List of Culver Academies people

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

Alumni[]

Bud Adams, owner of NFL's Tennessee Titans^[1]
Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
Robert Baer, retired CIA officer and author
Alberto Baillères, Mexico's second-richest man^[2]^[3]
Frank Batten, founder of Landmark Communications, The Weather Channel and weather.com
Dierks Bentley, musician
* Michael Brun, electronic musician and DJ
Quico Canseco, former 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, former NHL hockey player
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, basketball head coach, Princeton
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, former U. S. Congressman from California and film producer
Lamar Hunt, founder of NFL's Kansas City Chiefs
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, Toronto Maple Leafs
Joshua Logan, playwright, screenwriter and stage/film director
Daniel Manion, judge
George Mastics, former member of Ohio House of Representatives, current County Commissioner in Palm Beach, Florida
Adolphe Menjou, actor
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^[6]
Charles I. Murray, Brigadier General, USMC. A recipient of Navy Cross and Army Distinguished Service Cross.
Stephen A. Orthwein, polo player
Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, American-Mexican businessman and publisher
Eugene Pallette, actor
Roger Penske, owner of Penske Corporation
William Perry, United States Secretary of Defense
Barry Richter, former NHL hockey player
George R. Roberts, financier, partner in KKR
Mark Salling, actor, musician, played "Puck" on TV show Glee
Jon Scieszka, author
Gene Siskel, film critic
Dan Sullivan, U.S. senator for Alaska
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
Juergen Sommer, professional soccer player and coach
Burr Steers, actor and director
George Steinbrenner, former owner of New York Yankees
Hal Steinbrenner, former part-owner of New York Yankees
Gary Suter, former 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[]

Fictional[]

Tom Brown of Culver, movie character

References[]

^ "The Titans' Bud Adams Was the Most Successful Owner in NFL History".
^ https://www.itam.mx/documentos-itam/man_year2001.pdf
^ "Alberto Baillères: Success Story of Mexican Billionaire". 22 April 2020.
^ 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 (PDF). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University PhD dissertation, December 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.
^ "SPORTS PEOPLE: YACHT RACING; Don't Tell Dennis Conner", The New York Times, July 15, 1992. Retrieved February 14, 2008. "The America's Cup defender, BILL KOCH, capsized a sailboat on Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Ind., last weekend while racing students at Culver Academy, where he graduated in the 1950s."
^ "Walter F. O'Malley, Leader of Dodgers' Move to Los Angeles, Dies at 75; Unqualified Success", The New York Times, August 10, 1979.

[1] "The Titans' Bud Adams Was the Most Successful Owner in NFL History".

[2] ttps://www.itam.mx/documentos-itam/man_year2001.pdf

[3] "Alberto Baillères: Success Story of Mexican Billionaire". 22 April 2020.

[4] 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 (PDF). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University PhD dissertation, December 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2013. Retrieved July 19, 2013.

[5] "SPORTS PEOPLE: YACHT RACING; Don't Tell Dennis Conner", The New York Times, July 15, 1992. Retrieved February 14, 2008. "The America's Cup defender, BILL KOCH, capsized a sailboat on Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Ind., last weekend while racing students at Culver Academy, where he graduated in the 1950s."

[6] "Walter F. O'Malley, Leader of Dodgers' Move to Los Angeles, Dies at 75; Unqualified Success", The New York Times, August 10, 1979.

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