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A Century of Tradition Woodcraft 1912-2012

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Miracle Kayla Miracle FIrst female to reach state wrestling Finals Read her story on page 10

ALSO: First Sectional for CGA Swimmers • CMA Varsity Hockey Wins Record 40 Games

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DIRECTINg

WOODCRAFT Spanning 35 of Woodcraft’s 100 years,

five directors reflect on their challenges and accomplishments, technology vs. tradition, and the legacy of camper, family, and staff.

The common thread? Regardless of the era, traditions and rituals keep campers coming back.

Woodcraft Pioneers Recognized and respected names in their day, Scouting pioneers and conservationists Daniel Carter Beard, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Robert Baden-Powell joined forces with Gen. Gignilliat to lay the groundwork for today’s Woodcraft Camp.

Departments 2 Letters to the Editor 3 Editorial 4

Views & Perspectives

32 Alumni Class News 40 Passings in Review

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Mind Games

On Our Cover

Academic competitions are anything but a trivial pursuit for the Quizbowl team, which has won two consecutive state titles. For members it’s a chance to experience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat without sweating.

The Council Fire photos on the front and back covers represent the 100 years of Woodcraft history and tradition. The cover photo was taken by Gary Mills, who has retired as Culver’s staff photographer after 10 years. His contributions to the pages of Culver Alumni Magazine will be missed.

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Mission

Culver educates its students for leadership and responsible citizenship in society by developing and nurturing the whole individual – mind, spirit, body – through an integrated curriculum that emphasizes the cultivation of character.

Letters

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Editor the school of horsemanship are ignored, as is the program. The last I remember seeing in the magazine was some girl hopping over a little two-foot fence. What about the real riding that takes place there?

A Fine Publication I have read almost all of the Winter 2011/2012 Alumni magazine. Thank you for creating such a fine publication: interesting, informative, and artistic.

I look forward to it each season.

E.B. Vandiver III ’56 Fairfax, Va.

What About the Riders?

With every issue of the Culver Alumni Magazine I am once again disappointed that there is nothing about, nor pictures of, the wonderful horsemanship at Culver.

I lettered in polo, jumping, and rough riding and have been an avid horseman ever since. I have participated in the Grand Prix, played and refereed polo matches, and shown gated horses in many prestigious shows. This wonderful hobby is entirely due to the training I got at Culver. Those of us who graduated from

Culver’s participation in the World Equestrian Games was covered in the Spring/Fall 2010 issue. And the Fall/Winter 2009 issue was devoted to the dedication of the renovated riding hall and the new stables. That issue, however, was not printed but put directly online at www.culver.org/publications.

Looking ahead, we are anticipating an invitation to the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Parade, which will coincide with the centennial of Culver’s first appearance in 1913.

Mai Fan was the principal architect. There were others of course — John Mars (It is only appropriate that John was featured in the Winter 2011/12 issue), Al Nagy, and many more.

What I recall all these years later is how excited we all were. Yes, more young ladies on campus, that was a given. More importantly, though I am not sure that we understood it, was the potential for a giant step forward for Culver.

Now we all look back a mere 40 years. I can only marvel at what CGA has accomplished. I applaud the women of CGA. I applaud the cadets of the CMA — the instructors, the administration, and the unsung heroes of Culver — its dedicated employees.

William Dryden ’71 Boise, Idaho

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Postmaster, please send change of address notice to Culver Alumni Office, 1300 Academy Road #132, Culver, Indiana 46511-1291.

Legion President Whitney Kolb Alvis ’96 Norman, Okla.

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CSSAA President Stan Mefford W’71, NB’74 Allen, Texas

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Editor’s note: While there may not be something about the equestrian program in every issue, we endeavor to always share news of the program, such as polo, jumping, etc., either through photographs and/or news items. Photos of the equestrian program (boarding school and summer camps) also have been prominently used in our pictorial school calendars sold through the Campus Store as well in other promotional materials and the monthly @Culver e-newsletter.

Congratulations on a very nice piece on CGA’s 40th year. It reminded me that when the Class of ’71 reunited last May, we talked a good deal about how we participated in the planning for the transition to coeducation at Culver. Prior to 1972, a handful of faculty daughters was as close as we could get to that concept.

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Opinions are those of the authors, and no material may be reproduced without the editor’s written consent.

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Otis Hess H’55 Mayer, Ariz.

Kudos to All

Asst. Director/Publications Jan Garrison Website Manager Trent Miles

Director/Planned Giving Dale Spenner

INTERNATIONAL ADVANCEMENT Director Tony Giraldi ’75

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Rekindling Memories of Camp

I am not going to pretend that my childhood memories of camp compare to those of any Woodcrafter over the last 100 years.

The experiences are just too different. But I have lasting memories of my first week at camp, as well as subsequent canoe trips and fishing trips from high school into adulthood.

My first week of camp was on an island in a northern-Indiana lake as a grade-schooler.

It was a church camp and it was my first week away from home. I knew most of the kids, though most of their names, like the black-and-white photos from my Kodak Brownie, have faded with time.

The isolation was exciting and I didn’t get homesick. We slept in bunkhouses, explored the wooded island, communed with nature, and I remember frying an egg on a large tin can. But that’s about it.

I continued to go to church camp on the mainland every summer until I turned 16.

From then on my summers were devoted to factory jobs, equally memorable experiences in their own right.

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Doug Haberland

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During my high school and college years there were leisurely canoe trips down the Wabash River. Occasionally we’d spend the night in sleeping bags under a bridge.

Then, during my first full-time job, my good friend Roger and I spent a vacation canoeing (a.k.a. conquering) the Eel River from South Whitley to Logansport, tent camping along the way.

As an adult, my camping experiences were relegated to fishing trips to the abandoned strip pits in Linton, Ind. We slept in tents around a pavilion, which served as our kitchen/living room. The smell of frying bacon and hot coffee started our days, which ended with dinner, beer, fishing stories, and laughter around a fire.

To this day, I sometimes get an overwhelming urge to pitch my tent in the backyard and listen to the chorus of spring peepers and other unexplained noises while nestled in my sleeping bag.

So, what’s the Culver connection? There’s no correlation between Epworth Forest and canoe/fishing trips for me and Woodcraft for thousands of others except the great memories of those experiences and the sense of accomplishment. I still remember how Roger and I felt when we stepped out of that canoe in Logansport after spending four days, three nights on the river. We thought we were Lewis and Clark!

But I can’t begin to imagine the memories Woodcrafters have of their time here – away from home eight, seven, or six weeks, depending on the era – the new experiences and opportunities, the cabin mates, and the counselors and instructors that taught and mentored them.

Whether or not you’ll be back on campus July 22-24 to celebrate the Woodcraft Centennial, the Alumni magazine would like to hear about your Woodcraft days, the challenges you faced and conquered, the friendships forged, the accomplishments, patches, and memories you hold most dear so many years later. Email me your most outstanding Woodcraft memory at haberld@culver.org for use in an upcoming Alumni magazine. And don’t forget to include your name and hometown.

Your Thoughts?

We want Culver Alumni Magazine to be more interactive with our readers. If you see or read something you like, let us know. If you have a story idea or have a story to tell, we’d like to know that, too.

Doug Haberland, Editor (574) 842-8365 haberld@culver.org

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The Culver Fund

More than a new name Culver family formally gifted the school to its alumni, the practice began through the Fathers’ Club. At most other schools alumni gifts often represented 8 percent of the annual operating budget, and these dollars allowed the schools to do maintenance of plant, to hire additional instructors, and to improve program offerings. The fund-raising effort was conducted throughout the year, and once all the receipts had been collected, a single donation of support was made to the school from its alumni.

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.”

—Romeo and Juliet; Act II, Scene II We all know how much terminology means to us, Romeo and Juliet notwithstanding. Mission statements use purposeful and intentional language in stating their philosophy and objectives.

Teachers are absolutely clear about the importance of denotation, connotation, and even nuance in choosing the right words for an essay or a speech. Language and, by extension, names, are significant; and sometimes it is hard to change the way in which we describe things or give them meaning.

By John N. Buxton Head of Schools

There are times when, as Juliet proclaims, the name of the thing is viewed as the enemy. In these circumstances it is important to “doff one’s name” and take on a new identity. Unfortunately, Romeo was unable to make that work. We at Culver believe we can be more successful, at least we hope so.

Since time in memoriam, alumni bodies through the auspices of an Alumni Office have taken responsibility for raising annual dollars to supplement the revenue from tuition. Many private schools, like Culver, were started by prominent families and as their alumni bodies increased in size, they saw the opportunity for additional funding from the grateful families of current students or from the graduates themselves. Culver made a decision in the early years not to ask alumni for support — especially annually, but once the

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For the last few decades Culver has conducted an annual fund-raising effort and called it simply The Annual Fund. While our early history of not asking for annual donations handicapped us in garnering the type of support many schools were receiving, in the last decade Culver’s donations have been in the vicinity of that traditional 8 percent. That was not the primary issue, however. At that level our annual giving number was both responsible and supportive; we just did not have enough endowment. So we waged war on that front, and through the generosity of our alumni and friends raised enough money to capitalize the school fully. We had a substantial endowment which ensured sustainability. We had won the war on the endowment through the By Example Campaign and the Batten Leadership Challenge.

The next part of the strategy was to regularize, if you will, the giving for the annual fund-raising effort. We knew we needed to raise 8 to 10 percent of the

operating budget annually to function with a prudent draw (5 percent) from the endowment and to afford the cost of providing the Culver Experience. With more than 800 students already we cannot grow the enrollment; nor do we have an appetite for doing that. We cannot really push tuition as many schools and colleges have, since the research and recent history have made it clear that all schools are facing sticker shock at current tuition levels, and schools that make affordability a barrier end up losing their very strong middle- and upper-middle class families and students. So the answer is to attract repeatable gifts from a large enough percentage of our alumni to establish a strong baseline of giving for Culver. If our alumni who have already made a conscious commitment to giving annually to Culver would/could extend their commitments to five years — all things being equal — Culver would know exactly what the delta would be between financial equilibrium and current pledges. We could then work with new donors and infrequent donors, as well as with reunion classes, to make up the difference. We would not need annual solicitations to those already signed up, and that in turn would make our correspondence less intrusive and more informational.

Our last hurdle then was the name of our annual fund drive. The Annual Fund smacked of a budgetary black hole.

Unfortunately, Annual Fund sounds like the name of a catch-all fund to balance the budget, instead of an integral part of a strategic, financial equation for providing quality education at a reasonable cost.

There have been four things that Culver has offered historically: a quality and dedicated faculty, deserving and talented students, unique and special programs, and a beautiful and inspiring campus. These are still the foundations of a Culver education — summer camps and boarding school.

These are the guarantees that our annual fund-raising effort allows us to make to our families as well as the promise we make to our alumni. Yet without predictable annual support, we cannot afford to invest in these important ingredients. Voilà: The Culver Fund. That is the name we need to use to remind every donor, every family, and every friend interested in the Academies that this is the fund one needs to support — with annual, repeatable gifts committed over a five-year period. The Culver Fund may seem like only a change in name, but there is truly far more in the new name. This name change signifies that change from an endowment-driven strategy to sustainability and a shared responsibility for annual support for all those things that we refer to as Culver.

This is a new day, a new approach, and a new opportunity for supporting our school. Pam and I have already signed on, and we encourage you to do the same.

The Culver Fund is our future, and if Romeo had only thought of this, he, too, might have had a bright future.

Making a Difference for Culver is a Click Away Scan here to make a difference!

Or, at www.culver.org/makeagift The Culver Fund impacts: • Financial Aid • Faculty Salaries • Program Support

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Mind games Quizbowl and academic competitions are anything but a trivial pursuit For a Culver student, “the hope to win, the zeal to dare” is as true in the academic arena as it is on the athletic field – and especially so for members of the Quizbowl team.

In its eight years of existence the Quizbowl team has captured three state titles – having recently won its second consecutive championship – and has never lost a match in its 10-team conference in six years. Coach Phil Blessman brought the Quizbowl concept to Culver when he was hired in 2004. The current team is the strongest yet and is ranked 32nd in the nation as of this writing, with a 6317 record as it prepares for the national championships in Atlanta.

is Andrew Van Duyn ’12 of Wheaton, Ill. In February 2012,Van Duyn competed in the Jeopardy Teen Tournament – “the Mecca of Quizbowlers” – and since has been named a National Merit Scholarship finalist and scored a perfect 36 on the ACT (American College Testing).

“Quizbowl gives you the factual basis for your classes,” Van Duyn said, and the “classes synthesize those facts into an overriding understanding” of a subject.

‘Knowing things’ for Quizbowl has “streamlined my brain to relate things very quickly, which is helpful in the classroom.”

Van Duyn’s areas of strength are history, literature, and philosophy, but when it comes to science he depends more on his teammates. Quizbowl, he said, is “a shared intellectual responsibility.”

“QB is one of the most fulfilling experiences of my Culver career,” Van Duyn said, and the only activity that he’s been involved in for all four years. “It’s been a great time.”

Editor’s note: Culver teams also compete interscholastically in the Indiana Math League, the American Math Competition, Model United Nations, and in speech.

—Doug Haberland

Blessman sees many parallels between Quizbowl and any athletic team. For a non-athlete, it’s a chance to “take a leadership role in a team activity and experience the thrill of victory. It’s the closest thing in an academic environment to an athletic event. There’s the same sensation of win-lose. You don’t sweat,” he said, “but you might be nervous.”

The attributes of an outstanding Quizbowler are not unlike those of a star athlete: - The desire to be very good (dedication) - Amazing ability to recall - Mental toughness and the will to win There is a symbiotic relationship between Quizbowl and the Culver classroom, said Blessman, who is a science instructor. “Quizbowl is not about the process and critical thinking. It’s about knowing things. But it is from knowing things that the critical thinking develops,” he said.

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Members of the Class AAA state champion Academies Quizbowl team are, left to right, Head Coach Phil Blessman, Andrew Van Duyn ’12, John Van Duyn ’14, Adam Freymiller ’13, and Jonathan Weitgenant ’12.

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Current Dean Laura Weaser congratulates Atrium freshman Maria Kinsey (Shreveport, La.), who has received her blazer adorned with the CGA Crest. Behind Kinsey is dorm mate Aynes Lopez Espada, a junior from Culiacan, Mexico.

Through the generosity of Marty ’65 and

Julie Klaper, artists and gallery owners in Charleston, S.C., grants are available to junior/second-class applicants for a summer study in the visual arts. Several grants are available from $250 to $750 in a variety of approved independent study projects. In summer 2013 the opportunity will expand to include the Klaper Art Fellowship in the visual arts for a rising senior/first-classmen. The Klapers have committed funding for the next several years so that freshmen/fourth-classmen will also have an opportunity to apply for summer grants.

A program designed to curtail problems

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with exclusion, disrespect, bullying, profanity, harassment, and stereotyping was initiated by members of the Diversity Council this fall.

Students were asked to sign a banner that now hangs in the Lay Dining Hall. After signing the banner students were given a “We Don’t Do That Here” bracelet to remind them of their commitment and show their support of the program.

Co. C Unit Commander Tyler Ledford ’12 (Folsom, Calif.) adjusts the Garrison cap of a cadet in preparation for the in-ranks inspection during the March 3 Culver Annual Review. Under the new CAR system, CMA scored slightly higher than a year ago even though standards were tightened.

Culture in Chicago made a trip in

Margaret Glavey ’12 (Park Ridge, Ill.) shares her thoughts during a group discussion as part of the March 2-3 Culver Women’s Celebration. On Saturday morning members of CGA explored specific words as part of the ‘Change the Verb’ theme of turning passion into action.

February to see “Showboat” at the Lyric Opera. Culture in Chicago is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to attend a cultural event in Chicago. The trips are free and include lunch, tickets to a performance or exhibit, and a box meal for the ride home. Transportation is provided by an Academies bus. Culture in Chicago is underwritten by Paul ’49 and Ellen Gignilliat of Chicago.

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At the Feb. 22 Academic Convocation, more than 300 students were recognized for achievement in the classroom during the first semester. Four students were named National Merit Finalists, 10 seniors invited to join the Academies Chapter of the Cum Laude Society for 2011-2012 and seven juniors were invited to the Blue Key Society. Another 150 students received Gold A’s (a grade-point average of 3.7 or better), and 150 Silver A’s (a 3.2 GPA or better).

National Merit Finalists: Sharon Chen (Beijing, China), Adrea Lin (Burien, Wash.), Andrew Van Duyn (Wheaton, Ill.), and Wilson Wu (Carmel, Ind.) Cum Laude: Boosik Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Nelson Collet (Leawood, Kan.), Daniel Garay (Barcelona, Spain), Kacie Hermanson (Culver), Tesia Janicki (Walkerton, Ind.), Desirea Major (Olathe, Kan.), Channing Mitzell (Westfield, Ind.), Michelle Molner (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Molly Walker (Kennesaw, Ga.), Andrew Van Duyn (Wheaton, Ill.) Blue Key: Lori Bin (Canton, Mich.), Paula Cruz (El Paso, Texas), Alexandra Ding (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Keunwoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sonia Shen (Elizabethtown, Ky.), Mariah Walzer (Hesperia, Mich.), and Huiyu Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

Katrina Weil ’13 (Cary, Ill.) spent five days in New York City in mid-February performing at Carnegie Hall with the American High School Honors Choir.

Culver continued its string of students scoring a perfect 36 on the ACT (American College Test) as Andrew Van Duyn (Wheaton, Ill.) and Sharon Chen (Beijing) aced the exam. A Culver student has received a perfect score each of the last four years, putting them in elite company.

Fewer than 1,200 students (less than 1 percent) received a perfect score out of the 1.2 million taking the ACT.

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Carina Conti ’12 (Celebration, Fla.) was identified as a scholar by the National Hispanic Recognition Program.

She and Carlos Salinas ’12 (San Antonio) also have been named National Hispanic Scholarship finalists.

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Student Notes

Five seniors have the opportunity to receive a $10,000 or $20,000 scholarship from the Coca-Cola Scholars Program.

Drum major Wes Hibbard (with mace) leads drum majors from The year’s group includes competing schools during the Military School Band Festival on Carson Canonie (South Feb. 24-26. Behind Hibbard is CMA’s Peter Brotherton and Haven, Mich.), Phoebe Hall to their left is Regimental Drum Major Andrew Walker. The (Deer Park, Wis.), Tesia Academies hosted seven schools for the 36th annual festival, and Janicki (Walkerton, Ind.), landed four first chairs for the final Sunday afternoon concert.

Receiving silver medals as first chairs were David Golubski, Michele Molner (Fort Wayne, baritone sax; Kemble Manning, horn; Todd Newton, bass Ind.), and Hong Bo Ye (Carclarinet; and Jonathan Weitgenant, tuba. mel, Ind.). They are among 2,200 semifinalists selected from across the nation for this prestigious scholarship. Fifty after an application, essay, and interview students will be designated as national process were Rita Zambon ’13 (St. John, scholars and receive $20,000 for college.

Ind.), who went to Mexico; Sara Powell Another 200 will receive $10,000 as ’13 (Earl Park, Ind.), who traveled to regional scholars.

South Africa; and Rayford Dexter El ’15 Crown Point, Ind., freshman Olivia (Southfield, Mich.), who visited Italy.

Martinez earned a chair in the French As the winner of The Ron Rubin School horn section of the Indiana All-State for the Entrepreneur’s 2011 China Band that performed at Purdue University Competition, Saralena Barry ’13 (Granger, on March 11. Martinez is the first Culver Ind.) won an all-expenses-paid trip to the musician in several years to be named to People’s Republic of China over spring the Indiana All-State Band. break. In her written paper and presentaFive students were selected by competitive tion, Barry profiled Madame Zhang Yin, audition to sing in the 2012 Indiana All founder of Nine Dragons Paper, headState Choir in Fort Wayne, Ind., in January. quartered in Hong Kong.

Representing the Academies in the 250In November, Michelina Carbone signed member choir were Kim Asenbeck ’12 an NCAA Division I National Letter of (Snohomish, Wash.), Takashi Izutsu ’12 Intent to ride for the University of Geor(Tokyo), Mary McKinnis ’13 (Culver), gia’s national championship-contending Eberle Miller ’14 (Logansport, Ind.), and equestrian team. Carbone was among Katrina Weil ’13 (Cary, Ill.).

11 Culver athletes who signed Division Three students went on 2012 Spring Break I Letters of Intent in crew, hockey, and in Mission trips as a result of receiving lacrosse.

Stephen B. Woodruff W’59, ’65 scholarships. Receiving a $2,500 scholarship

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Faculty, Staff & Retiree Notes Jim Greene W’70 has joined the Culver Summer Schools & Camps administration as the director of Summer Operations. Greene was a Woodcraft Scouting instructor in 1974-75, and Naval School sailing instructor in 1991. He is a graduate of Indiana University and the Naval War College. Greene retired from the U.S. Navy after a 30-year career. As a fighter pilot, he had combat experience in Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan. He spent the last two years as a federal security director with the Transportation Security Administration and previously was a professor of Naval Science at the University of Illinois.

Retired tennis coach Colin Stetson was inducted into the Indiana Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame at mid-February ceremonies in Indianapolis. Stetson coached CMA tennis for 30 years, compiling a 382-114 record, 14 sectional titles, four regionals crowns, and four semistate championships before retiring in 1999. “Stets” was also the head wrestling coach for 39 years and is the only individual to be inducted into both the state tennis coaches and Indiana Wrestling Association halls of fame.

Army veteran Ray Gleason, Ph.D., held a public reading March 9 at the Culver Coffee Company from his latest novel “The Violent Season,” which will be published this fall. The book is based on real people and real events Gleason and his generation experienced and how the Vietnam War affected their lives. A retired major, Gleason is a senior instructor in the Center for Leadership and a 10-year veteran of the Academies faculty.

In November, Army Maj. John “Tom” Duckett (retired) was inducted as a distinguished member of the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Duckett was recognized for his service as an infantry platoon leader and company commander in Vietnam and for his subsequent support for the regiment and its soldiers

as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association since 2006. He also served with the 1st Air Cavalry Division and 3rd Infantry Division before retiring from the service. His decorations included the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, and Master Parachutist wings. Duckett serves as chairman of the Academies Leadership Department and head swimming coach.

Sue Roth has been named director of Alumni Operations. Her responsibilities include the management of the office and staff and sharing with Alumni Director Alan Loehr the task of overseeing alumni reunions and related events. Roth joined the Academies staff in 1996 as the director of Administrative Services. She is the wife of veteran faculty member Bill Roth ’63.

Their son, Andy ’89, is the counselor of Company B and daughter Melissa Roth ’95 was the recent guest speaker at the CGA Crest Ceremony.

See Exemplar Fellow Ed Kelley in Class Scan to view the video, or visit culver.org/exemplar

Thank you, Class of 1963 for your support of the Exemplar Award endowment.

Advancement adds 3 alumni Three alumni joined the Advancement staff in February/March, including the addition of Thomas Mayo ’75 as director of The Culver Fund. Cindy Brooke Kilduff ’80 is a development officer and Tom Smith ’83 was appointed major gifts officer.

Prior to joining Culver, Mayo worked as a commercial and investment banker in a Chicago money center bank. He also created and led to profitability a managing general insurance agency specializing in professional liability insurance. Mayo graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he represented Culver as a Morehead-Cain Scholar. He also received an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

As a development officer, Kilduff will cover northeast Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. She has worked in the financial services industry, the hospitality industry, and as a decorative artist, interior designer, and Realtor.

Kilduff is a former member of the Legion Board and Culver Parents Association Board. She graduated from Northwestern University with a bachelor’s degree.

Kilduff is married to Kelly Kilduff ’79 and they have four children, two are Culver alumni and a third is a thirdclassman. Cindy’s grandfather (George Eisermann ’15), father (John Brooke ’53), and sister (Liz Brooke Francis ’79) are graduates, along with a sister-in-law and niece, and a nephew who will graduate this spring.

Smith spent the last 15 years as a sales executive in the software industry before joining his alma mater. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.

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A Banner Season for CGA Athletes Garrison photo

Kayla Miracle’s trip to state wrestling finals gains national attention; swimmers and divers nab their first sectional title

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was a long standing ovation. At that moment I knew we were part of something that was very special. The week leading up to state drew national attention to Kayla and Culver. What she accomplished took years of preparation. I am so proud of the way she represented herself and Culver.”

Sophomore wrestler Kayla Miracle had the upper hand more times than not during the season. She posted a 42-6 record as she became the first female wrestler in Indiana to advance to the state wrestling finals in Indianapolis.

At right, Miracle is surrounded by the media at the state finals as her story garnered state and national attention.

It was only appropriate as Culver Girls Academy celebrates its 40th year that CGA athletes would make history on two fronts during the winter season.

The most noteworthy accomplishment was sophomore Kayla Miracle’s appearance at the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s wrestling state finals. Miracle (Bloomington, Ind.) became the first female to qualify for the state tournament in Indianapolis. The 106-pounder’s feat created headlines on the regional, state, and national levels.

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While Miracle has been a known commodity in the wrestling community for some time (she won national women’s freestyle and folkstyle titles at her division in 2011), the general public found her story compelling.

“I knew Kayla’s quest to become the first girl in Indiana to qualify for the state finals was significant, but it didn’t hit me just how big it was until she actually qualified at the Merrillville SemiState,” Coach Matt Behling said. “When she won the match the gymnasium erupted and there

At the state, Miracle dropped a 4-0 decision in the opening round to the No. 7 wrestler in the state.

“I just wrestled to wrestle and tried to leave it all out on the mat,” Miracle told The Indianapolis Star after her match.

“I was nervous before, but once I walked (onto the floor) it was just another match.”

Miracle already has an appreciation for her historical accomplishment. “It feels great,” she told The Star. “And it felt great having all those supporters out there.”

Matt Behling said Miracle’s mental toughness is the key. “She does not waiver with her dedication to her goals and to the sport. She is a girl competing against boys and she has won in dominating fashion.

She truly is a remarkable person.”

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First Sectional for CGA Swimmers Along with the Miracle story, the wrestling team quietly put together a 24-win dual-meet season, finished second at the Culver Invitational, and claimed its first sectional championship since 1998. Anthony McHugh ’13 (Lewis Center, Ohio) finished with an undefeated regular season for the second time at 132 pounds and made a third trip to the state finals.

McHugh, Miracle, and 152-pounder Edmond Hogan ’14 (Itasca, Ill.) were sectional champions. Six wrestlers advanced to the regional, with McHugh, Miracle, Hogan, and Danny Williams ’13 (Franklin, Ind.) advancing to the semistate.

The fencing team won its second consecutive Great Lakes High School Fencing Championship, bringing home six team trophies and 13 individual medals. The team won the men’s and women’s overall titles, along with the men’s epee, men’s saber, women’s epee, and women’s saber.

The other historic achievement for CGA was the swimming and diving team winning its first sectional title. Using its depth, the team finally got past long-time sectional nemesis Warsaw.

In the process, the Eagles picked up six first-place ribbons, with junior Lauryn Robinson (Arlington, Va.) winning the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events and being a part of 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.

Other relay team members were sophomores Rory Byrne (South Bend, Ind.), who also won the 200 individual medley, and Eberle Miller (Logansport, Ind.), who won the 100 backstroke, and freshman Jaclyn Schutjer (Mansfield, Ohio).

The foursome set school records in both events at the Indiana University-Purdue University Natatorium in Indianapolis during the state meet.

After the girls’ sectional victory, his fellow coaches voted Maj. Tom Duckett as Coach of the Year. Two weeks later, Duckett was again honored as Coach of the Year after the CMA fell short of beating Warsaw for the boys’ sectional team title.

CMA swimmers finished their dual-meet season with an 8-0 record.

It is just the second time in the program’s history that has been accomplished. The Eagles also won the Plymouth Relays.

Moving on to the state meet were sectional winners Leopoldo Burguete (Mexico City) in the 500 freestyle and the 400 freestyle relay team of Burguete, Jorge de la Vega (Mexico City), Bryan DeVries (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), and Zach Grant (Culver).

Capturing individual titles were Desirae Major ’12 (Olathe, Kan.) in women’s saber and Hector De La Canal ’12 (Colonia La Loma, Mexico) in men’s saber. Both Major and De La Canal have received offers to continue fencing at the NCAA Division I level.

Fifteen fencers also qualified for the Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City and eight of them placed. Major was the highest finisher, taking 12th in the junior women’s saber division.

Members of CGA swimming’s record-setting 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams are, left to right, Lauryn Robinson, Jaclyn Schutjer, Rory Byrne, and Eberle Miller. CGA swimmers won their first sectional title and the relay quartet set school records at the state meet.

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Sports CMA Varsity Hockey Wins Record 40 Games en Route to State Title Another record almost slipped by unnoticed as the CMA Varsity hockey team claimed its second consecutive Class 5A state title. For the season, Varsity won 40 games, breaking the school record set by the Varsity A/Prep team in 2002-03.

Girls basketball finished with a 14-8 record and the two leading scorers are returning next season. Fleet Gym played host to coaches from Purdue, Northwestern, Ohio State, and other colleges to watch junior Andrijana Cvitkovic (Kraljevica, Croatia), who averaged 14 points per game. Fellow junior Victoria Christlieb (Culver) added nine points per game.

CMA basketball faced a rebuilding year after making it to the state finals in Class 3A last season. Freshman Dante Scott (Powder Springs, Ga.) joined the team at mid-year and finished as the leading scorer, averaging 15 points over 10 games.

The CGA polo team qualified for the interscholastic polo championship by defeating the Hillside club from Wisconsin, 19-4. CGA was eliminated

by Maui, 13-8. The CMA polo team advanced to the regional championship with a 15-12 victory over Houston, before losing to Midland, Texas.

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CGA hockey will be sending several players on to the collegiate ranks, including two players to Division I schools. Meghan Grieves (Cary, N.C.) will attend Boston College and Shawna Lesperance (Belle River, Ontario) will play for the University of Maine.

Culver Sports is written and compiled

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Prep finished 28-15-2 after winning the final three games of the Midwest Prep Invitational. Captain Kyle Plageman (Parma, Ohio) has committed to play at the U.S. Military Academy and Tyler Ledford (Folsom, Calif.) at the Air Force Academy.

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Varsity opened the season with a weekend sweep of Shattuck St. Mary’s and ended up winning five of six games from the Sabres, including winning Shattuck’s Clock Tower Classic. The team also pulled off a first-time weekend sweep of New Trier.

U16 lost in the championship game of the district playoffs in Pittsburgh, finishing with a 30-9-4 record.

Phil Kreuser ’13 sweeps past a defender for the CMA Varsity hockey team at the Class 5A state finals. Varsity won its second consecutive state title by a convincing 6-1 margin over Columbus, setting a school record in the process with its 40th victory of the season.

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Above: Rough Rider Ben Zoldak ’13 goes Roman Riding Left: Jane Eyre ’13 rides for CGA polo

Lausiers Thanked for Wrestling Room; McHugh Honored In January, the CMA wrestling team formally thanked Ernie and Joan Lausier for their leadership endowment gift, matched by the Batten Challenge, which so far has provided the wrestling program with new lockers, benches, mats, exercise and video equipment and established the Ernest A. Lausier and Coach Colin Stetson Wrestling Award. Anthony McHugh ’12 presented a plaque to the Lausiers in a ceremony in the Culver Wrestling Training Room with the team present. McHugh was the 2010-11 recipient of the award, given to the wrestler who “exemplifies the spirit of both scholastic wrestling and Culver Academy athletics.” The Lausiers are the parents of Andy Lausier ’96, who wrestled for Stetson, is a member of the Culver Athletic Hall of Fame, and who wrestled and coached at the college level.

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Pictured, left to right, are retired coach Colin Stetson, Joan Lausier, Anthony McHugh, Ernie Lausier, and Coach Matt Behling.

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Pioneers

in i scouting, naturalism, and conservation

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ulver alumni, summer camp and boarding school alike, justifiably stand just a bit taller knowing their Culver memories are shared by the likes of Hal Holbrook, George Steinbrenner, Roger Penske, and numerous others of renown.

But that same pride has every right to swell at the mention of the lesser-known Daniel Carter Beard, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Robert Baden-Powell.

If there were ever a holy trinity of scouting, conservation, and naturalism, the title worthily belongs to those three. Their pioneering efforts not only laid the groundwork for today’s ecological movement and National Parks system, but brought into being a summer camp for boys on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee one hundred years ago.

Various factors prior to 1912 contributed to the creation of the Woodcraft Camp, including requests from parents and their sons for a summer experience for younger boys less demanding than the existing Naval School and Summer Cavalry programs.

However, the specific direction for the camp was almost certainly inspired by Culver commandant and then-Colonel Leigh R. Gignilliat’s interactions in London with Robert Baden-Powell in 1911.

Baden-Powell (1857-1941) boasted an impressive background in military service and authorship, having served for more than twenty years in the British Army, distinguishing himself in battle in the second Boer War in South Africa. His early military and scout training books had already been influential on young, male readers. His 1908 “Scouting for Boys” would become the fourth best-selling book in history. Some of its themes were tested in 1907 during a camping trip often seen as the launch-point for the Boy Scout movement that would overtake the British empire in the years following.

Baden-Powell’s efforts, soon internationally known, intersected smartly with those of Gignilliat, even if the latter favored a Robert Baden-Powell more specific military direction for Culver Military Academy and the camp. Gignilliat was impressed by what he saw of Baden-Powell in 1911, and it seems likely the genesis of the Woodcraft Camp grew out of the two men’s interactions.

By November of that year, Gignilliat had already drafted a letter to Beard, the co-founder of American scouting, outlining his plans for the camp. In February 1912, Baden-Powell made Culver one of the two schools he visited in the course of his tenure in the United States (West Point being the other).

While here, Baden-Powell reviewed Culver’s battalion and took in an exhibition of rough riding, then addressed the cadet corps on “Scouting in Peace and War.” “I have seen the cadets of all nationalities at their work and I must say that you beat the lot,” Baden-Powell said of Culver’s boys.

The Vedette of March 1912 reported he “was escorted past the lines while the cannon boomed the salute of 15 guns. When the

entire body wigwagged the Boy Scout motto, ‘Be Prepared,’ an appreciative smile broke on the grizzled face of the veteran Scout and he led the enthusiastic applause,” concluded The Vedette.

Baden-Powell would return the hospitality eight years later: In 1920, Gignilliat was designated chairman of the delegation of three hundred Americans attending the International Scouting Jamboree in London.

Of the three architects of Scouting, Baden-Powell had the least interaction with the Woodcraft Camp proper; there’s no evidence he ever actually laid eyes on the camp or returned to Culver at all post-1912. His influence, however, had been enormous.

So, too, was that of his American counterpart, “Uncle Dan” Beard.

It’s not surprising that Beard, and in a somewhat different vein, Ernest Thompson Seton, should find themselves in positions of great influence in the Scouting movement in concurrence with Baden-Powell. To a large extent, the movement was a response to increased urbanization in America. The fear was that youth would become too soft and lose sight of important lessons taught in nature should the tide not be stemmed. Former President Teddy Roosevelt was already established as a major advocate of conservation – another central ethos pervading Scout leaders’ work – and espoused parallel views on the value of disciplined training, outdoor skills, and patriotism in the lives of boys in particular.

A February 1912 Vedette article – likely inspired by Baden-Powell’s visit – by Culver cadet Marcus Goldman sums up some of the thinking: “We have begun to realize the deteriorating effect … of nervous hurry and excitement in every phase of the world’s life … modern man has grown almost deaf to the call of the forest and the streams and the ‘warm brown earth.’

“Almost simultaneously Sir Robert Baden-Powell in England and Dan Beard, Ernest Thompson Seton, and others in this country, perceiving the great need of outdoor exercise and knowledge of nature among boys, established clubs to promote interest in life outdoors … we scarcely realize the magnitude of this movement.”

Beard (1850-1941) was already an established author and illustrator prior to his Scouting involvement, having contributed artwork to several of Mark Twain’s books and countless others.

He founded the Scouts-like Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905.

When W.D. Boyce founded the Boys Scouts of America five years later, he enlisted Beard as well as Seton. Beard would become one of the BSA’s first National Scout commissioners (a post he held for the next thirty years), besides assisting in the founding of the Camp Fire Girls and editing Boys’ Life magazine.

Beard received a letter at his Flushing, Long Island home dated November 6, 1911, from CMA Superintendent Gignilliat.

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focused more on Scouting competitions and games than today’s Indian lore-centered performances.

Beard interestingly notes, in an October 5, 1912, letter, that Culver is the first school in the world to add woodcraft to its curriculum.

By December 1914, Beard was discussing with the superintendent the importance of a suitable place for the Council Ring, and in two letters that month he details the type of wood and manner of construction to give the site a fittingly “picturesque” feel, emphasizing the importance of “the woodsy atmosphere” so important psychologically for the boys.

“Some attention paid to the primitive effect in the furniture,” Beard concludes, “will add immensely to the picturesqueness and romance of the effect.”

‘The pioneering efforts of Daniel Carter Beard, Ernest Thompson Seton, and Robert Baden-Powell not only laid the groundwork for today’s ecological movement and National Parks system, but brought into being a summer camp for boys on the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee one hundred years ago.’ a separate organization from our naval and cavalry schools, the youngsters to be instructed in woodcraft and other things, which would appeal strongly to their age and would be appropriate to the season.

“Through the generosity of the Culver family the institution here is splendidly equipped. It is located on one of the most beautiful of our middle western lakes. The school grounds include some three hundred acres with abundant opportunity for interesting outdoor life.

“If the proposition (to spend the summer at Culver heading the camp) appeals to you, I would like to suggest that you come to the Academy at our expense and look over the ground.

At the same time we will be glad to have you talk to the cadets of our winter school.”

Beard, of course, did visit Culver and was impressed enough to make it his summer home the following year as he helped launch the Woodcraft Camp as its first director.

The Library of Congress, as it turns out, holds an extensive collection from Beard’s estate, including hundreds of pages of Culver-related correspondence, which make fascinating reading portraying the genesis of the camp as we know it. As early as the very first summer, for example, Beard – who seems to have been given a great degree of leeway in most aspects of the camp, from curriculum to locations – had already instituted the first Woodcraft Council Fires. By 1913, the Council Fires were a Saturday night tradition, though the early manifestations

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Interestingly, of all the famous names associated with the camp’s early years, Ernest Thompson Seton has the earliest connection to Culver proper. The Culver Citizen reported in August 1910 that Seton was on the south side of Lake Maxinkuckee talking with forty Scouts camped there. He was also the latest of the three to return here, visiting Woodcraft Camp as late as 1930, sixteen years before his death.

Woodcrafters camping along the river.

A Scot-Canadian naturalized U.S. citizen, Seton (1860-1946) is credited with, among other things, pioneering modern animal fiction writing in the late 1800s. Also a noted wildlife artist, he incorporated an array of American Indian lore into his Boy Scouts-esque Woodcraft Indians organization, which launched in 1902. His book, “The Birch Bark Role of the Woodcraft Indians” impressed Baden-Powell, and Seton would play a major role in the formation of the Boy Scouts of America, becoming its Chief Scout from 1910 to 1915. To a large extent, the BSA combined Seton’s and Beard’s prior boys’ organizations, and Seton is credited with much of the early American Indian influence on the BSA. Seton’s name has remained more prominent through the years than the other Woodcraft pioneers. A late 1970s Japanese anime television series, “Seton’s Wild Animals,” based loosely on his books, anthropomorphized woodland creatures for children, and Walt Disney immortalized his works through the movies “The Legend of Lobo” in 1962, and “King of the Grizzlies” in 1970.

Indian dance, wild animal calls, and generally held court, much to the delight of the campers, many of whom had read his stories.

In July 1930 much buzz again was generated when Seton returned for another week, this time bringing about a decorative overhaul of the headquarters building to incorporate much more of an Indian motif.

Ernest Thompson Seton performs the ‘witch on the broom’ stunt at Council Fire, circa 1930.

Ernest Thompson Seton, Robert Baden-Powell, and Daniel Carter Beard, left to right.

A fascinating 2008 documentary on PBS’ “Nature” series, “The Wolf that Changed America,” chronicled Seton’s hunt for a cattlekilling wolf. The documentary argued it was Seton’s sympathy for the nobility of the animal he killed that led directly to his involvement in the conservation and National Parks movements, laying the groundwork for ecological trends of today (His 1898 book, “Wild Animals I Have Known,” recounts the wolf hunt).

This spring, in fact, the Seton Institute of the New Mexico History Museum is chronicling his impact on that movement through an exhibit dubbed “Wild at Heart.”

“Seton is a godfather to today’s environmental movement,” wrote New Mexico art historian David L. Witt of the Academy for the Love of Learning. Seton is “as important to the early development of wildlife conservation as John Muir is to wilderness preservation,” Witt noted.

“Seton Week” was declared in July 1921, as Culver’s Woodcraft Camp played host to the legendary naturalist. Seton demonstrated

Baden-Powell, Beard, and Seton weren’t the only nationally renowned naturalists to take leadership roles in the Woodcraft Camp. A list of required reading in the 1930 Woodcrafter newspaper lists their books, but also those by Culver “Woodcraft chief, with his immortal true stories,” Dillon Wallace, whose works included “The Lure of the Labrador Wild,” “The Labrador Trail,” “and many books for boys, chiefly tales of the Northland.”

Popular adventure novelist Kirk Monroe (“another Woodcraft chief ”) was recommended for his “many books for boys about Indians, midshipmen … pirates, gold rush, the North.” Camp Indian lore instructor Ralph Hubbard’s “American Indian Craft” also made the list.

Internationally known ecologist, orinthologist, and angler William Vogt (1903-1968) was a huge hit with campers during a 1930 visit. He returned to Culver that September to begin his initial design of the Bird Sanctuary, which he completed in 1931.

At the time, “Smiling Bill” was a renowned nature lecturer and author-artist, though he would gain international fame for his 1948 book, “The Road to Survival,” and what would prove to be rather alarmist activities pertinent to population control and the future of civilization.

To be sure, distinct differences exist among those who helped shape the culture, design, and content of Culver’s Woodcraft Camp, and those carrying on their legacy in this age of all things green and increasingly eco-friendly. Today’s Scouting and National Parks movements may also look a bit different than those rugged days of Beard, Seton, and the rest. But Woodcrafters past and present may be inspired by knowing they have some worthy shoes to fill.

Editor’s note: Jeff Kenney is employed part time by the Academies as the curator of the Culver Academies Museum & Gift Shop in downtown Culver. In his spare time, he is the editor of The Culver Citizen.

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‘It is the tradition of Woodcraft that keeps families and staff coming back . . . ‘

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Woodcraft: Celebration of a century July 20 (Friday)

July 20-22

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Alumni, Parent, and Camper Carnival

Naval Building

9:30 p.m.

Woodcraft Centennial Pageant

Oliver Field

July 21 (Saturday)

10:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m. – Noon

29th Annual Culver Lake Fest Parade Alumni & Parent Meeting

Eppley Auditorium

12:30 p.m.

Naval School Band Concert

Eppley Auditorium Lawn

12:45 p.m.

Woodcraft Concert Band and Choir

Orthwein Dining Hall Lawn

5:15 p.m.

Golden Anniversary Photo (1962)

Penske Center

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Centennial Celebration

Penske Center

8:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Garrison Parade

Riding Hall Terrace

9:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Post-Parade Rendezvous and Bonfire

Naval Building

For a complete schedule of events visit www.culver.org/homecoming2012

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WOODCRAFT Spanning 35 of Woodcraft’s 100 years, five directors reflect on their challenges and the accomplishments, the preservation of traditions and the influx of technology, the legacy of family and staff

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By Amanda Petrucelli 1912 was the year of the Titanic. We had airplanes, but not like today. The Model T had been in production just four years.

America was still eight years away from giving women the right to vote, and the world was decades from the polio vaccine.

In other words, 100 years was a long time ago.

Few things are still around from 1912, like cars and airplanes.

Enduring inventions, they have lasted through wars, changes in technology, and the 1960s.

Among those century-old innovations is Woodcraft Camp.

But innovation is not the only ingredient for longevity. Adaptability is often what allows great things to last. Tradition, but with an ability to change.

It was this theme that resurfaced again and again in conversations with five Woodcraft directors: Fred Lane, Tony Mayfield, Stephen McGee, Janet Stannard Kline, and Sonny Adkins.

In just the last era of the camp, which has seen more than forty thousand young people through its ranks, each director mentioned the 1977 admission of girls as one of the biggest changes.

Lane stressed how Vietnam War protests and the cultural revolution of the ’60s and ’70s affected the camp mood, specifically the military element, and changed the way recruiting was done.

Kline noted that the camp has always been most dependent on its staffing – a process Adkins has worked hard to hone. McGee said one of the best things about Woodcraft has been the multigenerational factor – grandchildren and great-grandchildren of summer alumni now attend the six-week session.

All former directors noted technology has added a new temptation for campers, but none of them thought being unplugged for six weeks was an insurmountable obstacle in the camp’s future.

There are just so many fun things to do – who misses texting when they can be setting off rockets or scuba diving in Lake Maxinkuckee?

Mayfield, now the director of Culver Summer Schools & Camps, was the only to mention monumental changes in children’s health care as a fundamental shift in camp operations. Many of these things have meant deep policy changes for Woodcraft in its one hundred years, but some things never change. It is the tradition of Woodcraft that keeps families and staff coming back summer after summer. All directors agreed the waterfront, Indian lore, marching, and cabin life are among rituals that make Woodcraft Camp a fixture in attendees’ and families’ lives – heart and soul – well into adulthood.

Editor’s note: Freelance writer Amanda Petrucelli lives in Plymouth, Ind., is a frequent contributor to Alumni magazine and has worked in Woodcraft’s Orthwein Dining Hall. Her husband, Michael, is the Advancement Communications Director. Their son will be a Bronze C Beaver and their daughter a Silver C Butterfly.

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1912-15: Daniel C. Beard

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1916-24:

Sonny Adkins (2006-present)

director since 2006, Sonny Adkins says his professional

background is strictly in professional camping, his longest tenure being with the YMCA. “I don’t have any Culver background so what I have to offer might be different in that respect,” he said, though his family is certainly involved now – his wife used to run the Siegfried Fitness Center and his son will be attending Woodcraft for the first time.

It didn’t take Adkins long to realize “the mission of the Y and Culver are very similar. Develop a healthy family – spirit, mind, and body.

“The advantage it brings to campers is a structured opportunity to be part of a family. It allows them to develop leadership styles based on their own personality and initiative,” he said. Everyone starts equally, in a military structure. Besides, “marching is the easiest way to get a big group of people from one place to the other.”

In addition to directing five YMCA camps, Adkins has also run several challenge courses – a program he inherited at Culver.

Like the others, for Adkins, staffing is the most critical part of running the camp.

“I try to hire people who have character values that align with our mission and have an organic love for kids. The skills help but, to me, honestly, those are secondary. I’ll train someone how to shoot a bow and arrow,” he said. “If you don’t have the right counselor, the camper will have a poor experience and never want to return here.”

In addition to campers coming back, Adkins said he now has counselors who want to give back because Woodcraft meant that much to them when they were campers. “There are some who work for us right now that I’ve actually been through the cycle with,” he said.

The sheer size and broad diversity also presents Woodcraft with unique challenges, Adkins said.

“We’ve got to be one step ahead of it somehow. Bringing together (campers from) forty countries isn’t as easy as it sounds.”

Big-picture thinking is also part of what Adkins does best.

Implementing strategic and long-term plans is part of the Adkins trademark. His goals include evolving Woodcraft into something more productive, more efficient, and more camper-friendly.

“Out of all the years I’ve been camping and directing camp, I’ve had some amazing opportunities to work with people that were very good and very not good. Those people allowed me to cultivate my own style. That’s my personality and my management technique.

Very hands off and supportive. I think people respond to that style, at least in my experience,” he said.

The military component was completely new to Adkins when he began but he’s been won over.

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Developing and strengthening camp infrastructure as well as unifying the divisions, rank structure, and program development are part of his strategy, he said. He is working on standardizing the way campers choose classes, how they earn patches, and who is allowed to take certain courses.

“Everything that I want to do is small details but they would make a huge impact,” he said.

Among Adkins’ successful initiatives is Junior Woodcraft Camp, about to begin its third year. This is a one-week camp for children too young for Woodcraft.

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“Those kinds of experiences – when kids learn something new about themselves. It’s about discovery and kids talking to one another using imagination … That’s why camping is important,” he said.

The length of Woodcraft was a new concept for Adkins when he started, he said.

“I was skeptical about the six-week program when I came because it is a long time. But when it’s done well and you have the correct leadership it can be an experience that campers will remember forever. It’s set in their heart,” he said. “The length allows the camper to explore and learn things about themselves they maybe didn’t know about. When the camper comes home and the parents see all the things their child has accomplished, it gives the parent a sense of pride. In many cases I’ve been told the family unit has been strengthened.”

“It’s genuine, honest, well thought out, and perfectly aligned with the mission. It gives kids just enough experience to know if they want to come here. And I have the right ratios of camper to staff,” he said. He also began a weekend Halloween camping experience entering its fifth year. “That’s just exploded. I’ve got to turn kids away now. That’s just straight up fun.”

And he brought back the Family Camp in 2008, which allows entire families to rent a cabin and enjoy the camp experience together. “It’s an amazing way for parents to experience their kids through Culver,” he said.

Perhaps the biggest shift in tradition since Adkins was hired is allowing girls into the all-male Drum & Bugle Corps.

“Girls in D&B is one I’ve been pushing for a long time,” he said.

Traditionally D&B was just for boys and Culver is big on tradition.

But Culver doesn’t operate in a vacuum, either; the boarding school and Woodcraft also were once all-male programs.

“If we can continue the momentum we have now – we don’t have problems filling this because kids should and would want to come back. It’s just that powerful,” he said. “I benchmark success on the outcome of the campers’ experience and how excited the parent is to share their (child’s) experience.”

As an example, Adkins recalled one camper whose parents were really pushing athletics, but his counselor got him to try out for the camp play. The camper got a major part and big ovation.

Adkins said technology is now a big part of campers’ lives. He requires all counselors to have cell phones for safety reasons.

“We don’t let campers have cell phones, iPods, DSs or PSPs. I think there’s still a lot of value in pulling the kids out of the technology environment and giving them this outdoor experience.

But we’ve noticed it is very difficult for some kids. They are so immersed in the technology,” he said, noting that some of today’s youth are lacking in social skills, perhaps for this reason. The concept of “Yes, sir, Yes, ma’am,” and eye contact is foreign.

The answer is to offer computer classes and to keep the campers engaged in their activities as much as possible.

Adkins, who is also president of the American Camp Association, Indiana Field Office, said he is constantly thinking ahead to reach every single camper.

“I believe in sending your kid to a residential camping experience anywhere.

You learn about independence in a non-threatening, encouraging environment.

It’s safe. It’s fun. You make friends that are not from next door,” he said.

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1932-46: Col. Robert Rossow

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Janet Stannard Kline (2000-2005)

“It changed the market considerably,” said Kline, who worked in Admissions and College Advising for the prep boarding school. “Parents really began to look at Culver and say ‘Wow.’” When John Buxton was named Head of Schools in 1999, Kline said, he included the Summer Camps in the entire battery of what the school offers. It wasn’t just a summer thing anymore, but a part of the Academies. Furthermore, he stayed around for much of the summer.

Kline said a big part of Woodcraft is as a feeder system to the prep school. Campers get a feel for the philosophy of Culver – they already know how to fold clothes “the Culver way” and other procedures become familiar, such as marching, self-discipline, and leadership.

“About thirty percent of our summer school campers attend the Academies, and Woodcraft is the biggest part of that,” she said. “It’s really enjoyable when I see parents who were my campers bringing their children to the Academies.”

Janet Kline is probably best known as the first Woodcraft

Girls Camp director in 1977 – but there is more to her Culver contribution than that. Though she was director of Woodcraft from 2000 to 2005, her employment at Culver spanned thirty years. Her undergraduate degree is in psychology and sociology and she holds a master’s degree in guidance and counseling.

One of the reasons she came to Culver was her experience as program director and staff trainer at an all-girls camp in the north woods of Wisconsin. Today she has two granddaughters who are Woodcraft counselors and three of her children have worked in camp, and many other descendants attended the camps.

At the time she started, Kline said the camper makeup at Woodcraft wasn’t from the Midwest because the perception was that you send difficult kids to boarding camps and schools. She said the advent of the 1999 Batten and 2007 Duchossois scholarships for the Academies helped establish that Culver is for hard-working, bright kids.

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Kline says girls were admitted to the boarding school several years before the camps, “Maybe everybody thought Woodcraft would be the holdout and just remain all boys.”

At its inception, the initial class of eighty-five Woodcraft girls stayed in cabins on the north side previously occupied by boys. Eight years later there were more than two hundred girls, she said. Part of the reason for the rapid expansion, Kline says, is that staff had both daughters and sons and it didn’t make sense to bring your sons only.

Also, when she started, Woodcraft directors worked only during the summer. Now, camp directors are required to hold their positions year-round.

As the others said, staff is the biggest challenge of running the camp, Kline said.

“Being director of the whole camp – 650 campers plus 150 staff – that is a huge challenge. … The campers are not as big a concern as the staff. They have to realize the sacrifice that has to be made, and this transition is sometimes not easy for them,” she said.

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Kline had come from a girls camp that emphasized fun, so she created some new traditions at Woodcraft — the ugly counselor contest, for one, in which campers dress up their counselor in mud, shaving cream, and whatever else is on hand to make them as ugly as possible. Another Kline tradition still in place today started as Mexican Christmas.

It’s now called Christmas in July.

When girls were first introduced, Kline said, the boys’ side was far more austere. As a result of her leadership, the camps now integrate planned activities – B2 may plan an outing with D3. She said this gives them a chance to interact, but allows for supervision.

During part of her tenure it was an eightweek camp and now it’s down to six.

“And they haven’t cut anything out.

It’s like a movie reel going very fast.”

Also, the girls weren’t supposed to march with the boys, Kline said. “We would go to parade and sit in the bleachers. It was sort of like, ‘Here we are!’ You know in the old days when they said children should be seen and not heard?

That was the girls.”

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“How exciting for a child to go to Culver for six weeks and learn that they can live without their parents! They get up in the morning, make their bed, clean their cabins, go to class.

How many kids do that?” she asked. “The leadership program is very defined. …

Starting that at nine years old is absolutely something they will use the rest of their life.

And I see it over and over again. Our facilities are given to us from alumni; we wouldn’t have that if alumni didn’t feel Culver had a significant impact on their lives.”

Competition, athletics, and success in getting rank, a patch, or a pin without the aid of your mom or dad is formative for children, she said.

“That’s what it’s all about. We’ve taught them independence.

How to get along with others in their cabin. How to interact with adults … one parent cannot do all of that. Camp, to me, is an education beyond the classroom. Children are a gift to all of us. And it’s a gift we can’t keep. We have to do everything we can to help this child be successful.”

Soon, the girls started marching on their own.

“And I didn’t stop them,” she said, adding that rank soon became the same for both genders. “I like ‘the glass is always half full’ philosophy. Sure, there was the good ol’ boys’ thinking, and that’s fine, but the camp is for the children.”

She said she also emphasized communication with families.

“I always talked to the parents,” she said. “We work those kids hard. This child is their prized possession and we are responsible for them.”

One of the big parenting questions she receives is about the nature of a boarding camp and the difficulty of leaving your child for six weeks.

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1966-68: Lt. Col. Ronald J. Gleason

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Tony Mayfield (1987-1997)

Tony Mayfield ’65 has seen all sides of the Culver camps.

Working at Culver since 1974, he became director of Woodcraft Camp in 1987 and assumed the directorship of Culver Summer Schools & Camps in 1998.

“I was very happy to further my relationship with Culver,” he said.

The Mayfields are a Culver family with uncles, brothers, and children intertwined.

“There have been subtle changes but I think the basic structure and program is still the same. … Numberwise we’re a little bigger now … we’re pretty packed out there,” he said.

Mayfield says Woodcraft’s main challenge is to develop adolescents in a different way than family could at home.

“Culver has always offered a challenge, but it’s a challenge backed up with support. This leads to success,” he said.

Knowing how to challenge each camper at his or her own level is part of the Woodcraft magic. For some, that may just be learning to swim or managing being away from home. Other children need to be encouraged to greater goals – and identifying those differences and knowing how and when to push is the camp’s greatest strength.

“Staff, I’m sure, is the bottom line,” he said. “That is the makeor-break factor. If you have poor one-to-one connection, the world can kind of crumble around you. But if you have a great one-on-one connection, well, then, if the paint is not so great in that corner over there, we can overlook that.”

While Woodcraft hires many former summer campers and Academies students as staff, Mayfield said he tries to mix other perspectives in as well. Since many are college age, Mayfield says, finding young people who understand they are now in charge of children and outside the college atmosphere requires a certain interview criteria.

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“We’ve done lots and lots of things to find the right staff,” Mayfield said. Job fairs and recruitment are among current techniques. He admits the down economy has brought in some fine camp staff – though it has always been hardest to find strong, emotionally available men.

Mayfield said Woodcraft added staff to provide better campercounselor ratios. In 2011 there were about 175 Woodcraft staff for 684 campers.

One of the biggest changes Mayfield has seen through his decades of involvement is in the camper screening process. Not every child is a fit for Woodcraft.

“We probably deny more kids today than we did when I was running it,” he said. Better access to background helps determine if a child will have a strong and successful fit.

Further, a nurses’ station was added about a decade ago because there are more children taking medication today. A collaborative effort between the camp and the Health Center took dispensing medication out of the hands of counselors and division commanders and gave the responsibility to medical professionals, he said.

Mayfield noted the real beauty of an extended boarding camp is it forces young people to come into their own – and this is why graduates look back thirty years later and cite Woodcraft as formative.

“I think it’s the challenge. I really do. They’re stepping away and doing things other kids wouldn’t do at a young age in life, whether it’s nine or twelve or fourteen.”

Living with a roommate, sharing space, the bumps of learning to get along with different personalities and cultures and having to make decisions and deal with things for the first time are part of the Woodcraft culture.

“You go over those rough spots together with a buddy or a friend or a certain instructor and that forms a relationship,” he said. The attrition rate is just about two percent.

Maj. Peter D. Trone

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In response to better information about concussions, in 2011 the camp introduced helmets for some activities, such as sailing and ice-skating. Mayfield said, “Our boom-strikes concussions were down seventy percent this summer. We’re going to make it part of the uniform.”

Another facet is the strong international enrollment, currently around forty percent.

“Our objective would be to increase our domestic market,” he said, noting that sometimes it is easier to recruit campers from China than Indiana.

Partly, this is due to the availability of other opportunities for U.S. schoolchildren – you can’t come to a six-week camp if you are expected back for band practice or football, he said. “(They) have such a wide palate to choose from,” Mayfield said.

“Once domestic families come to Culver the first time, they keep coming back. They see it as a real piece of their children’s total education.”

“Our international families believe the Culver experience plays a significant role in their children’s education and I hope our domestic families understand that the Culver summer experience is an amazing experiential laboratory of leadership, learning, and fun that they share with peers from around the world. I truly believe the experiences campers share while at Culver and the global relationships formed will forever impact their lives,” Mayfield said.

Another big change since the 1970s is technology.

“Every camp champions the wilderness experience; a back-to-nature,” Mayfield says. But, today, parents want to visit and see their kids online.

Where families once dropped their kids off with a wave goodbye, some now want to attend a few classes with them each weekend. He said it is a challenge to explain to the current culture of involved parenting that they need to leave their kids alone long enough to allow the Culver experience to happen. “We don’t want them running to the phone all the time.”

The military aspect of Woodcraft is another element Mayfield works hard to improve and preserve, he says.

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“I think it’s critical to Culver and to its future.

It’s one of the things that distinguishes us from many, many other places,” he said.

Not only is marching and achieving rank challenging, but the leadership program is unparalleled.

“It’s a hands-on opportunity to engage in the process. To convince your peers, to lead them … just to get out and give a command in front of six hundred other kids.

That’s a pretty big deal to be in one of those primary positions,” he says. “We have an actual program to see this done. One of the major parts of the program is that you learn to be a follower first and to take care of yourself, to take personal responsibility.”

As an example, Mayfield cites the way Woodcraft requires campers to organize their cubbies from bathrobe to poncho – which may seem like a minor detail, but provides children with an achievable way to show they can take on responsibility and then take those rules on as a leader.

“Drill is really just another team sport.

You don’t have to be a great athlete to learn how to march and be a part of your unit. That is something every camper can participate in and try to do well in,” he said.

Going forward, Mayfield is excited about Culver’s enhanced aviation program and curriculum. There are two FAA-approved full-motion simulators with a 200-degree panoramic display outside the cockpit, giving Woodcrafters a hands-on opportunity.

A two-week Basic Aviation course will also be offered to Gold C Beavers and Cardinals.

He said he hopes to increase cutting-edge classes such as Chinese language, ensemble arts groups, and computer. “We’re just looking for things that kids will enjoy and be challenged by.

“I’m just amazed … I think our kids do such a great job in such a short time. In a week’s time, we’re out on the parade field. The hair on the back of my neck comes up and goose bumps. What amazing things these kids do!”

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Stephen McGee (1998-99)

Stephen McGee spent seven years as commander of

Division Three at Woodcraft before becoming director for two starting in 1998. Like many of the other directors, his whole family has been involved in various programs at Culver; his children were camp counselors, and his wife was a math teacher.

“We came as part and parcel of a family because it was possible to get our eight-year-old started at the time. All five of us could be here together.”

McGee worked back when it was OK for Division Commanders to leave for a few days. As a school principal, he fulfilled his school contract by going back and forth between camp and school.

“The job takes a lot of energy. It’s harder being a camp director than a principal of a school because it’s twenty-four hours a day,” he said.

He said he learned of the camp because trustee and longtime Culver supporter Paul ’49 and Ellen Gignilliat lived next to McGee’s rented cottage on Lake Maxinkuckee. “They just preached constantly that our kids needed to go to Culver. So, by the time we were ready, (our kids) were ready.”

As Woodcraft director, safety was the main concern for McGee. “You’re always concerned about the safety of the kids. You’re spread out among such an enormous area,” he said. “There are a lot of health concerns and safety concerns that always had to be paramount. You always had to impart that to your counselors.

The counselors have the kids twenty-four hours and they try to fit it all in.”

Nowadays, he says, the camp is run with a broader staff, which gives them “spares.” “That’s why junior counselors came into being, so there would be a counselor at the ready.”

Ultimately, the camp’s success is due to the excellence in programming, he said.

“We teach them self-discipline and self-confidence. Woodcraft brings them friends from all over the country and all over the world that they never forget,” McGee said. “People come back

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and come back and come back.

It’s just a way of life.”

The relationships developed among campers is also a natural, he said. When his children were going, his family would bring home roommates. In fact, his son Jeff’s Mexican roommate from Woodcraft was at his wedding.

Jeff also has been to Mexico to visit him.

“The length of the boarding camp has always been a challenge to first-year campers, he said, until they realize they can do it.

Perhaps it is harder on their parents!”

It was always important to McGee that Woodcraft insisted on the formalities. “ ‘Yes Sir’ and ‘Yes Ma’am.’ You’re here for six weeks and you’ve got to learn to make your bed. You’ve got to learn to pick up. You’ve got to learn to be conscious of your time. It’s unique among camps. There aren’t many military camps and Culver doesn’t drive it into the ground. It’s just an added component.”

In exchange, most campers develop habits and hobbies they keep for a lifetime; his own children still love sailing and skiing.

During his time as director, McGee said he made very few changes, “It wasn’t broke!”

“It’s just a wonderful place. I still don’t think a lot of people realize what a jewel it is here,” he said.

McGee said there have also been lots of structural changes in the camp, pointing to the Orthwein Dining Hall and the Penske building. “They’ve all been needed, and have all been well-received,” he said.

He also credits the unique strengths of the Woodcraft program as helping it along through the ages. Indian Dance is one example.

“The opportunities that it gives kids to find themselves and find their strength – to help others,” he recalled. “My favorite class to teach was astronomy. You’ve got perfect vision here. Just walk up on the golf course on a beautiful night and see the wonders of the sky!”

Maj. Steven McGee

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2006-present: Col. Sonny Adkins

Fred Lane (1977-78)

It’s hard to tell when looking at long-time Culver employees if it was Culver that made them great or if Culver is a magnet for great people. Fred Lane has achieved one of the most distinguished awards in the state of Indiana, the Sagamore of the Wabash – given to those who have demonstrated a lifelong dedication to Indiana.

And the recipient of much of that dedication has been Culver Summer Schools & Camps and the Academies.

Following five years of active duty in the U.S. Air Force, Lane joined Culver’s Science Department faculty in 1958, retiring as chairman of the department in 1984. He served two years (1977-78) as director of Woodcraft Camp and then was director of the overall summer camps program from 1978 to ’94. His sixteen years makes him the longest-serving director of CSSC. Looking back to his Woodcraft years, “we had to work hard to fill the camps,” he said. “I suppose it was partly a result of the post-Vietnam years. The attitude of the public with the military and anything to do with the military was not helpful.”

To recruit campers, alumni and parents invited prospective students and campers and their parents to their homes where they would view a Culver movie and hear the Culver story presented by a staff member. At the time, there were multiple specialty camps and Woodcraft lasted seven weeks, dropping to its current six in 1977.

“So many viewed Culver as a place for bad children. To dispel that attitude took a lot of work. I fought it all the time.”

As far as programming is concerned, Lane says little has changed (though the Beason canoe trip was once thirty miles long!)

“I really worked hard to preserve what was unique to Culver,” he said.

International enrollment has always been a special factor, Lane said. Many foreign parents send their children to the United States to learn English. In the Midwest, accessibility to diversity has been a draw, though pulling from the nearby population often has been more difficult than drawing from Mexico and South America.

In addition to top-notch programming, Lane says the intangibles are what Woodcraft executes so well – teaching nine- to fourteenyear-olds citizenship, self-discipline, and character-building is no easy task for parents, let alone a staff of strangers.

“Fun is an important word. Fun with a purpose. Not only to have a good time but to learn leadership skills and the valuable lessons of life,” he said.

Though it was difficult to preserve the camps’ military structure during Lane’s tenure, he said the military is what makes Woodcraft endure –not the military features involving politics and war, but the aspects that lead to structure and leadership.

“They provide kids with the opportunity to lead. To be out front at a very young age. At ten or eleven years old they are responsible for other children,” he said.

But quality of staff is what makes Woodcraft outstanding, Lane said.

“About half have college degrees and these are people who have come back summer after summer. Quality people. That makes all the difference in the world,” he said. “Alumni don’t remember specific programs and activities; what they do remember is a staff person who helped them and made a difference in their lives.”

Lane remembers well the challenges of running the camp.

“There are a lot of little crises. … Managing the day-by-day, it’s pretty much a crisis management type of thing. Lots of pressure,” he said. “That’s always one of the directors’ biggest concerns.

Safety. You treat them like they are your own kids and you want to keep them safe under all circumstances. And we run a lot of high-risk programs.”

When the camp began accepting girls, Lane said it was an easy transition partly due to the camp’s layout – it lent itself well to gender separation.

In addition to the military organization with its uniform and ranks, among the traditions Lane finds critical to Woodcraft’s success are the close ties to nature and the environment, the Council Fire, the keen competition, and multiple awards programs.

“Kids love patches. It’s a great reward and motivator.”

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Class news published in this issue was received and processed as of Feb. 1, 2012. Culver Class News for the Academies graduates and Culver Summer Schools & Camps alumni is combined under the graduation decade. Names in bold italics indicate those who are alumni of CSSC.

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This trio was among the nearly 50 alumni and parents involved with the Ethics Weekend in March. Elisabeth Walker ’75 (above) is the assistant attorney general for the State of Arkansas. Representing the medical profession was Emily Heineke ’76, who is a Vincennes, Ind., social worker. Jim Buresh ’60 of California is a retired partner at Deloitte Tax LLP. He is also a member of the Legion board.

1930s At 94, Elliott W. Phillips ’35 is walking up to a mile daily in Amarillo, Texas.

1940s Dressed as a tramp, William J. Elser ’40 won first prize for original costume at a Halloween Bash at Fellowship Square Retirement Home in Tucson, Ariz.

John H. Ford N’39, ’40 of Greensboro, N.C., is “hanging in there.”

Kalos Kagathos Foundation founder Bruce Hopping H’41, ’42 received a commendation in January 2012 from the Laguna Beach, Calif., City Council for more than 40 years of service to the community. An article in the Coastline Pilot noted Bruce was a regular attendee at council meetings and “his petulant behavior prompted numerous painstaking discussions” though his “ardor for Laguna Beach has always been evident in his actions.” In November 2011, the Laguna Beach (Calif.) Unified School District

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recognized Bruce for his contributions and his support of physical fitness.

John M. Miller ’42 of Dearborn, Mich., is looking forward to his 70th reunion.

John spent 50 years in the general practice of osteopathy. He was a medic during World War II and involved in the Ardennes Offensive. He and wife Katherine have six children and 15 grandchildren.

Robert J. Vlasic H’43, ’44 (Troop) has seen three of his five sons graduate from CMA and a grandson attended Woodcraft Camp last summer. Bob is the chairman emeritus of Campbell Soup Company and lives in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., with his wife, Nancy.

Eugene N. Chipman Sr. N’44, ’45 is retired and living in Plymouth, Ind. He plays duplicate bridge at several locations.

He and wife Ida have a grandson living with them while he attends college.

C. Lyle Cummins Jr. ’46 and his wife, Norma, celebrated their 60th anniversary

last summer in Italy. They live in Wilsonville, Ore. Lyle’s publishing activities are winding down after his fourth book.

Robert F. Groff Jr. ’47 of Lancaster, Pa., remains in contact with Main Barrack friends Bill Schlangen and Fritz Wolfe.

The Wolfe Center for the Arts at Bowling Green State University was dedicated in December 2011 in honor of Frederic D. Wolfe W’42, ’47 and wife Mary. The Wolfes divide their time between Perrysburg, Ohio, Harbor Springs, Mich., and North Palm Beach, Fla. The Wolfes also were among the major donors to the Academies’ Crisp Visual Arts Center.

William H. Ferguson ’47 and his wife, Dorothy, toured New England, Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa in October 2011 with Sally and Sam Butler ’47. “It was a great reunion of old CMA and Woodcraft roommates,” Bill writes.

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Class News Ray G. Hooper ’48 is hanging on in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Mechlin D. Moore ’48 continues to manage MDM Communications, a marketing, advertising, PR, and editorial business, in Rye, N.Y. Mech says his six clients keep him “busy and focused.”

FROM THE LEGION PRESIDENT Successful classes depend on key volunteers and teamwork

James R. Wall ’48 of Evanston, Ill., is doing quite well after lung cancer surgery and chemo in June 2011.

“Action is Eloquence” The Tragedy of Corialanus, Act III, Scene II

1950s

This quote takes me back to Mr. Boswell’s AP English class my senior year.

An article titled “The Life and Art of Lee Aginaldo” was featured in The Philippine Star Nov. 21, 2011. The artwork of Lee R. Aginaldo N’49, ’53, who died in 2007, was part of an exhibition at the Ateneo Art Gallery until Jan. 28, 2012.

This winter, your board of directors was focused, as we have been for several years, on a program we call “Legion Ed.” Our target audience is the CMA first-classmen and CGA seniors, and our objective is to share the privileges and responsibilities of Legion membership.

Our interaction with them goes back to a program started and nurtured by past Legion presidents, Dick Foster ’61 and Jack Allen ’66.

Artist James-Paul Brown N’54, ’57 was in Indianapolis during Super Bowl XLVI painting portraits of athletes and celebrities, and was also at The Children’s Museum. Jim and his wife, Juliet, live in Carpinteria, Calif.

In many ways, this is our most fulfilling meeting, because so much of our time is spent with students. When we were not interacting with students, we were putting in place a plan to put a face on The Culver Fund, with the goal of creating a repeatable (annual) and robust source of income for the school.

1960s William L. Gardner ’60 of Washington, D.C., was honored Dec. 1 in New York City at the International Senior Lawyers Project, receiving one of two “Global Volunteer of the Decade-Human Rights” awards. Bill has been an active volunteer with ISLP, traveling the globe, pro bono, to assist emerging nations in their development in the area of law.

Michael J. Green ’60 has been on the move as an international courier with three trips to Finland, one to Sweden, and one to Turkey since mid-October 2011. Mike and his wife, Sandra, live in Northbrook, Ill. Poets and Quants has named Robert F. Bruner W’63 its first Dean of the Year.

Bob, the dean of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in Charlottesville, Va., was cited for his report that took schools to task for “fragmented and disjointed” effort in globalization.

According to the school’s announcement, Bruner has “shaken the institution out of

The solution is simple: If we could get every Culver alumnus/a in front of today’s students and faculty members, you need look no further to “put a face” on The Culver Fund. That is impossible, so we have to depend on publications, both print and electronic, to tell their stories.

A linchpin of The Culver Fund is the class-based giving model we employ. I invite you to www.culver.org/giving-to-culver/supportculver/annualfund/class-giving, where the progress of each class is updated bi-weekly. How is your class doing?

Successful classes are often those who have their key volunteer positions filled and working as a team. No matter where your class is on that chart, there is always room for enthusiastic, committed volunteers.

To borrow from a thread from the Head of Schools’ message in the front of this issue, my hope is that The Culver Legion heeds Volumnia’s advice that “Action is Eloquence,” so that we may keep the promise of having our school prosper and succeed for generations to come.

We Are Culver!

Whitney Kolb Alvis ’96 Norman, Okla.

Whitney is an attorney in Norman, Okla., where she lives with her husband, Michael, and their three children. She is the 82nd president of The Legion and the second CGA graduate to serve in this role.

Leadership teams from the “3” and “8” classes are preparing for the May 2013 Reunions.

There are multiple volunteer roles to be filled. Your class and Culver need you.

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Steven A. Cohen ’64 is retired after a 40-year career in journalism. He lives in Orleans, Mass., with his wife, Valerie.

Thomas R. Cullison ’64 and his wife, Marilyn, moved to Swansboro, N.C., but have been on the move since. Tom joined the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance in Hawaii. Marilyn has shuttled between Hawaii and North Carolina with her work at the Navy Medical Research Center.

William W. Githens Jr. W’61, ’65 and Melva Williams were married Nov. 19, 2011, in Culver, where they reside.

James M. Shellenberger W’60, ’66 is retired and enjoying life in Cocoa, Fla. Arthur O. Compton ’68 is retired in Helena, Mont., where he coaches high school soccer and works with gun dog rescue.

Lloyd Noble II ’68 has been unanimously elected to the board of governors of Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, Calif.

Henry H. Pattee H’66, ’68 is a grandfather for the first time. Hank is considered 100 percent disabled by the Veterans Administration in Blacklick, Va., where he lives with his wife, Marilyn. Their two youngest daughters are in college.

1970s Richard E. Cregar ’70 was honored in November 2011 by President Obama at a White House ceremony as a “Champion of Change” for his 20 years spent educating technicians and policy makers about alternative-fueled vehicles. He is an instructor of automotive systems technologies and green transportation technologies at Wake Technical Community College and serves as chair of the Triangle Clean Cities Coalition. Rich and his wife, Virginia, live in Clayton, N.C.

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R. Douglas Herge ’74 is recovering from a discectomy and has regained feeling in his arms and left leg. He’s been told his golf game will improve. Doug and Lynn live in Appleton, Wis. James W. Hulbert ’74 was in Athens, Greece, during the height of the riots.

He was presenting with his wife, Jane, on board issues in private schools in the Middle East and South Asia. Jim is a partner in his wife’s crisis communications consulting firm.

A son, Mark, was born to Catherine and Mark J. McGahan N’82, ’84 on Oct. 23, 2011, in Atlanta.

Drew Romeo ’87 named his son, born April 17, 2011, “Hudson” Everett Romeo, in honor of his horsemanship mentor at Culver, Sgt. Maj. Hudson. Hudson has a 3-year-old sister.

A son, Austin, was born Dec. 20, 2011, to Hyeson Bang Busby ’89 and her husband Curtis. The Busbys live in Phoenix.

Bradford D. Brewster ’76 of Whitmire, S.C., has a website (www.brewstar76. weebly.com) to show his artworks.

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a malaise that had threatened its stature as one of the world's finest business schools.” His leadership has rebuilt the base of Darden’s applicants; restored the hiring of top faculty, and raised $100 million toward a $150 million goal.

John W. Peabody W’72, ’76 and his wife, Kelly, adopted 15-month-old daughter Regan on June 8, 2011. The family lives in Hebron, Ky. Mark G. Rentschler ’78 has been recognized by BtoB Magazine as one of its Top 25 Digital Marketers for his work with Makino, a global machine tool manufacturing company. Mark and his wife, Cynthia, live in Hamilton, Ohio.

1980s Gregory J. Badalich ’82 is a small business owner in River Hills, Wis. He and his wife, Kelly, have three sons, and the two oldest are CMA cadets.

In November 2011, John F. Hall Jr. ’82 was elected to the Rockville (Md.) City Council by the largest margin in local history.

Samantha Lumby Seiple SS’82 of San Diego has published “Ghosts in the Fog” (Scholastic), a narrative non-fiction for young adults that tells how the Japanese invaded and occupied the Aleutian Islands in Alaska during World War II. The work contains more than 80 photographs and first-person accounts.

David H. Fulton NB’84 is a 19-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force as an aviator. He lives in Palmdale, Calif., and works with Skunkworks.

Bree Gomez ’05 visited campus in January, speaking with several art students regarding the American Academy of Art in Chicago.

Gomez worked as a freelance artist/designer after graduating before joining her alma mater as an admissions representative. Her visit was a collaborative effort of College Advising and the Fine Arts Department.

1990s Katherine Y. Dorsett ’90 married Steven Bennett on Oct. 22, 2011, at Saint Simons Island, Ga. They were married next to the ocean and a lighthouse on a perfect day!

Katherine (Kuck) Kick ’90 and her husband, Phil, are parents of Keegan, born Aug. 2, 2011. The couple live in

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FROM THE CSSAA PRESIDENT Florence, Mass., and have two other children, 6 and 4.

Pamela J. “PJ” Osgood W’85, ’91 of Chicago writes that she is officially cancer-free, or as she likes to remind herself, “perfectly healed.” PJ says she is blessed and grateful for all who shared her journey.

John D. Schurz ’91 graduated from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management in December 2011 with a master’s degree in Business Administration.

He and his wife, Rachel, have three children and live in Lafayette, Ind. Charles A. Cunningham NB’93 of LaGrange, Ill., was honored in 2011 by Northwestern Mutual with membership in its 2011 Forum Group. Charlie, who is affiliated with The McTigue Financial Group based in Chicago, was recognized for helping clients achieve financial security.

Brian H. Ray ’94 was listed in an October 2011 issue of Crain’s Chicago Business in an online and print article as one of the 25 top techs in Chicago. Brian graduated from Roosevelt University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

Michael W. Farrell ’97 and his wife, Andrea, are parents of their first child, William, on Sept. 12, 2011. They reside in Mobile, Ala. Kathryn Henderson ’97 and Michael Stone were married Jan. 21, 2012, at Keeneland, the Lexington, Ky., horse track. Laura Schrage Campbell ’97 served as maid of honor. The newlyweds reside in Arlington, Va. Matthew J. Licata ’97 married Elizabeth Prassas in late 2011. Scott Brown ’98 stood up as best man.

All roads lead to Woodcraft for the centennial celebration The stories of how people get connected to Culver are often very interesting. I love Culver. What I love most about Culver are the memories of my experiences as a Woodcrafter, a Naval Bandsman, and later as a Woodcraft counselor.

As I have shared before, many things about Culver have changed over the years, but the important traditions and what makes Culver best-in-class has not. I thought I’d share my story: When I was growing up, families would often go out for Sunday drives after church and lunch. I grew up Auburn, Ind., a small farming community in northeastern Indiana. We were within approximately 30 minutes driving distance of almost 100 lakes and that was almost always the destination. In June 1969, however, my parents took me for an unusually long Sunday drive.

I kept asking where we were going and my parents said, “You’ll see … ” We pulled off of Indiana 10 into the Woodcraft Camp entrance and drove past the Woodcraft museum to the golf course. There, a Woodcrafter — in a full uniform with medals and lots of patches — greeted us at our car. My tour guide was John E. Kofodimos, a ’70 Woodcraft graduate from Indianapolis. My parents asked if I would like to go on a tour. I was very curious, so John and I had a brisk once-around the Woodcraft grounds. When we returned, my parents asked me if I would like to stay. “Boy would I!” I answered and, before I knew it, my father had popped the trunk and there were all of my worldly possessions.

I found out that a family friend, John Watson Bower N’47 of Auburn had suggested to my Dad that I go to Culver. That’s the beauty of the program.

When you ask almost every current camper or alumni how they got to Culver, the story usually has something to do with a connection through a family member or family friends. Recruiting for Culver’s summer and boarding school programs was built on a tradition of friends’ and acquaintances’ recommendations. That tradition continues today from meetings in alumni homes to the Culver Clubs network opportunities around the world.

As we celebrate the 100th year of the Woodcraft Camp’s founding, I urge all of you to come back home to Culver and share your story with one another.

We want you to come back and re-live your experiences. We know you’ll be fascinated with the memories that you’ll share with each other as you experience a special Woodcraft Centennial Homecoming on July 20-22.

James A. Papczynski ’97 and his wife, Monika, live in Warner Robins, Ga., with their two daughters.

David W. Weber A’94, ’97, his wife, Alexandra, and son, Pierce, are enjoying their new house in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Stanley A. Mefford W’71, NB’74 Allen, Texas To read a special online story about the summer camps legacy of the family of Charlie and Sue Ray, visit www.culver.org/publications. culver alumni magazine

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Class News Carla A. Dawson ’04 is enjoying her new job at Lawton Stables on Hilton Head Island, S.C. She is involved in the development of a program for the international equine community that is comparable to one already in place for high school golf and tennis.

Nathaniel A. Jeffirs ’04 has left the business world in the United States to teach English for a year at the Beiya Middle School in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. After teaching for a year, Nate plans to attend graduate school.

Elliot R. Lauzen W’98, N’04 earned a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Southern California in May 2011. He is working in Chicago as a corporate finance analyst for William Blair & Company.

Evan Hoese ’07 returned to campus in February as the featured speaker for the Batten Scholars Weekend. Hoese, a Batten recipient, shared her thoughts on Culver and the scholarship with the 16 finalists and her family. Evan is pictured with Bill Roth ’63 (left) and Richard Battersby, who were important mentors and teachers during her Culver years.

John Scott ’98 and Sarah Stepleton ’00 were married Sept. 24, 2011, in Memorial Chapel. Adam Pare ’98 served as best man and the Culver Choir sang “All You Need Is Love.” The newlyweds live in Denver.

Xiang Yan ’01 has joined an asset manager/ think tank called Two Sigma in New York City. The firm studies market prices as scientific phenomena. His twin, Ling Yan ’01 is working in the mortgage division of Goldman Sachs in New York City.

Former NFL player Jeb B. Terry Jr. ’99 is co-founder and CEO of Gridiron Grunts, which delivers your favorite athlete’s thoughts from their phone to yours. Jeb was an offensive lineman with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004-07 and with the San Francisco ’49ers in 2008.

Elizabeth A. Lintner ’02 married Timothy Boswell on Oct. 8, 2011, in Baltimore.

Colleen Elizabeth Cash ’03 served as a bridesmaid and Bess’ sister Christa Lintner Santos, a Specialty Camper, was matron of honor.

2000s Sarah Stepleton ’00 wed John Scott ’98 Sept. 24, 2011, in Memorial Chapel.

Adam Pare ’98 served as best man and the Culver Choir sang “All You Need Is Love.”

The newlyweds live in Denver.

Lauren S. Corcia W’97, SS’99, ’01 has been named assistant brand manager for Nestle USA and has relocated to Glendale, Calif.

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Harrison G. Bradford ’02 and his wife, Laura, are living in Milwaukee following their Aug. 20, 2011, wedding.

Rachel L. Bassett ’04 and Jeff Danziger were wed on Sept. 18, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. Serving as bridesmaids were Lindley Bassett ’07, Sotiria Anagnostou ’04, and Meg Foraker ’04. Rachel is a merchant for Abercrombie & Fitch at the home office in New Albany, Ohio.

Hans M. Lauzen W’00, N’04 graduated from the University of Southern California in May and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy. He is deployed in the Persian Gulf aboard the USS Kidd.

Air Force Academy graduate Jeremy J. Silko ’04 is forward deployed.

Jaclyn C. Sitjar ’04 of Rochester, Ind., won the National Law Review’s Spring 2011 Student Legal Writing Contest for her article, “The ‘Initial Interest Confusion’ Test – Analysis and Proposal for a Sensible Formulation for Use on the Internet.”

Jaclyn graduated in May from the Saint Louis University School of Law with a concentration in intellectual property.

John J. Jolley III ’05 is studying for a Master of Arts degree in the investor relations program at the University of San Francisco. The program focuses on financial communication, securities law, and marketing a company to investors.

Lt. Lane G. Pratt ’06 and Molly Emerson ’06 were married Sept. 24, 2011. The newlyweds are living near Fort Benning Ga., while Lane completes training at the U.S. Army Ranger School.

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Cassandra K.A. Claxton ’07 is working toward a medical degree in osteopathy at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. She graduated from Park University and received her master’s in bioethics from the KCU medical school.

Robert C. Lauzen W’05, N’10 is studying engineering and playing varsity football at Dartmouth College. He graduated valedictorian from West Aurora (Ill.) High School in spring 2011.

Samuel A. Hopkins ’07 has completed his college football career at Salisbury University in Baltimore. The Seahawks were defeated in the semifinals of the Division III playoffs.

Christopher J. Trennepohl W’04, ’10 and a co-worker were honored by the American Red Cross for saving the life of a man last summer. A student at Davidson College, Chris was working at a Monticello, Ind., restaurant when a cook suffered a heart attack. Chris used CPR skills he had learned at Pulaski Memorial Hospital during his senior year at the Academies to help revive the man.

Patrick R. Blankenship ’08 is pursuing a career as an entertainer. He trained for two years in improv and acting at Second City in Chicago and is performing standup comedy at clubs and venues in Chicago and northwest Indiana. He launched an entertainment production company – Don’t Act Like You’re Not Impressed Productions – in 2011 and is lining up performances for college campuses.

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Michael A. Sdao ’07 was an assistant captain this past season for the Princeton University hockey team. A three-year letterman, he scored 20 points in 30 games and was a Second Team ECAC Hockey All-League selection.

The Army-Navy football game proved to be a gathering of Eagles, as several Culver alumni were in the stands for the traditional game. Gathered for a group photo are, front row, left to right, Pierce Freeman ’11 (U.S. Military Academy PrepSchool), Marvin Hargraves ’10 (Army), Luke Schumacher ’10 (Army), Morgan Boundy ’10 (George Washington); back row, left to right, Ryan Kolden ’11 (Navy), James Turner ’09 (Navy), Alexander Canacci ’10 (Army), Austin Welch ’11 (Army), Cameron Crowell ’10 (Navy), Jack Ellis ’11 (Army) and Blake Hunnewell ’10 (Army).

Midway College senior Jessica L. Kutch ’08 was named women’s tennis player of the year in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Jess played four years at No. 1 singles for the Eagles. She also was player of the year in 2008-09.

Dana B. Sharff ’08 graduated from Miami University in December 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in business with a major in management and organization. She is pursuing a career in human resources.

Dana was named to the Dean’s List for the first semester of 2011-12.

Princeton senior Adam J. Shippey ’08 completed his college football career this fall for the Princeton Tigers. He broke into the starting lineup as a sophomore defensive lineman. And despite several injuries, Adam told The Times, the school newspaper, that he couldn’t have asked for a better educational experience.

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Ex-Marine Oppenheimer’s high-tech system detects source of enemy fire Sensors worn by soldiers can identify type of weapon

ons system that uses an array of sensors, each as small as a pack of cigarettes, to detect the source of enemy weapons fire so that it can be countered with unprecedented accuracy. The Ground Warfare Acoustical Combat System is able to classify gunshots, using instruments so sensitive that they can even determine the type of weapon being fired. The mobile sensor can easily be placed on a warrior, in a vehicle, or in a building or perimeter structure.

With GWACS technology, Oppenheimer explains, a soldier or Marine would be alerted to the location and type of enemy activity and be able to return fire with greater precision. “Our netted sensor concept allows warfighters, working together, to locate hostile fire, share that information through the command structure and take immediate actions to protect our forces while significantly shortening the kill chain to the hostiles,” he said.

A unit would know where its own forces were based and the type of arms they were using, thus averting any confusion regarding whether the fire came from friend or foe.

Oppenheimer’s firm is doing work limited to defense and homeland security but is looking toward commercial and law enforcement applications and possible overseas sales as the project moves forward.

By Frederick Karst Reed Oppenheimer ’68 is working with some of the latest technology in seeking to improve combat effectiveness and minimize casualties among American troops, wherever they may be called upon to serve.

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A former Marine, Oppenheimer sees his current work as a way “to fulfill a commitment to our country that so many others have made.”

The chief executive officer of GWACS Defense has set his sights on a new weap-

Based in Tulsa, Okla., where Oppenheimer lives, the firm is working on its third contract with the U.S. Department of Defense. “We are near the consummation of five years of work with the planned introduction of a pre-production unit this June,” he said.

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he said. The firm is a stock company, and the stock is privately traded.

Oppenheimer’s company has also been helped by the technical advice of Culver classmate and fellow Trooper Ted Frison, whose engineering firm in Washington, D.C., also works with government projects.

Earlier in his life, Oppenheimer was active on the polo circuit, playing frequently in California and Florida, and working in international investment and finance, based in New York City.

The concept, which may seem revolutionary to lay people, is also being pursued by two U.S. competitors, each of whose system relies on a single sensor, mounted on a vehicle in one case and operated on a warrior’s shoulder in the other, Oppenheimer explained.

Ground Warfare Acoustical Combat System There has also been interest in developing a similar approach in other countries, including France and the United Kingdom.

Oppenheimer is one of four brothers, whose father was a general in the U.S. Marine Corps. Carrying forward a family tradition, all attended Culver. Their father had gone to Culver summer school.

A member of Troop A, Reed excelled in varsity polo and jumping. He continued to achieve in polo at Yale University, where he graduated with a degree in history.

He followed in his father’s footsteps by entering the Marine Corps. However, he developed health issues, and left, regretfully, with a medical discharge.

Disappointed with the end of his military career, Oppenheimer maintained his interest in military science and gained inspiration after he allowed an engineer friend to experiment with sniper technology on his Oklahoma ranch. A partnership ensued, and the company was launched in the quest to develop sensors and a triangulation-based system for analyzing enemy fire.

“Since prematurely leaving the service, I had always felt a sense of incompletion.

That led to a more expanded global commitment to fight poverty, hunger, and social injustice. When the opportunity came along to support this life-saving technology, the circle was made complete.

“The firm currently has 15 employees, many of whom have engineering skills,”

Much of his life was spent in philanthropic endeavors, as a donor, helping with fund raising and serving in the field with various projects. He worked with Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who founded the Grameen Bank that pioneered micro-loans to women to start small businesses in Third World countries; Jane Goodall, who is known for her study of chimpanzees in east Africa; and with Trees for Life and other organizations having missions aimed at easing poverty and promoting women’s issues and social justice.

A Culver Family Married with two sons and two daughters, Oppenheimer is one of four sons of Marine Corps Brigadier General H.L. “Larry” Oppenheimer, a 1936 graduate of the summer Naval School. Gen. Oppenheimer, now deceased, commanded troops in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Reed and his brothers – Hamilton “Tony” ’66, Harold “Hal” ’72, and Eric ’74 – each graduated from CMA and also attended summer school.

Editor’s note: Frederick Karst is a freelance writer in Culver, Ind., and a frequent contributor to Alumni magazine. He is the former publisher of The Culver Citizen and the father of David Karst ’95. culver alumni magazine

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Death notices published in this issue were received and processed as of Feb. 1, 2012. Information is taken from published obituaries and information found in the alumni data base. Full obituaries are limited to those alumni who have died within three years of publication of this issue.

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John P. Fredrick H’30 of Kokomo, Ind., died April 29, 2011. A Purdue University graduate, Mr. Fredrick was president and treasurer of Dirilyte Co. of America Inc. from 1936 to 1966. He served as chairman of the board of directors from 1967 until the company sold in 1974. He was also a director of Union Bank and Trust Co. (1944-82) and a member of the executive committee for 30 years. He was director of Continental Steel Corp. from 1944 until it was sold to Penn-Dixie Co. in 1968. Mr. Fredrick was also active with the Purdue Alumni Association and in the Kokomo community as a board member and director. Surviving are two daughters, two stepdaughters, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son, John E. W’49.

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Frederick D. Watkins Jr. N’31 of Bloomfield, Conn., died Oct. 16, 2011.

Mr. Watkins was a former insurance executive and civic leader in the Hartford area. He spent 43 years with Aetna Insurance Co., including 13 as its president. He was an Army major during World War II, serving under Gen. Hall in North Africa and the Pacific. He was an Eagle Scout and a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also gave of his time generously to local organizations. He is survived by his two sons, a daughter, and six grandchildren.

George A. Goettsche ’32 (Band) of Fort Myers, Fla., died Dec. 22, 2010.

Albert H. Herzberg Jr.’35 (Co. B) of Memphis, Tenn., died Jan. 9, 2012. Mr. Herzberg was a private investor for most

of his career. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and served in the armed forces. He was a longtime member of the Economic Club of Memphis and tutored math for many years at local elementary schools. A son and daughter survive.

John R. Carr Jr. H’36 died July 17, 2011, in Indianapolis. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Mr. Carr was a World War II veteran, serving with Patton’s Third Army in the European Theater. After the war he received his law degree from Harvard Law School. Mr. Carr was widely recognized in the field of bankruptcy reorganization and creditor’s rights and received many professional acknowledgments over his career. He was a founding committee member of the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum.

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In addition, Mr. Carr was an active member of the Indianapolis community, including membership on the boards of the Indiana Repertory Theatre and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. He is survived by two sons, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.

William L. Lipp W’30, ’36 (Troop) died Sept. 24, 2011, in Mystic, Conn.

Mr. Lipp attended the University of Virginia, where he played football, ran track, and swam. He was an Army veteran of World War II, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge as a member of the 11th Armored Division and was among the first allied forces to liberate prisoners of the Mauthausen Concentration Camp.

Settling in Quincy, Mass., he founded the Custom Bag and Cover Corp. He was involved in community affairs and a founder of Quincy Junior College. He is survived by three daughters, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Robert B. Pope ’36 (Co. A) died June 4, 2011, in Portland, Ore. J. Henry Schroeder N’37 of Evansville, Ind., died April 5, 2011. Mr. Schroeder started one of the first plastic extrusion companies in the U.S., Crescent Plastics, Inc. From this business followed the Evansville-based companies Cresline Plastic Pipe Co., Inc., and Wabash Plastics, Inc., among others, of which he served as chairman. He was graduated from Wabash College, Phi Beta Kappa, and received his MBA from Harvard Business School with distinction. Mr. Schroeder was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in Great Britain and discharged with the rank of captain. He served as president of the boards of United Way of Southwestern Indiana, Vanderburgh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Goodwill Industries, the

Evansville Chamber of Commerce, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Welborn Baptist Hospital, Old National Bancorp, Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co., among others. Mr. Schroeder also was a trustee for the University of Evansville and Wabash College. The Evansville school of business is named in his honor, as is the career center at Wabash College. He is survived by his wife, Virginia, two sons, including John NB’64 of Evansville; and a sister. He is also survived by four grandchildren, among them Scott Schroeder NB’94 of Newburgh, Susan Fuller SS’95 of Washington, D.C., and Maribeth Schroeder SS’98, ’00 of Philadelphia, and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are four stepchildren and six step-grandchildren.

Warren Ardapple ’39 (Troop) died Aug. 31, 2009, in Lafayette, Ind. Survivors included his wife, Harriette; a son, two daughters, a sister, and four grandchildren.

William Ferguson ’39 (JC) died May 12, 2009, in Cartersville, Ga. Mr. Ferguson was a longtime newsman with United Press International in Chicago and Atlanta.

Two sons and a granddaughter survive.

Perry W. Lewis N’39 died Nov. 22, 2011, in Frankfort, Ind. Mr. Lewis was 1943 graduate of Wabash College and an Army veteran of World War II. He retired in the 1990s as owner/operator of Lewis Ford Sales. Surviving are his wife, Elsie Ann; two daughters, Elizabeth Dunlap SS’69 of Dillon, Colo., and Susan Woods SS’75 of Indianapolis. Mr. Lewis was preceded in death by a son, Perry “Bill” N’68 and a brother, Gene ’48.

A former CSSAA vice president, Dean M. Waddell W’35, ’39 (Band) died Jan. 1, 2012, in Mount Dora, Fla. He retired from Waddell Showcase Manufacturing of Greenfield, Ohio. He is survived by two sons, Castner N’60 of Mount Dora, and Dean W’62, N’66 of Farmers Branch, Texas, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Mr. Waddell was predeceased by a brother, George ’34.

Howard V. Bell ’40 (Band) of Colorado Springs, Colo., died May 6, 2011. Mr. Bell was an Army veteran of World War II and a pharmacist for the Army hospital in Bad Cannstatt, Germany. He was a graduate of the University of Colorado Pharmacy School. Surviving are three sons, a daughter, and grandson.

Luis Federico Carolo ’40 (Co. C) of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, died Feb. 27, 2010.

Benjamin T. Ward ’40 (Co. D) died Sept. 8, 2011, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Paul S. Warren ’42 (Troop) died Jan. 6, 2012, in Oro Valley, Ariz. Mr. Warren was a state champion in skeet shooting while at Culver. He served as an Army Air Corps lieutenant during World War II. He was a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology and followed his father as president of Gunthrop Warren Printing Company in Chicago. Mr. Warren collected antique cars and fire engines, and flew his own planes. He is survived by two daughters, a son, and five grandchildren.

George M. Hays II ’44 (Co. D) of Spring Lake, N.J., died Oct. 26, 2011.

Mr. Hays graduated from Dickinson College and The New Jersey State Teachers College. He was a teacher at Manasquan Elementary and a police officer in Manasquan and Spring Lake Heights. Mr. Hays was a veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife Irene; two sons, a sister, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Former Regimental Commander Alastair L. Muirhead ’44 (Artillery) died Nov. 4, 2011, at his horse farm in Hillsborough, N.C. He was an Army veteran of World War II and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill. Mr. Muirhead owned and operated William Muirhead Construction Company of Durham, N.C. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, among them William II W’63, ’70 of Franklinton, N.C.; a daughter, sister, and two grandsons.

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William H. Cook ’45 (Co. A) died July 11, 2011, in Naples, Fla. He worked for many years at Bentley Village as the director of golf. Surviving are two sons and a daughter.

An avid pilot, Jayson R. Brentlinger N’46 of Scottsdale, Ariz., died Dec. 20, 2011. Mr. Brentlinger was a partner in Mark Imports Volkswagen, S&J Investments, was involved in commercial real estate and several Arizona radio stations.

He graduated from Rose Polytechnic Institute with a degree in mechanical engineering. Mr. Brentlinger was an Air Force fighter pilot during the Korean War and flew vintage and modern aircraft over the years. He was a flight leader in the T-6 Cactus squadron, and a member of the Experimental Aircraft of America (EAA) in Oshkosh, Wis. Surviving are his companion, Martha Fenton; three sons, two daughters, and eight grandchildren, among them James Brentlinger N’98.

Dow Corning executive John S. Ludington NB’46 of Midland, Mich., died Dec. 6, 2010. Mr. Ludington graduated from Albion College with a degree in economics. After two years with the U.S. Army Signal Corp., he returned to Dow Corning, where he worked in personnel relations and marketing. He was named industrial relations director in 1963, became vice president in 1971, and was elected president and a director of the company in June 1972. In September 1975, Ludington became president and chief executive officer of Dow Corning, and in March 1984, he became chairman and chief executive officer of the company.

He was named chairman emeritus in 1992 and director emeritus in 1993. Dow Corning’s business grew significantly during Mr. Ludington’s tenure as the chief executive officer, with sales more than tripling because of its global expansion.

He served on the Albion Board of Trustees for 21 years, six of them as chairman.

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ington was also a director and chairman of Washington, D.C.-based Washington Campus, which educates business professionals about legislative and regulatory processes and the impact of governmental change on their organizations. He is survived by three children, Thomas N’71 of Sanford, Mich., Laura Hollenbeck SS’73 of Midland, and Annie Sullivan SS’77 of Chapel Hill, N.C.; seven grandchildren, and a friend, Ramona King of Midland.

Harold B. Pressman ’46 (Artillery) of Mason, Ohio, died Dec. 26, 2011.

Surviving are his wife, Marianne; two daughters, two sons, four grandchildren, and two brothers.

William C. Shaver ’46 (Artillery) died Jan. 13, 2012, in University Park, Fla. Mr. Shaver studied business at Indiana University and was an Air Force veteran.

He joined his father, a brother, and son in the automobile business, becoming Indiana’s largest Chevrolet dealership. Mr. Shaver also became involved in banking and real estate ventures throughout his career, sat on bank boards, and was a partner in the development of Merryville Industrial Park and had other real estate/ business interests in Gary and Merrillville.

He also was an owner/operator and distributor for both Mobil and Texaco Oil companies. Later, he built a Chevrolet Dealership in Homewood, Ill. with his son that became one of Chicagoland’s largest, expanding to include Peugeot (largest in Midwest). He is survived by his wife, Mary Jane; and four children, including John N’61, ’64 of Fort Wayne, Ind., Connie Shaver SS’66 of Sarasota, Fla., Cindy Tilley SC’71 of St. Petersburg, Fla.; a brother, four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.

Elam L. Stewart Jr. ’46 (Co. B) died Oct. 17, 2011, in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. He was a graduate of DePauw University with a degree in economics. After 10 years with the U.S. Army Reserves, obtaining the rank of captain, he began a career in oil and gas exploration and production.

In 1961, he became an independent oilman and started actively lobbying the federal government in the 1970s on

behalf of the independent oil industry.

He served over 25 years as president of the Energy Consumers and Producers Association, an oil and gas trade group and, from 1987-91, served as energy adviser to Oklahoma Gov. Bellmon and represented Oklahoma on the Interstate Oil Compact Commission. Mr. Stewart served as Oklahoma Republican chairman from 1965-69. In 1969, he was appointed

by President Richard Nixon to serve as Federal Chairman of the Ozarks Regional Commission, which included the governors of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Louisiana, with headquarters in the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. In 1970, he established a regional office for the Ozark Commission when he and his family moved to Muskogee, Okla. In 1976 he was the Republican candidate for Oklahoma’s 2nd District Congressional seat. Mr. Stewart is survived by one son, four grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

Donald A. Van Slyke ’46 (Troop) died Nov. 1, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. Mr. Van Slyke spent the majority of his career as an automobile dealer, selling LincolnMercury, Volkswagens, and Lexus. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville. Surviving are a son, daughter, two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

Harley J. Aylor ’47 (Co. D) died Nov. 2, 2011, in Ottawa, Ill. Mr. Aylor served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, flying 93 missions as an RF-80 reconnaissance pilot. He started his business career at Aylor & Meyer Feed Company, followed by employment at Early & Daniel Company, Dayton Bag & Burlap, and John F. Young Company. He retired after 40 years as partner and then owner of Bullard-Aylor Inc. in Arlington Heights, a manufacturers’ representative agency serving the animal feed industry.

A member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, one of his passions was flying his Pitts S2A aerobatic plane. Mr. Aylor is survived by his wife, Barbara, two daughters, two sons, including Harley II W’66 of Bradenton, Fla., and a sister.

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Passings with friends in Basement Theatre. Mr. DuVall is survived by his wife, JoAnn; a son, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.

John E. Madden Jr. ’47 (Artillery) died June 1, 2009, in Boca Raton, Fla. Survivors included his wife, Shirlee; three daughters, and a son.

Louis M. Orr Jr. W’47 died Oct. 23, 2011, in Gainesville, Fla. Dr. Orr was a physician (urologist) for over 27 years. He attended Princeton and Emory universities and was affiliated with Brigham Hospital (Boston), Alachua General Hospital (Gainesville) and Orlando. He served in the U.S. Army. Dr. Orr gave free yearly physicals to athletes of the city of Gainesville and many disadvantaged children.

He was an avid skier for Cypress Gardens.

Surviving are his wife, Ann; three sons, a daughter, six grandchildren.

Palmer H. Robinson ’47 (Troop) died March 20, 2011, in Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Burt L. Bershon ’47 (Artillery) of Sarasota, Fla., died April 18, 2011. Mr. Bershon was retired from the insurance business. He was a former vice president of the Toledo Culver Club and served as class agent from 2000-08.

Will N. Bridge Jr. H’47 died Jan. 6, 2012, in Seymour, Ind. Mr. Bridge retired in 1991 from John C. Groub Co. after 39 years of service He attended St. Joseph’s College until his enlistment into the U.S. Air Force and served in the Pacific during the Korean War. Mr. Bridge is survived by his wife, Elke; two daughters, five grandchildren, and a sister.

Kenneth K. DuVall Jr. N’47 of Appleton, Wis., died Aug. 23, 2011. Mr. DuVall graduated from Lawrence College with a bachelor’s degree in economics. In 1992 he received the Outstanding Service Award from Lawrence University. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1952-55. He spent his career as a stockbroker. In 1950 he performed in the inaugural play at the Attic Theatre and continued performing there for over 50 years. He also performed

Jack Bath Jr. H’48 of Lewistown, Ill., died Jan. 10, 2012. A graduate of Bradley University, Mr. Bath was a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel serving from 1953-81 in Germany, England, and the United States. After retiring he managed the shooting complex at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. He was a member of the Air Force Pistol Team and the Air Force Rod and Gun Club.

Surviving are two daughters, a brother, and two grandsons.

Peter MacIntyre Jr. ’48 (Troop) of Austin, Texas, died Dec. 10, 2011. He was a graduate of DePauw University. Surviving are his wife, Vera; four sons, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Lester Alexander Jr. ’49 (Troop) of New Orleans died Oct. 22, 2011. Mr. Alexander was a graduate of Duke University and a former pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by two sons, a brother, his fiancee, Julie Ford; and three grandchildren.

A former CSSAA president (1981-83) and board member (1977-79), F. Robert Kalthoff N’49 of Granger, Ind., died Jan. 21, 2012. A graduate of the University of Illinois and an Air Force veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Kalthoff had a broadcasting career spanning 43 years, 29 of those in the Chicago office of Avery Knodel Television, a national station advertising sales representative firm.

He started as a sales trainee and rose to chairman of the board, overseeing the profitable sale of the company. Mr. Kalthoff then moved to the station side of the business, first with Beam Communications and later as vice president and general manager at KBJR-TV, Duluth, Minn. He held the same title at WSJV-TV, South Bend/Elkhart, Ind., and at KYMATV in Yuma, Ariz., before retiring in 1998.

Mr. Kalthoff served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Broadcasters and was a trustee of Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, Ind., for nine years. During that time the school expanded from a two-year to a four-year college and opened on-campus housing.

Mr. Kalthoff is survived by his wife, Dianne; a daughter, and three grandchildren.

Donald S. Messenger ’49 (Artillery) of Shaker Heights, Ohio, died in December 2011. He was the former president of Cleveland Paper Company. Mr. Messenger was a graduate of Indiana University.

He is survived by two daughters, a son, and seven grandchildren.

Walter E. Parent II ’49 (Artillery) died Nov. 12, 2011, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

He graduated from the University of California-Santa Barbara and then served in the U.S. Army, assigned to SHAPE Headquarters in Paris. Mr. Parent also graduated from the Hastings College of Law and was admitted to the California Bar in 1964. He practiced law with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office and opened a law office in Santa Barbara specializing in Social Security Disability cases. Survivors include his wife, Susan; a daughter, son Grant ’03 of Santa Barbara, and a brother. culver alumni magazine

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Joseph W. Askren W’52, N’54 died March 19, 2009, in Vero Beach, Fla. He retired in 2003 from advertising sales for Scripps Treasure Coast newspapers, and 2005 from Florida Insurance Services.

During his 32-year career with Florida newspapers in DeLand, Leesburg, and Sanford, he was a reporter, photographer and the Flagler County bureau chief with the Daytona Beach News Journal.

He is survived by his wife, Rosemary, a daughter, son, brother, sister, and two granddaughters.

Leonard F. Kratz ’55 (Co. B) of Prescott, Ariz., died Dec. 22, 2011, in Atlanta.

An Army veteran, he is survived by two daughters and three grandchildren.

Arthur T. McGonigle Jr. H’55 of Wemersville, Pa., died Nov. 29, 2011.

Mr. McGonigle was co-owner of the former Reading Metal Craft from 1968 to 1986 and owner of Red Wing Software. He was a graduate of Rollins College in Florida and served in the U.S. Navy. Surviving are his wife, Sherry; two daughters, a son, and four grandchildren.

John C. Atwood III ’50 (Troop) died Oct. 2, 2011, in Hillsborough, Calif.

Lawrence A. Gilliland Jr. N’52 of Berea, Ohio, died May 9, 2011. He is survived by his wife, Sarah; a son, daughter, and three grandchildren.

William L. Susen ’52 (Co. D) of Kennedyville, Md., died Dec. 9, 2011.

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Stephen E. Jones W’53 died Dec. 21, 2011, in Bedford, Ind. He was the owner and principal broker at Jones & Jones Agency. Mr. Jones served as a county commissioner and was instrumental in the restoration and saving of the Williams Covered Bridge by having it placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was also a pilot. Survivors include two sons and three daughters, among them Elizabeth Jones SS’97, ’04 of Indianapolis; and a grandchild.

Virgil H. Butler Jr. W’51, ’56 (Co. A) of Oklahoma City died Feb. 14, 2011.

Mr. Butler was a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, where he served in ROTC and in the U.S. Army. He operated his own business, manufacturing and marketing crushing and screening equipment. He was internationally recognized as an innovator in the aggregates industry and was one of the first to use a computer to calculate processing flows and designs.

Mr. Butler is survived by his wife, Jan; sons Taylor N’79, Stephen W’79, H’80 of Oklahoma City, and, Marcus W’81, and stepsons Phillip Glazener H’79 and Matthew Glazener W’80 of Oklahoma City; and a sister.

Robert S. Hawley ’56 (Artillery) died Jan. 3, 2012, in Grafton, Wis. Mr. Hawley was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned his MBA after serving in the U.S. Army. Most of his career was spent with American Lifting Systems, a small industrial distributor started by his father. Survivors include his wife, Millicent; two sons, and two sisters.

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Robert B. Pettyjohn N’55, ’57 (Artillery) of New Port Richey, Fla., died Dec. 13, 2011. A retired Army colonel, Mr. Pettyjohn was a former director of emergency medical services for Pinellas County.

He is survived by his wife, Janet; three children, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Michael C. Hawkins ’59 (Troop) of Medford, Ore., died Oct. 8, 2011.

Mr. Hawkins was a former squadron commander and led the Black Horse Troop in President Eisenhower’s 1957 inaugural parade. He was a graduate of Claremont (Calif.) Men’s College. Mr. Hawkins worked for Exxon U.S.A. and held upper management positions in marketing, dealer and distributor support, and U.S. site selection. In 1976, he purchased Olympic Petroleum, an oil distributorship based in Medford, growing the company into one of the largest Exxon distributors on the West Coast.

He served as director of the Petroleum Marketers Association of America and as general chairman of the Pacific Oil Conference and on its board of directors through 1994. Mr. Hawkins was president of the Oregon Petroleum Marketers Association and received the Diamond Pin Award for Exceptional Service to the Independent Petroleum Industry. In 2003, he sold the majority of Hawk Oil Company and renamed the remaining holding company Hawk Northwest.

He continued to manage properties and investments in semi-retirement. Surviving are his wife, Anne; three sons, a brother, and seven grandchildren.

F. Richard Schwanke Jr. W’57, ’62 (Co. D) died Jan. 17, 2011, in South Bend, Ind. Richard J. Studier ’62 (Co. C) of Bay Village, Ohio, died Dec. 27, 2011. Two sons, a brother Robert ’65 of Seven Hills, Ohio; and a grandchild survive.

Patricia A. “Pam” Moore SS’65 died Dec. 31, 2011, in Indianapolis. She was a summer staffer in 1968, 1969, and ’71.

She lived in Culver from 1970-80, serving as the Academies archivist in 1976-77.

A graduate of Indiana University, Ms. Moore was an avid artist and musician.

She resided in Indianapolis’ Lockerbie neighborhood for over 20 years and was a board member of the Volunteer Lockerbie Square Peoples Club. Surviving is a sister, Emily Sturman SS’65 of Indianapolis.

Marissa Blair McKee W’02 of Wellington, Fla., died Aug. 12, 2011, in an automobile crash. She is survived by her father, Scott McKee; mother, Karen Woodmansee; a sister, Kelsey Ladd ’04 of Wellington; and her grandfather, John W. Woodmansee Jr. ’52 of Frisco, Texas.

Shane J. Schumerth ’02 (Band) died March 6, 2012, in Jacksonville, Fla. He was a graduate of Purdue University. He Camilo Morales photo

Richard H. Prewitt Jr. ’56 (Artillery) of Winchester, Ky., died Jan. 5, 2012. Mr. Prewitt graduated from PMC College with a degree in engineering followed by master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Penn State University. He worked as an engineer for Burroughs Corp and SKF. He worked with his father at Prewitt Associates in Lexington, Ky., as a materials engineer and later worked for many years as an engineer for the City of Lexington, retiring in 1996. Two sons, two brothers, including David ’57 of Wayne, Pa., and a sister survive.

Charles F. Roth III W’68, N’71 died July 14, 2011, in Vancouver, Wash.

Mr. Roth spent most of his career in the U.S. Navy. He formerly lived in Culver for 20 years.

Edward R. Kaegi W’75, ’80 (Artillery) died Nov. 20, 2011, in Rowlett, Texas.

Dean P. Bonetzky ’87 (Troop) of Huntsville, Ohio, died Oct. 14, 2011.

He graduated from Otterbein University in Westerville with a business degree.

Mr. Bonetzky managed his father’s medical practice for more than 10 years at the Aries Medical Center in Russells Point, Ohio.

Surviving are a daughter, his mother, Rose Marie Bonetzky of Westerville; two sisters, including Paula Bonetzky ’85 of Austin, Texas; two stepsisters Sara Scarbrough Reed ’94 of Austin and Abigail Scarbrough Thompson W’85, ’92 of Guadalajara, Mexico; and stepbrother John Scarbrough III H’85, ’90 of Austin.

Nathaniel E. Tutt ’96 (Artillery) died Nov. 30, 2011, in Franklin, Tenn. Mr. Tutt received his education from Quinnipiac University, and a degree in turf management from the University of TennesseeKnoxville. Surviving are his wife, Hilary; a daughter, son, his parents, Ron and Donna Tutt; and nine siblings.

is survived by his parents, Stephen and Susan Schumerth of Culver. His father is a former Battery counselor and an instructor in the Academies Leadership Department. Also surviving are brothers Christopher ’03 and Daniel ’06 and sisters Angela Schumerth ’04 and Amanda Schumerth ’07.

Ramie L. Harris SS’07 died Nov. 26, 2011 in Marion, Ind.

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Deaths in the Family Henry L. “King” Willhite Sr., 79, died Jan. 15, 2012, in Culver.

An Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Willhite was employed in the dining hall from 1951 to 1985. He is the father of H. Lee Willhite Jr., the director of the Academies Food Services since 2001.

Also surviving are his wife, Gladys, a son, Michael, two brothers, a sister, and a grandson. He was predeceased by a son, Jeffery, who was an Academies security officer.

Visitation was conducted at Memorial Chapel Jan. 20 with private graveside services.

•••• The Rev. William Martin, who served the Academies as chaplain from 197581, died Dec. 22, 2011, in Richmond, Va. In addition to the Academies he served at Old Dominion University, St. Christopher’s School in Richmond, The Rev. William Martin and Old St. Paul’s Church and Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County., Va., from which he retired in 1994. Rev. Martin graduated from the College of William & Mary and Virginia Episcopal Seminary.

While living in Norfolk, he performed in many Gilbert & Sullivan productions as the male comedic lead. Rev. Martin also was the author of a collection of stories from his childhood and a book of religious cartoons.

He is survived by his wife, Patti; daughters Sarah Abernathie ’81 and Susan Singer ’77, both of Richmond; son James ’80 of Stuttgart, Germany; a sister, brother, two stepchildren, and nine grandchildren, including Jane Abernathie ’12.

Corrections & Clarifications To clarify No. 15 of CGA’s Top 40 Greatest Hits (Winter 2011/ 2012), Culver’s first Relay For Life was held in spring 2008. The key organizers began the process as juniors, and some of them were involved again the next year as seniors.

Also in CGA’s Top 40 (No. 37), in addition to fencing, basketball, and volleyball, girls in 1972 also were able to earn varsity and JV letters in jumping and rough riding in the equestrian program.

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To clarify information regarding the survivors of H. Ward Lay ’64 (Winter 2011/2012 issue), Mr. Lay is survived by two sons, Carter of Malibu, Calif., and Walker of Dallas; a daughter, Harper of Dallas; sisters Susan Atwell and Dorothy Lay SS’70; nieces, Peggy Herrington Spradlin ’83 and Mimi Herrington Rodgers SS’87, nephew, Dr. David Campbell ’77, and two grandchildren. He was predeceased by a sister, Linda, and son H. Warden “Wardie” Lay ’84.

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The baton has been passed …

“Those events were fun, and they offered a way for me to meet some interesting Culver people from different eras,” Henderson says.

Comfortable in the role of organizer, and “hoping to do more for Culver,” Henderson reached out to Director of Alumni Relations Alan Loehr to see if there was an opportunity for continued involvement.

Kevin Henderson ’91 has lived in Denver for awhile. He enjoyed attending a few Culver Club events, and it wasn’t long before he was helping to organize them in an effort to stay connected with Culver.

Schneider, for her part, heralds Henderson’s “infectious enthusiasm for Culver,” and credits him for assembling a strong team of volunteers throughout the country.

Schneider also acknowledges the leadership of and infrastructure put in place by

“The school has meant so much to me and my family,” Henderson says. “The friends I have made there will be my friends forever.

The lessons I learned there I use every day.”

Loehr recognized that Henderson was a natural fit to take over the helm as vice president, then president of Culver Clubs International when former CCI head David Willkie ’88 left in 2010. Culver Clubs International has since grown to have a presence in 24 states and eight countries.

CCI has a governing board of five members, and volunteers on the ground in 37 cities. Now, Henderson is turning over the reins to CCI’s next president, Katherine Schneider ’92.

Schneider has run the Culver Club of Chicago, CCI’s largest, for several years and, as Henderson notes, “is more than ready to take over.”

Kevin Henderson ’91

“She has so much passion for Culver, is so good at networking, and knows so many people in the Culver world. I wish her much success.”

Katherine Schneider ’92

Henderson’s predecessors, Willkie, Stacy Scaravelli ’84, and Greg Farrall ’88, to name a few.

Joining Schneider on the CCI governing board and the Culver Legion Board are O’Neal Turner ’00, Ibrahim Fetuga ’01, James Popa ’92, and Nick Borden ’97.

“It is an honor to have an opportunity to serve Culver in this capacity,” says Schneider. “I am passionate about Culver Clubs and look forward to continuing the important work that Kevin started in order to do great thing for Culver.”

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Buxtons kick off a series of CCI visits in Chicago and Indianapolis A series of Culver Club events featuring Head of Schools John and Pam Buxton began in March as Culver’s first couple visited Chicago and Indianapolis. (A third stop in Columbus, Ohio, was too late for this issue of Alumni magazine.)

The events offer an opportunity for alumni, parents (past and present), friends, and prospective families to socialize and build relationships. In his presentation, John Buxton explains Culver’s beginnings and where it is today, stressing that the strength of the unchanged values that the school was founded on remain intact 118 years later.

Admissions representatives from Summer Schools & Camps and the boarding school also attend to meet with prospective families.

About 130 people attended the Chicago Club of Culver event at Lake Forest’s Deer Path Inn, hosted by Chicago Club President Scott Arquilla ’68. To get involved with the Chicago group, contact Arquilla at s.arquilla@alpha-construction.us.

The Indianapolis event was held March 8 at the Meridian Hills Country Club with about 175 members and guests present. Meg Burk ’91, president of the Indianapolis Culver Club, served as hostess. Sallie Jo Mitzell, Culver Parents Association chair for 2011-12, was also present. To learn more about the Indianapolis Culver Club contact Burk at megburk123@yahoo.com.

Together in the Windy City are, left to right, Mike Bacino ’90, Chicago CCI President Katherine Schneider ’92, and Chris Gravenites ’88.

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Indianapolis CCI President Meg Burk ’91 with her husband Troy (center) and father Mark Dinwiddie ’65.

Prospective parent Carmita Harris and Culver Fund Director Thomas Mayo ’75 at the Chicago event.

Chicago Club supports fencers

South Florida events

On Jan. 28 several members of the Culver Club of Chicago attended the Great Lakes High School Fencing Championships at Maine West High School.

On the Culver Club of Chicago’s Facebook page parent Wendy Brewer posted, “Way to go Culver fencing team. Four first-place team trophies and first place men’s overall and women’s overall tournament trophies, plus 15 individual medals.

Congratulations! You made history!”

Advancement Director Mike Perry and Culver Fund officer Dorothea Ragsdale ’74 attended events in Florida. On Jan. 27 an Old Guard Luncheon at Quail Ridge Country Club in Boynton Beach, Fla., was attended by 30 people.

Two days later (Jan. 29) 41 members and guests of the South Florida Culver Club met at Gulfstream Park in Hallendale Beach, Fla., for a Day at the Races.

Lisa Shulz ’93 reported it was “a wonderful event” with only one race delayed by rain.

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