ALUMNI CLASS NEWS
Antonio A. Pastrana ’91, a Mexico-based photographer, captured a stunning shot of El Niño, a crocodile at the Gardens of the Queen, a marine park off the coast of Cuba. The picture has won several awards, including one in the 2019 World Photographic Cup competition.
1950s William T. Deibel ’51 W’47 and his wife, Karel, moved to the Windermere neighborhood in Seattle after he joined an old acquaintance in taking over Seattle’s downtown, full line GMC dealership in 1978. They sold the business in 1995 and have recently bought a condo overlooking Puget Sound. Over the years, he has done a sizable amount of writing, from presentations articles to an illustrated history of Duracell. Bill credits his Culver English teacher, Major
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Richard “Smiley” Gimbel, for cultivating this interest. Marshall Wolf ’53 W’47 found his niche running a hedge fund, and at age 85, he is still active in business. Miguel “Mike” T. Brostella ’54 checked in with the Alumni Office in October from his home in Panama. He was proud that the self- discipline he learned at Culver has helped him follow a diet, exercise, and social regimen that has made surviving the pandemic more bearable.
Lewis M. Steel ’54 and his wife, Kitty, have been married for 60 years and have three children and seven grandchildren. He still works as senior counsel at Outten & Golden LLP, an employee rights firm. His book The Butler’s Child: White Privilege, Race, and a Lawyer’s Life in Civil Rights is now being published by The University of South Carolina Press, as a paperback for academic readership. Thomas J. Barber ’56 W’53 and his wife, Petronella, a Netherlands native, recently
celebrated their 61st anniversary. They have four children, 12 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. For their 50th wedding anniversary, they took their children and spouses to Paris and then to Holland to visit their mother’s homeland. James L. Dunlap ’56 highlights his photographic talents in his recent book that centers around the territories from which artist, Georgia O’Keeffe, drew her inspiration in New York City and northern New Mexico.
