Brian Chilton, a 2009 graduate from St. Joseph-Ogden High School, has joined Boeing Company in St. Louis as a Database Content Developer.
"I'll be 3D modeling airports for military simulators," he said.
Chilton, who was a VDC Virtualization Technician with Clayco, was furloughed due to the economic downturn created by the Coronavirus pandemic and quickly landed on his feet three weeks later.
"I was the primary visualization artist there. They called it a technician," he said about his position that lasted just eight months. "I just loved the challenges that making animated videos, between editing and compositing everything together to make the final product."
With over $3.2+ billion in revenue for 2019 and more than 2,400 employees across the country, Clayco is one of the nation’s largest privately-owned real estate, architecture, engineering, design-build and construction firms that has set new standards for collaborative design, construction quality and craftsmanship, efficient project management, cost containment and jobsite safety.
Despite his short tenure with Clayco, he expanded his knowledge base on the building construction industry.
"I had to learn how buildings were constructed and go off of build schedule plans. What's crazy is not all buildings are constructed the same."
After leaving SJO, Chilton attended Parkland College where graduated in 2013. From there he went on to the Savannah College of Art & Design where he earned a bachelors degree in animation. Below is an animated short film he created that can be found on his website at BrianChilton3D.
Boeing is recognized as the largest aerospace company in the world. The company builds commercial jetliners and security systems as well as provides aftermarket support for their products which are used worldwide by the United States and allied government customers in more than 150 countries.
Chilton resides in Hazelwood, MO., with his wife, Sara, and their daughter.
21 Area residents earn U of I Dean's List honors
The University of Illinois announced the names of the students who were recognized on the fall semester Dean's List last week. Twenty-one area residents currently studying at Illinois' flagship university made the prestigious academic list.
Three Ogden residents and 18 fellow Illini listing St. Joseph as their home city joined 7,440 students from around the world on the fall 2019 list from the Urbana-Champaign campus.
Students named to the UIUC Dean's List must complete coursework and grading to fall into the top 20% of a student’s college class or curriculum. Furthermore, eligible students must take a minimum of 14 credit hours for a letter grade. Pass or fail grading is not considered for the purpose class or curriculum rank for this academic award.
The list below does not include Dean's List honorees added after Jan. 27 or students who did not list their hometown as Royal, Ogden or St. Joseph.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Molecular and Cellular Biology Carly Jane Frerichs, Senior
Applied Health Sciences - Major: Kinesiology Emilee Lorren Sorensen, Junior, ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
ACES - Major: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Sarah Chahine, Freshman
Applied Health Sciences - Major: Community Health Hailey Brihn Collum, Senior
Fine and Applied Arts - Major: Architectural Studies Carson Danae Florey, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Linguistics Lauren Elizabeth Gherna, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: English Evan Michael Hawkins, Junior
Media - Major: Advertising Mason Ray Housenga, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Physics Ian Joseph Hulette, Senior
ACES - Major: Human Development and Family Studies Riley Serena Knott, Junior
ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Mira Nichole McLain, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Integrative Biology Casey J. Modglin, Senior
ACES - Major: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Skylar Price, Sophomore
General Studies - Major: Undeclared Abigail K. Schlueter, Freshman,
ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Elizabeth Jo Schluter, Freshman
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: History Rylee Mareka Sjuts, Freshman
General Studies - Major: Undeclared Claire Elizabeth Smith, Junior
ACES - Major: Agricultural Communications Ty Allen Stegall, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology Macy Reigh Vallee, Junior
ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
Ogden
Cody A. Ayers, Cody, SeniorLiberal Arts and Sciences Molecular and Cellular Biology Carly Jane Frerichs, Senior
Applied Health Sciences - Major: Kinesiology Emilee Lorren Sorensen, Junior, ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
St. Joseph
Emily Ann Bluhm, SophomoreACES - Major: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Sarah Chahine, Freshman
Applied Health Sciences - Major: Community Health Hailey Brihn Collum, Senior
Fine and Applied Arts - Major: Architectural Studies Carson Danae Florey, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Linguistics Lauren Elizabeth Gherna, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: English Evan Michael Hawkins, Junior
Media - Major: Advertising Mason Ray Housenga, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Physics Ian Joseph Hulette, Senior
ACES - Major: Human Development and Family Studies Riley Serena Knott, Junior
ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Mira Nichole McLain, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Integrative Biology Casey J. Modglin, Senior
ACES - Major: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Skylar Price, Sophomore
General Studies - Major: Undeclared Abigail K. Schlueter, Freshman,
ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Elizabeth Jo Schluter, Freshman
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: History Rylee Mareka Sjuts, Freshman
General Studies - Major: Undeclared Claire Elizabeth Smith, Junior
ACES - Major: Agricultural Communications Ty Allen Stegall, Junior
Liberal Arts and Sciences - Major: Molecular and Cellular Biology Macy Reigh Vallee, Junior
ACES - Major: Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications
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