Alumni Class News

1960s

Patrick Mahony N’63, the longtime senior vice president at NYRA, who spent more than 50 years in the racing industry, retired in 2016. A 5.5-furlong turf sprint named in his honor, the $100,000 Mahony, was run Aug. 7.

Dr. Henry P. Williams III ’67

earned degrees and diplomas from Culver, the University of Virginia, the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, the University of Florence, Italy, as well as two masters and a doctorate in international law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, a joint Tufts University and Harvard University program. He has lived in four foreign countries and has studied and worked professionally in four foreign languages: French, Greek, Italian, and Turkish. Formerly a Wall Street and international investment banker, Williams currently operates a small consulting business and lectures on a variety of topics, including American history, Turkey, and the Middle East. At the Institute of World Politics, Williams teaches “The Turks: Relations with the MENA, Europe and America, Then and Now,” which IWP offered in summer 2022. In May 2023, he will discuss how Turkey’s President Erdogan is walking a tightrope leading up to the 2023 national elections, as well as its implications for the Western alliance and NATO.

Ronald T. Rubin ’68 W’63

was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sonoma State University’s School of Business and Economics on May 22, 2022.

F. Peter Schloerb NB’68 was selected as the 2021 inductee into the ARCS Alumni Hall of Fame at the January National Board Meeting. Hall of Fame inductees are ARCS Scholar Alumni who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and increased our nation’s scientific competitiveness. Selection is based on alumni contributions in the areas of scientific innovation, discovery, economic impact, development of future scientists, and enhancement of U.S. scientific superiority. He is the University of Massachusetts

director of the Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) Alfonso Serrano, a joint project between UMass and Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica in Mexico. He is also a professor and director of the Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory at UMass.

Donald S. Barlow ’68

N’66 was awarded the John D. McKee Alumni Volunteer Award from The College of Wooster at this year’s Alumni Weekend in June. He earned his degree in economics at Wooster in 1972. He was involved on campus as a member of the soccer team and remains active with the Wooster Soccer Alumni group. He has also served as the Class of 1972 class president since 2007, as a reunion committee member, and a leader for Scots in Service. Barlow is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, served as president of the Wooster Parks and Recreation Commission for two decades, and serves as president of the board of the Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County.

David J. Udelf N’69 W’66 wrote an article for the April 2022 issue of “Psychology Today” on “Calm, Clear- Headed, and Humble Wins for Leaders and Coaches.”

John O. Feighner ’69, one of the senior lawyers and past managing partner at Fort Wayne law firm Haller Colvin, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association on May 12, 2022. The award honoree is selected by ITLA past presidents, and Feighner’s choice was unanimous. He served as assistant Allen County attorney, representing the Allen County Sheriff’s Office and other county departments before the state and federal courts from 1977 through Aug. 28, 2018. He earned his undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1973 and graduated cum laude in 1976 from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. He is past state chair of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has been listed in the Best Lawyers of America since 2001. Feighner also served three terms on the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission and the Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission. He has practiced law in Fort Wayne for more than 45 years. He is married to Margy Feighner and has two children, Spencer Feighner and Betsy Miller.

1970s

Robert A. Stackhouse II

’72 Band NB’70 finally had a summer to himself after 50 years. Having graduated from the Summer Naval School in 1970, he anticipated spending his college summers as a “military officer” assigned to one of the Naval companies at Culver, preferably the Band. His late decision to accept an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point canceled that plan, since the nation exercised first rights on his time for the next 48 summers. In turn, his Army retirement was another doorway within the Department of Defense, this time in the civil service where he served another 23 years. After retiring in August 2020, this past summer was the first time since his 1972 graduation that his summer activities were up to him.

One of his sisters had mentioned in late May that Culver was still looking for summer staff. He had recently read Malcom Gladwell’s “Outliers,” which described the importance of engaging summer programs relative to student development. Consequently, he applied for Upper Schools staff and said he’d be happy to serve where needed most. As it turned out, Culver’s needs were greatest on the five-person Upper Schools military staff. His title was senior military officer, a slight misnomer since U.S. Navy Capt. Mike Kehoe was brought on as Upper Schools commandant and Bob was assigned to his staff. While Mike had served as CMA commandant, this was his first time on Culver’s summer staff. Bob is sure they were probably the oldest first-year staff. He also was the last one in his immediate family to serve on the summer staff. His son J.B. ’12 W’07 was also there the entire summer and his wife, Susan ’81 was on staff the July Fourth weekend, plus the last 10 days of camp. Their daughter Sarah ’14 W’09 had three summers on staff but was not at Culver in 2022.

C. Michael Duncan ’78

N’77 recently retired from The City of Worthington, Ohio, Division of Fire and EMS after 31 years of service at Worthington and 40 years in the fire service. He looks forward to getting some fly fishing and backpacking in before agreeing to be a guest instructor to teach new generations emergency medic skills.

1980s

Ross E. Buck ’87 was named executive director of the Omni Multiple Listing Service in Mexico City in July 2021. Omni MLS is Mexico’s largest and most recognized subscriber-based multiple listing service.

Michael F. O’Connell

’89 SC ’84 offered to speak with two classes in the Ron Rubin School and guide them through a case study before the Culver Connections weekend.

Ahmed I. Qureshi ’89 is president and CEO of BILT Incorporated, creators of the BILT app. The company will provide 3D interactive intelligent instructions to the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to increase speed, safety, accuracy, and competency. It enables users to complete complex projects safely and efficiently by tracking steps

ALUMNI CLASS NEWS

Torrie Christlieb ’14, a fifth-grade humanities teacher at Riverside Intermediate School in Plymouth, Indiana, was named Indiana’s Outstanding Teacher of American History by the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution.

and calling out specific warnings. Thousands of 3D instructions can be preloaded onto a single mobile device and accessed without Wi-Fi, saving space, weight, and fuel.

William M. Yates III ’89, founder and CEO of Silent Arrow, revealed that the company is currently conducting flight testing with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) C130s and with sling loads hung from Bell UH1H Iroquois helicopters. Silent Arrow lists the C17, C130, CH53, and V22 as aircraft from which it can currently deploy the GD2000 glider. Distribution agreements have been completed for 37 countries and the company is working hard to become the worldwide standard for airdrop logistics. The gliders can be dropped from a variety of aircraft and could revolutionize how the military resupplies small units deployed in the field. They can also be used for disaster relief missions at half the cost of existing airdrop systems.

1990s

Derek R. Gittus ’91 just completed his 25th year as a teacher and coach at Portsmouth Abbey School, where he is currently the J. Clifford Hobbins Chair in History. In the spring of 2022 he won the Dom Peter Sidler Award for Excellence in Teaching for the second time in his career, as well as earning his 200th win as a varsity high school baseball coach.

Kyle Y. Faget ’92 was appointed co-chair of Foley & Lardner, LLP’s national health care practice group. Foley is one of the premier health care practices in the United States.

She was also appointed co-chair of Foley’s Health Care & Life Sciences sector for medical devices. She was included in Chambers & Partners for health care, which is the worldwide standard for ranking in law. She is described as at the top of their “collective list for quality of advice depth of understanding responsiveness and just plain reliability.”

Ryan A. Lindholm ’95

W’90, was hired as CEO of “In Good Taste.” He was previously global brand director, advanced concepts at Nike and has also held leadership positions at AKQA, Dentsu, Razorfish, Havas, JWT and DDB. For more than 20 years, Lindholm has been developing a point of view on how the creative model can evolve to better serve the ambition of business leaders. He and his team have jumpstarted a new kind of creative approach; they look for innovative solutions that give the C suite the courage and support to make dramatic changes in their business. They do that with Grey Space thinking, their method of finding solutions in the spaces between obvious or black-and-white answers.

John Conlon ’97 is returning to Hope College, his alma mater, to lead the men’s soccer program. He is the Flying Dutchmen’s 10th soccer coach. He has won 674 games and five Michigan High School Athletic Association championships, coaching boys and girls soccer for East Kentwood and Byron Center high schools. He also has taught fifth grade at Kentwood Public Schools for 22 years; he is currently at Endeavor Elementary.

2000s

Kimberly Chalmers Hicks

’00 was selected as Purdue University’s Outstanding Aerospace Engineer, class of 2022. She is the director and program manager in Boeing’s Space and Launch Rapid Space Capability division. In this role, she is responsible for the strategy, schedule, financial and technical execution of

franchise spacecraft development programs. Prior to this position, Hicks served as the director of development for the KC46A Pegasus where she developed strategic roadmaps and block upgrades for the KC46A. She has also been the director for enterprise model- based engineering where she was the core functional leader for new product business capabilities and model-based engineering deployment, implementation, and integration. Preceding that role, she served as the advanced capabilities program manager for Phantom Works. Hicks began her career at Boeing as an intern on the F22 program.

Joseph T. Liles ’03 and his wife, Karla, welcomed a son, Sterling Alejandro, on Oct. 9, 2020. They live in San Diego through the end of 2023 and look forward to coming back next year for his 20-year reunion.

Elliot R. Lauzen N’04 and Kristin Hanson were married on June 16, 2018, in Chicago. Their first daughter’s name is Annabelle Brooke Lauzen, born on Jan. 31, 2020, and the most recent addition is daughter Madeline Paige Lauzen, born on Feb. 9, 2022.

Liddell “Jack” Parchman

’04 married Katie Bethke on Sept. 4, 2021, in Bozeman, Utah. She is a lawyer at Jones Day and was an All-Big Ten soccer star at the University of Minnesota, playing pro soccer in the United States and in Europe.

Andrea Jackson Garcia ’04

SS’01 and her husband, Mark, welcomed their first child, Marguerite, in December 2021. Andrea is currently a director of sales development at a tech company focused on leadership development.

Lorena Alvarez-Sottil ’04

and Grant Teaney ’04 were both very shy teenagers who never spoke to each other. Shortly thereafter they both decided to work at Woodcraft

Camp at the same time. The 2019 Reunion Weekend brought them back together years later. During the class dinner by the lake, Lorena was asked by Grant to save him a seat, which she happily did. After that weekend, they decided to date long-distance and were married on Jan. 22, 2022, in Houston.

Hameedat T. Adeniji ’05

was appointed to the combined role of managing director of Warner Music Africa’s operations in South Africa and as senior vice president for strategy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sara Johnson White ’06

W’03 had a son, Charles Jamison White, on Jan. 22, 2022. His grandfather is David R. Johnson ’72.

Katherine Mitzell Fagan ’06

SS’02 W’01 and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their first child, Jack Rudy Fagan, on Dec. 22, 2021.

Elizabeth A. Cook ’07

married Joseph Hoefer on Nov. 9, 2019. Culver alumni in the wedding party included Lacey (Willman) Jensen ’07, who was a bridesmaid. Her father is Douglas A. Cook ’75. Ellie and Joseph also welcomed their first child, Henry, on May 28, 2021.

Jocelyn A. Kinsey ’08 spoke to 55 students virtually and held a Q&A session afterward for students in the Ron Rubin School of the Entrepreneur.

Kayla Ray SS’08 W’05

married Adam Spinella on June 11, 2022, overlooking the ocean in York Harbor, Maine. Adam and Kayla met while working for Culver in the spring of 2015. Adam was a fellow for Admissions and Kayla was a Culver Fund Officer in Development. The wedding party included Culver Summer alumni Mary Clare Stannard SS’08 W’05, Stephanie Kliber SS’08 W’05, Sarah Frische W’06, Kyle Ray NB’06 W’02, Kameron Ray NB’14 W’11, and Konnor Ray NB’18 W’15. Along with the wedding party, 13 other Culver alumni were in attendance (predominantly from the Ray family) and two past Culver staff members. The couple recently purchased their first home and currently reside outside of Baltimore.

Karly Schmidt Simard ’09

graduated from the University of North Carolina with her Ph.D. on June 7, 2022. She successfully defended her doctoral dissertation in the Department of Geography. As an atmospheric scientist and dendroclimatologist, she combines techniques in tree-ring science and chemistry with her knowledge of weather and climate to make inferences about past water availability and to contextualize present climate conditions. She also has considerable experience in teaching and curriculum development with a focus on active learning strategies aimed at fostering equity and inclusion.

Jenna Iwaniec Hutches ’09

gave birth to her second child Charlotte Marie Hutches on Feb. 4, 2022. Her son, Charles Douglas, turns 2 this year. Her husband, Bo, took on a new job in Red River, New Mexico, where they moved in April 2022.

Taylor Whitsett Theg ’09

married fellow Davidson College Wildcat Alex Theg in Sacramento, California, in April 2022. Several Culver classmates joined the celebration including Paul Todd ’09, Zafiro Joseph ’09, Frances Staadt ’09, Theresa Dickson ’09, Courtney Hague ’09, and Emily Loehmer ’09. Taylor and Alex recently purchased a home in Davis, California, where they reside with their black lab Franklin.

Capt. Alexander E. Master

’09 was the guest speaker for the Culver Annual Review (CAR) dinner on Feb. 6, 2022. He discussed his career in Cyber Command.

ALUMNI CLASS NEWS

Message from Legion and CSSAA Presidents

We are excited to share with you in the pages of this magazine issue news of successful alumni events in recent months. We welcomed 900 alumni/ae, plus their families and guests, back to campus last May for our first reunion weekend since 2019. Our increased numbers were undoubtedly bolstered by the highly successful capstone event of the CGA 50th Anniversary Celebration. In July, 450 alumni/ae of Woodcraft Camp and Upper Schools relived their days on Lake Maxinkuckee and were part of a triumphant return of their annual Homecoming celebration activities. Finally, Culver Clubs International has an ambitious goal of 30 events around the world between August 2022 and June 2023..

Timika ShafeekHorton ’86 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

2010s

Logan Kilduff Silverman

’10 got married on Aug. 28, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio, and changed her name to Logan Michelle Silverman. The wedding party included Brooke Bourgraf ’07, Ariana Garcia ’10, Willow Smith ’10, and Austin Kilduff ’14. They are still located on the Memorial Street in Alexandria, Virginia.

Robert C. Lauzen N’10

married Erin Taylor on Oct. 15, 2022, in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Charles John Harm II ’11

started a position as a business development consultant for Allianz Life Financial Services recently. He held similar roles with both Jackson National Life and Fidelity Investments. He graduated from Fairfield University in 2015 and has been living in Nashville, Tennessee, since 2017.

Deanna Dilts Carpenter ’11

married Travis Carpenter on March 26, 2022, in Indianapolis.

Riley L. Scott ’11 SC’05

’06 has recently been the lead actor in a movie called “The Baby Sitter Must Die!” Not only is Riley an actor but also a writer. She recently sold a script to a Canadian company that has already produced the movie. Riley is a graduate of the Theatre and Film school at University of Southern California.

Sarah M. Jamieson Court

’13 SS’11 W’08 is the owner of Jam’s Mid to West Art. Originally from northwest Indiana, she moved to Ohio for college and graduated with a degree in interior design. Shortly after, she moved to a small town in the mountains east of San Diego, California, and worked for an incredible artist named James Hubbell, whose studio taught her a wide range of trades. While working there, she was fortunate enough to learn about woodwork, metalwork, mosaics, stained glass, construction, and gallery exhibits. Working there, as well as at Hubbell & Hubbell, an architecture firm, and other jobs on the side, ultimately gave her the confidence to be fearless with what she wanted to do in her own work. Her boyfriend got a job as a ranch hand in central Montana, and they moved together in the summer of 2021. He found cattle skulls, which she painted, and she experimented with glass, combining both skills. She has decided to run her business full time.

Claire Marshall ’13 W’09

and Joshua Henderson, a former Woodcraft counselor, were married in Culver’s Memorial Chapel on Oct. 13, 2018, by Chaplain Dana Neer. Claire’s maid of honor was Melissa Ma ’13, her father Chet ’73 gave her away, and her aunt Cindy Marshall ’71 participated in the ceremony as well. Many other Culver graduates were in attendance.

Claire and Josh are both cum laude graduates of Valparaiso University. After living in Washington, D.C., they have returned to Culver now making it their home. Claire has joined her mother in real estate – forming the Marshall-Henderson Group of Coldwell Banker Real Estate in Culver. Josh works in international relations and recently received his master’s degree at George Mason University in International Security.

Torrie Christlieb ’14, a fifthgrade humanities teacher at Riverside Intermediate School in Plymouth, Indiana, was named Indiana’s Outstanding Teacher of American History by the Indiana Daughters of the American Revolution.

Kayla-Colleen K. Miracle

’14 is beginning to prepare for the 2022 defense of her national wrestling title and another shot at the gold medal at the world championship, and she is gearing up for another Olympics in Paris in 2024.

Duncan W. McBride ’14

married Valentina Marginean on July 4, 2021, in Blaj, Romania, where she grew up and where her family lives.

Mitchell J.S. Kokko ’15 is transitioning out of his role as a member of Notre Dame’s investment committee for the Pit Road Fund in June and moving to Palo Alto, California, joining Valley Capital Partners as their newest partner. He continues to do venture

capital but will broaden his client base of solely Notre Dame faculty, students, and alumni to a broader audience.

Nicholas J. Andert ’15

and a 2021 graduate of Drake University, was recognized for his work as a doctor of pharmacy student.

Cole A. Payne ’15 and John R. Oosterhoff ’15 both graduated from the McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis this spring.

Harrison F. Harm ’17 graduated from the University of Colorado in December 2021 with a BA in neuroscience. In addition, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army as an ordnance officer. Harrison will be attending the Basic Officers Leaders Course in Fort Lee, Virginia, for 16 weeks and then will be assigned to the Army Reserve Unit of the 90th Aviation Support Battalion at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, Fort Worth, Texas.

William J. Kuhl ’18 was one of six MIT students named as 2023 Schwarzman Scholars who will pursue graduate studies in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. They will head to Tsinghua University in Beijing next August to pursue a one-year master’s degree in global affairs. They will also receive leadership training, career development, and opportunities to gain a greater understanding of China’s role in the world. The Schwarzman Scholars program aims to build a network of young leaders and encourage them to explore and understand the economic, political, and cultural factors that have contributed to China’s increasing importance as a global power.

Callaway W. Bird ’18 is an economics major and English writing minor at DePauw University. As a member of both the cross country and track & field varsity teams, he has served as the captain for both teams and has helped lead the cross country team to conference titles every season. In addition, he has won multiple conference titles in track and was also named an Academic All-American. Callaway has also contributed to the campus community by serving as a first-year student mentor and member of the WGRE college radio station. As a management fellow, he was hired to work with Cummins Inc. in India in 2020 until the pandemic forced him to work from home. This past summer, Callaway worked in a commercial banking role for BMO Harris Bank in Chicago. As a senior, he has helped the management fellows program by mentoring first-year students, participating in student panels, and interviewing prospective students. Upon graduation, he hopes to pursue a consulting job in Denver.

Michael G. Robinson ’19

led Delaware to the first win over a ranked opponent in CAA men’s lacrosse this season. The junior attackman netted a game-high five goals in the Blue Hens’ 12-10 victory over No. 18 Johns Hopkins while adding three ground balls in the effort. Robinson’s final tally came after a 4-1 Blue Jay run tied the game at 10. The Peterborough, Ontario, native netted the goahead goal with three minutes remaining in the contest to put Delaware in front for the final time. Robinson has scored at least five goals in three of his last four games and ranks second in the CAA with 27 goals this season.

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