Thunderbird Magazine, Winter 1989

              THUNDERBI ·D
THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT WINTER 1989
r. Roy A. Herberger,
Jr., one of the nation's
leading university business
deans who has broad
international expertise and
strong corporate ties, has
been named the new
president of Thunderbird.
He will begin working on
behalf of Thunderbird
April 1, 1989 and will
assume the office of
president effective July 1.
The announcement was
made by William C. Turner,
chairman of the School's
board of trustees.
Herberger is currently
dean of the Edwin L. Cox
School of Business at
Southern Methodist Uni­versity.
He succeeds Dr.
William Voris, who will
retire as president after 18
years in the position.
During Voris's adminis­tration,
Thunderbird
became ranked the nation's
top international graduate
business program.
Prior to his SMU
appointment in 1982,
Herberger was associate.
dean for academic affairs
in the School of Business
at the University of
Southern California, where
he founded and directed
USC's International
Business Education and
Research program.
The program was the
first full-time MBA pro­gram
for foreign-based
firms taught in the United
States, a program designed
for fast-track middle
managers of overseas firms.
He was responsible for
marketing the program to
major foreign-based firms
throughout Asia.
Herberger's interna­tional
interests have
resulted in publications
on cross-cultural nego­tiations
in the Harvard
Business Review, the Japan
Economic Journal, and
Nikkei Business. He also
received a Toyota
Educational Foundation
grant for international
business simulation and
the Japan America Society
Special Services Award.
An editorial in the Dallas
News praised Herberger
for putting SMU's Cox
School of Business
" . . . on the national map
by clearly defining the
school's mission, raising
the funds to carry out that
mission even in these dif­ficult
economic times,
and recruiting a nationally
recognized faculty. Under
Mr. Herberger, the Cox
school completed a build­ing
program with state­of-
the-art facilities. But
beyond bricks and mortar
... Mr. Herberger has
helped create an environ­ment
in which the idea of
internationalism has
taken root in Dallas and
has provided encourage­ment
for Dallas com­panies,
large and small,
to enter the international
marketplace. "
His business asso­ciations
include service
THUNDERBIRD
NAMES
ANEW
PRESIDENT
"It is a pleasure to be
associated with an insti­tution
of higher learning
that has formed a strong
bond with corporate
communities all over the
world through the
Thunderbird alumni net­work.
I intend to work
with the faculty, alumni,
and current student body
toward keeping the
school's reputation as
having the best U. s.
curriculum solely
developed for graduate
international management
studies," says Dr. Roy A.
Herberger, ]r.
'i\t the same time, our
nation's challenge of
regaining its international
competitiveness will mean
that educational insti­tutions
like Thunderbird
must seek new oppor­tunities
to be of service to
both public and private
constituents. I look
forward to being part of
those changes that will
have an impact on the
school as well as the
global business future. "
on the boards of directors
of the Texas Commerce
Bank-Dallas, Baszile Metals
in Los Angeles, Sound­warehouse,
American
Federal Bank FS.B.,
Montfort Savings, and the
Center for Non-profit
Management in Dallas. He
also has served on the
FSLlC AdviSOry Board of
Mercury and Ben Milan
Savings and is a trustee for
the Lee Optical Pension
and Profit Trust.
Herberger has been a
consultant for Honda USA,
Yamaha International,
Toyota, Astra International
of Jakarta, Mexicana
Airlines, the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun Inc. of Tokyo,
O. Y. Mercantile of
Helsinki, the Japan
EconomicJoumal, and Getty
Oil Company.
He is a member and
past president of the Dallas
Assembly, a group of Dallas
business leaders, and
served on the Dallas
mayor's task force on
international affairs . .
Herberger earned his
bachelor's and master's
degrees in business from
the University of Texas
and received that
university's outstanding
alumni award. He also
holds a Ph.D. from the
University of Colorado
with emphases in mar­keting,
management
science, and economics.
"My acceptance of the
presidency of the American
Graduate School of Inter-national
Management
represents a continuation
of my personal commit­ment
to education and
global business," Herberger
said. "This school, more
than any other in the
United States, is focused
on the training of young
people who will be in the
front line of the practice
of global business.
Commenting on his
appointment, Turner said,
"Dr. Herberger has enjoyed
wide recognition for his
highly regarded work in
international management
education over many years.
Under Dr. Herberger's
direction, the American
Graduate School of
International Management
will continue its innovative
leadership in meeting the
changing requirements in
management education for
international business, as
it has for over forty years.
With his appointment, we
are confident that the
future of Thunderbird is
in highly competent
hands."
N.S.C.
CONTENTS
2 T'BIRDS MARRIED TO T'BIRDS
A BALANCING ACT
8 CAMPUS NEWS
13 BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROFlLE
WILLIAM C. TURNER
14 Up, UP, AND AWAY
THE AT&T THUNDERBIRD BALLOON CLASSIC
16 VIEWPOINT
THUNDERBIRD WHO'S WHO
17 NElWORK
18 THE THUNDERBIRD COLLECTION
24 ALUMNI UPDATES
32 FIRST TUESDAY
Thunderbird Magazine
Winter 1989
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On the cOYer: John '80
and Rosita '83 Rossi are
shawn at Slue Chip Inter­national,
Inc. headquartets
in Chandler, Arizona. In
six years, the Rossis have
built up their personal
computer manufacturing
firm ta a $5S million a
year company with offICes
located around the world.
Thunderbird Alumni
Association 1988-89
Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board
Stephen F. Hall '69
President
jack E. Donnelly '60
Vice Presidents
john C. Cook 79
Robert G. Lees 77
Peggy A. Peckham 74
Thomas A. Peterson 77
Treasurer
Larry K Mellinger '68
Secretary
Bobbie M. Boyd
Ex Officio Members
William C. Turner
William Voris '
Board Members
Eric A. Denniston '80
john A. Florida '62
William H. Holtsnider '59
Franck P. Kiser '89
Gary L. Pacific 72
Douglas R. Quelland 72
Charles M. Stockholm '56
Mariya A. Toohey 78
jeri R. Towner
Denniston 78
Daniel D. Witcher '50
Clarence H. Yahn, jr. '62
Honorary Board Members
joseph M. Klein '47
Berger Erickson '86
T'BIRDS MARRIED TO T'BIRDS
The dual-career phenomenon is the
most important change of the 20th
century comparing in magnitude to the
Industrial Revolution, according to a
well-known sociologist.
Thunderbird alumni are meeting the
challenges that a dual career couple
faces, and meeting them well. Current
records show more than 500 couples in
which both husband and wife are
Tbirds. We recently interviewed five of
those couples to find out how they are
dealing with issues ranging from relo­cation
to competition.
All share equally in home responsi­bilities
and agree it's tough to find time
for friendships and family. Some say
that perhaps a career and achievement
may not be the most important thing
after all.
They all agree it takes a great deal of
planning, communicating, and consid­eration
of one another to make career
and marriage work.
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Working
Side
By Side
John '80 and Rosita '83 Rossi have
spent the last six years working side
by side to build a very successful
personal computer business, Blue Chip
Interna tional.
Both grew up in Arizona and gradu­ated
from Arizona State University.
Having known one another for 17 years
they have been married 12 years.
After graduation from ASU, the Rossis
spent three years in Saudi Arabia where
Rosita taught English to non-Moslem
residents of the gas/oil separation camps.
During that time she had no rights,
could not drive a car, and her passport
was stamped "Cannot Work With Or
Without Pay." She was one of five
women in a camp of 3,000 men and
had to be escorted everywhere. 'They
needed women to teach but they didn't
like to see us teaching," says Rosita, "so
when the royal family would come by,
they would just dismiss school."
John's interest in international bUsi­ness
led him to enroll at Thunderbird
while Rosita worked. After graduation
he took a job with GTE Microcircuits
and later was European sales manager
for a computer firm. Rosita says, "I had
made plans to move to Hong Kong,
Scotland, and Germany. We ended up
in Texas. The company was going
through great growth, and they didn't
care about the families - just their
business. For six months I didn't work,
and it was complete and total turmoil."
It was after the Texas move that
Rosita decided to go back to graduate
school and enroll at Thunderbird. John,
who had started Blue Chip in Texas,
had a choice of either keeping his
company in Dallas or moving it to
Phoenix. Since Rosita was at Thunder­bird
and they had grown up in Arizona,
Phoenix was a logical choice.
In the beginning, John had three
employees. Rosita was attending Thun-
derbird in the mornings and helping
out at Blue Chip in the afternoons. The
original plan was for Rosita to help out,
but also use the office to look for a job.
"She had actually started a job search,"
says John, "but got into the business
very quickly and it was just a very
natural thing for her to stay."
The Rossis have learned to separate
home and business. "We have been in
business for six years and at first it was
overwhelming because you do talk
about work at home," says Rosita.
'l\bou t three years ago we decided this
has got to stop. Let's leave our ·work at
work, not try to work every weekend,
and try to keep a personal life. " The
Rossis find time to enjoy tennis, skiing,
and aerobics, and share responsibilities
at home.
When they are at their office, every­one
is so busy that personal issues just
don't come up. "I have things to do and
she has things she does, and we leave
each other alone," says John. "I don't
"I THINK PEOPLE JUST ADAPT. IF
YOU REALLY VALUE THE MAR­RIAGE
AND YOU THINK IT'S THE
IMPORTANT THING,
YOU'LL FIND A WAY
OF MAKING IT WORK."
John Rossi '80
John and Rosita Rossi explain the
packaging concept for their personal
computer system.
try to overrule what she wants to do
and we just don't have a personal
agenda at the office."
The Rossis do not travel together
much but do manage to take a few days'
vacation once in a while. For the first
four years John traveled a lot, making
sales calls and trips to the Far East
while Rosita looked after the business.
She says she felt like the "bad news
bear," because whenever he called she
was the one to give him the news, good
or bad.
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3
Blue Chip International has grown
from three employees to over 30, with
offices in the U.S., Hong Kong, Paris,
and Amsterdam. Rosita says one of the
biggest rewards is that they are totally
in charge of their own destiny. "We own
the company 100 percent, so if we are
to blame anyone, it would be ourselves,
and that gives us a sense of freedom."
John adds, "In our particular situa­tion,
it was fun starting a company and
building it up; watching the process."
Dealing With
Two Careers
and a Child
All the couples interviewed agree
that children change their lives. Ira and
Sandy Sanderson London are not unu­sual
in successfully blending interna­tional
careers and raising two-year-old
Rachel in New York.
Ira and Sandy graduated from Thun­derbird
in 1977 and have been married
since 1979. They started out in Chicago
but soon developed a plan to move
away from the harsh midwestern win­ters.
Because Ira had a better resume at
the time, it made sense that he would
look for new employment and Sandy
would follow. "We knew Ira wouldn't
end up in a place that didn't have good
international opportunity," says Sandy,
"and he wouldn't accept a job until he
knew I would be comfortable in the
area." They ended up in New York, and
although Ira eventually changed jobs,
Sandy had a good opportunity at
Cybex so Ira limited his subsequent
job search to the New York area.
Sandy, who has been with her pres­ent
firm, Cybex, for 71/
2 years, was
recently promoted to be director of
international operations. The company
produces physical rehabilitation, sports
medicine, and fitness equipment.
Ira is involved in telecommunica­tions
and satellite communications with
Shielded Systems Technology, and did
consulting for a blood plasma firm.
Both have done extensive traveling in
their jobs.
Prior to Rachel's birth, the Londons
tried to arrange their travel schedules
so they would be away at the same
time, meeting for weekends in places
like Rome, Paris, London, and Lisbon.
"Now with Rachel we've switched
it," says Sandy, "to make sure that one
of us is home at all times." Sandy'S
recent promotion at Cybex and Ira's
employment with a small company
allow them the flexibility in scheduling.
The duration of their business trips
'ro 77 and Sondy 77 London enjoy
time with their daughter, Rachel,
at their home in Northport, New
York.
has been negotiated by Sandy and Ira
also. Before Rachel was born, Ira would
travel for three to four weeks at a time
and Sandy's trips could last up to three
weeks. "We have a handshake that
nobody goes for more than two weeks
now, so Rachel remembers who we are
when we come home," says Ira. Even
when traveling to Australia, Ira holds
to the two-week rule.
Because of the travel and because
they do not have the traditional 8 to 5
jobs, the Londons find it necessary to
employ a full-time housekeeper, and
being internationalists has proven to be
an asset for them in finding help. Sandy
says, "We've had services that most
people wouldn't because we advertise
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in the Spanish and Italian newspapers.
I speak fluent Spanish and also Italian,
so it opens up a pool of people to us
that a monolingual family wouldn't
hire." She adds that their experiences
in dealing with people from other
cultures makes it easier to integrate
them into their lives. There are advan­tages
for Rachel as well. "We're never
sure which language she will come out
with," Sandy says. "She has spent two
years with our housekeeper so she
spoke Spanish to her most of the time.
She also listens to Spanish television."
The Londons believe strongly in the
advantages of a child being raised in an
international environment with travel
opportunities. "We plan to make sure
that Rachel has a passport at a very
early age," says Sandy. 'We want her to
have knowledge of the world that we
gained only when we were older."
Ira brings dolls from all over the
world for Rachel. "I think it is very
healthy for children to meet different
cultures .. . to live in different cultures,"
Ira adds. "They grow ~o understand the
world better."
R1ocation
and a
Commuter
Marriage
Margriet Over '81 and Horst Hotzy
'75 have faced the challenges of relo­cation
and a commuter marriage since
they met at Thunderbird in 1975.
Margriet put her education on hold
and married Horst upon his gradua­tion.
A manufacturing firm offered him
a position in Venezuela and Margriet
found a job as an account executive in
Caracas, but when Horst was asked to
move to Maracaibo, it meant unem­ployment
for Margriet.
Although they enjoyed living in
Maracaibo, philosophical differences
with the employer led Horst, a native of
Germany, to a job with a German
company, setting up their Latin Ameri­can
distribution. Margriet was hired as
his assistant, and they spent seven
months traveling throughout South
America doing market research and
appointing representatives.
Horst's career path eventually took
him to Ohio and it was at that time that
Margriet returned to Thunderbird. "It
was something that had bothered me,"
says Horst. "I felt she should finish and
we were able to work it out."
While Horst worked as an interna­tional
sales manager in Sidney, Ohio,
Margriet moved back to Phoenix. She
says, '1\ commuter marriage does change
you. I became more independent and
very definitely acquired some new
thoughts as to how I wanted to manage
my life."
After graduation, the couple decided
on California as their home base and
Margriet secured a position with Wells
Fargo in San Francisco. Horst agreed to
give up his job to follow her. He says,
"We wanted to have more control over
our lives and decide where we would
like to live, not where our employers
wanted us to live."
Their careers have taken them to
southern California where Horst now
works for Circle Seal Controls, which
manufactures controls for aircraft and
military applications with exports to 40
countries. As director of international
marketing, he travels 30 percent of the
time. Margriet is managing director for
the World Trade Center Institute,
a division of Coastline Community
College, which offers international
business courses for business people
and students who want to add an
international component to their
qualifications.
The Hotzys agree that pursuing full­time
careers is demanding. "If you put
in a 40 to 50 hour work week, some
things suffer and others just have to
go," says Margriet. "Some of these
things matter a great deal to us - time
together, time with friends, pursuing
hobbies and sports. To do any and all of
these things takes organization and
painstaking planning and every minute
seems to count."
On the other hand, there are the
rewards. "Both of us having a career
gives us more options," says Margriet.
"We both feel we can quit one job for
another or hold out longer for just the
right position. It allows either one of us
to call for time out and stay home to
pursue nonmonetary interests if we
yearn for that. It is not our primary goal
to both be employed and pursue careers
at the same time," she says. "With each
of us having good income potential, we
can take turns or we can work at the
same time, depending on our priorities."
Although two careers in one family
can be time and energy consuming,
there are also rewards. The obvious
reward is monetary, but there is also the
intellectual stimulation. Most of all,
there is understanding, and with it the
ability to share concerns and offer advice.
"CONTRARY TO THE EARLY YEARS
OF OUR MARRIAGE, I NO LONGER
BELIEVE THAT A SPOTLESS
HOUSE, CLEAN FLOORS, AND
WELL-TENDED
HOUSEPLANTS
ARE ESSENTIAL
TO OUR HAPPI­NESS."
Margriet OVer Hotzy '81
Margriet, a natiYe of Holland, enjoys
her work at the World Trade Centec
She ;s shown in the resource
library which houses an extensive
collection of materials relating to
international business.
HOISt Hotzy '75 travels to locations
around the world as international
marketing director for Circle Seal
Controls.
Working in the
Same Business,
Different Companies
Rachel Gehman '79 and Martin Susz
'79 live in Manhattan and both work in
advertising, but with two different firms.
Rachel is vice president/account super­visor
with HDM New York, and Martin
is senior vice president/account director
with]. Walter Thompson. How do
they deal with the competition?
The Suszes met at Thunderbird in the
InterAd program when Rachel was a
stagehand for Martin's team. Martin
spent two years at Benton Bowles in
New York and Rachel worked in con­sumer
research for a couple of years
before moving to the account manage­ment
side of the business.
With both partners in the same type
Martin Susz '79 uses his background
in psychology to understond con­sumer
behavior in his advertising
career at J. Wolter Thompson/
New York.
Rachel Gehman '79 tokes core of
her clients' advertising needs at
HOM/New York.
of business, competition over career
progress can be a problem. "There was
a time when we were both just getting
started," says Rachel, "where it was
more competitive between the two of
us and that was really uncomfortable."
Rachel says these feelings stemmed
more from her than Martin and are now
resolved. She feels that they are both
moving in their own direction and she
no longer compares her career with his
or feels competitive. "It's become a
lot more comfortable and enjoyable,"
says Rachel.
'~dvertising is a very tough, compet­itive,
and intense business," says Mar­tin.
"Long hours, lots of weekends.
With both people in the same business,
they know the demands and what the
craziness can be like. 1 think you run
the risk that all you talk about is
business." Martin tries to leave work at
the office and not talk about it at home.
Rachel tends to want to talk about it
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more. "He's much better able to just
put stuff aside," says Rachel. "1 tend to
obsess about things, drive the guy crazy."
Both agree there is a professional
degree of confidentiality respected by
both of them. "1 don't tell her things
that 1 can't talk to her or anyone else
about," says Martin, "and she does
the same."
Fortunately, they have not had to
deal with the issue of competing prod­ucts
or clients. Martin worked on the
Miller High Life beer account for a
number of years and has just been
given the Eastman Kodak account in
Rochester, New York. Rachel works on
the Dannon yogurt account so there
is no conflict.
As yet, relocation has not been an
issue with the Suszes, although it has
been discussed. Martin has had oppor­tunities
to move overseas with]. Walter
Thompson but has turned them down
because they were not the right move
for him from a career standpoint,
and because of the ramifications on
Rachel's career.
Martin was recently up for reassign­ment
with discussion about going to
another office, either in the states or
overseas. "Part of the consideration
would have been making sure we were
able to find the right job for me and
find the right job for Rachel," says
Martin. "It's kind of a package deal." It
turned out the right thing was for
Martin to stay in New York and work on
Kodak, so the relocation issue did not
have to be faced .
The Susz's have numerous outside
interests, so their lives are not totally
focused on business. They both play
tennis and ski and enjoy ballet and the
theatre in New York. The rewards of
being in the same business are being
able to talk over similar problems.
Similar situations with clients, prob­lems
in the marketplace, problems
with creative people or bosses are easy
to relate to.
Martin and Rachel agree that although
advertising is hectic it's also fun. They
help each other out and learn from
each others's day. '~dvertising is a
much smaller business than you would
think and you get to know a lot of
players in the business through both
people," says Martin. 'The longer you've
been around and the higher up you get,
the more people you get to know. It's
been fun ."
Dual
Career
Abroad
time at Thunderbird and became
reacquainted at a Thunderbird function
when they both were working in San
Francisco. They married a couple of
years later in Norway, but continued
living in San Francisco.
They decided they wanted to expe­rience
living in Norway since all
of Knut's family is there. Teresa had
lived in Norway in 1975 and speaks
Norwegian.
Knut Eriksen '81 and Teresa Earhart
'81 moved to NOlway a little over a year
ago, a good career move for both. Knut
is a senior project engineer with Aker
Engineering in Oslo, the largest private
company in Norway, working in engi­neering
and project management of off­shore
oil platforms in the North and
Barents seas. Teresa works at
Wunderman Worldwide, a division of
Young &. Rubicam Advertising as an
account director.
Knut says they planned for several
years before making the move to
Norway. "I think when you are plan­ning
to make a move in a two-career
family it will take some time because
there are a lot of factors that you need
to research to ensure a success."
Teresa explored the job possibilities
and knew with her background in
direct marketing she would be able to
find a job. By the time she arrived in
Norway she had several interviews
Knut and Teresa met for the first lined up.
Teresa Earhart '8/ and Knut Eriksen
'81 enjoy a boat trip on the Oslo
Fjord to celebrate the Norwegian
National Day.
"I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE
VERY CAREFUL ABOUT HOW
MUCH STRAIN THE RESPONSI­BILITIES
OF YOUR JOB IS ON YOUR
RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE A GOOD
RELATIONSHIP IS A LOr OF WORK.
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS mE BOOKS
AND MAGAZINES
MIGHT LEAD
YOU TO BELIEVE."
Teresa Earhart '81
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Knut's company paid for the move,
including household goods and their
cars. During their first six months in
Norway, Knut was transferred to
another town, leaving Teresa to find a
house, secure a mortgage, not to men­tion
start a new job three weeks after
arriving.
She was hired to start a direct mar­keting
division for a major advertising
firm in Oslo. The economy in Norway
has slowed, so Teresa switched over to
Wunderman, an advertiSing agency
which had already established a busi­ness
specializing in direct marketing.
Living in Norway has been quite an
adjustment for Teresa. It is a very
expensive place to live and taxes are
very high. "You stop thinking in terms
of dollars and think in terms of money
earned," says Teresa. "When you con­sider
the minimum wage in Norway
is almost $10 an hour, then of course
everything is expensive." Speaking the
language has made the transition a lot
easier, she says. "However, I have found
that I need to ask lots of questions,
since Norwegians do not normally vol­unteer
information! Once you ask a
question they can be quite helpful."
'Nevertheless, both Teresa and Knut
are doing well and their jobs allow
them a certain amount of travel. Teresa
has attended international symposiums
and conventions for direct marketing
in Europe. Knut has had papers
accepted at international conferences
and will be traveling to Houston and
Sweden soon.
Teresa says of being a two-career
couple, "It's a lot of work. You have to
be in close touch with each other's feel­ings
on a daily basis. When you get
tired and grouchy, the last thing you
want to do is come home from a nine
or 10 hour day and deal with your
mate's bad moods. You need to be
extremely flexible, considerate and
aware of each others' needs."
By Carol NaJtzger
A DAY IN
THE LIFE
OFA
GRADUATE
For most Thunderbird students, com­mencement
is a memorable experi­ence,
an occasion to celebrate with
friends and family. For Daniel Yamamoto,
taking part in an '1\merican-style" grad­uation
ceremony was a once-in-a­lifetime
event. Like most Japanese
commencement ceremonies, his grad­uation
from Rikkyo University in Tokyo
was a short, simple ceremony with
little fanfare . In Japan, graduates do not
wear robes, drink champagne or have
celebratory parties afterwards. Also,
Japanese parents do not normally attend
university graduation ceremonies.
In contrast, Daniel's Thunderbird
graduation included robed graduates,
speeches from distinguished visitors,
parties with friends and a special visit
from his parents. Together, his parents
traveled over 10,000 miles to attend.
His mother, Haruko, a volunteer in
local municipal government, came to
Arizona from Nagoya, Japan. His father,
Reigi, an electronics importer and
distributer, traveled all the way from
Melbourne, Australia.
Although Daniel's parents had lived
and traveled in the United States before,
neither had ever seen Arizona. Reigi
likened Arizona to Australia, with its
vast deserts and tropical flora . Haruko
took advantage of the festivities to
arrange a two-week post-graduation
trip to New Orleans and Utah for the
family, two places they had always
wanted to visit.
Reigi and Haruko Yamamoto traveled over 10,000
miles to attend son Daniel's graduation. Reigi looks
on while Daniel's wife, Maria, and mother, Haruko,
adjust his robe. After receiving his diploma, Daniel
mingles with friends at the reception.
Daniel came to Thunderbird on the
advice of a Japanese colleague who had
heard about the school and its impres­sive
reputation in the international
business community. He wanted to
study American business in order to
expand his career opportunities here
and in Japan. His studies at Thunder­bird
included many courses which will
be useful toward this aim, including
negotiation and bargaining, entrepre­neurship,
and managerial finance. He
hopes to use his newly earned MIM
degree to land a job with a Japanese
company setting up manufacturers in
the United States.
PHOTOS
_____ ---.J BY JACK KUSTRON
Daniel's parents and wife, Maria
Violetta, were proud of his achieve­ment.
Reigi said, "Thirty years ago, it
was my dream to study in the United
States. Now, 1 am proud that my son
has fulfilled my dream and 1 can watch
him graduate." Maria was equally enthu­siastic
about Daniel's commencement.
A native of Venezuela, she hopes to learn
Japanese during Daniel's year of train­ing
in Japan and then complete her
graduate studies in engineering when
the couple returns to the United States.
By Deborah A. Kallina
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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.... The Honorable Rose Mofford, governor of the state of
Arizona, brought greetings to the 325 graduating students
and guests at Thunderbird's December 1988 commence­ment
Mofford told the audience, "I feel that those of you
who are graduating today will have an important role in
the building of the international community of the future,
and I rest easy knowing that you have had the kind of
education that will enable you to act reasonably,
responsibly, and knowingly."
Dc Theodore Cooper, chairman and
chief executive officer, The Upjohn
Company, gave the commencement
address. "We are currently living
.. (left) john james Arthur '57, retir­ing
dean of admissions and regis­tror,
was presented with a chair in
appreciation from his fellow alumni
by Daniel D. Witcher '50, a mem­ber
of the Thunderbird Alumni Asso­ciation
board of directars. Witcher
introduced Arthur by saying, '~ohn
Arthur has been a powerful force
here and has helped to push the
standards higher and higher to the
point where Thunderbird is recog­nized
all over the world as having
one of the finest international
business master's programs in
in what may be the most exciting
time in international commerce
since the days of Marco Polo," said
Dr. Cooper. "You are fortunate to
be entering the world of commerce
at such a time." the world."
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(I-r) Gary Gigot, senior vice preSi­dent,
Ogilvy & Mather; Dennis
McLaughlin, senior vice preSident,
McConn Erickson; and Martin Susz
79 senior vice president/account
director, J. Walter Thompson, were
among a panel of judges at December
InterAd. Professor Sumner Wyman
gave direction to four teams mar­keting
products ranging from
Seagram in japan to Kodak in
France. The winning presentation
represented the Timken Company
in Argentina.
WINTER 1989
9
NEW FACES
ON CAMPUS
Thunderbird's fund-raising efforts
have been given a lift with the addition
of two experienced staff members. Coy
Brown has joined the School as the
director of capital gifts, and Richard
Boya is Thunderbird's new director of
planned giving.
Brown comes to Thunderbird with a
background as director of athletic devel­opment,
University of Nebraska, and
vice president of fund development for
Baptist Hospitals and Health Systems.
He is a graduate of William Jewell
College.
Boya previously held positions as
director of development, division of
intercollegiate athletics, University of
Wisconsin, and director of special gifts
and bequests, College of St. Thomas.
He holds a degree from Lawrence
University. Both have had extensive
experience in the development field .
Brian A. Bates, new dean of admis­sions,
joined Thunderbird in December,
succeeding John James Arthur '57,
who has retired. Bates holds a master's
degree in education from Indiana
University, and a master's degree in
labor studies from the District of
Columbia. He was associate director of
admissions, and chief international
admissions officer for the University of
the District of Columbia.
Brion A. Bates
CAM PUS NEW S
THUNDERBIRD
ALUMNI
ELECT ANEW
PRESIDENT
While alumni, students, and friends
of Thunderbird were enjoying the bal­loon
race festivities on campus, the
Thunderbird Alumni Association board
of directors were meeting to elect a new
president and officers, as well as address
a full agenda.
Jack E. Donnelly '60 was elected
president and will serve as the board's
representative to the Thunderbird board
of trustees. A message from the presi­dent
can be found on page 11.
PHOTO BY JACK KUSTRON
Newly elected Thunderbird Alumni
Association board members (I-r) Jeri
Towner Denniston 78; William H.
Holtsnider '59; Eric Denniston '80;
and Robert G. Lees 77 take time
out for a photo during the associa­tion's
annual meeting. Daniel D.
Witcher '50, not shown, was also
elected to a three-year term.
chapter development. Donnelly is work­ing
to increase the number of alumni
that are involved with the School's
activities and the Thunderbird Alumni
Association through committee
membership.
AMBASSADOR
CLOVIS MAKSOUD
In October, the Middle East Club
sponsored an evening with the ambas­sador
to the United Nations from the
MARIANNE
ALIREZA
In September, noted author and
lecturer Marianne Alireza spoke on
"Women in Saudi Arabia: An Inside
View." The event was sponsored by the
Middle East Club and International
Business Women.
Marianne Alireza spoke about her
life and experiences in Saudi Arabia
over the past 40.rears. She also gave
an account of the enormous changes
which Saudi society has undergone in
the years since she made her first visit
to the country.
Marianne Alireza is the author of a
book, At the Drop of a Veil (1971) and
the cover article "Women of Arabia" in
the October 1987 issue of National
Geographic. Marianne Alireza
League of Arab States, Dr. Clovis
Maksoud, a Lebanese citizen. Dr.
Maksoud had planned to speak on the
Arab League and Middle East politics
in general; however, the evening of his
speech followed a day in which a car
bomb killed seven Israeli soldiers in
Stephen Hall '69 was reappointed as
chairman of the board. He will preside
at the annual meeting, be an ex-officio
member of all standing and ad hoc
committees, and advise and support
the president.
-----,--..., :I: Southern Lebanon, so he chose instead
~ to discuss Arab-Israeli conflict and
Five board members elected to serve
a three-year term include Eric A.
Denniston '80; Jeri Towner Denniston
'78; William H. Holtsnider '59; Robert
G. Lees '77; and Daniel D. Witcher '50.
Larry K. Mellinger '68 will continue
to serve as treasurer; Peggy A. Peckham
'74 is vice president and World Busi­ness
Advisory Council liaison; Lees
serves as vice president/speakers bureau;
and Thomas A. Peterson '77 is vice
president/administration.
The important issue continues to be His Excellency Dr. Clovis Maksoud
of Lebanon, Ambassador of the
League of Arab States to the United
Nations.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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f2 specifically the Palestinian Liberation § movement. He also touched on the
1;; broader issues of the right of any
~ people to self-determination and the
~ use of violence versus nonviolence.
I>. 'The way the Arab League is dispar-aged
these days, I'm glad to be here to
get a couple of lessons in manage­ment,"
said Dr. Maksoud. 'The whole
Arab world, as you know, and the
Middle East has been eluding manage­ment
or crisis management for so many
years. I hope tonight in our interaction
we can get input, not only that I will
answer your questions; I might have
some questions for you to answer."
A cruise to Alaska, made possible
by a generous donation from Prin­cess
Tours, was the grand prize in
the fall semester Bizarre Bazaar
drawing. Jim Rodgers and Bridget
Blake, both second-semester stu­dents,
were the lucky winners.
Engaged to be married on October
9, they won the seven-day cruise
for two and plan to use the prize
for their honeymoon trip next fall.
A SCHOLARSHIP
OF LOVE
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of2
it
Over the years Francis and Louise
Gifford have housed, financed, trans­ported,
fed, clothed and encouraged
many Thunderbirds who needed their
attention. Francis served Thunderbird
for 30 years until his death in 1987,
and Louise is still the strength and drive
behind the Financial Aid Department.
A group of alumni, chaired by Bernard
"Bernie" Anderson '73, have started the
Francis and Louise Gifford Endowed
Scholarship Fund in their honor.
The follOwing alumni have volunteered
to serve on a steering committee to
assist in generating funds for this schol­arship:
Alan Beber '82, May Cheong
'87, Susan Doyle '84, Edwin Friendly
'81, Phillip Gibson '72, Robert Hatch
'74, BonnieJoustra '87, Walter Lee '82,
Jill Little '77, and Jeffrey Mills '87.
Alumni who would like to contrib­ute
to the fund, which will create
financial aid for top graduates applying
to the School, should contact the Devel­opment
Office, Thunderbird Campus.
THUNDERBIRD ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
More than four years have elapsed
since the incorporation documents were
filed in November 1984 with the State
of Arizona, that offiCially founded the
Thunderbird Alumni Association. The
alumni association was formed to help
develop alumni resources to meet the
needs of the institution, and institutional
resources to meet the needs of alumni.
Of course individual alumni chapters
have prospered and supported the
School since the early '50s.
Together during the past few years,
we have successfully increased the role
of alumni within the Thunderbird com­munity.
Examples of increased
involvement in 1988 are the associa­tion's
representation on the committee
commissioned by the board of trustees
and chaired by Dr. Clifton Cox, which
developed the School's first, long-term,
strategic plan. A representative also
served on the preSidential search com­mittee.
Eight alumni serve on the
School's board of trustees. One third of
last year's Winterim speakers were
alumni, 30 percent of recruiters on
campus for the most recent graduating
class were alumni, 17 of the 54 mem­bers
of the World Business AdviSOry
Council are alumni, and over 800
alumni volunteers assist with student
recruitment.
Other noteworthy accomplishments
include a 50 percent increase in alumni
donations in the last three years versus
the previous period; publishing of the
first Alumni Directory last fall, which
can be obtained by donating a mini­mum
of $50 to the School; and four
reunion classes have initiated fund­raising
efforts for campus improvement
projects - from the Berger and Mabel
Erickson Pavilion, now a focal point of
the new campus, to the beautification
of the Greenway Road entrance.
The alumni association also has ini­tiated
several annual awards; the Thun­derbird
Who's Who recognition award
program; the Jonas Mayer Award,
honoring one distinguished alumnus
each year; and five distinguished alum­nus
awards in various fields. Addi­tional
awards recognizing an outstanding
chapter leader and another honoring
an administration or faculty member,
who has been especially helpful to
alumni, are presently under considera­tion.
Additionally, in January, we
completed our third annual Alumni
Leadership Conference, attended by 16
chapter leaders.
These are just a few of the events and
achievements in which your Alumni
Association is involved. A great deal
more can and should be done, but to
do it, we need more alumni to get
involved. If you are not sure how, call
the Alumni Relations Office at (602)
978- 7135 and leave your name. One of
the alumni board members will return
the call and discuss how you might help.
Jack Donnelly '60
(I-r) Bernie Anderson '73 presents Brad Leech. coordinator of development. with a
check for the Francis and Louise Gifford Endowed Scholarship Fund.
WINTER 1989
II
CAM PUS NEW S
The new Thunderbird affinity card
gets a boost from (/-r) Deborah
Haas '79, Ken Nelson '54, Gerald
Rupp '66, and Don Parker '82,
Phoenix chapter alumni who were
insuumentDl in getting the program
started. The gold MasterCard is
offered through Valley National Bank
to all domestic alumni. A portion
of the re~nue from use of the card
is credited to an alumni scholarship
fund. A mailing announcing the pr0-
gram has been forwarded to all
domestic alumni. For information,
pIeose contact the Office of Alumni
Relations.
THE NEW
THUNDERBIRD
ELECTRONIC
NETWORK
The Thunderbird network will soon
be electronic. Work is nearly com­pleted
on an electronic network by
Bruce Thompson '87 to connect stu­dents,
faculty and alumni worldwide
via personal computer or computer
terminal.
Using computer, phone modem and
communications software, users will
be able to log-on to a mainframe
computer to access the following ser­vices:
electronic mail, an electronic
bulletin board, online conferencing,
and data bases containing resumes,
job listings, and international trade
information.
Electronic mail will allow alumni
worldwide to communicate directly
with other users. Each user will have an
electronic mail box with the ability to
send, receive, scan, forward and file
messages.
An electronic bulletin board, similar
to a conventional bulletin board, will
provide a forum for users to post items
for import/export, business opportuni­ties,
services, or questions for others to
answer.
Electronic conferencing will allow
users to exchange information online
regarding various topics. There will be
two types of conferencing: real time
similar to a telephone conversation,
and continuous conferencing for users
to enter into conversations that remain
online. A possible application of con­ferences
might be an entrepreneurs
club or import/export club where par­ticipants
could discuss related topics
electronically.
Initial funding for the network is
expected to come from two sources:
The International Center for Entrepre­neurial
Studies, headed by Dr. Paul
Johnson of World Business, and from
the ASLC Student-Alumni Fund. To
oversee management of the network,
an advisory committee has been estab­lished
consisting of Steve Beaver, dean
of students; Bobbie Boyd, director of
alumni relations; Nelda Crowell, direc­tor
of communication; Eric Denniston,
Thunderbird alumni association; Dr.
Paul Johnson; the ASLC president; the
editor of Das Tor; Randy Schilling,
director of development; and Bruce
Thompson.
In order to administer the network
there will be a small annual subscrip­tion
fee and each user will be responsi­ble
for access charges to connect with
the electronic network.
The network will soon be available
for use and those interested in more
information or subscribing can contact
Bruce Thompson
PO. Box 933
Keystone Branch
Dillon, CO 80435
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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ALUMNI LEADERS
CONFERENCE
STRESSES
PARrICIPATION
The Thunderbird Alumni Associa­tion's
third annual Alumni Leaders
Conference was held on campus in
January with Don Parker '82 chairing
the three-day event which focused on
organizational development.
Chapter leaders from all regions of
the United States and Austria shared
their insight into the challenges and
concerns of their individual chapters,
along with practical ideas and sugges­tions
(for members) that have worked
for them.
''The Thunderbird alumni can be
very effective in helping the School
with future development. With 22,000
alumni worldwide, only 10 percent are
active at anyone time," says Parker.
The conference stressed the need for
more alumni participation and asked
what the alumni association can do to
assist various chapters in increasing
alumni interest. Parker says the associa­tion
has seen a lot of positive response
from the activity generated by previous
conferences.
A highlight of the event was a ques­tion
and answer session with Dr. William
Voris who shared his views on the
appointment of Dr. Roy Herberger,]r. as
Thunderbird's new president, the
future of the School, and his own plans
for the future.
Yoshinori Kato, a journalist with
Chugoku Shim bun, and fellow
Japonese journalists check out the
job postings in the Career Services
Center. Thunderbird hosted 10
Japanese journalists from the print
and broadcast media this fall.
TRUSTEE PROFILE
ADDRESSING
TOMORROW'S
GLOBAL ISSUES
Editor's Note: Following is one of a series
of profiles of members of the Thunderbird
board of trustees, the governing body of
the School.
It is fitting that the Honorable
William C. Turner, an internationalist
with strong government and business
connections, should be chairman of the
board of trustees at a time when the
School's role in the international scene
is becoming stronger than it has ever
been.
In his business life as chairman and
director of Argyle Atlantic Corporation,
Turner advises CEOs of large multi­national
companies on international
strategy and investments. His activities
are increasingly oriented toward inter­national
investment, joint ventures,
mergers, and deployment of assets, and
he reports a "dramatic interest in this
sort of thing" on an international scale.
The name of Turner's company
comes from his ancestral roots in
Argyllshire, Scotland plus his expec­tation
that his business focus would
be in Europe and the Atlantic follow­ing
his Paris post. 'l\s it turns out, how­ever,
I'm probably spending as much
or more time with Asian matters than
I am in European matters today," he
says. "Nevertheless, the name does not
seem to have been a handicap."
Prior to setting up his own company
in 1977, he was ambassador and per­manent
representative to the Organi­zation
for Economic Cooperation and
Development in Paris for three years.
The O.E.C.D. is the principal inter­governmental
organization for coordi­nation
of and cooperation on economic
and energy policy among the 24
industrial democracies.
Turner's list of current business, pro­fessional,
governmental, and educational
associations includes names like
Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Salomon,
Inc., on whose boards he serves; Cat­erpillar
Asia Pacific Advisory Council,
Avon Products International Advisory
Council, the U.S. Council for Inter­national
Business, the Atlantic Institute
for International Affairs, the Atlantic
Council of the U.S., the New York
William C. Turner
City Council on Foreign Relations, the
Council of American Ambassadors,
the National Advisory Council on
Business Education, the Phoenix 40,
the Lauder Institute at the UniverSity
of Pennsylvania, the International
Advisory Board of the Pacific and Asia
Christian University in Hawaii, and
many more.
And that's only a portion of his
current activities. Dozens of other
organizations have received the bene­fit
of his advice and service as director
or member of the international
advis0IY. council in the past-AT&T
International, Nabisco, General
Electric, Swensen's, IBM, Pullman­the
list goes on.
Yet, Turner counts his membership
on the Thunderbird board among his
most important involvements. "Thun­derbird
was the only board I stayed on
during the time I was in my ambassa­dor
post in Paris," he says.
Reflecting on the development of
Thunderbird under the presidency of
Dr. William Voris, Turner praised both
Dr. and Mrs. Voris for "the many con­tributions
they have made to the School
over 18 years. I think we were
extremely fortunate to have a man of
Bill Voris's ability to build the School
. .. particularly in the academic sphere."
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As chair of the search committee that
selected Dr. Roy Herberger as Voris's
successor, Turner expressed confidence
in the new president as "someone who
can position the School for the next
century to meet the evolving needs of
the multinational enterprise.
"We are witnessing a dramatic
change in the environment in which
the multinational corporation must
operate," says Turner. "We are seeing
greater concentrations of business activ­ity
in large diverse multinational cor­porations
in both Asia-particularly
Japan-and Europe. The events
associated with 1992 will further accel­erate
this process as far as the Euro­pean
market is concerned," he predicts.
"The product (Thunderbird)
produces to meet the requirements of
the marketplace will have to constantly
address this changing need if we are
going to be on the forefront of interna­tional
management education.
"In the future, Thunderbird must
pay greater attention to the public pol­icy
issues that confront the multina­tional
company, because more and
more government in its myriad forms
is shaping the climate in which business
decisions are made.
'The fact is we have to develop a
curriculum that hones the skills of the
international manager, not only in busi­ness,
language, and area studies, but
increasingly focuses upon the external
forces in which the business must
operate," Turner suggests. "This is par­ticularly
true in the developing world
where a multinational company must
be a good citizen and must be very
sensitive and responsive to the aspira­tions
of the host government."
Turner also sees the alumni as key
players in the future of the School. "We
are absolutely delighted with the devel­opment
of a strong alumni association,"
he says. "It will be a tremendous asset
to the School globally in so many ways:
Not only does a growing and maturing
alumni body obviously create a new
base of financial support, but also in
terms of finding and screening students
and encouraging multinational corpo­rations
to use the product which Thun­derbird
produces.
"We are very proud of the quality
of the alumni and know they're going
to be extremely helpful to the School
in the years ahead."
N.S.C.
UP
UP
AND
AWAY
~id sunny skies
and perfect weather,
the Thunderbird
Balloon Classic lifted
off from campus
grounds for the last
time in November.
Next year, the nation's
fifth largest hot air
balloon race will take
place at the Glendale
Municipal Airport.
The change is taking
place due to the
increased size of the
race and because the
School plans to
develop the property
on which the balloon
race is now held.
The balloon race
began in 1975, spon­sored
by the Friends
of Thunderbird, with
16 entries and under
3,000 spectators. This
year's race was spon­sored
by AT&T, with
115 entries and over
50,000 spectators
enjoying the two-day
event.
Although the race
moves off campus
next year, the School
will remain closely
involved with the
event and proceeds
will continue to
support the Friends of
Thunderbird endow­ment
which has
provided scholarships
to 153 students
to date.
VIEWPOINT
By Nassib Ghobril '88
Editor's Note: The Viewpoint column is a
new feature of Thunderbird magazine
designed to offer articles by alumni, fac­ulty,
or students on topics of current
international interest.
In December 1987 a few protests led
by stone-throwing youngsters broke
out in the West Bank and Gaza strip. It
was difficult at that time to predict that
these sporadic events would result in
an open uprising against the 20-year-old
Israeli rule of the West Bank and Gaza.
Since its start, the "Intifada" - the
Arabic word for uprising - has changed
the way the international community
looks at the Arab-Israeli conflict and
may have changed the course of that
conflict. The uprising denied the per­ception
that the inhabitants of the West
Bank and Gaza have finally accepted
the Israeli rule of their territories, cap­tured
by Israel during the 1967 Arab­Israeli
War. It came also as a sign of
dissatisfaction and frustration of the
Palestinians from the inability of the
PLO to give any concrete sign of hope
for a better future and considered the
erratic international terrorist acts of the
PLO as a disservice to their cause, not
altering their burdensome condition in
the territories.
After a year in which 11 Israelis and
300 Palestinians have been killed, the
international community seems more
interested than ever before in solving
the Arab-Israeli conflict. Further, the
PLO leadership, overwhelmed by the
events, has been in an unenviable
position: inJuly 1988, King Hussein of
Jordan broke legal and administrative
ties with the West Bank, forcing the
PLO to step in with a political initiative
to fill the vacuum or lose any interna­tional
credibility it enjoys.
As a result, the Palestine National
Council ePNC), the PLO's parliament­in-
exile, met in Algiers on November
15, 1988 and declared an independent
Palestinian Arab state. The leadership
of the PLO was directly responding to
the demands of its primary constitu­ency,
the 1.6 million Palestinians living
in the West Bank and Gaza. Only
secondarily did this PNC meeting gen­uinely
seek to persuade Americans and
Israelis that the PLO had made a major
shift either in recognizing Israeli exist­ence
or in satisfying American prereq­uisites
for accepting the PLO as the
legitimate negotiating representative of
the Palestinian people. Instead, the
PLO wrapped its resolutions and
acceptance of negotiations in ambi­guity,
convoluted formulas, and with
preconditions.
Sensing the need to be less ambigu­ous,
Yasser Arafat sought to sweep
away lingering doubts about Palestinian
intentions toward Israel in a crucial
speech before the United Nations on
December 13. He only partly succeeded.
Arafat called on Israel to make peace
with the Palestinians. But the U.S. and
Israel want deeds, or at least some
precise words, before talking to
the PLO.
Arafat put forward a three-point
"peace plan," which includes the "right
to exist in peace and security for all"
nations in the Middle East. The chair-
Nassib Ghobril is a December 1988
graduate and the son of the governor
of northern Lebanon. He has played
an active role in the campus Middle
East Club and other School activities.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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man of the PLO also repeated the PLO's
renunciation of terrorism. Israeli offi­cials
in Geneva, however, called it an
"exercise in ambiguity" and the United
States appeared to concur, saying Arafat
did not meet its terms for a US.
dialogue.
Pressured by Arab moderates and
Europeans, Yasser Arafat appeared at a
press conference in Geneva on Decem­ber
14 repeating, in the strongest and
clearest terms to date, the PLO's renun­ciation
of terrorism. Acknowledging
that Arafat met the U.S. prerequisites
for a dialogue with the PLO, the State
Department promptly issued a state­ment
favoring the opening of a dia­logue
with the PLO leadership.
Interestingly, the moves by Arafat
and the United States sparked criticism
from both Israel and radical Arab
states, as well as from members of the
PLO. Syria and PLO hard-liners, for
example, are expected to fiercely oppose
and undermine Arafat's discussions
with the US. Secretary of State George
Schultz cautioned that opening a dia­logue
with the PLO is conditional on
Arafat keeping his position of rejecting
terrorism. Therefore, a minor terrorist
incident by PLO factions based in Syria
may be interpreted as a violation of
Arafat's promises and would lead to the
automatic withdrawal of the US. from
the dialogue with the PLO.
Further, Syria is not likely to sit and
watch the new situation in the region
spoil its regional strategy. In this case
Syria cannot be ignored in the resolu­tion
of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Accord­ing
to former Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger, "war in the Arab-Israeli con­flict
cannot take place without Egypt,
and peace cannot occur without Syria."
While the first part of Kissinger's state­ment
has been proven wrong, the
second part still holds stronger than
ever before.
Thunderbird magazine welcomes reader
comments on Viewpoint or any other subjects
of international interest. Letters to the editor
are being solicited for possible inclusion in a
new Letters to the Editor column beginning in
the Spring 1989 Thunderbird magazine.
The views expressed in Viewpoint are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the
American Graduate School of International Management
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The Board of Directors of the Thunderbird Alumni
Association, under the leadership and guidance of
Daniel D. Witcher '50, chairman of the alumni recog­nition
committee, have inducted the following 18
alumni into this year's Thunderbird Who's Who.
Selection criteria was based upon the significant
level of professional achievement each individual
has attained in his or her chosen profession.
These 18 alumni join the 94 others who were
selected for lifelong recognition in conjunction with
last year's program. Each person selVes as an example
of the quality and potential associated with the
School's educational offering. We are proud of their
association with Thunderbird and hope you will join
us in acknowledging their accomplishments to date.
We encourage you to actively participate in this
effort to recognize the professional accomplishments
of your peers by forwarding the names of worthy
candidates to the Alumni Recognition Committee
of the Thunderbird Alumni Association, in care of
the Alumni Relations Office. A nomination form will
appear in the spring 1989 issue of the Thunderbird
magazine.
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HARALD G. BIEDERMANN
'68, President (1983-)
Biedennann International
(Clovis, CA),
Ariston Corp. 1982; Contrade
Company 1979; 'franconti­nental
'frade Company 1978;
Cooper Tires, Technical
Superintendent 1973; B.F.
Goodrich International (Ohio),
Senior Engineer 1972;
B.F. Goodrich International
(Germany) 1971. B.S.,
Bauschule Hoxter.
WENDY BLACK RODGERS
'77, Director Corporate
Communications (1984-),
Best Western International
(phoenix, AZ).
Director Public Relations,
Best Western International,
1983-84. Manager Public Rela­tions,
Best Western Inter­national,
1978-83. Manager
Meeting Planning, Best
Western International, 1978.
Former Chairperson,
American Hotel & Motel Asso­ciation
Communications
Committee, International
Association of Business
Communicators, Women in
Communications, Phoenix
Press Club, Travel Industry
Association Press and PR
Committee. Undergrad: South­ern
Methodist University.
DONALD D. BOHNING '59,
Latin America Editor
(1967-), Miami Herald
(Miami, FL).
1964-67, Herald's Latin
America Staff. 1960-1964,
Hollywood, Florida Bureau
Chief. 1959-1960, general
assignment reporter.
Undergrad: Dakota Wesleyan
University.
ALLEN J. BRENTESON '60,
President, (1988-) Agro
Business International, Inc.
(Miami, FL).
'fransnational Services, Miami
FL. Rohm & Haas Co., Phila­delphia,
PA Latin American
director, 1971; general
manager, 1964; sales manager,
Colombia, 1963. Leukemia
Society, Baptist Hosp. board
member. Undergrad: North
Dakota State Univ.
LEONARD M. BROCKMAN
III '75, Peace Corps Volun­teer,
Business Sector,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Merrill Lynch: F.inancial Con­sultant,
1982-1988. Brockman
& Associates: Manager,
1980-86. New Orleans Com­modity
Exchange: Vice Pres­ident,
1980-82. Chicago Rice
& Cotton Exchange, Presi­dent,
1983-85. American
Soybean Association: Director,
Asia and Latin America,
1978-80. ContiCommodities:
futures trader 1975-78. Under­grad:
University of North
Alabama.
GEORGE J. DIETZ '47, Agri­cultural
Counselor of U.S.
Emb3SS); Warsaw, (1985-87).
Alternate US. Permanent
Representative to UN., U.S.
Mission, Rome, 1982-85. Agri­cultural
Counselor of U.s.
Embassy, Caracas, 1978-82.
Agricultural Attache to U.S.
Embassy, Madrid, 1976-78.
Vice President, Special
Projects, Export Import Bank
of the US., Washington, D.C.,
1975-76. Vice President
Eximbank, European Rep. U
S. Embassy, Vienna, 1972-75.
Special Asst. to Chairman of
Export-Import Bank, Hong
Kong, 1972-75. Vice President
Eximbank, Export Expansion,
Washington, D.C., 1969-72.
Director of Market Develop­ment,
Continental Grain Co.,
New York, 1961-69. Director
of Farm Bureau 'frade Devel­opment
Corp., Rotterdam,
1958-61. Director International
Affairs, Amer. Farm Bureau
Fed., Washington D.C., 1954-58.
Agricultural Attache to US.
Embassy, The Hague, 1953-54.
Agricultural Attache to US.
Embassy, Oslo 1952-53. US.
Dept. of Agriculture, 1951-52.
Assistant Agricultural Attache
to US. Embassy, Buenos Aires,
1948-51. US. Dept of Agricul­ture
(1983)-international
award. US. Dept of State
(1982)-Merit commendation.
Undergrad: Principia College,
Elsah,l1.
GRIFFITH FROST '80, Fbun­der
and President, Frost
International (Tokyo,
Japan).
PrincipaVOwner, Frost English
Center, Aomori, Japan. Under­grad:
Willamette University,
Salem, OR.
WILLIAM A. HARRIS '50,
President and General
Manager, Ideal Standard
S.A. (Mexico).
Vice President, Marketing,
International & Export Group,
American Standard, Inc. Man­aging
Director, Ideal Standard,
Inc., (Brazil). Undergrad: Ore­gon
State University
JAMES B. KELLY '64, Vice
President for International
Programs (1988-), Science
Applications International
Corporation.
Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Africa, Near East, and
South Asia, Commerce
Department-International
Trade Administration.
Manager of International
Sales, Davy McKee (Houston,
TX). Marketing Director,
Director for Far East and Mid­dle
East, Manager of Commer­cial
Development, Dravo
International (Pittsburgh, PA
and Milan, Italy). Member of
Pennsylvania House of Repre­sentatives,
1970-76. Campaign
and Senate staffs. Constr.
engineer, Chicago Bridge and
Iron Co. Undergrad: Virginia
Polytechnic Institute.
CHARLOTTE KENNEDY
TAKAHASHI '76, Managing
Director (1987-) llimedia
OAK Associates, K.K.
(Tokyo, Japan)
President and Founder
(1980-), OAK Associates, KK
Administrator/Instructor,
International Education Cen­ter,
Tokyo, 1978-80. Adminis­trator,
CARE, 1976-77. High
School Teacher, Seoul Foreign
School, 1972-74. High School
Teacher, Escuela Americana,
Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
1971-73. High School Teacher,
Stanton County H.8., Kansas,
1968-69. Member, America­Japan
Society, Inc. Council,
1986-88. Chairman, Living in
Japan Committee, 1983-84.
Governer, Board of Governers,
American Chamber of Com­merce
in Japan, 1984-present.
Undergrad: Tabor College;
M.A., University of Colorado.
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WHO
rEY
C. DAY LOHMANN '85, Assis­tant
to the President and
Chairman, (1987-), National
Geographic Society,
(Washington, D.C.).
Editor and Assistant to Exec- .
utive Director and Deputy
Director, President's Com­mission
on American
Outdoors, 1985-87. Assistant
Director, Governor's Safe
Growth Team, State of Ten­nessee,
1982-84. State Direc­tor,
Tennessee Field Office,
The Nature Conservancy,
1979-82. Adm. Asst. and Acting
Director, Tenn. Field Office,
1978. Adm. Secretary, Illinois
chapter, 1976-77. Undergrad:
Duke University
.- ... .- SANDY LONDON '77, Direc­tor
of International
Operations (1988-)
Manager of International
Operations 1983-1988, Export
Coordinator 1981-1982,
Cybex, a division of Lumex
Inc, Assistant to President of
International Division,
National Patent Development
Corporation, International
Market Analyst, CR Industries.
Undergrad: Willamette
University.
F. FRANCIS NAJAFI '77,
Managing Partner, Thunder
and President (1980-), Piv­otal
Group, (Phoenix, AZ).
Thunderbird Alumni Asso­ciation
Distinguished Alumni
Award for Entrepreneurship,
1988. B.S. Arizona State Uni­versity;
M.A. University of
Southern California.
DON NOVELLO '65,
Comedy writer/actor.
Performer, feature fIlm,
Tucker, 1988. Performer, T.v.
special, The Vatican
Inquirer, 1987. Performer,
feature fIlm, Head Office,
1986. Created and plays
Father Guido Sarducci.
Performer, TV. special, Father
Guido Sarducci Goes to
College, 1985, Author, The
Blade, 1985. Producer, TV
series, SCw, 1982. Writer, per­former,
Saturday Night Live,
1978-80. Writer, Smothers
Brothers Show, 1975. Asso­ciate
Creative Director, Leo
Burnett & Co., 1965-72. Under­grad:
University of Dayton.
PEGGY PECKHAM '74, Vice
President, Deputy Credit
Officer, Chase Bank of
Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ).
Special Loan Administration
Officer, Chase Manhattan
Bank, NY. Marketing Officer,
Mining and Metals Division;
Marketing Officer-Foreign
Direct Investment Division;
Assistant Credit and Market­ing
Officer, Chase Bank AG­Frankfurt.
Credit Analyst,
American Express Inter­national
Bank Corp., Germany
and New York. Undergrad:
University of California, Davis.
PETER J. REITZ '62, Secre­tary
General, CARE interna­tional
(1985-).
Director, CARE-Europe,
1981-85. Country Director,
Uganda, Chad, Thnisia and
Liberia, CARE, 1974-80.
Regional program officer,
Latin America and Africa.
Project development and
implementation, Colombia
and Costa Rica. Thunderbird
Alumni Association Dis­tinguished
Alumni Award for
Public Service, 1988. B.S. Cali­fornia
Polytechnic College;
MA Boston University.
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LESLIE TANG '79, President
and sole shareholder (1980-),
L.T.D.D., Inc. (San fran­cisco,
CA).
Board of Directors: Pacific
Bank, San Francisco Down­town
Parking Corp., The Asian
Business League, Chinese for
Affirmative Action, The Insti­tute
for Chinese-Western
Cultural History, The Greater
Market Street Development
Association, and The San
Francisco Economic Develop­ment
Corp. Chairman, Bay
Area Committee; Member,
Small Business Advisory Board
of the Senate Select Commit­tee
on Smail Business Enter­prises.
Undergrad: BA Univer­sity
of California at Berkeley.
RODNEY A. TAYLOR '75,
President of R.A. Thylor &
Co., Ltd., (1984-).
Vice Chairman, Union
Planters Bank, 1982-1984.
Consultant, AT. Kearney Man­agement
Consultants, 1979-
1982. Director, International
Office of the Governor of Mis­sissippi
in Brussels, Belgium,
1976-1979. Undergrad: Univer­sity
of Mississippi.
Thomas E. Barnett '55
Fbunder and President (1980-),
Barnett International
Ft. Lauderdale, F1.
Robert L. Bean' 48
Principal Associate (1987-)
Bartco Marketing Group
Thcson,AZ.
Norman H. Blanchard '59
President (1981-)
SmithKline Animal Health
Products,
SmithKline Beckman Corp.
Philadelphia, P A.
Frederick 1. Bollerer '67
President and Director (1984-)
First City National Bank of
Houston
Houston, TX.
James B. Boyce III '47
Retired
TIME, Inc.
Raleigh, NC.
Robert C. Brock' 48
Retired
Laundromat Store Owner
Jacksonville, FL.
James R. Brokken '69
Executive Vice President (1986-)
Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company
New York, NY
W.L. Lyons Brown, Jr. '60
Chairman of the Board and
C.E.O. (1975-)
Brown-Fbrman Corp.
Louisville, KY
Ralph W. Callahan, Jr. '66
Chairman and C.E.O. (1986-)
Henderson Advertising, Inc.
Greenville, SC.
Blas R. Casares '67
President
Corporacion Ceres S.A.
Caracas, Venezuela
Tod O. Clare '57
Vice President, International
Operations (1977-)
American Motors Corp.
Southfield, MI.
Ronald B. Clark '59
President (1985-)
Jafra Cosmetics
Westlake Village, CA.
David R. Clay' 49
Vice President, Latin America
Royal Crown Cola International
Mexico City, Mexico
Lynda Jo Clugston '80
Director of Sales, National
Accounts
Stouffer Hotels and Resorts
Washington, D.C.
Henry N. Conway, Jr. '55
Retired
International Bank
Amelia Island, FL.
J.F. Corcoran '47
Retired
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Akron,OH.
Peter R. Cozzetto '52
President (1972-)
CESCO International, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN.
James M. Dale '73
General Manager
Villa Nova Restaurant
Newport, CA.
John F. Daliere '64
President
Art West Inc.
Phoenix, AZ.
Vincent S. Daniels '74
President and Owner (1980-)
MINEQUIP Corp.
Miami, FL.
George T. Debakey '73
Executive Director
ADAPSO
The Computer Software and
Service Industry Assn.
Arlington, VA.
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Richard W. Decker '70
Executive Vice President (1986-)
First Interstate Bank of California
Los Angeles, CA.
J.H. Dethero '58
Regional Manager (1988-)
California State World Trade
Commission
California Export Finance Office
San Francisco, CA.
Jack E. Donnelly '60
President (1986-)
Bailey & Donnelly Associates Inc.
New York, NY/Scottsdale, AZ.
Robert W. Feagles '51
Self-employed Consultant
West Hartford, CT.
Victor Raul Florian '76
Finance Director (1984-)
VRF Financial Group
Van Nuys, CA.
John A. Florida '62
President and C.E.O.
J. Walter Thompson Co.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oliver J. Fbrd III '66
Vice President, Academic Affairs
(1987-)
Fitchburg State College
Fitchburg, MA.
Robert M. Frehse, Jr. '50
C.E.O., Executive Director (1979-)
William Randolph Hearst
Fbundations
New York, NY
Roland E. Garcia '53
International Consultant
Roland E. Garcia Consulting
Fresno, CA.
Francis P. Graves, Jr. '59
C.E.O. and Vice Chairman of the
Board (1985-)
CFR Corp.
Minneapolis, MN.
Stephen F. Hall '69
President
Thod Marketing International,
Inc.
Dedham,MA.
John Hays '52
Owner/Operator (1952-)
Hays Ranch
Yarnell, AZ.
Douglas F. Hill '58
Retired
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.
Vero Beach, FL.
Thomas B. Hitchcock '53
Vice President (1978-)
Insurance Industries Department
Citibank
New York, NY.
Jerry Lee Holmes '60
Management of Family
Investments
and Community Service
Self-employed
Dallas, TX.
William H. Holtsnider '59
Retired
Dennison Manufacturing Co.
Wellesley, MA.
James R. Houghton '64
Key Manager, Chairman of the
Board
Corning Glass Works
Corning, NY.
John L. House '69
Investor
Self-employed
Great Britain
Kenneth A. Jacuzzi '79
President (1983-)
KJ Inc.
Phoenix, AZ
Pincas Jawetz '75
International Consultant
Pincas Jawetz & Associates
New York, NY.
Harvey W. Johnson '49
Vice President, Agricultural
Group
United Brands! United Fruit Co.
New York, NY.
William M. Johnson '60
President
Stratus Resources, Inc.
New York, NY.
Cecil A. Kersten '51
Retired
Goodyear International Corp.
Akron, OR.
Linton D. Kingsbury '61
Semi-retired
Lincoln Plaza Resources
Oklahoma City, OK.
Joseph M. Klein '47
President
Pluess-Staufer Industries, Inc.
Pacific Palisades, CA.
James G. Kohl, Jr. '71
President (1982-)
Etek Electronics Corp.
Miami, FL.
Robert J. Lambrix '63
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (1983-)
Baxter 'fravenol Laboratories, Inc.
Deerfield, IL.
Robert G. Lees '77
President and C.E.O. (1986-)
Pacific Inter1i'ade Corp.
Westlake Village, CA.
Fred A. Leisering '47
Retired! President
Sears Roebuck Del Peru
Lima, Peru
Robert M. Lorenz '55
Retired
Security Pacific Bank
Los Angeles, CA.
Billy F. Martin '55
Vice President, Finance
Summey Products, Inc.
Dallas, NC.
Barry J. Mason '58
Retired
RepublicBank Las Colinas
Dallas, TX.
Raul P. Masvidal '66
Chairman (1981-)
Miami Savings Bank
Miami, FL.
Timothy McGinnis '68
Senior Vice President (1983-)
The Chase Manhattan Bank
New York, NY.
Torn J. McSpadden '65
President
MeraBank
EI Paso, TX.
Larry K. Mellinger '68
U.S. Executive Director (1986-)
Inter-American Development
Bank
Washington, D.C.
G. Jeff Mennen '65
Vice Chairman (1981-)
The Mennen Co.
Vice Chairman (1987-)
Aromatic Industries, Inc.
Morristown, NJ.
Alfred F. Miossi '48
Retired
Continental Illinois Corp.
Chicago, IL.
William E. Mitchell '47
President (1973-)
International Resources, Inc.
Clover, SC.
Henry T. Mulryan '49
Senior Vice President
Marketing & Corporate
Administration (1987-)
Cyprus Industrial Minerals Co.
Englewood, CO.
Charles C. Muse '50
President
Intergraphic, Inc.
Panama, R.P.
Ben C. Novoa '47
Business Manager
Team Electronic Stores
Anchorage, AK.
Sherman J. Olson '50
Vice President, International
Seguros La Comercial, S.A.
Mexico City; Mexico
William J. Paden '48
Chairman (1982-)
Union Chelsea National Bank
New York
William O. Pennel '64
President, Owner (1976-)
Intercontinental Motors, Inc.
Houston, TX.
Robert B. Perkovic '60
President (1988-)
RBP International Consultants
Cleveland, OH.
Harry J. Petrequin, Jr. '54
Faculty, National War College
Agency for International
Development
Washington, D.C.
James O.B. Phillips '47
Director President
Mineracao
Piracicaba Andarai Bahia
(diamond mine)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
William G. Phillips '58
Professor, Business and Finance
Director, Research Park
Development
University of Alaska
Fairbanks
Mitchell S. Porche, Jr. '67
President (1980-)
Porche International Enterprises,
Ltd.
Guadalajara, Mexico
Douglas Rae Quelland '72
Owner, President
Thank-Q Rentals
Phoenix, AZ.
Richard E. Ragsdale '67
Chairman
Community Health Systems, Inc.
Great Northern Health Mgt. Ltd.
Brentwood, TN.
Paul L. Reiss '60
Senior Business Analyst
Geneva Corp.
Weston, CT.
Richard S. Roberts' 48
Retired
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C.
John Thomas Rogstad '51
Group Vice President
Upjohn International Inc.
Kalamazoo, MI.
J. Phillip Samper '61
Vice Chairman, Executive Officer
Eastman Kodak Co.
Rochester, NY
Mike A. Santellanes '60
Director, Senior Partner
Price Waterhouse
San Jose, Costa Rica
Alban W. Schuele '70
Vice President, Quality &
Communications
Hoechst Celanese Corp.
Somerville, NJ.
J. Kenneth Seward '57
Senior Vice President, Director
Johnson & Higgins
New York, NY.
Lianne T. Sorkin '72
Partner (1986-)
SorkinlRivrnan Communications
Consultants
New York, NY
Leland E. Stalker' 48
Retired
Sears Del Peru
James D. Staub '57
Senior Vice President (1984-)
Atalanta Sosnoff Capital Corp.
New York, NY
Charles M. Stockholm '56
Managing Director
'fiust Company of the West
San Francisco, CA.
William H. Strong '67
President (1984-)
Teledyne Industries International
Los Angeles, CA.
James D. 'ftavis '57
President, Chief Operating
Officer
Hal Riney & Partners, Inc.
New York, NY
B. Theodore 'froy'57
President (1983-)
American Advertising
Distributors
of Central Florida
Longwood, FL.
Gerard J. Van Heuven '73
Executive Vice President
United StateslMexico Chamber of
Commerce
Washington, D.C.
John A. Warner, Sr. '48
Retired
Pepsico Inc.
Mexico
Jan A. Wells '64
Owner (1986-)
Hog Heaven Restaurant
San Francisco, CA.
Charles A. Whitcomb '54
President (1988-)
Enterprise Bank of Florida
Miami, FL.
Marlon W. Willson '51
Retired
South Florida Financial Planning
Servo Inc.
and Florida Numismatic
Investment Corp.
Alexandria, VA.
Daniel D. Witcher '50
Corporate Senior Vice President
and Assistant to the President
The Upjohn Company
Kalamazoo, MI.
Clarence H. Yahn, Jr. '62
President, C.E.O. (1988-)
Nappe/Babcock Company
Richmond, VA.
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
ARIZONA
The Arizona chapter of the
Thunderbird Alumni Associ­ation
had an active fall sched­ule.
In September, members
were treated to a luau and
swim party at the home of
David Pangburn '85.
The first Tuesday in October
featured guest speaker, Dr. Eddie
Basha, president of Basha's food
stores and past president of
the state school board, who
spoke on the subject of inter­national
education.
In October, Brian Wilson '81
coordinated the second annual
Arizona Alumni Association
Golf Tournament at the newly
remodeled Wigwam Golf and
Country Club in litchfield Park.
At the end of October, the
group held a dinner on the
Thunderbird campus that fea­tured
guest speaker Professor
Richard Mahoney, from the
International Studies Depart­ment,
who spoke on the presi­dential
elections.
CALIFORNIA
Greater Los Angeles Area
The Greater Los Angeles
Chapter hosted the first annual
L.A. Beach Party at Dockweiler
Beach in August with some 60
Tbirds in attendance. They
barbecued, played Frisbee and
even saw a beachside baptism.
The event was organized by
Charlie Lowe '77, Marianne
Wehner '84, Mark Evans '87,
and Errol von Strahlen '86.
In September, the group
enjoyed an international din­ner
at a French restaurant, Les
Freres mix, in L.A. This event,
attended by some 20 Tbirds,
was organized by Mark Evans.
L.A. Tbirds donned their
lederhosen and celebrated
Oktoberfest in October at
Alpine Village in Torrance. The
festivities were organized by
Steve Sherman '86, and
included beer, wine, wurst and
dancing to the tunes of an
oom-pah-pah band.
Jim Bukowski '78 organized
an effort to recruit volunteers
and members for the Interna­tional
Visitors Council of Los
Angeles. The organization assists
international visitors under gov­ernment
or private sponsorship
with their professional, cultural
and hospitality programs in
southern California.
In December, the group held
its fourth annual holiday bash
aboard a riverboat that cruised
the Los Angeles and Long
Beach harbors. The evening
included plenty of hors
d'oeuvres, spirits, and enter­tainment
by the ship's band
'The Paddlewheelers:'
Orange County
In September the group
sponsored a 'Learn to Windsurf
party at Alamitos Bay in Long
Beach. Cynthia Schmidt '84,
offered her services as a
windsurfing instructor. The
event also included gondola
rides, swimming and a picnic.
The October First Tuesday
was held at Red Lion Inn
followed by an evening at the
Orange County Improv, a com­edy
club that features local
talent.
rransporting themselves back
to the Middle Ages, Orange
County Tbirds enjoyed an eve­ning
of medieval style feasting
and entertainment. that included
a jousting tournament.
San Diego
In October, the San Diego
Chapter moved its First Tues­day
to the Copacabana Restau­rant,
which features Brazilian
music and food . The move was
designed to facilitate the inclu­sion
of guest speakers during
the get-togethers.
The Korea House was the
location of the chapter's Sep­tember
international dinner.
~
Ste~n Cooke '87 and Valerie Ryburn
'86 were married in October in San
Luis ObiSpo, California. T'birds
attending the wedding included:
(seated I-r) Lynn Zartman '87;
Karen Anson Licciardello '86; Mary
Lynn Manning '86; Lynn Elting '87;
Harriet Shugarman '86; and Jill
Heffron '87. (Standing) Shelley
Kassis '87; John Audley '86; Annette
Hackman Radcliff '86; Steve and
Valerie; George Turney '86; Eric
Shover '88; and Professor Ruben
Meneses.
New York City T'birds gathered in T
November for some dim sum in
Chinatown. Pictured (I-r) are Lau-rel
Lee '87, Peter McGregor '86,
Mei Lum '87, Steve Hall '86, and
Willy Weber '86.
• Atlanta T'birds gathered for an
alumni meeting hosted by Muhsin
A/-Hashimi '82 at his Firstar head­quarters
in Atlanta. (I-r) Gaetan
Gouraige '85; A/-Hashimi; May
Cheong '87; Mike Wittenstein '85;
and Sonya Hanna Baier '86 orga­nized
the e~nt attended by Charles
H. Mannel, vice president for exter­nal
affairs, and other Thunderbird
administrators attending a World
Business AdviSOry Council meeting
in the Atlanta area.
WINTER 1989
17
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Our thanks to models Steve Dolman, Amy
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Jack Kustron unless otherwise noted .
D. Golf Shirt of 100%
cotton. Red, White,
Chocolate, Aqua,
Royal, Mauve, Kelly
Green. $22.95
J. V-Neck Cashmere­Touch
Soft Orion
Sweater. Accented with
Thunderbird logo,
long sleeves. Colors:
Red, Sand, Royal Blue,
White. Sizes: S,M ,L,
XL $27.95
E. The Relocating
Spouse's Guide to
Employment
Frances Bastress
$12.95
F. Managing Cultural
Differences
Philip R. Harris &:
Roben T Moran
$17.95
G. "Even Monkeys
Fall From Trees" and
Other Japan ese
Proverbs in Japanese
with illustrations and
English translation.
David Galer $12.95
K. V-Neck Cashmere­Touch
Men's Sweater
Vest. Same as OJ above,
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Colors: Navy Blue,
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logo. Colors: Navy
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THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
San Francisco
San Francisco T'birds have a
new association president,
Robert Peizer '84. He succeeds
Darlene Drapkin '84, who left
the Bay Area for a new posi­tion
in Madrid, Spain. His goal
is to add to the core of moti­vated
T'birds to maintain the
momentum that has been built
over the past few years. Robert
has been instrumental in creat­ing
strategic alliances with the
World Affairs Council and the
International Trade Council to
increase Bay Area T'birds' abil­ity
to network their interna­tional
backgrounds, interests
and connections.
In September Adelaide Nye
'85 organized a Mahob
Changagn (feast with friends)
at a local Cambodian restau­rant.
The dinner featured
piquant native Cambodian
dishes in an exotic setting that
included a display of some of
the silver of the Cambodian
royal family.
In October the group held
an international golf invitational
at Tilden Field in Berkeley
Hills, with team prizes and a
party afterwards. The event
was organized by Bob and
Suzanne Garrett '83 and Chris
Johnson '86. Winning first prize
for the lowest gross score was
Kelly Gibbs '73. The prize for
the lowest net score went to
Hal Tune '67 who also cap­tured
the team trophy with
partner Scott Buzby '86.
A December Christmas din­ner
party was held in the
Green Room above the San
Francisco Museum of Modern
Art featuring guest speaker
Clebern E. Best, management
controls officer of The Corpo­rate
Staff, a supplier of exec­utive-
level consultants.
COLORADO
Denver area Tbirds continue
to meet on First Tuesdays
upstairs at Soapy Smith's Eagle
Bar. October's guest speaker
was Nimrod Kovacs, a vice
president of international mar­keting
with United Cable Tele­vision.
He discussed the future
of cable TV and international
development.
The group combined their
December First Tuesday with a
Christmas party at a private
clubhouse that included a pot­luck
dinner.
FLORIDA
Florida alumni have a new
treasurer, Rob S. Savage '84.
He has taken over for Billy
Martin '55 who has retired to
North Carolina. The group
had an "art deco" First Tues­day,
in October, at the Fairmont
Hotel in Miami Beach. Other
fall First Tuesdays were held at
TIlUruS Steakhouse Bar at 3400
Main Highway in Coconut
Grove.
ILLINOIS
Chicago T'birds had a fall
kickoff at Marina 300 Restau­rant.
The evening included
dinner and guest speaker Robin
Shearer, president of Career
Enterprises. She is an expert
on career development and
satisfaction. Linda Pascucci '85
organized the activity.
MARYLAND
Baltimore T'birds sponsor
First Thursdays at LBJ lavern
in Lord Baltimore Hotel, from
6 p .m. to 8 p.m. Organizers
are Caroline Martin '87 and
Leslie Kovacs '86.
MINNESOTA
Twin Cities T'birds held their
first First Tuesday in Septem­ber
at Jax. Attending the event
were Pam Krause '83, Kris
Baumgart '88, Fritz Grutzner
'88, Michael Richter '88, lammy
Butler '85, Peter and Katy
Flaherty '78, Alison Stern '83 ,
Eric Tompkins '86, and Robin
Carpenter '86. The group will
continue to meet on first Tues­days
at Jax of Golden Valley,
604 North Lilac Drive.
.. Five T'birds were among the 150
people who attended the wedding
celebration of George Hsu 75 and
Leung Kwai Ling at the jade Gar­den
Restaurant in Hong Kong in
...
Pittsburgh area T'birds enjoy an eve­ning
together at the home of Bill
Parker '86. (I-r, front row) Frank
Daig '82; Claire Anderson '86;
Nancy Sternbach '87; jack Keller
'49. (second row) Rudi Bayer '87;
Sandy Burg '84; Andrea Paolella '84.
(third row) Maureen Murphy '88;
Arrrt Petersen '83; Aillinn Ogden '87;
Dave Piccuta '87; Tom Colwell '85;
john McCague 79; Steve Croxton
'86; and Ed Campeau '53.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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September (I-r) Chandler Choy 74;
Bill Ling 73; Osamu Aso 73; Leung
Kwai Ling and George Hsu 75;
Larry Ishmael 75; and Tom Dahmer
'86.
~
"Enjoying the warmth of the peo­ple
in the tropics" are Peace Corps
workers on the north coast of
Honduras (I-r) Theresa Frisk '86,
Elizabeth Carr '85, jan Faks
Brockman '86, and Len Brockman
75.
• Houston alumni met for a First Tues­day
in December. Pictured (/-r) are
Bobbie Boyd, director of alumni rela­tions;
Ricarda McFalls '84, 198819
president of the Houston alumni
chapter; Don Dykstra, president
American Trade Co., friend of
Houston alumni chapter; J.A.J.
(Hankje) DeHaes '83, former presi­dent
of the Houston alumni chap­ter;
Patricia Gras '85, founder of
Barcelona alumni chapter and
Houston chapter leader; and Patrick
Martin '75, Houston-area alumnus.
...
Mexico City T'birds (/-r) Mark
Banks '85, Ed Ranger '83, Paul
Petani '85, and Bill Wrobel '85 had
breakfast with former Arizona Gov­ernor
Bruce Babbitt (center) in
Mexico City.
NEW ENGLAND
Suzie Bohnsack '87 hosted
an Oktoberfest party at her
home in Charlestown.
Rhode Island Tbirds have
agreed to establish a quarterly
First Tuesday. The events will
be held in January, April, July,
and October. All southern New
England Tbirds have a stand­ing
invitation to join in the
festivities. They sponsored their
first First Tuesday at Barnsiders
Mile and A Quarter in Provi­dence.
The evening was orga­nized
by Bryan Manning '76
and John Metz '87.
The First Tuesday in Boston
has been relocated to Crickets
at Faneuil Hall Marketplace.
The Boston club sent some
representatives to an MBA
Admissions Forum in October.
Area Tbirds, organized by
Markai Plange '85, met with
prospective students and
answered questions about
Thunderbird.
Western Massachusetts and
Connecticut alumni celebrated
the holidays with a dinner at
Brown Thompson's in Hartford
followed by a performance of
the Nutcracker by the Hartford
Ballet.
NEW YORK
In November New York
alumni hosted the fourth busi­ness
speaker dinner at Pete's
lavern in New York City. Guest
speakers were Donald lyman
and Martin Armbrust of IBM
Latin America. They spoke on
the major economic and political
impediments facing the advance
of technology and information
systems in latin America today.
Bobbie Boyd, director of alumni
relations, was a special guest at
this event.
A Christmas party was held
in December at B.J. Willoughby'S
that included an open bar,
plenty of food and dancing.
Additional yuletide festivities
followed in early January when
alumni and their families
attended Radio City Music
Hall's "Magnificent Christmas
Spectacular:'
New York Tbirds continue
"ethnopigging" every month at
various international restaurants.
WINTER 1989
21
OHIO
First Tuesday is being estab­lished
in the Greater Cincin­nati
area to include Tbirds
from Ohio and Kentucky. Bob
Kile '87 and Jane Davidson '83
are trying to establish a Tbird
alumni chapter in Dayton. The
group held a First Tuesday
gathering in December at the
Westin at Fountain Square in
Cincinnati. The event was
organized by lisa Hayes '83
and lily Shaikhzadeh '85.
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia
Thunderbird alumni from
the Philadelphia area held their
annual Christmas party at the
home of Tom Ellinwood '83.
The party featured cuisine,
music and games of Mexico.
TEXAS
In December, San Antonio
held a First Tuesday Christmas
party at La Mansion del Norte
Hotel. The event was orga­nized
by Ben Miedema '77 and
Dorothy Faria '84.
TENNESSEE
The Nashville alumni chap­ter
is being formalized by
Jennifer Alcantara '87 and lee
Woosley '86. Anyone interested
in more information should
contact Jennifer at (615)
736-6223.
UTAH
Salt Lake City Tbirds held
their First Tuesday in October
at Club 13 with guest speaker,
Tom Goudie '78, who was a
candidate for the state House
of Representatives.
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
WASHINGTON D.C.
In November, more than 50
Tbirds enjoyed a special eve­ning
with C. William Verity,
Jr., secretary of commerce, at
the National Press Club in
Washington D.C. Dr. William
Voris also attended.
Verity addressed several inter­national
trade issues and
confronted the problem of the
United States diminished abil­ity
to compete in markets
abroad. He suggested that mil­itary
strength was becoming
less of a factor as a means to
favorable international trade
status. He is adamant that the
u.s. should focus its energy
and money on the commitment
to high quality products and
services, advanced technology,
and quality effective education.
At the end of his speech,
Verity answered questions from
the audience.
In early December, area
Tbirds gathered with alumni
from other graduate business
schools for a dinner sponsored
by the Washington Management
Business School Association.
The evening featured a special
presentation of the popular
satirical review, "Mrs. Foggy­bottom
& Friends."
The group also held a din­ner
party in December to cele­brate
the holidays. The party,
which included gag gifts for
everyone, was organized by
Pam DiMeo '83 and Peter Terry
'83.
WASHINGTON
Washington State Tbirds have
a new association president:
Bob Hawkinson '83. He replaces
TomJoski '85 who accepted a
position with Commerzbank
in West Germany.
In September, Dr. Marshall
Geer and William Kane
addressed Washington alumni
and business and community
leaders. They discussed possi­ble
programs for cooperation
between Thunderbird and
Washingtonians. One program
reviewed was the "Certificate
in International Business" which
is offered by Thunderbird to
people who complete a series
of nine sessions involving world
economy, international business
and financial management.
In December, the group held
their second annual holiday
bash at the home of Steve
Hatch '74 on Bainbridge island.
The event which included din­ner
and an Old World-New
World wine taste-off, was orga­nized
by Bob Hawkinson '83
and Janet Messner '81.
WISCONSIN
The Milwaukee chapter of
the Thunderbird Alumni Asso­ciation
met in December for
their holiday celebration at the
Bombay Bicycle Club at the
Marc Plaza Hotel in Milwau­kee.
Organizers of this event
were Bill Reade '88 and Erik
Burros '88.
...
Alums gathered for T'bird Tuesday
in Taipei, Taiwan this summer
included: (seated I-r) Julie Carlson
'88; Katherine Major '88; Deborah
Heathcotte '83; Melanie Hamilton
'87; Larry Allen '87. (Standing)
Aubrey Wang '87; Don Doris '88;
Cole Jones '87; Robert Courtney '88;
James Mehren '82; Becky Nanna
'87; Barry King '88; Seth Becker
'88; Kevin Meyer '88; Professor Ruth
Cline; and William Liu '82.
(I-r) Jonathan Verity' 66 introduces
his father, C. William Verity, secre­tary
of commerce, to Washington
D.C. T'birds attending a gathering
at the National Press Club.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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• T'birds Steve Bastian '81, Cheryl
Mullikin Bastian '81, and Kathy Lutz
Tomaselli '81 gathered in South
Africa for a mini-reunion in July.
Kathy moved from New York City
to the bush region of South Africa
where she manages the Motswari
Game Lodge with her husband,
Keith.
...
A group of T'birds cruise down the
Mosel at the Luxembourg reunion.
The rest of the group was at the
other end of the boat, holding it
steady.
~
The Luxembourg reunion organizing
committee enjoying a relaxing
moment during the river cruise. Pic­tured
from left to right are Pierre
Carras '81 , Pradhip Chhadva '81,
Dan Patel '67, john Cassin '69,
jennifer Houghton '81, Eric Roux
'86 and friend, and Marion Tepper
'84.
~
Former Thunderbird Alumni Associa­tion
of Europe Presidents, john Cook
79 and Mariya Toohey 78 with cur­rent
European Coordinator, Philippe
Deymes 75 at a cocktail party dur­ing
the Luxembourg reunion.
WINTER 1989
23
ASIA
During a fall business trip in
Asia, Board of Trustees mem­ber
Charles Stockholm '56,
took time out to meet with
local T'bird alumni leaders in
three cities. Stockholm's first
stop was in Tokyo where he
met with Yasuhiro Thkahashi
'76 and his wife, Charlotte
Kennedy-'Thkahashi '76 , Ernie
Olson '56 and his wife, and
Peter Carmichael '86.
Second stop was Seoul,
where Stockholm had dinner
with Heung Sik Lo '75, presi­dent
of the Seoul Alumni
Chapter, Ju-SuP Hahn '75, Jung­Bae
Kim '75, and Martin Mur­phy
'85. During the evening,
the group discussed the possi­bility
of coordinating a North­ern
Asia alumni reunion with
the alumni in Japan.
Finally, Stockholm attended
a dinner in Thipei that was
organized by Ben Cheng '82,
and also included Bernadette
Martin '84, and Leo Wu '88.
The group discussed fund­raising
ideas as well as the
possibility of helping students
from 'Thiwan attend Thunderbird.
EUROPE
The European Reunion in
Luxembourg, held October 7-9,
1988, was a big success. Over
100 alumni and their spouses
attended the reunion as did
Deborah Camper, Thunderbird
ASLC president, and T'bird
Professor John Conklin. The
reunion began with a cocktail
party in the Panorama Room
on the 19th floor of the Inter­continental
Hotel. Other events
of the weekend included a
three-hour cruise on the Mosel
River, a semi-formal dinner/
dance in the Europa Salon of
the hotel, and a Sunday brunch.
ALUMNI UPDATES
1949
Bernhard Edgar has lived in Switzerland for nearly
25 years. He and his wife, Margot, recently became
Swiss citizens.
1950
Donald S. Lopez is retired and living in Los Alamitos,
CA.
1953
Robert M. Cooney has recently retired from a long
career with Citibank. He lived and worked overseas
for 33 years, and spent the last 10 years in Panama. J. Huminski '63
He is living in Tucson, AZ.
Einar Bergh '69
1954
William E. McArthur has retired after 34 years
with Procter & Gamble Company. He lives in
Santiago, Chile.
1955
James c. Piculas is the vice director of administra­tion
and finance for the Universidad de las Americas,
A.C in Mexico City. Robert A. \¥.lrren is retired
and lives in Sparks, Nevada. Prior to his retirement,
he was the president of \¥.lrren Associates.
1956
Narce Caliva recently completed over seven years
as the managing director of the American Red Cross
in Europe. He was reassigned to the national head­quarters
in Washington, D.C and is currently spe­cial
assistant to the vice president of human resources.
Norman Capps is a self-employed consultant with
Computer Professionals, a computer executive search
service in Mission , KS. Lawrence Mosher has been
an environmental writer and editor in Washington,
D.C for the last 10 years, occaSionally working
abroad for the World Resources Institute. He is
currently editing a newsletter on water resources,
The Wlter Reporter and is helping to inaugurate the
Environmental Health Center Winthrop Wyman
is chief executive officer of OMI Petrolink Corpora­tion
in Houston, TX.
1957
Timothy S. Reed is a vice president at Citibank
International, Ltd. in Miami, FL. Robert E. Vmatieri
is the manager of Runzheimer International, Ltd., a
mobility management consulting firm in Northbrook,
IL.
1958
Robert C. Newman is vice president operations for
Casinocorp, Inc. in Las Vegas, NV LouisJ. Pacini is
retired and living with his wife, Gillian, in Toronto,
Canada.
1959
David Youmans recently returned to the Pacific
Northwest after seven years in Lesotho and Jordan.
He is now extension trade specialist with Washing­ton
State University's international marketing
program for agricultural commodities and trade
(IMPACT). He and his wife,Julia, live in Spokane, WA.
1960
David \¥.lllace is director of special markets for
Action World Travel which is involved with club
membership travel. He lives in Walnut Creek, CA.
1961
Alvord G. Branan is a French professor at San
Diego State University. He lives with his wife,
Elisabeth, in Spring Valley, CA. Harold E Colebaugh
is project manager for an AID project in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, for which DUAL & Associates, Inc., is
the contractor. The project deals with the micro­filming
and computerization of the vital statistical
documents of the entire country. Jerome S. Lewis is
vice president, Asia/Near East, at Agricultural Cooper­ative
Development International, a private volun­tary
organization in Washington, D.C Bruno Modica
was recently appointed vice president/international
business development for Allen-Bradley'S Indus­trial
Computer and Communication Group in
Cleveland, OH.
1962
Sheldon Gilbert is a professor at Cornell University
and is currently on full-time loan as a consultant to
NBC International. Stephen G. Heiner recently
returned to the states with his family from Singapore
after spending 18V, years working and living over­seas
in Iran, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore.
He is export manager of Varel Manufacturing Com­pany
in Dallas, TX. B. Paul Smith is the general
manager/CEO of Banco Continental de Panama and
served two terms as president of the Panama
Bankers Association. He lives with his wife, Maritza,
in Panama.
1963
Hans Christensen is senior representative at Union
Bank of Norway in New York City. He lives in
Cheshire, CT John R. Huminski is assistant Jirec­tor
of international trade for the City of Austin. He
lives in Round Rock, TX. Stephen A. Imredy has
been named vice president and general manager/
international division of Gelman Sciences. In addi­tion,
he is chainnan, president and CEO of lntertech,
Inc. He lives with his wife in Ann Arbor, MI. David
M. Ramsay is an assistant vice president, trust
development, with Sanwa Bank Ltd. He lives in
Pasadena, CA.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE
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Steven Friedheim '69 Eduardo Sardina '70
1964
REUNION
November 11-12, 1989
Steven H. Spencer is director general of the Insti­tute
of Management Resources, a management con­sulting
firm in Mexico City, Mexico. James H. Taylor
is a direct marketing consultant currently working
in Mexico.
1965
John D. de Leon is general manager of the Hay
Group in Mexico City, Mexico. Mack B. Shaw is the
owner of Spaghetti Junction, a restaurant in Roadtown
Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
1966
C. Michael Bennis is preSident of Bennis Inter
Capital, Inc. involved in projects in Brazil, Argen­tina,
and Spain. He lives in Westport, CT Brian].
Reilly is president ofThe Koslow-Reilly Company,
an international management consulting firm in
Minneapolis. The company provides assistance to
both established multinational companies and firms
entering the international marketplace for the first
time. Joseph R. Shaya is senior vice president of
sales and marketing for Antenna Specialists, Inc. in
Cleveland, OH.
1968
John A. Farrington is vice president of finance/chief
financial officer of Genix Enterprises, Inc. in Pitts­burgh,
PA. Robert A. Martin is a financial planner
for CIGNA Individual Financial Services Company
in Syosset, New York. He lives in Floral Park, NY
Barringer Newcomb is director of Maritime Con­sultants
International in San Diego. He and his wife,
Victoria, live in Del Mar, CA.
1969
REUNION
November 11-12, 1989
Einar Bergh is public affairs manager/petrochemicals
at Statoil in Stavanger, Norway. He lives in Norway
with his wife, Mary Lynne, and son, Erik. Steven
M. Friedheim is general manager for Combined
Broadcastings, a television station in Chicago, IL.
Kendall R. Furlong is director/president of Indus­trial
Hydraulics Ltd. in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Stanley J.
Lathrop is export manager for Mixon, Inc. , a vehi­cle
battery export firm in St. Paul, MN. Michael O.
Murphy is vice president of United International
Pictures in Rio de janeiro, Brazil. Larry G. Nelson
is vice president, credit, at Commercial de France in
Chicago, IL. Ross Quan is an international policy
officer at the Office of Maritime and Lmd Trans­port,
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, in
the Department of State in Washington, D.C
1970
Dallas K. Allison is in mergers and acquisitions
with Merchant Capital Group Ltd. in Hinsdale, IL.
james D. Glaze is vice president of jim Glaze, Inc.,
an automobile dealership in Redlands, CA. He
recently married Alexis Mayers Pollard. C. Norman
Hansen continues as manager of the London offices
of the Swiss bank, International Genossenschafts
Bank AG, and resides in Surrey, England. Richard].
Kidder was recently promoted to director of national
accounts at RC Cola/Soft Drinks. He lives in Buffalo
Grove, IL. Fred A. Montano is senior consultant for
the Buxton Group, Ltd., an executive financial search
firm in Denver, CO. Georgia]. Nachtman is pro­gram
director of the Greater Los Angeles World
Trade Center Association in Long Beach, CA. Richard
Nielsen is the director of corporate travel for Travel
Merchants in Phoenix, AZ. Roger Renfro is regional
manager of Hekimian Laboratories, Inc. in Over­land
Park, KS. Thomas B. Sanders recently com­pleted
the doctoral program in finance at the
University of Colorado and accepted a position on
the faculty of the University of Southern Maine in
Portland, ME. Eduardo Sardina was recently
appointed chief operating officer of Bacardi Imports,
Inc. , in Miami, FL. He has been with the company
since 1979. Bo L. Seifert is regional director with
HDMlDYR Ltd., an advertiSing agency in Hong
Kong. Dittmar Von Hanstein is a managing partner
at Rockwood International, Inc. , in Vkst Hollywood,
CA. Richard H. Wallinder is an export representa­tive
with Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Com­pany.
He lives in Mahtomedi , MN.
1971
Michael B. King is vice president of Barclay's Bank
in Chicago and lives in Evanston, IL. Cliff Lavin is
vice president of marketing and sa les at RPB Enter­prises,
a real estate management company in Los
Angeles, CA. Hideo Morishita is presently general
ALUMNI PROFILES
" Duke" Libby '63
fulfilled a 20-year­old
goal this past summer.
He landed a helicopter at the
base of the famed Christ of
the Andes statue on the
Chilean! Argentina border.
The statue was constructed
right after the turn of the
century to promote good will
and peace between the two
Andean neighbors. The
shrine sits at 13,000 feet in
the shadow of nearby
Aconcagua, at more than
20,000 feet , the highest
mountain in the hemisphere.
"No one had been there yet
(that year) because the snows
had just receded," says Libby.
"When we landed no one
was around an~ it was quite
breathtaking. Just beautifuL"
Libby was in South
America to conduct flight
demonstrations of the
MD-530 helicopter at the
biannual International Air
Fair in Santiago, Chile. As
the international marketing
manager, latin America, for
McDonnell Douglas Helicop­ter
Company in Mesa, Ari­zona,
he freq uently travels to
South America.
He remembers his year at
Thunderbird well. An ex­Navy
fighter pilot, Libby
chose Thunderbird as a way
to further his career in the
aerospace industry, particu­larly
marketing aircraft to
South America.
Allan J. Ubby '63
"While I was here," says
Libby, "I was flying helicop­ters
in the morning, crop
dusting, to help finance my
education. I kept the heli­copter
at Deer Valley Airport
.. . used to land here and give
people rides."
Libby has spent the last
two decades selling rotary­wing
aircraft to foreign clients.
He began with Hughes Heli­copter
in southern Califor­nia
prior to their merger
with McDonnell Douglas
and moved to Mesa with
McDonnell Douglas two years
ago. A fellow Tbird, Ron
Courtney '63, latin America
marketing manager, is his
counterpart with Bell
Helicopter.
Libby speaks fluent
Spanish and recently took a
refresher course in Portu­guese
through the Thunder­bird
Management Center He
says the campus hasn't
changed much since the days
he and fellow ex-military
pilots used to fly rum runs to
Mexico and land their air­craft
in the rabbit-inhabited
fields adjacent to the School.
WINTER 1989
25
Johannes Combee 72 Richard W Buck 74
manager of Bellwood International Corporation in
Tokyo, japan. Bruce E. Roman is director of inter­national
sales and marketing for Healthdyne Inter­national
in Luxembourg.
1972
Richard C. Baca is a financial consultant for Merrill
Lynch International in Panama City. Scott M.
Campbell is self-employed as a computer market­ing
consultant. He lives in Novato, CA. johannes
C. Combee is an assistant treasurer at Alcatel N.v
He lives with his wife in Paris. Thomas D. Duane is
president ofThomas D. Duane & Associates, Inc., a
marketing/advertising agency in Coral Gables, FL.
He lives in Miami. john C. Hughes is senior credit
officer at Credit International Bank in Washington ,
DC Stephen K. Nasman is vice president and unit
manager of Bank of America in San Diego, CA.
Dennis T. Oshiro recently spoke on international
consulting at The Institute of Management Consult­ants
(lMC) annual convention in Chicago. jeffrey
T. Ruby is financial planner for Colonial Penn Group,
Inc. in Irvine, CA. Richard A. Thomson is general
manager of Bucyrus-Erie Company, a mining sup­ply
company in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin . He
and his wife, Mary, live in Racine, WI.
1973
Oscar Febres-Moscoso is finance director of Con­dor
Tips S.A., a producer of alpaca fabrics, in
Arequipa, Peru. Howard Goldsmith has published
a new book, ImporUExport: A Guide to Growth, Prof­its,
and Market Share, Prentice-Hall, Inc. The book
provides a practical, technique-oriented guide to
managing an import-export business. Goldsmith is
a consultant with Intercontinental1fade SpeCialists
in Granada Hills, CA. jacobus Groot is general
manager for Procter & Gamble in Thiwan. He lives
in Thipei with his wife, Bonnie, and four children.
Steven]. Helphand owns a mail order/advertising
company in Portland, ME. john Lampe recently
became director of Dayton operations and private
brand sales for Firestone in Ohio. He lives in Hudson,
Ohio. K.c. McAlpin and his wife, Nancy, announce
the birth of their daughter, Holly Anne. K.C is a
finan cial manager for Dynatech Communications
in Falls Church, VA. Gerard Van Heuven is currently
executive vice president, U.s. Mexico Chamber of
Commerce. He recently presented a career forum
on the Thunderbird Campus. Paul K. Wagner has
started his own business, Paul K. Wagner, Inc., an
international procurement/import/export company
based in Fort Worth, TX. Thomas C. Wmg,Jr. has
been promoted to senior vice president for Domin­ion
Bankshares Corporation's International Divi­sion
located in Roanoke, VA. He is also the president
of the International Trade Association of western
Virginia.
ALUMNI UPDATES
1974
Carl L Bach is a vice president of American Inter­national
Group, Inc., in London, England. Richard
W. Buck and his wife, Nancy, announce the birth of
their son, Richard Witherell. The family lives in
Plano, TX. Steven W. Delateur is an attorney with
Hanlin &: Associates in Palm Desert, CA. David
Echevarria recently completed his doctorate in
finance at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
He is an assistant professor of finance at the Univer­sity
of Lowell in Lowell, MA. Robert Hatch is presi­dent
of the Washington State International Trade
Fair and lives in Bainbridge Island, WA. Jack D.
Massimeend is vice president/acquisitions at FHP
Inc. in Laguna Hills, CA. William Melville has
joined the Edward S. Gordon Company's commer­cialleasing
department and is based in New York.
Andrew M. Merkel is sales and marketing manager
of Baby Trend, Inc. in City of Industry, California.
He lives in Pasadena, CA. I]. Sinha is vice presi­dent
of Driltech Industries, Inc. in Houston, TX.
Enrique Umbert is general manager of CIA Conti­nental,
an agent of Continental Grain Company, in
Lima, Peru. George A. Wehmann is an account
supervisor for Pockett Burkhead &: Lewis, an adver­tising
agency in Raleigh, NC.
1975
John W. Chamberlin has joined the Los Angeles
office of Egon Zehnder International Inc., a Swiss
management consulting finn specializing in execu­tive
and acquisition/investment search. Michael E
Fogarty is a marketing rnanager for Meleo Indus­tries
Inc., in Denver, CO. Uku A. Heinla is an
account executive at Investment Support Systems,
Inc. in Bloomfield, Nj. Azhar A.Jafl'ri recently
returned to Singapore and joined Hong Kong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation, heading their credit
card operation for Singapore. Chris Van Kuhner is
manager of manufacturing expert systems for Dig­ital
Equipment Corporation in Chelmsford, MA.
Douglas M. Mrstik has been promoted to senior
vice president/commercial banking at NCNB
National Bank of Florida. He lives in Sarasota, FL.
Robert Scheppy is a lecturer in business studies at
Ngee Ann Polytechnic in the Republic of Singapore.
James Styer has been named vice president of
operations at Rosenberger Cold Storage and Trans­port
in Hatfield, PA. Connie Sucre is data manager
at Enhance Reinsurance, a bond company in New
York City
1976
John W Chamberlin '75 Azhar Abbas Jaffri '75
1977
Craig Crossley is European sales and marketing
manager of the commercial and military controls
operation for Eaton Corporation. He and his wife,
Denise, recently had a son, Morgan Alistair. Susana
Del Carpio is a private sector, international finan­cial
consultant for Merrill Lynch. She lives in New
York City Gregory B. Dunbar is a partner in Gregory
B. Dunbar &: Associates, Attorneys at Law, Dallas,
TX. James A. Emslie recently joined former Tbirds,
Robert Lees '77 and Maarten Fleurke '79, in their
international trading company, Pacific InterTrade
Corporation. James is president ofTealindustries, a
subSidiary of Pacific InterTrade in Westlake Village,
CA. Robert V. Hart is a vice president/product and
sales training for Citibank's financial institutions
group in New York City. W. Sanford Lynch is
general managerOapan for Edgcore Technology, Inc., a
computer firm . He lives with his wife, Akiko, in
Tokyo. Stephen Marshall is vice president and gen­eral
manager for Menasco Overhaul Division in
Burbank, California, and recently presented a career
forum on the Thunderbird Campus. Michael W.
McBride recently joined AIRCO Coating Technol­ogy
as sales manager. He is responsible for world­wide
sales of vacuum coating equipment for the
firm located in Fairfield, CA. Rodolfo Milani and
his wife, Linda, have a son, Paul Edmund, born in
November. The family lives in Coconut Grove, FL.
Yoshi Noguchi is vice president of Paul R. Ray &:
Company, consultants in executive selection, in Los
Angeles. Raphael M. Puig is self-employed with
Representaciones Comerciales in Barcelona, Spain.
Angelika Michels Rooney is manager and con­tracts
administrator at COntei ASC, a satellite com­munications
firm in Mountain View, CA. Sally Ingalls
Rudd is director of marketing for The Benham
Group, an architecture firm in Phoenix, AZ. Mitchell
Skalicky is regional director for North Africa with
U.S. Wheat Associates, Inc. in Casablanca, Morocco.
1978
Robert Hart '77 Deborah Kielty '81
tion and decision systems at San Diego State Uni­versity
in San Diego, CA. George Foose is director
of marketing for the Club Corporation of Asia,
which develops and operates private city, country,
golf and resort clubs. He lives in Hong Kong. James
Hanson is regional manager of Spectrum Digital
Corporation in Troy, Ml. Carolyn Harvie Bert is a
social worker at Good Samaritan Medical Center in
Phoenix, AZ. Lisa A. Keames is a vice preSident of
Iridependence Bank in Encino, CA. Cynthia Kocher
will be opening the Oregon Cafe in February in
jersey City, Nj. She is self-employed in real estate
developments. Kim M. Kuebler recently moved
from Thailand to Thiwan, where he is vice preSident
of Continental Overseas Corporation. He and his
wife, Betty, miss their Thai lifestyle and friends.
James A. Lavorato is president of the recently formed
Entertainment Equipment Corporation, an organi­zation
which sells and distributes entertainment­related
equipment. The company is based in Buffalo,
NY Peter E. Lundh is the audit manager for Exxon
Corporation in Australia. He and his wife,julie, live
in Victoria. Joann Lynch is a teacher in the Albu­querque
Public Schools and lives in Albuquerque,
NM. ].D. Murphy is general manager and partner
in Al Arfat-Saudi Technic, a Saudi trading company
which speCializes in equipment sales. He is also a
partner in Aviatech Industries jeddah aviation sup­ply.
He lives most of the year in Saudi Arabia and
maintains a residence in Bangkok, Thailand. Phillip].
Reh is national accounts manager/west region for
Butler Manufacturing Company, a nonresident con­struction
firm in Fullerton, CA. William C. Sebastian
is a manufacturing specialist at Electronic Data Sys­tems.
He lives with his wife, jennifer, in Utica, Ml.
Rob Simpson is a foreign exchange rrader for Banque
Indosuez in New York City Stephen Vanden Heuvel
is vice preSident and part owner of Monarch Enter­prises,
a design/building firm in Colorado Springs,
CO. Tai Yung Wong is an attorney with Cartwright
Law Offices in San Francisco, CA.
1979
John R. Austin was recently given the leadership
award of the San Francisco chapter of the Interna­tional
Association for Financial Planning, Inc. He
was president of Austin &: Company in San Francisco
and has recently relocated to the 'MIshington, D. C.
area. Richard S. Decker is assistant manager of the f===================::-1r.::==================;:-l Juneau International Airport in Juneau, AK. Douglas REUNION REUNION
B. Fencl is product manager for implements and
sales manager for airline tow-tractor sales for Kubota
Tractor Corporation. He and his wife, janet, live in
San juan Capistrano, CA. Bryan D. Manning is
vice president/marketing at Fasco Sensors &: Con­trols
in Pawtucket, RI.John M. Phillips is president
of Physician Relations Inc. , a healthcare consulting
firm in South Lake, TX. Charlotte Kennedy
Takahashi has opened a second company, Thmedia­Oak
Associates, in Tokyo, japan. She and her hus­band,
Yasuhiro '76, also own Oak Associates. J .R.
Van Laningham works for the U.S. Depanment of
State at the American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
March 16-18, 1989
Ana Briones-Masoodi is patient-relations repre­sentative
at Sierra Medical Center in El Paso, Texas.
She and her husband Ali own A &: A Photography
in El Paso. Phillip R. Cabrera is vice president and
manager of Harris Bank in Europe. His first son,
Felipe, was born in 1987. Leigh P. Canfield is
director of product development for Unum Corpo­ration
in Portland, ME. Josephine Chen is general
partner of C.A.L. Enterprises, a real estate developer
in Santa Monica, California. She lives with her
husband, Armond Habiby, in Pacific Palisades, CA.
George Easton is an assistant professor of inforrna-
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March 16-18, 1989
Dan Bailey is section manager, estimating analysis,
for Loral Defense Systems in Phoenix, AZ. Robin
Browne Gitlin was recently promoted to depart­ment
chief, market planning and analYSiS, at AT&:T
Federal Systems in Greensboro, NC. Marty Cal­kins
recently professed perpetual vows in the Soci­ety
of jesus Oesuits) and is currently studying
philosophy at Loyola University of Chicago. He also
works with dying patients through Cook County
Hospital. Charles H. Daggs III is partner and vice
president of Precision Measurement in Chandler,
AZ. Susan M. Derlein is national sales manager at
Louis and recently gave birth to a son, Nathaniel
David. Judith Riedinger Smythe is manager of
product development at VISA in San Francisco, CA.
John Surgant is assistant vice president/financial
consultant at Thomson McKinnon Securities in St.
Louis, MO. Patricia Wilson Vandevoort is product
developer for U.s. West Communications. She and
her husband, Robert). Vandevoort '79, live in
Phoenix, AZ. Robert is self-employed as a restau­rant
developer. Michael R. Wilson is promotions
directorlEurope at Simon Marketing International
in Dreieich, West Germany.
Howard j. Chadwick K. Strube Chadwick '8/ Jonathan Arnold is operations manager for I..S.Y.
International, Inc. , in Louisville, KY. W. John Bowen
is sales manager of the copy products division of
Kodak New Zealand Limited in Auckland, New
Zealand. Johan Breukink recently became manag­ing
director of LACO, a manufacturer of automated
feeding and housing systems for the livestock industry
and equipment for the food processing industry. He
lives in Brasschaat, Belgium. David F. Brisco is
manager of international operations at Dep Corpo­ration
, a health and >beauty aids manufacturer in
Rancho Dominguez, CA. He and his wife, Naomi,
live in laguna Niguel, CA. C. Ross Croulet is
management business development specialist with
Opportunities Industtialization Centers International
in Philadelphia, PA. Paul R. Fox recently estab­lished
his own corporation, Insentiv International,
an English and Japanese publishing, photography
and consulting firm in Tokyo. David R. Frediani
recently married Mary Claiborne in Richmond , Vir­ginia.
He is the country manager of Johnson &
Higgins in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. R. Michael
Hartman has recently been appOinted administra­tor
of the Savannas Hospital, a private psychiatric
hospital in Port St. Lucie, FI.. Robert M. Jelderks II
was recently appointed a marketing manager for the
agricultural division of Pfizer, Inc. He is responsible
for the worldwide marketing of select products for
Cunard Hotels & Resorts in New York City. William
H. Epstein is communications management spe­cialist
for the U.S. government in Cascade, MD. He
and his wife, Barbara, live in Waynesboro, PA.
Michael D. Erdmann is controller of Bosch Fluid
Power, a division of Robert Bosch USA, in Racine,
WI. Barbara Bell Fletcher recently gave birth to her
first child, a son John jamison, jr. She and her
husband, john Fletcher, Sr. live in Nashville, TN .
Maco Fowlkes is a partner at Childs, Branson &
Fowlkes, a consulting firm in Houston, TX. Amy
Lezell Heber is a vice president of the First National
Bank of Chicago. She lives in Evanston, II.. Noriaki
Kawata is manager of the marketing and sales depart­ment
at Baxter Limited, a health care company in
Tokyo, Japan. Rustan Kosenko is a professor of
marketing at Bradley University College of Business
Administration in Peoria, II.. Cheryl E. LaMontagne
is program manager at Unisys Corporation in
Uxbridge, England. She lives in London. Satoshi
Matsu is OEM product manager for Yamato, USA,
Inc. He lives in Wheeling, II.. Juan Carlos Mena
has been promoted to financial manager/comptroller
of Bariven Corporation, a Venezuelan oil company.
He lives in Houston, TX. JoAnne Myers is a man­ager
of consumer research at Ralston Purina in St.
ALUMNI PROFILES
Language experts esti­mate
that there are about
170,000 words in common
use in modem English.
Charles LaFond '80 is busy
teaching them to students at
his Business Language Cen­ter
in Vienna.
With a background in edu­cation
and German, Charles
attended Thunderbird with
the idea of getting an inter­national
management degree
and working in a foreign
country. After graduation he
joined the Carl Duisberg pro­gram
in Germany. The pro­gram
gave him a chance to
brush up on his German and
look for a job in Germany,
fulfilling his dream of work­ing
abroad.
A job search in Cologne
and Frankfurt was unfruitful
so Vienna was Charles' next
stop, a logical choice since
he was dating a girl from
Vienna. Teaching English at
Berlitz fit into his life at the
time. He saw a real need for
business English education
during his tenure at Berlitz
and decided to meet that
need by opening his Busi­ness
Language Center in Sep­tember
1984.
A staff of 10 English teach­ers
and three German instruc­tors
provide training for
clients like Coca Cola, IBM,
3M, NCR, and a number of
well-known international
firms. "I sit down with the
company," says Charles, "and
say, f\ll right, so you're inter­ested
in English. What are
your needs right now?'" The
course is then tailored to fit
the needs of that particular
client. "We do from one­week
crash courses all the
way up to very specialized
seminars over long periods
of time."
Charles and his wife live
in Vienna where she has just
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large and small animals. He lives in wayne, New
Jersey with his wife, Anna, and son, Ryan. Thomas
G. Matson has been promoted to director of mar­keting
for Nevada Bell in Reno. Lincoln A. Oyarzun
was recently promoted to director of professional
companies for Johnson Johnson de Chile S.A. in
Santiago, Chile. Alexander l. Schwartz is employed
by Pacific Bank in Offenbach, West Germany.
1981
Ronald E. Allen is assistant professor in the business
administration/economics department at Nebraska
Wesleyan University in Lincoln. He recently earned
a third master's degree and is near completion of a
doctorate in political science from Claremont Grad­uate
School. Karen Strube Chadwick was recently
married and is working for Merrill Lynch in Minne­apolis,
MN. Nancy). Clark is a vice president of
Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. in San Francisco,
CA. Terrence M. Delaney is export sales manager
for Medica International Ltd., an export manage­ment
company in Chicago, II.. Christine DeWitt
has recently been promoted to director of interna­tional
marketing and investment for the Minnesota
Trade Office. John M. Drabier is an account execu­tive
for Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. in San Antonio,
TX. John Dunn is a group product manager in the
marketing department of Ralston-Purina in St. Louis,
MO. Michael Gardenswartz is business develop­ment
manager for Hispanic Marketing Research in
San Antonio. He recently married Sylvia Cristina
Fernandez in a ceremony at the oldest standing
stone church in the U.S., Mission Concepcion de
Acuna. Dennis W. Howard was recently promoted
to U.S./Japanese joint venture at Intat Precision Inc.
He and his wife, Susan, and their two children live
in Rushville, IN. Darrell D.Johnson is a controller
for Eli Lilly Y Compania de Mexico in Mexico City.
Deborah Kielty was recently transferred to Procter
& Gamble-Italy after nearly five years with the com­pany
in Mexico. She will be an associate group
advertising manager responsible for the company's
completed medical school to
become a general practitioner.
He is involved in the Thun­derbird
Alumni Association
of Europe and has played an
active role in organizing the
successful European reun­ions.
Charles is also presi­dent
of the Vienna Toast­masters.
He was on campus recently
to visit the Thunderbird Man­agement
Center, his first trip
back to campus since gradu­ation.
Commenting on the
new construction Charles
said, 'The students don't
know how lucky they are.
Plans seem to be moving
forward and going in the
right direction ."
Charles LoFond '80
ALUMNI UPDATES
health and beauty care businesses. Katherine Steiner
Koenig is manager of the Toronto Dominion Bank
in Los Angeles. She married Matthew Koenig in
1987 and they live in Granada Hills, CA. Mortada
Mohamed and his wife, Pam, recently had a daughter,
Hada Mortada Mostafa. Jan Nolst Trenite is director
of JBNT Management in Vinkeveen, Netherlands.
Taizo Ohmura is a commercial specialist, promot­ing
trade between the U.S. and japan, at the U.S.
Embassy in Tokyo. He and his wife, Yumiko
Nishiyama '81 , have a son, Yoshitoyo, who will be 6
in December. Deniz Selman is employed by Met
Mar Ltd. in Istanbul, Turkey. Robin Stetzler is proj­ect
cost accountant for TRW Inc. in Redondo Beach,
California. His wife,Judith Bresnen '81 is vice
president/corporate banking at Security Pacific
National Bank. They live in Mission Viejo, CA.
Raymundo Yu and his wife, Nancy, recently had a
baby girl, Rachelle Ashleigh. The couple also have a
son, Russell Ashby. The family lives in Singapore.
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