Culver Clubs International

The Culver Club of Arizona gathered to watch the Chicago Cubs take on the Milwaukee Brewers at Sloan Park during pre-season. The group enjoyed private and covered picnic space with a buffet of ball park fare. Elizabeth Forsyth ’05 and John Schurz ’91 were the principal hosts for this event.

The Culver Club of Central Ohio held the CMA Lacrosse event at Ohio State University. Culver Admissions officer and Head Lacrosse Coach Jon Posner (pictured), along with Director of Enrollment Management Staci Hundt, addressed alumni, parents, and prospective students prior to the CMA Prep Lacrosse team battling Team USA in Ohio Stadium.

The Culver Club of the Carolinas met for a dinner in Durham this past March. Many generations of alumni were represented including: Parisa and Louis Carr ’00, Nathan Clendenin ’96, Susie and Russ Oliver ’59, Maria and Ralph Luis Esteves ’74, Liz and Will Dowd ’05, Andrew VanDeVelde ’14, Christina and Alex Johnson ’02, Brady Dolim ’02, Anne Reilly Fahim ’74, Rolf Schafer ’07, Bryce Durgin ’07, Michael Hughes ’72, Woody Pelton ’71, and Meg Foraker ’04.

The Culver Club of Culver hosted Culver Commandant Col. Mike Squires at their annual holiday celebration in the Legion Memorial Building. Col. Squires addressed a group of over 50 alumni, parents, and friends from the Culver area. During his speech, he discussed a variety of topics including his extensive resumé and plans for student life at Culver.

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The Culver Club of Chicago hosted the Culver Jazz Ensemble at the Casino Club for their annual holiday celebration. Over 75 guests enjoyed and danced to the student performance led by Fine Arts Department Chair and Band Director Steve Rozek.

IN MEMORIAM

William Barnett Rudner ’37

(Company B) died on Oct. 24, 2019 in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in 1941. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he entered the investment business with Merrill Lynch. In 1963 he joined Union Planters National Bank as vice president and trust investment officer and retired as executive vice president in 1977. That same year he founded DeSoto Capital Corp., and in 1987, formed Highland Capital Management. In addition to his business career, he was an active volunteer and held numerous leadership positions. He was preceded in death by his wife of 72 years, Jocelyn. He is survived by three daughters, eight grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren.

Robert Charles Brower Jr. ’38

(Battery A) died on Feb. 20, 2018 in Cedarfield, Virginia. One of the last living members of CMA’s 1936 undefeated football team, he attended Dartmouth College but took his exams early to enlist in the U.S. Army. By1942 he was a Lieutenant in the 83rd Infantry. Fluent in German,

he was an intelligence officer and forward observer through Normandy Beach and the hedgerows of northern France, earning the rank of Captain. He was awarded a Bronze star, five battle stars, and in 2016, the French Legion of Honor. Bob received a business degree from Babson College and embarked on a long career in building supply sales, working for Owens Corning, Gustin Bacon, CertainTeed and Union Camp. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Gladys. He is survived by four children, ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Dr. Richard Charles Troutman

’39 (Company A) died April 5, 2017. Educated at Ohio State University, he received residency and fellowship training in the U.S. Navy and at New York Hospital Cornell University Medical Center. From 1955 to 1983, Richard served as professor and head of the Division of Ophthalmology of the State University of New York. He pioneered the development and use of microsurgical instruments in ophthalmology and cofounded the organization now known as the International Society of Refractive Surgeons. He was a

pioneer in the design, development, refinement and use of the ophthalmic microscope, including its mounting apparatus, and introduced the remotecontrolled motorized zoommagnification microscope. He was also one of the first to perform corneal transplant surgery and was a strong advocate of eye banks and eye banking. He is survived by his wife Suzanne.

Julian Richardson Hardaway

’39 (Company C) died on Feb. 9, 2020 in Danville, Kentucky. He enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Louisville, then volunteered for enlistment in the U.S. Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky in 1942 and later graduated a second lieutenant from the medical administrative officer candidate school in Abilene, Texas. He was stationed at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu until the end of the war, and was discharged a captain in the Medical Service Corps. He returned for a twoyear tour of active duty during the Korean War, assigned as a surgeon to the first infantry division in Germany.

Julian settled in Danville, Kentucky and was on staff at McDowell Memorial Hospital from 1952-1983. He served two terms as chief of the medical staff, was president of the Danville Rotary Club and chairman of the United Way. He also served as a charter member of the American Board of Family Physicians. After closing his private practice, he spent fifteen years in various medical activities, including

The obituary dates are from October 1, 2019 – February 29, 2020

locum tenens, emergency room work, and six years as director of the Hilton Hospital Urgent Care Center on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. He is survived by his widow, Dee Dee, and five children, two of whom, Andrew NB’84 ’88 (Band) and Elizabeth W’85 ’90 (Benson) are Culver graduates. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane.

William Forgy McNagny ’40

(Troop II) died on Jan. 27, 2020 in Naples, Florida. He was the valedictorian of his Culver class, then attended Swarthmore College for two years before serving as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry from 1942 to 1945. After the war, he graduated magna cum laude from the Indiana University School of Law.

He joined the firm of Barrett, Barrett & McNagny, where he practiced law from 1947 to 1994. His trial skills were widely recognized, and he was a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In 2009, the Indiana State Bar Association named him a Legendary Lawyer. McNagny was preceded by his wife, Joan, who died in 2013. He is survived by one son, Charles ’68, two daughters, seven grandchildren and one step-grandchild. He was predeceased by his father, Philip ’04.

Burton Faxon Anderson ’42

(Band) died on Dec. 7, 2019. Anderson served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in France during World War II. He completed his BA at Carleton College in 1949 and his DDS from Northwestern University in 1953. He practiced family dentistry in Northbrook, Illinois, for 35 years. Burton is survived by his wife, Janet, two daughters, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter and a brother, Paul ’44.

James Hartford Arthur N’38

’42 (Battery A) died on Jan. 30, 2019 in Centennial, Colorado. A WWII veteran, he served in Europe and was honorably discharged as a captain in the Field Artillery. He earned his medical degree at Cornell Medical School, graduating in 1954, then moved to Denver where he opened a pediatric office and practiced medicine from 1958 to 1991. He also taught at the Colorado University School of Medicine in the Child Health Associate Program.

One of his great loves was rowing in an eight-man shell. From 1993 to 2003, he and his friend, Charles von Wrangell, reconvened their CMA crew team, all of whom had survived their service in WWII, to race again. In 2000, the team found their way into the Guinness Book of World Records, following a race at Henley for which they were listed as the longest surviving intact eightoared crew, with an average age of 70 in the 1994 U.S. Masters National Championships. Jim is survived by his second wife, Mary, four children, including Dr. Wallace Arthur ’72, Dr. Jake Arthur ’77, and Dr. Elizabeth Gordon ’78, and eight grandchildren. Jim was preceded in death by his oldest son, Charles Arthur ’71, his first wife, Jean, and a brother, William ’40.

Nickas James Yiannias ’43

(Junior College) died on May 11, 2018 in Dubuque, Iowa. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943, and after special training in communication and cryptology at Columbia and Harvard, his active duty assignments were focused in the Pacific theatre, ranging from the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor to Amphibious Group 13, tasked with planning an initial attack on mainland Japan. He briefly returned to civilian life until his recall by the Navy in 1946 to apply his critical skills as a cryptographer for the Korean Conflict, serving as a cryptographer/courier to the Korea Allied Armistice negotiations in Panmijon, North Korea.

After the Korean conflict, he and his wife, Christine, returned to Dubuque, Iowa, where Nick entered the motion picture exhibition business with his father, James, eventually operating the Dubuque Theatre Corporation. He also built Cinema Center 8, the first multi-screen theatre complex in Iowa, as well as the Super 20 Twin Drive-in Theatres. He founded Key City Investment Company, a private real estate investment firm.

He served the Dubuque community through many civic activities, including his cofounding of St. Elias the Prophet Greek Orthodox Church;