Nelson Bunker Hunt W’37, ’43 (Artillery) of Dallas died Oct. 21, 2014. A member of Culver’s Horsemanship Hall of Fame, Mr. Hunt was a billionaire oilman, businessman, and at one time owned 1,000 racehorses. Mr. Hunt followed his father into the oil industry, first at Hunt Oil Company and later started Hunt International Petroleum with his brothers. He conducted exploratory and/or oil drilling operations in 32 countries, according to an obituary in the Dallas Morning News. Mr. Hunt was board chairman of Hunt Energy, Hunt Electronics, and Hunt International Resources, along with investments in real estate, mining, and ranching ventures. In 2006, he was given the Murphy Award for Entrepreneurship by the University of North Texas Murphy Enterprise Center. He received the Pop Harkins Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Texas Thoroughbred Association. Mr. Hunt was a Navy veteran of World War II, serving on the battleship USS Washington. He is survived by his wife, a son, and three daughters.
Homer B. Leonard ’43 (Co. C) died Aug. 21, 2014, in Spicewood, Texas. Mr. Leonard served in World War II with the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team. He later graduated from Rice University. He is survived by two sons, a daughter, four grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. John U. Lanman ’44 (Artillery) of Munster, Ind., died Aug. 4, 2014. Dr. Lanman practiced internal medicine in Munster for over 40 years. He served as a volunteer at the McAuley Clinic until six weeks before his death and also worked with Habitat for Humanity. Dr. Lanman served in the Navy and graduated from Cornell University and the Cornell University School of Medicine. Surviving are his wife, Nancy; three daughters, a son, and nine grandchildren. Dr. Lanman was predeceased by four brothers, George ’41, Robert ’46, Richard ’49, and Charles ’55. George W. Hay III N’45 of Goshen, Ind., died Oct. 21, 2014. Mr. Hay served in the Navy from 1945-48 and was a past com-
mander of American Legion Post 30. He attended the University of Utah and worked for his father at Hay Oil Company from 1950 to 1971. In 1971, he went to work for Starcraft and became production manager for Advantage Vans. Mr. Hay was a 67-year member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; two sons, a sister, a brother, Stephen N’59 of Tucson, Ariz.; two stepchildren, two grandchildren, including R. Craig Wheeler N’79 of Oviedo, Fla., a step granddaughter, two great‑grandchildren, and two step great‑grandchildren. Corydon S. Kammler ’45 (Troop) of Jensen Beach, Fla., died Nov. 1, 2014. A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Kammler graduated from the General Motors Institute in Flint, Mich., and became a Buick dealer in Princeton, N.J. His Beau Run Farm in Skillman, N.J., was a site of many horse shows, rodeos, and competitions. Mr. Kammler was a judge for the American Quarter Horse Association,
Retired Chicago Tribune CEO Charles Brumback ’46 Charles T. Brumback ’46, trustee emeritus of The Culver Educational Foundation and the retired CEO of the Chicago Tribune Co., died Jan. 12, 2015, in Winter Park, Fla. He had been in declining health since suffering a stroke in 2007. Archives photo
A CEF trustee emeritus, Mr. Brumback served from 1982 to 2008. During his tenure he was a member of the Budget, Audit, Human Resources, and Marketing/ Communications Charles T. Brumback committees. He chaired the Marketing Committee in the late '80s. Mr. Brumback was Culver’s Man of the Year in 1997. The son of John Brumback, valedictorian of the Culver Class of 1910, Mr. Brumback lettered in Rifle as a plebe and was an individual winner at the NRA Boys’ national Championship. In his third-class year he earned a gold medal at the National ROTC Championships and helped lead the Culver
team to the Hearst Trophy, the first of three consecutive national titles. As a first-classman, he was co-captain of Rifle. Additionally, he was an all Midwest and Prep Conference lineman in football, a member of the Honor Council, a lieutenant in the Artillery, and Regimental Personnel Officer. Mr. Brumback graduated 24th in a class of 187. (The John S. Brumback 1910 Endowed Scholarship was established in 1984 by Charles Brumback and family to honor his father. Since it was established, 32 students have benefited from the scholarship.) He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics at Princeton University and was an Army veteran of the Korean War, earning a Bronze Star as a lieutenant. In Korea (1951-53), he was a Forward Observer, one of the most dangerous of combat positions. Mr. Brumback started his career as an accountant with Arthur Young & Co., joining the Orlando Sentinel’s parent company, the Sentinel Star Co., in 1957 as controller, business manager, and general manager. The Tribune Co. purchased the Sentinel in
1965. Mr. Brumback was named president and CEO of the Sentinel in 1976. In 1981, he became CEO and president of the Chicago Tribune, building a reputation for effective leadership and for embracing technology, according to a published obituary. He was named president and chief operating officer of The Tribune Company in 1989, the CEO in 1990, and chairman of the board in 1993. He retired from the newspaper in 1995. Mr. Brumback was also credited with improving the paper’s production and zoning capabilities and upgrading the home delivery system. During his tenure the Tribune weathered a strike by production unions. He also was involved with construction of the paper’s Freedom Center production facility. He is survived by two sons, Charles Jr. ’72 of Orlando, Fla., and Wesley ’76 of Oviedo, Fla.; two daughters, Ellen Allen of Lake Bluff, Ill., and Anne Meyer of Sarasota, Fla.; a brother, John Jr. ’49 of Orlando, Fla.; and seven grandchildren, among them Andrew Allen ’08 and Mitchell Allen ’11.
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