Thunderbird Magazine, Spring 1985

              More demanding degree require­ments
have been approved by the
faculty and Board of Trustees and
will become effective in the Fall
semester, 1985. The Departments of
World Business and Modem
Languages have added require­ments
to provide a broader base in
business administration and equip
the graduate with the business
vocabulary essential to an interna­tional
manager.
World Business is raising the
number of hours required at the
400/500 level to 15 semester hours.
Five specified courses are now
required at the 400 level. However, a
student who has satisfactorily com­pleted
any of the required courses
elsewhere may substitute other 4001
500 level World Business courses.
The five required courses are:
(1) WB-414 Cost and Manage­ment
Accounting
or
WB-415 Intermediate
Accounting
(2) WB-430 Decision Models
with Computer Applications
or
WB-453 International
Marketing Research
(3) WB-420 International
Finance and Trade
(4) WB-421 Managerial Finance
(5) WB-450 International
Marketing Management
The Department of Modem
Languages will now require not only
foreign language proficiency but an
appropriate business vocabulary as
well. Incoming students will be
tested on general and business
language competency and must
pass both to waive the language
requirement. A student who does
not pass the business vocabulary
test has three options:
(1) Take any language course
beyond the 401 level in that
language,
or;
(2) Take a 401-level course in any
other language for which the
400 level was waived.
or;
(3) Take PO-4OOs (Accelerated
Business Portuguese for
Speakers of Spanish)
THUNDERBIRD
magazine
2 Agribusiness -How T'birds prepare to
meet the challenge and the futures
7 News - All the information you need to
catch up on Thunderbird activities
10 Thunderbird Management Center­Training
Ground for International
Executives
12 Thunderbird Network
14 Winterim '85 -A Who's Who list of participants
16 Reunions - The Classes of 1954 and 1959
celebrate their thirtieth
and twenty-fifth reunions.
20 Alumni Updates
Thunderbird Magazine
Spring '85
Quarterly magazine of the
Alumni Relations office of
the American Graduate
School of International
Management, Thunderbird
Campus, Glendale, AZ
85306 (602)978-7135
TELEX 18-7123
all the cover:
Lell Brockman '75,filtures
specialist, takes time out on the
floor 0/ the Chicago Board
a/Trade with Bill Grant '66,
member 0/ the Chicago Board
a/Trade trading itl the com
pit, and Tom Hobsoll 79,
financial fittllres consultant
for Goldman Sachs & Co. on
the floor a/the Chicago Board
a/Trade.
American Graduate School of
InternationaJ Management
Director of Communications Director of Alumni Relations
and Editor: and Publisher:
Nelda S. Crowell Wayne M. Pulver '70/78
Managing Editor:
David Bearden'85
Communications Secretary:
Irene M. Ringdahl
Student AssIstants,
Communications:
Leilani S. Crane'86
Laura Guerra'86
Ruth Pinnell'85
Photographers:
Marc GaUin'85
E. Sarah Bearden'85
Kent Sievers Photography
Design:
Pat Kenny Graphic Design
Alumni Relations Staff:
Anatosha Manuel,
Executive Secretary
Donna Cleland,
Records Coordinator
Elisabeth AIm-Klemme,
Receptionist
Student Assistants, Alumni
Relations Office:
Denise Cruickshank '85
Karen Deters '85
David Howard '85
Eric Lawrence '86
Gregory Moore '85
Scott Oelkers '85
Suzanne Stott '85
JeffVandereems '85
Agribusiness at Thunderbird:
From Fields to Future
Why would an Iowa corn farmer, the
president of Frito-Lay and a Latin
American loan officer in Chicago all be
concerned with the weather in Argentina
and the politics of the European
Common Market?
The answer is that weather in
Argentina would produce a bumper
crop of corn for the world market, while
political pressure to protect European
farmers would restrict corn imports into
Europe.
The combination of increased supply
and reduced demand would drive down
world prices of corn. The corn farmer
may not recover costs if he does not
'hedge' against the risk oflower prices
for his grain. Frito-Lay will enjoy a
larger profit on every bag of corn chips
it sells.
And the loan officer in Chicago? That
person may be pleased because lower
corn prices will reduce Mexico's import
bill, leaving foreign exchange monies to
service its international debt.
All of these people are working in
agribusiness-an industry that encom­passes
the seemingly unrelated activities
of farmers and the local McDonalds.
According to Dr. Clifton Cox, chairman
of the Department of World Business,
agribusiness courses are an important
part of the curriculum at Thunderbird.
Agribusiness at Thunderbird
The School presently offers two
electives on the subject: a five-star guest
speaker Agribusiness conference during
Winterim, and a regular course
focusing on the use of the futures and
options markets to manage risk in
international agribusiness. A new 500-
level course is planned for the near
future.
Mr. Driss Hartnett, a retired Con­tinental
Grain executive, was instru­mental
in Thunderbird's decision to
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Kay Spikes Hoffman '76 and Ed Wiese '75 are partners in Western Commodities Incorporated, an
introducing broker of REFCO in Avondale, Arizona. Kay specializes in livestock, and Ed's spe­cialty
is financial futures. Both started with Continental Grain after graduating from Thunderbird.
Willam G. Lesher (center), Assistant Secretary for Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
consults with Dr. Robert Foster and Dr. Clifton Cox on agribusiness issues.
provide agribusiness coursework. The
planning and development of the
specialized curriculum began in 1976
when Continental Grain made a $15,000
grant to the School for this purpose.
Dr. Ted Rice, vice preSident in charge of
research at Continental Grain, helped
design the first Agribusiness Winterim
Conference in 1977 and has participated
in almost every conference since.
Thunderbird alumni have also par­ticipated
in these conferences. The 1985
guest-speaker roster included John
Warner '48, vice preSident, Pepsico, Inc.
and former preSident and CEO of
Sabritas, Mexico, a Pepsico subSidiary;
Abe Curdumi '74, vice preSident, First
National Bank of Chicago; Jan Wells '64,
vice preSident, Paul Masson Vineyards;
John Wallace '72, general manager,
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRlNG '85
International Division, Ferry-Morse Seed
Company; and Stephen Hall '69, presi­dent,
Food Marketing International, Inc.
In 1981, Dr. Robert Foster joined the
faculty in the Department of World
Business to teach International Finance
and Trade. At the request of Dr. Cox he
developed an agribUSiness course that
was ftrst offered in the summer semester
1982. It has become a popular elective
among students, and the increasing
enrollment sparked the planning for the
third agribusiness course. Earlier this
year, Dr. Foster was named to hold the
academic chair as International Agri­business
Professor.
Financial support for the agribusiness
courses comes from three major
sources: the Prince Charitable Trust,
Valmont Industries and Continental
Grain.
Prince Charitable Trust, a private
family trust, has provided a $200,000
endowment toward the Agribusiness
Chair. This chair was formally estab­lished
in 1984 to support the work of
the agribusiness faculty.
Valmont Industries offers a full-time
scholarship to a second-semester
student with demonstrated interest in
agribusiness. The following semester,
the recipient undertakes an internship
at Valmont under the auspices of the
Thunderbird Graduate Management
Internship Program. If appropriate, tui­tion
for an additional term is granted.
Two Tbirds have passed through the
program and were subsequently
employed by Valmont. A third student is
presently working as an intern.
Valmont's president, Mr. R.A. Wahl, Jr.,
participated in the 1985 Winterim
Agribusiness Conference. Valm~nt's
integrated approach has provided a
model for the type of continuing cor­porate
assistance Thunderbird looks for.
The Continental Grain Foundation
annually awards a three-term fellowship
providing full tuition and a monthly
stipend to a qualified student. It also
contributes substantially to the Agri­business
Chair endowment ($100,000
between 1980 and 1984) and continues
to be a valuable source of information
for the agribusiness faculty. Over the
years, Continental Grain has hired
dozens of graduating Tbirds prized for
their flexibility.
The Futures View
Many, if not most, Tbirds in the
agribusiness field are involved in com­modity
trading. Commodity trading
requires a thorough knowledge of
factors such as supply, demand, market
trends and policy issues. Because of the
large volumes of commodities traded,
futures markets are used extensively to
reduce the risks of rapid unpredictable
price changes. In fact, more and more
Tbirds are discovering the,importance
of a sound knowledge of futures and
options markets to hedge risk. These
tools of the financial manager are the
common denominator in any kind of
credit transaction where future payment
Agribusiness con't
is subject to loss or gain from market
shifts in commodity prices, interest
rates, or exchange rates. Proper manipu­lation
of the futures mechanisms can
assure a fixed return regardless of
fluctuations.
Len Brockman '75 says the futures
field is "sizzling~' He got into futures
trading by chance after graduation. But
recognizing that he possessed the skills
a good futures broker needs-salesman­ship
and analytical aCUity-he entered
the field with enthusiasm. He has never
looked back.
After stints in New Orleans and the
Republic of Panama building and
expanding his client base, Len returned
to New Orleans as President of the New
Orleans Commodity Exchange, an
exchange he had previously helped
organize. The Exchange relocated to
Chicago under his leadership where it
is now known as the Chicago Rice and
Cotton Exchange.
liThe international possibilities are
fantastic," Len says. "More and more
foreign governments and businesses,
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especially in developing countries, are
just beginning to recognize the attrac­tions
of futures~' He recounts the story
of a Taiwanese government official
reacting at first with disbelief and then
great excitement when shown that
futures could eliminate certain market
risks.
Len is particularly excited about a
new concept known as the IntrodUCing
Broker (IB). "An IB can hang out his own
shingle while clearing his transactions
through a clearing member firm. It
offers real flexibility"
Len also stresses that futures are not
just for agribusiness. "Financial futures
are really starting to heat up. If you
know how they work and can teach
others, you'll have more offers and
business than you can hand1e~'
At Thunderbird, the Agribusiness
and International Finance and Trade
courses introduce the basic functions of
futures and options trading via com­puter
simulation. Students receive a
sum of money and play the markets to
John w. Wallace '72 (r) with onion
growers in BangaBang, Philippines
increase their stakes. Many end up
trying to limit their losses and come out
of the courses with a great respect for
the uncertainties of the marketplace
and any tools that can help reduce the
risks of operating within it.
Given the recent proliferation of
futures markets in financial centers
throughout the world, the value of an
in-depth knowledge of how futures
work seems obvious. "Th ere is a
tremendous demand for knowledge,"
Len states. liThe insurance industry,
bankers, pension fund managers and
corporate treasurers are aU looking for
people who can guide them~'
Surprisingly, few schools offer sub­stantial
coursework in the futures field;
most training is prOVided by companies.
Thus, Thunderbird's courses, especially
the agribusiness classes, provide a solid
framework through which graduates
can move into the arcane world of
futures-based financial risk manage­ment.
Len Brockman, for one, is pleased
that the School is training students with
an eye on the futures.
Theresa M. Gruber
David A. Bearden
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
T'birds
Thrivein
Agribusiness
T'birds are involved in almost every
aspect of agribusiness. They are man­agers
in the chemical and machinery
input industries. They work with food
producers, manufacturers and dis­tributors.
They are key figures in the
facilitating industries of finance, com­munications,
research, and consulting.
You will find them in the regulatory
institutions with the government or
public interest groups. Throughout the
entire food system, from farm to market,
T'birds hold important roles.
Tracy Wolfe '82
DavidJ. Hansen '59
Vice President, Cargill
"A successful trader integrates all available information:'
TIlUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
John A. Warner '48
"Agribusiness is the most useful and exciting
career you could select:'
Tracy Wolfe '82 is a grain mer­chandiser
with Peavey Grain. She buys
on the U.S. market and sells interna­tionally,
taking into consideration such
factors as weather, futures prices and
transportation. She credits Dr. Foster's
agribusiness course with moving her
onto her career path but says, "It's
important to have a feel for the world in
its different parts, to obtain both
well-rounded social and academic back­grounds.
The more intelligently one
perceives the different parts, the more
successful one will be as a trader:'
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T'birds
Thrivein
Agribusiness
Linda Eaton Veblen '70, Vice
President of Food System, Inc., "prOVides
expertise in organization planning and
human resource systems~' As a business
consultant, she addresses "bottom line
issues" of agribusiness and food system
companies. She sees opportunities for
growth in agribusiness "everywhere!"
Michael F. Kendall/58, President of
Ag-Chem International, keeps his
"finger on the pulse of the international
fertilizer market:' Constant verbal and
telex communication with the market
helps him solve inventory problems for
producers and consumers. He points
out to others interested in agribusiness,
"If you have a feel for commodity
movements and can program feel into a
computer, you could fmd many doors
open:'
John w. Wallace '72 is general
manager of the Ferry-Morse Seed
Company International Division. He is
"deeply involved in identifying products
for specific regions of the world~' He
predicts that bioengineering will con­tinue
to produce improved seed varieties
with greater yields and resistance to
disease, leading to an increase in the
quality of products on the world
markets.
George J. Dietz '47, alternate pennanent representative at the United States Mission to the
United Nations Food Agencies in Rome, presents the U.S. statement on the world grain situation
and food security.
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Nornlan H. Blanchard '59
President, SmithKline Animal Health Products
"Agribusiness is the basic building block of all
societies!'
Robert E. Blomquist '68, New
Product Director with Basic American
Foods, is on the sales side of agribusi­ness.
His firm advertises various
products, and he says that "knowing
the customer" is his most important
task. He advises those seeking a career
in agribusiness to "realize that world­wide
distribution is the function most in
need of improvemenf'
These are but a few of the Tbirds
active in vital roles in the agribusiness
chain. Their positions and responsi­bilities
give only a hint of the scope of
the industry. Considering its role in our
modern world, one can safely say that
agribusiness is essential to life every­where.
And then one should probably
add that Tbirds are essential to
agribusiness.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZlNESPRING '85
I Campus NEWS
New York Phonathon
Bobbie Boyd, coordinator of Develop­ment
Services, was in New York March
4-8 conducting a phonathon. Con­tinental
Grain once again hosted this
annual event, which is sponsored by the
New York alumni. The volunteers,
organized by chairman Rita Previtali
'83, received almost $5,000 in pledges.
Employment
Aranna Lubin has been appointed
director of food services. Aranna has
been employed at the School since 1976
and most recently served as assistant
director.
Cathy Benoit, executive secretary in
the Alumni Relations Office, has
resigned to accept a position with CME
Tours as an outside sales representative.
Recognition
Faculty and staff honored this year for
twenty years of service were: Robert
Gulick and Joe Reagan; and for fifteen
years of service: Carl Barron/ Ronnie
Bonner, Carol Hazelett/John Lind­holtz/
Jaime Perez, Helmut Roessler,
and Shoshana Tancer.
Gifts
In November, Thunderbird received a
$20,000 contribution from the Procter
& Gamble Fund. Mr. Donald Metcalf
Manager of International Recruiting'for
P&G, is a member of the School's World
Business Advisory Council.
General Motors made a $10,000 con­tribution
to Thunderbird for the
operating budget.
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
contributed $10,000 to Thunderbird.
The gift puts Firestone's total donations
to the School at $197,750. Mr. Michael
Wolf, Executive Vice President of Fire­stone,
is a member of the World
Business Advisory Council.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
Ib Thomsen (left), vice chainnan of Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company, inaugurated the
Goodyear Chair ofIndustrial Marketing during
ceremonies at the Thunderbird Spring
Banquet on the campus in March. Dr. Carl
Frear, who was named Goodyear Professor of
Industrial Marketing, enjoys his new seat
while Dr. Voris looks on. Also present at the
banquet were members of the Board of
Trustees, the World Business Advisory Council,
and the Alumni Board of Directors.
United Nations
Diplomats
A group of ten international diplomats
to the United Nations visited campus in
March. They toured and visited classes
through arrangements made by the u.s.
Information Agency to give them a
broader perspective of our country
Huffco Graduation
Huffco graduation was held at the
Scottsdale Conference Center Resort on
December 15. The 28 members of the
graduating class included a senior
group, which had been studying at
Thunderbird for seven months, and a
junior group, which had been studying
for five months. These were the third
and fourth graduating classes of Huffco
managers.
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[NEWS
Bill Clay, vice president of Chase Manhattan's
Phoenix branch, visited the Thunderbird
campus in January to present Dr. Voris with a
check for $15,000. Later in the month, the finn
added another $15,000 which brought their
grand total of gifts to the School to $240,000.
Dr. William Voris, School preSident, kicks up
his heels during presentation of a check for
$53,918.85 from the Friends of Thunderbird.
The gift represented total profit from the the
Hot Air Affair and the 1984 Balloon Race. The
Friends of Thunderbird Endowment has now
passed the quarter million dollar mark.
Presenting the check is Joyce King, "Friends"
president.
Bob Worobow of American Hospital Supply
Corporation presents a $20,000 check to
President Voris. The contribution was made
for faculty development in marketing.
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Faculty and
Administration
Dr. Carl Frear, Department of World
Business, Tim O'Connor, and Michael
Nebeker '84, students in International
Marketing Projects Workshop (WB 550)
gave a presentation of a marketing plan
for Jamaican Fresh Cut Flowers on
January 28-29 in Kingston, Jamaica.
The presentation was made to the
Ministry of Agriculture, a representative
of the Prime Minister, members of
Parliament, AGRO 21, USAID, and
major horticulturalists in Jamaica.
Dr. Marshall Geer, Vice President for
Academic Affairs, has been elected to
the 1985 Executive Committee of the
Council on International Education
Exchange (CIEE).
Dr. Duane Hall, World BusiI!ess Depart­ment,
completed a three-week visiting
professorship in January at the Helsinki
School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland.
His visit and lectures were the subject of
an article in KauppaZehti, Finland's
leading business newspaper.
Bill King, Department of Modern
Languages, has been appointed to the
TESOL Committee of the National
Council of Teachers of English. The
Committee is a professional organiza­tion
for teachers and supervisors of
English language arts programs.
Dr. Robert Moran, Professor of
International Studies, writes a column
entitled "Cross-Cultural Contact" for
International Management (circula­tion
244,000). His fIrst colwnn was
published in five editions of the January
1985 edition. The next column
appeared in the March issue.
Dr. Andris Trapans, Department of
International Studies, traveled to
Munich, West Germany; December 27-
January 14. He conducted research at
the headquarters of Radio Free Europe
and gave a lecture to staff personnel on
the SignifIcance of Soviet armed forces
in the Baltic area.
A book titled Business and Technological
Dynamics in Newly Industrializing Asia
by Professor Wenlee Ting has been
published. It deals with Hong Kong,
Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore as
industrial technological marketing
powers.
Dr. Dorothy Riddle delivered a paper
at the European International Business
Association Annual Meeting in Rot­terdam
in December. The paper was
entitled "Models of International
Service Sector~'
Dr. Robert L. Gulick, Jr., Foreign
Student Advisor, has been invited to
serve on the Board of Advisors for a
year-long study on "Research and
Curriculum Development in Cross­Cultural
Negotiations for use in Trade
Situtations~' He has accepted the
invitation extended by Dr. Israel
Unterman, Professor of management at
San Diego State University
Dr. John Frankenstein of the Interna­tional
Studies Department was the lead
speaker at a conference on the future of
Taiwan, held in Phoenix. His topiC was
"Taiwan and the Pacific Basin Economy'
The conference, organized jOintly by
the Phoenix Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Arizona China
Council, presented a broad range of
viewpoints. Dr. Frankenstein also con­ducted
a Thunderbird Management
Center workshop on business in the
People's Republic of China for IBM
China in March in Tokyo. Later in the
month he chaired the Defense Industry
Panel's Washington, D.C. conference on
national security issues in the People's
Republic.
Japanese Professor Suguru Akutsu led
a group of seven students to Japan for
the 1985 Winterim. For two weeks the
students combined language and
cultural studies at liST with visits to
major Japanese companies like Toshiba
and Mitsui. They also met with futurist
Dr. H. Itokawa to discuss current global
problems. At the end of the program,
the group traveled throughout the
southern part ofJapan and visited
popular historical and cultural sites.
World Business Professor Dr. Taeho
Kim participated in the 1984-85 winter
program at the University of Interna­tional
Business and Economics in
Beijing, China. In addition to presenting
a series of lectures on international
banking, Dr. Kim met with members of
the American and Chinese business
communities in Beijing. On his return,
he stopped in Seoul, Korea, to consult
with leaders of the business and
banking community and attend a Korea
Tbird Alumni dinner.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZ1NE SPRING '85
In the Department of World Business,
Dr. Bryan Heathcotte and Dr. James
Mills were promoted to the rank of
professor. Dr. Wenlee Ting was
granted tenure. In the Department of
International Studies, Dr.John
Frankenstein was promoted to the
rank of associate professor. Dr. Richard
Mahoney and Dr. Dorothy Riddle
were granted tenure. In the Department
of Modern Languages, Spanish Professor
Ruben Meneses was granted tenure.
Dr. Mary Anne Critz, Department of
Modern Languages, had her translation
of Elias Jose's "Returning From the Lost
Land" published in The Literary Review
of Fairleigh Dickinson University Hers
was one of fifteen translations chosen to
be included in this special issue of
Brazilian short fiction.
The U.S. Information Agency has asked
permission to distribute to its overseas
offices copies of a paper entitled
"Conflicting Perspective on Trade in
Services" written by Drs. Dorothy
Riddle and Beverly Springer of the
International Studies Department.
Dr. William Voris gave a speech on the
"Thunderbird Model" to some 65 deans
and professors at an American Assembly
of Collegiate Schools of Business in San
Francisco on March 14, 1985.
Dr. Robert Moran, Professor ofInternational
Studies, autographs his book Getting Your Yens
Worth: Negotiating with Japan, Inc. Harry Jamison,
right, President of ARCO Exploration
Company, wrote the foreword for the book.
THUNDERBlRD MAGAZlNE SPRlNG '85
Berger Erickson, Executive Vice President,
receives a placque naming him as the first
honorary member of the Thunderbird Alumni
Association from Charles Stockholm '56,
Association President.
La Senorita
The Thunderbird Magazine would
like to do an article honoring La
Senorita Leopoldina de Noronha. We're
sure that all of you who know this
wonderful lady have a favorite story
about her that you could share, so we
invite you to send us your reminis­cences.
We'd like to tell your stories.
Write to Nelda Crowell, Director of
Communications, Thunderbird
Campus, Glendale, AZ 85306.
Alumni Association
The Thunderbird Alumni Association,
Inc. has been offiCially incorporated as
an Arizona non-profit corporation. Its
purpose is "to serve the American
Graduate School ofI~ternational Man­agement,
its alumni, faculty, staff,
students and friends~' One of the
Association's first official acts was to
elect Berger Erickson to Honorary
Membership.
Spring Enrollment
Spring semester enrollment figures
show 1,056 students enrolled at
Thunderbird. The students represent 67
countries and hold degrees from 466
institutions of higher learning, 125 of
which are foreign.
Career Statistics
Career Services has released the fol­lowing
information on the Fall Semester:
1984 on-campus recruiting retlects a
25% increase in the number of employer
visits compared with 1983. The mean
and median salaries of '84 graduates
were $27,156 and $27,000 respectively
Norwegian
Exchange
Dr. Voris has approved a Faculty Senate
resolution that a joint venture with the
Norwegian School of Management be
instituted. This will be an exchange
program for students and possibly also
for instructors.
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Thunderbird's
Executive
Training
Ground
Editor's Note: ThunderbirdManagement
Center is the new name for the executive
training program formerly known as
INTERCOM. It is felt that the term
"Management Center" more accurately
reflects the increasing status of the
program as well as its functions and
goals. The name change does not
indicate a change in the role or
operations of the program.
FMC wanted a two-week manage­ment
training program for senior level
executives. Mitsubishi Electric reqUired
a 14-week program in English language
and American management techniques
for nine managers and engineers. ARCa
needed an intensive two-day seminar
for top level executives on how to
negotiate with the Japanese. First
Interstate Bank wanted a short-term
course in Portuguese for two executives
prior to their Brazilian assignment.
Each of those companies had varied
and specific needs. Not surprisingly,
each of them came to the Management
Center, Thunderbird's unique executive
training program of customized
seminars.
Almost from the very beginning of
Thunderbird's 37-year history, business
executives have looked to the School for
executive seminars. Hence, in 1951, the
Key Manager Program, now called the
Executive Language Training Program,
was instituted to provide just that sort of
training in foreign languages.
Requests soon came in for other
specialized seminars in such areas as
international management, interna­tional
studies and cross-cultural com­munications.
According to Duane Hall,
Associate Professor of World Business,
for a period of years such projects were
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handled entirely on an ad hoc basis. "If
professors and classrooms and time
could be arranged, we would take the
aSSignment," said Hall. "It was totally
reactive. We didn't go looking for
projects~'
In 1978, however, all that changed
with the formation of Thunderbird
Management Center. Given release time
from his teaching, Hall became its
part-time director. It was clear from the
beginning that this was a natural and
profitable undertaking for Thunderbird,
according to Hal1. "It was substantially
profitable to the point that its growth
quickly exceeded a part-time director~'
As a result, in 1981, C. Wolcott
("Wally") Parker was appOinted the
Management Center's first full-time
director. The center's total sales
averaged under $100,000 annually in
the early 1980s. Last year's sales
reached $700,000.
In recognition of its growth and
significance to the School, the Manage­ment
Center has just moved into a new
building, the International Conference
Center. Funding for that project came in
part from one of the center's best
clients, Huffco International and the
Indonesian Joint Venture.
Parker is very upbeat about the
program's strengths and potential. He
agrees that the center's greatest asset is
its ability to customize each program
and tailor each seminar to the needs of
individual clients. He emphaSizes that it
is not a regimented curriculum like
many of the executive management
programs offered by other academic
institutions. By focusing entirely on
each client's specific and unique require­ments,
the center is able to prOVide the
necessary expertise with the appropriate
objectives.
With the varied and distinguished
backgrounds of the Thunderbird
faculty, the Management Center also
has the advantage of being able to
provide both the theoretical and prac­tical
expertise required in today's
, changing business world. With close to
90 percent of the instruction done by
Thunderbird faculty, the center can also
be flexible on time and place. Whenever
necessary to meet specific requests,
however, outside experts are called in to
participate in seminars.
Although not limited to training
executives in areas of international
expertise, Thunderbird's tripartite cur­riculum
makes such training the Man­agement
Center's forte. The market for
international training is evident with
the 1983 figures indicating that four
million Americans spent some time
working abroad last year and that tens
of thousands of them were on extended
foreign assignments. l
Not surprisingly, the Management
Center's aSSignments are beginning to
reach around the globe. Last summer,
two professors traveled to Taipei for a
two-week seminar arranged by Parker at
Tunghai University Discussions for
projects in Singapore and Malaysia are
also under way. Meanwhile, back in the
states, six professors went to Westing­house's
corporate headquarters in
Pittsburgh for a five-day workshop in .
August. Westinghouse wanted a seminar
to update their MBAs and found what
they needed in the Management Center.
"We have found a niche in the market
that no one else is really going after. No
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
Jim Mills, professor of World Business, teaches a class ofIndonesian managers.
Mary and William Udell received customized training inJapanese under sponsorship of
Monsanto. Japanese instructors are Suguru Akutsu, left, Andrew Chang, and Akihisa
Kumayama.
one else is truly designed for compre­hensive
custom-made programs," said
Parker.
According to Parker, a great deal of
interest is generated by alumni who are
familiar with Thunderbird's curriculum.
Other business is generated by a
significant number of return clients like
Huffco and FMC. Still others come
through word of mouth. Mitsubishi
Electric, for example, came to the
Management Center for concentrated
English language training because of
the success Westinghouse personnel
had in learning Japanese through an
intensive Management Center course of
study.
American corporations have been
slow to realize that not only will
executive training help their personnel
adjust to life overseas, but it will also
make them more effective and suc­cessful
negotiators in business deals
conducted far from the shores of their
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
homeland. With more than one-third of
all expatriates leaving their foreign
aSSignments early, many because they
were unprepared to handle a foreign
culture~ it is not surprising that the
Center is finding an ever widening
market for its unique services. The
return on the training investment dollar
is real and measurable.
The Management Center's flexibility
in meeting the requirements of
individual companies here and around
the world, make it a unique resource for
the international business community.
The success and growth of the Center is
reflected time and again in the feedback
of its clients. According to John D.
Kirkland of Roy M. Huffington, Inc., one
of the Center's most frequent clients,
"the learning experience (at The Man­agement
Center) is without peer:'
Nancy Smith Nebeker
A Satisfied
Client: Huffeo
International
Huffco International's relationship
with the Management Center reaches
back to 1981 . As a matter of fact, Huffco
and the Indonesian Joint Venture group
provided major funding for the
International Conference Center, the
Management Center's new home.
Last summer marked the most exten­sive
Management Center-HUFFCO
undertaking to date. OnJuly 11, fifteen
senior Huffco managers arrived on
Thunderbird campus for approximately
twenty-four weeks of intensive manage­ment
training. Simultaneously, thirteen
mid-level Huffco managers were on
campus for thirty-two weeks of training.
Huffco Indonesia is involved in the
exploration and production of hydro­carbons,
prinCipally on the east coast of
the island of Borneo. The company is
structured as a joint venture between
Roy M. Huffington, Inc. of Houston and
several other small oil company part­ners
and Pertiminia, the national oil
company of Indonesia.
Both the senior and mid-level man­ager
programs were designed with
Huffco input and drew on the varied
strengths of Thunderbird's tripartite
curriculum. The senior management
program, for example, included modules
in macroeconomics, technology
transfer, business statistics and opera­tions
research, cross-cultural com­munication,
effective business com­munication,
as well as English as a
second language. Dr. Paul Dickie,
Professor of World Business, was the
faculty coordinator for the entire project.
The Thunderbird Management
Center's close relationship with Huffco
over the years has resulted in annual
visits to Indonesia for Parker. According
to Parker, given the depth of the
relationship with Huffco, it's important
to have the opportunity for on-site
evaluation. Huffco agrees.
1 Savvy MagaZine, "Foreign Handbook: What to Know
[fYou Want to Work Abroad:' p. 71-78. April 1984.
2 Ib id.
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I ThunderblrdNE' (,WORK
Thunderbird Alumni Association
of the World
Thunderbird Alumni Association of the
World had meetings in the U.S. in fal11984
to coordinate activities ofTbirds around
the world. They send a newsletter, "Alumni
Leaders;' to the 50 most active alumni on
all continents. They've formed committees
for reunions, recruiting, alumni awards,
fund raising, and curriculum. The next reun­ion
will be held in Bad Ischl, Austria, on
May 25-27, 1985.
Reunions
The Class of 1960 will hold its class reunion
in conjunction with May commencement
ceremonies.
Hawaii
Nearly 20 Hawaii Tbirds gathered February
8 at Zachary's in Honolulu for an evening of
fun, heavy pupus and drinks. Special guest,
Bobbie Boyd, Coordinator of Development
Services, talked about recent school develop­ments.
Plans are underway to organize a
regular chapter.
Houston
The Associated Tbirds of Houston have
begun publication of a quarterly Newsletter
with the goal of keeping members informed
and unified. Letters to the editor, photos, and
proftles of noteworthy Tbirds will be regular
features. Guest columns are also included.
Material, suggestions and recommendations
should be sent to Michael Gable '81
(713)861-7198 or Russell Laughead 77
(713)270-1241.
New England
Some 25 area Tbirds descended upon
Foreign Affairs for the March First Tuesday.
John Raueseo, Assistant Executive Director
of the International Business Center in
Boston, was special guest. Congratulations
to Eduardo and Nancy Warner Trevino '82
for organizing a delicious Mexican Feast at
GuadalaHarry's in Quincy Market on March
10. A dozen Tbirds and families attended.
On May 2, thanks to Fred Cefalo '83, a group
ofTbird music lovers had front row seats for
a night of the Boston Pops. A whitewater
rafting trip is in the works for August. Direct
further questions or ideas to Fred Cefalo
(617)242-3244.
Norway
The Norwegian Tbirds are putting together
a videocassette from the various ftlms they
made on campus. They are planning to visit
businesses in Oslo and Copenhagen to make
Thunderbird presentations.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Tbirds got together at Tramps on
April 26 to visit with Wayne Pulver, Director
of Alumni Relations. David Knower '85,
in town on an internship, arranged the
gathering.
Philadelphia
Tbirds were invited to a joint luncheon April
27 with the International Business Forum, a
group of Philadelphia's most senior interna­tional
business executives. The guest speaker
was Dr. Robert Moran, Tbird Professor of
International Studies and Director of the
Cross-Cultural Communication program.
He spoke on the topiC "Working Effectively
with the Japanese:'
San Diego
The San Diego Alumni Club sponsored a
dinner featuring Ms. Susan Shirk, Associate
Professor of Political Science at the University
of California-San Diego, as guest speaker.
The April 11 event took place in the Varsity
Room of the University Club ofSqn Diego
and Ms. Shirk spoke on "China's New Open
Door Policy.' For details of future events
contact Paul Davis '55 at his office
(619)475-0333 or home (619)464-4070.
San Francisco
Some 150 Bay Area T'birds attended the
annual dinner fete March 22 at the Olympic
Club Lakeside. Honored guests were Charles
Stockholm '56, first elected president of the
Thunderbird Alumni Association, and
Berger Erickson, Executive Vice President of
the School. Guests enjoyed a full four course
meal, wine, and danCing. March and April
First Tuesdays at Barnaby's were overflowing
with T'birds and good times. And the April
17 Roving Dinner at Des Alpes in San
Francisco was another big success as T'birds
partook of a plentiful family style Basque
dinner. Contact Barbara Culver '81 at her
office (415)627-9627 or home (415)346-0841
for information on future happenings.
Seattle
Seattle area T'birds met at Top 0' The Pier in
downtown Seattle for hors d'oeuvres, drinks
and socializing April 18. Elise McGlew
Munro '82 and Betsy Reese '83 helped
organize the get-together. For details of
future events contact Elise (206)283-7437 or
Betsy (206)938-6110.
Southern California
The Southern California Alumni Association
sponsored a May 1 dinner at the Sheraton
Grande Hotel with special guest Robert
Lorber, President ofR.L. Lorber and Asso­ciates.
Dr. Lorber made a presentation on
"Putting the One Minute Manager to Work:'
New president of the chapter, Michael Klesh
'82, planned the dinner. More educational
programs and seminars are being considered.
For information or suggestions concerning
future activities, contact Jan Irwin '83 at
(805)496-6602 extension 205.
South Florida
South Florida alumni dined on outstanding
Swiss cuisine at the Studio Restaurant in
Miami on April 17. Paul Simons 70
organized the event The Annual Spring
Picnic, replete with frisbee, volleyball,
chicken, drinks and potluck, was held May 19
at Alice Wainwright Park. Tbirds flocked
to the bay for sun and games.
Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
A wine and cheese party was held at the
home of Lorrie Miller Buirge 77, with
Charles Mannel, vice president of corporate
relations at Thunderbird, as honored guest.
Mr. Mannel presented a slide show and talk
about recent developments at the school.
Rugby
The Fourth Annual Alumni-Student Rugby
Match took place March 2 under overcast
skies. Two evenly matched sides traded the
lead several times before the Alumni
emerged victorious by a one-point margin.
An in-depth game report and news about
the '84-'85 season can be obtained in the
Rugby Newsletter. All former players please
note: Alumni matches will take place the
first Saturday of March from this year forward.
So mark it on your calendars and start
making your travel plans early. Also of interest
are the new golf shirts, white with club crest,
featuring the Thunderbird, a rugby ball, a
Pub mug, and the anteater mascot. Send $20
and your size to the Rugby Club. Sorry; no
C.O.D. orders.
Washington D.C.
ApproXimately 30 people enjoyed an
eight-course Chinese dinner at the Empress
Restaurant March 27. Nelda Crowell,
Director of Communications for Thunderbird,
gave an update on campus events. Officers
elected were Brian Marshall 73, preSident;
Steven Delateur, 74, vice preSident; Marcus
Schaefer '82, treasurer; and Tim Watkins 78,
social committee chairman, a newly created
office. Guest for the event was Ed Lachica,
Foreign Policy editor for the Wall StreetJoumal.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
T'birds in Buenos Aires
continue to have prominent
guest speakers at their monthly
luncheon meetings.
julio Gonzales del Solar
(4th from right)
is former president of the
Argentine Central Bank 'Y
Don Parker 'S2 (sitting) and Bernie Anderson
'73 of the Arizona Alumni Chapter partici­pate
in a testimonial "roast" for Louise
Gifford, long-time director of financial aid at
Thunderbird. More than SO alumni and
friends attended the pot luck event, which was
held on campus in the Thunderbird Activity
Center. ~
T'birds (I to r) Cliff Foster '77, Roger Voegele
'7S, Phil Blaisdell '70, William Van Robertson
'77,john Walker '7S, Eric Schroder '79,
Mortada Mohamed 'Sl, Steve Linney '76 and
Saad Abdul Latif'Sl celebrate an impromptu
get-together at a Chinese restaurant in Riyadh
during the Saudi Food 'S5 trade exhibition.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
Singapore alumni and friends gather for a Christmas party.
If: Ij.'
Colombia T'birds enjoy a Christmas cookout
at the home of Peter and Wendy Moog '66 in
Chia, near Bogota. (Back row) Lee Cary, '67,
Antonio Bowen '72. (Third row) Claudia
Workman, Lucy Cary,jon Giddings '66, Lynda
Giddings, Tim Munns '57. (Second row)
Alexander Bonilla 'S2, Alyce Tidball '79, Maria
Inez Angel 'S2, Steve Workman '72, Ida and
Enrique Morales 'S2. (Front row) Lucy and
Armando Nino '77, Peter and Wendy Moog,
Carol and Lew Maviglia '61.
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Abe Curdumi '74, Vice President, First National
Bank of Chicago, visits with students Dara
Altshuler and Matthew Fjeldsted during
Winterim. Abe spoke to the Agribusiness
seminar on the subject of "Financing
Agribusin ess:'
Executives
and T~birds:
A Meeting of Minds
Thunderbird's Winterim again
attracted a host of top executives and
foreign dignitaries to campus this
January. The 1985 version of the
intensive 3-week program counted
more than 75 visiting lecturers, from
European policymakers to presidents of
Fortune 500 firms. Seminars on such
topics as insurance risk and manage­ment,
NATO and European security, and
international investment were offered
together with a number of regularly
scheduled courses.
Some 370 students enrolled in the
unique program that compresses a full
semester's study into three weeks.
Those students who attended the special
seminars available only during
Winterim were treated to a compre­hensive
examination of subjects of
current major international interest. Of
speCial interest to T'birds was the fact
that almost 20 percent of the lecturers
were alumni.
New during this Winterim was a
program of Presidential fellowships
granted to selected faculty members
from other universities. The recipients
attended the Winterim seminar of their
choice at the invitation of President
Voris.
Dr. Donald Halper (I), Professor of Business and Public Administration at the University of the
Pacific, visits with student Constance Olson and Dr. George Renwick, President of Renwick
and Associates. Dr. Renwick taught a Winterim course in Cl'Oss-Cultural Communication for
International Managers. Dr. Heuson was one of four visiting faculty members fl'Om other
institutions attending the t 985 Winterim at Thunderbird under a Presidential Fellowship granted
by President Voris.
14
Guest Lecturers
Winterim '85
CORPORATEEXECLnTVE
OFFICER CONFERENCE
Argyle Atlantic Corporation
William Turner
Chairman
Arrowsmith Industries
E A. Dedona
President
General Electric Company
John Burlingame
Vice Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
General Motors
John Grettenberger
Vice PreSident and
General Manager of Cadillac
GTE
Jack Donnelly '60
President-International
Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Vaughn Beals
Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Hercules, Inc.
Alexander Giacco
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer
LB.M. Corporation
Herschel Kahn
Personnel Program Manager
Far East Division
Registered Securities and
Exchange Commission
Charles De Trenck
I
Council in Finance and Management
Surgilite International
Paul Reiss '60
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Teledyne Industries
will Strong '67
President
Tenneco, Inc.
AlIen McInnes
Executive Vice President
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
IINTERNATIONAL II ~ANKING CONFERENCE
Bank of America
Jim Moore
President
and
Susan Stevens '73
Vice President
Bank of Montreal
Hans-Martin Tucher
Se,nior Vice President
Bank of Nova Scotia
Dennis Belcher
Senior Vice President
Chase Manhattan Bank
Marianne McIlvain '79
Second Vice President
and
Surinder Singh
Vice President
Chemical Bank
James Hillestad
Vice President
Citibank
Ralph Lambert '66
Vice President
and
Charles Long
Executive Vice President
Continental Illinois National Bank
John Mathis
Vice President
First Chicago International Bank
Jim Lucchesi
Vice President and
General Manager
First National Bank of Chicago
Nicholas M. Graves
Senior Vice President
and
Robert Haven
President (Canada)
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company
Thomas Flattery
Vice President
and
Michael Manning
Vice President
and
Alexander E. Naughton '70
Vice President
Mellon Bank
Lawrence Giesen
Assistant Vice President
Mercantile Bank of Canada
John Mclaughlin
Vice President
National Bank of Detroit
Philip Moon
Senior Vice President
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
William A. Ryback
Director, International
Banking Activity
The Royal Bank of Canada
Diego Giurleo
Manager, Corporate Services
The U.S. Treasury
Inter-American Development Bank
Ira Kaylin
Desk Officer
Wachovia Bank
Anthony Furr '69
Senior Vice President
The World Bank
John Underwood
External Debt Division
INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE I AND RISK MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
American International Group
Risk Management
Joe Smetana
President
American International
Underwriters, Inc.
Jackie Deane
Assistant Vice President
and
Michael Twommey
President of Far Eastern Operations
Arizona Public Service
Norm Cocanour
Risk Manager
Corroon and Black
Dick Bureson
PreSident, National Accounts
Service Division
General Reinsurance
Douglas Holaday '76
Underwriter
Johnson and Higgins
Ken Seward '57
Executive Vice President
and
Wayne Smith
Account Executive
Talley Industries, Inc.
Charles Lorenz
Director of Insurance and Risk
Management
I
AGRIBUSINESS
. CONFERENCE
Agribusiness Worldwide
John Freivalds
Director and Editor
II
Carnation Company World
Headquarters
Clarke A. Nelson
Senior Vice President
Chicago Board of Trade
Lloyd Besant
Vice President
Continental Grain Company
Konrad Biederman
Vice President and
Director of Planning
and
J B. Elliott
Vice President of
Corporate Transportation
and
Ted Rice
Vice President of Research
DAMAR International
Dr. Amram Knishinsky
President
The Delegation of the
European Community
Joly Dixon
Economic Advisor
Ferry-Morse Seed Company
John Wallace '72
General Manager
The First National Bank of Chicago
Abe Curdumi '74
Vice President
Food Marketing International, Inc.
Stephen Hall '69
President
Hesston Corporation
Howard Brenneman
President
Paul Masson Vineyards
Jan Wells '64
Vice President
Pepsico Foods International
John Warner '48
Senior Vice President
Sabritas, S.A. de D.V
Kurt Fuhrer
Vice President
and
Rudy Jacinto
Manager, Research and
Development
Bank of Mexico (Banamex)
Kenneth Shwedel
Vice President
U.S. Department of Agriculture
William G. Lesher
Assistant Secretary for Economics
The World Bank
Isabell Tsakok
Agricultural Economist
continued inside back cover 15
Editor's note: The classes of 1954 mId
1959 held campus reunions in December.
AlUlmli who could not attend the events
ltel'crlhdess llUlllaged to share in the
festivities Ilia Thunderbird's reunio71 071
paper.
Tlte entries that follow contail! some of
the information eaclt alumnus took the
time to send. It is the ki7ld of information
that would have been shared had these
Tbirds been able to attend.
Asyolt review tI,e updates of your
classmates and colleagues, you will find
that as a group these men and women
Italle rt'ached an extraordil1ary level of
professional alld perso7lal success. Bv tlteir
own accounts, the hard work at Th;nder­bird
paid off Tbirds everywhere salute
them.
The ci(ISS of 1960 is holding its 25-year
rellnio71 during spring graduation cere­monies.
We hope YOIl alumni not able to
attend the mmpllS I'I'tmts will take ti,e
time to brill!!, us up to date on your
activities. A questi01l11tlire is being sent to
you ill order to facilitateyollr rcsponse.
Tbirds are undoubtedly some of the
most fascil1ating people around, aud we
hopc gmdllates of all classes will cOl/tinue
to share their expen'ences with the rcst of
their fri/'nds and Tbirds ctlerywhere. .
Class of
'54
B. Mark Antinucci '54, is a global
consultant with Dow Chemical Co. and
lives in Phoen ix.
William D. Banning '54, retired as sales
and export manager of Hamilton­Ditmoe,
Inc.
Vernon D. Beard '54, is with the
Department of Veteran Affairs and is also
an independent residential appraiser. He
lives in Portland, OR.
Fred T. Bernatz,Jr. '54, retired in 1981
but had held international positions with
J I. Case in Australia. He partiCipated in a
U.S. trade mission to the Middle East and
has received two invitations to vi.~it the
White House. He and his wife, Barbara,
live in Mesa, AZ. He writes, "Thunderbird
built the 'Highway' for us to travel a
world that is growing I,uger. not smaller.
The rule of remembering you were the
'foreigner' made friends and business
overseas and won for us a 'Yankee Come
Back' award:'
Harold L Cosgrove,Jr. '54, retired in
November 1984 as deputy director of the
DiVision on Aging, Department of Health
and Social Services, State of Alaska. He
lives inJuneau.
James M. Davis '54, is vice president of
the central continental region for CIGNA
in Brussels. He has been through seven
international moves with the company.
He writes of Harry Petrequin '54, "after
all these years, he has a wife and, so far,
two young sons'"
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REUNION
30-Year T/birds
Gardner W. "Gar" Fulton '54, is the
owner of Motor Cars w.I., an auto parts
distributing company in Puerto Rico. He
is also the representative and exclusive
agent for the Pennsylvania State Export
Corporation. He and his wife, Cuca, live
in Caparra Heights, Puerto Rico.
William M. Gale '54, retired from
Bausch & Lomb in late 1983, and is
presently in international bUSiness and
human services. He is active in tile
International Friendship Council in
Rochester, NY
Peter M. Gueno '54, lives in Ellicott
City,MD.
B. Richard Harris '54, is planning
manager of printing and industrial
products for E. I. DuPont de Nemours &
Co. in Wilmington, DE.
Gerald L Heck '54, is president of
International Management Resources in
Yonkers, NY. He acts as a consultant for
individuals and companies dealing Witll
ASia and is also active in private banking.
He writes that his Thunderbird experi­ence
led to 12 years of banking and
living in Asia, and prOVided the back­ground
for his current business.
Ernest R.Jabin '54, is an optometrist
and manager of an optometric otHce in
Los Angeles. He also writes historical
fiction.
Ted Johnson '54, a vice president of First
Interstate Bank in Los Angeles, was
featured in a September 1984 article in
the Daily Commerce. Ted has received
many awards from local trade associa­tions
for his contributions to the develop­ment
of international finance on the West
Coast. He helped to co-found tile Export
Managers' Association of California and
is one of the association's five honorary
members.
Charles G. Keller '54, retired in
September J977 as industrial speCialist,
federal civil service, U.S. Air Force. He
recently traveled to Central America and
Europe.
Phil Kirk '54, is preSident of Wall Street
Business Brokers, Inc. in Beachwood, OH.
He and his wife, Sigrid, live in Pepper Pike.
William S. Koerner '54, is in the treaty
reinsurance business and lives in La
Canada Flintridge, CA. He sends a
special "Hello to Larry Finney, who seems
to be ule sole faculty member remaining
from my time:'
George R. Lindahl,Jr. '54, owns a
cotton brokerage business in Guatemala
City, where he lives with his wife,
Margarita. He credits Thunderbird with
helping him get started in "foreign trade
and foreign living," in which he's spent a
total of 30 years.
Gerhard K. Lorenz '54, is director of
O.E.M. sales, Europe, for International
lIarvester Company M.B.H. He has
returned to Europe after years of work
and travel in such places as Iran and
Australia, and lives in Neuss, Germany.
He writes, "I believe that Thunderbird is
still the best starting point for any
successful career, not only for a career in
in ternational trade:'
"The Thunderbird
experience was the best
year of my life
in terms of educational
focus and achievement.
It began a career path
and enhanced progress
more than the 17 prior
years of classes
combined:'
William f Quinn, //: '54
Assis/a"t Vice President and
Director of In sura lice
Philbro Corporation
George]. Loscutoff'54, is a salesman
and lives in San Jose, CA. He writes, "1 am
enjoying life moment to moment in
relatively good health. Would not trade
my experience at Thunderbird for all of
the tea in Guam!"
Richard Lowe '54, is a securities broker
with Paine, Webber.Jackson & Curtis in
Pasadena, CA.
PaulA. Mangino '54, is a psychologist
with the Vancouver School District in
Vancouver, WA. He is also on the board
of directors of a ranch for handicapped
adults.
Ken Nelson '54, is owner of the Spanish
Galleon, an import shop in the Park
Central shopping center in Phoenix.
Harry J. Petrequin,Jr. '54, is acting
director ofUSAID in Morocco.
Louis B. Phillips '54, is an engineering
advisor with Kellogg Plant Services in
Algeria.
William Ii Quinn,Jr. '54, is assistant
vice president and director of insurance
lor Phibro-Salomon, Inc. in New York. He
describes his Thunderbird experience as
"tile best year of our life in terms of
educational focus and achievement. It
began a career path and enhanced
progress more than the 17 prior years of
classes combined:'
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
"I believe that
Thunderbird is still the
best starting point
for any successful career,
not only for a career
in international trade!'
Gerhard K. Lorenz '54
Director of OEM Sales Europe
International Haroester Company
Robert C. Senkfor '54, is deputy general
manager of the New York branch of
Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
George H. Sepulveda '54. retired in
1981 as a senior contract administrator
and negotiator. He volunteers as a
S.C.O.R.E. counselor for the Small Busi­ness
Administration, and also does
private consulting. He and his wife Jive in
Sonoma, CA. He writes, "please tell my
classmates that we (Polly and I) will be
willing hosts and tour guides for anyone
visiting us here in California's beautiful
wine country.'
John Warner' 48 looks at an old yearbook
with Clarence Wasson '49.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
Jerome J. Strauss '54, retired last year as
manufacturing engineer manager for
Boeing Aerospace. He worked at Boeing
for 28 years and now lives in Seattle.
Phil Tedesco '54, is with Duraco
Products, Inc. in Georgetown, cr.
Arne K. Tegebo '54, retired as interna­tional
sales manager for a division of
Rockwell International in December
1980. He is presently looking for new
opportunities in international manage­ment,
"like what's new in China'"
Genit P. Vander Ende '54, is vice
president and manager of the interna­tional
division of Bank of the Orient in
San Francisco.
McNeill Watkins '54. is a general
attorney for Texaco, Inc. in Coral Gables,
Fl. He is presently responsible for legal
matters in West Africa, and Central and
South America.
Charles A. Whitcomb '54, is president
of Intercontinental Bank in Miami. His
daughter, Laura, graduated from
Thunderbird in 1980. He and his wife,
Gloria, celebrated their 30th wedding
anniversary last December.
David Wist '54, is president of Wist
Office Products in Phoenix.
SILVER REUNION
25-Year T~birds
Class of
'59
David Akerberg '59, is president of his
own corporation. Gedag. Inc. The com­pany
manufactures skin care equipment
and operates a European skin care
center. "My international marketing
professor, Mr. Campbell, said that the
hardest tfiing for an American to do was
have his own business in a foreign
country: With the tools I learned at
Thunderbird, I did it for 13 years in
Hamburg, Germany.'
"Thunderbird put a
Gold Star on my record,
and I still miss the
'Rum Runs' to Nogales~'
John Ross Manning '59
Presidlmt
Internati01/al Commodities IntemationaJ
Ugene S, Anderson '59. is an interna­tional
sales manager with Hayssen
Manufacturing Co. He recently remarried
and lives in Sheboygan, WI. "Choosing
Thunderbird, which provided entree to
the most exciting and interesting career
imaginable, was the single best decision I
ever made:'
Robert N. Baird '59, is marketing
director with Douglas Aircraft Corpora­tion
and lives in Venice, CA.
Eric Beennan '59, is an historian and
consultant on Spanish Archives in
Madrid, Spain. Widely published, he has
written numerous articles on Spanish
and American history, and a book. Yo
Solo: The Batt/eJoltrnal o{Bemardo de
Galvez during the Ameri~an Revolution.
Prior to his present pOSition, he was
special assistant to the USAID in Latin
America and Washington, DC.
John I. Bennett '59, is president of
Pacific Tire Service and Pacific Trading
Services. After 14 years with Firestone
International, he has "done well
domestically with Pacific Tire and importJ
export wise with Pacific Trading:'
Richard A. Bissing '59, is preSident and
owner of Topmaster International, Inc.
He lives in San Dimas, CA.
Paul A. Bissinger, Jr. '59, is owner of
a real estate invesmlent firm in
San Francisco.
Nonnan H. Blanchard '59, is president
of Smith Kline Animal Health DiviSion in
Philadelphia. He writes that "after 15
years in Europe and Canada, I returned
to the U.S.A and experienced nearly 2
years of culture shock in reverse. Plenty
of international travel keeps my skills
honed:' He credits Thunderbird with
providing the "amalgam" for his career
in international management.
"Thunderbird goes
further faster than any
other institution in
America in preparing
management personnel
for the realitites
of overseas and
international work. It
cuts through the
myth and puts people on
the ground running~'
David YOU1na1lS '59
ProftssorExtension Specialist
Washington State U1liversity
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SILVER REUNION
John R. Bogert '59, is president of
Arizona Desert Minerals Co., Inc.; preSi­dent
of Alaska Apollo Gold Mines, Ltd.;
Chairman of the Board, NRD Mining
Ltd.; and director of Car olin Mines, Ltd.
ilnd David Minerals, Ltd. He is also editor
and publisher of the restaurant guide,
"100 Best Restaurants in the Valley of the
Sun:' He and his wife,Joan, live in
Phoenix.
"Choosing Thunderbird,
which provided
entry to the most exciting
and interesting
career imaginable, was
the single best
decision I ever made~'
Uf,CUC S. Anderson '59
/lItemationa/ Sales Manager
Hayssen Manufacturing Company
James P. Bonnar,Jr. '59, is an export
director 01 Roberts Consolidated
Industries in City of Industry, CA He and
his wife, Frances,live in Los Angeles.
Richard R. Boyle '59, is regional sales
manager of steam turbines for the
Turbodyne Division of Dresser Industries,
Inc. He and his wife, Pat, live in Houston.
James E. Brinkman '59, is director of
purchasing for the State of South Dakota.
He lives in Pierre, SD.
RobertC. Brown '59, died in May; 1984
in Decatur, IL. He had been a foreign
trade specialiSt in the import and export
business.
Barry Andrew Byrne '59, is business
manager with American Sterilizer Co. in
Hong Kong.
Will Rogers Chaney '59, is an adjustor
with GAR Business Services, Inc., in
Seattle.
Arden D. Christensen '59, is chairman
of the Dorado Corporation in Houston.
Richard E. Crumb '59, is a vice
president of Bank of America in Fremont,
CA. He lives with his wife, Terezinha, in
Berkeley.
Richard L Cummings '59, is a pro­fessor
at the University of Wisconsin in
Milwaukee. He teaches multiculrural
education, with an emphasis on Hispanic­American
culture and the Brazilian
world. lIe and his wife Betty; whom he
met at Thunderbird, celebrated tlleir 25th
wedding anniversary in December 1984.
Richard Dalbey '59, is a professor in the
business department at San Diego Mesa
College. He was a visiting professor in
Brazil from 1977 to 1979 and spends his
yearly summer breaks there.
Richard R. Daniels '59, is director of
marketing for Lehman Management Co.,
Inc. in New York.
Bruce L Davenport '59, is a real estate
broker in 11.Icson.
Frank "Paco" Day '59, is assistant
general manager of Meats Unlimited, Inc.
in Great Falls, MT. He recently married
Lorreta Doran.
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Joe Di Grazia '59, is self-employed and
lives in Oakland, CA.
Alice Evans '59, widow of Glen Evans
'59, died in Miami in January 1983.
Harold A. Fanning '59, is chairman of
the social srudies department and teaches
economics at Castle High School
Kaneohe, HI. He writes that he hopes to
retire soon and build on some property
near 11.Icson purchased while he was a
student.
Robert Lee Fife '59, recently moved
from Houston, TX, to Dayton, OH, where
he is a vice preSident of Amcast
Industrial Corporation.
A. EJ. Finnerty '59, is with Manpower
Temporary Services in Tokyo. He spent
last December in Hong Kong negotiating
a potential joint venture with China. He
writes, "three years of negotiations with
the bureaucracy in Peking finally began
to bear fruit'
Richard B. Fowler,Jr. '59, is president
of Dick Fowler Homes, Inc. in Overland
Park,KS.
Andrew W. Furlan '59, is president of
SEPROCOM, Inc., in Huntington, NY
John M. Gaar '59, is a film and drama
critic. He presents reviews on KENl Radio
in Anchorage, AK, "while stilI planning
to move to the bush!'
J. L Gaarder '59, is manager of training
and development for Wyeth International
Limited in Philadelphia. He has been an
alumnus educational counselor since the
mid-60's and says, "it keeps me out of
trouble:'
John A. Gindling '59, is a sales manager
for Datotek, Inc. in Dallas.
Martin Goldstein '59, is with Lederce
Laboratories in the medical research divi­sion.
He lives in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA.
"I would not have been
working in international
banking since 1959
if I had not had the
benefit of my courses
at Thunderbird~'
L. T. Osborne '59
Vice President alld Repres(mmtive
A mste,dalll-Rotterdalll Bank
Francis e Graves '59, retired in 1982 as
president of Graves Aviation Co. He is
currently serving as a Republican
National COmmitteeman from Minnesota.
Francis' family is fuJI ofT'birds: his
brother and cousin, his daughter and
son-in-law, and three nieces have all
attended Thunderbird.
Hany W. Griffiths '59, is vice president
and owner ofEtllanol Marketing, Inc. in
Boise, !D. He writes that he "enjoyed the
reunion very much. Thank you for a
really great time'"
DavidJ. Hansen '59, is a vice president
with Cargill, Inc. He lives in Plymouth, MN.
Edward N. Harriman,Jr. '59, and his
wife, Susan '59, are in Beijing with the
Continental Corporation. Edward is the
manager of the Beijing Liaison Offke. He
writes, "after 21 years in the Far East, it's
wonderful to finally be in China:'
Barton L Hartzell '59, is a manu­facturing
representative for the Boeing
Company in Sydney; Australia. He and
his wife are in t11eir seventh year abroad
and hope for a return to Europe on his
next aSSignment. He describes his year at
Thunderbird as one of the "highlights"
of his life, "both as a learning experience
which prepared me for living and working
overseas, and for the people I met:'
Charles B. Hinkley '59, is preSident of
Aqua Tech Corp.
William H. Holtsnider '59, is president
of Dennison International, and corporate
vice president of Dennison Manufac­turing
in Franlingham, MA. He and his
wife, Sheila, live in Wellesley: MA.
Thomas B. Honse '59, is preSident and
managing director of Goulds Pumps Co.
in Brazil. He describes his Thunderbird
experience as "unique, inspirational" and
says that it "opened opportunities for my
24 years of overseas assignments:' _ ..:-4'~~;;;1!:i
"The most important
education experience I
have yet had. It gave
me a very successful
career change.
My daughter and three
nieces and son-in-law
have since attended
Thunderbird. My brother
and cousin preceded
me there. Obviously our
family values the
School and the
educational opportunity
it ofIers~'
Francis P Graves '59
(Retired) Graves Aviation
Daniel T.Jacobsen '59, is a senior vice
president and chief auditor of Citicorp
and Citibank in New York.
RobertE.Johnson '59, is a seJt~
employed executive recruiting consultant
concentrating on international business.
He is presently seeking "investors and
working partners for an interval owner­ship
resort and retirement homesite
development in Costa Rica on 2 miles of
Pacific shoreline:'
Mel Kennan '59, recently left teaching
after 21 years.
Sydney A. Kessler '59, is owner and
president of S/ A/K International, Inc., an
export company in Coral Gables, FL. He
and his wife, Loretta, live in Miami.
James S. Kilgore '59, is district sales
manager for Precision Steel. Last year
brought two triwnphs for Jinl: his cancer
went into complete remission and he
made it into MENSA He is "currently
trying to figure out how to program my
PC Jr. to write the Great American Novel:'
Lester Stuart Knapp,Jr. '59, returned to
the U.S. after 6 years in Mexico City, and
is now in the infortnation processing
division of Data max Office Systems, Inc.
in St. Louis, MO.
Jerome S. Lind '59, is senior real estate,
tax, and claims specialist with Phillips
Petroleum Company in Denver.
Robert R. Linsenmayer '59, is
international marketing manager of Fe 1-
Pro International, Inc. in Northbrook,lL.
Hany Mallot '59, is retired and lives in
Clearwater, FL
John Ross Manning '59, is president of
International Commodities, Inc., in
Seattle. He credits Thunderbird with
placing a "gold star" on his record and
says that he "misses the 'rum runs' to
Nogales very much:'
Patrick B. Mattison '59, is tlle president
and associate publisher of the Belvidere
Daily Republican in Belvidere, IL
"Thunderbird was very productive
because most of the courses learned
could be practically applied immediately
going into the business world. Even if
you didn't go into foreign tradel"
Jack E. Mayne '59, is group vice
president of agri-industrial operations
International Multifoods. After many
years in Venezuela and MexiCO, he now
lives in Mirmeapolis.
dayton E. McManaway,Jr. '59, is the
U.S. Ambassador to Haiti. He lives in
Port-au-Prince.
Robert G. Mellen '59, recently received
his PhD in psychology and is a psycholo­gist
and consultant on chemical
dependency. He and his new wife "live
aboard a 47 foot Chris Craft in Marina
del Rey.'
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
oment
'59 relax a tn
ave Hansell
pat al1d D . receptiOIl.
at the alutnJlt
Lee G. Midland '59, is a freelance writer
and lives in Ridgecrest, CA.
Gregory Hale Orloff'59, is vice presi­dent
and production manager for Reed
Stenhouse in Los Angeles. He describes
his position in the international insurance
brokerage fum as "challenging interna­tional
business development:' He and his
wife, Sandi, live in Santa Monica.
Lawrence T. Osborne '59, is vice
president and San Francisco representa­tive
for Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank N.Y.
He writes, "I would not have been
working in international banking since
1959 if I had not had the benefit of the
two-semester course at Thunderbird!' He
sends greetings to Berger Erickson.
Frank T. Pahl'59, is vice president of
Lorraine Travel Bureau in Miami. He
writes, "T have found Thunderbird's
reputation, among business associates,
highJy regarded:'
Thomas D. Patterson '59, is an institu­tional
research associate with Bristol
Meyers. He lives in Long Beach, CA.
Don Pierson '59, is the principal of
Thornydale Elementary School in
Thcson,AZ.
Curgie W. Pratt '59, is president of Page,
Inc. He is newly married and has a new
home in Phoenix.
Patricia M. Ramsey '59, is the owner
of Ramsey Travel Center, Inc. in
Beaverton, OR.
TIfUNDERB1RD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
"My year at
Thunderbird was one of
the highlights of my
life, both as a learning
experience which
prepared me for living
and working overseas,
and for the people I met~'
Barton L. Hartzell '59
Mal1ufacturing Representative
Boeing Company
David A. Reider '59, is an account
executive in the InterAmerican Depart­ment
of Guy Carpenter & Co. in Coral
Gables, FL He lives in Miami.
Frank S. Rivera '59, died of a heart attack
on January 14, 1984 in Greenville, sc.
David R. "Bob" Schmeltz '59, is
semi-retired but continues to consult for
a Dutch chemical company. He writes,
"Thunderbird proved to be the single
most important influence on my career.
It not only opened doors to employment
opportunities, but gave me a decided
edge over my contemporaries. More
recently ... there are more and more
Tbirds found in positions within many
more companies, and I note a very pro­nounced
'esprit' which carries over into
both personal and business relations!'
Ernst Schuckmann '59, and his wife,
Pat, live in Medellin, Colombia.
Gary L Sisler '59. is president of
Sisler-Baal,lnc., commercial and
industrial real estate firm in Miami.
William H. L Smythe '59, is executive
director of the securities valuation office
of the National Association oflnsurance
Commissioners.
Kenneth R Southern '59, is a Ueutenant
Colonel in tile U.S. Army and is stationed
in Stuttgart, West Germany. He writes
that he "still enjoys the travel~'
Charles W. Thomae '59, is president of
A. W. Thomae, Inc. in Seffner, FL. The
company produces a monthly publica­tion,
The InternatiollaiRou nd Tabie,
feJturing bi-Iateral foreign trade oppor­tunities.
Charles would be happy to send
a sample copy to anyone interested.
C. Robert Thompson,Jr. '59, is vice
president and general manager of
WUTR-TY, an ABC alftliate in Utica­Rome,
NY. He married Deborah B.
Blackwell in June 1982. He sends special
greetings to Berger Erickson, La Senorita
De Noronha, and Larry Finney; and
writes that he would love to hear from
old friends.
Frederick D. Thome '59, is a personnel
manager in Winter Park, FL.
Jack Van Bergen '59, is vice president of
the Inland Empire Corporate Banking
Group of Bank of America. He lives in
Redlands, CA.
Anthony J. V1ahides '59, is president of
West Indies Marketing Corp., Inc. in
Santurce, PR Although his company was
originally a representation organization,
he has been consulting for three years.
"Most of my time is now spent in
handling Latin American, Middle East,
and African sales for Prince Manu ~'
Robert E. Wal.ker '59, recently moved
from Wilmette, IL, to Florida to join the
Holland & Knight law firm. He was a
United States Delegate tile The Organiza­tion
of Economic Corporation and
Development (OECD) in London last year.
H. Peter Warnock '59, is an associate
professor at the University of Florida in
Gainesville, and district agricultural
extension director. He has been an
alumni recruiter since 1967.
Leon E "Lee" Westendorf '59, is with
Professional Financial Planning, Inc., in
Covina, CA. In reference to his 25th
Tbird reunion, he wrote, "in the spirit of
the class of '59, at least a couple of people
should fall into the swimming pool!'
Thomas J. "Jack" Wetzel '59, divides his
time between international consulting
and management of a small family
business. He has spent more tllan 20
years in international business, including
10 years abroad.
Peter L Wolken '59, is preSident of AVI
Management, Inc., a venture capital firm
in Menlo Park, CA., and has made
"several interesting investments in Silicon
Valley electronics companies~' He takes
annual sailing vacations with his wife.
Francis Wright '59, is with Honolulu
Investment Company, Inc. in Hawaii.
David Youmans '59, is a professor and
extension specialist at Washington State
University. He is currently in Lesotho on
his fourth African assignment. He writes,
"Thunderbird goes further faster than
any other institution in America in
preparing management personnel for the
realities of overseas and international
work. It cuts through the myth and puts
people on the ground running!'
"Thunderbird proved
to be the single most
important influence on
my career. It not
only opened doors to
employment
opportunities, but gave
me a decided edge
over my contemporaries.
More recently, I notice
more and more T'birds
found in many more
companies, and I note a
very pronounced 'esprit'
which carries over
into both personal and
business relations!'
Bob Schmeltz '59
Self-employed consultant
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I AlumniUPDATE
Africa/Middle East
Classes of
'60-'69
Summitt Eugene Wilson '60, owns Sweet Temptation
Company, a catering and entertainment company in
Cairo, Egypt.
John Ives '69, is a financial attache with the U.S.
Embassy in Riyadh.
Classes of
'70-'79
Ellis O. Kingman '71, is an area administrator for
Global Marine Drilling Services in Cairo.
Pierre Nys '71, is legal counsel for SAMCO in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia.
Evan C. Hassiotis '74, is a vice president ofCitibank
and assistant general manager of Saudi American
Bankjeddah. He lives injeddah with his wife and
three children, Christopher, Alexandra, and Nicholas.
Susan A, FetTer Fuller '75, has moved from Phoenix
to Khartoum, Sudan, with the American Embassy.
ArifY. HafIZ '75, is general manager of Technical
Trading Co., L.L.c. in Ruwi, Oman.
Cynthia). BurgstallerThmer '76, is a foreign
service officer with the American Consulate General
in Istanbul. Cynthia writes that she "would be pleased
to offer any assistance possible to Tbirds going to
TurkeY.'
Michael E Chahine '76, recently moved from
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to Abu Dhabi, UA.E., as
corporate bank head Witll Citibank N.A.
Greg Hartison '77, is vice president with Camel Inc.,
a transportation and freight forwarding firm in Saudi
Arabia. Greg lives in jeddal1.
William Robertson '77, is a projeCl and financial
manager with Al-Hajery Co. in Riyadh.
James N. Hanson '78, recently moved to Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia, in the sales office of AT&T International,
Saudi Arabia.
Keith E Sanders 78, moved from Santiago, Chile, to
Cairo, Egypt, where he is an assistant regional director
witll US. Wheat Associates.
Roger N. Voegele '78, is director of contracts and
programs for the Hazar Establishment For Trading in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is also a new Tbird contaCl
in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Brian H.Jacobson 79, has moved from Minneapolis,
MN, to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, as a senior media
evaluator for ARAMCO.
Classes of
'80-'84
James Anderson '80, is second vice president Witll
Chase Manhattan Overseas Corporation. He lives in
Dakar, Senegal with his wife, Roberta, and their new
baby girl, Meredith.
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Kadry Britain '80, is with Saudi American Bank in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Saleem Yaqub Khan '80, is with the Bank of Credit
and Commerce in Cairo, Egypt.
George Machun '80, is senior account director with
Grey Direct in johannesburg, Soutll Africa.
Dorothy Senger '80, has moved from Washington,
DC, to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as a foreign service
officer.
Pradip Chhadva '81, moved from jubail, Saudi Arabia,
to Riyadh and is now with Saudi American Bank.
Gary E. Geiger '81, is a research and marketing
representative with Valmont Industries in Karachi,
Pakistan.
Catherine Gordon '81 , is with the State Department
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
MaryanneJohnson Neill '81, is a technical officer for
a disease-control project of US. Agency for Interna­tional
Development in Kigali, Rwanda.
Charles M. Dower '82, is with Hartford Fire
Insurance Company in Dubai, UA.E.
Matthias Duys '82, is a product manager for johnson
& johnson in Transvaal, South Africa.
OIu Eweka '82, is a senior supervisor with the Central
Bank of Nigeria in Lagos.
Cameron Garthe Gressley '83, and David Gressly
'83 were married in Boston in july 1984. They are
presently in Mauritania with the Peace Corps and
would like to hear from Tbirds in northwest Africa.
Adel E Labib '83, is an account manager in the
independent marketing division of NCR. He lives in
Ruwi-Muscat, Oman.
Amal Nasser '83, lives in Amman,lordan.
Asia/Pacific
Classes of
'50-'69
Toby R Madison '52, is marketing manager of the
Davis & Geck Division of Cyanamid of New Zealand
Ltd. in Papakura, New Zealand.
John L. Campbell '67, is with Media Resources,
International in Honolulu.
K. Craig Mueller '68, is a property manager with
Gamlon Corporation in Honolulu.
Classes of
'70-'79
Yadalam G. Dwarkanath '70, is executive director of
Sri Krishna Spinning and Weaving Mills Private Ltd. in
Subramanyapura, India. He writes that he is "interested
in developing an export business:'
John Muncy '70, is vice preSident and regional
manager with Bankers Trust Company in Hong Kong.
Bruce A. Conti '72, is chairman of GATX Terminals
Corporation in Singapore.
Bill Ling 73, is director and general manager of
CCAA International Ltd., an advertiSing agency in
Hong Kong.
Keith Bovetti 75, is a foreign commercial service
officer with tile US. Department of Commerce in
Osaka,japan.
Steve Fifer 75, is marketing manager with CaterpiUar
Australasia Linlited in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Robert L.Janson '75, is managing direClDr ofSmitll
International and lives injandaicot, West Australia.
Albert L. Cobetto 76, is vice preSident, industrial
banking, with Lehman Brothers in Hong Kong.
Gigi Davidson '77, lives in Honolulu.
John L. Draheim '77, is a loan officer with The
Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.
Kim M. Kuebler 78, was recently transferred to
Australia as a manager in tile grain division of
Continental Grain Co. He and his new wife, Betty
Curry, live in Sydney.
Douglas R Gerber 79, moved from Singapore to
jakarta, IndoneSia, as a marketing development
director for Eastman Kodak Company.
Taco Proper '79, has moved from Hong Kong to
Tokyo as manager of communications for IBM.
Nobuyuki Uemura '79, is a video and hi-fi audio
buyer for General Electric Technical Services Company,
Inc. in Tokyo.
Classes of
'80-'84
Laurel Haniman and Sheldon Finch '80, were
married injune 1984. Laurel recently started work in
the investment banking division of Citibank. They live
in Melbourne, Australia.
Paul Fox '80, recently becanle an assistant producer
with Union Project Co., "a small international film and
video (commercial) production company in Tokyo:'
Larry Hauser '80, is district sales manager with
Nordson Australia and lives in North Ryde, Australia.
Karen A. Henke Hill '80, is an assistant credit
manager with Manufacturers Hanover LeaSing
Corporation, AsialPacific, in Hong Kong.
John A. Hill '80, is a market development engineer
with Caterpillar Far East Linlited in Hong Kong.
Shankar Sundaram '80, is general manager of MIS.
Reichhold Chemicals India Ltd. in Madras, India.
Gottfried and Monika Thoma '80, have been living
in Hong Kong for 3 years with their sons Michael and
Marco. Gottfried is the managing direClor of Reemtsma
International Far East Ltd.
Jojiro "George" Yoshida '80, is president of My Life
Corporation in Ibaraki,lapan.
Claudia R Alarcon '81, is an assistant manager and
operations officer Witll Bank of the Philippine Islands.
She lives in Cebu City.
Carol A. MacArthur '81, is financial controller witll
Citicorp in Tokyo.
Ranlachandra Prabhu '81, and Madan Khunnah
'81 have started a consulting business "to help foreign
companies successfully penetrate the Indian market:'
Their corporation is located in Mysore, India.
Brent D. Amundson '82, is marketing manager with
McDonnell Douglasnymnet and writes "I am heading
up a new joint venture with Marubeni that will keep
me inJapan for one or two years:'
Patricia Ann Murtha and Robert Greenfield '82,
were married in Tucson, AZ, in October 1984. They
live in Singapore, where Bob is the Far East regional
sales manager with Emhart Corporation, and Patricia
is an account manager for DentsuIYoung and Rubicam.
Kurush). Homayouni '82, is a computer programmer
with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Tokyo. He plans to
return to California this year.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
Peter J. Deneen '84, is electronics ind ustry program
manager with the National Council for U.S.-China
Trade.
Ryan Kim '84, is studying Japanese business history
at the graduate school ofWaseda University in Tokyo,
Japan.
Marvin M. Maddox '84, is a research associate with
Business International Asia/Pacific Ltd., and lives in
Singapore.
Hidehiko Nagakura '84, is a commodity trader with
Cargill, Inc. in Tokyo.
Jack B. Snell,Jr. '84, Bves in Hong Kong.
Europe
Classes of
'50-'59
James M. Carrillo '50, is owner/manager of Mentex,
S.A., a food and household products manufacturing
firm . He and his wife, Jeanne, Bve in Madrid.
Malcolm E Gleason '50, has moved from Hong Kong
to Milano, Italy, with the First National Bank of Boston.
Donald Burdon '55, is director, trade development,
with the State of Connecticut Department of Interna­tional
Economic Development. He Bves in Bad
Homburg, West Germany.
Pieter Vos '58, has moved to Holland from Hong
Kong and is setting up Amphenol Benelux, a sales
division of Allied Corporation.
Classes of
'60-'69
Carson Frederick Kohle '60, is managing director of
ConsoBdated Press Services S.A. in Geneva.
William H. Zimmerman,Jr. '60, is marketing
manager with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. He "Bves
in Brussels and works across Europe:'
Duane E. Bellmore '6 1, is director general of Perle's
and In vesterra in Marbella, Spain.
Kenneth L Bennett '61, is sales manager, military
forces, with W.D. Warren Company in Dreieich, West
Germany.
Gerald H. Greene '66, recently moved from Caracas,
Venezuela, to Madrid, Spain, as president and general
manager of Kodak S.A.
Finley N. Mjddleton,lI '68, moved from Milan, Italy,
to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he is general
manager for Scandinavia with AFlA/CIGNA Insurance
Company sa-nv. He Bves in Copenhagen with his wife,
Carole.
Lowell E. Elmore '69, is treasurer for Europe, Middle
East and Africa with Solar Turbines Overseas, Ltd. He
lives in Brussels.
Classes of
'70-'79
David T. Kaveny '70, is a vice president and director
with American Express Bank GmbH, in Frankfurt,
West Germany. He recently saw Mjke Kwee '70, in
Hong Kong.
Cristobal R. Orozco '71, is an administrative
counselor with the American Embassy in Helsinki,
Finland. He has been a foreign service officer in Tokyo,
Santiago, and Washington, D.C.
THUNDERB[RD MAGAZrNE SPRING '85
Bruce E. Roman '71, is director of business
operations, Europe, for Computerland Europe in
Luxembourg.
Roby S. Swan '71, is managing director of Anglo
American Restaurants. Roby lives in Middlesex,
England.
William L Telling '71, moved from LOuisville, KY,
to Brussels, Belgium, as regional vice preSident,
Africa and the Middle East, for Brown & Williamson
(Europe) S.A.
Lawrence D. Schulz '72, is with Motorola, Inc. and
lives in Confesion, Switzerland.
Sam Wolf '72, lives in Lelystad, Holland.
Marc B. Deahl '74,moved from Texas to Brussels,
where he is material represe ntative for General
Dynamics International.
james E. Dodson '74, is regional manager, Europe/
North Africa, with Marathon LeTourneau and lives in
Madrid, Spain.
jose M. S. Dos Santos '74, is in charge of dealer
promotion for Caterpillar Overseas S.A. in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Jeffrey David Fischmann '74, is a teacher at the
Taipei American School in the Republic of China.
Thomas D. Hartje '74, is managing director with
Needham Harper Worldwide's offices in Madrid and
Barcelona.
RalphJohnson '74, is the European trade manager
for Data Systems Design, GmbH in Munich, Germany.
Herbert H. Solbrig '74, is a general manager with
ALSCO GmbH, an industrial garment rental service in
Cologne, West Germany. He invites any T'birds in
Germany to visit him.
Alexander Cohen '75,lives in Cobham, Surrey, UK.
Morris R. Iversen '75, is a marketing analyst with
Caterpillar Tractor Co. in Geneva, Switzerland.
Hans w.Jany '75, is with Altenburg-Stralsunder, "the
world's oldest game manufacturer, founded in 1765"
in Germany. He reports that the company has I I
T'birds among its employees.
Kenneth N. May '75, is commercial director with
Colgate-PalmoBve in Madrid, Spain.
Franklin O. (Eweka) McOliver'75, is presently in
Vichy, France, on sabbatical leave from tl1e University
of Benin, Nigeria. At Benin he is a senior lecturer in
charge of international business and energy.
Thomas G. Denney '76, Bves with his wife, Barbara,
in Kincardeneshire, Scotland.
Gerard Galler '76, is with Citibank in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Jeffrey L Schneider '76, is a sales manager with
North Star Computer and lives in Limburg, West
Germany.
Georgia Barron-Mees '77, and Axel Mees '76 had a
daughter, Angela Sophie, in February, 1985.
joan Blackman-Christensen '77, is self-employed
and lives in Oslo, Norway. She recently gave birtl1 to a
baby boy.
R. Craig Crossley '77, was promoted to regional
manager of Europe for Eaton Corp. Craig Bves in
Cambridge, England.
Eric De Poortere '77, is a product manager with
Colgate Palmolive in Brussels.
Jimmy E. Lilly '77, established a central distribution
center for Burroughs in Amersfort, The Netherlands.
Mjchael w. McBride '77, tours western Europe with
Optical Coating Laboratory,Inc. to assist in a product
launch. He is based in England, travels to Germany
often, and writes, "the language skills learned under
the watchful tutelage of Dr. Schutte have proved to be
most helpful:'
Rafael M. Puig '77, is a marketing manager with
Henkel, Iberica, S.A., in Barcelona, Spain.
Susan "Sunny" Speca Duval '77, is an executive
search assistant for PIB International Management, a
headhunting firm speciaBzing in finance. She is on the
board of directors of the Thunderbird Alumni
Association of Europe. She lives with her husband,
Jean Michel Duval, in Meudon, France.
Roger Voegele 78 Keith F. Sanders '78
Dorothy A. Seliger '80 Toby MadisOlt '52
Gerald H. Greene '66 Cristobal R. Orozco '71
Thomas L Sumner '77, is a computer systems
engineer with Electronic Data Systems in
Waddinxveen, The Netherlands.
D.Jeffrey Manners '78, is assistant manager of
European American Underwriters in Vienna, Austria.
Daniel E. Wise '78, is European sales coordinator of
equipment and supplies for Big Drum GmbH. He lives
in Kassel, West Germany.
Thomas). Brennan '79, is director of East Europe for
the American Soybean Association. He lives in Vienna,
Austria.
Steve S. Dutton '79, is an analyst with IBM in
Helsinki, Finland. He married Hanna-Liisa Kukkola in
May 1983. He invites T'birds passing through
Helsinki to call him.
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Europe, con't
Carl Eidsness '79, is export director for A. Racke
International and lives in Mainz, West Germany.
Classes of
'80-'84
Jorge de Moragas Rague '80, Hves in Barcelona,
Spain.
Lawrence Hess '80, is with the First City National
Bank of Houston. He lives in London and writes,
"Hello Bob Williamson~'
Wilhelmus (WilIem) M.J. Merkx '80, moved from
New York to the Netherlands, where he is a sales
accounts manager with UVG Nederland b.v.
Robert C. Schrafll '80, is a product specialist with
AHSlDeutschland GmbH in Munich.
Jon Berman '81, is a representative for Caterpillar
Tractor Company in London.
Karen Biggs Berman '81, is a public relations officer
for the Heathrow Penta Hotel at Heathrow Airport.
Nils Ellingsen '81, lives in Bergen, Norway, and is
active in the Thunderbird Alumni Association of
Europe.
Lee A. Mcintire '8 1, and his wife, Kathleen, are
expecting their first child in june.
Torbjorn O. Ostlund '81, is a marketing assistant
with R.]. Reynolds Tobacco GmbH in Cologne, West
Germany. His wife, Anette '81, recently gave birth to a
second child, Cecilia Klemme.
John Voh Der Moezel '81, is an account executive
with Merrill Lynch in Amsterdam.
Erik Bergdorf'82, is an account executive with Grey
Stockholm and lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
Jan Blicbfeldt '82, is a group manager with
McCann-Erickson in Oslo, Norway.
DianeJ. Borhani '82, has moved from California to
Barcelona, Spain, where she works at the International
Open School.
Jennifer Jane Ewing '82, lives in Meerbusch,
West Germany.
Stefan Haas '82, has moved from Sacramento, CA, to
Dusseldorf, West Germany, as an auditor with
Treuverkehr Dr. Ratsch u. Co. GmbH.
Kjell Ostergren '82, is a partner with Securities
Atlanta Ltd. in Zurich.
Matthew B. Symcox '82, moved from Germany to
HelSinki, Finland, where he is a financial officer with
Labsystems, OY
Gregory D. Tripple '82, is financial controller for
Diners Club-Benelux in Brussels, Belgium. He married
Maria Elena Sandoval in july 1983 in Bogota,
Colombia.
Jan Willen Wolters '82, is area manager, Holland,
witll johnson & johnson and lives in Amsterdam.
Richard W. Larsen '83, is a general manager for
Tallgrass Technologies (UK) Ltd. He lives in Berks,
England.
Marco Molinari '83, moved from Ohio to Cologne,
West Germany, where he is on the marketing staff of
Deutsche Goodyear GmbH.
Bruce Robbs '83, is with N.P. Record Ltd., a currency
management firm, in London.
David Bruce McClellan '84, lives in Bordeaux, France.
Hans RolfW. Niehues '84, is in the marketing
department of BASF AG, a large chemical company in
Germany. Rolf lives in Weinheirn/Bergstrasse.
Curtis Alan Orrben '84, is managing director with
StoUer Chemical Limited in Onnskirk, England.
Mark Oliver Rolf Reinisch '84, is an international
investment manager with S. A. Warburg & Co., Ltd.,
in London.
Helge Asbjorn Tryti '84, is a sales consultant with
Intran Europe AIS in Oslo, Norway.
EdmundJ.M. Vleugels '84, is financial marketing
director with Kas Exploitatie, a real estate investment
company in Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Latin America
Classes of
'50-'59
George I. Curtis '52, is owner of Prest amos
Nacionales, S.A., a mortgage and loan investment firm
in San jose, Costa Rica.
Rober M. Cooney '53, is business manager and vice
president with Citibank N.A. in Panama.
Ernest A. Parada '55, is with Operations AnalySiS
Company in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. He was promoted
to captain in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve. He sends
"thanks to Berger for helping me survive IYr.'
Theodore R Parker '55, is vice preSident, Latin
America, with Heublein International Management
Corporation in Mexico City.
James c. Piculas '55, is president of Industrias Oxy,
S.A. de C.V, a petrochemical company in Mexico.
Robert L. Bonham '57, attained chartered life
underwriter and chartered financial consultant status
from Bryn Mawr College. He is with Mutual Life of
New York Insurance Co. in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
John E. Love '57, is sales manager for Latin America
with Cooper LaserSonics, Inc., in San Jose, Costa Rica.
William H. Cunningham,Jr. '58, is managing
director of Alimentos Kraft de Venezuela in Caracas.
Alvin G. Fritzner '58, is executive vice preSident with
Executive Enterprises in Mexico City.
Richard C. Graham '58, is with tile American
Embassy in Guatemala.
Thomas C. Trauger '58, is manager of a merchant
bank in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Classes of
'60-'69
Robert B. Garrison '6 1, is a vice president with Cigna
Worldwide Inc. in Argentina.
Mark D. Moriarty '61, is with 'Catholic Relief Services
in San jose, Costa Rica, where he has lived since 1982.
Jack S. Beldon,Jr. '62, is president and managing
director of c.A. Goodyear de Venezuela in ValenCia,
Venezuela.
George P. Menegay '62, is director of CARE in San
jose, Costa Rica.
Ron Burkard '63, moved from Mexico City to La Paz,
Bolivia.ln]anuary, 1985, he and his wife worked as
extras in a U.S. film being made in Mexico City and
met other Tbirds doing the same.
George T. Egry '63, is general manager for Derivados
del Maiz, S.A., in Lin]a, Peru. He writes that he travels
extenSively in South America and occasionally runs
into Tbirds in Argentina and Chile.
Danel B. Van Gelder '63, teaches art and music at the
University in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and recently
established the Municipal Institute for Art and
Culture.
John A. Breslau '64, is self-employed and lives in
Rio de janeiro.
Michael M. DeBakey '64, is self-employed and lives
in Lima, Peru.
Richard Elliston '64, is president of Intermart, a
shopping center development firm based in Sao Paulo,
Brazil.
Thomas E.Jones '64, is general director with Gerber
Products in Mexico City.
Ivan Berger-Grosz '68, is general manager of].W.
Thompson Advertising Agency in Quito, Ecuador.
Leland W. Miles '68, is regional manager with
GreenfireJewelry in Cartegena, Colombia. Leland and
his wife, Maria, are expecting their fITst child.
William H. Barbee '69, is president of AgriBusiness
Consultants, Inc. and lives in Costa Rica.
Classes of
'70-'79
James W. Baker '70, is owner of AGROFIBA, S.R.L. in
Asuncion, Paraguay.
John R Pope '70, is assistant director with Castelo
Branco e Associados and lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Louis C. Bergman '71, is executive director of the
Curacao Banking Corporation, NV in the Netherlands
Antilles.
William W. Brown,Jr. '71, is general manager with
Allis-Chalmers Services, Inc. in Santiago, Chile.
Max Krauss '72, is managing director of Triumph
International in Santiago, Chile.
James C. Shoultz '72, is general manager with
Chesebrough·Ponds c.A. in Caracas, Venezuela.
Ernest A. Valdes,Jr. '72, is director of marketing with
Productos Adams, c.A., in Quito, Ecuador.
Ronald C. Walker '72, lives in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico.
CarlosJ. Recio '73, is president of Ram it Ltda. in
Barranquilla, Colombia.
Peter R Wallin '73, moved from NY to Caracas,
Venezuela, where he is a representative for Midland
International Trade Services.
Kenneth Lee Foster '74, recently was promoted to
representative for Crocker National Bank in Mexico.
He and his wife, Lori, have two children and live in
Mexico City.
Lori Mills Foster '74, is vice preSident, account
director, with]. Walter Thompson, an advertising
agency in Mexico City.
Robert D. Forbes '75, is with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. in
Mexico City.
Michael A. Nelson '75, is plant manager and director
of marketing for Levi-Strauss do Brasil. He lives in Sao
Paulo with his wife, Linda.
WilIiamJ. Riley '75, is general manager of Industria
Panamena de Papel, S.A. in Panama. He is also
treasurer of the American Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Panama.
Mark S. Abrams '76, is marketing and product
development manager with Bank of Boston in Brazil
and lives in Sao Paulo.
Jorge C. Cruz Russek '76, is general manager with
Maquinaria, S.A. de C.V. in Chihual1Ua, Mexico.
Roberto L. Sanchez '76, is a vice president and
representative for Republicbank Dallas, N.A. in Mexico
City. He and his wife, Gwen, had their third child,
Laura Carolina, in 1984.
Michael E Cannon '77, is deputy general manager
with Publicidad SiboneylFoote, Cone and Belding in
Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Robert R Durk '77, is marketing director with
PepsiCo Foods International in Brazil and lives in
Sao Paulo.
Edmundo Guinea Loyer '77, is international director
with Industrial Vim, S.A. and lives in Linla, Peru.
David W. Loeb '77, moved from Moline, lL, to
Montevideo, Uruguay, as territory manager with]ohn
Deere Intercontinental Ltd.
Luis Alberto Moreno '77, is the manager ofTY HOY
in Bogota, Colombia. His wife gave birth to a son,
Nicolas, in February 1984.
Fernando H. Rotondo '77, is a product tine manager
for Dow Chemical Colombia. He lives in Bogota with
his wife, Elisabeth Maria, and children, Giovanni and
Giannina.
John E. Beale '78, is senior vice director of Chase
Manhattan Bank, N.A. in Rio de]aneiro.
Helen E Bussey '78, lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPruNG '85
Robert B. Garrison '6 J Jack Beldon '62
Alyce]. Tidball 79 JD. Backer'47
THUNDERB[RD MAGAZiNE SPRING '85
Phillip R Cabrera '78, is vice president with Harris
Trust & Savings Bank in Sao Paulo. Phillip married
Zeila Gurierrez lastjune with Tbirds Dan and Karen
Behnish, Newton Bufrem,John and Susan Jones
and Sergio Garcia in attendance.
Raul E. Casas '78, is a partner in Rivera, Casas &
Associates, a management consulting flIm in Hato
Rey, Puerto Rico.
Juan Gerardo De Gre '78, is general director with
International Laminating Corporation de Mexico and
lives in Mexico City
Claudio de O.Torres '78, is head of the Brazil
Construction & Engineering Segment of Citibank in
Rio de Janeiro.
Randall E. Pike '78, is second vice president with
Continental Bank in Mexico City.
William R Moore '79, is country manager, Chile,
with DHL International and lives in Santiago.
Carlos Roberto Ortiz Nascimento '79, is the director
of Banco Real Investimento in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He
met with Professor Duarte on a recent trip through
Phoenix.
Javier Segovia '79, is planning manager with
Consorcia Petroquimico Mexicano in Monterrey,
Mexico.
Alyce Tidball '79, is vice consul and second secretary
at the American Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. She
will transfer to the OECD in Paris in August. She
recently adopted an infant daughter, Alicia Esther.
Classes of
'80-'84
Armando A. Crespo '80, is group product manager
for Danone de Mexico, S.A. He lives in Mexico City
with his wife, Antonieta, and their two-year-old
daughter.
Ladislaus Perenyi '80, is corporate relationship
manager for Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. in Caracas,
Venezuela.
Jaime G. Searle '80, is director of planning and
development with Andueza y Compania in Santiago,
Chile.
Mark E Silverman 'BQ, is marketing director with
Citibank in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Carlos Bielenstein 'B1, is manager of collections,
fraud, and authorizations for American Express of
Brazil.
Joao Miguel Bielenstein 'B1, is chief analyst of
product planning for Ford Brasil in Sao Paulo.
Daniel H. Cosentino 'B1, moved from Caracas,
Venezuela, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as Latin America
region controller for Flopetrol, a Schlumberger
company.
Mary Martha Hubbell Bielenstein 'B I, married
Carlos Bielenstein 'BI in December 19B2. She is a
product manager with Grupo Catho in Sao Paulo.
Jeff C. Kleinschmidt '81, is with Goodyear
International C.orporation in Mexico City.
Jose Eduardo Sanjuan '81, is hospital products
divisional manager with Kendall S.A. and lives in El
Dorado, Panama.
Rudolph H. A. Steenhuisen 'BI, is sales manager for
Kativo de Panama. He married Ana Lorena Marciacq
in November 1984. They reside in Panama.
Howard Taub 'BI, moved from Lima, Peru, to
Amazonias, Brazil, as manager of administration with
Helimar Perfuracoes, a subsidiary of Parker Drilling Co.
Kathleen]. Bonar 'B2, is financial controller of
Tourist Publications Ltd. She lives on Grand Cayman
island, British West Indies.
Sergio Luiz Da Silva Teixeira 'B2, is i!lternational
trade manager offoodstuITs with Coca-Cola Industrias
Ltda. in Brazil. He is also director of a subsidiary
involved in a venture with a new fruit juice.
Stephen M. De Valut '82, is a manager for Club Med,
Inc. and is presently "somewhere in the Caribbean~'
Dwight R Mutchler 'B2, is an account executive with
Leo Burnett Advertising, Inc. in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
Gregory A. Quinlan '82, is regional supervisor,
Caribbean, with Sterling Drug, Inc. He lives in Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Daniel E. Tatum '82, is a statistician with the
Department of Defense and lives in Panama Ciry,
Panama.
Tim Wildman '82, is a production manager for
American International Underwriters in Quito, Ecuador.
Tomas C. Iglesias 'B3, is an international sales
manager with SCASA, Protexa Electronica in
Monterrey, Mexico. He lives in Monterrey with his
wife, Gladys, and their daughter, Ana Belen.
Margot Morgan 'B3, is manager of Crillon Tours, S.A.,
in La Paz, Bolivia.
William A. Sholten m '83, was transferred to
Panama with First Chicago Bank. His wife gave birth
to a daughter, Kate, in May 1984.
Carlos E. Arce 'B4, is marketing manager for Central
America with Industrias de Productos Elictricos de
Centroamerica (Philips.) He and his wife, Christel, live
in San Salvador, El Salvador.
].M. McAdams 'B4, is country manager with DHL
International in Lima, Peru.
North America
Classes of
'47-'49
Jolly D. Backer '47, is marketing manager with
Phillips Petroleum Company in BartleSville, OK.
William E. Bierer '47, writes that he enjoyed last
year's reunion and graduation festivities and hopes to
make it back to campus to participate in this year's
activities.
Edward Engelsen '47, recently retired from The Bank
of California, after 37 years of distinguished service.
He was awarded the permanent title of vice president
and international economist emeritus, thus becoming
the first retiring employee of the bank to receive an
emeritus title.
Ernest]. Oack) Rokahr '47,lives in Los Angeles and
attended his 37th reunion in December.
Spencer]. Adams ' 48, is retired and lives in
Portsmouth, VA.
Theodore L BriIl'48, lives in Maitland, FL.
Robert C. "Bob" Brock' 48, writes, "the passing years
will never dim the appreciation which I hold for my
instructors and my classmates in my Pioneer group. I
am grateful that the torch oflearning is still burning
bright at old Thunderbird field:'
Werner Diehl '48, is retired and lives in Houston. He
recently returned from London, where he visited
friends made during his II years there.
Lowell R Marcus '48, and his wife, Chrystle, spent
Christmas in London and then travelled to Paris.
Charles W. Neumann '48, is with Goodyear
International Corporation in Akron, OH.
Bill (W G.) Oliver '48, retired from Bank of Boston in
1981 after 33 years of service. He is presently an
administrator of a law firm in Vero Beach, FL.
John A. Warner '48, lives in La Jolla, CA. He attended
his 36th reunion in December.
James S. Dickerson '49, retired from the import-export
field and is now a cotton farmer in Memphis, TN.
Francis A. Hughes '49, His wife, Alice Hyde Hughes,
died in March 1983. Alice was school nurse at
Thunderbird from 1948-50.
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North America, con't
Wallace E. Oldach '49, is vice president of Falcon
Enterprises in Cleveland. He hopes to move to
Phoenix within two years.
Clarence L Wasson '49, attended his 35th reunion in
December.
Classes of
'50-'59
Anthony C. Bicocchi,Jr. '50, has retired as a vice
president of First City National Bank of Houston.
Sterling Boyce '50, and his wife, Ethel, moved to their
new retirement home in Gran Valley, south of Tucson.
He welcomes Tbirds with the reminder, "bring your
golf clubs!"
Richard E. Brame '50, is purchasing agent for Atlas
Sheet Metal Co. in Portland, OR. He says "hi" to Berger
Erickson.
S.]. (Sibby) Buccheri '50, is with Robustelli Corporate
Services in Stamford, CT.
Chandler Echols '50, is president of Occidental
Equipment Co. in Coral Gables, FL.
Sidney Gluck '50, visited Thunderbird in january
1984 for the ftrst time since he graduated. He lives in
Akron,OH.
William L Shennan '50, has been a professor of
Latin American history at the University of Nebraska
for the past 16 years. He credits the late Dr. William
Schurz with an important influence on his career. "He
was years ahead of his time~'
Frederick D. Voorhees '50, is with Special InteresTours
in Medina, WA.
Don E. Wakeman '50, is with Idaho Candy Company
in Boise, !D.
D. Barker Bates '5 1, was not able to attend his
Thunderbird reunion, so he sent a scrapbook ftUed
with photographs and mementos from campus life, as
it was in 1951.
Dale Correll '51, is an associate with the Fred Plaia
Insurance Agency in Los Angeles.
Peter Cozzetto '51, is president of Cesco Export Inc.
in Ellen Prairie, MN.
Robert W Davenport '51, is a history professor at the
University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Bob Jones '51, moved from San jose, Costa Rica, to
Moline, lL, as a territory manager with john Deere
Intercontinental, Ltd.
Bowman Russell '51, and his wife, Peggy, own La
Siesta Foods, Inc. in Topeka, KS. Their company and
Peggy's Mexican recipes were featured in a recent
issue of Kansas magazine.
Walter S. Topper'S I, is president of Wilks & Topper,
Inc., a comlllodity brokerage fll'm in San Francisco.
Frank E. Watkins '51, is director-president of Dental
Healtll Centers Inc. in Campbell, CA.
Eileen M. Bagnall Cumpston '52, is in the
department of family and community medicine at tile
University of Arizona in Tucson.
Lillian D. Hogenboom '52, lives in Weirsdale, FL. She
writes, "my year at AlIT was one of my most
rewarding experiences and I cherish the memory of
those friends, who scattered around the world, as well
as those wonderful instructors~'
Sam Schulman '52,lives in Irvine, CA.
Ray Voisard '52, is a landscape and ftgure artist
"living the country life" in Hopland, CA.
Thomas L DaJU '53, lives in Seattle, WA.
Sam Neblett '53, recently retired from IBM and
moved to Miami, where he invites chilly Tbirds to
visit and escape the cold. He spent ftve weeks last
summer touring tile Loire Valley chateaux and parts of
Eastern Europe.
William R. Atkinson '55, lives in Valley Center, CA.
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Joseph W. McGinnis '55, is an assistant vice
preSident with the A1gemene Bank Nederland, N.v: in
Chicago. Joe "enjoyed September 27 dinner with
Tbirds in Chicago~'
Richard K. Poaler'55, recently was elected Chairman
oflnternational Marine Fuels of San Francisco.
Charles D. Yost '55, is Acrylonitrile industry manager
for Monsanto Co. in St. Louis, MO.
Robert N. Bailey '56, is a purchasing manager with
the Olin Corporation. He lives in Asheville, NC.
John N. Evans '56, is a coordinator with Kaiser
Foundation Hospitals in Oakland, CA.
Miles H. O'Connor '56, is corporate executive officer
of Miles H. O'Connor & Associates in Walnut Creek, CA.
D. Wayne Parkinson '56, is area director for
Transworld Systems, Inc. in Mission, KS. He lives in
Lawrence, KS, with his wife and one-year-old son,
David Chase.
William R. Tiemay '56, is area vice preSident with
Philip Morris Inc. in New York.
Carl G. Arvidson '57, is president of Arvidson
Equipment Co. He received his masters degree from
the University of Oregon and is working on his PhD.
He will enter law school in the fall.
William Bottorf '57, moved from Mexico to Mystic,
CT, where he is "establishing a packaged food
specialty business with a Mexican flair~'
James L Kritzer '57, is self-employed and lives in
New Hope, PA.
Oscar B. Nunez '57, is San Diego area manager for
Armor Elevator Co. He lives with his wife, Hope, in
San Diego.
Fred R. Andresen '58, moved from Irvine to Newport
Beach, CA, where he is a vice president with Head
Sportswear.
David A. Brown '58, is president ofTroni Games Ltd.
in Reno, NY
Jack A. Burzell '58, is self-employed and lives in
Greensboro, NC.
Roger William Child '58, is a CPA and has his own
office in Weslaco, TX, where he lives with his wife,
Chuza.
Gary R. Currie '58, is with the State of Minnesota in
St. Paul.
Lars A. Garrison '58, is president of Vito I, S.A., Inc. in
Stamford, CT.
Derek Liecty '58, is self-employed and lives in
Oakland, CA.
Glen C. McBride,Jr. '58, is Witll Field Shorb. He lives
in Decatur, 1L.
Arden D. Christensen '59, is chairman of the board
of the Dorado Corporation in Houston.
Lester Stuart Knapp,Jr. '59, returned to the U.S. after
6 years in Mexico City and is now in tile information
processing division of DatamaK Office Systems, Inc. in
St. Louis, MO.
Classes of
'60-'65
Albert Barr '60, is witll First Interstate Bank in San
Rafael, CA.
Richard A. Denker '60, lives in Skillman, NJ.
JackE. Donnelly '60, is president-international, GTE
Communication Systems Corporation, and lives in
Phoenix.
Robert D. Dutcher '60, is president of Self-Dutcher
Development, a real estate development company in
Portland, OR.
Clint R. Hopson '60, is president of Clint Hopson
Pension & Insurance Services, Inc., in Costa Mesa, CA.
Marlin Merle Marks '60, is an employment counselor
with the Indiana Employment Security Division in
Lafayette, IN.
Robert Guthrie McCall '60, moved from Fresno, CA,
to Scottsdale, AZ, and is a dentist in Sun City.
Burtt E McKee '60, is director of marketing with
Multinational Strategies, Inc. and lives in Darien, CT.
James M. Shennan '60, is vice president, trust invest­ment,
with Comerica Bank-Detroit in Birmingham, MI.
Robert Rudolph Stanger '60, is copy editor for the
Youngstown Vindicator in Youngstown, OH.
Harry B. Tokheim '60, is chairman of Touch
Dialogues, Inc., a computer advertising firm in Denver.
John Thberty '60, lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Jon E. Thcker '60, is international marketing manager
of Latin America for Monsanto Co. in St. Louis, MO.
James Van Winkle '60, is regional sales manager for
DIGI Retail Scale Systems. He lives with his wife, jane,
and five children in Lilburn, GA.
Tom Brandt '6\, is a corporate account manager with
Regent Air Corp. in Beverly Hills.
William M. Scearce '6\, moved to San Francisco after
working in London and South America.
Shigehiro Uchida '61, is with Frontier Express, Inc. in
Torrance, CA.
Charles E. Workman '6\, is a matll and science
teacher at Monterey High School, Monterey, CA.
Jack M. Carter '62, is with the Central Bank for
Cooperatives. He lives in Englewood, CO.
Edward v: Heath '62, is director of international
marketing for The Gates Rubber Company in Denver.
Robert K. Louis '62, is a senior sales specialist with
Monsanto Co. in St. Louis, MO.
Ronald L O'Rourke '62, is president of AIB
Incorporated speCializing in international financial
consulting. Ronald lives in Hillsborough, CA. He
writes that he ran into Julie Custer '83 in San
Francisco, where she works with Cath.ay Pacific
Airlines.
Wendell Pilger '62, is in marketing Witll Griffin
Technology and lives in Portland, OR. While touring
his former Southeast Asia territory last summer, he
visited Jim Black '6\ in the Philippines.
Larry Sawyer '62, is a broker with Merrill Lynch
in Thcson.
Laszlo I. Belenyessy '63, is a doctor and lives in Santa
Monica,CA.
Andrew Cairns '63, is self-employed and lives in
Arcata, CA.
Louis M. Gibson '63, is a trademark manager with
Monsanto Co. in St. Louis, MO.
MauriceJohnson '63, is an international marketing
consultant and lives in Glenridge, NJ.
Edward M. Kaminski '63, is director of business
development and planning for Combustion Engi­neering
Co. He lives in Downers Grove, Il.
Harold S. "Hal" Olcott '63, recently was transferred
to Denton, TX, with the Victo-Equipment Co.
George E. Twidwell '63, is an associate broker with
Provincial Realty in Palos Verdes, CA.
Joseph O. Bunce, III '64, spent a free week in Hilton
Head, SC after winning a sales contest in his company.
Allen E Drachman '64, is a certified kitchen designer
with Sattlers Sales in Concord, CA.
David B. Goldman '64, is president of David B.
Goldman Associates, a real estate development firm in
Santa Barbara, CA.
Peter N. Henretta '64, is a sales representative for
Scribner Publishing Group. He lives in Aurora, CO.
Patrick E. Hillary '64, is president of Hillary
Machinery, Inc. He and his wife, Marcia, "spent a
wonderful evening welcoming Hal '63 and jan Olcott
to Texas~'
John C. Hubbell '64, is regional director of sales with
Creative Marketing of America in Kewaskum, Wl. He
was named \984 Man of the Year at his company.
Duanej. Kerper '64, was promoted to vice preSident
ofZonad Ink in Hoover, AL.
John v: Morse '64, is director of state government and
civic affairs for Monsanto Co. in St. Louis, MO.
Donald C. Nelson '64, recently received the
designation of chartered life underwriter from The
American College, Bryn Mawr, PA. He has been an
alumni educational counselor for 7 years. He lives
with his wife, Judith, in Fargo, ND.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRlNG '85
C/zalldler Echols '50 IE. DOIl1Ielly '60
Luis C. Pi-Sunyer '64, is vice president of the
international department for Union Chelsea National
Bank in New York.
John T. Thug '64, is export manager for Monsanto Co.
in St. Louis, MO.
Merrill L. Davis '65, has retired as a director of
purchasing for Deere & Co. He lives in Moline, lL.
James Milton Smith '65, lives in Laguna Beach, CA.
John M. Walley '65, is president of Leadership
Service Associates, a management consulting firm in
Minneapolis.
Classes of
'66-'69
Richard R. Bilbrough '66, is a vice president and
agent with Banca Serfm, S.A. in Los Angeles.
J. P. Bryan '66, is the president ofTorch Energy
Corporation in Houston.
Richard Carlson '66, is a sales manager with
MidPack Lumber in Hawaii.
Robert Donnell '66, has retired from Drilco Tools,
Inc. He lives in Midland, TX.
Christian A. Larsen,Jr. '66, was recently promoted to
vice president of marketing with Seeco Enterprise. He
lives in Rocky Mount, NC.
Michael Angelo Matarazzo '66, owns Golden
UnicornjeweJry in Escondido, CA.
Francis H. Muller,Jr. '66, is senior vice president and
manager of Underwood Neuhaus in Austin, TX.
H. C. Rudisill n '66, is co-owner of Village Inn, an inn
in Lenox, MA, that was built as a farm house in 1771 .
He offers a 20% discount to Tbirds.
Richard Shalhoub '66, is owner of McDonald's
restaurants in Palm Springs, Cathedral City and Palm
Desert, CA.
Thomas E. Cantwell, Jr. '67, is director of sales for
American Express Co. in Wheaton, IL.
Martin W. Dennis '67, is self-employed as an
insurance broker in Baltimore.
Peter Grassl '67, is a vice president with Chemical
Bank in New York.
Glen W. MaCGregor '67, is vice president ofTechnkal
Graphics in Milpitas, CA.
Richard J. Matchette '67, is president of Construction
Services International, a supplier of parts and
equipment to overseas construction companies. He
and his wife, Ana, live in Miami.
Richard P. O'Connor '67, is a marketing manager
with H.5. Crocker Co., Inc. in San Bruno, CA.
William Serumgard '67, is with Citibank in Houston.
Gary D. Smith '67, is president of Fleet Real Estate in
Providence, RI.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE SPRING '85
Daniel M. Sprague '67, is director of the Western
Legislative Conference and lives in Oakland, CA.
Samuel H. Stenson '67, is in sales with EPSON
Computers. He lives Witll his wife in Pine River, MN.
Stephen D. Ward '67, is an assistant vice president
with Cargill, Inc. in Minneapolis, MN.
Dayton W. Adams,Jr. '68, has moved from Scottsdale
to Paradise Valley; AZ.
Ronald T. Alonzo '68, is vice president of sales with
Jet Spray International Corporation in Norwood, MA.
Kenneth A. Banks '68, is vice president of advertising
and sales promotion for Eckerd Drug Company in
Clearwater, FL.
W.B. Barley '68, is vice preSident, corporate banking,
with First Interstate Bank of California. He lives in
San Diego.
Stephan B. Blinn '68, is a vice president and
management director with Foote, Cone, and Belding.
He lives in Malibu, CA.
Elliot Blonde '68, is in a manager program with E. E
Hutton. He lives in Scottsdale, AZ.
Bernard A. Boltz '68, is vice preSident of marketing
for Executive Management Services in EI Paso, TX.
Edgar L. Buck '68, is an attorney in Alamogordo, NM.
As a member of the negotiating team for the Great
Wall Hotel, he participated in the first American joint
venture with the People's Republic of China in 1981 .
Richard A. Chopyak '68, is vice preSident, marketing,
with Nashville Diversified in Nashville.
Charles o. Daues '68, is self-employed and lives in
Los Angeles.
M. H. Derchin '68, is with U. S. Steel Corporation in
Pittsburgh. He says he is "always interested in talking
to Tbirds in the area who need help or who just want
to talk:'
Robert E. Duncan '68, is president of KIDDE Credit
Corp. He lives in Waynesboro, PA.
Daniel M. Garrett '68, moved from Martinez, CA, to
Sacramento, where he is assistant to the commissioner
of the California State Department of Real Estate.
Joe Gury '68, challenges all alumni to become
involved in recruiting students for Thunderbird. As
one of our top tluee alumni recruiters,Joe's efforts
have helped tile University of Colorado become tile
fourtllleading source of enrolled students.
Donald B. Heimark '68, is vice president and
manager, international division, with Provident
National Bank. He lives in Paoli, PA.
John Keogh '68, is vice preSident with American State
Bank in Bloomington, IL.
Maurice S. Martin '68, is vice president salesl
marketing with Pacific Rim Trading and lives in
Woodinville, W A.
Larry K. Mellinger '68, is vice president and chief
financial officer of Gruma Corporation in Los Angeles.
Robert W. Repsher '68, is an international marketing
manager with Sears in Chicago. He has done special
projects in Caracas, Venezuela, and in Mexico.
Peter J. Shore '68, is self-employed with Tex Rec, Inc.
in Pasadena, TX.
Gerald R. Twentyman '68, i~ manager of Connell
Bros. Company, Ltd., an international marketing and
export company in San Francisco.
JohnJ. Verity '68, is owner of Pacific Ornamental Iron
in Boise, lD.
Tim C. Walker ' 68, has moved from Colorado City,
CO, to jamestown, NY. He is director of marketing with
Truck-Lite Co., Inc.
H.J. Browning '69, is with Cyclin Pharmaceutical
Co., Inc. and lives in West Bend, WI.
W.E. (Cal) Calligaro '69, is an executive vice president
of sales and marketing with Ben Rickert, Inc., in
Wayne, NJ.
Gary A. Collins '69, is a self-employed anesthetist and
lives in Marietta, GA.
Alan L. Fuller '69, is an executive with CBS Radio and
lives in Encino, CA.
Brian W. Gauler '69, is an international marketing
manager with OCV Control Valves in Tulsa, OK.
Thomas E Gray '69, is preSident of Sunset Oil Co. in
South Miami.
RolIT A.Johansen '69, is marketing research manager
with james River Corporation in Norwalk, CT.
Richard D. Keeley '69, is vice president of marketing
wi til American Foods Corp. He lives in Foster City, CA.
Trish Love '69, is a realtor with Russ Lyon Realty
Company in Scottsdale.
Cornelius A. McDevitt '69, is a broker and trader
with Universal Lumber, Inc. in Portland, OR.
E. Allan Paloutzian '69, is vice president/section man­ager
of the International Financial Institutions Group
of Bank of America and lives in Walnut Creek, CA.
Stephen M. Ringler '69, is president and chief
executive officer of First International Corporation in
Minneapolis.
Robert H. Sebree,Jr. '69, has started his own
executive recruiting firm, Robert Sebree & Associates,
in Los Angeles.
Gary E. Walcott '69, is president of ASI Building
Systems, Inc. in Dallas.
Class of
'70
Ned P. Armentor '70, is resident vice president of
CIGNA Corp. in Dallas.
Thomas Atkins '70, is with Call11ers Publishing. He
publishes Security World and SDM magazines.
Karen Abbey and Jeffrey G. Banks '70, live in
Oakland, CA. jeffrey was promoted to president of
Metropolitan Transit Advertising in San Francisco.
Harley H. Barnes '70, was promoted to senior vice
president of commercial lending with Valley National
Bank.
Claude Bennet '70, is with Kramer-Warner Associates,
Inc. in Philadelphia, PA.
Dale L. Birkland '70, is president of Titus Tool Co.,
Inc. in Kirkland, WA.
Geoffrey D. Brown '70, was is director of human
resources for the University of Nebraska Medical
Center. He lives in Omaha.
Uvaldo Champion '70, is with jet Cargo insurance
brokers in Miami.
Joseph E. Coker '70, is a senior vice president with
American International Underwriters in Houston.
MichaelJ. Dwyer '70, is with D.G. Shiller in
Eugene, OR.
A. R. Erickson '70, is president of Erickson-Fuller
Corporation, an advertising firm in Aspen, CO. In
1983 he started Aspen Resort Accommodations, a
property management company
Samuel Joseph Guarino '70, is a vice preSident and
account executive with Rollins Burdick Hunter
Agency of Texas, Inc. in Houston.
William B. Halloran '70, is with Ranton Trading, Ltd.
He lives in Paoli, PA.
William l. Magallanez '70, is a vice president of
commercial loans with Valley National Bank.
Mangeshwar S. Mathur '70, is assistant controller
with Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro S.A. in New
York. He writes, "My boss is also a Tbird: Robert C.
Senkfor '53:'
MarilynJ. Muessel '70, is self-employed and lives in
Breckenridge, CO. She has a two year old son, Michael.
She sends greetings to Professor john O'Connell.
Ketil Osland '70, has returned to Minneapolis after
14 years in Stockl1olm, Sweden.
James Dimitri Pobanz '70, is with Prudential-Bache
Securities in New York.
Douglas C. Reymore '70, is a marketing manager
with Cascade Construction, Inc., a home remodeling
company in Seattle.
George Sheppard Root '70, is division manager,
Palm Beach and Broward County; with Merrill Lynch
Realty in Boca Raton, FL.
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Robert E. Stephens '70, owns a resort in Paradise,
MT. He married in December 1984.
John A. Velasco '70, moved from La Paz, Bolivia, to
Santa Fe, NM, where he works in industrial develop­ment
for the State of New Mexico.
Martin S. Vogt '70, is a manager of international
human resources with Kentucky Fried Chicken
Corporation in Louisville, KY He writes that he .
"recently recruited on campus for a position covenng
the Caribbean. I was very impressed with the campus,
particularly the interviewing facilities. The position
was filled with a T'bird~'
Alfred C. Williams '70, is a private consultant for u.s.
companies in Latin America and lives in Atlanta.
Pierre H. Zarch '70, is international sales manager
with Hudson Oxygen Therapy Sales Company in
Temecula, CA.
Class of
'71
Innocent N. Abiaka '71, is a vice president of
investments with Valley National Bank.
Robert W. Adams '71 , was recently promoted to field
sales manager with Berg Electronics, E.1. duPont de
Nemours & Co., in Canoga Park, CA. He writes that he
is working with Frank Probasco '79.
Murray C. Bilby '71, founded Tamis Corporation last
year. The company organizes trade expositions and
public facilities for French exporters. Murray lIves 111
Pittsburgh.
Eddie L. Branam '71 , is with MagneSium Security in
Homestead, FL.
James A. Bullock '71 , is director of marketing with
International Dealer Systems and lives in Portland, OR.
Courtney). Catron,Jr. '71 , moved from Woodside,
CA, to Boulder, CO.
Jeffrey D. Davis '71 , is part owner ofJefTrey Davis
& Co., purveyors of fine antique accessories in
San Francisco.
William D. Day 71, is an administrator with the City
ofEI Paso, Texas.
Thomas E. Dent '71, is a sales representative with A.L.
Williams Insurance in Honolulu.
Warren Herrgott '71 , is a project accountant for
Honeywell in Phoenix, and participated in a recent
FORAD presentation on campus.
William R Hubbard '71, is a vice president ofEuro
Brokers Harlow limited, repurchase agreement
brokers in New York.
Robert A.Johnson,Jr. '71, is general manager of
Messer Grieshian and lives in Villanova, PA.
David W.Josephson '71, is a vice president,
international banking, and manager of Union Bank in
San Francisco.
W. T. Kelly, Jr. '71, moved from little Rock, AR, to
Washington, DC.
Charles). Koenig III '71 , is vice president of
operations for International Labor Subcontractor Inc.
The Houston based firm provides labor servIces for
companies operating overseas.
David S. Lichtenwalter '71, is a marketing manager
in Scarborough, Canada.
Douglas L. Moore '71 , is an assistant manager with
Simplot Silica Products in Overton, NY
William B. Richards '7 I, has moved from Orinda,
CA. to New York.
John A. Santana '71, is president ofinternati~nal.
Marine Fuels of San Francisco, Inc., a world WIde 011
trading corporation. John sends word tllat the
company has established offices and affiliates in Hong
Kong, Singapore, and China. .
Charles E. Shields '71 , is president of The ShIelds
Corp. in Chicago. He attended the most recent Balloon
Race Hot Air Affair on campus.
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Class of
'72
Ward E Anderson 72, is an independent broker
specializing in tax shelters. He lives in Portland, OR.
Gerald). Arthur '72, is vice president of international
operations for Kwikway Corporation, Iowa. He lives in
Fort Wayne, IN.
James E. Baxter '72, is vice president of marketing of
Alamo Iron Works in San Antortio, TIC
James P. Beck '72, is an attorney and trustee with Peat
Marwick & Mitchell in Clayton, MO.
William Burrus '72, is the director of ACCION
International in Cambridge, MA.
Malcolm H. Byrnes II '72, is chief advisor to S. Mann
& Company in Austin, TX.
Stephen E. Chilton '72, is general manager of the
western division with L. E. Myers Company in Salt
Lake City.
Susan]. Corcoran '72, recently moved to Seattle,
where she is a vice president with Citicorp USA, Inc.
Susan would love to hear from T'birds in Washington
and Oregon.
George A. Crane '72, is a major and battalion
executive officer with the U.S. Army in Phoenix.
E Richard Cunningham '72, is president of
Parcourse Ltd., The Fitness Company, in San Francisco.
Richard C. De Smet '72, is president and owner of
Leland Trailer &