Culver graduates gathered for a photo at the Army-Navy game on December 9th. Joining the cadets and midshipmen were 2013 graduates Nathan Turner and Daniel Gaynor (back row, left). At the game were (front, left) Zane Khodr ’17, Annie Shea ’16, Claire Martinez ’17, (back, left) Turner, Gaynor, Judson Andonov ’15, Ben Snyder ’17, Nick Zalduendo ’14, Robert Thomas ’14, Klaus Payne ’14, Thomas Maly ’17, Jacob Hare ’17, Ben Turner ’14, Logan Joseph ’14, Sterling Willman ’13, Anthony George ’16. Missing were midshipmen Katie Salerni ’15, Reina Carroll ’16 and Krista Trefren ’16; and cadets Nick Curtin ’14 and Griffin Harten ’17 (USMA Prep School).
Alex (Banfich) Menendez W ’03 ’08 married Robert Menendez in a June 10 ceremony in Culver’s Memorial Chapel which included Culver alums Kelly (Norton) Rogers ’07, Ana Tosi ’08, Aline Medina ’07, and Stephen Swindal ’07. The Menendezes live in New York City.
finishes her chemistry PhD. Carl is serving as a Second Lieutenant in the Army and is currently stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Culver alumni in their wedding party included Madison Tallant ’11, Maid of Honor, bridesmaids Kirstyn Petras ’11 and Carol Alban ’13, and groomsmen Jerry Howard ’11 and Andrew Walker ’12.
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Collin Parker ’13 was honored in July for his service to his country by the Warsaw, Indiana school board. Ink Free News reported on Collin’s recollections of attending
Tess Janicki ’12 married Carl Ardissono, also class of ’12, on June 17 and the couple lives in Madison, Wisconsin while Tess
school in that city and being changed forever after hearing of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 while still a 1st grader. He received the Duchossois Scholarship and attended Culver, after which he attended the US Military Academy at West Point where he earned a Bachelor of Science in management and concentrated in systems engineering. While there, he led 1,100 cadets as the Regimental Executive Officer and spearheaded the world’s largest undergraduate policy conference. In May he graduated sixth in his class of
nearly 1,000 students and was commissioned as an Aviation Officer in the Army. He will depart for Beijing, China, to attend graduate school as a Schwarzman Scholar, after which he will attend officer training and helicopter flight school in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
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