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    • The Thunderbird, Summer 1974

    • The Thunderbird, Summer 1974

    • Thunderbird School of Global Management; Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management; Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird Graduate...

    • Thunderbird alumni magazine; Thunderbird annual report.

    • The Thunderbird alumni magazine collection contains archival issues of the school’s main publication aimed at informing and connecting the Thunderbird community, especially alumni. Feature articles, profiles, interviews, news, events and alumni...
    • The Thunderbird, Summer 1975

    • The Thunderbird, Summer 1975

    • Thunderbird School of Global Management; Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management; Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird Graduate...

    • Thunderbird alumni magazine; Thunderbird annual report.

    • The Thunderbird alumni magazine collection contains archival issues of the school’s main publication aimed at informing and connecting the Thunderbird community, especially alumni. Feature articles, profiles, interviews, news, events and alumni...
    • Thunderbird Magazine, Volume 51, Number 1 1997

    • Thunderbird Magazine, Volume 51, Number 1 1997

    • Thunderbird School of Global Management; Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management; Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird Graduate...

    • Thunderbird alumni magazine; Thunderbird annual report.

    • The Thunderbird alumni magazine collection contains archival issues of the school’s main publication aimed at informing and connecting the Thunderbird community, especially alumni. Feature articles, profiles, interviews, news, events and alumni...
    • Thunderbird Magazine, Volume 57, Number 1 2004 Fall

    • Thunderbird Magazine, Volume 57, Number 1 2004 Fall

    • Thunderbird School of Global Management; Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management; Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird Graduate...

    • Thunderbird alumni magazine; Thunderbird annual report.

    • The Thunderbird alumni magazine collection contains archival issues of the school’s main publication aimed at informing and connecting the Thunderbird community, especially alumni. Feature articles, profiles, interviews, news, events and alumni...
    • AIFT Students

    • AIFT Students

    • Rockwell, Charles

    • Students 1940-1950; South America commerce; American Institute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I;

    • Because of its proximity to Mexico and Latin America, the early years of Thunderbird (American Institute for Foreign Trade) focused on doing business in that region of the world. Portuguese and Spanish were the only languages taught, and most...
    • Dancers at AIFT

    • Dancers at AIFT

    • Rockwell, Charles

    • Latin America; South America commerce; Dancing; American Insitute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I

    • Students at American Institute for Foreign Trade not only learned how to do business in a foreign country, but they also learned the culture of Latin American countries. Friday night folk dances were part of the cultural aspect of a Thunderbird...
    • Dr. William Lytle Schurz

    • Dr. William Lytle Schurz

    • Rockwell, Charles

    • Schurz, William Lytle; Galleons history; National Geographic magazine; Latin America; American Institute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I

    • Dr. William Lytle Schurz, noted Latin American scholar and Director of the Department of Area Studies at the American Institute for Foreign Trade, visits with student Charles Rockwell. Schurz was one of the most highly respected faculty in the...
    • Entrance, The American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • Entrance, The American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • Unknown

    • American Institute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I; World War II;

    • Founder's Hall, at the entrance to the AIFT Campus, was the original administration building during World War II when Thunderbird Field I was an Army Air Forces training base. After the base was converted to a school, the building housed the...
    • AIFT Rodeo Parade Float

    • AIFT Rodeo Parade Float

    • Unknown

    • American Institute for Foreign Trade; Parades & processions 1930 - 1990; Parade floats; Rodeo;

    • American Insitute for Foreign Trade students display their Latin American influence on a float in the annual Rodeo Parade in Phoenix.
    • Walter Bimson

    • Walter Bimson

    • Unknown

    • Bimson, Walter;

    • Walter Bimson was the speaker at the first AIFT graduation in June, 1947. Bimson, head of the local Valley National Bank, was influential in finding funding and local support for the new school and served on its Board of Directors.
    • Faculty Building at AIFT

    • Faculty Building at AIFT

    • Unknown

    • American Institute for Foreign Trade; Thunderbird Field I;

    • When the former airbase was converted into a school of management, its aircraft control tower became the faculty building for the school.
    • Tower Building at AIFT

    • Tower Building at AIFT

    • Fred Koppl

    • Aircraft control tower; American Graduate School of International Management; Thunderbird; Thunderbird Field;

    • The Tower Building remains the most prominent landmark at the American Institute for Foreign Trade. This 1952 photo by a Thunderbird alumnus Fred Koppl clearly shows the runway in front of the former air control tower.
    • AIFT Women's Club

    • AIFT Women's Club

    • Unknown

    • Women--1960-1970

    • In 1966, the Women's Club at the American Institute for Foreign Trade was composed of wives of the students. They were enrolled in special classes designed to help them adapt to the foreign cultures in the countries where their husbands would be...
    • Berger Erickson

    • Berger Erickson

    • Unknown

    • Erickson, Berger

    • Berger Erickson had been an officer of AIFT since its founding in 1946, first as business manager and later as Vice President for Business Affairs. He was named to the position of Executive Vice President in 1961. Known as "Mr. Thunderbird," he...
    • Carmen "Tica" Madrigal

    • Carmen "Tica" Madrigal

    • Unknown

    • Languages; Boller, Carmen Madrigal

    • Alumnus Charles White , class of 1953, sends this photo and writes: "My Spanish teacher in 1953 was Carmen Madrigal (de Bohler). But she was knownn as "Tica" because she was from Costa Rica. She taught "from the heart." She was thrilled when her...
    • American Business Enlightenment Award

    • American Business Enlightenment Award

    • Unknown

    • Business; Airlines; Awards;

    • 1961. James O. B. Phillips, President of Braniff Airlines in Brazil, received the American Buisness Enlightenment Award in 1961. Dr. Jonas H. Mayer, Vice President of American Linen Supply Company established the American Business Enlightenment...
    • Lt. General Barton Kyle Yount

    • Lt. General Barton Kyle Yount

    • Unknown

    • Yount, Barton Kyle

    • Under the direction of the School's first president, retired Lt. General Barton Kyle Yount, the School opened its doors on Oct. 6, 1946 as American Institute for Foreign Trade. Yount, former head of the Army Air Training Command, had been...
    • AIFT Coffee Shop

    • AIFT Coffee Shop

    • Unknown

    • American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • The Thunderbird Coffee Shop in the 1960s reflected the international culture of the school with posters from many countries lining the walls.
    • AIFT Nursery

    • AIFT Nursery

    • Unknown

    • American Institute for Foreign Trade

    • About 50 percent of the students at Thunderbird in 1958 were married men, some of whom were accompanied by their wives and children. The School provided a nursery for the children while the parents were in class, and some of those children,...
    • Professor Christian Larsen

    • Professor Christian Larsen

    • Unknown

    • Larsen, Christian

    • Professor Christian Larsen chats with Mr. Alfred Johnson, executive vice president of S. C. Johnson & Son Inc., and newly appointed member of the AIFT Board of Directors. Professor Larsen occupies the S. C. Johnson sponsored professorial chair of...

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