List of Culver Academies people explained

This list contains notable people associated with Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana, including alumni, former, and current faculty.

Alumni

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• Bud Adams, owner of NFL's Tennessee Titans^[1]
• Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
• Robert Baer, retired CIA officer and author
• Alberto Baillères, billionaire^{[2] [3]}
• Frank Batten, founder of Landmark Communications, The Weather Channel and weather.com
• Dierks Bentley, musician
• Pablo Bernal, Spanish track cyclist
• Elizabeth Bernstein, Wall Street Journal journalist
• Michael Brun, electronic musician and DJ
• David Burpee, experimental agriculturalist and president, W. A. Burpee Seed Company
• Quico Canseco, U.S. Representative (R-TX)
• Enrico Caruso Jr., actor, singer, son of renowned operatic tenor Enrico Caruso
• Sam Cohn, talent agent
• Elgin English Crull, City Manager of Dallas, Texas at time of JFK assassination
• Joseph T. Curry, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1930 to 1944; planter in Tensas Parish^[4]
• Luther Davis, playwright and screenwriter
• Kevin Dean, NHL hockey player
• Vadhir Derbez, actor and singer
• Jonathan Dever, member of Ohio House of Representatives
• Mario Dominguez, champ car driver
• Nic Dowd, NHL hockey player
• Jack Eckerd, founder Eckerd Pharmacy
• Molly Engstrom, hockey player for Team USA
• Eugene C. Eppley, hotel magnate
• Reuben H. Fleet, founder of Consolidated Aircraft, aviation pioneer
• George Foreman III, professional boxer
• Ernest K. Gann, aviator and writer
• Blake Geoffrion, hockey player
• Horace Heidt, pianist and big-band leader
• James A. Henderson, chairman of Cummins, Inc.
• Mitch Henderson, college basketball head coach
• Elwood Hillis, US House of Representatives, grandson of Elwood Haynes
• Hal Holbrook, actor
• Tim Holt, actor
• Robert J. Huber, Michigan politician and businessman
• Michael Huffington, U. S. Congressman from California and film producer
• Lamar Hunt, founder of NFL's Kansas City Chiefs
• Jonas Ingram, Naval Admiral and recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Brennan Kapcheck, professional hockey player
• Bill Koch, businessman, sailor, and collector; his boat won America's Cup in 1992^[5]
• Russell Lee, photographer and photojournalist, best known for work for Farm Security Administration (FSA)
• John-Michael Liles, NHL hockey player and 2006 Olympian
• Joshua Logan, playwright, screenwriter and stage/film director
• Mason Lohrei, NHL hockey player^[6]
• Daniel Manion, judge
• George Mastics, member of Ohio House of Representatives, current County Commissioner in Palm Beach, Florida
• Adolphe Menjou, actor
• Charles I. Murray, Brigadier General, USMC, recipient of Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross
• Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, American-Mexican businessman and publisher
• Edmund H. North, Oscar-winning screenwriter
• Richard O'Neill, writer
• Walter O'Malley (1903–1979), owner of baseball's Brooklyn Dodgers, who moved team to Los Angeles, California in 1958^[7]
• Stephen A. Orthwein, polo player
• Eugene Pallette, actor
• Roger Penske, owner of Penske Corporation
• William Perry, United States Secretary of Defense
• Barry Richter, NHL hockey player
• John Rickert, real estate investor, owner RICORE|Lee & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio
• George R. Roberts, financier, partner in KKR
• Mark Salling, actor, musician, played "Puck" on TV show Glee
• Jon Scieszka, author
• Gene Siskel, film critic
• Tal Smith, Major League Baseball executive, retired president of Houston Astros, marathon runner
• Herbert Sobel, lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army, World War II veteran and first commander of Easy Company, 2nd battalion, 506th P.I.R. with 101st Airborne division, depicted in Band of Brothers
• Juergen Sommer, professional soccer player and coach
• Lewis M. Steel, civil rights attorney
• Burr Steers, actor and director
• George Steinbrenner, owner of New York Yankees
• Hal Steinbrenner, part-owner of New York Yankees
• Dan Sullivan, U.S. senator for Alaska
• Gary Suter, NHL hockey player
• Ryan Suter, hockey player, NHL and Team USA
• Jorge Alberto Uribe, Colombian politician, diplomat and businessman
• Miles D. White, chairman and CEO, Abbott Labs
• James C. Wofford, Olympic equestrian
• Robert R. Young, financier
• Jay Zeamer, Jr., Medal of Honor recipient, U.S. Army Air Force of World War II

Faculty

• Hillard Bell Huntington
• James Garesche Ord
• Bob Peck
• Charles DuVal Roberts
• William A. Roosma^[8]
• John Shirley Wood

Fictional

• Tom Brown of Culver, movie character

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Titans' Bud Adams Was the Most Successful Owner in NFL History. .
2. https://www.itam.mx/documentos-itam/man_year2001.pdf
3. Web site: Alberto Baillères: Success Story of Mexican Billionaire. 22 April 2020.
4. Book: Matthew Reonas, Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana's Northeast Delta, From the First World War Through the Great Depression, pp. 264, 271. Baton Rouge

   Louisiana State University PhD dissertation, December 2006

   . July 19, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054752/http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-11082006-162523/unrestricted/jmreonasdiss.pdf. September 21, 2013. dead.
5. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DC1630F936A25754C0A964958260&scp=2&sq=%22culver+academy%22&st=nyt "SPORTS PEOPLE: YACHT RACING; Don't Tell Dennis Conner"
6. News: Palzewic . Rich . Lohrei thriving with Green Bay Gamblers . 20 March 2024 . The Press Times . 5 April 2021.
7. "Walter F. O'Malley, Leader of Dodgers' Move to Los Angeles, Dies at 75; Unqualified Success", The New York Times, August 10, 1979.
8. News: October 26, 1967 . Awarded Legion Of Merit For Service In Vietnam . The Culver Citizen . Culver, IN . 1.