Thunderbird Magazine, Spring 1991

              THUNDERBIRD
THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT SPRING 1991
MOVING INTO THE FUTURE
Table of Contents
Building a World of Difference
3
Trustee Profile: Douglas Yearley
14
Faculty Profile: Dr. Michael Woolverton
15
Kuwait after Desert Stonn
16
Mexico Business Forum
17
Thunderbird Magazine
Spring 1991
Quarterly magazine of the
Alumni Relations Office of
the American Graduate
School of International
Management. 15249 N. 59th
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Design:
Pat Kenny GraphiC Design
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Relations and Publisher:
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Alumni Relations:
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Executive Secretary/
Office Manager
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Data Base Administrator
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Data Entry Clerk
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Secretary
Ruth E. Thompson
Administrative Assistant
Helen Grassbaugh
Receptionist
Thunderbird Alumni
Association 1990-91
Board of Directors
and Officers
Chairman of the Board:
Jack E. Donnelly '60
President:
Daniel D. Witcher '50
Vice PreSidents:
John C. Cook 79
George T. DeBakey 73
McDiarmid
Messenger 72
Peggy A. Peckham 74
Thomas A. Peterson 77
Secretary:
Bobbie M. Boyd
Ex Officio Members:
Roy A. Herberger, Jr.
Richard Snell
Board Members:
Eric A. Denniston '80
Webb F. Elkins '63
Maarten W. Fleurke 79
Stephen F. Hall '69
William H. Holtsnider '59
Bryan D. Manning 76
Larry K. Mellinger '68
Stephen K. Orr 79
Carroll M. RICkard '56
Jeri Towner Denniston 78
H. Gene Wick '60
Honorary Board Members:
Joseph M. Klein '47
Berger Erickson '86
On the Cover:
David Martinez, Sr.
installs hip rafters in the
International Studies
building. (On page 3 he
is seen with his son,
David Martinez, Jr. The
father/son work for
BeckWith Construction.)
Photos by Tim Rogers.
THUNDERBIRD
AT THE
CROSSROADS
Thunderbird
President Roy A.
Herberger,Jr. has
been in office
for nearly two years, and
the School is now reflecting
the course he has charted.
New degrees are being
offered - the Executive
Master of International
Management and the
Master of International
Health Management; new
buildings are changing
the campus horizon; new
ties are beingforged
inJapan, Austria and
Germany wexpand the
unique Thunderbird pro­gram;
and a new capital
campaign has been
announced to create this
world of difference. Dr.
Herberger recently shared
some thoughts about the
School's new directions.
Priorities
This is a crucial point
in the history of the
School. After 44 years of
having a niche to our­selves,
the environment
has radically changed. We
now have lots of competi­tiOD
in the field of interna­tional
education.
To prepare ourselves to
meet the competition, our
first priority is to fonnu­late
a strategic direction
that incorporates all the
nuances of what our future
is going.to look like.
Another priOlity is to con­tinue
to build the quality
of our acadernic programs
by recruiting key people,
including an academic
vice president, chairs for
the Departments of Inter­national
Studies and
World Business, and new
faculty members.
We are, in a sense,
building the ship and sail­ing
it at the same time.
We spent the first year and
a half dealing with the
obvious and most critical
problem - upgrading the
physical plant. This fall,
our strategic planning will
focus on what we are try­ing
to achieve on behalf
of our students and the
companies that hire our
students - what skills our
students will need as we
go forward. 1 intend to
submit a fonnalized stra­tegic
plan to the Board of
Trustees for their approval,
and to review and revise
the plan every three years.
We must also continue
to sharpen the market­ing
focus of what we do.
The School operates in an
international arena, and
the marketing elements
attached to our own repu­tation
remain, in my opin­ion,
a major issue for us.
Fund-raising
1 see my role at ThuD­derbird
as being focused
on development activities
for the School. Tuition
simply can't cover the
costs to educate students
in a private graduate
school. Institutions like
Thunderbird must seek
outside funds in order to
make the quality of the
program go beyond dol­lars
received from tuition.
Everything we are trying
to do at Thunderbird,
from brochures on execu­tive
programs, to the atti­tude
of students giving
tours is, in my opinion, a
development activity
I believe the entire
institution has to take
on the trappings of a
professional marketing
organization, making cer­tain
that when students
graduate, they feel good
about what happened to
them here and are willing
to reinvest in Thunder­bird
after they can afford
to do so. The School also
needs to constantly gen­erate
new contacts, any
one of whom might be
that one contact that
could be a $1 million
relationship in the future.
We can only do this by
maintaining close ties
with our alumni network.
Alumni giving
Clearly, alumni contri­butions
to the School
should enhance the value
of the degree they have
received from Thunder­bird.
From a dollar stand­point,
the annual fund is
a part of every school's
financial planning. As an
example, the national
average gift to a graduate
business school's annual
fund is $135. At Thun­derbird,
the average gift is
between $80 and $85.
With cutbacks in fed­eral
and state aid to pub­lic
institutions, and the
increasing costs of higher
education, there is
increasing competition
for funding from corpora­tions
and foundations.
They look very carefully
at dollars given by alumni
when they are consider­ing
making grants to the
School. They track the
number of alumni at a
given institution and the
average size of the gift.
These figures are then
measured against the giv­ing
patterns of other
comparable schools. If
the figures are below the
national average, corpora­tion
and foundation offi­cers
wonder why.
So you can see that
alumni annual fund dol­lars
are an important bell­wether
for us. At the very
least, our giving needs to
meet the national average.
A high donor participa­tion
level sends the mes-sage
that Thunderbird
alumni believe in and sup­port
the School's mission.
Maintaining our posi­tion
of prominence in
international education
requires effective alloca­tion
of resources and a
continuing need to raise
external capital for the
School. Alumni are obvi­ously
crucial to this process.
Roy A. Herberger;]r.
President
BRICKS
+
MORTAR =
ACADEMIC
PROGRESS
BUILDING A
WORLD OF
DIFFERENCE
People make the difference and
the generous pledges from peo­ple
interested in Thunderbird are
creating a "world of difference"
on campus as the capital campaign goes
into full swing. For the first time in its
history, the School has received two
$1 million pledges: one is for develop­ment
of the new International Business
Information Center (lBlC), and the
other is for the new World Business/
Administration building. In addition,
several large corporate gifts and pledges
have come from companies like AT &:T,
Tenneco, and Thunderbird Trustee
Clarke Nelson, bringing the capital
campaign total to more than $5.6 mil­lion,
the largest amount ever recorded
in a fiscal year Quly I-June 30) for
Thunderbird, and an increase of 250
percent over last year.
The School has also received a
$750,000 equipment and cash grant
from IBM Corporation to enhance its
leadership in the field of computer sim­ulation
to teach international corpora­tion
management. The grant will also
allow for the establishment of a modem
languages laboratory using artificial
intelligence and computer-based exer­cises
for increasing the productivity
of language instruction.
A grant from the federal Department
of Education for Thunderbird's new
health services degree program and the
internship program is a pivotal gift, and
one which signals the maturing of our
government grant initiative, says Jenny
St. John, vice president for external
affairs.
With increased tuition costs, corpo­rate
scholarships are more important
than ever, and companies like Hershey
Foods International, Ford Motor
Company, Dow Chemical and Merrill
Lynch are providing funds to students
interested in international management
careers but short on funds to attend
graduate school. As of March 1991,
these scholarship funds have increased
to more than three times the previous
year's level.
These pledges and gifts are contrib­uting
to the progress of Thunderbird's
academic programs and building
projects. Facilities are a first funding
priority because the needs are so acute.
The School is eager to move on to fund­ing
endowed professorships and pro­grammatic
initiatives, however, it is first
necessary to have adequate faculty
offices, classrooms, and space for students
to study
Completing a Building
Among the new building projects,
the first to be completed is a new resi­dence
hall ready to house 56 students
this summer. Formerly Dorm "A", the
building has 28 suites with common
baths. Decorated in fawn, gray, blue
and rust, each room has a single bed
whose frame features pull-out drawers,
a night stand, desk with bookshelves
and a four-drawer chest in whitewashed
red oak. Students will be able to hook
up personal computers and eventually
be networked to the entire campus.
The building is the first of four two­story
residence halls that will surround
the Quad and pool area, replacing the
current dorms.
Recreating the Library
The Barton Kyle Yount Library the
Dom Pedro Center, and the Interna­tional
Studies Research Center have
A grand opening for the
new residence hall was held on
May 4, 1991, with students enjoying
a pools ide barbecue and tours of
the 17,820-square-foot facility.
~ The residence hall consists of
28 suites with adjoining
fully-tiled baths.
Sharing a Mission
Trade Media Holdings, Ltd. was
co-founded in 1970 by Merle
Hinrichs '65 as a trade publishing
company with a vision of the
importance of the newly emerging
economies of Asia and the importance
of specialized trade publications to
cater to different companies. Registered
in Hong Kong in November 1970, its
first publication was a general export
magazine titled Asian Sources, pub­lished
in February 1971.
T wenry years later, the company
publishes 14 monthly magazines, two
newsierters, and seven books totaling
4,300 pages on how to import from
Asian countries. These magazines
report on Asian export industries such
as computers, consumer electronics,
time pieces, hardware, glltware, and
fashion and accessories. Circulation fig­ures
range as high as 30,000 readers
per magazine and subscribers include
manufacturers, importers, wholesalers
and retailers worldwide. Articles pro­vide
readers with information on
changing prices, quality, delivery and
specifications of products.
Hinrichs says Trade Media Ltd. '5
mission is similar to that ofThunder­bird's
library. Both prepare, sort, and
distribute information to facilitate the
development of international trade. The
pledge of $1 million from Trade Media
Ltd. will go far in creating an interna­tional
information center on campus.
Hinrichs has asked that the center be
named the Asian Sources Media Groupl
Information Center. "I share with the
School the desire to improve the library
facility. I share the view that Thunder­bird
should be an international business
information hub. A1so, I believe that for
the capital campaign to be successful,
alumni must participate."
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
4
served Thunderbird students well.
Now it is time for growth and change­a
move from the traditionallibraryl
repository concept to electronic
methodologies, using modems and
computer network systems to access
information in both internal and
external environments.
The library, Dom Pedro Center, and
the International Studies Resource Cen­ter
will be merged together into a single
information center on campus. This
will make the collectioIis and services
of the DPC and ISRC more accessible to
students while strengthening the breadth
and scope of the School's information
resources. Combining these centers will
also result in operational efficiencies
by centralizing the technical functions
such as selection and acquisition of
materials, cataloging, and staffing.
Changing Focus
In recognition of the generous $1
million pledge by Trade Media Hold­ings,
Ltd., Hong Kong, and the com-
pany's founder, Merle Hinrichs '65,
the information center will be called
the Asian Sources Media Group/
Information Center.
Plans call for the existing library to
double in size and be retrofitted to
mold to the concept of a global infor­mation
center, says Mischa Semanitzky,
special assistant to President Herberger.
During the construction phase, the
library will remain open to its constitu­ents
and will share a common wall with
the new section being built. Eventually,
the common wall will be broken
through and the two sections will
become one facility. The existing library
will then be refurbished and reor­ganized
to function as an integral part
of the newly expanded space.
Building on Strengths
The information center will become
the nerve center of the campus and will
build on the current library'S strengths.
According to Florence Mason of F.
Mason and Associates, a library con­sulting
firm, the current collection has
two unique features. It is strong in the
area of international business materials
and has an extensive collection of cur­rent
information about other countries,
languages and cultures.
The new plans will Significantly
upgrade the ability of the students and
the faculty to use the resources that
already exist on the campus and
enhance the ability of the School to
organize and deliver resources, both
existing and future ones as they
develop, says Mason. " The plans are
very flexible, to be responsive to
changes in the technology so that they
don't impede, hinder, or in any way
cause technical blockade."
Forging an Information Link
The library currently has limited
access to portions of the Arizona State
University library computer system.
Thunderbird is working with Dave
Chappell, president, Intrepid Design
<III
Existing library card catalogs
will eventually be replaced by an
automated on-line system.
Concepts, on developing a strategic
technical plan for the campus. Chappell
will also assist the School in expanding
the current network of information
services throughout our library and
Arizona State University.
The new information center will
contain computerized on-line public
access catalogs of the holdings. These
catalogs include not only bibliographi­cal
citations but also electronic index­ing
services, giving Thunderbird
extensive access to periodical and infor­mational
data bases.
Information is accessed through data
bases and CD-ROM products, compact
disks that hold a multitude of informa­tion
on anyone discipline and that are
capable of searching at lightning speed.
These products will be featured promi­nently
in the center and will be the key
focus to the center's service policy
Students and faculty members will be
able to access the information network
from personal computers. Eventually,
corporate and individual subscribers will
be able to use portions of the system
conveniently from office or home.
"The information center is a concept
that will take us into the 21st century
and provide students and all online
subscribers with international business
information from all over the world,"
says Semanitzky.
Starting a Building
Across the academic mall from the
library is the site of the International
Studies Building and lecture halls
where workers are well into the con­struction
process. The architectural
firm of Varney, Sexton, lunsford, Aye
has designed all recent construction on
campus, and Francis Constructors, Inc.
is the general contractor.
According to architect Doug Sexton,
the buildings have been designed to
blend into the residential area surround­ing
campus. Energy efficiency has been
a primary consideration with use of
insulated glass, large overhangs, vertical
slump block panels, and earth berms
placed up against window sills to cut
down heat gain inside. landscape plans
call for drought-tolerant, native Arizona
plants, small retaining walls, and small
turf areas to conserve water.
THUNDERBIRDMAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
5
"A centerpiece of the new
information center plan
is a studio and meeting
room to be equipped as a
teleconferencing center. It
will be possible to visually
communicate with other
parts of the campus, and
someday to conduct class
on campus and simulta­neously
teleconference
to classrooms located in
Australia, Japan, or
anywhere on the globe:'
says Mischa Semanitzky.
I
Scheduling a Faculty Move
The lecture hall, which will contain
three case-style classrooms, will open
for classes this fall and International
Studies faculty and departmental
administration will move into their new
offices by mid-September. "For the first
time in the history of the International
Studies Department we will have a truly
professional setting," says Dr. Martin
Sours, acting chair. "It will go a long way
toward professionalizing the relationship
between the faculty and students."
Sours also sees the new building
as having a positive impact on faculty
recruitment and the department's
search for a permanent academic chair.
Designing Features
Faculty and support staff offices are
designed to be both functional and aes­thetically
pleasing. Pat Miller, Troika
Designs, is in charge of the interiors of
the new buildings. She says that a lot
of research has been put into the choice
of furniture which was done in con­junction
with departmental faculty
Work surfaces are designed to allow for
comfortable writing, computer use, and
The case method of teaching
goes back to the early 1900s. It is an
interactive .methodology which
strengthens the students' analytical
skills and encourages classroom
discussion.
reading. All seating has the functions
required for working in different
modes. Chairs move with the person
and provide good back support. Shades
of purple and blue will be used.
The profesSional setting and suffi­cient
work space will allow faculty
members to support expanded mis­sions
as the School moves forward. 'We
are going to have to support the execu­tive
MIM, the Thunderbird Manage­ment
Center, and other tailored
programs," says Sours. The new facility
will help the faculty do their job.
THU DERBIRDMAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
6
Looking at Case-style Classrooms
A breezeway connects the Interna­tional
Studies Building and new lecture
hall. Pledges of $100,000 by Tenneco
and $250,000 from Thunderbird
Trustee Clarke Nelson have helped
make the new classrooms a reality
The case method of teaching uses
deSCriptions of actual situations as the
basis for class discussion. Each day
students are put in the position of
approaching a business situation at a
given point in time. "The whole focus
is grounded in reality," says Dr. Ed
Barrett, vice preSident for executive
education. "It is interactive, and the stu­dent
needs to be prepared for class
every day. Students may be doing any­where
from 30 to 70 percent of all the
talking during a given class session as
opposed to 0 to 20 percent in other
methodologies. Case teaching also
requires a slightly different set of skills
on the instructor's part." Thunderbird
is moving in the direction of increased
emphasis on the G:'1Se methodology.
Designing for the Case Method
The classrooms under construction
will be tiered to facilitate interactive dis­cussion
between students. Instead of
traditional desks, tables will extend
throughout the room with space for
students' notes, books and name cards.
Furniture is from Krueger International
and is ergonomically designed to pro­vide
maximum comfort. The case
Committing a Resource
Once again, Joan and David
Lincoln have shown their com­mitment
to Thunderbird by
pledging $1 million to the
adminisrrative wing of the World
method uses a great deal of board space
so each room will have a set of three
10 feet by 4 feet movable boards, with a
fixed board on either side. "The whole
idea behind case teaching is to help stu­dents
think independently and analyt­ically,"
says Barrett. These classrooms
will aid in that approach.
Approving a Building
The final contract has been signed
for the World Business/Administration
building. Joan and David Lincoln have
pledged a generous $1 million for the
administration wing, which will be
named after them.
The 52,386 square-foot, two-story
structure will house the faculty of
the World Business Department and
the School's administrative offices.
The building will also contain much­needed
public space with an audi­torium,
multipurpose rooms, and the
lobby which can be used for social
events. This building will move the
focus of the campus to the interior of
the grounds facing the proposed inter­national
business park.
Designing a Conceptual Blend
This building, as well as the others,
blends academe and high technology
Business/Administration building. "We
are very enthusiastic about the achieve­ments
ofThunderbird and its plans
for the future. The students are what
makes the School unique and a leader
in its field. Thunderbird has a good
base in proViding a much-needed
service to the U.S. and the world. The
School deserves our support."
David Lincoln has been a generous
and loyal member of the Board of
Trustees for many years. In 1987, the
couple donated $500,000 roward
the Joan and David Lincoln Computer
Center, helping the School step for­ward
into a new era of computer tech­nology.
Their pledge of $1 million will
assist Thunderbird in a step into the
21st century.
by utilizing contemporary designs with
a feeling of tradition. 'The color palette
has been set by the desert at sunset,"
says Miller, "using the green of the cac­tuses,
the pink/peach rones of the
desert sands, and the purples from the
shadows of vegetation on the desert
floor. The colors are very sophisticated,
reflecting the level of professionalism
at the School."
Planning Ahead
Dr. Paul R. Johnson, chair of the
World Business Department, looks for­ward
to the day when the faculty will
be housed in more spacious and com­fortable
surroundings. "We will be
much more efficient than we are right
now," says Johnson. "We are extremely
crowded for space, with part-time fac­ulty
members having to share offices.
Offices are subject ro flooding, and we
are virtually out of conference rooms."
Trying ro schedule conferences with 33
permanent and six part-time faculty is
difficult and there are constant prob­lems
in scheduling space for visiting
faculty and researchers.
The world business faculty appoint­ed
a departmental building advisory
committee to help plan their new
space. Everyone is looking forward to
the improved communication and con­geniality
the move will bring.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
7
The AT&T Auditorium
located in the World
Business! Administration
Building will seat 235
people in a tier setting and
will feature simultaneous
translation equipment.
The World Business
Department faculty look
forward to moving into
offices that will be more
consistent in shape
and size with easier
access to support staff
and conference rooms
providing adequate
meeting space for the
entire department.
One of the improvements will be the
computer network system. Fiber optic
cable has been installed throughout
campus in preparation for the network.
"It will make our job of communication
much easier," says Johnson. The pro­fessors
will have the ability to commu­nicate
with one another and with
colleagues around the world via PC,
with access to E-Mail and electronic
bulletin boards.
The world business wing houses 39
professors' offices and 16 modular
offices for part-time faculty. Two confer­ence
rooms, and offices for support
staff round out the area. The color
scheme in this area will be in shades
of green and sandstone.
Increasing Public Spaces
Guest lecturers will have the luxury
of a state-of-the-art auditorium with
teleconferencelbroadcast capabilities
thanks to a leadership cash grant of
$300,000 from AT&T. In keeping with
the School's international focus, simul­taneous
language translation will also
be available. The AT&T Auditorium
will house rear and front projection
screens and seating for 235 people.
Across the corridor, the multipur­pose
room within the world business
wing will be utilized as one large room
or break down into three smaller
conference/meeting rooms to be used
for speakers, luncheons, receptions and
student events. A kitchen is adjacent to
these rooms to facilitate food service.
Office furniture systems are flexible
and designed to provide maximum
storage at the user's fingertips.
When assembled, the systems blend
a contemporary design with a
feeling of tradition.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
8
Linking the Administration
Administrative offices are currently
scattered around campus making com­munication
difficult. Having the offices
under one roof will aid efficient com­munication
among departments. The
administrative offices will be decorated
in shades of green and teal. Office
components are flexible and look like
traditional cherry wood desks when
assembled. Components offer a maxi­mum
amount of storage at the worker's
fingertips. The president'S space in­cludes
a conference room capable of
seating 60 to 70 people and a smaller
meeting room seating 20. All buildings
will feature indirect lighting and natural
daylight where possible. Light fixtures
have parabolic lenses.
The lobby will be spectacular, says
Miller. Shades of cream, terra cotta and
slate gray will be used in the two-story
atrium. The floor will be constructed
of Italian porcelain pavers with granite
insets. Four pendant light fixtures will
hang from the coffered ceiling and a
wrought-iron railing will enhance the
staircase leading to the second floor.
Plaster relief work will surround the
elevators and the archway to the audi­torium.
A display area in the lobby will
feature memorabilia of Thunderbird's
history.
Looking for Alumni Art
The new buildings have special
locations and lighting created for
pieces of art. Alumni are encouraged
to donate fine quality pieces to what
we hope will be the Thunderbird
collection of art from throughout the
world. Items can be handcarved wood
from the Far East, tapestries, sculpture,
paintings, and rugs.
CAMPUS NEWS
MACHINE LANGUAGE TRANSLATION MAKES SENSE
"Machine Translation- Technology
Smashes the Linguistic Barrier," was the
theme of the fifth annual Entrepreneurs'
Conference held on Thunderbird
campus in March. Sponsored by
Thunderbird and the Entrepreneur
Club, this year's event addressed machine
language translation, an industry with
unlimited international implications
and growth potential.
A highlight of the conference was the
announcement that Thunderbird has
created an award to provide recognition
to the world's outstanding entrepre­neur.
The idea for the award came from
Robert Alick, founder and president
ofCRe.
The format of the conference was
two-tiered: entrepreneurs presenting
their machine translation software
packages, and a panel of translation
industry professionals whose pur­pose
was to evaluate and critique the
products presented.
Data Net International of Mexico
City, represented by Thunderbird stu­dents
Terry Miller and Mario Lopez
Belio, displayed an English/Spanish
translation program. Dr. Michael
Roseborrough, founder!president of
Machine Translation, Inc., of New
Mexico, introduced ULTRA, a multi­linguaVinterlingual
approach to
machine translation. Gus Velez pre­sented
International Business Solutions
(IBS), a multilingual, multicurrency
financial distribution package he devel­oped
that equips companies to operate
accounting statements and import!
export documentation in different
languages simultaneously.
Panelists represented a broad spec­trum
in the international translation
industry. Members included: Robert
Alick, recipient of the 1990 Entrepre­neur
of the Year by Case Western
Reserve University, and founder!
president of CRC International, the
nation's largest computer remanufac­turing
corporation, and current owner
of International Business Solutions;
Alan Portela, vice preSident of market­ing,
Systran Translation Systems Inc. , a
pioneer and major player in the com­puter
language translation industry;
Catherine Godbille, director oflan­guage
translation and vice preSident,
(center) Robert Alick, founder
and president, CRC International,
enjoys a moment with
participants in the Machine Language
Translation conference.
Bowne International; Michael McGuire,
director of operations, Berlitz Inter­national,
Los Angeles; and Arthur
Braunstein, head of translation division,
AT&T's Language Line Service.
Because of the desire for increased
international trade and capital flow,
machine language translation promises
to be a booming industry in the com­ing
years. The presenters and panelists
agreed, however, that even the most
sophisticated machine language transla­tion
can, at most, have an 85 percent
accuracy rate. But machine translation
as a pre-conditioning translation pro­cess
can reduce the number of hours
necessary for human translation.
"Big as well as small corporations
will rely on innovative and creative
entrepreneurs to provide solutions for
bridging the communications gap
associated with doing business inter­nationally,"
says Dr. Dale Vor der
Landwehr, entrepreneurship professor.
As Bob Alick stated, "Big corporations
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are paving the way for entrepreneurs
who are willing to do what they are
not."
Thunderbird President Roy A.
Herberger, Jr. emphasized the growing
employment opportunities that exist
within smaller, entrepreneurial com­panies,
citing the fact that more jobs are
being created by foreign-owned com­panies
than by the Fortune 500
companies.
Victoria Oehlbaum '90
In 1992, Thunderbird will pre­sent
the first International Entre­preneur
of the Year Award. The
award will exemplify the School's
commitment to international
entrepreneurship.
Nominations for the award
must be submitted by October
1991 and include: sales of $50
million, as of 1987; financial data
for a three-year period; interna­tional
activity; banker's and/or
accountant's verification of finan­cial
documents. For more infor­mation,
please contact: Dr. Dale
Vor der Landwehr, Thunderbird
campus.
CAMPUS NEWS
GOLDWATER RECOGNIZED
FOR ROLE IN TAIWAN
The Honorable Barry M. Goldwater,
former u.s. senator from Arizona, was
honored for his role in developing
friendship between the United States
and the Republic of China on Taiwan at
a Thunderbird luncheon in Phoenix
recently The event was also attended by
several officials and business executives
from Taiwan including C. Y. Chang,
director general of the Coordination
Council for North American Affairs in
Los Angeles, and James c.c. Chen,
Speaker of the Taipei City Council.
After joining the Senate in 1953 for
the first of six terms in Washington,
Goldwater persisted in a firm and reli­able
friendship with the ROC. In 1972,
he objected to the Shanghai communi­que
that would give official recognition
to the People's Republic of China and
(l-r): C. Y. Chang, Director General
Coordination Council for North
American Affairs, and Barry
Goldwater. Chang presented Senator
Goldwater with a Thunderbird
award for "Leadership in Global
Understanding between the U.S.
and ROC."
close the door to America's formal rela­tions
with Taiwan.
Later, when President Carter moved
to remove the U.S. embassy from Taipei
and void the Mutual Defense Treaty
with Taiwan, Goldwater worked to
develop the Taiwan Relations Act of
1979, which has effectively replaced
diplomatic recognition with statutory
recognition of the ROC.
"Our two nations share a common
vision of liberty," Goldwater said. "A
free market economy; freedom of travel
and choice of work for each citizen; car­ing
for the rights and dignity of every
individual and providing opportunities
for the fulfillment of each person's
potential as a unique human being. The
United States calls these aspirations
'freedom.' The Chinese on Taiwan call
it the Three Principles of the People' -
democracy, national unity, and the well­being
of all citizens."
Thunderbird President Roy A.
Herberger,Jr. noted that a large number
of Taiwanese pilots were trained at
Thunderbird Field during World War
II. The School also has more than
100 alumni employed in Taiwan.
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
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COMMUNICATING
A NEED
Each year, Thunderbird students and
alumni call on graduates throughout
the United States to ask for pledges to
the Annual Fund. The 1990-91 fund is
off to a record start with pledges total­ing
$101,000 received from the student
phonathon held on campus in January
Twenty-three Thunderbird students
gave up precious time to call alumni
around the U.S.
In March, the New York area pho­nathon
raised over $20,000 in pledges.
Once again, World Business Advisory
Council member Dwight Coffin donated
the use of Continental Grain offices and
telephones high above Park Avenue.
Braving rain, sleet and snow, 24 alumni
volunteers under the direction of Harriet
Shugarrnan '86, spent four evenings call­ing
on 350 of their peers in the area. Jim
Rodgers '89 received $3,000 in pledges
during one evening, a record for the
New York phonathon.
TAKE A MESSAGE
Thunderbird offices are open from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday. To better service tele­phone
queries, phone messages can be
left with the School's answering service
after hours by calling the main switch­board
at (602) 978-7011. Please be
aware that the service takes messages
only. The School's 800 number is avail­able
for Admissions queries only.
A STANDARD
FOR THE FUTURE
The Alumni Relations and Develop­ment
Offices are beginning to con-vert
existing computer records into
Banner, an expanded data base system.
The system will enable us to provide
Thunderbird alumni with more com­prehensive
and accurate data in the
future. During this process, some
computer-generated information and
services will be temporarily unavailable.
We ask for your patience and apologize
for any inconvenience.
SPRING BANQUET
AWARDS ALUMNI
High above the city of Phoenix, the
Thunderbird Kachina presided over a
dinner held to honor the School's out­standing
alumni along with the four
groups who support the School. The
Board of Trustees, Thunderbird Alumni
Association Board, ASLC Presidents
Association, and the World Business
AdviSOry Council mixed and mingled
amid a spectacular view of the city on
the tenth floor of the new One Arizona
Center.
The Kachina is a symbol that cap­tures
the spirit of adventure which has
become synonymous with the School
and its graduates. Each year it is pre­sented
to alumni whose career accom­plishments
have enhanced their
reputation, placed them in leadership
positions, and brought honor to the
School. This year, the highest award,
the Jonas B. Mayer Distinguisped
Alumnus Award was given to Gary L.
Langstaff '71, former executive vice
president of marketing for the Burger
King Corporation.
The award for business and industry
was presented to Robert J. Lambrix,
senior vice president and chief financial
officer, Baxter International, Inc.
Lambrix joined Baxter in 1983 after
working for 20 years with Armco Inc.
in various sales and finance capacities
A
Outstanding alumni pose with the
Thunderbird Kachina. (I-r): Robert].
Lambrix '63, Richard E. Ragsdale '67,
and Gary L. Langstaff '71.
in Spain, Argentina, Mexico, and the
United States. Richard E. Ragsdale '67,
chairman of the board, Community
Health Systems, was awarded a Kachina
for his entrepreneurial skills. His
company operates 10 hospitals in the
Southeast and Southwest with revenues
exceeding $130 million. He has also
helped fund eight other health services
companies as start-ups and leveraged
buy-outs, raising over $30 million in
institutional equity and $100 million in
debt capital for these ventures.
Unable to attend the evening's festiv­ities,
two outstanding alumni were
also recognized. The Distinguished
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
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Spring Banquet attendees were
treated to an inside look at the
Federal Reserve Board's policies and
decisions during the current
economic downturn. Martha
Romayne Seger, a member of the
Board of Gpvernors of the Federal
Reserve System, gave the keynote
address. Governor Seger is the
longest serving member of the board.
She has been designated to represent
the Federal Reserve on the National
Women's Business Council and the
Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation, se.rv. ing as its chair .
.... W.L. Lyons Brown,Jr. '60 was
honored on campus recently and
presented with theJonas Mayer
Distinguished Alumnus Award he
received in 1990. In response, Brown
said, "I was enormously honored to
have been given the award, and the
warm and very genuine presentation
at that special lunch was especially
meaningful." Guests included (I-r)
Richard Snell, chairman of the
Thunderbird Board of Trustees,
W. L. Lyons Brown,Jr. , and
William Turner, trustee.
Alumnus Award for Banking and
Finance was given to Daniel T Jacobsen
'59, retired senior vice president and
chief auditor, Citicorp/Citibank.
Jacobsen served in this position for 10
years. Prior to this appointment, he was
employed by Citicorp in the Philip­pines,
Hong Kong, and Japan. For her
service to Thunderbird, Mariya Toohey
Fogarasi '78 received a Kachina repre­senting
that category She has served
within the alumni association in
numerous capacities in Europe and also
assists students, professors, and alumni
with class projects, curriculum, and
career advice.
CAMPUS NEWS
Paula]. Dobriansky
THE SPEAKERS'
PLATFORM
"IBM is living up to the I in its name.
We are truly an international company,"
said Terry Lautenbach, senior vice
president of the company, during a visit
to the Thunderbird campus. It was a rare
opportunity for students to learn first­hand
how IBM has changed its corpo­rate
culture to fit the ever increasing
global economy
Lautenbach told his audience how
IBM is facing its fierce and global
competition where global alliances are
characteristic of the industry "We are
committed to producing defect-free
products that meet our customers'
wants and needs," he said. "We recog­nize
that we can't do everything our­selves,
and we are committed to a broad
range of parmerships and alliances to
broaden our portfolio of solutions for
our customers.
"We are committed to redUCing our
structure, to be cost competitive in a
relentlessly competitive industry" IBM
is also trimming its work force with
financial packages instead of layoffs,
and by the sale of nonstrategic busi­nesses
and thinning of management
ranks.
"We are now reshaping IBM through
our market -driven, quality deploy­ment,"
said Lautenbach. He described
five initiatives IBM has taken to suc­ceed:
defining market needs, defect
elimination, total cycle-time reduction,
Terry R. Lautenbach
employee participation/empowerment,
and measurements. "We are calling
them 'five-up ,'" said Lautenbach.
Paula]. Dobriansky, associate direc­tor
for programs at the United States
Information Agency, was the featured
speaker at the March meeting of the
Thunderbird International Symposium.
As director, Dobriansky formulates and
implements policy guidance for all of
USIA's program operations, including
press and publications, international
exhibitions, and the agency's foreign
press centers. Her speech covered the
role of the USIA in information dissem­ination
during the Gulf War. Questions
and answers following her presentation
focused on events in Eastern Europe.
INTERNSHIP
UPDATE
In 1981, the Thunderbird Graduate
Management Internship Program had
two students enrolled. This semester it
has enjoyed its most successful semes­ter,
offering positions to 80 students.
Current internships are being offered
in Mexico, Japan, Norway, Germany,
Canada, Spain, Australia and the
United States. PepsiCo Foods Interna­tional,
Citibank, Dow Chemical, and
the u.s. & Foreign Commercial Service
are among the more than 75 profit
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
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DASTOR
SUBSCRIPTIONS
AVAILABLE
Plans are being developed to offer a
Das Tor subSCription service to inter­ested
alumni this fall. Sponsored by the
Student Alumni Committee working
in conjunction with Das Tor, the service
is intended to expand the forum for
communication among students past
and present.
Das Tor has seen many changes
this semester. Along with the details
of weekly campus life, a host of new
features have been added. Faculty pro­files,
news columns from publications
around the world, and global poli­tical
debate are now integral parts of
the newspaper. These additions and
enhancements will serve as a blueprint
for future editions of the paper as it
grows with the School.
An annual subscription will be
offered at the price of $30 within the
continental U.S. International subscrip­tions
will become available based on
demand and rates will be established
accordingly Requests and payment can
be mailed to:
American Graduate School of
International Management
Thunderbird Campus
Das Tor - Subscriptions
Glendale AZ 85036
USA
and non-profit organizations that have
participated in this program.
Students returning from their intern­ships
report that they have satisfied
the expectations of participating com­panies,
and that the work experience
gained was instrumental in helping to
place them in interesting careers in
global business. Many have accepted
permanent positions with companies
participating in the internship program.
Thunderbird plans to increase the
internship participation to 300 by
1995. If you feel that your organization
would be interested in becoming an inte­gral
part of this program, please contact
Barbara Olson, Director of Internship
Education at (602) 978-7242.
Alumni leaders took time out
from the conference in March to tour
the new residence hall.
BUILDING A COHESIVE ALUMNI NETWORK
Eighteen alumni participated in
the 1991 Thunderbird Leadership Con­ference
held on campus in February
Jon Goodman '86, Washington D.c.,
and Diane Carter '86, Los Angeles,
co-chaired the event. Their objective
was to give each leader a better under­standing
of what is happening on
campus, understand the successes and
concerns of other chapters, and learn
how the constituents can work together
to strengthen the alumni network.
In pursuit of the objectives, the con­ference
was formatted to give attendees
the opportunity to interact with each
group that comprises the Thunderbird
community: students, administration,
faculty, and fellow alumni. 'The high
point was being in the classroom with
students and hearing what they expect
from the business world and fellow
alumni," says Goodman.
The chapter leaders agreed to do a
survey of their local alumni to gain a
better understanding of chapter demo-
NEW FACE AT THUNDERBIRD
Barbara Carpenter has been named
director of the Thunderbird Executive
Training Center (TETC). She will be
responsible for all marketing and opera­tional
aspects of the seminars offered to
the public by the TETC. Carpenter's
background includes conference plan­ning
with the New England Employee
Benefits Council, and political cam­paign
management. She also spent 17
years as a foreign exchange trader, and
vice president/chief foreign exchange
dealer for Shawmut Bank in Boston.
She graduated from Macalester College
and holds an MBA from the College of
St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Barbara Carpenter
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graphiCS, and to learn what Tbirds are
looking for from chapter events, says
Goodman. The information is essential
in developing tailored events for each
area. Each chapter also agreed to adopt
one other chapter to facilitate getting
everyone involved in doing the same
survey. "We need to get alumni leaders
throughout the world involved," says
Goodman. "It is the only way to build
the synergy necessary to produce a
cohesive network."
CALLING AIESEC
Thunderbird is forming an AIESEC
alumni group to participate in informal
activities and to stay informed of asso­ciation
developments. If you were an
AIESEC member, please contact Kevin
Lloyd, AIESEC Alumni Coordinator,
Thunderbird Campus, to become a part
of the unique and useful data base
being constructed. When we know
where you are, we will update you on
the rapidly changing AIESEC world.
AIESEC (pronounced eye-sek) is the
French acronym for the International
Association of Economics and Manage­ment
Students. It is a nonprofit, non­political
wholly student managed
association that conducts exchange
programs, seminars, and study tours.
T RU ST E E PRO FILE
DOUGLAS YEARLEY AND PHELPS DODGE:
,M'CA IN TAINING A RICH TRADITION opper in Bisbee; Christians
in Beirut." This headline
on the front cover of a 1932
issue of Fortune magazine
called attention to a profile of the Phelps
Dodge Corporation titled "Presbyterian
Copper." The article recounted the
company's years of economic ups and
downs that began with the export of
cotton and the import of metals from
England to the United States.
Phelps Dodge is steeped in the
culture of its founding families. While
the Phelps lineage did not survive, the
Dodge family influence continues today
with a sixth-generation family member
on the company's board of directors.
Along with their import-export busi­ness,
the Dodge family founded the
American University in Beirut.
In 1881, Phelps Dodge became
involved in copper mining when a
stranger walked into the company's
offices in Manhattan and asked for
a loan to build a copper smelter in
Arizona. After sending metallurgist
James Douglas to assess the situation,
Phelps Dodge took the risk and opened
its first mine in Bisbee. It took a few
false starts and a $95,000 outlay of cap­ital
before a nO-foot shaft located a
·rich ore body, the Copper Queen mine.
Out of that hole grew the modem
Phelps Dodge Corporation.
Headquartered in Phoenix, this
157-year-old company is led today
by Douglas C. Yearley, chairman of
the board and chief executive officer.
Yearley started with the company in
1960 as director of research and project
engineer for Phelps Dodge Copper
Products in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
After graduating from Cornell
University with a bachelor's degree in
metallurgical engineering, he was
employed as a welding engineer by
General Dynamics in Groton, Connect­icut,
working on the earlier versions
of atomic submarines.
When one steps out of the elevator
on the 15th floor of the Phelps Dodge
building on Central Avenue in Phoenix,
the atmosphere reflects the tradition
and conservative culture of the com­pany.
Mahogany furniture and Oriental
rugs grace Yearley's peaceful office.
Within these offices, he and his staff are
moving the conservative company into
prominence in the global marketplace.
Douglas Year ley
After a disastrous year in 1984, result­ing
from three years of plummeting
copper prices, Phelps Dodge was high­lighted
in a Business Week magazine
cover story titled, 'The Death of Min­ing."
The company, under the direction
of former Chairman and CEO, G.
Robert Durham, developed a survival
plan with three major objectives: make
copper operations viable through cost
reduction; improve the weak balance
THUNDERBIRD MAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
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sheet by materially reducing debt; and
strive for a significant diversification
program to reduce Phelps Dodge's
dependence on copper.
Yearley was a major player in the
upswing of Phelps Dodge and was pro­filed
in a May 1990 issue of Forbes as'
one of 25 executives chosen for their
success in turning around troubled
companies. He implemented a number
of drastic cost -cutting measures to
return the company to profitability.
Today, Phelps Dodge has a global
view. It has mining and manufacturing
interests in 23 countries and is cur­rently
developing a major mine in Chile
that will involve a $400 million invest­ment.
In discussing Phelps Dodge Cor­poration's
global reach, Yearley says,
'We travel the world on a regular basis.
Every week we distribute an executive
schedule of our top 30 people and each
week at least half a dozen are traveling
out of the country"
The company's global focus has not
changed the way Phelps Dodge does
business, however. "Our ethical stan­dards,
our level of acceptable perfor­mance,
and the importance we place on
people, our most important asset,
remain, but now we measure them
globally. As we expand into other coun­tries,
and in particular developing
countries, we are very cognizant of dif­ferent
cultures, ethics and standards.
We adhere carefully to our company's
code of conduct, and if that means we
don't get the business, then we just
don't get the business."
Judging from its balance sheet,
Phelps Dodge will continue to maintain
the rich tradition and conservative cor­porate
culture it has enjoyed for 157
years, while diversifying and expanding
its operations to maintain its niche in
the world marketplace.
Carol NaJtzger
Editor's Note: Douglas Yearley jOined
Thunderbird's Board of Trustees in
March 1990. This is part of a series of
trustee profiles.
FACULTY PROFILE
DR. MICHAEL WOOLVERTON:
AGRIBUSINESS AROUND THE WORLD
Mike Woolverton is delighted to
be teaching at Thunderbird.
He says, "Now my interests
are the world and not just the
state of Arizona." He began his respon­sibilities
as Continental Grain Professor
of Agribusiness last fall, coming from
Arizona State University where he was
assistant director of the School of Agri­business
and Environmental Resources.
Woolverton has taught agricultural
economics and business for 15 years.
Agribusiness is broadly described
as the food and fiber system of any
country Woolverton says, "We really
look at everything from fertilizer to
McDonald's." The agribusiness sector
employs about 21 percent of the U.5.
population, makes up about 20 percent
of the Gross National Product, and
accounts for roughly half of the world's
employment, and employs as many
as 80 percent of the people in many
developing nations.
Having grown up on a farm in for­mer
President Dwight Eisenhower's
hometown of Abilene, Kansas,
Woolverton has always been inter­ested
in agriculture. He received a Bs in
agricultural economics and an MBA
in financial management from Kansas
State University The professor con­siders
earning his Ph.D. in agricultural
economics at the University of Missouri
as one of the most challenging tasks he
has ever faced. "You really have to have
a burning desire to get a Ph.D."
Woolverton's career has included
work as a field sales representative for
ClBA-Geigy, selling herbicides and other
pesticides. After receiving his MBA, he
trained as a grain merchant for Cargill in
Minneapolis but ended up doing ven­ture
and acquisition analysis for them.
The last project he worked on at Cargill
involved a pilot project to ferment whey,
a byproduct from cheese manufactur­ing,
which was turned into a molasses­like
product for livestock feed.
After earning his Ph.D. , Woolverton
began his teaching career at Ohio State
University and eventually transferred
to Arizona State. He also started a
journal on agribusiness seven years ago
and remains managing editor of
Agribusiness: An InternationalJournal.
In his spare time, he has spearheaded
a move to start an agribusiness manage­ment
association which came to frui­tion
this year when the International
Agribusiness Management Association
held its first meeting in Boston. The
journal Woolverton edits will be the
official publication of the association.
The association currently has about
400 members and already has chapters
formed in Australia and Indonesia.
Woolverton sees the signing of the
General Agreement on Trade and Tariff
(GATT) as the biggest problem faCing
the agribusiness industry today. "If we
(the U.S.) can negotiate away from sub­sidies
to get the international trade in
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agricultural products back on an eco­nomic
value basis, it will mean more
trade for all countries concerned. We
rely very heavily on exports of agri­cultural
products in this country. About
half of everything we produce is
exported, so it is very important that
we get that agreement signed. "
Environmental issues on the use of
pesticides has been a hot media topic
ever since the Alar scare in Washington
state which resulted in Washington
apple growers throwing away $200
million worth of apples. The growers'
association sued 60 Minutes who had
reported that Alar, the pesticide being
used on apples, could cause cancer.
The growers' association won their court
case because the Alar cancer scare
could not be substantiated.
Woolverton says that the public is
not very well educated in the areas of
science and technology and tends to
look at these issues emotionally rather
than logically. He says the pesticides
used by farmers have a wide margin of
safety "I think one of the problems fac­ing
us in agribusiness is to somehow
educate the public so that they better
understand the issues. The alternatives
of not using these products are very
dismal because we then look at more
expensive methods of insect and weed
control, and more expensive ways of
adding nutrients to the soil to replace
fertilizers currently being used. What
this means is less food and higher
prices along with reduced quality I
think this is a case where we really
need to educate people rather than
scare them."
Professor Woolverton teaches
courses in agribusiness and interna­tional
marketing management. This fall
he plans to introduce a new course on
price risk management, which will
cover the futures and options market as
well as cash market mechanisms for
transferring price risk. He is currently
developing another new course at
Thunderbird which will deal with envi­ronmental
economics issues. CN.
VIEWPOINT
DOING BUSINESS IN KUWAIT AFTER DESERT STORM
Companies and entrepreneurs
considering doing business
in Kuwait in the aftermath of
liberation have a lot to think
about. The outcome to the unfortunate
events which began last August pre­sents
unprecedented opportunities.
However, the competitive environment
in Kuwait will not take long to resur­face,
does not tolerate, and will not
sustain businesses making mistakes.
International and domestic market
forces arising from the openness of
Kuwait's economy will swing back. The
traditions and intricate ways the Kuwait
market operated by and the ingenious
entrepreneur-trader class have not dis­appeared.
It is for these reasons the
international manager must think about
what the rebuilding of Kuwait means
and how to best operate in order to
benefit from it.
Making the unprecedented oppor­tunity
tantamount to an easily reached
"gold mine" would be dangerous.
Not contemplating how to operate in
Kuwait can be fatal. When doing busi­ness
in Kuwait, whatever the business
might be, one must learn or know
how to swim with the currents of the
market modus operandi.
Companies capable of delivering a
service or product that cannot be
delivered by local Kuwaiti firms will be
the ones most likely to succeed. The
virtues of corporations like Bechtel,
for instance, are unmatched locally
Bechtel's sheer size, unmatched man­agement
skills, previous international
experience in the region, and techno­logical
capabilities make the company
"special" in Kuwait.
Editor's Note: Ziad Sultan AI-Essa is
Jrom Kuwait and is currently a student
at Thunderbird. He is a partner in
MustaJa AI-Sultan & Sons WL.L., a
Jamily-owned Kuwait firm dealing
in construction supply materials, and
the import oj commodities.
On the other hand, a u.s. door man­ufacturer
would not fare as well. Doors
can be more cheaply manufactured
locally, or imported from a vendor close
by It is good to keep in mind the
distance to Kuwait and related trans­portation
costs.
Even though the private sector in
Kuwait nearly perished, it will rebound
quickly amid the intense business activ­ities
of the rebuilding period. Eventu­ally,
only what cannot be offered, and
what was not offered before the inva­sion,
by local firms will be marketable.
Generally speaking, consumer goods
were widely available in Kuwait before
the invasion. Other goods that are eas­ily
imported and were needed were
abundant. However, products and ser­vices
requiring advanced technological
capabilities or special skills are not
available through local firms. For exam­ple,
AT&T's unmatched skills and
products in the communication field
have greater chances for success in
Kuwait. Environmental clean-up firms
with significant knowledge in air and
oil pollution will be needed. large
marine contractors owning advanced
and specialized equipment not available
locally have better chances for port
repair work in Kuwait.
Long-term business is of utmost
importance in Kuwait. This principle,
though not always relevant, is universal.
The fact that a new firm will operate
in a different and competitive environ­ment
thousands of miles away makes
this principle even more pressing.
The extra costs needed for preparation
and establishment in Kuwait need
to be considered, and adequate returns
should be expected to justify these
costs. Therefore, it is important to
assess how long a proposed service will
be needed, to check its feasibility, and
to check how much demand exists.
The Kuwaiti government is commit­ted
to ensure active participation of u.s.
business enterprises in the rebuilding
of Kuwait. According to a press release
issued by the Embassy of the State of
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Kuwait in March, this includes "the
employment of nationals, as well as the
participation of small, disadvantaged,
and minority businesses."
The rebuilding and restoration of
Kuwait will occur in three phases:
the emergency phase, the assessment
phase, and the recovery phase. The
emergency phase is not complete, yet
the assessment stage has started. It will
take several months to be completed.
By then, damage caused by the Iraqi
occupation will be surveyed and
priorities and needs will be defined.
Until the assessment phase is
completed, it is not expected that any
substantial contracting activity will
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THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
The Mexico Business Forum:
STANDING ROOM ONLY
There was standing room only as over 180 people
crowded into the Sheraton in downtown Los Angeles
for the Mexico Business Forum in April. It was a
"home run" said Dr. Roy A. Herberger, Jr. who gave
the opening remarks. 'This is just the sort of thing we
like alumni to be involved in." The forum was second
in a series of international business forums presented
by the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the Thunderbird
Alumni Association.
The forum featured Jorge Amigo, general director of
foreign investment for the Mexican Ministry of Trade
and Industry His keynote speech highlighted how
privatization and deregulation have affected Mexican
companies such as Aeromexico. He also emphasized
the changes in foreign investment policy which are
making U.S. investment in Mexico easier and more
attractive.
A partial list of other speakers includes Carlos de
Orduna, general director of Sanyo, Mexico; Irene
Fisher, director of the California Export Finance
Office, Charles Parks '81, vice president of SCI,
and Robert Lees '77, president, Pacific InterTrade
Corporation. Thunderbird faculty included Professors
Francisco Carrada-Bravo, Robert Tancer, and Richard
Mahoney, who was recently elected as Arizona's
Secretary of State.
The forum was the result of months of preparation
by Diane Carter '86, Barbara Cortright '86, Mark Evans
'87, p.]. Garrido '80, Michael Hatch '89, Richard
Pascal, '88, Mary Ann Shemdin '88, and Mac Messenger
'72, committee chair with assistance from area alumni
and the San Diego alumni chapter. There is a two-hour
videotape or audiotape of the forum available to Thun­derbird
alumni. For more information, please contact
Barbara Cortright, (w) 213-614-5340.
Barbara Cortright '86
ARIZONA
Alumni from Tucson and
Phoenix joined forces to spend
a weekend soaking in the flavor
of the Old West in April. The
event included the Arizona
Sonora Desert Museum, the
San Xavier del Bac Mission,
Old Tucson, and a picnic at a
mountain park.
Phoenix
First Tuesday in March fea­tured
a presentation on the
importance of cultural briefings
for western nationals doing
business with the japanese.
Dr. Alan Goldman, associate
professor of communication
Arizona State University West,
offered the audience his inSights
on the contrast between U.S.
and japanese communication
styles.
CALIFORNIA
Greater Los Angeles
"Global Investing in the '90s"
was the topic of the February
speaker dinner in Santa Mon­ica.
Robert C. Fisher, managing
director of Wertheim Schroder
&: Co. said that American isola­tionism
is out and the U.S. is
more competitive in the realm
of investments than we are led
to believe. The event was one in
a series of speaker dinners
sponsored by the Los Angeles
alumni chapter.
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Earth Day was celebrated by
Tbirds and their families at Will
Rodgers State Park. Families
played polo, hiked, and enjoyed
the day's festivities.
Orange County
OC Tbirds kept busy this
spring with a get-together at the
Sanjuan Capistrano Mission to
celebrate the return of the swal­lows;
a two-night stay at the
Excalibur Resort Casino in Las
Vegas and an international trade
conference called "Beyond EC
1992: Implication for the Pacific
Rim." The group is now meet­ing
on First Thursdays at 6:00
p.m. at EI Torito ,4221
Dolphin-Striker Way, Newport
Beach, (714) 833-9740.
The organizers of the Orange
County chapter mailed a survey
to area alumni in February
Those who responded said they
attend meetings primarily to
meet other Tbirds. Bya 2-to-1
margin, they want occasional
guest speakers at meetings.
Trade with Mexico and other
When in Portland, join Oregon
Tbirds for First Tuesdays at
the Portland Center Red Lion, from
5:30 p.m. to 7;00 p.m. Oregon
Tbirds posed for a photo during a
recent get together. Photo courtesy of
Marcia Floren '87
THUNDERBIRD NETWORK
Twelve of the 13 Tbirds living in
Luxembourg turned out for a
first-ever First Tuesday recently.
Most alums work in the banking
sector, as Luxembourg has emerged
as a major financial capital in
the last decade. The event took place
at Chi-Chj's Restaurant in
Luxembourg City. Photo courtesy of
Jessica Hynes Jarvis '88
Latin American countries
ranked high on the list of sug­gested
topics. Respondents were
in graduating classes from 1976
to the present, slightly more
than half were married, and half
of those have children. About
one-third of the respondents
said they did not attend any
alumni events during 1990
mainly because of location. The
board will use the survey infor­mation
to plan activities for
the remainder of 1991.
San Francisco Bay Area
The Peninsula Third Tuesday
meetings have moved to
Bentley'S, 1108 North Mathilda
in Sunnyvale, (408) 745-6214.
The San Francisco chapter
has been active in expanding
the focus of their activities. The
Job Club meets downtown on
a regular basis to provide an
informal forum to trade job
hunting/career changing tips,
contacts, and techniques. The
New Venture Group also meets
monthly to provide a friendly
but professional sounding
board for people to air, test, and
develop new business venture
ideas. To check the status and
Festive is the word for the New York
chapter alumni who joined Jim '89
and Bridget Blake Rodgers '89 at their
home over the holidays. Photo
courtesy of Pamela Mitchell '89
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location of the chapter's latest
events and to leave messages,
call (415) 979-4440. This is a
voice mail number made possi­ble
by John Murphy '70.
FLORIDA
The South Florida chapter
has new officers and committee
chairs for 1991. Vincent S.
Daniels '74 is president; Paul
Simons '70, vice president; Bill
Johnson '60, alumni representa­tive;
Lisa Armbrust '86, dinners
chair; Pat Bronos '74, picnic
chair; Gail Goggin '78 and Lisa
Mark '88, seminar chairs. First
Tuesdays continue at Place St.
Michel, Alcazar and Ponce de
Leon, Coral Gables, beginning
at6:00pm.
MARYLAND
Baltimore Tbirds met at The
Spanish Meson Restaurant in
February with special guests
George DeBakey '73, Washing­ton
Thunderbird representa­tive,
and Jon Goodman '86,
Washington chapter president.
The group plans to meet once a
quarter on the first Thursday
of the month.
NEW ENGLAND
The Thunderbird Club of
New England reinstated its offi­cers
for 1991: Bryan Manning
'76 is preSident; Patty Knight
'86, vice president; Peter Moon
'89, treasurer; and Elizabeth
Ozon '86, communications. In
March, the chapter offered a
free job search workshop to area
alumni. Webb Elkins '63 of
Drake Beam Morin, Inc. offered
his firm's facilities and services.
Elizabeth Oion is looking for
New England-area alums cur­rently
making a splash in the
press. Ozon can be reached at
(617) 367-1830. Club Vice
President Patty Knight appeared
in the January 1991 issue of
Ebony Magazine as one of the
most promising black women
in corporate America. She is an
associate product manager at
Gillette Co. in Boston.
NEW YORK
In March, alums cele-brated
Camaval at the baja in
Manhattan (Rio was just a bit
too far away) . First Tuesdays are
now being held at Cafe Society,
located at 915 Broadway and
21st Street. Meet in the back
mezzanine room for happy
hour until 7:00 pm. (free food
and a pool table). Live music
begins at 8:00. The March First
Tuesday featured a special wel­come
for recent graduates.
OREGON
The Portland board met early
in the year to select officers for
1991 and to discuss the goals
of the chapter. New officers
include Nikko Klutho '83 as
representative/president; Diana
Hoffman '80, vice preSident;
Marcia Floren '87, secretary/
treasurer; Amanda Black '81 and
Bill Klutho '83, speakers com­mittee;
Simon Acheson '72 and
john O'Brien '68, to provide
assistance where needed. The
board hopes to increase mem­bership
in 1991. Other goals
include tapping the World
Affairs Council for possible
speakers or guests at chapter
events; send out a question­naire
to Oregon and southwest
Washington alumni to update.
attitudes toward First Tuesdays
and other chapter events; and
get involved in a SOCially con­scious
activity such as beach
cleanup or a food drive for
the needy
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh Tbirds are meet­ing
on First Tuesdays each
quarter beginning with the june
meeting. Froggy's at 100 Market
Street is the location and
5:30 p.m. is the time. For more
information, please contact
Becky Christoff '89, w( 412)
762-5289.
TEXAS
Houston
Houston Tbirds and Cancer
Counseling, Inc., a non-profit
organization that helps families
stricken by cancer, jOintly spon­sored
a mule-drawn wagon in
the 1991 Houston Livestock
Rodeo Parade in February This
was the kick-off for two weeks
of bull-riding, chuck wagon
races and calf roping. The
alumni involvement in this
Houston tradition was orga­nized
by Mark Kerrissey '76,
chairman of the special projects
committee.
San Antonio
Maggie's is the meeting place
for San Antonio First Tuesdays.
Organized by Ben Miedema '77,
the evening begins at 6:00 p.m.
at 9715 San Pedro, three blocks
north of Loop 410.
UTAH
The Utah chapter has
changed its First Tuesday meet­ing
place to Club Cabana on
4th South between State and
Main streets. Meetings begin at
6:00 pm. The March meeting
was well attended with gradu­ates
representing classes from
1951 to 1987. The chapter elec­ted
new officers as follows:
Thomas Hannum '86, presi­dent;
jan Crispin-Little '83, vice
president; and Steve Ellif '87,
secretary and treasurer. The
new officers plan to update the
current alumni list for Utah and
set an agenda for the chapter.
Carol Briam Stengel '81 and her
husband,Jean Pierre, hosted a
chapter reunion of Nigerian Tbirds.
The group enjoyed a sumptuous
buffet and good conversation. Photo
courtesy of Garry Moore '64
WASHINGTON
"Doing Business in Asia"
was a video series offered to
Washington-area alumni inter­ested
in learning about doing
business in japan, Taiwan,
South Korea, and Hong Kong.
Filmed on location, it included
case studies of corporations,
custOms of the business com­munities,
cultures of the people,
and how to negotiate more
effectively and avoid mistakes.
The idea for the series was gen­erated
by Tbird Yoshi Ogawa
'90, assistant district sales man­ager
for Northwest Airlines. It
was co-sponsored by the Wash­ington
State alumni association.
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee alums met in
March to generate ideas for the
chapter's 1991 calendar of
events. The First Tuesdays take
place at john Hawks Pub, 100
East Building at Wisconsin Ave­nue
and Water Street. Contact is
Ellen M. Dieringer '81.
GERMANY
Dusseldorf, Essen and
Cologne Tbirds are meeting the
third Monday of the month at
Tonhalle Restaurant in Kaiser­werth,
a suburb of Dusseldorf.
The meetings are organized by
Susan Irby '85.
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UPDATES
1947 -1950
John C. Backer 47 has retired from his position as
manager for General Motors Corporation. He lives
in Placentia, CA. Carl G. Gonzalez 47 is retired
from Dunham-Bush International and enjoying his
41-foot Kenner sailboat. He takes trips to the Islands
and hosts cruises on the Bay. Carl recently sailed
with a fellow T'bird, Paul Welborn '57. He lives in
Coral Gables, Florida and welcomes all T'birds.
Earl L. Slyder 47 has retired from his position as
president of Wiley & Associates. He lives in
Scottsdale, AZ. Glenn Bowlus 48 is retired and
lives in Phoenix, AZ. Neil M. Clark 49 is retired
from American Red Cross as district director. His
children are "happy, healthy and prosperous." He
has nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Neil lives in Boise, 10. Robert P. Bertocchi,]r. 50
has retired from his position as manager in sales and
services for Allen-Bradley. He lives in Shorewood,
WI. Ralph G. Gettig 50 retired in July from his
position as broker and financial consultant for
Merrill Lynch. He lives in Cleveland Heights, OH
William H. Hunt 50 is the executive vice president
of U.S. Travel Systems. He lives in Bellevue, WA.
1951
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NOVEMBER 8-10, 1991
D. Barker Bates enjoyed a family reunion of his
maternal line last summer where he condensed and
distributed a portion of his great grandmother'S
history. In addition, Barker will be showing art
work based on his career "Five Decades Plus in
the Industrial Design Field" in a local library
this summer. He and his wife, Marjorie, live in
Longview, WA.Jack]. Moss retired from his
position as sales representative for Trend Business
Systems. He lives in Tucson, AZ.
1952-1956
Clarence R. O'Neal 52 has retired from the
International Atomic Energy Agency. His 29 years
with the organization included assignments in: five
years of developing and coordinating an integrated
program of technology transfer in the nuclear field
for Latin America; five years as special advisor to the
Director General; and a year in the Trieste area in a
similar capacity to the President of the Third World
Academy of Sciences and the Director of the
International Center for Theoretical Physics. He is
now engaged in consulting activities in Vienna.
Clarence and his wife, Tamara, live in Siegenfeld,
Austria. B. Don Blackwood 53 turned 85 years old
in February. He is retired and "hiding out in the
wilderness," in Trinity Center, CA. Jeronimo A.
Morales 53 retired at the outset of 1991. He
lives in Norwalk, CA. Robert H. Morehouse 53
has become an associate in research at Harvard
University'S Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
and is a visiting associate at the Fairbank Center for
East Asian Research . In addition, Robert is senior
advisor for Asia to the Skandinaviska Enskilda
Banken Group, Stockholm, and chairman of Atlas
Copco K.K. , Tokyo. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Wallace C. Craig 54 was the finance director of the
University of Missouri. He is now retired and lives
in Rolla, MO. Bruce Wallace 54 is the owner of Self
- The Touch of Elegance, a wholesale jewelry serviCe
in Lakeworth, FL. He and his wife, Audrey, live in
Palm Beach, FL. Paul F. Anderson 55 is retired
from his position with Allstate Insurance Company
as general agent. He and his wife, Mary, live in Santa
Ana, CA. George A. Carter 55 is retired from the
Bank of Boston. He lives in Boston, MA. Donna].
John C. Backer '47
Weinrebe 55 is a retired accountant. She lives in
Sun City, AZ. Richard G. Bunnell 56 retired from
Lederle Pharmaceuticals after 31 years. He worked
as a senior sales representative covering the San
Joaquin , Amador, and Calaveras counties in
California. He lives in Lodi, CA. Irving C. Perlman
56 is retired from Perlman Associates. He lives in
Accord, MA. Carroll M. Rickard 56 is the senior
vice president of The Executive Technique, a
service which provides executives in industry and
government with SYStems and methods to maximize
their effectiveness. He lives in Lake Bluff, IL.
1957 -1959
W. D. Buckmaster 57 is vice president of the
planned giving department of OrthopaediC
Hospital. He lives in South Pasadena, CA. Daniel D.
Harkins 57 is the retired owner of Ace Beverage
Distribution Inc. He lives in Columbus, OH. Paul T.
Welborn 57 is retired from Goodyear/Chile and
now works as a consultant. He lives in Key Biscayne,
FL. Arnold K. Andersen 58 is an administrative
analyst for the County of San Diego. He lives in San
Diego, CA. Stuart D. BroLly 58 is self-employed as
a private investor. He and his wife, Betty, live in
Santa Cruz, CA. Dean W. Dietrich 58 is a Realtor
with Mount Vernon Realty. He lives in Annandale,
VA. Donald H. Schmoldt 58 was awarded the
"Army Achievement Medal" by the Secretary of the
Army for his work with the Virginia Army National
Guard, National Association of Government
Communications. He is a writer and editor for
the National Defense University and lives in
Wlshington, D.C. Jack T. Crosby, Jr. 59 is retired.
He and his wife, Louise, live in Grand Ledge, MI.
Daniel T.Jacobsen 59 is retired from Citicorp/
Citibank, New York. He lives in Bridgeport, CT
Jack Van Bergen 59 left Bank of America last spring
after 27 years in international and commercial
banking. He is now a vice president and senior loan
officer for First Valley Bank. He lives in Lompoc,
CA. Nancy Worcester Chase 59 is retired. She and
her husband,]oel Chase '60, live in Paradise Valley,
Arizona. joel is also retired.
1960
Peter D. Burgess is the director of manufactUring
for Wyeth-Ayerst International Ltd. He lives in
Newton Square, PA. James Cave is the project
manager for Tucson Unified School District. He lives
in Tucson, AZ. Ken Latta is the co-owner of Perla
Resorts Marketing, a Miami-based finn specializing
in timeshare sales and marketing. He lives in Miami,
FL. Lawrence R. Lippstreu is back in the United
States after 30 years abroad and 13 years in japan.
He and his wife, Kimiko, live in Orlando, FL.
G. A. Misner,]r. is a personnel officer for the City
of Oakland. He lives in Oakland, CA. William
Nystrom is a senior travel counsellor to the
Department of State for American Express
THUNDERBIRDMAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
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Company. He lives in Arlington, VA. Robert M.
Pesqueira has retired from his position of general
manager for Becton Dickinson & Company. He and
his wife, Phyllis, live in Coral Gables, FL. Daniel
Ruehlman, Jr. is retired from his engineering
position with Adolph Coors Company. He lives in
Boulder, CO. John E. Tuberty writes that after 30
years of living and working overseas, he and his wife
have decided to take early retirement. His foreign
assignments have included Holland , Norway
(where he met his wife and was martied), Spain,
Switzerland (first child), Italy (second child),
England, Canada, and now Trinidad. His daughter is
a recent graduate engineer and his son is pursuing
studies in Montreal, Canada. john and his wife
have returned home to Surrey, England. David E.
Wilson is self-employed as a Realtor. He lives in
San Diego, CA.
1961
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NOVEMBER 8-10, 1991
]. S. Cole, Jr. has taken early retirement from A.H.
Robins Company and started his own consulting
business, Cole & Associates. He is on retainer with
twO japanese companies and recently returned
from the Soviet Union where he was involved in
the proposition of a joint venture with the Soviet
government in the health care area. In addition, he
acquired a company, Sav-A-Life Systems Inc. He
lives in Richmond , VA. Lawrence S. Maunder is
the vice president of sales for Cascade Corporation.
He lives in Gresham, OR. Thomas F. Sheehan
has joined Tauber Oil Company as vice president
international after taking early retirement from Dow
Chemical. He lives in Houston, TX. Tim Wilbur is
with Venier Graphics, a manufacturer of business
forms. He and his wife, Molly, recently visited
campus. The couple lives in Riverside, California.
1962 -1965
Raymond]. Mendoza 62 is a manager,
international sales group, for w.A. Whitney
Corporation, a manufacturer of machine tools for
the fabrication industry. He and his wife, Carol, live
in Rockford, IL. D. M. Sheehan 62 is the general
manager of aviation for Mobil Corporation in
Reston, Virginia. He and his wife, Mida, live in
Haymarket, VA. William Van Goidtsnov 62 is
retired from Phillips Petroleum where he was a chief
geologist. He lives in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. His
wife, Carmen, died last summer. William's youngest
daughter is studying international business at Loyola
University. Shirley Wood Hartley 62 is a project
coordinator for the, Association for Retarded
Citizens where she recently directed a volunteer
program "Project Child ," which was named as
President Bush's 138th Point of Light. She lives in
Boca Raton, FL. Darrell Y. Lininger 62 recently
retired after 28 years with the Weiser Company; the
last 15 years as president and Director of Weiser
(U.K.) Ltd ., N.v. Weiser Europe SA, and Weiser
Lock Ltd. He lives in Torrance, CA. Webb F. Elkins
63 is the senior vice president of Drake Beam
Morin, Inc., and the managing director of the
Boston and Burlington areas. Daniel Henderson 63
works in a consulting capacity as manager of market
strategy for Telecom Equipment Supplies. He and
his wife Diana, live in Auckland, New Zealand.
They have a young son Chris, and are expecting a
daughter this spring. Robert W. Chamberlin 64
is the senior vice president and manager of
international banking for KeyCorp, a bank holding
company. He and his wife, Judy, live in Albany, Y.
Richard C. Witt 64 is retired and lives in Phoenix,
A L U M NIP RO F I L E
HELPING THE
HANDICAPPED
Shirley Wood Hartley
'62 has devoted much of
her life to improving the
quality of life for mentally
handicapped children and
their families. She is the
project coordinator for the
Association for Retarded
Citizens (ARq in Palm
Beach, Florida where she
is the director of family
services and in charge
of a variety of projects
aimed at enhancing the
opportunities available
to handicapped persons.
One project which
Hartley directs, Project
Child, deserves particular
attention. President George
Bush recently honored
Project Child in conjunc­tion
with the National
Down Syndrome Society
as his 149th Point oj Light.
Project Child implements a
program originally devised
by the National Down
Syndrome Society to teach
mentally handicapped
children the social skills
necessary for their integra­tion
into society and early
independence; to provide
relie( for the parents of
retarded children; and to
promote community
awareness of mentally
handicapped persons.
Project Child involves
18 volunteer families
who have committed
themselves to hosting a
retarded child for one
weekend every six weeks
for one year to aid the
natural parents by giving
them some "time off."
I t is a "respite," or relief
program.
Working with the men­tally
handicapped was not
Hartley's original ambi­tion.
After graduating from
Thunderbird, she worked
five years for the Ford
Foundation in New York
as a program assistant,
Latin America and the
Caribbean. Her next
career move was to join
Eisenhower College in
Seneca Falls, New York as
the assistant to the presi­dent.
She also founded
and directed, on a volun­teer
basis, the National
Women's Hall of Fame,
honoring the outstanding
achievements of American
women.
The catalyst for Hartley's
career change was the
birth of her daughter,
Alison, who is mentally
handicapped. The need
for special educational
facilities for Alison, which
were often lacking, moti­vated
Hartley to direct
her energies toward the
creation of such oppor­tunities.
When she, her
husband Bill Hartley '62,
and their two daughters
moved to Sao Paulo,
Brazil, Shirley started a
nursery school for
English-speaking hand­icapped
children. It was
the first of its kind in
Sao Paulo.
For the last 10 years, the
family has lived in Boca
Raton, Florida. Hartley's
husband, William, is the
regional director, Central
America and Caribbean, of
the Ft. Lauderdale office
for Gould Pump Inc. His
position requires frequent
travel to the Caribbean
and Central America.
Their daughter Alison will
soon be graduating from
a special education high
school, and their second
daughter, Elizabeth, is fin­ishing
up her studies at
the University of Florida.
Working for a non­profit
organization has
proved to be velY chal­lenging
for Hartley. This is
especially so in Florida, a
state with no income tax,
offering little incentive to
people to contribute to
charities. Hartley claims
that the search for funds
is "a continuous battle"
which requires persistence
and constant advocation
at the state legislature.
Hartley and her hus­band
look forward to an
early retirement. They
would like to move to
South America, but fear
that there will not be ade­quate
special education
facilities there for their
daughter, Alison. In the
meantime, Hartley will
continue to selflessly pur­sue
her career dedicated to
improving the lives of the
mentally handicapped.
Gina Knight '91
Bill '62 and Shirley Wood Hartley '62
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AZ. I. G. Conn III 65 is the international markct­ing
director for Grand Laboratories. He lives in
Gainesville, GA. James M. Smith 65 is chairman
and CEO of SMC & Associates Inc. and its
subsidiary, Plural Technologies Inc., a U.s. and
Canadian manufacturing and sales licensee. He and
his wife, Patty, live in Del Mar, CA.
1966
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NOVEMBER 8-10, 1991
John R. Fisher is the district business manager in
the Department of Natural Resources for the State
of Michigan. His son Rhett is in his third year at
the Naval Academy in Annapolis. john lives in
Escanaba, MI. Oscar W. Hunsaker is vicc
president, municipal bond department, for Smith
Barney Harris Upham. He lives in Seattle, WA.
Joseph B. Kercheville is the chainnan of Arneson
Kercheville Ehrenberg in San Antonio, TX. Eric
Winger is the city president and regional executive
of Wachovia Bank in Savannah, Georgia. He lives
in Savannah, GA.
1967 - 1968
Gary Ambrose 67 is a Realtor associate for Tolmie
Properties, Ltd., a real estate development!
management finn and brokerage in Hilo, Hawaii.
He and his wife, Carol, live in Keaau, HI. William
Messett III 67 co-founded a new international
search finn called International Executive Search,
with offices in the U.s., U.K., Spain, Hong Kong,
and Mexico. He is also the owner of Messett &
Associates Inc. William lives in Miami , FL. Sam].
Butler 68 was promoted to the president of First
Interstate Bank of Farmington, New Mexico. He
lives in Fannington, NM. Bert V. Hollansky 68 is
an account executive for Hilliard-Lyons Inc. His
daughter, jenny just began her srudies at UCLA.
Ben lives in Columbus, IN. Dan Lowery 68 is a
banking consultant for Chemonics Industries,
an international consulting service located in
Washington, D.C. He and his wife, Diana, li\'e in
Cairo, Egyp~. John N. Main 68 is a sales manager
for Ace Hardware Corporation headquartered in
Oak Brook, Illinois. He and his wife, Marlene, live
in Tacoma, WA. William A. Wagner 68 is the
director of the international polyurethane division
for Flexible Products Inc., a manufacturer of
packing and insulation foams in Joliet, Illinois. He
and his wife, Margaret, live in Lockport, I L.
1969
Edward G. Borgens,Jr. is an instructor at Riverside
Community College in Riverside, California. He
lives in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. Michael S. Dixon
is the owner and preSident of Woodenware Inc., a
wood manufacturing finn . He and his wife, Alice,
live in Brownsville, MD. Stephen F. Hall is the
author of Hall's Gllidc to Successful Gounllel Food
Marl1eling, a "how-to" manual for specialty food
producers that provides comprehensive, step-by­step
desCriptions of prQ\-en gounnet food marketing
procedures. He is also the president of Food
Marketing International. Stephen and his wife, Pat,
live in Dedham , MA. Don R. Hedgpeth is a
marketing manager for ASTA Systems, Aerospace
Technologies of Australia, owned by the Australian
Department of Defence. Both he and his wife,
jennifer, are srudying part-time for advanced
degrees and ha\-e three children. They live in
Melbourne, Australia. David C. Hilliker is a vice
preSident of California Commerce Bank. He lives in
Manhattan Beach, CA. Kenneth H. Rule recently
transferred from his position as general manager of
UPDATES
Compania Gillette de Argentina SA to general
manager of Gillette de Mexico y Cia, de C.V He and
his wife, Sandy, live in the Lomas area of Mexico
City. Sharon K. Taylor is the director of public
relations for the University of California, San Diego
extension, She lives in San Diego, CA, Mark C.
Wilson is a broker for CB Commercial, a
commercial real estate broker. He lives in Houston,
TX, Thomas C. Young is a commercial property
salesman for Terra Marketing Inc, He lives in
Scottsdale, AZ.
1970
Chris Barltrop is the owner of Barltrop Association,
a banking consulting finn , He and his wife, Gloria,
live in Oakton, VA, Paul L Biddle is the director of
naval research for Stanford University. He lives in
Belmont, CA. Philip W, Hagenah is self-employed
with Film House Inc., which recently celebrated its
tenth anniversary He lives in Phoenix, AZ, Fred
Leenerts is the marketing director, commercial
avionics, for Hughes Aircraft Company in Rancho
Santa Margarita, California, He and his wife, Judy,
live in Irvine, CA. Larry E. McCarver was named
senior vice president of sales and marketing at Taco,
Inc., a manufacturer of components for the hydronic
heating market. He lives in Cranston, Rl. James
O'Halloran, Jr, works as a parts manager and in
export sales for Kinze Manufactu ring, He lives in
Cedar Rapids, IA Gustavo PenaJr. is a teacher in
Brownsvllle Independent School District. He lives in
Brownsville, TX. Richard K. Tyler is the financial
manager, Latin America, of NCH Corporation, a
manufacturer of specialty chemicals in Irving, Texas,
He and his wife, Elizabeth-Anne, live in Dallas, TX,
George A. Wenz is vice president/national accounts
for American Greetings Corporation, He lives in
Solon, OH. Mark Werts is self-employed as
president of a recyd ed clothes firm , He lives in
Los Angeles, CA, Charles W, Westerlund is a
sales manager for Brown-Forman, He lives in
Phoenix, AZ.
1971
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NOVEMBER 8-10, 1991
Mahlon A, Barash is a project development officer
for the Agency for International Development in
Miami, Florida. He lives in La Paz, Bolivia, Patrick
]. Demerath is the international business program
director at the Kapiolani College of the University of
Hawaii and an adjunct professor of business and
international business for Hawaii Pacific Uni\'ersity
and Chaminade University. He and his wife, Show­Ping,
live in Honolulu, HI. Thomas A, Gronau is
the di rector general of ConAgra International, SA
He lives in Madrid, Spain, Walter G, Reiner is
president of Reiner Realty & Consultants, Inc"
Columbus, Ohio, He has also recently been elected
president of Federation I nternationale des
Professions Immobilieres, USA Ohio Council.
FIABCI membership consists of real estate brokers,
salesmen, and related professionals from 43
countries who promote professional standards,
educational and international conferences, and
cooperation among those in the real estate
profession, Robert]. Richter is a gourmet and
imported foods product specialist for Shamrock
Foods, He recently married and the couple have a
new baby. The fam ily lives in Tucson, AZ, Bruce
Roman is vice president, international operations,
for Healthdyne Technologies, He lives in Waterloo,
Belgium , Jack D, Taylor is the CEO of Intex
Group, designers and importers of handwoven silk
fabrics for the apparel and home furn ishing markets.
He and his wife, Myra, live in Pasadena, CA.
Richard A, Floyd '75
1972
Leonard E, Basurto is the director of bilingual
education for Tucson Unified School District. He
and his wife, Amelia, live in Tucson, AZ. William
G, Broadfoot sold his company, Minuteman Press,
and is now a Latin American regional sales manager
for Robert E, Hoose, His eldest daughter, Mary,
began her studies at the University of North
Carolina, He lives in Miami, FL J Fred Duffer is a
vice president- marketing of WE Mickey Body
Company, a manufacturer of aluminum truck
bodies for the beverage industry He lives in
Loves Park, I L Charles Emanuel is a Far East
Representative for ACX Trading, an animal feed
exporting firm, He and his wife, Akemi, live in
Kobe,japan, Thomas M, Fitzgerald is the
managing director of KLPL-Asia, a marketing
consulting service in Bangkok, Thai land, David A,
Francis III is an account executh'e for Dean Witter
Reynolds, Inc, He lives in Dallas, TX, Barton A,
Francour is a senior credit o[ficer for Continental
Bank N,A, in Chicago, Illinois, He and his wife,
Karen, live in Lake Barrington, IL George L Hiller
is a law student at the University of Richmond, He is
a third-year student and will be graduating this May.
George lives in Richmond , VA Jack Hurlbut is in
district sales for Hughes Tool Company. He lives in
Gr. Yarmouth, England, William C. Rye]r, has his
own business, Identity Marketing, which just
celebrated its tenth anniversary He and his wife,
Patsy, li\'e in Franklin, TN, Lawrence D, Schulz is a
financial director, Europe, for Molex Services
GmbH, a broad-based international manufacturer of
electrical connectors with headquarters in Lisle,
Illinois, He lives in Munich, Gennany. Donald R,
Sellers is the corporate vice president of The Getz
Corporation, a member of the Getz Group of
Companies, He lives in San Francisco, CA, Daniel
H, Thies has been named manager of materials and
inventory control for customer support material in
[he Honeywell Flight Systems Group, He lives in
Glendale, AZ, Chad P, Wick is self-employed as a
consultant, He Ih'e5 in Cincinnati, OH, Phillip R.
Wilson is an international sales manager for Roger
Cleveland Golf. He lives in Los Alamitos, CA,
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22
1973
Oscar Febres-Moscoso is the managing director of
Southern Oceans Inc" a seafood exporter in Miami,
Florida, After working three years as chief financial
officer for an Alpaca textile fmn in Arequipa,
Peru, he, his wife, Grace, and their daughter have
moved back to their home in Coral Gables, FL
Christopher W, Hansen is a deputy director of
Boeing Company. He lives in Reston, VA, Thomas
L Harvey is the general manager of Anderson
Truss, a construction company. He lives in
Sacramento, CA, Eino A. Huhtala,Jr. was
promoted to branch manager for Government
Technology Service, He lives in Reston , VA
Thomas A, Monroe is self-employed as a market­ing
consultant, He and his wife, Marguerite, live in
lake Oswego, OR, Kenn G, Morris is a market-ing
communication manager for the Mac eal­Schwendler
Corporation in Los Angeles, California,
He is responsible for all advertiSing, public relations,
trade shows, and sales promotion activities in the
engineering software company. Stephen M, Pitt
is a vice president for Merrill Lynch, He lives in
Houston , TX. Wendell E, Sparks is the director of
YMCNSouth Mountain, He lives in Mesa, AZ,
Frank A, Steffey is a program manager for Evans
& Sutherland. He lives in Salt lake City, UT
1974
William H, Ade owns his own business, American
Speedy Printing Center. He lives in Tucson, AZ,
Michael E, Bixler is the president of Marketlink
Inc. He recently had his first article published. a
market feature in Small Business Reports. Michael
lives in Thomasville, GA. Richard U. Denning is a
senior account executive for Minnesota Mining &
Manufacturing Company. He lives in Springfield ,
MO, Joseph L Goodman, Jr. is the department
head of management consulting for Grant
Thornton, an accounting fLnn in Chicago, Illinois.
He lives in Lincolnshire, IL Susan M, Harris is
self-employed in the recycling/resource recovery
business, She lives in Pinole, CA, Scott V,
Hitchcock,Jr, is vice president of Aquamatic Inc,
He lives in Rockford, ILJulie Houk Goodrich is a
free-lance editor and writer as well as a French
teacher. She and her husband, David, live in
Ind ianapolis, IN, Gene Hunner is self-employed
as a general building contractor with Hunner
Associates in Palo Alto, California, He and his wife,
Christine, live in Portola Valley, CA Fred H,
Lissauer was promoted to director of international
business development for McCormick & Company
Inc, He lives in Owings Mills, MD, Keith A,
Mishne is self-employed as a consultant, He lives in
Euclid, OH, Bruce D. Northrup is the senior
managing director of Chemical Trust & Banking
Company, Ltd, Uapan), After graduating from
Thunderbird, he took a position with Chemical
Bank in New York. He then joined the latin
American Division as a lending officer, and was
transferred to Santiago, Chile. Since then Bruce has
worked for the bank in Argentina, Singapore,
Australia, and Japan, He lives in Tokyo,japan,
Randal Pearson is the assistant general manager,
Pacific region, for Lynch Jones & Ryan, an
international stock brokerage in New York City. He
and his wife, Paula, live in Ridgewood, NJ Curtis
D, Piper is the vice preSident of Nomura R E.
Intemational, I nc. He lives in Glendale, CA,
Haakon Rostad is the president ofVA,L
Chartering, a shipping and ocean transportation
business in Venice, Florida, He and his wife, Diane.
live in Nokomis, FL Richard M. Smithers is a
senior marketing consultant for Caterpillar Inc, He
lives in Peoria, IL
1975
Albert M. Biedenharn III is the executive vice
president of Osborn HeitS Company. He lives in San
Antonio, TX. Robert D. Carroll is a managing
portfolio underwriter for Royal Insurance Company
of America. He lives in San Francisco, CA. Donald
S. Connors was wed to Bertha Joachim Hernandez
in Mexico City in january He is an auditor with the
U.s. Agency for International Development. They
live in Arlington, VA. Robert B. Cummins is the
manager, marketing development, printing &
publishing systems division , for Minnesota Mining
& Manufacturing Company. He lives in Excelsior,
M N. Russell Davis III is an eastern region sales
manager for Vulcan Equipment Company, Inc. in
Olive Branch, Missouri. He and his wife, janice, live
in C hariottes\~ lIe, VA. Jim A. Fincher was
promoted to vice president, international sales, for
Del Mar Avionics. He lives in Mission Viejo, CA.
Richard A. Floyd is the president of Nihon Redken
K.K. , a profeSSional women's haircare and cosmetics
firm . He and his wife, Noriko, live in Tokyo, japan.
Richard E. Godfroy is an international specialist
for AT&T Communications in Lexington,
Massachusetts. He and his wife, j eanne, live in
Pepperell , MA. Miles R. Greer is the executive
director of corporate development for Sara Lee
Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. He and his wife,
Anne, live in Wheaton, IL. Bruce W. Harris is a
management consultant for Pradco. He will soon be
the president of the Human Resource Planning
Sociery. Bruce and his wife, Marjorie, have seven
children ranging in age from six months to 13 yeatS.
They live in Lakewood, OH. Ellen Humphrey is an
accounting manager for Mayan Electronics North
America Inc. She lives in Kansas City, MO. Scott].
Johnson is the western regional sales manager for
The Marvel Group. He lives in Rancho Palos Verdes,
CA. Ira A. Kleiman is a managing director,
western region capital markets, for AT&T Capital
Corporation. He and his wife, Pamela, live in
Walnut Creek, CA. Patrick]. Mulroy is an assistant
manager in human resources for VGS Inc., a United
Way agency dedicated to helping people achieve
their career or vocational potential. He lives in
Houston, TX. A. Ricardo Peduzzi works for
WorldtradeJUnitrade, an import/export firm . He
and his wife, Linda, live in Dublin, OH. Vallie E.
Perry is a residential property manager for Bryant
Real Estate. She lives in Wilmington, C. Arge G.
Pomar is a senior account manager for the House of
Packaging. He and his wife, Mariaela, have three
children. They live in Walnut, CA. James R. Shafer
is the general manager of Hana ITI, a resort. He and
his wife, Sharon, live in Huahine, French PolyneSia.
l. E. Stringer is a sales development manager
for Coca-Cola Company. She lives in Atlanta, GA.
David R. Thomas is in sales with Homco
International, an oilfield service company in Santa
Paula, California. He and his wife, Carole, live in
Camarillo, CA. Richard A. Vogel is an investment
officer for FitSt IntetState Bank. He lives in Lake
Oswego, OR. Jonathan]. Woolf is a divisional
manager for AmeritaS. He lives in Pompano
Beach, FL.
1976
REUNION
NOVEMBER 8-10, 1991
Mark S. Abrams is the \~ce president of Bankers
Trust Company in New York, ew York. He and his
wife, Sonya, live in Secaucus, J. James K. Bruton
founded Bruton and Associates, a Tulsa-based
consulting and training company in 1986. He
specializes in programs for traveling executives in
A LU M NIP RO FILE
A NEW APPROACH
TO HEALTH CARE
Kevin O'Donnell '75 is
the chairman and CEO of
Healthcare Resources of
America, a Dallas, Texas­based
firm prOviding
consulting and support
services for high-tech,
home-care companies
throughout the United
States. The company is
one of the country's lead­ing
experts in home
health care, especially in
home intravenous therapy
O'Donnell says home
care, currently a $5.5 bil­lion
industry, is the fastest
growing segment of the
health care industry in the
United States. Thanks to
improved technology, it
has become a feasible
alternative to hospitaliza­tion
for many people
requiring certain kinds
of medical care.
After graduating from
Thunderbird, O'Donnell
held a variety of positions
involving international
marketing and sales of
defense-related products
with companies like
Hughes Aircraft, Raytheon
and Magnavox Marine
Systems. In addition, he
was a participant in the
first u.s. Economic Trade
Exhibition in Beijing,
China (1980) and served
on the U.S.-China Trade
Council.
At this point,
O'Donnell's career under­went
a change that he had
not originally antiCipated.
Because of his interna­tional
background, he was
hired by HPJ Health Care
Services to start up an
international division. He
attributes this transition
from defense to health
care in part to his experi­ences
at Thunderbird.
O'Donnell says that the
School's emphasis on the
international realm gave
him the career flexibility
that other schools might
not have been able to
provide.
After spending the
next several years gaining
experience in the health
care business, he founded
Health Care Resources
of America in 1986.
O'Donnell is actively
involved in publiC speak­ing
and writing about
home care. American Air­lines
recendy aired an inter­view
with him during
the "Modem Healthcare"
segment of their in flight
audio program, and LIFE­TIME
cable network
featured him on a show
about home care this
spring.
O'Donnell says that the
home care industry's
growth has been fueled by
the pressure to control
health care costs and by
technological advance­ments
enabling acute care
to be delivered in the
home. These forces are not
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unique to health care in
the u.s. It is anticipated
that many other countries
will be looking to the U.S.
as a model for alternative
methods of providing
health care. O'Donnell
sees home care as a bright
spot on the horizon.
From an international
business standpOint, the
service side of the Ameri­can
health care industry
has traditionally been non­exportable
because it is
directly related to the
United States' private sec­tor
system. Many coun­tries
have state-run health
care systems. O'Donnell
thinks that in the distant
future his business may
take on a more interna­tionallook.
'The health­care
cost crunch is not
unique to the United
States." Even though
health services have not
been exportable in the
past, increasing costs
and inefficiencies may
eventually lead to markets
overseas.
Gina Knight '91
UPDATES
cross-cultural communications, terrorism and
security awareness. James lives in Broken Arrow,
OK. Michael F. Chahine is the general manager of
Saudi American Bank, an affiliate of Citicorp, at the
New York representative office. He lives in New
York, NY. Rana Das Gupta is the owner of LPJ
Industries, an import/export trading business in
Sugarland , Texas. He and his wife, Lalita, live in
Sugarland, TX. George Fong has assumed the
chairmanship of DMT Securities Phils., Inc., a
member of the DHARMALAJDMT Group of
Indonesia. He is also the president of Realityield
Holding & Development Corporation in Manila,
Philippines. Ian V. Gladding is the managing
director of Waredy Investments Ltd. (Holding),
a trade and market development business
headquartered in Hong Kong. He lives in Des
Moines, lAo Thomas E. Grady is marketing
manager for Southern California for Nissan Motor
Corporation in Costa Mesa, California. He and his
wife, Donna, live in Irvine, CA. Kent A. Hiland
is the director, Western Zone, of Copeland
Corporation. He lives in Troy, OH. james H.
Hodges has been appOinted the preSident of Gates
Molded Products Company, a division of The Gates
Rubber Company, in Denver, Colorado. He lives in
Houston, Texas, headquarters for Gates Molded.
Douglas M. Holaday is the second vice president of
General Reinsurance Corporation. He and his wife,
Mary Wong, live in Pleasant Hill, CA. Robert F.
Jamison is a commercial loan officer for First
Interstate Bank of Arizona in Phoenix, AZ. Craig T.
Jephson is a sales manager, India, for Caterpillar
Far East Ltd. He and his wife, Michele, live in
Bangkok, Thailand. Kiagu C. Kamiru is director,
intemational business development, for All iance
International, Inc., an export development and trade
company. He lives in Norfolk, VA. Paul R. Kegel is
the president of Kegel & Stilli Inc. He and his wife,
Laura Hendrick '76, have a new baby girl, Brigid.
They live in Palm City, FL. Bryan D. Manning is a
vice president in marketing for Fasco Sensors &
Controls in Pawtucket, Rhode Island . He and his
wife, Laura, live in Milton, MA. Kevin B. O'Regan
is a vice president and manager for Security Pacific
Bank. He liyes in Tucson, AZ. Edward A.
Rubalcava is a high school teacher for Antelope
Valley Union High School. He lives in Lancaster,
CA. Joe S. Shirah is an independent consultant
in computers. He lives in Spruce Pine, NC Tom
Singleterry is the senior vice president of BEl Real
Estate Services, Inc. He lives in Richardson, TX.
Helm H. Stachowske is an outside buyer in the
procurement and contracts division of Fluor Arabia
Ltd ., a subSidiary of Fluor Daniel Inc. He lives in
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Louis Tong is the assistant
vice president and lending officer Tokai Bank's Little
Tokyo Office in Los Angeles, California. He lives in
Hacienda Heights, CA. Edward L. Wess is a vice
president of Citibank N.A. He lives in Auckland ,
New Zealand. Christine M. Wilfer is a finance
director for Appleton YMCA. She lives in Appleton,
Wl. jeffWoidneck in a pension specialist for MSI
Insurance in Irvine, California. He and his wife,
Lynn, live in Brea, CA.
1977
Annette Armstrong Bertanzetti is the executive
director of the Southeast Texas Arts Council, a non­profit
umbrella arts service agency. She lives in
Beaumont, TX. Susan Arnold Guidry is the general
manager of PACCAR Financial Limited, a captive
fi nance company specializing in heavy duty trucks.
She and her husband, Dwight, live in Cheshire,
England. Thomas]. Beatty works in international
operations for E & J Gallo Winery He lives in
Modesto, CA. Ralph G. Bernfeld now lives in
james H. Hodges '76 Louis Tong '76
Lisbon, Portugal. After twelve years with Goodyear
Tire and Rubber Company in various international
assignments, he has joined BridgstonelFirestone Inc.
Ralph is the sales director of Firestone POrtuguesa
S.A. He is responsible for the sale and marketing of
both Firestone and Bridgestone brand tires in
Portugal. Paul Christiansen is a vice president of
Den Norske Bank. He and his wife, Elaine Wason
'77, live in Oslo, Norway. Steven D. Clarke is the
owner of Clarke International, Inc., an export
trading and consulting firm. He and his wife, Freda,
live in Beavertown, OR. Charles Del Porto is a
business manager for Citibank Visa in Brussels,
Belgium. He and his wife, Estelle Davidson '77,
live in \Muerloo, Belgium. Harald P. Franzreb is a
regional manager, international operations, for
Figgie International. He lives in Macedonia, OH.
Gerald W. Hallett was promoted to opportunity
development manager for IBM Corporation. He lives
in Grand Rapids, Ml. Lisa Hamilton Fritz is the
managing director, international, of Redmond
Products. She has a new baby, Preston, born last
May. They live in Chanhassen, MN. Duskajoy V.
Hoffman is an education training coordinator in the
area of rabies animal control for Maricopa County.
She lives in Phoenix, AZ. Nausher Khan is an area
manager/Northwest for Onan Corporation. He and
his wife, Nina, recently had a baby boy. They live in
Redmond, WA. Lynn M. Kuchinski is a systems
analyst in the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
for the State of New Mexico. She and her husband,
Robert Childs '77, live in Santa Fe, NM. Thomas
G. Lindahl is a project engineer for The Technical
Action Group, an environmental consulting firm.
He lives in Portland , OR. Phillip M. Martineau is a
vice president of Pacific Dunlop GNB Inc., a
manufacturer of batteries in St. Paul, Minnesota. He
and his wife, Stephanie, live in North Oaks, MN.
Roland M. McLean is a vice president and branch
manager for M. D. Moody & Sons Inc. He lives in
Plantation, FL. Bobb A. Meckenstock is the
president of Ft. Hays Financial Planning. He was
recently elected chairman of the Top of the Table, an
organization of distinguished life insurance agents.
Bobb lives in Hays, KS. John A. Meltzer is the
president of Meltzer Management. He, his wife,
Molly, and their two children live in New Orleans,
LA. Denis W. Mentha is a director of marketing for
Whirlpool Corporation in Benton Harbor, Ml. He
and his wife, Shahla, live in Granger, IN. An~
Mysorewala is a managing partner of Miquel,
Mysorewala & Company, PA., an accounting firm.
He and his wife, Antonia, live in Miami, FL. Frank
M. Parsons is the director of human resources for
Baker Hughes MWD, an oil service company He
and his wife, Linda, live in Houston. TX. Olga
Reisler-Rachmiel is a sales manager for Nissan
Motor Corporation in Costa Mesa, California. She
and her husband, Alan, live in Irvine, CA. Shakrah
O. Sadou lives in Niamey, Niger Republic, in West
Africa and is the chief treasurer of COMINAK
(Compagnie Miniere D'Akouta), a uranium
THUNDERBIRDMAGAZINE/SPRING 1991
24
exploiting company. Shakrah is trying to establish
a Niger-Thunderbird Club and eventually a West
African Francophone Thunderbird Chapter. Genaro
Torres was promoted to retail marketing executive
in the Ambassador Division, with Hallmark Cards
Inc. He lives in Leneka, KS. Henry E. Zoller, IV is
the president and CEO of Boxworks, Inc., a national
franchiser of specialty retail stores. He and his wife,
Aspasia, live in Nashville, TN. Ralph]. Zullo,jr.
was promoted to section head in technology and
planning for Exxon Corporation. He lives in
Coconut Grove, FL.
1978
Fernando Ampuero is a \~ce president of Northern
Trust Bank. He, his wife, Kimberly, and their young
son, Nicholas, live in Chicago, IL. john E. Beale is
an investment officer for the World BankflFC in
Washington, D.C He and his wife, Leila, live in
Annandale, VA. jenny Bischoff-Elder is chief of
academic affairs and human resources for TOEFL
Seminar Group in Tokyo, Japan. She is partially
responsible for hiring teachers of English and GREI
GMAT classes. Lon Blauvelt is vice president of the
international division for Henry Vogt Machine
Company. He lives in New Albany, IN. M. Brent
Burris is a chief review appraiser in the division of
liquidation for the FDIC He lives with his family
in Lakeland, FL. Stanton Bussell is a financial
consultant for Merrill Lynch. He and his wife,
Susan, live in Hewitt, TX. Michael C. Cirino is a
staff analyst for Orange County. He lives in Costa
Mesa, CA. john Cogdill is the chief of staff,
O[fice of Investigations, for the U.s. Agency for
International Development. He lives in Glen Echo,
MD. Lynn M. Garney is self-employed as an
attorney. She lives in San Francisco, CA. Per A.
Hem has moved from Romania to Gennany, where
he is heading trading activities for Norsk Hydro AS
with the former German Democratic Republic. He
and his wife, Elisabeth, live in Berlin, Germany.
Craig M. Howard was recalled to active duty from
his position as marketing director for Cigna
Healthplans of California. He served as the executive
officer of his Naval Reserve hospital unit in Camp
Pendelton, California in support of Operation
Desert Shield. James W. Hutchin is a branch
manager for Johnson & Higgins, an insurance
brokerage and consulting firm. He and his wife,
Sarah, live in Milan, Italy. Soonalyn B. jacob is self­employed
and had her fourth baby, Raymond
Boman, last May. They live in San Antonio. TX.
Sarni J. Katrib is an area manager, Middle East, for
S & W Fine Foods. He lives in Danville, CA. joy
Kovaleski Blunt is vice president of new products
for Applause. She and her husband, Bruce, have a
new daughter, Christina, born in December. They
live in Los Angeles, CA. Barbara Lanning Hutson
is the director of sales and marketing, Latin
America, for Sun Moon Star, a manufacturer of
personal computers and business communications
equipment. She and her husband, Jim, live in
Miami, FL. Robert H. Mason is a financial
consultant for Merrill Lynch. He and joann Chang
'89, have helped found the First Tuesday Group in
Tucson. Robert lives in Tucson, AZ. Sandra
McDevitt is a European clinical program manager
for Nellcor, Inc., a firm specializing in patient
monitoring devices for critical care. She lives in
Veghel, the Netherlands. Mitchell K. McMurry is a
district sales manager for Hercules Distributing
Company where he is involved in exporting potato
chips to the Bahamas. Mitchell lives in Miami, FL.
George C. Mussenden is a training officer for the
Australian Taxation Office. He and his wife, Maria,
live in Woollahra, NSW, Australia. Eric R.
Parssinen is an accounting manager for Yemen
Hunt Oil Company in Dallas, Texas. He and his
wife, Remedios, live in Dallas. Wendy Perkins
is the author of a book entitled Temporarily Yours,
a humorous account of her experiences as a
temporary employee. Wendy gave up her job as
a Beverly Hills stockbroker to a series of 250
temporary jobs which resulted in her book and a
new business, Wendy Enterprises, a holding
company which provides professional seminars,
product merchandising, and public relations. Steve
M. Reinbolt is senior vice president/secretary for
Sander Jacobs Cassayer Griffin . He has a baby boy,
Keith, born last summer. They live in Napa, CA.
Joseph c. Schmieder is a vice president of
marketing and sales for Oliver Products Company
He and his wife, Valerie, have rwo children, Maria
and Adam. They live in Grand Rapids, MI.
Marguerite A. Smith is a product manager for
Amway Corporation. She and her husband , Terry,
have a new baby They live in Wyoming, MI. Marcia
G. Solochek was promoted to program manager [or
American Express Company She lives in Phoenix,
AZ. Stephen L Warden is the owner of Help­U-
Sell, a real estate business which he opened in
Oak Park, Illinois. He lives in Oak Park, IL. Albert
J . Waszok is assistant vice president of Rollins,
Burdick, Hunter of Illinois. He lives in Wheaton, IL.
1979
Crichton A. Adams is a partner in Sources in San
Francisco, Inc., an importer and distributor of
specialty sporting goods. He lives in San Francisco,
CA. Y. S. Ahn is the manager, Busan Korea, of The
Hong Kong and Singapore Banking Corporations
Ltd. He lives in Busan, the Republic of Korea. Assad
Akharan is a senior financial analyst for 3COM
Corporation, a Cupertino, California-based firm
specializing in computer nerworking products. He
and his wife, Massoudeh Akharan '79, live in
Cupertino, California. Massoudah is a manager in
financial planning for Cooper Vision. Kathryn
Banks Rinz was promoted to an assistant vice
president of NCNB National Bank of Florida. She
and her husband,Jeffrey Rinz '79, live in Miami,
Florida. Jeffrey is an international sales manager for
A.T.F.lDavidson Company, Inc. Barbara Bell
Fletcher and her husband, John, are the proud
parents of rwin girls, Kathleen and Elizabeth, born
in November. Barbara is busy taking care of the
rwins and rwo-year-old son John, Jr. The family lives
in Nashville, TN. Steve W. Brown was promoted to
vice preSident-chief representative in London for
The Northern Trust International Banking
Corporation, a specialist in U.s. dollar clearing
services. He lives in London, England. Michael H.
Burdette is a systems manager for Comsis
Corporation. He lives in Mount Airy, MD. Debora
Burks Karaffa recently had her second child, Travis
Dean. She and her husband, David, also have a
young daughter, Patricia. They live in Santa Ana,
CA. William R. Crow is a sales manager for
Interocean Steamship Corporation. He and his wife,
Nancy Christensen '79, have a new baby girl ,
Amanda, born in August. They live in Brisbane, CA.
JeffE . Fadley is the owner ofJ.B. Designs, a
manufacturer of bridal wear. He lives in San Marino,
CA. Maarten Fleurke is the president of Limpex
North America, Inc. , a barter/trading company
which deals with Eastern Europe. He lives in
Westlake Village, CA. Lisa Gimelti Hillard is an
international trade analyst for the United States
Department of Commerce. She and her husband
recently had a second baby boy, Alexander. They
live in Springfield , VA. Tom Hobson and his wife,
Laurie, have new daughter, Margaret Faith, born in
December. They live in Elmhurst, IL. Nancy ].
Irwin is the senior wage and salary administra-tor
for EG&G Idaho, a nuclear research and
development business. She lives in Idaho Falls, lD.
David D. Johnson is a manager of business
planning for Garrett Automotive Products Company
He lives in Fountain Valley, CA. Noriaki Kawata
was promoted to department manager, marketing
headquarters, for Baxter Limited. He, his \.\~ fe, and
their rwo sons, nine and six-years-old, Ii"e in Tokyo.
Japan. Kyoko I. Kent is a national infusion sales
training manager for Homedco Infusion. She lives in
Huntington Beach, CA. Simon R. Kings is an
account executive for Marketing One Inc. He and
his wife, Rose Anne, live in Santa Ana, California.
They own eight apartment buildings which occupy
their free time. Cynthia Linenbroker Johnson is a
senior consultant for Multinet Systems, a seller and
servicer of integrated manufacturing sofrware in
Westminster, California. She and her husband,
David Johnson '79, live in Fountain Valley,
California. David is the manager of business plans
for Garrett Automotive Products Co. Walter Maeda
is the managing director of Kilimanjaro Bus Service,
a transportation company; Arusha View Hotels Ltd.,
which manages a tourist hotel and several guest
houses; and Market Square Service Station, a
petroleum product and vehicle maintenance sen~ce
finn . He is also the director of Dorobo Safaris and
involved in large scale farming in Arusha, a fertile
region in Tanzania. Walter lives in Arusha, Tanzania.
Pamela]. McNeff is a manager for Bell ini Baby &
Children's Furniture, a children's furniture and
accessories firm . She lives in Houston, TX. Taco F.
Proper is the regional manager of communications
for IBM World Trade Asia Corporation in Hong
Kong. He lives in Pokfulam , Hong Kong. Kenneth
D. Roberts is the chief financial officer for Global
Transportation in Seattle, Washington. He lives in
Redmond , WA. Anne P. Saunders is an economic
analyst for Chevron USA Inc. She lives in Benicia,
CA. Javier Segovia Kane is the president of
COPEQ, S.A. de C.V, a trading company of Alfa
Group He lives in Garza Garcia, N. L. , Mexico.
Donn H. Sherrill is the owner of Donn Sherrill &
Associates, a lab equipment exporting business
which opened last September. He and his wife,
Lorraine, live in Miami, FL. Keith L. Smith is in
international marketing management for American
Business Computers. He lives in Elkh art, Indiana,
and will be traveling to Europe for the company
Valerie Smith Maurer is a computer system
engineer for Xerox in Mclean, Virginia. She and her
husband , Thomas, live in Waldorf. MD. Gail Susik
Ribalta has been promoted to international
market development manager for the educational
products division of Texas Instruments. She lives
in Richardson, TX. Debra A. Thomas is a vice
president for Bank of America. She and her hus­band,
James Scott J r. '77, celebrated the birth of
their fi rst daughter in October. James is a regional
sales manager for Structural Dynamics Research.
They live in Del Mar, CA. Gregory C. Topp is an
MIS manager for BP Chemical. He lives in Chino,
CA. Jennifer Woody Dietz is the senior vice
president of Financial Statement Sen~ces. Her
second daughter was born in November. Her
husband,Jon Dietz '78, is the president of Financial
Statement Se~ces. They live in Irvine, CA
1980
Sabuur Abdul-Kareem is a full -time doctoral
student at the University of Massachusetts. He and
his wife, Khaleelah , live in Amherst, MA. Marie
Accunzo Buckley was promoted to division vice
president of Australia/South PacifidSourh Asia
Region for American J;:xpress International. She is
responsible for developing strategies for eight
markets to ensure business growth . She and her
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husband, Stephen Buckley, live in Sydney,
Australia. Stephen is a consultant [or financial and
travel-related businesses, focusing on profitabili ty
enhancements for multinationals. Greg K.
Archibald is a controller, Eastern Europe. for
Manech Europa, an em~ronmental remediation
business headquartered in Budapest, Hungary He
lives in Big Lake, AK. William H. Benson is a CPA
fo r Lauer & Unrein CPAs. He and ·his wi fe, Vickie,
have a young daughter, Lindsay Ann, born in
September, 1990. They live in Sterling, CO. Judith
E. Brown is a testing standards manager for
Hewlen- Packard Company She lives in EI Granada,
CA. Maryanne Conlin is a marketing manager for
Day Runner, a personal organizers business in
Culver City, California. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Kristanne Connors has been promoted to audit
supen~so r for Du Pont E.l. de Nemours &
Company She lives in Wilmington, DE. C. R.
Croulet is a small enterprise specialist for
Opportunities Industrial Center International. He
and his wife, Haddi, have a new baby daughter,
Chekondi. They live in Norristown, PA. Jesse R.
Erickson is vice president, aircraft lending division,
[or Bank South in Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife,
Patricia, live in Atlanta, GA. Philip B. Fandek is a
senior credit audit officer for First Fidelity Bancorp.
He and his wi fe, Ruth, have a young son, Zachary,
born last year. They live in Havertown, PA. Arturo
Fernandez is an account executive for Dean Winer
Reynolds, Inc. , in Coral Gables, Florida. He lives
in Miami, FL. T. Kent Fortney is self-employed
as a business analyst consultant in petroleum
engineering. He lives in Sierra Vista, AZ. Stephen
C. Fox is a manager, Asia-Pacific Division, for
Nikko Enterprises, Inc .. an export management and
commodity trading firm in Englewood C1if[s, New
Jersey He lives in Plainsboro, NJ. James Freer
has recently taken over the Peace Corps Country
Directorship of PGSierra Leone. He lives in
Freetown with his wife, Wanla , and three daughters.
Richard B. Garrett is a vke president for Shamrock
Fibres Inc., a recycled paper business. He lives in
Alameda, CA. John A. Hill and his wife, Karen
Henke , have been transferred from Jakarta,
Indonesia to Peoria, Illinois. John was promoted to
national account manager in the defense products
department of Caterpillar. Karen retired to give birth
to their third son and to orchestrate the move.
Joseph D. Howell is chief operations officer for the
Florida Baptist Foundation. He lives in Jacksonville,
FL. Barbara]. Hughes was promoted to senior
commercial loan analyst for First Interstate Bank of
Arizona. She lives in Mesa, AZ. Susan James
Wunsch is a senior product manager for Advance
Company She lives in Minneapolis, MN. Alain].
Labat was appOinted vice president, international
operations, of Synopsys Inc., Mountain View,
California, a developer and marketer of HDL
syn thesis and simulation solutions for high-level
design of ASICs and electronic systems. Alain will
be responsible for the firm 's high-level design
automation tools in the Pacific Rim and Europe.
Stephen D. Laclkey is vice president/team leader
for Mellon Bank N.A. He and his wife, Cynthia,
live in Pittsburgh, PA. Lori Lamp Segura is an
assistant manager of new business, Latin American
division, for ConAgra Inc., an agricultural business.
She and her husband, Mariano Segura '79, have
a baby girl. They live in Miami, FL. John W.
Lichtsinn is a contract manager for Garren Turbine
Engine Company He lives in Phoenix, AZ. Mike
McCaskill III is self-employed in real estate
development He and his wife, Fay, have rwo
daughters. They live in Hermosa Beach, CA. John P.
McKay was promoted to junior parmer in Data &
Management Counsel, Inc., a national market-
UPDATES
ing research and consulting firm which assists
companies in developing and positioning products
and services in the u.s. and overseas. He and his
wife, Paula, ha\>e a new baby boy, Ross Alexander.
They live in Tulsa, OK. Barbara M. Mertz is an
administration manager for D3\~d Oppenheimer
Cali fornia, where she recently celebrated her tenth
anniversary. She li\'eS in Fresno, CA. Patricia Mira
Toro married Michael Toro in December in Miami,
Florida. She was also promoted to market sales
manager for Allstate Insurance Company. The
couple lives in Miami, FL. Gregory C. Mueth is an
independent marketing consultant. He li\'es in St.
Louis, MO. Alfredo Richter and his wife, Daphne,
ha\>e relocated from San Juan, Puerto Rico to
Mexico City where Alfredo is the director of
marketing for Alberto Culver Mexico. John
Villegas-Grubbs is self-employed as a consultant in
crisis management/turnaround . He lives in Phoenix,
AZ. Jose F. A. Violante is the general manager
Spain and Portugal for Tambrands Inc., a New
York-based manufacturer of Tampax tampons. He
and his wife, Mary Happ '80, live in Barcelona,
Spain. Thomas M. Wells is senior vice president,
First City Asset SeT\~cing Company, for First City,
Texas. He and his wife, Paula, live in Houston, TX.
Randall M. Willard is an attorney with Fischer,
Brown, Huddleston, & Gunn . He and his wife,
Kimberly Faller '80, had rwins, Andrew and Aleise,
last fall. They li\>e in Fort Collins, CO. Mark A.
Young is the assistant to the deputy undersecretary
for the United States Deparnnent of Commerce. He
lives in Vvilshington, D.C.
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Martin S. Avidan was promoted to manager of the
Los Angeles branch of Credit Lyonnais. He and his
new wife, Arlene, li\'e in Be\>erly Hills, CA. Jeffry P.
Belnap is a manager, entertainment planning, for
Walt Disney World Company. He li\'eS in Orlando,
FL. Daniel F. Bonilla has relocated to the San
Diego, Californb area to head up his own domestic
sales and foreign trading organization, Broice
Enterprises. Alain B. Brown is the director of
international sales and marketing for Amcast
Industrial Corporation. He lives in Kettering, OH.
Thomas M. Buescher is vice president of Union
Bank California. He and his wi fe, Jan Macy '81, had
a baby boy in June 1990. They li\'e in Venice, CA.
Stephen R. Burkhardt is the director of licensing
for VF Corporation. He lives in Sinking Spring, PA.
Mary B. Carlson is a product manager and
personnel manager for MJ Electric Inc. She, her
husband, Jim, and their )'oung son live in Iron
Mountain, Ml. Nancy]. Clark is a vice president
with Lehman Brothers in San Francisco, California.
She works in institutional sales as a mortgage
specialist in the fixed income div