People Associated with Culver Milirary Academy

Walter O'Malley in 1946 was part-owner, Vice President and General Counsel of the Dodgers.Served as Dodger President from Oct. 26, 1950 through March 17, 1970, when he moved to team Chairman of the Board until his passing on Aug. 9, 1979.

John Shields was appointed Dean of Admissions at Culver Military Academy. During his Culver tenure, Shields worked closely with many active and retired military personnel from all branches of service. He became involved with Culver's JROTC program

Millionaire philanthropist Jack Eckerd (CMA 1930), a hard-driving businessman who turned three rundown drugstores into an empire that bore his name. He started the Clearwater-based Eckerd Drug Stores in 1952 with three stores bought for $150,000. By 1975, he had 465 drugstores in 10 states with 12,000 employees, as well as 60 optical centers in Florida, a food service equipment business and a security company. The chain, bought by J.C. Penney in 1996,and in 2000 had more than 2,600 stores in 20 states and was being sold to CVS and Jean Coutu Group. He amassed a fortune last estimated in 1975 by "Fortune magazine" to be $150 million vwhich in turn financed many causes, including Eckerd College, a liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, a network of wilderness camps for troubled children, and Ruth Eckerd Hall, a performing arts center in Clearwater.

Culver Family Fleet and Gignillat (genealogy of the family)

John Seddon Fleet

Leigh Robinson Gignillat
Leigh Robinson Gignillat
Sets The Stage Leigh Robinson Gignillat As In Giant
Leigh Robinson Gignillat Rhodes Scholar



Employees & Towns People Insights

C. Warner Williams - arisit-in-residence

Sarge

Louis Rehr, Class of 1938

Famous Alumni

Walter Merwin Hand

Charles Billy (Bill) Howard