Thunderbird Magazine, Winter 1992

              Winter 1992
American
Graduate
School oj
International
Management
IN THIS ISSUE
2 Globalization vs. Nationalism
5 The Search is Over
6 Supporting Education
7 Help Us Create a Strategic Plan
8 Campus News
11 Footnotes
12 Network
Who's Who
J15 Updates
24 Letters to the Editor
ONTHECOVER
Photo by Henryk T. Kaiser
Inset photo by Dan Coogan
Thunderbird Magazine
Winter 1991·92
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Alumni Relations Office
of the American Graduate
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Secretary:
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ThunderbirdAlumni
Association 1991·92
Board of Directors
and Officers
President
Stephen K. Orr '79
Secretary
Bobbie M. Boyd
Ex Officio Members
Roy A. Herberger, Jr.
Richard Snell
Board Members
John C. Cook '79
George T. DeBakey '73
Jack E. Donnelly '60
Webb F. Elkins '63
Maarten W Fleurke '79
Stephen F Hall '69
ThomasD. Hobson '79
William H. Holtsnider '59
LindaJ. Magoon '84
Bryan D. Manning '76
Larry K. Mellinger '68
McDiarmid Messenger '72
Peggy A. Peckham '74
Thomas A. Peterson '77
CarrollM. Rickard '56
H. Gene Wick'60
Daniel D. Witcher '50
Honorary Board Members
Joseph M. Klein '47
Berger Erickson '86
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Management, 15249 N. 59thAve.,
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A tie to the past, A link to the future
Welcome to Thunderbird! The
• universal word of welcome
will be displaJed in the lan­guages
taught by Thunder­bird
as visitors, students, faculty and
administration enter campus grounds
throop the new entrance to be con­st:
ruct4!d at Country Gables and 59th Ave­nue.
The entrance will tie in the identity
of the exist;(pg campus with future devel­opment
pJansproposed for the site.
AlMoot·~ wall will be built on
the 8O\ltb side of the entrance using
materials of~ stone and stucco. The
north,$lde of the entrance will also con­tiI.
in a gateway structure with the School
name 8ndlogO on the faciDg.1b maintain
ha$OOy with the de~rt terrain, mate­rial
~ bQ sandStone rose and a deep
red ~ COI\tnlsting bands of classic
oa.JL
~ ~ ill each direction Will serve
the ~,flow and the roadway has
~i~ to be expan~ to four
~ .~ An arch will be built
at ~ 14 feet abow the road.
~~ With natiVe pJaDtS;
boulders and decomposed granite will
adorn the I6-foot-wide raised median
dividing the road
Once inside the entrance there will be
a turnout area containing a campus map
and directory to guide visitors and
guests to their location. The entrance
will also include a sidewalk on the north
side of the entrance that will continue to
the Pub. A bicycle path is also part of the
entrance.
An important feature of the entrance
is the traffic signal to be installed at 59th
Avenue and Country Gables. The traffic
light, left-tum lane, and crosswalk will
make entering and exiting campus much
safer for both pedestrians and vehicles.
Additionally, the city of Glendale plans to
install another pedestrian crosswalk
with a flashing yellow signal on 59th
Avenue between Country Gables and
Greenway Road.
The city of Glendale is planning to
widen 59th Avenue to three Janes n0rth­bound
and two lines southbound, with a
landscaped median traversing the road.
The School's current entrance at 59th
Avenue and Greenway will be closed.
The city's construction is scheduled to
begin in December with a completion
date ofM8¥ ~.
Plans for Thunderbird's new entrance
have been submitted to the city of Glen­dale.
Howard Needles Tammen &
Bergendorff is in charge of architecture,
design and engineering. Chanen Con­struction
will oversee the p1'Qject, sched­uled
to begin in March 1992.
ation
vs. ation sm
Economic and political demands of the '90s
will either place at risk or expand
the free global movement of people.
The decade of the '90s has begun
with two contradictory trends
in immigration. The first is the
movement toward greater eco­nomic
interdependence and the forma­tion
of regional trading blocs with the
corresponding globalization of busi­nesses.
The second is the resurgence of
nationalism, the breaking asunder of
countries that have existed for almost a
century, with the attendant development
of protectionist attitudes and xeno­phobia.
Both of these phenomena affect
the movement of people internationally.
The continued ability of individuals to
move where there is the opportunity for
gainful employment and escape regimes
which threaten their very existence will
depend on which trend achieves primacy
in any given area and country.
A HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Although the migration of people has
existed since ancient times, it has as­sumed
significant proportions over the
last 125 years. The reasons behind this
phenomenon are multiple, but among the
most important are advances in trans­portation
- the steamship and later the
airplane; the control of communicable
diseases; colonization and "manifest
destiny"; economic opportunity and
political freedom; civil strife and modern
warfare.
For those who had the means, travel
was largely unrestricted by governments
until World War I. A traveler between
Europe and the United States did not
need a passport and often traveled only
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with a letter of introduction from an offi­cial
of his own government. Receiving
countries did not make distinctions in
their welcoming procedures until after
World War!.
EXPORTERS, RECIPIENTS AND
RESTRICTIONS
Countries like Greece and Norway
emerged as people exporters. Others like
Argentina and Israel became people
recipients. People-exporting countries
view emigration positively, or deny its
existence. Nevertheless, they benefit
from the release of economic and politi­cal
pressures at home, and the receipt of
needed foreign exchange from abroad.
The newcomer is not always recog­nized
as an immigrant, one intending to
remain permanently. He/she may be an
unrestricted immigrant, a refugee, a dis­placed
person, or a person seeking
asylum. On the other hand, the individ­ual
may be seeking to work temporarily
within the country or simply visit.
Although these terms appear benign,
they often have technical meanings,
which defme and limit the scope of the
foreigner's activity within the country.
The response in receiving countries
has often been ambivalent and complex,
reflecting different standards depending
on the origin and skills of the immigrant.
Over the years, criteria emerged that,
although were not always consistent or
logical, became embodied in the laws
and policies of a given country. For exam­ple,
the United States, a country of immi­grants,
enacted legislation as early as the
1880s excluding Orientals, and in 1921
imposed severe restrictions on the num­ber
of eastern and southern Europeans
able to immigrate in a given year.
The United States was not alone in
restricting Asian immigration. Countries
as diverse as Australia and Mexico en­acted
comparable restrictions.
The issue of racial discrimination as
a factor in immigration allocation
remains. Compare the attitude of the
United States toward individuals fleeing
Hungary or the Soviet Union and our cur­rent
treatment of Haitians. The U. S. lot­tery
system recently introduced reflects
a kind of racism long absent from Ameri­can
immigration laws. It affects only
nationals of "adversely affected coun­tries,"
European countries which had
relatively few immigrants in recent
years, with a Senator Kennedy proviso
allotting 40 percent of all such visas to
the Irish.
NEEDS, STANDARDS AND POLICIES
In addition to racial or ethnic distinc­tions,
immigration policies often reflect
other standards or needs of the receiving
society. Historically, countries have
sought and recruited immigrants, often
promising them jobs or free agricultural
lands. At other times certain skills or
professions have been valued and aliens
possessing them were granted priority
treatment.
The United States and many other
developed countries have pursued a pol­icy
of immigration based on skills and
professions in short supply. In 1965, the
Will extreme
nationalism
prevail and eradicate
the achievements of
the post World War II
years, or will the
spirit of globalization
grow, reducing
immigration
barriers.
By Professors Robert S. Tancer and Shoshana B. Tancer
u. S. established preferences for immi­grants
with talent in the arts, sciences
and professions, and preference for
skilled workers.
VISAS AND TREATIES
In addition to immigrants, there are
increasing numbers of visas available to
those seeking temporary status in the
receiving country. These categories
developed during the period following
World War II when the United States
sought a leadership position in interna­tional
trade and investment. The tradi­tional
tourist visa "B" was divided into
two categories, the visitor for a specific
business event - negotiating one con­tract
or attending a board meeting, "Bl"
or the visitor for pleasure, "B2." The visa
required that the alien maintain his resi-
The Tancers are
both members of
the International
Studies Depart­mentfacultyand
the Arizona Bar
Association. They
have pmcticed law
in the Phoenix
area for the past
15 years and
specialized in
immigmtion law.
Shoshana Tancer
is presently of
counsel to O'Connor,
Cavanagh, a major
Arizona law firm
in the area of
immigration and
international law.
dence abroad and be paid by the foreign
employer.
A nonimmigrant visa - the "H" - was
also created, enabling U.S. employers to
hire skilled aliens on a temporary basis.
Family reunification is also a common
theme in establishing bases for
immigration.
The United States continued its pat­tern
of bilateral Treaties of Friendship,
Commerce and Navigation following
World War II, extending them to the
newly-created nations, and their scope to
include corporations as beneficiaries.
These treaties were negotiated on a
reciprocal basis and granted "rights of
establishment" and doing business to
nationals and companies of the respec­tive
signatories. This required the admis­sion
of individuals from those nations to
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pursue the permitted economic activ­ities
individually or on behalf of their cor­porate
parents.
The "E" visa was created for treaty
traders and investors, and the "L" visa for
intracompany transferees, either execu­tives,
managers or persons with spe­cialized
knowledge. This classification
continues to exist and has been widely
used by multinational firms in the
United States. These visas do not create
immigrant status and are of limited dura­tion
at which time the alien is expected
to return to his own country or be as­signed
to another post.
RESTRICTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The period following the end of the
World War II was one in which national
restrictions were reduced in limiting
immigration and doing business abroad.
Major events during these decades
include the abolition of an immigration
system based on national quotas in the
United States and the free movement of
workers in the European Community.
The environment in western Europe
that produced the European Community
recognized early that there could not be
a Common Market without a system that
permitted the free movement of people
within it. The 1957 Treaty of Rome recog­nized
this necessity and created four
innovative concepts for Europe: the free
movement of workers; the right to work
anywhere within any member country;
freedom of establishment extending
these same rights to companies, profes­sionals
and entrepreneurs; and the right
of the free movement of capital and ser­vices.
Although these reforms benefitted
individuals and companies within the
Community, comparable treatment was
not always granted those seeking to par­ticipate
from outside. The removal oftra­ditional
barriers, passports, visas, and
traders's cards (a right to work docu­ment
often denied legal aliens), through
the enactment of the Treaty of Rome was
a step forward.
In addition, many humanitarian
efforts were initiated during this period,
and the United Nations adopted a stan­dard
definition of refugee, enabling
countless individuals to regularize their
status abroad.
Despite these trends, the 1980s saw a
series of developments which became
the basis of a continuously changing
environment, one which was more
restrictive and at the same time offered
new opportunities. As differences in
economic opportunity became more
4 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
extreme and widely perceived, certain
countries placed pressure on the system.
For example, in the United States immi­grant
applications from India, the Philip­pines
and Mexico were often far in
excess of the numerical allocations
available. In the cases of India and the
Philippines, the pressure was coming
from the highly educated and trained
sectors, reflecting the realization that
immigration was not only for the eco­nomically
or politically deprived.
Comparable patterns existed through­out
the developed world. In Europe it
was often manifest through a system of
preferences accorded nationals offormer
colonies. Within the European Commu­nity
the number of "guest workers"
increased, which resulted in enclaves of
foreign workers often from countries
with an entirely different social system
than that of the host country. This pres­sure
resulted in an anti-foreign senti­ment
and often caused the host country
to encourage the return of the temporary
guest worker. At its worst the presence of
large, unassimilated foreign commu­nities
caused political backlash resulting
sate ti'lltkkYW
• ~ ·the. ~.the DllII\k' of new
jobseekersundtet. 25 wiD decre8se
by 2 pen:ent atear in Great J3ritatn,
France. and Japan and 3.6 pel'(lent in
West ~ In the U. 8., the native
born laborf~ will grow, but less
than 1 ~t a year-tbe slowest
rate since the ~
in violence and the emergence of the rad­ical
right, advocating racist programs
reminiscent of Nazi Germany.
The attendant changes in Eastern
Europe and the Soviet Union brought
with them a resurgence of nationalism,
which had been controlled under the
Communist regimes. Germany, coping
with its own reunification problems, the
return of ethnic Germans from previ­ously
Communist countries plus politi­cal
refugees, finally decided it could not
absorb any more and closed the door to
ethnic Germans from Yugoslavia.
Unlike Europe and the United States,
Japan has never wavered in its xeno­phobic
attitudes and despite severe labor
shortages has not permitted its foreign
workers to become "Japanese." Recent
efforts to repatriate ethnic Japanese
from Brazil have been unsuccessful
because they are viewed as too
Brazilian.
The final verdict is not in: Will extreme
nationalism prevail and eradicate the
achievements of the post World War II
years, or will the spirit of globalization
grow, reducing immigration barriers. _
• Profile
The Search is Over
Dr. David Ricks
is Thunderbird's
new academic vice president.
Possessing a large measure of
warmth and sincerity and a
worldwide reputation as a
leader in international business,
Dr. David Ricks was the overwhelming
choice of Thunderbird's search commit­tee
for the position of academic vice
president. His appointment, effective
July 1, 1992, culminates a worldwide
search following the retirement of Dr.
Clifton Cox in July of 1991.
A highly respected authority on inter­national
business and education, Dr.
Ricks has an outstanding record of lead­ership
in the field. He is currently pro­fessor
of international business at the
University of South Carolina, and editor­in-
chief of The Journal of International
Business Studies.
It is clear that Dr. Ricks is as pleased
with his new appointment as Thunder­bird
is to have him. "I earned my degree
in international business believing that it
was important ... I've spent my career
working toward this ... 22 years working
in international business education. I'm
very much a believer that Thunderbird
has a great program and that it has a
great potential for even more success. In
terms of a fit, I feel positive."
In looking at Thunderbird's strengths,
Dr. Ricks sees the alumni network and
Thunderbird's reputation in the corpo­rate
world as two important assets.
"There's absolutely no program that has
the alumni network in international busi­ness
that Thunderbird has. Thunderbird
has all the other programs combined
beat. And the alumni network is an
incredible strength.
''Another area in which Thunderbird
beats absolutely every other program is
its corporate connections," he says.
"That's highly related to the alumni. Its
reputation in the corporate community
is outstanding. I also think Thunderbird
has a good strength in its placement,
compared to the others."
When he talks about his management
style, Dr. Ricks is soft-spoken and
Dr. David Ricks
serious. "I believe that it is important for
a manager to be a good communicator,
and that communication is receiving as
well as sending. I think it's important to
be honest, and I think it's very important
to be fair. My style is to try to understand
and look for a reasonable kind of
solution."
A scholar of considerable reputation,
Dr. Ricks' publishing record includes
eight books and more than 50 articles.
He points with pride to the role he plays
as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Inter­national
Business Studies (JIBS). He
concedes, however, that after eight years
as its editor, he is ready to move on.
Dr. Ricks has two books forthcoming
and another in progress. Introduction to
International Business is a basic orien­tation
textbook, primarily for under­graduates.
"I am hoping that in the future
the book will serve as an advertisement
for Thunderbird in terms of students
applying to the program," he says. "The
second book comes out in April and it's
called Blunders in International Busi­ness.
It's a fun book, and it will note my
affiliation with Thunderbird. I'm also
working with two coauthors on a text­book
called International Marwgement
By Nelda S. CroweU
for graduate and undergraduate stu­dents,
and I'm hoping to finish that
before I move. It will be available about a
year from now."
Dr. Ricks' personal interests range
from antiques to sports cars to hot air
ballooning. "I have served as a crew
member, and we have taken flights, so
I'm hoping to get more involved." He has
lived in New Zealand for two years and
spent summers in 1985, 1987, and 1989 in
Helsinki, where he was a visiting pro­fessor
at the Helsinki School of
Economics.
He and his wife Lesley have been mar­ried
15 years and share an interest in
antiques. "We are collectors; we like
antiques. I personally have some collec­tions
that might be logical like old
leather-bound books and old maps,
which somewhat fit into the image of an
academic in international business. But
"J# are pleased
to have a man of
Dr. Ricks stature
and experience in
this important
position. I am
confident that with
his guidance, along
with our excellent
faculty, Thunderbird
will move forward
to even greater
excellence:'
Dr. Roy A. Herberger; Jr.
we also like things that don't seem as
academic, like lamps and Victorian
furniture. "
Approaching his new position, Dr.
Ricks expressed confidence. "I feel I
understand the field of international
business and international business edu­cation.
And as much as any outsider
could, I think I have a good understand­ing
of what Thunderbird is all about. It's
the kind of model I've been working with
here [at the University of South Carolina 1
for 11 years, because we copied the
Thunderbird model."
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• Trustee Profile
Supporting Education
James Parkel and IBM
invest in Thunderbirds future
through technology.
J ames Parkel has built a strong
foundation with IBM and as direc­tor
of corporate support programs
with IBM, he continues to provide
a solid structure and forge new social
policy for the far-reaching corporation.
Parkel's association with IBM began
in the early '60s when he participated in
a summer internship with the company
while attending the University of Denver.
After graduating with a bachelor's
degree in science, Parkeljoined the orga­nization
full time as a junior engineer in
San Jose, California. He worked for a
time in process control development and
marketing, but eventually found his
niche in human resource management
in 1966.
By 1975, Parkel was working as direc­tor
of personnel for IBM AmericaslFar
East Corporation. In 1988, he was named
IBM director of employee relations.
Thday, he and his family reside in Con­necticut
and he is responsible for
corporate contributions relating to cul­tural
and human services, community
programs, and education and university
relations on a worldwide basis.
Parkel's role as IBM director of corpo­rate
support programs was forged
James G. Parkel
6 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
during a company reorganization that
merged contributions, university rela­tions
and community programs into one
organization. "Consistent with our busi­ness
objectives, our goal is for IBM to be
a good corporate citizen, a national
asset, and a worldwide leader in helping
address societal issues," says Parkel.
Jim Parkel is also a member of the
Thunderbird Board of Trustees and the
School has eI\ioyed a mutually success­ful
relationship with Parkel and IBM for
a number of years. Their association
began in the 1970s when Parke I was
involved in some special recruiting pro­grams
that IBM directed toward country
nationals. As part of the process, Parkel
happened to meet with Dr. Cliff Cox who
was chair of the World Business Depart­ment
at that time. Dr. Cox wanted to
bring together people from different
areas of business to serve as advisors,
and he asked Parkel to chair the first and
subsequent meetings. The World Busi­ness
Advisory Council thus came into
being. "Basically, the group felt very
, committed to helping the School," says
Parkel. "They were willing to get
involved in helping the various depart­ments
move the School forward."
"IBM is the largest
corporate giver in the
world. Our worldwide
philanthropies last
year were something
over $135 million
and almost half our
employees in the US
volunteer their time
to charitable causes:'
Over the years, Parkel has been instru­mental
in securing visiting professors for
Thunderbird's programs and providing
equipment and grants to assist the
School in achieving its goals. In 1986, the
Department of Modern Languages
received two IBM KaI\ii computer sys­tems
which enabled the faculty to
perform keyboard functions and print
material for students in Chinese, Japa­nese,
and English. Parkel also arranged
for Jacques Maisonrouge, IBM board
member and chairman of the World
Trade Association, to participate in the
Executive-in-Residence program and
share his knowledge with students.
In 1990, IBM awarded a $747,000 grant
to Thunderbird. The grant included 73
advanced personal computers and a
pledge of $100,000 over a four-year period
to provide support for the language labo­ratory
and computerized management
teaching simulations, and to assist in
the expansion of computer facilities for
student use.
Parkel's long association with the
School actually began in his youth. He
was raised in the Phoenix area and was
familiar with Thunderbird through his
mother, one of the first female officers of
Valley National Bank. A family friend
was a T'bird accounting professor at the
time. "I have roots with the School from
a personal standpoint," says Parkel. "I
also have roots from 15 years of oversee­ing
international business, and I have a
high interest in merging my energy and
the School's energy in working toward
globalization. The globalization of the
world has put an even more important
focus on the School and its curriculum.
The current leadership is stepping up to
that challenge with a strategic plan that
is moving forward to make Thunderbird
one of the top graduate business schools
in the international arena."
Parkel has other interests as well. He
serves on the advisory boards of the
Business Institute on Aging, University
of Southern California; the American
Association of Retired Persons National
Steering Committee of the New Roles in
Society Program; and the University of
Denver National Advisory Board. His
interest in the aging population began
when, as head of IBM's benefits program,
he helped develop retirement strategies
for the corporation that are still in effect
today.
Parkel describes his association with
Thunderbird as "a very good marriage
made possible by my interest in where
the School is going." •
Dear Thurulerbi:rd Graduate,'
T Iwnderbird has begun a strate­gic
planning process to main­tain
and expaad our leadership
role in global man 8 nent edu­cation.
A central part of tile process is
gathering information from alumni,
employers, students, faculty and other
schools COOCemingthe ehaIIenges facing
the next generation of international
JR8II8II!I'8.
I would appNclate JaW' fIIIidance and
reflectious on BOrne important
questlmlS ~ COM' , II in this proc-ess.
1 eDC(IIII"'. you 10'" down)'OW"
t.hougIIt$lbout the fill J lie questions
and send -...n to me. __ 1hese que&-
tioM are net in also invite ,..110 other ."1£ vatioos that
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• How would you define the critical man-
8geria1 competencies that will be essen­tial
to effective global management in
the next three to five years? How do you
suggest that Thunderbird respond to
these needs in the content and design of
our educational program?
• What crucial trends in gloha1jzation are
most important HUS to consider' as we
create a vision for the future of11wn­derbird?
What business and/or other
models might help us plan most
e1'1'ectiw1y?
7
• Campus News
Webster on trust
and the CIA
The December 1991 graduating
class, 483 students strong, lis­tened
to former CIA Director
William Webster talk about the
importance of trust. Noting common
principles he has found in both public
service and the private sector Webster
said, "The most important and the only
one that I will suggest is: things work
better when people trust each other." He
admitted that promoting public trust in
the CIA was a challenge because most of
what is done there must be done in
secret, out of the public eye.
1b foster trust while with the CIA he
tried to communicate publicly as much
as possible. What he could not say pub­licly,
he discussed with "the surrogates
of the American people-their elected
representatives in the House and Senate
Intelligence Committees. We also made
certain that our employees understood
the importance of always responding
truthfully," Webster said. "If my experi­ence
has taught me anything, it is that
public servants must never lose sight of
the ultimate source of their authority:
the American people and their elected
representatives. "
Webster also talked about the press'
relationship with the CIA and allegations
that the agency was misused during the
Iran-Contra matter and that it continues
to withhold information from the Inde­pendent
Counsel. Webster said, "For over
4 112 years, the CIA has placed a high pri­ority
on publicly and fully cooperating
with the oversight and investigative com­mittees
of Congress and with the
Independent Counsel investigating the
Iran-Contra matter."
Touching on the BCCI enterprise,
Webster said, "The agency was the first
to report illegal ownership of American
bank interests and it disseminated this
information in over 600 intelligence
reports." He continued " .. . trust must be
earned daily by performance and main­tained
by a system of accountability.
illtimately the CIA must rely on the good
judgment of the American people and
their surrogates in Congress to assess its
performance.
"I cannot overemphasize the impor­tance
of truthfulness in building trust,"
said Webster. "The agency provided over
1,000 briefings to Congress last year. 1b
guide our representatives in giving testi-
8 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
mony, I emphasized the 'Four Cs' - that
all testimony must be candid, complete,
correct and consistent. Better to decline
a question because of its relationship to
sensitive sources and methods than to
be disingenuous and dance around it.
We were always able to work out solu­tions
in those circumstances and no
one in four years accused us of
misrepresentation. "
Focusing on international issues,
Webster said, "I've visited over 40 coun­tries
and I've observed what happens in
the international arena when there is no
trust. I saw an astonishing lack of trust
in regional areas-particularly the
Middle East, where some people seem
unable to learn to trust each other. This
is why recent negotiations, though his­toric,
are proceeding so slowly."
Domestically, Webster said the Ameri­can
people have had to absorb some real
confidence blows. He cited Watergate,
Iran-Contra, WedTech, Wall Street
capers, and the recent BCCI investiga­tions
as examples. "Some of these
produced a sense of betrayal, the word
that Robert Frost said was 'the saddest
word in the English language,'" said
Webster.
Concluding his speech, Webster said,
"Here at home we are confronted with
two conflicting demands: the need to
continue our world leadership that has
contributed so much to the successful
reduction of the Soviet threat, the ad­vancement
of civil rights and freedom in
the world, and at the same time, to
respond to the clarion call to come home
and address our economic problems.
"World economic stability may be
every bit as much a threat to our national
security as military posturing abroad.
"Some will say, 'Who needs intel­ligence
now?' I say it was never more
needed. We need to understand the world
as never before, not only the regional
eruptions, but the broader transnational
issues that affect all of us - the scourge
of drugs, the growth of terrorism, the ter­rible
proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction, especially in the Third
World."
Webster told the graduates, "We're
going to rely on people like you [who will
have 1 increasing access to information
around the world to share with your gov­ernments,
your insights gathered in the
course of the careers that you will now
follow." •
(l-r) T'bird gradu­ate
Nick Stejkovich
andformer CIA
Director William
Webster visit dur­ing
the reception
foUowing com­mencement
cere­monies
in Decem­ber.
Webster
emphasized the
importance of
trust, teUing
students, "Things
work better when
people trust each
other."
• Campus News
Experts share global
Views with students
Thunderbird students were able
to hear a number of distin­guished
speakers present their
views on the rapidly changing
global business environment during the
fall semester. Cyrus F. Freidheim, vice
chairman and managing director of
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, spoke on con­temporary
aspects of China-U.S.
business relations. Recently returned
from a trip to China, Freidheim said,
"The economy is strong, its private and
mixed firms are doing well."
Freidheim said that doing business in
China can be frustrating, time-consum­ing,
bureaucratic, and not very profitable
in the short term. He noted this is not a
problem for Japan, whose tendency is to
view prospects over the long term.
Freidheim pointed out that U. S. prob­lems
with China are not slowing down
its relations with other countries. In the
first six months of 1991, $4.5 billion in
projects were approved by the Chinese
government.
Freidheim's advice to people consider­ing
entering the Chinese market is to
move ahead cautiously. He added that if
the United States sits on the sidelines, it
could be out of that arena for a long time.
Students also had an opportunity to
hear two prominent Africans speak on
campus. His Excellency Denis D. Afande,
Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S., stated
the potentially significant role that eco­nomic
integration could play in Africa's
future, saying that unions such as the
Economic Community of West African
Denis D. Afande,
Ambassador of
Kenya to the
United States, told
students there is a
growing demand
by Africans for
democracy. He also
cautioned against
the impulse to pre­scribe
western
multiparty sys­tems
for Africa.
States and the African Preferential Trade
Area could contribute toward economic
self-reliance on the continent.
Regarding international efforts to as­sist
Africa, Afande said he would prefer
to see more foreign investment in place
of current aid programs. He feels such an
emphasis would provide more direct
stimulation of employment and eco­nomic
growth.
The other African speaker was Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf, former minister of
finance of Liberia. She spoke briefly on
changes in international fmance media­tion
and then conducted a lively question
and answer session with students.
Sirleaf believes that Africa presents
profitable investment opportunities for
foreign firms. She noted the growing
trend toward privatization of public cor­porations,
citing Kenya Airways and
Kenya Breweries Corporation, which are
for sale. She added that many good pri­vate
investment chances also exist.
Looking toward Saudi Arabia, Pat
Murphy, former publisher of the Arizona
Republic/Phoenix Gazette, and Khalid
Alotaibi, a Ph.D. candidate at Arizona
State University, spoke on that country's
business and economic environment.
Alotaibi noted the steps that the Saudi
Arabian government has taken to stimu­late
the private sector including the
construction of modern airports, sea­ports,
highways, and industrial parks.
There is also no corporate tax and mini­mal
personal tax to foreign investors,
providing further incentives for busi­nesses.
Major corporations like Coca­Cola,
IBM, Arthur Andersen, and Citi­corp
have taken advantage of these
incentives.
Dr. Jean-Marie Albertini talked on
France and European integration.
Albertini is an economist and director of
research at the National Center for Scien­tific
Research in France. He said the
French economy knows how to change
and has shifted exports from colonies to
other European countries with 70 per­cent
of French exports now going to
western Europe. The agricultural and
industrial sectors have shrunk while the
service sector, increasingly international
in nature, now comprises 67 percent of
economic activity.
Editor's Note: The above speakers' in­formation
is compiled from articles
appearing in Das Thr during fall 1991. _
"Skyscrapers
sprinkle the land­scape
in Beijing
and Shanghai and
there are more
miniskirts in
Shanghai than
Paris. There is a
sense of freedom in
China today, " says
Cyrus Freidheim,
vice chairman and
managing director
of Booz-AUen &
Hamilton.
THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992 9
• Campus News
Getz and Lincoln
receive honorary
degrees
George F. Getz, Jr. and David C.
Lincoln were presented with
Doctor of Law degrees during
commencement ceremonies in
December. Both men have been strong
supporters of Thunderbird over the
years. Getz was elected to the Board of
Trustees in 1972 and elected Trustee
Emeritus in June 1989. The William Voris
Hall of Modern Languages was funded in
part by a gift from Getz. He has retired
from business and community activities,
but continues to collect and restore
antique fire engines, which are on dis­play
in the Hall of Flame Museum in
Phoenix.
David C. Lincoln is also a member of
Thunderbird's board of trustees and has
served in this role since 1977, maintain­ing
a special interest in student concerns.
With his wife, Joan, Lincoln has helped
fund the Joan and David Lincoln Com­puter
Services Center, and recently
pledged $1 million toward construction
of the new administration building. Lin­coln
is chairman and director of Lincoln
Laser Company wpich manufacturers
rotating mirror laser scanners, and is
president and director of Vika Corpora­tion,
an entrepreneurial firm. _
Robert J. Puskar;
general manager,
IBM United States,
accepted the 1991
Thunderbird
Awardfor Global
Excellence from
Dr. Roy A.
Herberger, Jr. at
thefall trustee
banquet held in the
Heard Museum.
10 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
David C. Lincoln
received an honor­ary
doctor of laws
degree in Decem-ber.
He also holds
an honorary doctor
of laws degree
from Soochow Uni­versity
in Taipei
and an honorary
doctor of science
degree from Arizona
State University.
(l-r) George F
Getz, Jr. receives
the hood signify­ing
his honorary
doctor of laws de­gree
from President
Roy A. Herberger,
Jr. during
commencement
ceremonies in
December.
IBM receives
Award for
Global excellence
The Heard Museum was the
scene and Native American
Indians was the theme of the
fall trustee banquet honoring
IBM. The Thunderbird 1991 Award for
Global Excellence was presented to IBM
for its continuing achievement in interna­tional
business, global understanding,
and educational support. For years, IBM
has been one of Thunderbird's strongest
educational partners and is one of the
top 10 employers of Thunderbird gradu­ates.
The company has long been com­mitted
to strengthening educational and
research opportunities throughout the
world. IBM employs over 100,000 people
outside the U.S. in the 130 countries
where it does business. -
• Jibotnotes
EXECS OFFER ADVICE
Deloitte & Touche, Security Pacific
Bank Arizona, Karsten Manufacturing
Corporation were among the 14 firms
who participated in the Executive
Exchange, offered to Thunderbird stu­dents
each semester to give them in­formation
to make effective career deci­sions.
Students listened to top executives
like Douglas Yearley, CEO, Phelps Dodge
Corporation; Thomas Gunn, president,
McDonnell Douglas Helicopter; and
Richard Lehmann, CEO, Valley National
Corporation share their views on what
managerial skills organizations will need
in the next two to three years.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
Thunderbird welcomes two new faces
to campus. Margaretta Brede is the
director of government grants in the
Development Office. She was previously
corporate vice president for the National
Association of Purchasing Managers.
Prior to NAPM, she served as community
relations coordinator for U. S. Represen­tative
of Arizona, John McCain.
James C. Smolesky joins the School as
director of facilities services, formerly
known as physical plant. Smolesky
comes to Thunderbird from the City of
Phoenix where he served as facilities
manager for the building section of the
city's support services division.
TRUSTEE BOARD CHANGES
Paulo D. Villares is Thunderbird's
newly elected trustee. He is chairman of
the board of Industrias Villares, S. A.,
Sao Paulo, Brazil. He also serves as
counselor of the Brazilian Advanced
Studies Center, InterAmerican School of
the Johns Hopkins University and is a
member of the International Advisory
Committee of The First National Bank of
Chicago.
Bernard G. Rethore was elected chair
of the World Business Advisory Council
succeeding Allen Mcinnes, who served
as chair for five years. Rethore is presi­dent
of Phelps Dodge Industries, senior
vice president of Phelps Dodge Corpora­tion,
and a member of its senior
management committee. As WBAC chair,
Rethore is an ex officio member of the
Board of Trustees.
Trustee Emeritus Clay P. Bedford, 88,
died in Scottsdale, Arizona on October
26, 1991. Mr. Bedford was retired presi­dent
of Kaiser Industries Aerospace &
Electronics.
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BALLOONS NET DOLLARS
The 1991 Thunderbird Balloon Classic
was a success even though the second
day dawned too windy for balloons to lift
off. Along with 125 hot-air balloon
entries, there was a high level of student
involvement this year as spectators
watched Thunderbird students present
the parade of international flags and
other entertainment. Student clubs also
sold international items at booths. Pro­ceeds
from the event resulted in a
$50,524 addition to the Mavis Voris
Friends of Thunderbird Endowed Schol­arship
Fund.
ALUMNI PHONATHONS A SUCCESS
A three-day phonathon in November
raised $36,816 in pledges from Tbirds
around the United States. Students
called more than 800 alumni informing
them of the dramatic changes taking
place on campus and asking them to con­tribute
to the continued development of
the School. In January, 24 students volun­teered
their time and energy to contact
more than 2,800 alumni, resulting in
pledges of approximately $75,000.
HERSHEY WINS INTERAD
Marketing Hershey Chocolates to
Japan was the challenge facing seven
T'bird students this fall. Their hard work
paid off when they were declared the
winners in the December InterAd com­petition.
Student teams marketing
Kellogg's in Russia, mM in Bulgaria, and
Hind's Body Lotion by Sterling-Winthrop
in Costa Rica presented their strategic
plans to corporate sponsors and judges.
SUBSCRIBE TO Q4S TOR
Subscriptions to Thunderbird's stu­dent
newspaper, Das Thr, are available to
interested alumni. The service is
intended to expand the forum for com­munication
among students past and
present. Along with the details of
campus life, new features have been
added. The annual subscription rate is
$30 within the continental United States.
For more information, please contact
Dos ThrSubscriptions, American Gradu­ate
School of International Management,
l5249 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85306.
SCHOOL HOSTS TELECONFERENCE
Thunderbird and Glendale Commu­nity
College hosted a major live
interactive business videoconference
event in November. It was a technologi­cal
first, featuring a live, nationwide
satellite video that linked high-level busi­ness,
political and academic experts in
Moscow with their U. S. counterparts for
a discussion on integrated trade efforts.
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE
The three case-style lecture halls
opened their doorsjust in time for the fall
semester's incoming students. Designed
for discussion and presentation of case
material, the rooms offer excellent
acoustics, projection screens, computer
equipment, and more board space than
conventional classrooms. An open house
was held for students attending the first
classes in the new facility.
Scarecrows, pumpkins and balloons
set the theme for the roof topping of the
new World Business/Administration
building in October. Honored guests
were Joan and David Lincoln, who
pledged $1 million for the administration
wing. Faculty and administration were
given their first look at the building they
will work in when the move takes place
in March 1992.
A CALL FOR PAPERS
The Journal of Languagefor Interna­tional
Business is a refereed periodical
devoted to the teaching and study of for­eign
languages, English as a second
language, and cross-cultural communi­cation
for international business.
Thunderbird is reviewing articles for the
next issue. The deadline for submitting
an article is March 30, 1992. For more
information "Or subscription details,
please contact Dr. Robert M. Ramsey,
Editor, Department of Modem Lan­~
The ~G~ School
ofln~JMn J i~
THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992 11
• Network
Going International?
The Los Angeles chapter will hold an executive briefing on
international markets, "Taking the Intimidation Out of Going
International." The event takes place on Thursday, April 23,
1992, Noon to 7:30 p.m., at the Sheraton Grande Hotel,
downtown Los Angeles. Stressing the international arena as
another new market, speakers will cover subjects ranging from
product defInition to financing and intellectual property rights.
They will share their experiences, how they implement
international market strategies, and the importance of export
for growing companies.
The following speakers and topics will round out the day's
activities: William Edwards, EDVEST International, Interna­tional
and the USA - How They Compare; Yoshi Noguchi, Paul
R. Ray & Associates, Product DefInition; Maarten Fleurke,
Limpex N. A., Market Research; and Michael Cohn, President,
Baskin-Robbins International, Success Stories-We Are Doing
It. Senator John Seymour is scheduled to give the [mal presen­tation
of the day.
For more information, contact Bob Shatz '82,
(800) 49-TBIRD or Fax (818) 249-6234.
Giancarlo
Matarazzo '86 (left)
and Ricardo
Miranda Silva '89
(right) organized a
dinner meeting for
Dr. Roy A. Herberger,
Jr. to get acquainted
with T'birds in the
Sao Paulo area.
Silva is poUing
alumni in the area
to determine
interest in a
Brazilian chapter.
Photo courtesy of
Ricardo Silva.
celebration 25,000
Over the years there fmmer volunteers
has been a strong tie marched from John
between Peace Corps Kennedy's tomb to
volunteers and
Thunderbird, with
many former
volunteers also
becoming T'bird
alumni. In August
1991, the Peace Corp
celebrated its 30th
anniversary, and as
part of the
1991 reunion a success
The 17th armual balloon race weekend saw more than 500
ahmmi and guests return to campus to witness the changes
taking place on campus and eI\iOY golf, tennis, and educational
seminars. Thpics included Eastern European changes, cross­cultural
communication, and global financial outlooks for the
'908. Alumni renewed old acquaintances and made new friends
at the cocktail reception and at the race events.
The class of 1986 held its first reunion as well. Attendees
QIDe from 11 countries and aJmoat f1'IfSY s<e.1tigbUgbts of
their weekend included a IUlVride and cookout In the desert, a
the Lincoln
Memorial. Joining
the march were (l-r)
Mike Harvey '70,
Sargent Shriver,
former Peace Corp
Director Paul
Coverdale, and his
assistant. Photo
courtesy of Mike
Harvey.
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12 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
ThebOardOf
directors of the
Thunderbird
Alumni Association,
under the leadership
and guidance of Daniel D.
Witcher '50, chairman of the
alumni recognition com­mittee,
have inducted the
foUowing 13 alumni into
this year's Thunderbird
Who:S Who. Selection
criteria was based upon
the significant level of
professional achievement
each individual has
attained in his or her chosen
profession.
These 13 alumni join 143
others selected for lifelong
recognition as members of
the· Thunderbird Who:S Who.
Each person serves as an
example of the quality and
potential associated with
the School:S educational
offering. We are proud of
their association with
Thunderbird and hope
you wiUjoin us in
aclmowledging their
accomplishments.
All alumni are encouraged
to forward the names of
other noteworthy candidates
to the alumni recognition
committee of the Thunder­bird
Alumni ASSOCiation, in
care of the Alumni Relations
Office. A nominationform
appearsfoUowing this
listing.
D. BAKER BATES '51
Retired Industrial Designer
and Consultant
Longview Fibre Company
Longview, Washington
Bates says Thunderbird wid­ened
his horizon considerably
and his illustrious career
path is evidence. "Five
Decades-Plus of Industrial
Design" was an exhibit held
earlier this year displaying a
lifetime of his work in his
hometown of Longview,
Washington. During World
War II, while at Martin Air­plane
Company, he designed
the "peanut turret" for the
B-26 twin-engine light
bomber. He joined Canadair
in Montreal following his
graduation from Thunderbird
where he was charged with
designing mock-ups of air­plane
interiors. Bates also
consulted on the Boeing 747,
designing passenger seats for
the aircraft. In the '70s, he
joined Longview Fibre Com­pany
as a packaging engineer
for corrugated carton con­tainers
and later won national
awards for designs which
included a waxed box for car­rying
live bait and a protec­tive
container for an
expensive perfume. He
retired in 1979, but served as
a consultant for Longview
Fibre from 1987-88.
WILLIAM W CONE '79
Executive Consultant,
Special Event Marketing
Washington, D. C.
Willie Cone believes in team­work
and says it is the skill
he values most from his
Thunderbird education.
Thday, he practices interna­tional
teamwork as a special
event executive producer and
consultant. Cone works
closely with many groups,
including top executives at
the world's leading corpora­tions,
media organizations,
and education and govern­ment
authorities. With his
own company, he offers a
total package of conceptual
and creative planning; project
organization and manage­ment;
and fmal evaluation
and analysis for a wide array
of special events. His work in
more than 1,000 communities
has taken him to 47 countries
spanning five continents.
His accomplishments include
creation and direction of "A
Celebration of Citizenship"
sponsored by Xerox and
Nabisco for the Bicentennial
of the U.S. Constitution. He
also played an integral role in
uniting six million Americans
for "Hands Across America'
in 1986, raising $35 million for
the homeless.
MILES D. FREITAG '62
President
Solvay Animal Health, Inc.
Mendota Heights, Mirmesota
"Thunderbird opened a door­way
to the world for me and
gave me the tools to be a par­ticipant,"
says Freitag. As
president of Solvay Animal
Health, Inc., a veterinary
health company, Freitag's pri­mary
responsibility is the
company's well-being. Before
assuming this responsibility,
he served as vice president of
marketing for the firm. Prior
to this post he was vice presi­dent
and later president of
Salsbury Laboratories in
Iowa whose parent company
was Solvay et Cie in Brussels,
Belgium. Freitag is active
with service organizations,
YMCA, church and is a mem­ber
of additional outside
boards.
MERLE A. HINRICHS '65
Chairman
Asian Sources Media Group
Hong Kong
Asian Sources Media Group
is the largest trade publishing
house in Asia and one of the
most successful in the world.
The company Hinrichs foun­ded
in 1970 now publishes 14
monthly publications and 11
book titles. The works are
published in English, Japa­nese,
Korean and simplified
Chinese for readers in 165
countries. Readership repre­sents
businessmen involved
with exporting, importing
and manufacturing world­wide.
Hinrichs previously
served as the company's
managing director. He is a
founder of the Society of
Hong Kong Publishers, and
member of the American and
Hong Kong General chambers
of commerce, the Interna­tional
Federation of the Peri­odical
Press, the Pacific
Basin Economic Council, and
the Hong Kong Management
Association. "My interna­tional
publishing career was
substantially enhanced by
the education I received at
Thunderbird," says Hinrichs.
"Many alumni have been of
great help and encourage­menttome."
MURRAY HUTCHISON '64
Chairman of the Board
and CEO
International Thchnology
Corporation
Thrrance, California
"Thunderbird gave me the
perspective of a worldwide
marketplace, greatly broaden­ing
my horizons, which has
allowed International Thch­nology
today to benefit and
understand the truly global
nature of the environmental
market," says Hutchison.
Hutchison first joined the
diversified environmental
management firm in 1964 as a
member of the board of direc­tors
and an officer. He was
elected president and chair­man
of the board when
William H. Hutchison and
Sons, Inc. merged with Indus­trial
Tank, Inc. to become IT
Corporation in 1976 and later
International Thchnology Cor­poration
in 1983. In addition,
Hutchison is a member of the
Board of Regents at Pepper­dine
University, Board of
Managers of the Metropolitan
YMCA of Los Angeles and
San Diego and the Haas Busi­ness
School Advisory Board,
University of California,
Berkeley.
DANIEL T. JACOBSEN '59
Retired Senior Vic~
President and Chief Auditor
Citicorp/Citibank
New York
"The enthusiastic sense of
mission that I encountered at
Thunderbird continues to the
present," says Jacobsen. "It
gave purpose and direction to
my business career." Jacob­sen
headed the audit division
as senior vice president and
chief auditor for Citicorpl
Citibank for 10 years before
retiring in 1991. Prior to this
appointment, he was vice
president and senior officer of
Citicorp in Manila, Philip­pines
from 1975-80. He also
served as vice president and
senior operations officer in
Hong Kong and Japan. While
overseas, Jacobsen was also
active with numerous civic
and philanthropic
organizations.
GERALD H. KANGAS '60
General Manager and CEO
United Saudi Commercial
Bank
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kangas credits Thunderbird
for preparing him with lan­guage
and cultural training,
the basis to his international
banking and fmancial ser­vices
success for over 30
years. In 1982, he received the
Outstanding Rotarian Award
for the businessman who
contributed the most to the
ideals of the Rotary "which is
service above self' to the
country of Bahrain. He
worked with Citibank, N.A.
from 1960-84 in various
capacities in locales includ­ing
the U.S., South America,
Africa and Asia. In 1984, he
joined the National Bank of
Bahrain as assistant general
manager, before being
recruited to his current post
as chief executive officer of
the United Saudi Commercial
Bank in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. Kangas was recently
elected to the American Busi­nessmen's
Group Steering
Committee and is the vice
chairman of Republicans
Abroad.
ALLYN W KEISER '73
Executive Vice President,
Corporate Bank, U.S.A.,
Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce (CIBC)
New York
"Learning another language
and exploring other cultures
have been remarkably trans­ferrable
experiences," says
Keiser, who cites these expe­riences
as making him more
capable of understanding
others. Keiser is responsible
for all of CIBC's corporate
banking operations in the
United States including bank­ing,
leasing and corporate
financial services subsid­iaries.
He joined CIBC in 1981
with an extensive domestic
banking background. He was
also senior vice president and
general manager of CIBC's
U.S. Corporate Bank and dep­uty
general manager. Keiser is
also vice chairman of the
Institute of International
Bankers and chairman of the
International Advisory Coun­cil
of the Bankers Association
for Foreign Trade.
CLAYTONE.
MCMANAWAY, JR. '59
Vice President for
International Operations
The Fairfax Group, Ltd.
Falls Church, Virginia!
New York
"The overall international
outlook and orientation, and
the exceptionally difficult
but rewarding language pro­grams
were the most impor­tant
Thunderbird contribu­tions
to me," says Clayton
McManaway, former U S.
Ambassador to Haiti and
Deputy, Office of the
Ambassador-at-Large for
Counterterrorism. His public
administration career began
in 1961 with the Agency for
International Development,
Department of State, with
assignments including Cam­bodia
and Washington, ne.
Thday his career is with the
Fairfax Group, Ltd., an inter­national
management con­sulting
firm which deals with
several services including
corporate initiatives, market
intelligence, crisis manage­ment,
security engineering,
litigation, and risk and threat
analyses.
ARLETTE RAMSEY
MILLER '73
Regional Personnel Officer,
Eastern Mediterranean
Region
World Health Organization,
United Nations
Alexandria, Egypt
Upon joining Thunderbird,
Miller became one of 25
women in a class of 500.
"My education and experi­ence
at Thunderbird helped
me to operate in multi­cultural
environments,
especially in the Middle East,
where I found myself to be
the first and sometimes the
only female functioning in the
posts in which I served," says
Miller. Through the years she
has gained extensive experi­ence
working with the United
Nations and private industry
to design and manage person­nel
systems, policies and pro­grams.
In her current position,
Miller's responsibilities
include personnel administra­tion
for WH.O. staff members
and consultants serving in
the 22 countries of her region.
G. KELLY O'DEA '72
Executive Director
Worldwide Client Services
Ogilvy & Mather
New YorkILondon
Kelly was born in Chicago,
educated in the states and
Europe, and was once a Colo­rado
rancher. In 1973, he
made the transition to New
York to pursue an advertising
career with Ogilvy & Mather.
While there, he has managed
a broad array of US. and
international accounts includ­ing
General Foods, Unilever,
Avon, Shell, TWA, and AT&T.
His current position includes
responsibility for manage­ment
of global accounts and
he divides his time between
New York and London. He is
also a trustee and member of
the board of directors of Out­ward
Bound. "Thunderbird is
a great breeding ground for
commandos with passports,"
says O'Dea. "At Thunderbird,
you go well beyond the text­books
and learn how to
develop a pragmatic, results­oriented
discipline in your
approach."
JEROME K. PASCOE '65
Managing Director
Monarch S. A.
Brussels, Belgium
"Contact over the years with
dedicated professionals keeps
one reminded that it is people
who make the difference. The
American Institute for For­eign
Trade of old and the
Thunderbird of today have
been blessed with their
share," says Pascoe. Monarch
S.A. is a small company
active in the distribution of
industrial tires and other
equipment in Europe, the
Middle East and North Africa.
Monarch also assists other
foreign companies in estab­lishing
distribution networks
in these areas. Between
1983-89, Pascoe served as
director of European Sales,
Thledyne Monarch Rubber
in Brussels. His career high­lights
also include working
with Firestone Steel Products
Company from 1968-83 in var­ious
capacities.
LAWRENCE D. RITTER '89
International Program
Director
The Pearl S. Buck
Foundation, Inc.
Although a recent graduate,
Ritter is already making his
mark on the world. The foun­dation
assists abandoned
American/Asian children
born of U.S. servicemen over­seas.
Ritter's primary respon­sibility
is directing child-care
assistance programs in six
Asian countries. Prior to this,
he worked in Indonesia with
the Save the Children Federa­tion
as director, Indonesia
Refugee Projects. While
there, he directed education
projects funded by the U.S.
Department of State and
United Nations High Com­missioner
for Refugees to
provide English and cultural
orientation training to Indo­chinese
refugees. Ritter
began his nonprofit career in
Asia in 1980 as a programme
officer for the commissioner
in Thailand.
Callfor Nominations
The members of the alumni
recognition committee wel­come
your nominations for
the seventh annual Thunder­bird
Alumni Association
sponsored alumni awards
program as outlined here:
Jonas B. Mayer
Distinguished Alumnus
Award
This award is presented
to a Thunderbird who has
demonstrated the ultimate in
professional achievements
during his/her career, and is
based on the following
criteria:
1. A graduate.
2. One who has shown
success in advancing a
personal career.
3. One who has reflected
great credit on manage­ment
worldwide.
4. One who has reflected
great credit on the School.
Thunderbird Alumni
Association
Distinguished Alumni
Awards
Any former student, not
necessarily a degree holder,
may be selected for distin­guished
service and achieve­ment
in one of the following
categories:
• Banking and Finance
• Business and Industry
• Entrepreneurship
• Public Service
Service-to-Thunderbird
Alumni Awards
This award is dedicated to
recognizing the overwhelm­ing
number of Thunderbirds
who voluntarily contribute
their time and energy to the
School.
Nominations:
I hereby nominate the follow­ing
person for an alumnus
award.
Name of Nominee
Address of Nominee
Check one: 0 Office 0 Home
Your Name
Address
Telephone
Check one: 0 Office 0 Home
These alumni volunteers are
a critical component of the
Thunderbird network. In
response to the need to better
recognize the significant con­tributions
these individuals
have made during the years,
the Thunderbird Alumni
Association Alumni Recogni­tion
Committee created this
program.
Please include at least
two of the following support
materials:
1. Letter of nomination
2. Letter(s) of
recommendation
3. Resume/biographical
sketch
4. Additional reference
material
(please print)
Awards (Please check all that apply)
D Jonas B. Mayer Distinguished Alumnus Award
o Distinguished Alumni Awards
D Service-to-Thunderbird Award
o Thunderbird Who's Who
For a complete list of past Thunderbird Who's Who recipients,
please contact the Alumni Relations Office.
Thunderbird Who~ Who
Nominees may include any
former students, not neces­sarily
degree holders, whose
career accomplishments have
enhanced their reputations,
placed them in leadership
positions within their profes­sions,
and brought honor to
Thunderbird.
Potential nominees include,
but are not limited to, those
honored by professional soci­eties,
employers, govern­ments,
and national civic
organizations.
Note: Your candidate cannot
befairty evaluated without
adequate background infor­mation.
Nominations will
be kept onfilefor three years
for potential future
selection.
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• Network
ARIZONA
Plwenix
The Arizona alumni association is
developing a directory of professional
services and products offered by
Tbirds in the state. Paid-up members
will have their business information
included in the directory free of charge.
HAWAII
Honolulu
Pat Demerath '71, Steve Ward '75, and
Bill Bossany '87 are busy organizing
events for alumni in the islands. In
November, 20 of the 80 T'birds living in
Hawaii gathered at the Hale Koa Hotel
for dinner. The evening was spent
getting acquainted, talking about the
School's progress and recruitment
efforts, and international business
opportunities with the Pacific Rim, EC
and Eastern Europe. A survey of Tbirds
is being taken to determine what the
group's interests are, and plans are cur­rently
under way for a St. Patrick's Day
party. The organizers hope to build
networking opportunities and develop
friendships, all on an informal basis.
For more information, please contact
Pat Demerath (808) 587-2772.
Two Thunderbird
administrators
dropped in at The
Chicago Pizza Pie
Factory in Paris for
a recent First
Tuesday event. (l-r)
noon Akbil '82,
assistant director of
internships, Henny
Deymes, Philippe
. Deymes '75, Barb
Olson, internship
director, and Joel
Poilvache '91. Plwto
courtesy of noon
Akbil.
MINNESOTA
Area T'birds are now meeting at El
Thrito on first Tuesdays. The restau­rant
is located at 1925 Perimeter Drive,
Roseville, (612) 636-0677.
NEW YORK
The New York City alumni group
hosted a speaker dinner at the
Princeton Club featuring a
senior U.N. official who offered his
views on the evolving role of the United
Nations in international affairs.
First Tuesdays at Cafe Society, 915
Broadway, now features a communica­tion
table available for the distribution
of flyers, housing/roommate ads,
announcements,job opportunities, and
other bulletin board information.
VIRGINIA
An inaugural First Tuesday was held
in November for Virginia T'birds. Dana
Lascu '85 organized the event which
attracted approximately 20 alumni and
guests. The group will continue to meet
on First Tuesdays at 6 p.m., The Penny
Lane Pub, 207 N. 7th Street, Richmond,
(804) 780-1682.
WASHINGTON
Alumni membership in the state now
numbers close to 500 and continues to
grow. There has been a change on the
executive board with Liz Atwill '83
stepping down from the presidency due
to out-of-state work. Michael
Mackowiak '89 succeeds Atwill and
LuAnn Branch '89 was voted in as vice
president.
BELGIUM
Woluwe Park in Brussels was the site
of a good, old-fashioned barbecue for
Tbirds and their families living in the
area. Arranged by lnsa Moeller '90 and
Curtis Fox '88, the event featured kids,
pets and games.
Burt Risser '60
(center) is the man
behind T'bird
activities now
taking place in
Saudi Arabia.
Thirteen alumni
and their guests
gathered for
a barbecue and
decided to meet
quarterly on the
third Thursday of
themonth,7:00p.m.,
at the Oasis
Restaurant, Arabian
Homes Compound
in Riyadh. Photo
courtesy of Burt
Risser.
Events
Thursday, April 23,
1992
An Executive
Briefing on
International
Markets
Contact Robert W.
Shatz '82
(800) 49-Tbird Fax
(818) 249-6234
Tue.-Thurs., April
21-23,1992
Conference:
Expanding Global
Trade­Countertrade,
Offset
& Barter
Los Angeles Hilton
Cosponsored by:
Uni-Source Global
Corporation,
Winterim Visiting
Professor Frank
Horwitz, president;
Center for the New
West; and ASTRa.
Contact Edie
Dulacki, (303)
592-5310
Thursday, May 28 to
Sunday, May 31.
1992
1992 European
Reunion
Brussels, Belgium
(See back cover for
detaits)
April to October
1992
World Exposition
1992
Seville, Spain
Contact Virginia
MiUer '89
Gavial Alexander S. A.
54481 992 Ext. 2820
THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992 13
• Network
ThefoUowing one­week
seminars are
offered through the
Thunderbird
Executive Training
Center
Contact Barbara
Carpenter (602)
978-7822 or Fax
(602) 439-4851
May 11-16, 1992 and
November 8-13, 1992
Financial Issues in
Global Firms
May 17-22, 1992 and
November 15-20,
1992
Globalization:
Merging Strategy
with Action
November 29-
December 4, 1992
Managing the
International
Marketing
Opportunity
Events will be fea­tured
in each issue of
Thunderbird maga­zine
as a service to
our readers. Dead­lineforitems
to be
included in the
spring 1992 issue
is Apri115, 1992.
Please send material
on upcoming semi­nars,
educational
opportunities, or
other events CYpen to
Thunderbird alumni
to: CarolNajtzger;
Thunderbird maga­zine,
15249 N 59th
Ave., Glendale, AZ
85306.
CANADA
Calgary
Rob Sutherland '91 has established
a First Tuesday in the Calgary, Alberta
area. T'birds and guestS are invited to
attend starting at 5:30 p.m., Elephant &
Castle Pub, Eaton Centre, 751 4 Street
Sw.
HONG KONG
T'birds are still meeting at JJ's, Grand
Hyatt, 1 Harbour Road, on the fIrst
Tuesday of every month.
HUNGARY
First Tuesdays are taking place at
the Forum Hotel on the Danube in
Budapest. Julia Fekete '82 and Lynn K.
Engstrand '79 have organized the activ­ities
for alumni living, working and
traveling through the area.
TAIWAN
Bernard S. Wathen '88, president of
the Taiwan Alumni Association,
reports that the group is meeting at the
Sherwood Hotel on Min Shing East
Road at 7:00 p.m. in Taipei on the fIrst
Friday of every month.
Members of the
Madrid alumni
group recently ran
in the Madrid Hash.
(l-r) Mary Granger
'89, Jim Dodson '74,
friend, Karen Sasky
'88, Tom Get?; '87,
and Mike Brown '88.
(front) Darlene
Drapkin '84. Photo
14 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
JAPAN
Thkyo
Greg Dufour '88 reports that T'birds
in Thkyo remain active under the
leadership of chapter president Katsuo
Takeda '86. More than 50 people
attended an open house at Thunderbird's
campus in November with many new
faces present. The group is looking into
a program that will include at least two
continuing education events and social
activities per year.
Takeda met with representatives
from the Orange County and L.A.
chapters recently to propose an
exchange of articles for their alumni
newsletters to promote both business
and personal relationships.
A large group of
T'birds in Germany
celebrated
Oktoberfest in
Munich during
September. Photo
courtesy of Jill
DeSanto '90.
Atlanta alumni
met with Randy
Schilling, associate
vice president for
development, to hear
about recent events
at School. The group
continues to meet
thefirst Tuesday of
every month at the
East Village Grill in
Buckhead. Photo by
Jean Buntin '90,
courtesy of Melanie
Bradley '90.
• Updates
REUNION
1947 November 12-15, 1992
Gloria I. Kreisher retired from the Foreign
Service, U.S. Information Agency, in October.
She resides in Washington, D.C. George E.
Martin has written and published a book,
Wild Oakie. He retired from the San Diego Gas
and Electric Co. 13 years ago. He and his wife
live in Alpine, CA.
1950-1956
James R. Goldsborough '50 is retired and
living in Eureka, California. He has one
married son and two granddaughters. Fred J.
Parmentier '50 retired in May from Frank B.
Hall and Company. He lives in Mesa, AZ.
Denman F. Stanfield '50 retired as a cons ul
with the Foreign ServicelDepartment of State
in 1973 but has rema ined active internationally.
Last summer he ran two 10 kilometer races in
Finland and then competed in Moscow where
he won a gold , a s ilver, and a bronze medal. He
lives in Harlingen, TX. Earl W. Coppersmith
'54 has retired and lives with his wife, Helen,
in Lighthouse Point, FL. Robbins Risher '55
has retired and is living in Safford, Arizona.
Ronald L. Knuth '56 is the owner of a travel
agency, Let's Go Travel Inc. He lives and works
in Minnetonka, MN. Earl M. Morgan '56 was
elected vice president of FMC Corporation by
its board of directors. He continues as general
manager of the corporation's agricultural
chemical group, headquartered in
Philadelphia. He is also chairman of the
agricultural committee of the National Council
for U.S.-China Trade and serves on the foreign
affairs committee of the National Agricultural
Chemical Association. He and his wife, Mary
Ann, live in Radnor, PA. John G. Reddan '56
retired in December as a program manager for
Unisys Corporation. He lives in Little Canada,
MN. Warren G. Stelzmiller '56 has retired as
senior systems scientist with Computer
Sciences Corporation. He lives in Newbury
Park, CA.
REUNION
1957 November 12-15, 1992
Ted Weisenburger has written a book, Poetry
and Other Poems. He is also an attorney and
former judge serving as a justice of the peace
pro tern for Maricopa County, Arizona.
1958-1961
William H. Anderson '58 has retired as a land
agent for the state of California. He lives in Fair
Oaks, CA. Jerome S. Lind '59 is manager of
property taxes, real estate and claims for
Phillips Petroleum Resources Ltd. in Alberta,
Canada. He and his wife, Jean, live in Calgary.
Millard Burr '60 has retired from the U.S.
State Department. He and his wife, Diane, live
in Garrett Park, MD. Horace Bowman '61 is
the president of Boda Systems Ltd., a
communications firm in Cypress. He and his
wife, Yasuko, have a home on Johns Island,
South Carolina.
REUNION
1962 November 12-15, 1992
Arthur J. Ballard retired last year from Rohm
and Haas Co. in Philadelphia. He and his wife,
Mona, spend their summers in Bondville,
Vermont and their winters in Scottsdale,
Arizona. James M. Benson is the agricul tural
attache at the American Embassy in Pretoria,
South Africa. He and his wife, Jane, reside in
Pretoria. Wallis R. Sanborn II is studying at
Angelo State University to earn a secondary
teaching certificate. He lives in San Angelo, TX.
Christof J . Scheiffele and his wife,
Hildegard, have retired after 30 years overseas
service with CARE. They now reside in
Bempflingen, Germany, near Stuttgart.
1963-1966
John W. Breyfogle III '63 is a law librarian
for the state of Kansas. He and his wife,
Joanne, were married in July and live in Olathe,
KS. Lawrence C. Greene '63 is national sales
manager of consumer packaged goods for
Digital Equipment Corporation in Marlboro,
Massachusetts. He and his wife, Marcia, live in
Princeton, MA. Stephen V. Naegle '63 has
retired as the managing director of Cargill
Mexico and is now a director/vice president of
global marketing and futures trading for
Orange Company, Inc., a U.S.-Mexico citrus
producer. He resides with his wife, Chris, and
son, Stephen Jr., at Cypresswood Country Club
in Winter Haven, FL. Duncan L. Thomas '63
is the president of Frosty Fleet, a food
distribution company in Key Largo, Florida. He
and his wife, Gretchen, live in Tampa, FL.
William D. van Gent '63 is an account
manager with ABN Real Estate, a firm in the
Netherlands concerned with real estate
lending. He and his wife, D. Post van der Burg,
live in Amsterdam. Donald W. Carr '64 has
retired. He and his wife, Susan, are living in
San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Robert J . Gehl '64 is the president of
Tempotech Industries Inc., a firm specializing
in fish processing and caviar brokering. He and
his wife, Sharon, live in Longboat Key, FL.
Frederick W. Root '65 is employed by
Century 21 Stalcup in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Michael A. Rubin '66 is an account executive
with Wireless Cable Services. He lives and
works in San Mateo, CA.
REUNION
1967 November 12-15, 1992
James Kisting is assistant controller for
American Star Insurance Company in San
Francisco. He and his wife, Mary, live in
Antioch, CA. Wayne A. Rohlfs continues as
owner of Spotnails, a manufacturer and
distributor of pneumatic tools and industrial
fasteners, based in the United Kingdom. Last
year he married Kristin Summerwill, and they
live in Cardiff, England. Jennings Rowland is
the assistant director of development at
Thccoa Falls College. He and his Wife, Teresa,
live in Thccoa, GA.
1968-1969
Ben M. Amraoui '68 is the general manager of
his own consulting firm in Mamaroneck, NY.
Marianne C. Burkhart '68 owns and
operates an espresso cart business. She lives
and works in Indianapolis, IN. Robert G.
Hatfield '68 is senior vice president of Delphi
Systems. He lives in Camarillo, California.
Robert C. Knight '68 is self-employed as a
lawyer. He lives and works in Darien, WI.
James F. Lehman '68 is self-employed as an
international marketing consultant. He lives in
Phoenix, AZ. Brian O'Connor '68 is sales
director for Trieloff Tours and Travel, a firm
specializing in escorted domestic and Pacific
Rim travel for seniors. He lives in Cathedral
City, CA. Keith J. Parker '68 is a vice
president and regional manager for the Bank of
America NT & SA. He and his wife, Soledad,
live in Miami, FL. William S. Simpson '68 is a
sales/demonstration manager with Morgan
Food Corporation, a producer of salad
dressing. He lives in Berwyn, PA. Arthur
Aptakin '69 is the owner of Jan-Art Printing
Corporation. He and his wife, Janice, live and
work in Miami, FL. Daniel R. Root '69 is the
general manager of the Center for Visual and
Performing Arts in Munster, Indiana, near
Chicago. In addition to featuring fine arts and
theater events, the Center also provides
accommodations for business meetings.
1970-1971
Steven R. Chapman '70 was recently
promoted to senior review officer in the
national office of the Farmers' Home
Administration. He has moved from
Indianapolis to Alexandria, VA. A. Lawrence
Cheek '70 is regional sales manager for Latin
America with Cessna Aircraft Company in
Dallas. He and his wife, Molle, live in Farmers
Branch, TX. Danal H. Dennison '70 is an
analyst for the Department of Defense and was
recently selected for promotion to colonel in
the Army Reserve. He lives in Arlington, VA.
Robert C. Gilman '70 is executive vice
president and chief operating officer of Fund
America Inc., a fin ancial services company in
Irvine, California. He resides in Newport
Beach, CA. Libby G. Ginnetti '70 is the owner
of a Dairy Queen and lives in Marlborough,
MA. E. Lawrence Kerin '70 is president and
chief executive officer of Meguiar's Inc. of
Irvine, CA. Fred R. Leenerts '70 has been
promoted and trans ferred. He is the marketing
director of the Asia/Pacific Basin for Hughes
Aircraft Systems Internationa l. He and his
wife, Judy, live in Singapore. Larry Matthews
'70 is employed by R.J. Reynolds Thbacco Co.
(Hong Kong) Ltd. as its general manager in
Thailand. He lives in Bangkok. Joseph W.
Nichols '70 has retired from Johnson and
Higgins and moved to Hilton Head, SC.
Charles Rund '70 has moved to Oral'\iestad,
Aruba to become the managing director of the
First National Bank of Aruba. Charles M.
Weeks '70 has moved to Dallas to accept the
position of director of international
development with Western Sizzlin Inc. He and
his wife, Beatriz, live in Plano, TX. Carl Cole
'71 is president of Market Search, a marketing
consul ting firm, and Executive Driver, golf
equipment. He lives in Phoenix, AZ. John
Latham '71 was recently appointed vice
president of corporate marketing for Alias
Research Inc., in Thronto, Canada. Alias is a
world leader in 3D computer graphic software
for industrial design, animation, visualization
and architecture doing business in 24
countries. James H. Miller '71 is self­employed
and owns a motel. He and his wife,
Joyce, live in Ouray, Colorado. William H.
Murphy '71 is the president of The Capstone
Group/Capstone Securities, a company which
provides consultation, project development,
and securi ties services to the healthcare
community. He and his wife, Catherine, live in
Dallas, TX. William B. Richards '71 is a vice
president of County Nat West, an investments
firm in New York City. He and his wife, Anne,
live in Stamford, CT. Joseph B. Schreiber '71
is in a Department of State mid-career
executive program at the Woodrow Wilson
School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
Haven C. Stewart '71 is the president of
Stewart Pacific Homes, a construction and
development company. He and his wife,
Barbara, live in Gig Harbor, WA. William L.
Telling '71 has transferred to Japan as
regional vice president-genera l manager of
Brown and Williamson Japan. He and his
family have moved to Thkyo from Brussels
where he was responsible for B& W's Middle
East and African concerns. Ken W. Trotter
'71 is self-employed as a manufacturing agent
and consultant. His firm, KWT International, is
located in Manila, the Philippines.
REUNION
1972 November 12-15, 1992
Gary Brukardt is the executive vice president
of health care affiliates at the Baptist Hospital
Gary Brukardt '72
THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992 15
• Updates
Donald J. Bisbee '73
Jae Suk Lee '73
Gerard V. Perez '73
Jess H. Dods '75
in Nashville. He lives with his wife, Karen, in
Nashville. George E. Cookman is an account
manager with XL - Proteus Software Systems
where he is downsizing large corporate
computer applications to personal computer
networks. He and his wife, Sallie, live with
their two daughters in West Newbury, MA.
Carlos F. Diaz is the president of Poly-Chem
International, a polymer distributor in Miami,
Florida. He and his wife, Ana Maria, live in
Coconut Grove, FL. Jerald L. Dyson is vice
president of The SoftAd Group, a computer
software firm in Chicago. He and his wife,
Patti, live in Flossmoor, fL. Jerry B. LeClair
has retired and is living in Scottsdale, AZ.
Lewis F. Staples left Manufacturers Hanover
Corporation after 14 years in international
banking to become a partner in Initial Funding
Corporation in New York City. His firm
specializes in import and export finance for
small, and medium-size businesses including
start-up situations.
1973
Gary E. Adams is an insurance administrator
for Bechtel Corporation in San Francisco. He
and his wife, Peggy, live in Moraga, CA.
RandaU E. Beaty is the director of business
development at Rockwell International
Corporation. He resides in Troy, MI. Donald J .
Bisbee continues to practice law in
Scottsdale, Arizona, and has been elected
president of the Scottsdale Bar Association.
During the last year he has also been president
of a real estate investment and management
company. Myla K. Goldman has opened her
own consulting firm, Information Excellence
International, in Irvine, California. It offers
systems integration services, on-line
information research and retrieval worldwide,
and project management assistance and
training. She is currently on assignment in
Puerto Rico until June 1992. James R. Baas is
senior vice president of the long-term care
division of MedRehab Inc. in Indianapolis. He
and his wife, Linda, live in Danville, IN.
Willard B. Hunter is a senior marketing
research analyst with Dow Chemical Company
in Midland, Michigan. In September he married
his wife, Kathi. John T. Lampe is the president
of Dayton Tire, a division of Bridgestone/
Firestone in Oklahoma City. He and his wife,
Barbara, live in Edmond, OK. Jae Suk Lee has
transferred from Seoul, Korea to '!bronto,
Canada where he is chief representative for the
'!bronto Representative Office of Korea
Development Bank. Brian MarshaU left the
U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce in May to
become the vice president of public affairs for
the newly-established North American Free
Trade Association. He continues to live in
Washington, D.C. Liz Matthiesen-Jones
moved to Hong Kong in July after 18 months in
South Korea. She and her husband, Peter, work
in advertising, and she is the group account
director with Grey Hong Kong. Ronald
Nicosia is the owner of Bangers Galore, a
manufacturer of American, continental and
English-style gourmet sau ages. He and his
wife,Jill, live in Oxford, England. Gerard V.
Perez is the president of London
Contemporary Art, a publishing concern. He
lives with his wife, Nancy Rudin, in Palatine,
IL. David H. Roberts has moved to Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia after a two and one-half year stay
in Japan, where he was managing director at
Citibank. In Riyadh he is responsible for the
wholesale banking activities of the Saudi
American Bank, an affiliate of Citicorp. James
W. Smart is now a distributor with NuSkin
and lives in West Valley City, UT.
1974
Fred Beavers has a position with the U.S.
International Trade Commission as legal
advisor to the commissioner. He lives in
16 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
Alexandria, VA. John K. Behrens is the owner
of OJ Music Company in San Antonio, TX. Ray
Burrus is vice president/general manager of
Cummins Southern Plains Inc., an engine
distributor. He and his wife, Susan, live in
Arlington, TX. Donald T. FarreU, Jr. is a sales
representative for Bradley Printing Company.
He and his wife live in Glenview, Illinois, and
had their fourth child, a girl, Michaela, in
October. Michael J . Hupka is the assistant
chief internal auditor with China Light &
Power Company. He and his wife, Jean, live in
Hong Kong. Lee W. Leader is a probate referee
employed by the appraiser for the state of
California. He and his wife, Judi, live in
Sherman Oaks, CA. 'lerry L. McManus and
his wife, Barbara, live in San Antonio, Thxas
where he is the owner/agent of a State Farm
Insurance agency. J. Flint Putman is an
independent contractor selling western
clothing. He and his wife, Cathy, live in Yuba
City, CA. Tom Renich is the director of
international marketing for Peabody ThcTank
Inc. in Parsons, KS. Michael Schoettler is an
independent sales consultant in Monteroy, New
South Wales, Australia. Paul M. Solenick is a
purchasing agent for Mercedes-Benz of North
America. He and his wife, Karen, live in White
Plains, NY. James Lee Stith is the president of
Global Trading Group Ltd., a firm specializing
in international investment in Japan and
Europe. He and his wife, Lynn Marie, live in
Park City, UT. Steve Thatcher is an account
executive with securities broker Hibbard
Brown Inc. He and his wife, Linda, live in
Eatontown, NJ. Arnt Vagle is the president of
Global Conversions International Inc., an
export company in Winter Park, Florida. He
and his wife, Sharon, live in Winter Springs,
FL. Katsuyoshi Wada and his wife, Kazuko,
are living in Bangkok, Thailand. After 14 years
with A.T. Kearney, he is now an advisor to
Thailand's Management Development and
Productivitr Center which is headed by the
Minister of Industry. James E. Walton is
international sales manager for Roadtellnc., a
manufacturer of road profiling and paving
machines. He and his wife, Anne Marie, live in
Nashvi lle, TN.
1975
Walter Baquero-Lima is a vice president with
Citibank International. He and his wife, Olga,
live in Miami, FL. Brian W. Black is the vice
president of international marketing for JLG
Industries Inc., a manufacturer of construction
equipment in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife, Jody, live in Frederick, MD.
Alexander Cohen is the general manager of
lIT World Directories Netherlands. He and his
wife, Diane, live in The Hague. Jess H. Dods is
the director of business development for GMA,
Inc., civil, environmental and transportation
consultants and engineers. His offices are
located in El Paso, Thxas, and Albuquerque and
Las Cruces, NM. Deborah Gaylord WoodaU
is a premium auditor with Transamerica
Insurance Group, a worker's compensation and
liability insurance firm in Pleasant Hill,
California. She lives in Pittsburg, CA. Jim
Hildebrandt is a vice president with World
Gold Council Inc., a gold marketing firm in
New York City. He and his wife, Susan, live in
Darien, CT. Nancy K. Napier is a professor at
Boise State University and the chairman of its
management department. She and her
husband, Anthony W. Olbrich, live in Boise,
ID. Anthony W. Olbrich is the vice president/
group manager, corporate banking for West
One Bank. He and his wife, Nancy K. Napier,
live in Boise, ID. Carlos A. Roncal is president
of Interglobe Marketing Systems, an exporter
and marketer of high-tech products. He lives
and works in Orlando, FL. David RotchadJ is
an underwriting manager for Allendale
Insurance Company, a firm which handles
commercial property insurance. He and his
wife, Kathleen, live in Redmond, WA. Thomas
F. Schields is director of marketing for
National Medical Computer Services, a firm
that provides software for medical billing. He
and his wife, Jackie, live near San Diego, CA.
Thomas D. Yates has transferred from Denver,
Colorado to Marietta, Georgia where he is vice
president of international operations for
Riverwood International, a worldwide paper
packaging company. Riverwood is a wholly­owned
subsidiary of his former employer,
Manville Corporation.
1976
William W. Airy was promoted to president of
VISN Group Inc. He lives in Littleton, CO.
Walter T. Atkinson, Jr. is executive vice
president and chief operating officer of
Challenge Air Cargo Inc. He and his wife, Lynn,
live in Humble, TX. Kimrn Brand is the
managing director of The South Bay Company,
a commercial and industrial real estate firm in
'!brrance, CA. Bruce L. Crumley is an
international vice president with Stonhard, Inc.
and the president of Stonhard Asia. His
company produces high performance specialty
coatings. He and his wife, Marcia Shelton,
live in Glens ide, PA. Kent W. Deitemeyer is
the managing director of Solvay Biosciences
Pty. Ltd. He lives in Wantirna South, Victoria,
Australia. Keith H. Dickinson is a creative
director with McCann-Erick on Inc. in
Frankfurt, Germany. His current project is
advertising Opel (GM) cars in Europe. Bill
Kaminer is business department coordinator
and a professor at Montreat-Anderson College.
He also provides economic and marketing
consultation to businesses. He and his wife,
Kingsley M. Kaminer, live in Black Mountain,
NC. CoUeen London has joined A.G. Edwards
& Sons, Inc.'s Englewood, Colorado office as a
financial consultant. She was formerly regional
sales director for Businessland in Chicago. She
lives in Denver. Michael H. Loudon has been
named director of marketing for Sun kist
Growers processed products division. He
assumes the marketing responsibility for all
consumer-retail and food service products in
addition to the overall management of
Sunkist's newest value-added business unit,
Sunkist Freshly Peeled Citrus. Ross E.
Rutledge is the owner of a Dairy Queen. He
and his wife, Jane, live in Albertville, Alabama,
with their two young children, Jessica and
Sam. Nina J. Walchirk has returned to the
United States after 15 years of living and
working in Latin America. She is employed by
Dominic's Finer Foods as operations
accountant. She lives in Glenview, IL. Cliff
WaU is in the sales division of Commonwealth
Investment Group, a commercial loan
underwriting service. He and his wife, Gail, live
in Lincolnton, NC.
REUNION
1977 November 12-15, 1992
Lynn D. Abernathy and his wife, Gayle, own
and operate Rose Brier Inc. They also have a
second son, Greg, born last year. They live in
Albany, OR. Robert S. Childs is senior EDP
auditor for Rocky Mountain Health Care
Corporation in Albuquerque. He and his wife,
Lynn M. Kuchinski, live in Santa Fe, NM.
Reid G. Jenkins is employed by Bateman
Echler Hill Richards and is also the president
of the Boys and Girls Club in Coachella Valley,
California. As president he is organizing a $2
million capital campaign for a new building in
La Quinta. He lives in Palm Desert, CA. Scott
H. Learmonth is the resident manager of the
British Gas office in Pakistan. He and his wife,
Brooke '78, and their two children live in
Islamabad. Richard Mackney is the export
manager, commercial division, for Colt's
Manufacturing Co., a producer of military and
sporting flrearms. He lives in Longmeadow,
MA. Steven C. Sievers is a partner/vice
president of JG Hardison Company, a flrm
specializing in lumber manufacturing and
sales. He and his wife, Melanie, live in Durham,
NC. W. David Wilson is a group manager of
operations with a plastic resin and
compounding company, B. F. Goodrich, in
Melbourne, Australia He and his wife, Barbara
Hamilton Wilson, live in Brighton, Australia
1978
Elizabeth A. Barnes is manager of
syndications and credit administration for
Thronto-Dominion Bank. She lives in Chicago,
IL. Barbara Blumberg Moore has announced
her partnership in a distribution center for
metal roofmg, siding and seamless gutters. The
company services six western states as well as
Mexico. She and her family live in Colorado.
Phillip R. Cabrera is a senior director with
Continental Bank N.A. of Chicago. He lives in
Naperville, IL. Dennis W. Casper is self­employed
as a real estate investor. He and his
wife, Marjorie Bru-Casper, live in Edmonds,
WA. Charles T. Chartier has been appointed
the senior executive for Lucas Aerospace and
is responsible for all business development in
the North Asia-Paciflc region. He and his wife,
Neelam, live in Hong Kong. Victoria A. Davis
is the owner and manager of Paciflc Pearl
Trading Company, an export management
fmn. She lives and works in Hermiston, OR.
John Farranto is regional manager of the
Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe for
First Brands Corporation, a manufacturer of
automotive and household products. He and
his wife, Eugenia, live in New Fairfield, CT. J.
Scott Hutchinson is the executive vice
president of the Oregon Wheat Growers'
League. He and his wife, Carolyn Zinter, live in
Pendleton, OR. Barbara L. Hutson is
president of Network Supply, an export
company which focuses on voice and data
communications equipment. She is living in
Miami, Florida, and her company specializes in
Latin America. C.J. Jongbloed is the president
of TACO Suisse AG, a Swiss high-fashion
house. He lives with his wife, C.F.M. Jongbloed­Peek,
and children near Zurich in Greifensee,
Switzerland. Frances McCutchon and her
husband welcomed a baby girl, Isabel, born in
January, 1991. The family lives in Santa
Barbara, CA. David L. Miller is employed by
General Electric Company as a product
support engineer. He lives in Amelia, OH.
Diana Perry Doyle became a real estate
broker in September and works with Jon
Douglas Company. She and her husband, James
Doyle, recently had their second child,
Brendan. The family lives in Beverly Hills, CA.
Bryn Skaugen is the director of B. Skaugen
Shipping. He and his wife, Nina, live in Oslo,
Norway. Gregson T. SM is a business
administrator with Northrop Corporation. He
lives in Playa Del Rey, CA. David Tait is the
vice president of information services at the
Bank of California. He lives in San Francisco,
CA. Mariya Toohey Fogarasi is now living in
Sofia, Bulgaria with her husband John and
daughter Christina, born June 1991. Martha S.
Uhlhorn has moved from sales manager to
director of sales with Metal Container
Corporation. She lives in St. Louis, MO. W.
Bruce Walters was promoted by Morrison
Knudsen Corporation to information resouces
manager and transferred to company
headquarters in Boise, Idaho. His corporate­wide
records management program was
approved and issued, and he has been busy
with its implementation. Richard O. Wilson,
Jr. is the vice president of UT Finance, a
subSidiary of United Thchnologies Corporation.
He and his wife, Nancy, live in East Hartford, CT.
1979
Mark Hendel is a commercial manager for
Basler Electric International, a firm
specializing in voltage regulators and
transformers. He lives in Wasselonne, France.
David D. Johnson and his wife, Cynthia
Linenbroker, have moved from California to
New York where he is manager of planning for
the industrial products group of Goulds
Pumps. They live in Seneca Falls, NY. Ted
Krimbill is a controller with Via Group, a firm
that develops and markets hotel/car rental
travel reservation systems. He and his wife,
Grace, live in Phoenix, AZ. Christopher
Lundh is managing director, Germany, for
Global international, an international
transportation service. He and his wife, Flynn,
live in Munich. Jerome H. Monsaingeon has
worked for Michelin Tire Company for 13
years. He has had assignments in France,
Finland, Greece, and Japan and was
transferred to Michelin's Asian headquarters in
Hong Kong in October. As executive vice
president there, he is coordinating flnancial
and administrative activities throughout Asia
F. Robert Russo is a vice president at
Barclays Bank. He lives and works in San
Francisco, CA. Susan Rybar Michaeli is
marketing manager of Guateplast, a
manufacturer of plastic housewares and toys
in Guatemala. She and her husband, Shlomo
Michaeli, live in Guatemala City. Linda
Schwanke Gridley is an assistant product
manager with Ore-Ida Fbods. She and her
husband, Tim, live in Boise, ID. Pieter Van de
Kimmenade is the director of the Amsterdam
branch of DEPFA-Bank. He and his wife,
Christel, live in Amsterdam.
1980
James E. Anderson is vice president of
electronics industry with Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce. He and his wife, Roberta
Poritsky, live in San Francisco, CA.
Christopher L. Becker lives and works in
Boca Raton, Florida where he is a partner in
Southcoast Partners, a real estate development
fmn. Anna M. Beshensky is an assistant vice
president with Norwest Bank Wisconsin, N.A.
She lives and works in Milwaukee, WI. John L.
Borden joined Manufacturers Hanover
Corporation in 1980. He helped to create
corporate fmance and capital markets training
programs for MHC officers worldwide, and in
1988 he was promoted to director of investor
relations. He was recently named "best
investor relations professional at a money
center bank" by Institutional Investor
magazine. Juergen Brueckner is employed by
Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. He
lives in Hamburg. Janice Charlton Hopkins
is the president of F & F Communications, an
advertising agency servicing Ventura, Santa
Barbara and San Louis Obispo. She lives and
works in Moorpark, CA. Jeffrey H. Coats is a
managing director and group leader with GE
Capital Corporate Finance in Los Angeles. He
lives in Manhattan Beach, CA. Mary F. Doan
is a senior vice president/management
supervisor with Saatchi and Saatchi in San
Francisco. She now has two children, 2-year­old
Ed and 3-month-old Clint. Ivan L. Huish
works in Phoenix as a senior buyer for Phelps
Dodge Mining Company. He and his wife, Truly,
live in Mesa, AZ. Charles W. Li is assistant
vice president of marketing for Kenstone
Corporation, a manufacturer and distributor of
tires. He and his wife, Ann L. Li, live in
Westerville, OH. Xavier Matesanz manages
the Latin American/Caribbean division of USG
Interiors international inc., a producer of
pre finished interior construction materials. He
and his wife, Alice, live in Miami Beach, FL.
Thomas K. Mitchell was promoted to vice
president at US West Financial Services. He
lives in Richardson, TX. Rona Neuneker
Houston continues to work as a sales
representative for Eli Lilly & Company but has
moved from Houston to Austin, TIl Eric
Nielsen is the international area manager with
ThIeSensory, a producer of computer access
equipment for blind and low vision people. He
lives in Palo Alto, CA. Pekka A. Ohberg is a
flnancial consultant with The Equitable
Financial Companies in New York City, where
he advises about installing employee benefit
programs, project flnancing, and acquisitions!
mergers. He and his wife, Sole, live in Croton­on-
Hudson, NY. Nettie A. Olsen is an
administrator of long-term planning in the
flnancial division of GTE Thlops world
headquarters. She lives and works in Irving,
Thxas, near Dallas. Joseph A. O'Neill is the
director of AsialPacific sales for the Andrew
Jergens Company in Cincinnati, OH. David S.
Paris is the chief operating officer for Hong
Kong Macau Enterprises Ltd. He lives and
works in Hong Kong. Paul A. Schwamm has
relocated from New York City to Japan and is
the general manager of American Drug
Corporation, a subsidiary of American Home
Products Corporation. He lives and works in
Thkyo. Kyle Scott is the flrst secretary at the
American Embassy in Thl Aviv. He will be
posted there for three years. Louis R. Vanden
Bosch is vice president of asset sales and
capital planning with KKB Bank, a subsidiary
of CitiBank, in Duesseldorf. He and his wife,
Eva-Marie, live in Juechen, Germany.
1981
Suzanne Albright-Lloyd is vice president of
Uoyd and Company Ltd., a sales and marketing
firm. She and her husband, Brad Uoyd, live in
Huntersville, NC. James B. Allin has a new
position as a liquidation assistant with the
FDIC. He lives in Dallas, TX. Karen Biggs
Berman has been promoted to vice president/
account director at Leo Burnett Company. Her
husband, Jonathan Berman, is president of
his own fmn, JonJon Company, a manufacturer
of specialty products for hotels. They live in
Oak Park, IL. Luis A. Biscailuz is self­employed
as the director general of
Servimedic, a pharmaceutical fmn. He lives
and works in Montevideo, Uruguay. James E.
Bouley is employed by Morgan Stanley
International, a brokerage firm in London,
England. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in Kew,
Surrey, u.K. Christie Brandt DeWitt is the
director of the international division of
Seismed Instruments, a provider of medical
products. She and her husband, Norman, live in
Minneapolis, MN. Michael Buckley is
assistant vice president of non-ferrous metals
management for Thyota Tsusho America inc.,
located in Thrrance, California He and his
wife, Helen, live in Playa del Rey, CA. Matthew
W. Camp is the director of European sales for
Thllabs, S.A., a telecommunications
manufacturer. He and his wife, Jennifer, live in
Brussels, Belgium. John Citti is the manager
of operations analysis for New Valley
Corporation, a flnancial services firm. He and
his wife, Nancy, live in Ridgewood, NJ. S.
Craig Collins is living and working in
Brussels, Belgium. He is the associate director
of the Middle East Management Center, a
provider of management training. Coleen M.
Dalton is self-employed as a consultant. She is
living in Hayward, CA. Virginia G. Frazier is
employed at her own company which
specializes in computer graphics, desktop
publishing, training and personal services. She
and her husband, Ken, live in Cape Coral, FL.
Mark Giltrest has transferred to New York
after almost five years with the Chase
Manhattan Bank in Caracas, Venezuela He is
audit manager in Chase's credit audit division.
He, his wife Vilma, and their three children live
in Maplewood, NJ. Sharon Hoffman
CoUeen London '76
Michael H. Loudon '76
J. Charlton-Hopkins '80
Eric M. Nielsen '80
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Corrigan is a retail manager with Ford Motor
Company. In June she married Dan Corrigan,
and they live in Fairfax, VA. Terence King is
vice president of mergers and acquisitions with
Charles W. O'Conor and Associates. He lives
and works in Boston, MA. Lynn E. Metcalfis
an associate professor in the department of
business administration at California
Polytechnic State University. She lives in
Pismo Beach, CA. Charles S. Nelson is the
director of business development for McKesson
Corporation, a water products firm in Los
Angeles. He lives in Pasadena, CA. Zane Ryan
is a sales manager for Hayes Microcomputer
Products Inc., a manufacturer of data
communications equipment. He and his wife,
Georgina, live in London, England. Tom Soder
is attending the University of Maine to earn a
technicaVchemical engineering degree in pulp
and paper management. He lives in Bangor and
plans to graduate this summer and pursue a
career in recycled papermaking. Dexter M.
Thompson, Jr. is self-employed as an attorney
in Elkton, MD. Scott B. Walker is a managing
director with Citadel Financial, a corporate
finance/venture capital ftrm in Dallas, TX.
WINTER 1992
REUNION
1982 November 12-15, 1992
Marcus Asay is a director at GTE Airfone in
Oak BrOOk, Illinois. He and his wife, Jeanice,
live in Clarendon Hills, IL. Katherine Beck
Brandstetter is the director of operations of
the international division of Randal Sports!
Medical Products Inc., a distributor of exercise
equipment. She and her husband, Rick, live in
Seattle, WA. Jennifer Buliough is a fmancial
analyst with the U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development. She works with the
Office ofIndian Programs in Phoenix, AZ.
Jack Burlin is self-employed as a management
consultant for fire protection equipment. He
and his wife, Monica, live in Fort Worth, TX.
Marianne P. Cherney has been promoted to
regional director of the Learning Group
International. She lives in Manhattan Beach,
CA. James P. Cunningham is employed by
Southwire Company as international
marketing manager. Recently he was appointed
by the Georgia Department of Education to
serve on its international education advisory
council. He recently testified at a federal
hearing in support of the North American Free
Trade Area and has published two articles
advocating the creation of the NAFrA. Sol R.
Dworkin is a product manager for NEC
America, Inc. He lives with his wife, Leslie, and
daughter, Jennifer, in Dallas, Thxas, and
welcomes calls from Thunderbird graduates
passing through the Dallas area. Karen
Eggerman is self-employed as a business
consultant. She and her husband, Rusty
Klassen, live in Cupertino, CA. Julia Fekete
has moved to Budapest, Hungary to work for
Girozentrale Investment Ltd. in its mergers and
aquisitions division. Christopher Fussner is
the owner of Transtechnology Pte Ltd., which
has just opened a branch in Penang, Malaysia
to serve the electronics industry there.
Gerhard Holm has joined Norway's largest
law firm, Thommessen, Krefting & Greve, as a
partner. He, his wife Kirsten, and their three
small children live in a suburb of Oslo. John
Hustler is an importJexport manager for Louis
Michel Cie, a photo frame importer and
distributor in southern California. He lives in
Los Angeles. Michael Kohrt is district
manager with Dun & Bradstreet Information
Resources in Hollywood, Florida. He and his
Wife, Catherine, live in Davie, FL. Ian C.
McCluskey moved from Brasilia to Rio de
Janeiro in October where he now writes for
Time Magazine. Guests welcome. Call
521-3989. James A. Methe is a consultant with
Internet Systems Corporation in Chicago, a
firm providing international banking operating
systems and support. He and his wife, Dale,
live in Wilmette, IL. Michael Moretti is a vice
president with the New York branch of the
Credit Lyonnais bank. He and his wife, Anne,
live in Pleasantville, NY. Ruth Moskowitz
Lavigne and her husband, Andre Lavigne',
have a new baby boy, Ryan. The family lives in
San Diego, CA. Bruce B. Olson is a vice
president of the National Bank of Canada. He
lives in San Francisco, CA. David M. Prior is
self-employed as a consultant. He lives in
Saddle River, NJ. Leigh S. Ramsay is self­employed
as a marketing consultant for the
health care industry. She lives in Richmond,
VA. Rita Rimae Potter has a position with
mM as a data base manager in the computer
marketing division. She and her husband, Bob,
live in Coppell, TX. Alejandro X. Saldana is a
purchasing agent of parts and accessories for
Ford Motor Company. He lives and works in
Mexico City. Antoon Santegoeds is a sales
manager with Royal Sluis Vegetables B.V., a
vegetable seed trade concern. He and his wife,
Mercedes, live in Grootebroek, the
Netherlands. Pietro Sarcina has been
promoted to vice president at Manufacturers
Bank in Detroit. He and his wife, Renee, had a
son born in April. They live in Troy, MI. Jane
M. Scheidecker has been invited to serve on
an advisory council for Oregon Business
Magazine. She lives in Eugene, OR. Amy L.
Stripe is a management supervisor with DDB
Needham Worldwide. She and her husband,
Nigel Abbs, live in Irving, TX. Jacques
Taplero is a marketing plans advisor with Eli
Lilly & Company. He and his wife, Jos, live in
Indianapolis, IN. Brlgld L. Triggs is a systems
analyst with Midland Data Systems. She lives
in Overland Park, KS. Nancy Vlener Teurner
is employed by the Gillette Company in Boston
where she is senior new products manager of
the stationery products group. She, her
husband and their two children live in
Brookline, MA. Catherine M. Waterman has
a new position as a teacher of English as a
second language to adults. She is employed by
United Education Institute and also writes
background industry reports. She resides in
Long Beach, CA.
1983
Nikki Alexander Klutho and her husband,
Bill Klutho, had their second daughter, Anna
Marie, in August. Brian D. Bono and his wife,
Karin Hahn Bono, live in Houston, Thxas,
where he is a licensed customs broker with
Emery Customs Brokers. Monica W. Chiu is a
lecturer in education at City Polytechnic of
Hong Kong. She lives in Happy Valley, Hong
Kong. Didrik C. Christiansen was recently
promoted to director of sales, marketing and
customer relations for DmB Investor in Oslo,
Norway. Charles M. Foley is employed by
Synpellact Inc. as a financial analyst. He and
his wife live in Peoria, Arizona, and had a baby
boy, Connor, born in November. Thny E.
Fyrquist is a loan officer at the San Juan
County Bank in Friday Harbor, Washington. He
and his wife, Lisa, also live in Friday Harbor.
Alfonso J. Hernandez is chairman of the
board and chief executive officer of Argus
International, an apparel sourcing ftrm in
Florida. He and his wife, Katya M.
Hernandez, live in Miami. James C.
Holcombe is a vice president and senior
research analyst with SCI Capital
Management. He and his wife live in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, and have twins, born in
February. They join their 2-year-old brother.
Jonathan P. Katzen is managing partner of
World Beads which recently opened a new
retail outlet in Coconut Grove, Florida. He and
his wife had a baby girl, Stephanie Rae, in
October. They live in Miami Beach, FL. Don K.
Kiser is international sales manager for Best
Power Thchnology, a provider of
uninterruptible power systems and power
protection. He resides in Mauston, WI.
Nobuyuld Kondo is an investment executive
with Spear Rees and Company. He and his wife
had a baby boy, Ryosak Morrill, born in April.
They live in Walpole, MA. Brian F. Krieg has
relocated to Newark, Delaware, where he is the
executive director of the Produce for Better
Health Foundation, an organization concerned
with consumer education. Brent Lawrence is
a self-employed marketing consultant in
Portland, Oregon. Sarah M. Lewis is a bank
consultant in the marketing division of
Electronic Data Systems. She lives and works
in Paris, France. Laura G. Lukens is a
bilingual educator at Jefferson Elementary
School located in an inner-city bilingual school
district. She lives in El Segundo, CA. Shale A.
Nyberg is an assistant vice president at
Norwest Bank Minnesota N.A. and lives in
Mound, MN. Victor Roses is the executive
director of the Barcelona Development Agency
in New York City. He and his wife, Kanako
Fujiwara, also live in New York. Elizabeth
Schumann Olsen is controller of Trancel
Corporation, a biomedicaVpharmaceutical
firm, in California. She and her husband, Jeffry
Olsen, live in Santa Ana, CA. Karen Sperstad
is a Spanish instructor with the Mukwonago
School District. She and her husband, Timothy,
live in Mukwonago, Wl. Thr O. Tanum
transferred from his position as senior
executive officer/export division of the
Norwegian Agency of Development and
CooperationINORAD. He is now assistant
resident representative of NORAD,
Mozambique. He and his wife, Haldis, and their
two children, Nicolay and Nora Vivian, live in
Maputo. Robert K. Williams is operations
controller with Cooper Industries, a
manufacturer of electrical and electronic
equipment. He lives and works in EI Paso, TX.
1984
Jack L. Backstrom is an account executive
with Bader Rutter & Associates. He married
Mary Smith in April, and the couple lives in
Milwaukee, Wl. James G. Blackburn II is
international sales manager for Bristol-Meyers-
Squibb, a pharmaceutical firm in Syracuse,
New York. He resides in Lafayette, NY. Tim
Brockish and his wife, Wendy Schmitt, are
co-owners and co-presidents of CompuSmart,
a fum that sells computers and related prod­ucts,
and high-quality snack foods at the
workplace. They live in Rigby, ID. Celia Brown
is the office manager for New Horizon Minis­tries,
a social service agency. She and her
husband, Steve, live in Seattle, WA. Robert F.
Clark is marketing director for Oil Com­binations
Inc. He and his wife had a new son,
Jack, born in April. The Clarks live in
Marblehead, MA. Sandra J. Collazo is
employed by the U.S. Department of Commerce
as a product manager in the International
Trade Administration. She lives in Washington,
D.C. Rhonda S. Follrath left a position with
R.J. Reynolds 'Ibbacco International in order to
start her own consulting venture. She is living
in Houghton Lake, MI. Cameron J. Garthe
Gressly is the secretary at Fairlington Pres­byterian
Church. She and her husband,
W. David Gressly 'S3, live in Alexandria, VA.
Brian G. Gonzalez has moved to San
Francisco to become the area manager, Latin
America, for Applied Business Thchnology,
a project management software fum. Sue
Gordon Gobel and her husband, Dan Gobel,
have a new daughter, Brianne Nicole, who was
born in August. Denise Barris was working
as a senior analyst for General Motors in
DetrOit, Michigan. She has recently transferred
to the GM subsidiary in Taipai, Taiwan. Henry
Heim is an administrative officer with the
U.S. Department of State. He works at the U.S.
Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Per
Karlsson is living and working in Shanghai,
People's Republic of China He is the director
of operations for Shanghai Seagram Ltd. Eric
A. Kreutzberg is a project manager in the
Mexico division of Southern Pacific Railroad.
He and his wife, Karrin, live in Houston,
TX. Thomas E. Laux and his wife, Barbara,
live in 'Ibkyo, Japan, where he is director and
country manager for MIPS Computer Systems.
Kathryn D. Lindquist is the president of
InterCommerce Corporation, an international
marketing management company specializing
in life science and the environment. She lives in
Columbia, MD. Patricia Masters Schoelkopf
is a vice president and senior relationship
specialist with First American National Bank.
She and her husband, 'Ibm, live in Memphis,
TN. Randy V. McGraw is a district sales man­ager
with Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Thxas.
He and his wife, Diana, live in Lubbock, TX.
Paui E. Niemeier and his wife, Myra Mergler
Niemeier, have a new baby boy, Nils Paul, born
in April. Paul continues to work in interna­tional
fisheries management. He and his family
live in Reston, VA. Michael O'Neill is a senior
project manager with West Hudson & Co., a
management consulting firm based in Los
Angeles. He lives in Santa Monica, CA. Dana
Pleninger is an account supervisor with
Leo Burnett Company and lives and works in
Chicago, IL. Lynn Ellen Queen and her hus­band,
William L. Queen, live in Alexandria,
Virginia. She is self-employed as a bank
marketing conSUltant, and he is in the Master
of Divinity program at Virginia Theological
Seminary preparing for ordination in the
Episcopal Church. Thad D. Rasche is a vice
president of the Swiss Bank Corporation in
Chicago. He and his wife, Diana, live in Oak
Park, IL. Frank F. Rexach has been named to
the new position of director of international
marketing for personal computer products for
Avery Dennison's commercial products divi­sion.
He has worked for this ftrm since 1987
and has launched both the company's fIrSt line
of computer software products as well as its
fIrSt hardware product. He will introduce
Avery PC supplies in Canada and Europe.
Frank lives in Anaheim, CA. James F. Smith
was promoted to manager of private banking
for Sun Bank, Miami, in Miami Beach. He was
recently elected president of the Rotary Club
of Miami Beach. Siew L. Soare is a buyer
for Catalina Lighting Inc. and had a baby girl,
Alexandra Yuen-lin, born in February. She lives
in Miami, FL. Sher Taton is the manager of
original equipment marketing and sales for
General Tire Inc., and lives and works in
Akron, Ohio. Jochen lbswinkel has a new
position as a staff accountant with Ernst &
Young International in Hamburg, Germany. J .
Gregory Vrhovolk has a new position as
European development director for the state of
Alabama He works in Hannover, Germany,
where his duties include representing Alabama
at many trade fairs. Kyle Wilson Jacques
has a new position as manager of international
sales/marketing support for Synopsys, Inc. in
Mountain View, California. Her immediate
supervisor is fellow T'bird, Alain Labat, who
is the vice president of international opera­tions.
Eric W. ZeIt is at the University of
Kansas teaching and working on a master's
degree in German. He and his wife, Amy, live
in Lawrence, KS.
1985
Karen L. Baldauff is marketing manager for
Emcon, an environmental engineering firm
in San Jose, CA. Hatem A. Bamieh is the
manager of Baam Inc., an import/export fum
in Florida. He and his wife, Morella, live in
Miami. Kees Bouwkamp is an area director
for Joseph Seagram & Sons Inc. He and his
wife, Elizabeth, have a new daughter born in
November. They live in Miami, FL. Krist!
Buckles Otto is self-employed as a marketing
consultant. She and her husband, J. Merritt
Otto, live in Hoffman Estates, LL. Michael E.
Camp is the president of Industrial Power
Products Corporation, an exporter of elec­tronics
equipment. He and his wife, Kathleen
Ann, live in San Diego, CA. Mario E. Canova
has left the banking industry and is working
for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the
project marketing division. He lives in Orlando,
FL. Bradley A. Cole is employed by
Mitsubishi International Corporation as a
supervisor of purchasing and sales. He lives
and works in New York City. Thm Crowley is a
group manager with Drake America, an inter­national
sales company. He lives in Rye, NY.
Lorenzo Cusani-Visconti is international
traffic manager for Vertex Communication
Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of
satellite earth station antennas. He and his
wife, Renee, live in Kilgore, Thxas. Cara S.
Bancock is a marketing manager of data prod­ucts
for MCI Thlecommunications Corporation.
She lives in Arlington, VA. Jane H. Jaffe has
a new position as a financial analyst with the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She
lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Thomas Joski is
working in international corporate fmance for
Spectrum Capital, a company involved in
aviation finance. He lives in London. Laurie
Konwith is materials manager, Asia-Pacific
region, for FHP Health Care, a health main­tenance
organization. She lives and works in
Tamurung, Guam. Gail J. Landazuri has been
promoted to vice president at Philadelphia
National Bank. She lives in King of PruSSia, PA.
Dana Lascu is a professor of marketing at the
University of Richmond's School of Business in
Richmond, VA. Gary Magnarini is an asso­ciate
attorney with Hicks, Anderson & Blum,
an appellate law ftrm. He lives and works in
Miami, FL. Jean Maxey Cregan has left the
Orthotic and Prosthetic National Office to
be a full-time mother to daughter, Joanna, born
in April. The family lives in Arlington, VA.
William P. Messenger is the owner of
Marbleous Stone Company. He and his wife live
in Houston, Thxas, and have two young
daughters, Michelle and Grace. Thomas R.
Nesbitt is a special agent with the Federal
Frank F. Rexach '84
L. Cusani-Visconti '85
Laurie G. Konwith '85
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R. Weaver Schuldt '86
Nancy P. Lee '86
Jan Scheie '86
Bureau of Investigation. He lives and works in
Seattle, WA. Morten Norvold is assistant
general manager for DmB Credit Guarantee, a
subsidiary of DmB bank. He lives and works in
Oslo, Norway. Linda Pascncci has enrolled
full-time in the doctoral studies program for
business education at Northern Illinois
University after working as a trade specialist
and international accounts manager in Chicago
for six years. She lives in Elgin, IL. Elena A.
Pcbjolldna is an analyst with Chanel. She
lives and works in New York City. Nelmir
Pereira Rosas is a partner in FSA, an
accounting, systems and auditing service. He
and his wife, Isabel M.S. Porto Rosas '84,
live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. John Sdmldt is
the administration manager, southeast regional
sales office, for the Lincoln-Mercury division of
Ford Motor Company. He recently married
Roberta Weaver Schnldt '86, who is the
account director for Snyder Communications.
The wedding party included T'birds Dave
Mockenstnrm '84, Doug Thomas '85,
Pamela Johnson lsbecque '86, Amy
Lonowski Eastlund Joy '85, and Gail
Dawson '86. In addition, 10 alums attended the
ceremony. The couple lives in Atlanta, GA.
John A. Schnltz has recently accepted the
position of director, Far East, for Life Sciences
International Pic, an owner of several U.S.
manufacturers oflaboratory instruments. He is
responsible for five of the group's divisions and
continues to live in Singapore. Gunawan
Set;jodiningrat is self-employed as the presi­dent
of 1ndolink, Inc., a real estate investment
firm in Thmpe, Arizona He lives in Phoenix.
Candace L. Smith has returned to
Washington, D.C. where she is an investment
officer at the Inter-American Investment
Corporation, the private sector afflliate of the
Inter-American Development Bank. Robin V.
Stephens has been promoted to district
manager of the Rocky Mountain area, Casper,
Wyoming, for Eastman Christensen, the leader
in horizontal drilling for oil and gas. Joy L.
Stevenson is a lecturer in business studies at
Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Her husband, David S.
Burks, is the manager of global networks for
British Thlecom. The couple lives in Singapore.
Peter A. Taylor is a group project manager
with Cahners Exposition Group, a fmn
specializing in international trade exhibitions.
He lives in Singapore. Douglas W. Thomas is
the international marketing manager for
Digital Equipment Korea, Inc. He and his wife,
Leanne Morrow Thomas, live in Seoul,
Korea Mike Wittenstein has founded Galileo,
a communication and multimedia production
company in Atlanta, Georgia Galileo produces
interactive kiosks, boardroom presentations
and visualization support tools.
1986
Mark W. Adams has moved from Singapore
to Jakarta, Indonesia to accept the position of
marketing manager for Club Corporation of
Asia in Jakarta. Claire A.nderson Seibly is an
assistant vice president with NCNB Thxas. She
and her husband had a baby boy, John Robert,
born in February. Peter Avery is the general
manager of the Simon-'Ibmenjoint venture
which manufactures aerial work platforms and
imports them to Japan. He is employed by
Simon Engineering in Milwaukee. He and his
wife, Debra, live in Whitefish Bay, WI. Gregory
A. Cohen works as a legal intern with the
'Ibledo Legal Aid Society and lives in 'Ibledo,
OH. Brenda Gant is living in Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia where she is business manager of
Photography by Samia, a photography com­pany
which concentrates on weddings, schools
and portraits. She and her husband, Talal, had
their second daughter, Asiya Louise, in
September. Steven D. Hall and his wife, Keiko,
just returned from 19 months in Asia, Africa
and Europe. He is now working on a master's
20 THUNDERBIRD WINTER 1992
degree in secondary education at Northern
Illinois University. He and his wife live in
Rockford, IL. Rlwa Jabri is project coordi­nator
with AI Midani SARL, a real estate
service in Paris. Gregory A. Jenik is
employed by AT&T Network Systems as sales
manager of Brazil. He lives in Bedminster, New
Jersey. P. Colebrooke Jordan is the market­ing
director of Servicios Ejecutivos del
Noroeste, a Coca-Cola bottler. He lives in
Mexico. David J. Knox is in the international
purchasing department of Medical Export
Management, a firm which exports medical
equipment to the USSR. He lives and works in
Washington, D.C. Michele Landa-Brooker has
a new position as a private banker for Latin
America with Merrill Lynch. She and her
husband, Bradford G. Brooker, an area
coordinator with Mearl Corporation, live in
Larchmont, NY. Nancy P. Lee has moved to
Regina, Saskatchewan, where she is the
director of the Summer Centre for
International Languages at Luther College,
University of Regina. Robert A. Makatura is
an assistant vice president of Marsh and
McLennan, Inc., an insurance brokerage firm.
He lives and works in New York City. Gemma
J. Mastroianni is an international
institutional broker with Sanford C. Bernstein
and Co., Inc., an investment research and
management firm. She lives and works in New
York City. Leslie R. Mathis is a Ph.D. student
at the University of New Orleans. She is living
in Metairie, LA. Tracy McHale-Fosse is an
associate at Wilshire Associates, a financial
services, investments and consulting firm. She
lives in Manhattan Beach, CA. Miguel Angel
Osorio is the national sales manager for
Carbonell y Cia, a food industry firm in Spain.
He and his wife, Milagros Jarrin, live in Madrid.
A1ejandra Pacheco Hernandez is a
controller with Ernest and Julio Gallo
Company. In March she married Jesus
Hernandez, an independent fmancial
consultant. The couple resides in Mexico City.
Bret Rogers has been promoted to director of
finance at Buena Vista International Thlevision,
a subsidiary of Disney Corporation. He is
working in Burbank, CA. Jan Scheie recently
became Scandinavian operations manager for
Blacksmith, a firm supplying chemicals to the
oil industry. He and his wife, Ingrid, live in
Stavanger, Norway. Charles C. Schneider has
a new position as a marketing representative
with Bel Aire Surgical Supply. He lives in Los
Angeles, CA. John Sivilla is a sales manager
with Presto Food Products Inc. He lives in
Mission Viejo, CA. Jill E. Stockwell is a
freelance fllm and television producer. She
lives in Waterford, ME. Mary Ellen Thme is
employed as a consuitantJeducator by
Magellan Enterprises and the Los Angeles
Unified School District. She provides cross­cultural
training and international marketing
services. Mary Ellen lives in La Crescenta, CA.
Ellen M. Welby is an agriculture marketing
specialist with the international transportation
division of the US. Department of Agriculture.
She lives in Arlington, VA. Lee D_ Williams is
a senior associate of information services with
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. in Brooklyn, NY. He
lives in New York City.
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department of Buena Vista Home Video, the
worldwide distributor of DisneyribuchstoneJ
Hollywood Pictures videocassettes. He lives
and works in Burbank, CA. Brenton Brownell
has received a full grant from the Japanese
government to research the planning and
implementation of large-scale projects being
performed in the Kansai region of Japan. This
two-year study will be conducted through
Kansai University and result in a doctorate of
sociology for Brenton. Michael H. Buenning
is the deputy general manager of Sulzer
Brothers of Shanghai. He lives in Shanghai,
People's Republic of China Sarah Byrne­Quinn
is an executive with County NatWest,
an investment bank. She lives and works in
London, England. Robert B. Cree is a writer
for CTG, a documentation fmn. He lives in
Thmpe, AZ. A.nne M. Cummings is an
environmental analyst with Pioneer
Environmental Consulting Inc. She lives in
Logan, UT. Sharon de A1wis has joined
Salvatore Ferragamo as merchandising
manager AsialPacific. She is based in
Ferragamo's regional subsidiary in Hong Kong
and is responsible for franchising and duty free
activities for the twelve countries in the Asia!
Pacific region. Kjell Anders Fosshaug began
working in 1990 for EB Norsk Kabel, a cable
producing company in Norway. He was
transferred to Spain in 1991 and has been
promoted to controller of IT applications. In
June he married Cathrine Bergsrud, an art
student They are living in Barcelona. Cynthia
Gebhardt BnIger is an account executive
with Sea-Land Service Inc., a transportation
company in Orinda, California She and her
husband, Kevin Bulger, live in San Francisco.
Lillie