Thomas O’Neill ’80 (Troop A)

N’76 rejoined Jenner & Block LLP as a partner in their Chicago office. He is a member of Jenner & Block’s energy practice and its litigation department. He was formerly senior vice president and general counsel of Exelon Corp. Thomas received a B.A. in English language and literature/ letters from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and received his doctor of law from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Bruce M. Jones ’81 (Battery C)

of Half Moon Bay, California, says he simply followed the Culver Model — being proactive, focusing on the need, building a community to solve the need, then attacking the problem – by creating ventilator splitters from a 3D printer and organizing the Coastside Sewing Collective, a Facebook group of now 145 people with sewing machines. The group sews cloth masks and caps for the region’s health care workers. In the first week, the collective made 2,000 masks.

John (Jay) Richards Jr.’81

(Battery C) recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with wife, Marianne. Both Jay and his wife teach in their hometown of San Carlos, California. He has been teaching eighth grade

English for over 25 years. They have three children, daughters Paige and Sarah, also teachers, and son Andrew.

Michael Fish N ’84, senior partner in the law firm of Fish, Nelson & Holden, was selected by his peers as Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” in 2021. Out of approximately 3,500 attorneys, only 40 made this prestigious list. Winners were selected based on their status within their practice group, their tangible accomplishments, their impact on their firms and their impact on Birmingham and its legal community.

Markham C. Roberts ’85

(Battery B) published a new book in 2020 entitled “Notes on Decorating.” He is also featured in the book “Inspired Design, The 100 Most Important Interior Designers of the Past 100 Years” by Jennifer Boles. He trained with the renowned decorator Mark Hampton before opening his own firm in 1997. Since then, he has earned the reputation as one of the top decorators of his generation. He is known for reviving traditional furnishings and making them new again. He is the author of “Markham Roberts: Decorating the Way I See It” and has been named to the AD100 list of top designers annually since 2014 and to the Elle Decor A list.

Sonya Iannone Heilmann ’89

(Tower) SC ’85, a U.S. Air Force veteran, and her therapy dog, Jock, a Pembroke Welsh corgi, have not been able to visit patients in medical centers during the pandemic. Heilmann, who lives in Marion, Iowa, is a volunteer with Pet Partners, which promotes the health benefits of animal assisted activities and therapies. She and 7-year-old Jock have visited patients in their region several times per month since 2016. Pet Partners partnered with VHA in 2019. The goal of the partnership is to bring the health benefits of the human/animal bond which is the beneficial relationship shared between people and animals to more veterans.

1990s

Emilio Rivero ’90 (Troop B)

SC’87 worked for the International Olympic Committee at the Tokyo Olympic Games, in charge of their protocol operations and international dignitary services.

James Frickey ’91 (Company

C) W’86 took a leave of absence and moved to Canada (Peterborough) in 2018 to be near his partner’s family and be home with their two boys Dylan, 11, and Alex, 9, through COVID. This January, he also started a Ph.D. program in interdisciplinary social research.

James Gannon ’91 (Battery B)

is a respiratory therapist with Lincare, and having tested positive for COVID last spring, has a firsthand understanding of the virus. His 6-year-old son, Cullen, is following in his dad’s footsteps/skates and now taking to the ice. Jay has dusted off his own skates after seven years and is playing in a men’s hockey league.

Juan Bertini ’92 (Troop B) N

’90 and his wife, Johanna, are living and working in Los Angeles, California. He currently serves as the CFO of Larry and Lenny’s, who pioneered the healthy snacking industry by baking protein into snacks. Established in 1993, their mission has been to provide quality baked goods that not only taste great, but also contain protein and fiber.

Carolina M. Castro-Espinosa

’92 (Atrium) Deck 2 has three children, Carolina, Jorge Andrés and Diego, two whom are currently studying at Culver. Carolina is a senior in Ciel dorm and is the senior prefect for the second rotation. Jorge is a sophomore in the Black Horse Troop.

Lee C. Freeman ’92 (Troop A)

was promoted to the rank of colonel in March 2019.

Dax T. S. Mitchell ’92

(Company A) is a seasoned commercial real estate investor with a track-record extending over 23 years in commercial real estate brokerage, finance, acquisition and development. He currently oversees all facets of Mitchell Asset Group’s joint ventures and holdings with the guidance of a diverse and talented team, successful mentors, and an intention to learn. Dax resides in Texas with his wife, three children and five horses.

Nathaniel Brown ’94 (Battery

C) SC’91 is retiring from active duty in the U.S. Navy after 23 years of service but will continue his service as the next VTCC director of alumni relations. Nate and his wife Whitney, son Joseph, and daughter Kaitlyn will return to Blacksburg where they are excited to engage with our current and future alumni. Nate holds master’s degrees from Troy University and the U.S. Naval War College.

Frederic Bancroft Jr ’97 (N’1)

spent five years and nearly $140,000 developing an automated pizza kiosk system project, which has been gaining support and funding from prominent Louisiana restaurateurs and businessmen to bring his vision of “Speedy Fresh Pizza” to life. The “smart kiosk” operates using an artificial intelligence system which allows the user to input their order on a touch screen. From there, the pizza is assembled by the automated system and is ready within five to 10 seconds. The first kiosk opened in Tigerland in February.

Dr. Tiffany Kyser ’99 (Benson)

joined the CEF Board of Trustees in May 2021.

Trent Kososki ’99 (Troop) is a managing director with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. Before joining Stonepeak, Trent was a partner at ECP, where he worked for nearly 15 years after joining in 2005 at its founding. Prior to ECP, he worked at CSFB in the financial sponsors group.

ALUMNI CLASS NEWS

Message from Legion and CSSAA Presidents

We are pleased with the number of Class Notes entries in this issue of the Culver magazine. They span eight decades of alumni and we appreciate the willingness of our graduates to enhance this frequently read section. In a separate area, you will see that Culver Club chapter events are happening again, for which we are grateful. In that same spirit, you will see the ads in this section indicating plans are in place to welcome alumni back to campus in May 2022 for Class Reunions and in July 2022 for the Summer School Homecoming Weekend. Finally, we extend congratulations to all Girls Academy alumnae as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of CGA throughout this school year.

Rajiv Chopra ’89 President The Culver Legion

Emily Barnes Cole SS ’84 President The Culver Summer Schools Alumni Association

Michael E. “Mike” Rudnicki ’92 W’88 President Culver Clubs International

2000s

Justin F. H. Otto IV ’00

(Battery A) is general manager of Newport on the Levee, which is owned and operated by North American Properties in Cincinnati, Ohio. The renovated Newport on the Levee will include an incubator of sorts for startup retailers. Called Trade, the space will be inside the overhauled Levee indoor space, now called The Gallery, and will consist of about a dozen stalls where local retailers can set up shop inside one of the region’s largest retail destinations.

Shondrea Horton Turnbull ’00

(Tower) is the author of the book Total Health: On How We Can Optimize Our Mental, Physical, Emotional, & Spiritual Wellbeing. Connecting to a higher power is another powerful habit that leads to spiritual well-being through prayer, meditation, attending a worship service, religious celebration, and being in nature.

Sodiqa R. Williams Esq. ’01

(Benson) is the general counsel and vice president of external affairs at Safer Foundation, a nonprofit that helps returning residents avoid recidivism. She seeks to break that cycle by helping people with arrest and conviction records find employment. This holistic approach seeks to disrupt the cycle of social injustices in society through a series of building blocks that helps people get back on their feet and ultimately build better lives, stronger families and safer communities. Sodiqa recently joined the CEF Board of Trustees in July 2021. She and

Trevor Borom ’99 (Battery A)

welcomed twin sons, Sean and Seth, on May 12, 2021.

William J. Corso ’02 (Troop

A) is an associate in the New York office of Milbank and a member of the firm’s transportation and space group.

Mason T. Jennings ’02

(Company A) and his wife, Nicole, welcomed a baby girl, Parker Michelle, on Dec. 10, 2018.

Travis M. Kososki ’02 (Troop

B) joined Launch Trampoline Park, a year-round family entertainment and action park franchise. He’ll serve as partner, chief financial officer and head of business development. The business is co-founded by three-time Super Bowl champion Ty Law and entrepreneur Rob Arnold. Launch is a top five trampoline/action park franchise with more than 20 parks operating in 13 states and more than 10 additional locations under construction.

Jeffrey R. Kuhns ’02 (Band)

recently opened his own law firm in Punta Gorda, southwest Florida. Jeff concentrates his practice in estate planning, wills, trusts, and probate, business law, tax law, and real estate law.

Elizabeth “Bess” Lintner

Boswell ’02 (Ciel) and her husband, Tim, recently moved to Paradise Valley, Arizona where they welcomed their third son, Roger Dillon Boswell, on Aug. 24th, who joins his two older brothers, Hampton 8, and Henry 6.

Gog A. Murguia T ’02 married Bárbara Ruesga in San Miguel de Allende in March of 2017. He is the vice president of the Xolos soccer club of Tijuana, Mexico.

Dorothy Payne-Polk ’02

(Benson) is a certified coach practitioner accredited through the International Coach Federation. She partners with clients to formulate action driven objectives, with goals developed to attain ideal outcomes. Services focus on lifestyle and career coaching, where she offers step by step guidance and encouragement designed for obtaining effective, long-term changes.

Anna (Jones) Story ’02 (Court)

SC’97 has become a certified life coach, the culmination of a personal goal and dream. She has opened a private life coaching practice, where she utilizes tools and strategies that open up life’s endless possibilities for her clients. Anna and her husband, David Story ’00, and their five children reside in South Bend, Indiana.

Steven T. Primiano ’03

(Battery A) is the new director of corporate alliances at USO.

John R. F. Douglas ’04 (Battery

B) welcomed a daughter, Emma Sophie, on Oct. 19, 2020.

Hameedat “Temi” Adeniji ’05

(Benson) was married Sept. 24, 2021 to Osifo Odili Akhuemonkhan. She is a director in the international strategy and operations department at Warner Music Group, a record label based in New York, where she oversees day-to-day operations of international subsidiaries and evaluates expansion opportunities. She graduated from Princeton and received a master of law from University College, London. The groom is a vice president in the financial advisory group focusing on mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, the investment bank in New York.

Kathryn Hassett Downing

’05 (Tower) W’01 SC ’04 and her husband, Sean, welcomed their first son, Knox Bennett, who was born July 3, 2020. The family currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dr. Matthew Gethers III ’05

(Band) is an infectious diseases postdoctoral fellow at Hartford Hospital.

Thomas C. Gwin ’05

(Company B) and his wife, Leah, welcomed a son Carl on July 31, 2020. Tom and Leah own and operate a landscaping/ outdoor living space company that focuses on recreational and conservation land management and development.

Daniel Sharff ’05 (Company A)

was married in Ft. Lauderdale to Arielle Ehrich, an architect. They were married (legally) Nov. 29, 2020 and their wedding is scheduled for October 2021. Daniel is a hotel revenue financial manager.

Tiffany Albert Suttles ’05

(Tower) and her husband, Rob, welcomed their third child, Cecilia Edora, in September, who joins her two brothers, Graham and Bennett.

Katie Webb ’05 (Benson) and her husband, Rob, welcomed Fitz Robert on July 12, 2020.

Travis J. Whittemore ’05

(Company A) welcomed a son, Carson Lee, in January 2020.

Katherine Mitzell Fagan ’06

(Ciel) SC’02 W’01, head of a&r at Prescription Songs, in Nashville, was named to Billboard’s 2021 Forty Under Forty Group. A 10-year veteran of the Dr. Luke-founded publishing company, Fagan, 33, opened its Nashville office in 2016 and has enjoyed showcasing both the “melting pot” of noncountry talent in the city — including folkpop stunner and producer Joy Oladokun — as well as Prescription’s growing roster of women behind the boards, such as Lo Lind and Carobae.

Ebube Agu ’07 (Battery C)

most recently served as product integrity manager for Converse, Inc. While at Converse, he developed a quality management framework that was ultimately adopted by Nike, Inc. He received a double promotion and will be serving as the next head (Sr. Director) of apparel and accessories product integrity (quality). He and his family relocated to Beaverton, Oregon in the summer of 2021. He is currently attending Harvard Business School’s program for leadership development.

Brooke Kilduff Bourgraf ’07

(Atrium) and Chris Bourgraf (Battery A) were married on Oct. 5, 2019. The couple hosted numerous Culver alumni in celebration of their wedding day. They currently reside in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Allison McFadden Campbell

’07 (Linden) W’03 married Colin Campbell N ’08, on Oct. 12, 2019. Bridesmaids were Kelly Gordon L’04, ’07, Anna Campbell L’04, Brooke Bourgraf ’07, and Sean Higgins ’07. Groomsmen were Ben Nowalk WC ’02, ’07, and Parker Ballew WC ’17. They reside in South Bend, Indiana and welcomed the birth of their son, Phillip, this past July.

Christina Nelson Conlon ’07

(Atrium) SC ’04 W’01 her husband, Sean, and their golden retriever, Nash, are currently traveling the U.S. in an RV to bring awareness about therapy dogs in a time when the country needs them the most due to COVID. After losing their golden retriever, Bean, in 2015, she started Daily Barker instagram.com/dailybarker (an Instagram community of over 540,000 followers) as a way to heal from his loss. In 2019 they certified Nash as a therapy dog and started serving around Nashville, Tennessee in schools, fire stations, police stations, etc. They launched Nashies (nashies.com), a single ingredient dog treat company that gives 100 percent of its profits to therapy dog nonprofits around the country. But they felt called to do something bigger. So they got an RV and are spending 2021 on the Paws for Love Tour, touring the U.S., serving with Nash and spreading awareness about therapy dogs.

Caroline Chocola Flanagan

’07 (Court) and John Flanagan (Battery B) were married in the fall of 2018, in Chicago. They continue to make their home there and welcomed the birth of their son, Thomas Christopher Flanagan, on Oct. 8, 2020.

James Garrido (Company

A)’07 W’03 is the general manager at Henley, a Midtown Nashville restaurant. He got his start at The Hearty Boys catering company in Chicago, and after seven years there went to work with Sable Kitchen and Bar. More recently he opened the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel as a general manager of the land and sea department before his move to Henley.

Evan Hoese ’07 (Ithaka) has been named the vice president of systems integration and innovation at Health RIGHT 360 in San Francisco, California.

Megan C. Millard ’07 (Tower)

was the featured speaker at Culver Connections weekend in March 2019. Her talk with the group of Culver Academies seniors, first classmen, alumni,

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and parents outlined five key themes that can be the foundation for how a person can build out and live an ethical life: core values, collaboration, curiosity, continual growth, and courage.

James Moody ’07 (Company

B) is the director of global cyber security at Xylem, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Paul Moon ’07 (Band) played Jack in “I Do: The Series,” a television comedy program in production in 2019.

Julio Picard ’07 (Troop) W’02

is a managing partner at Inmobiliaria Positano, a real estate developer in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Kelly Norton Rogers ’07

(Atrium) and her husband, John, welcomed their first child, Caroline, on Dec. 21, 2019.

Cynthia X. Shi ’07 (Tower)

was recently studying for her Ph.D. in the epidemiology of microbial diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. Broadly, her research addresses HIV testing coverage and linkage to care for marginalized and hard-to-reach populations.

Luis Gustavo C. F. Tosi ’07

(Battery B) has been promoted as head coach of the varsity boys soccer program at Kauai High School.

Joshua L. Workman ’07 (Bat-

tery A) W’01 and Jenna Albers Workman ’08 (Tower) welcomed Jordanna (Jordy) Pearl Workman on Feb. 7, 2020. Lujie Zhang ’07 (Court) is head of investor relations at Gsi Capital Advisors in Chicago.

Sara Sardina Hamm ’07 (Linden) and Christopher Hamm ’08 (Company B)

welcomed the birth of their daughter, Charlie Rose, on Oct. 23, 2020.

Dana B. Sharff ’08 (Benson)

was married May 26, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio to Andrew Somen. Bridesmaids included Melissa Schwenk ’08 and Roxanne Reiter D.V.M. ’08. Other Culver graduates attending (besides bridesmaids) were: Daniel Sharff ’05, Stephan Grundy ’08, Benjamin Sharff ’14, Mark Sharff ’71, and Sam Sharff W’99. Dana is a Realtor.

Daniel Ching ’09 (Company

B) N ’08, SC ’05 is currently the assistant computational scientist at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois. As part of the group, Daniel develops and maintains image reconstruction software for tomography beamlines. Presently, his main interests include optimizing trajectories for scanning probe microscopes, computational imaging, and creating a framework for solving the joint ptychotomography problem.

Chuan He ’09 (Company C) is currently a software engineer at Microsoft. He previously worked at Amazon Web Services for almost five years as a software development engineer.

Richard J. Lamb ’09 (Company

C), a South Bend native, closed out his first major golf championship in grand style Sunday, making an eagle 3 on his closing hole in the 121st U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. The eagle at the par 5, 545-yard 18th hole on the South Course finished off an evenpar round of 71 for Lamb, who finished at seven over 291 after four tours of the 7,676 yard beast by the Pacific Ocean.

2010s

Tyler G. Korellis ’10 (Compa-

ny C) SC ’05 married Jillian Homas on May 26, 2019.

Kaye Sitterly ’11 (Tower) is an analytics engineer at Specialized Bicycle Components in Boulder, Colorado.

Madison Tallant ’11 (Tower)

lives in Boston and serves as evaluation manager, working both with the Voices for Health Justice project and the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, where she coordinates internal and external evaluation activities. In addition to her M.S. degree in social work from Boston College, she also holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Rhodes College.

Russell J. Johnson ’12 (Battery

C) NB ’10, who earned his bachelor’s degree in songwriting from the Berklee College of Music, recently released “Tenth and Canal,” which follows close on the heels of “Put Me Out,” about a relationship Johnson had while living in Boston.

Molly Walker ’12 (Linden) is a Ph.D. student in the department of science at Harvard University. She is interested in studying colonial and postcolonial interactions through the lens of infectious diseases to better understand historical intersections of race, medicine, and power. Her previous research focused on the effects of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919 on the relationship between the Krios of Freetown, Sierra Leone and British colonial administrators.

Zachary W. Currier ’13

(Company A) was featured in the July 2020 issue of the U.S. Lacrosse Magazine.

Jake (Sully) Kurdziel ’13 (Com-

pany A) is a digital thought leader currently working in Brussels for a midsize biopharmaceutical. In his current role, Jake oversees the design and implementation for many of the artificial intelligence and advanced analytics projects.

Davis Payne’13 (Company

C) and Mikayla Cooper ’13 (Court) were married Aug. 24, 2019 in the Culver Memorial Chapel. A reception followed on the Woodcraft Camp lawn. Almost all of the wedding party included boarding school and summer camp alumni.

Yannick Vedel ’13 (Battery A)

is playing hockey in Denmark with the Odense Bulldogs.

Sterling Willman ’13 (Battery

C) W’06 graduated from West Point and was in Ranger School, followed by Airborne School, then to be deployed to the Middle East.

Jun Hong Xu ’13 (Battery B)

is a data science associate digital incubator at Fannie May in Plano, Texas. He earned an M.A. in applied economics from Cornell in 2019 and an M.S. in business analytics from the University of Texas in 2020.

Sirui Zhang ’13 (Atrium) completed her J.D. in 2020 from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Angel Bryant ’14 (Benson)

SC’14 graduated from the University of Central Florida in May 2020.

Abel A. Barrera Duran ’14

(Company B) completed his M.S. in computer science this year at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis and is now working on a data engineering team at KSM Consulting in Indianapolis, a technology, data, and management consulting firm.

Karch Bachman’15 (Company

A) was featured in an article in the April 2020 issue of the Journal Gazette, when he was selected in the NHL draft by the Florida Panthers.

Lucy Battersby ’15 (Ithaka)

W’10 moved to Washington D.C. after graduation from Indiana University in 2019 and has been working as a reproductive rights organizer and health care worker.

Audria H. Cameron ’15

(Atrium) just started her second year at University of Texas-Austin Law School.

Kaley L. Concannon ’15

(Linden) was evacuated from Kyrgyzstan, along with the rest of the Peace Corps in early 2021, and has since started a new job as a management analyst with the U.S. Forest Service.

Leah Crawford ’15 (Ithaka)

W’11 is currently working in Los Angeles in the film and television industry as a celebrity personal assistant. Pre-COVID, she was an executive assistant for a manager at the company that produced the Netflix hit “Ozark.”

Dominic A. Garcia ’15 (Battery

C) was featured in The Hockey Writers article “Arizona State Hockey: Dominic Garcia Talks Canceled Season.”

Katherine G. Giacobbe ’15

(Atrium) has finished her first year at Palmer Chiropractic College in Florida and is working toward a doctor of chiropractic degree. She also started a business selling donuts, which is completely unrelated to her degree.

Nicolas “Cole” E. Grandel

’15 (Band) and Kiara Reyes (Court) were married on June 29, 2019. Bailey Harper ’15 (Ciel) has been working on research and website design project for her art history master’s degree capstone at American University.

Morgan Hartman ’15 (Court)

graduated two years “late” from Washingon University after taking two medical leaves.

Erika Lampert Katterheinrich

’15 (Benson) married Cory Katterheinrich on Sept.12, 2020.

Maria K. Kinsey ’15 (Atrium)

started the first year of her neuroscience Ph.D. at Tulane University.

Erin M. Luck ’15 (Tower)

is currently serving as an AmeriCorps member at the Robinson Community Learning Center in South Bend, Indiana.

Nicholas MacNab ’15

(Company B) W’07 graduated from Yale University and was on the men’s hockey team. He will be in San Francisco next year, working in wealth advisory for Moss Adams.

Landrum Neer ’15 (Battery

C) graduated from DePauw University and is now living in Denver as a project manager at Westervelt Ecological Services.

Brennan D. Sweetwood

Kapcheck ’15 (Battery C) has signed a two-year contract with The Toronto Marlies out of the American International College of the NCAA.

Erin Thomas ’15 (Ithaka)

W’09 earned her master’s degree with first class honors on gender-based violence in Niue at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Emma Trappe ’15 (Benson)

received her bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering technology and a master’s in engineering management from the University of Dayton.

Noah R. Treviño ’15 (Battery

C) completed his IBM Patterns internship program and accepted an offer to return to IBM as a visual designer based out of Austin, Texas.

Nathan Van DeVelde ’15

(Troop B) was featured in a video from House of iKons’ Fashion Week London Digital Show on Sept. 19, 2020.

Aaron A. Weitgenant ’15

(Band) and his wife, Jessica, welcomed their son, Silas Andrew, on Oct. 28, 2020.

Victoria Xu ’15 (Court) is living in Charlotte, North Carolina and working at Bank of America.

Hannah Brumback ’17

(Benson) graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a degree in finance & marketing.

Nathaniel H. Clurman ’17

(Battery A) signed a two year, NHL entry level contract with the Avalanche. Clurman, a junior defenseman out of Notre Dame, served as team captain this season. He will report

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to the Colorado Eagles and forgo his final year of NCAA eligibility.

Wheaton Jackoboice ’17

(Company B), a midfielder from Kansas City, Missouri, scored three goals in the May 16 match against Drexel to beat them 10-8, helping the Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team earn a ticket to the 2021 NCAA DI Men’s Lacrosse Championship quarterfinals.

Thomas Maly ’17 (Band)

graduated 17th with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy with a degree in robotics and control engineering with honors. He was also selected as a chief of naval operations distinguished midshipman, and served the brigade of midshipmen as a battalion sergeant major and battalion executive officer. He was commissioned into the U.S. Marine Corps.

Maxwell S. Nation ’17

(Company A) W’13 graduated from Furman University/Army ROTC on May 8, 2021 and was commissioned as a U.S. Army officer/medical service corps.

Jackson Pierson ’18 (Battery

A) is playing hockey at the University of New Hampshire.

Declan Carlile ’19 (Band)

Merrimack College men’s hockey standouts Declan Carlile and Alex Jefferies were chosen as nominees for the 2021 Hobey Baker Award. Considered the top award in all of college hockey, the honor is given to someone who “exhibits strength and character, both on and off the ice. Contributes to the integrity of the team; displays outstanding skills in all phases of the game and shows scholastic achievement and sportsmanship.” The pair of Warriors are among just over 50 nominees up for the award. Carlile has developed into one of the top defenders in Hockey East during his second season in North Andover.

2020s

Owen J. L. Hiltz ’20 (Battery

A), a Syracuse Orange freshman, was proclaimed by ESPN as the Orange’s most talented recruit since Mike Powell in 2002. Hiltz fired 14 goals, 12 assists and 26 points in his first six NCAA Division 1 men’s field lacrosse games.

Joel Stevens ’20 (Company

A) was recently named to his conference’s academic honor roll in his freshman year at Hobart College in Geneva, New York. He is a member of the Hobart Statesmen men’s lacrosse team, which competes in the Northeast Conference in Division I of the NCAA. Stevens said he plans on declaring as an economics major with a double minor in French and environmental studies.