ALUMNI CLASS NEWS
from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business (M.B.A.) in May, 2016, and is relocating from Greensboro, NC (where she worked for Procter & Gamble) to Seattle, WA where she’ll work in the Sports category of Amazon as a Senior Product Manager in the company’s Retail Leadership Development Program. Megan is an ’11 Vanderbilt University grad. Branden James ’08 and his wife, Erika, announced the birth of their son, Waylen, on Aug. 22. He weighed 10 lbs. 8 oz. and joins his big brother, Easton. Branden is the new counselor for Battery B. Brothers Adam Shippey ’08 and M. Parker Shippey ’10 are working in the film and television industry in New York, with Adam (a 2012 Princeton grad) as an actor and stuntman, SAG/AFTRA, and Parker (NYU Tisch Film School ’13) in the camera and electrical department. They recently worked together on an episode of “Gotham,” Adam in front of the camera and Parker behind the scenes. Their amassing credits can be found online on imdb.
Bryce Newell ’08 was joined by a number of Culver alums for his wedding at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island June 6, 2015, to wife Jennifer. Among fellow Culver classmates in attendance were Elizabeth Molloy, Brenna Newell, Robert Molloy,Yoshi Takamura, Aaron Fletcher, Chris Hamm, Ari Grazien, Cameron O’Banion, Stephanie Gehring, Thomas Anderson, and Lauren Lavery. The Newells, who live in New York City, are expecting their first child in February.
2010s Madeleine (Gillingham) ’11 and Tyler Reeves W’04 N’08 welcomed their first child, Tyler James “Jay”Junior, on June 21st 2016. The two were married in August 2015 in The Culver Memorial Chapel, and live in Dayton, OH. An extensive article on the Pucks and Recreation hockey website (pucksandrecreation.com) reports on the Culver experience of Tyler Rostenkowski ’11 as the primary influence in his NAHL detour to serve at the Air Force Academy. Rostenkowski told the website he “loved it” at
The following is a list of new directors added to Culver Legion Board: Evan Heckman ’06 Howard Mosley NB ’75, ’77 Nick Ramtin ’05 Michael Rudnicki ’92 (Culver Clubs International Ex Officio) Andrea Weaks Tabler ’81
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Culver and was reminded of his times here when he came to the Air Force Academy, adding he was “very comfortable with the military uniforms and the certain structure that goes on daily, and the potential to serve my country and give back to people who have given so much to me in my daily life was a massive factor to the reason I came here.” Rostenkowski played with the now‑defunct Texas Tornado, Wenatchee Wild and Amarillo Bulls, during his four seasons in the North American Hockey League. His play in juniors drew the attention of college teams, and he was eventually recruited by Air Force, where as a senior today he is an assistant flight commander. Nelson B. Collet, W ’12 (Battery B) of Leawood, Kansas, a Princeton graduate, was administered the oath commissioning Collet ’12 a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army (USA) May 31 by Comdr. Jay R. Jennings II United States Naval Reserve (Retired), ’72 N ’70 of Mission, Kansas. The commissioning ceremony was held in Nassau Hall, Princeton University. Observing the ceremony to the right of Lt. Collet, from left to right, are Lt. Col. Kevin McKiernan USA, Director of Army Officer Education, Princeton University; Gen. Mark Milley USA, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; and Dr. Christopher Eisgruber, President, Princeton University. Upon completion of advanced officer training, Lt. Collet will serve in the 69th Infantry Regiment (e.g., “The Fighting 69th”), New York Army National Guard.
Shaughnessy Lindquist ’13, of Pickerington, OH, recently graduated from Eckerd College with High Honors after three years. There, she received the Female Senior Scholar Award for having earned the highest GPA among female athletes. Shaughnessy was an NCAA athlete for all three years and an Academic All American last year as a sophomore/junior, and will most likely earn that All American title again this year. She sailed for Eckerd College in the College Sailing Nationals earlier this year, and in August began an 11-month period working in Annecy, France. Stuart Pomeroy ’13, of Glenview, IL, recently completed a summer internship position with J.P.Morgan Chase in downtown Chicago. He was part of the Renewable Energy Asset Management team in the Investment Bank branch of the company.