The Thunderbird, Summer 1975

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IN THE FALL '75 BULLETIN
World Business Department
Homecoming '76 Reservation Forms
AGSIM's New Directions
30 Year Commemorative History
EDITOR: DIANE CONNELLY '56
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
1'm sure many current students and prospective
students of AGSIM are asking themselves, "What
does this unique school offer me?" "Will it supply
what is needed for an international career 1" "Is
it worth the price 1"
It may disappoint many when I say there are no
simple answers. Each person must look at this
from his/her own perspective and carefully weigh
the values which will result, based upon his/her
own exclusive value system, goals and objectives.
First of all, let me make clear that the only reason
anyone should come here is to prepare themselves
for an international career. There are many
traditional graduate schools of business which can
provide much more breadth and depth in business
management education. The fact is that we are just
not a school of business administration. Our stress
on language skills and on imparting knowledge of
cultures, beliefs and values precludes single­minded
devotion to business management education.
For a domestic business management career with
emphasis on a functional field like marketing or
finance, a good MBA degree is the answer. We
strongly feel that conversational ability in a second
language, knowledge of other cultures, and a sound
exposure to international management principles
and practices is the ideal educational preparation
for the aspiring international manager.
We think that learning a language using our method
provides not only a vocabulary but a way of thinking
regarding another culture. Our courses in inter­national
studies further insights into the way other
people view things; their political attitudes, tlieir
religious beliefs. Topping this off with a good
knowledge of international finance, marketing,
accounting, advertising, economics and manage­ment
provides the graduate with the beginnings of
an international perspective which will make him
or her a valuable asset in the international oper­ations
of multinational corporations, foreign
service organizations, departments and ministries
of commerce, and entrepreneurial activities in
export-import.
If, after objective evaluation, the student - feels
comfortable with this tripartite approach to inter­national
management education ~nd with the
prospect of an international career, then he or she
has come to the right place and the money spent
is a sound investment in the future.
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MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
Accreditation committees, graduates living and working over·
seas, American and foreign corporations - all agree that the
very heart and brightest strength of Thunderbird's three-part
curriculum is its Department of Modern Languages.
General Barton Kyle Yount, at the end of World
War II, envisioned Americans trained in local
languages versed in foreign customs, fortified
with practical as well as theoretical management
expertise functioning as the United States' finest
export to the rest of the world.
AGSIM is the tangible result of that VlSlon. It
is unique among institutions conferring advanced
degrees. The Master of International Management
requisites are equal training in language, area
studies and world business.
AGSIM language offerings have expanded from
two in 1947 (Spanish and Portuguese) to seven
(Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, English
as a second language, Japanese, and Chinese).
Arabic (or possibly Russian) is slated to be the
eighth language offered, in 1975 or 1976.
The "300A" courses teach the sounds and feeling
of the language. The "300B" level courses add
extensive reading, writing and analyzing skills.
Throughout, native instructors stress the foreign
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culture and encourage their students to develop
language-thought empathy. After learning to ex­press
themselves in everyday and professional
situations, in "400" courses the students become
skilled enough to philosophize and socialize in
the language.
Resident off-campus programs, designed to give
students the opportunity to see first-hand what
living in a foreign country is really like, are
increasing. Currently, Thunderbird offers a sum­mer
program in Guadalajara, exchange semester
in Japan, Winterim in Bogota, and is planning
a program in France similar to that in Guadalajara.
DR. FRANK JACKLE was Chairman of the Modern
Language Department for fifteen years. Hand­picked
by Dr. William Shurz, he began teaching
at Thunderbird in 1949, and he succeeded Dr.
Howard Tessen as Chairman in 1961. However,
in 1974, he "retired" to return to teaching, which
he admits is an integral part of his life. Dr.
Jackle's degrees express his wide interests: a
BA in Spanish and English; MAs in Administration
and Spanish; a PhD in Portuguese and Luso­Brazilian
Studies.
Commenting on how students have changed over
the years, he explains: "We got great satisfaction
from watching the individual progress of the out­standing
students we had in the early days. They
had stars in their eyes, but they combined work
and play while they were here and the faculty­student
interaction was fantastic. The increased
number of students now precludes that closeness.
However, entering they are better-prepared in
foreign languages. Almost half waive their language
requirement. They have had better and longer
preparation in language since Sputnik and greater
exposure to other cultures through school, church
and Peace Corps travel."
"Teaching is coaching. Most of us function 'ade­quately'
at 60% of our ability. The teacher's
role is to 'push to perfection,' to encourage 100%
performance." This seems to be how he himself
functions. (Did you take "Business Communications"
under Dr. Jackle while you were at Thunderbird?)
Current Chairman of the Modern Language Depart­ment,
JORGE VALDIVIESO, is a gifted and experienced
teacher, a warm and dedicated man.
The middle of seven children of a prominent
Ecuadorian family, Dr. Valdivieso already held
a law degree from Central University in Quito
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"We have maintained the integrity af aur teaching methads and
seen our graduates become top-flight U.S. representatives, both
personally and professionally, abroad." - Fronk JackIe.
Some basic AGSIM linguistic innovations remain, time-proven
through almost thirty years: native-language teachers; oral­aural
instruction exclusively through the first key months; class
size limited to a minimum of four and a maximum of eight stu­dents;
grammar as an adjunct to conversation; fluency in a
second language a requirement for graduation; instruction
culminating in certification for spouses.
"Nothing is impossible in this world provided a person wants to
do it. 99.9% of our students successfully learn another lang­uage."
- Jorge Valdivieso.
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when he came to Minnesota to learn English and
to teach college Spanish.
A recommendation from Lea de Noronha to Frank
Jackle resulted in Thunderbird offering him an
instructor's position in 1963. Dr. Valdivieso then
started his formal education over, this time in
English: a BA in Education; MAs in Education
and Romance Languages; a PhD in Spanish, with
minors in French and Latin. He proudly points
out that his math-teaching Ecuadorian wife, Teresa,
has followed the same U.S. educational path along
with him and has now completed her doctorate
and is teaching Spanish at Arizona State University.
"I am fascinated with the flow of life, how students
struggle and succeed. And I am pleased to be
a catalyst in that process."
"What I do is a JOY, not a job," declared BILL KING,
head of AGSIM's English as a Second Language
program. "I really feel I was born to teach,
and I love the challenge of tailoring each class
to the needs and deficiencies of its members.
Often, a class of eight will have students of four
or five nationalities and cultures."
"Foreign students now constitute 20% of our student
population, and President Voris has forecast that
they will make up almost half within the next
few years. Only here can they use English as
a second language to fulfill their language require­ment
for a MIM."
Mr. King holds a Master of Linguistics degree.
He feels the strength of this innovative program
to be its staff and resources: Dr. Jackle, Alice
Johnson and Zed Lanham.
From its inception in 1951, through 1974, the
Key Man Program has trained 650 people from
over 150 companies in Spanish, Portuguese, French,
German and English as a second language.
This program is an exhausting one. Students attend
four sixty-minute classes every day, Monday
through Friday - three in conversation and one
in fundamentals of the language they are studying.
Daily preparation requires roughly twice as long.
They receive area orientation in a two-hour session
once a week. Evenings and weekends, they prepare
their dialogues, review their classes and try to
unwind. "Participants in these courses present
the same problem found in the regular language
classes - language backgrounds range from lots
to none, "says Key Man Director,LARRY FINNEY."An
added discouragement is the natural slowdown
"Almost half of aur foreign students enter from foreign univer­sities,
and based on our testing most need to take Engl ish as a
second language." - Bi" King.
"The Key Man Program is unique and it is effective. Some of our
most outstanding T-Birds are products of this program." - Larry
Finney.
in the speed at which we learn - particularly
between the early thirties and the early fifties.
The hardest job we have as Key Man instructors
is keeping participants' spirits up. We try to
show them that we really are understanding and
feel compassion for the intensified problems they
face, from the very nature of the program."
There is increasing interest in two diverse areas:
Portuguese, from the opening up of the interior
of Brazil; and English as a second language,
from the increased volume of business the Orient,
particularly Japan, is doing with the U.S.
The classes are run for a minimum of four, a
maximum of eight, students. The charge for the
six-week program is $2400 for the man, $1800
for his wife. The eight-week Japanese and English
as a second language course cost $3200 and $2400,
respectively. This includes all instruction, mater­ials
and books, board and room and incidentals.
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ALUMNI-IN-RESIDENCE
THE INDIVIDUALIST
This summer, AGSIM will lose three of its favorite
faculty members, who rank second and fourth, re­spectively
in terms of years of teaching service: the
Castro y Silvas and Gerald Richter. AGSIM will still
be ''AIFT,'' however, as long as Paul Wilson (to be
featured in the Fall Bulletin), Frank Jackle and
Larry Finney continue on.
Larry, a '52 Thunderbird graduate himself, has
taught Spanish Grammar continuously here since
1952 (except for one year off during 1969-70). He
says, "The 4777th verSe is coming up. With the grace
of God and continuing good health, I should have six­teen
years left of going 'Hablo, Hablas, Hable.'"
He states that his greatest gratification is greeting
former students - particularly those who had diffi­culty
in Spanish grammar - when they visit AGSIM
on home leave and hearing of their Successes.
Larry can still be recognized by the long towel stick­ing
out of his back pocket (beach towel size for sum­mer).
He reports that he "still likes his senoritas
and senoras." From Ross and Leroy's he has pro­gressed
to the Chimneys , where "special sessions
are held during the cocktail hours from three 'til
seven or however long Finney lasts."
Outside of the cocktail hour, in addition to teaching
the Spanish Grammar courses, Finney does all
classroom and final scheduling each semester, di­rects
the Language Department for at least half of
Summer Semester and is Director of the Key Man
Program.
THE INTERNA TIONALIST
Yes, Thunderbird is changing. The campus is
crowded, with summer enrollment over 800; the
entering GPA is up, the average age is down; one in
five students is now female, one in four is of for­eign
nationality. The Associated Students Legisla­tive
Council President, RIAD MAREI, is Palestin­ian;
the Vice-President, ULF NOFELT, is Swedish;
the Secretary-Treasurer, BETH PERRY, is an
American. The editor of DAS TOR is an Argentine,
FRANCO MOLINA.
Riad Marei, as the majority of foreign nationality
students, is older than the average American stu­dent,
entered with an undergraduate major in Busi­ness
Administration, is convinced that AGSIM's
MIM is his passport into the international business
career he is determined to pursue, plans on return­ing
to the area of the world he came from, and is
committed to strengthening AGSIM as a force for
good-will ambassadors.
Riad was born in Palestine and grew up on the West
Bank in "a very close Arab family." His parents
and fourteen brothers and sisters still live there,
but Riad has not been able to visit them for the last
ten years . His education has been self-financed: he
worked for the Qatar government to finance his ed­ucation
at internationally minded Northeast Mis­souri
State University at Kirksville, Missouri: then,
he worked one year in Chicago to pay for his MIM
training here. He has given free classes in Arabic
for two semesters at Thunderbird as well as func­tioning
as the principal elected student officer. He
values the many friends of different religions and
beliefS he has made and says "people learn from
each other, as well as from courses."
Upon graduation in August, he will go to Kuwait.
There he will work with TOM KENAN '66, who came
back to AGSIM and recruited Riad and two other
T -Birds to work for one of the largest investment
and import-export companies in the Middle East
(Alghanim Company).
He earnestly believes in the fellowshop of man. "1
look forward to the day when men of good faith,
regardless if they be Christian, Moslem, or Jewish,
can work and live together in peace and harmony."
Riad lives his life by these precepts: "Nothing is
impossible in the world. Never give up. Work for
what you believe. Be optimistic. Look to the future.
Praise God for this day."
RIAD MAREI
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ANEW SERVICE ABROAD
THE AGSIM CONSULTANT
During the latter part of April Dr. William Voris
returned from a trip to the Mid East after a day
spent in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia to visit a friend and
President of the University of Petroleum and
Minerals in Dhahran, Dr. Bakr Abdullah Bakr. Dr.
Bakr was not happy with the results obtained at the
English Language Institute, a part of the Freshman
Orientation Program of the University, and asked
Dr. Voris to send two English Language con­sultants
from Thunderbird to evaluate his program.
Dr. Voris asked me as former Chairman of the
Modern Language Department, and William King,
Professor and Director of the English as a Second
Language Program at Thunderbird, to make the
trip. Bill and I flew to Dhahran, on the Persian
Gulf, via London, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Beirut. In
Beirut we were just in time to observe the fighting
going on between the Lebanese, Palestinians, and
Israelis. We spent five days in Dhahran observing
the operation of the English Language Institute and
the overall program in petroleum, minerals and
business administration at the University.
This beautifully planned university opened its doors
on September 22, 1964. From a first class of 67
students, the University has grown to reach an en­rollment
of over 1500 students. The vast petroleum
and mineral resources of Saudi Arabia pose a com­plex
and exciting challenge for scientific and
technical education. The University is financed by
Saudi Arabian Government grants, by donations
from oil companies, and by other foundation grants
and donations. The faculty is multinational:
American, British, Middle Eastern Arab, Saudi
Arabian, and other citizens. All instruction is in
English, and it is anticipated that the technical
library will be predominantly, though not ex­clusively,
in English.
Thus it is imperative that the program of the
English Language Institute be of the highest quality.
Bill and I have made several suggestions for im­provement
of the ELI program and hope Dr. Bakr
will begin to implement these recommendations.
On the trip home, we avoided the difficulties in
Lebanon by flying to Kuwait and then directly
to Paris and New York. The whole trip was inter­esting,
exciting, and fruitful--a real experience for
internationally minded professors.
Bill King
Frank JackJe
Two nights were spent in Beirut. Beirut is a
beautiful city. As the plane came in for a landing in
the late evening, the many residences and buildings
graCing the gentle slopes of the hills in the back­ground
reminded one of the Berkeley Hills and the
Bay Area of San Francisco. The waves coming in
from the Mediterranean Sea were gentle and warm
and conducive to relaxing on the veranda of the
Carlton Hotel in Beirut.
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, is true desert of the type
found near Indio and Palm Springs, California. The
barrenness of the landscape is broken by the
hundreds of oil wells in production, capped, or
being burned-off to avoid the excessive gas. As the
plane came in late at night, one saw hundreds of
flares inland from the coast of the Persian Gulf.
The temperatures during the day reached 115 ~ but
the air began to cool by 5:00 p.m., and the evenings
were very pleasant.
Among the highlights of the trip were the two· days
spent in Paris. Paris is beautiful, clean, exciting,
bustling--and expensive. But one can find reason­able,
comfortable quarters, and inexpensive enter­tainment.
The new Charles De Gaulle Airport is
an architectural marvel. It is cirCUlar, four
stories of ultra-modernistic design with moving
ramps from one level to another. The whole layout
is an accolade to French imagination and efficiency.
But, it's good to be back--heat and activity--at
AGSIM.
Dr. Frank R. Jackle
CAMPUS NEWS
T-BIRDS ARE TOPS
Adding one more area of success for AGSIM, an
international team of "alumni in residence"
Thunderbirds won the Arizona State Soccer Associ­ation
Championship this Spring, for the first time
ever.
The team reflects the school - members come from
fourteen countries. Representative are MARTIN
AMOKE from Kenya, who played on the NAIA small
college 1972 team at Westmont College; Canadian
BRIAN BLACK, a former All-American at Texas
Christian University; German HORST HOTZY,
Arizona League All-Star goalie; co-coaches,
former All-American from the University of Akron,
Nigerian EUGENE ALFRED, and TOM FADRHONC
from the Netherlands; and "The Middle" passing
pair, team captain OTAVIO CARDOSO and
ROBERTO BUMAGNY, both from Brazil.
They defeated Hollandia in the quarter-finals, the
Latinos in the semis, and the Williams Air Force
Base Jets in the final game.
From left to right standing:
Alfonso Llanes, Hector Cespedes, Rob Burnqulst, Rom
Fadrhonc Otavlo Cardoso, Brian Black, Martin Amoke,
Eugene Alfred, Leo Pollt, Horst Hotzy, Ca rlos Navia.
Kneeling from left to right: Roberto Bumagny, George del
Canto, Tor Holtan, Phil Birch.
-Not pictured: Giovanni Gangone, Stelnar Mikkelsen, Juan
Goyburo, Guy Ha rris.
((CAMP T -BIRD"
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CAMP-T-BIRDS' SERGE
PINTO, THIERRY
ROUVIER, AND LARRY
BRADLEY
A banner, "Welcome to Camp T-Bird," greeted new
and returning students as they came in the front
entrance Spring Semester. This JOHN BARR '76,
banner was the inspiration for the semester's most
innovative student enterpreneurial effort. Hustlers
SERGE PINTO and THIERRY ROUVIER of France
marketed American LARRY BRADLEY's design -
"Camp T-Bird" printed over a Bugs Bunny, cactus,
and soccerball background - by forming a corp­oration
and selling 30 fellow students $5 shares.
With the capital thus raised, they had 186 T-shirts
printed up - and sold all of them on campus at $3.25
each.
They then "liquidated" the corporation. Share­holders
found their return on investment to be: an
obsolete stock certificate; a $2 capital return; a
yellow, blue, peach or gold "Camp T-Bird" shirt;
and, a $.10 "dividend."
"Pigeon" is presently introducing a new line of
camping equipment by providing T-Bird campers
with an array of tents as of this summer. (Add one
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more company to the list of campus recruiters.) INTERNATIONAL CORP. BOARD MEETS AT AGSIM
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FRIENDS OF T-BIRD
HONOR DORIS PAINE
AGSIM's local booster group, Friends of Thunderbird, has
honored Doris Paine with their first Honorary Life Mem­bership
and entitled their Scholarship and Loan Fund with
her name.
During her two years of dedicated service as founding
president, Friends has initiated semesterly welcome parties
for new students, rescue transportation when they arrived
stranded many miles from campus, hospitality for foreign
students and visitors in members' homes, a monthly news­letter
informing members of the speakers and special
events on campus, a Scholarship and Loan Fund, and they
have also donated a permanent collection of Barry
Goldwater's photographs of American Indians for the
Keyman Lounge. Doris is not only a Friend of Thunderbird,
she is a relative: She is the wife of JORDAN PAINE '47
and mother-in-law of HANS NORDSTROM '74. Happily,
Doris will remain active in the organization. One project
she is working on is The Great International Hot Air Balloon
Race which may ascend from campus next November. So,
you alums or friends who are balloonists or wish to sponsor
a floating billboard, get in touch with Doris!
At the May meeting, follOwing a wffet featuring hot and mild
curries and a panel discussion by students from India, Doris
handed over the gavel to the new President, Mary Beth (Mrs.
Eugene) Tompane. Virginia (Mrs. Tom) McSpadden will be
First Vice President and Gail (Mrs. Thomas J.) Dale will be
Second Vice President. Among continuing committee heads
is Else (Mrs. Lee) Baker, Foreign Student Hospitality.
The Thunderbird takes this opportunity to extend best wishes
to the new officers and gratitude to all Friends of Thunder­bird
for their special interest in the School, and their
appreciation and concern for our Alumni in Residence, the
students.
THUNDERBIRD AMA
HONORS KAUFHERR
The Thunderbird AMA Chapter recently awarded a plaque to
Daniel C. Kaufherr, professor of international marketing at
the school, in recognition and appreciation of his efforts to
foster enthusiasm, scholarship, and excellence in the field
of international advertiSing.
In Kaufherr's advertising account management course
groups of interested students form into typical ad agencies
with hypothetical client assignments involving the investi­gation
of overseas markets. These culminate in the ad
presentations, which are judged by leading international ad
agenCies' representatives.
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Glendale AZl.
TAIWAN
AMBASSADOR
TAIWAN AMBASSADOR VISITS T-BIRD
The Republic of China'S Ambassador James C.H. Shen
addressed the members and visitors of Professor Martin
Sours' Multinational Corporations class, then met with
students, faculty and staff at an informal reception on May
13th.
On a visit to Phoenix for the purpose of promoting trade be­tween
the U.S. and Nationalist China, Ambassador Shen was
pleased to learn about the newly established Chinese
language program and to meet the 7 Chinese "alumni-in
residence. "
WHERE
JAMES C. H. SHEN,
TAIWAN AMBASSADOR
ARE YOU?
Thanks to you, the Alumni Office is able to maintain contact
with over 90% of all AGSIM graduates. (This is an in­credible
rate - most universities average about 50% 0 How­ever,
we do have some "ADDRESSES UNKNOWN." Please
write us if you know the current address and/or other in­formation
for the alumni below. We shall publish additional
lists of those with whom we have lost contact in each
wlletin.
Robert Koehler '58
Don Clippinger '58
John Roush '58
Norm Blanchard '59
Lester Knapp '59
Douglas Bancroft '60
Dale Barnes '60
Harry S. Davis '60
C. Wayne HarriS '61
James E. Schoen '62
Allan Libby '63
Harry Gurganus '64
Steve Spencer '64
Alan S. McDonald '66
Gary E. Whipple '67
William C. Dennis '68
Neil T. Dolan '68
Wallace Gnaedinger' '68
Robert L. Lipscomb '69
Atlas Cheek '70
Lynn McClelland '70
J. Stephen Sheridan '70
Doug Reymore '70
Miriam Kaplan '71
Dan Kimberly '71
Fred Schnurr '72
Tyler Tabor '72
George Kincaid '72
Mike Burke '72
Malcolm Byrnes '72
Bob Auguston '73
Jim Bauer '73
HOSTS JAPAN.ESE
From July 19 to August 2 AGSIM will play host to the
third annual visit of touring Japanese international manage­ment
students from the Institute for International Studies
and Training (Boeki Kenshu Center), Fujinomiya, Japan.
This year 37 Japanese participants, representing the major
Japanese multinational firms, will undertake a special
training program at the Thunderbird Campus consisting
of lectures by AGSIM professors and guest speakers from
the Phoenix community, tours of Phoenix area rosiness
concerns, and interaction with the student body.
Dr. Marshall Geer, Dean of the Faculty, is in charge of
the academic program, with local arrangements under
the direction of Mr. Gates Davison, Director of Public
Affairs, with the assistance of an advisory committee of
Professors Andrew Chang and Martin Sours. Third semester
student Mike Kelley is student coordinator.
The Japanese trainees have been coming to Thunderbird
for three years as part of their year-long program at
lIST. The relationship between the two institutions has
matured to the point where the program will become
known as the AGSIM--IIST joint seminar. In addition,
Thunderbird students studying Japanese now have an op­portunity
to study at the Japanese campus during the
spring semester of each year.
WHEN YOU COME BACK FOR
A CAMPUS VISIT
When you know in advance approximately when you will
be viSiting AGSIM, please let me know. Many students
have expressed interest in learning from your experiences
and in seeking your advice because you already have
the practical expertise they hope to add to their MIM
degrees later.
You probably are interested in some specific world, finan­cial,
business and/ or language areas. I shall try to schedule
class attendance for you if I know when you are coming
beforehand. You might even enjoy guest lecturing in one
of the courses.
Bernhard Edgar '49, of St. Niklausen/Lucerne, Switzerland,
for example, while here on a planned visit, audited a
Chinese class, guest lectured an International Studies class,
and met with several "alumni in residence" in an inter­change
of ideas on the European economy. His summary-­"
Great personal satisfaction."
LIMITED YEARBOOK SUPPY
Yearbooks are still available for the years of 1954 1955
1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965,' 1966;
1969, 1970 and 1971. (Due to your great response, the
years of 1958, 1964, 1967 and 1968 are sold out.) Send
your check for $2.50 to the ~lumni Office and we will
promptly send you a copy of any of our remaining yearbooks.
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MAY GRADUATION
One hundred eighty-three Thunderbirds graduated on May
22, 1975.
AL MIOSSI, '48, delivered the 60th commencement address,
entitled "The New Direction for International Banking."
Following the address, President Voris presented AI, who
is Executive Vice PreSident - Continental Bank in Chicago,
with the Jonas Mayer Award for 1974-75.
JORGE VERDUZCO, a naturalized U. S. citizen, received
the Barton Kyle Yount Award. Accepting the award, Jorge
stressed the Significant change which has come about
since General Yount founded the School in 1946. The
emphasis of AGSIM is no longer on preparing U. S. citizens
to work abroad -- it is now training an international group
of professionals to interact in the global community. This
graduating class dramatically illustrated this trend: of
the 183 new alumni, 43 are from 23 countries other than
the United States.
Other awards of the evening included the Wall Street
Journal Award for excellence in Accounting, which went
to CATHERINE COOPER, and the Alfred Knight Award
for scholastic excellence, to HUGH WARREN. (Dec. '74.)
The Inter-Ad team of JAMES S. ROGERS, MARCO PLONSKI,
TAYLOR COLLINGS, MARY P. BESSER, MICHAEL D.
MARGOLIS, MICHAEL J. BLUTH and GEORGE POE, Ad­Visor,
won first prize for their creative, dramatic, planned
introduction of "MORE" cigarettes into the Brazilian
market. Five extremely well-devised and highly developed
presentations also captivated the over-flow audience in
the auditorium on Inter-Ad Day.
JOINT AGSIM-UA
Selected liberal arts seniors and graduates in the College
of Liberal Arts at the University of Arizona will be per­mitted
to transfer to the American Graduate School of
International Management in their senior year. Courses
taken here can be used toward the requirement for their
Bachelor's degree at the University; and, if students elect
to continue on for their MIM degree, they may apply a
potential maximum of twelve hours of work undertaken
at AGSIM to the normal forty-eight hours required for
this degree.
The arrangement will be exclusive for three years.
THE THUNDERBIRD is published in the Spring, Summer and Fall. After
each mai ling, clase ta twa thausand magazines are returned to us as "ad·
dress unknown" and "undeliverable."
This office receives many calls and letters from T-Birds wha want to know
why they did nat receive the latest issue(s). Filling out an address change
at the past office will save you time and money and keep you on our mailing
list, as well as helping us locote you correctly and keeping our records
up-to-date.
If you DO NOT WANT to rece ive THE THUNDERBIRD, please atlvise us.
If you DO WANT to receive THE THUNDERBIRD, please fill out an address
change card for the Alumni Office when you move. WE CARE ABOUT YOU!
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ALUMNI CONTRIBUTIONS
CENTURY CLUB
(Contributions ot $100 to $499)
Ernest Olsen '47
Cliff Bevens '50
Bob Feagles '51
Peter Fedderson '67
Ralph Harmon '67
Steve Ward '67
Tim Walker '68
Mark Werts '70
Peter Luft '71
Michael Bruce '72
HONOR ROLE OF CONTRIBUTORS
Lee Haviland '47
Bob Bean '4-8
John Henson '48
John Lien '48
William Neumann '48
Harold Wright '48
Carl Perkins '49
James Carrillo '50
Don Johnson '51
Harvey McIntyre '51
Don Robinson '51
Harry Turner '51
Gene Shultz '53
Ham Dethero '58
J. Dean Huelat '58
John McGill '58
Sid Kessler' 59
Bob Linsenmayer '59
Robert Perkovich '60
John Ross '60
David Wallace '60
Fred Arnold '61
Norma Baum '61
Duane Bellmore '61
Howard Keefe '61 Keyman
Carlos Cortes '62
Peter Pay '62
Bruce Heine '63
Dan Van Gelder '63
Alpo Crane '65
Tom McSpadden '65
Art Downend '66
Steve Jeffrey '66
Derek Miller '66
W. David Watkins '66
Ron McCowen '67
Richard Roney '67
Steve Strawn '67
James Teaff '67
Henry Batchelder '68
David Boston '68
Bill C. Brown '68
James p. Lemon '68
Masaaki Nakamoto '68
Michael Pierce '69
Charles Hazen '69
Bill Jasper '69
Richard Koehler '69
Marshall Malden '69
Dan Montville '69
Malinda Elliott '70
John Eugino '70
Marc Golubock '70
Oliver Jakob '70
Dana Juett '70
John Simons '70
Jeff Davis '71
Robert DeWolfe '71
Jan Dwinell '71
Harry Folk' 71
Robert Harris '71
Robert Hitchcock '71
Bill Hubard '71
Louis Jacobs '71
Ed Auble '72
Bill Broadfoot '72
Gary Pacific '72
Robb Peglar '72
Jon Steele '72
Bela Mariassy
Chris Petropoulos '73
Barry Tatgenhorst '73
Brooks Walton '73
Hoyet Wilson '73
Innocent Abiaka '74
Neil Baker '74
William Devir '74
Carl Duisberg '74
Charles Keller' 54 Cliff Greene '74
Gerritt Vander Ende '54
W. Bruce Wallace '54
McNeill Watkins '54
Paul Anderson '55
Irving Perlman '56
Rafael Velez-Candelario '63
Leonard Babineau '64
Steve Montagu-Pollock '70
John A. Moore '70
Dolph Hoehling '74
Ralph Johnson '74
Drew Merkel
Patrick Rankin
Carl Arvidson '57
Philippe Cavangh '58
John Butler '64
Dennis Donahue '64
Ward Clarke '65
JOSEPH M.KLEIN& CYPRUS
MINING SUPPORT AGSIM
JOSEPH M. KLEIN
Craig Morehouse '70
David Morehouse '70
Bill H. Murphy '70
Tony Roman '74
Janet Wright '74
A most encouraging trend is the growing number of en­lightened
companies which match employee contribltions to
AGSIM. An elite group of companies express further com­mitment
to our goals by DOUBLE-MATCHING AGSIM
alumni gifts. Companies currently dOUble-matChing for our
alumni include: Cyprus Mines, American Express, The
Ford Foundation and Fluor, Inc.
Your Editor publicly salutes JOSEPH M. KLEIN, who regu­larly
and generously contribltes to the Alumni Fund, and
his company, Cyprus Mines, which backs him up through its
strong, double-matching program. Joe, the reCipient of the
Jonas Mayer Award in 1974 for Distinguished Achievement,
is Executive Vice President - Industrial Operations for Los
Angeles-based Cyprus Mines.
Cyprus Mines is a diversified natural resource company
which mines, processes and markets non-ferrous and
ferrous metals and talc and other industrial minerals,
manufactures wire, cable and related electrical products,
and engages in bllk cargo ocean shipping.
The active partiCipation in higher education of Cyprus Board
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Henry T. Mudd and
his father, the late Harvey S. Mudd, were the inspiration
for the Cyprus Matching Gift Program for Higher Edu­cation
established in 1964, which allows any director or
full-time salaried employee to have his gift to any U.S.
private, degree-granting, accredited institution matched
below the $1000 level, double-matched at the $~OOO level.
We encourage you to determine if your company matches
or double-matches your Alumni Fund contribution, magni­fying
it 100-200%.
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MARTHA L. SNYDER SCHOLARSHIP FUND
CENTURY CLUB
(Contributions of $100 to $499)
Bob Bean '48 Duane Bellmore '61 Dennis Orio '71 Walker Curtner '72 Bernie Anderson '73
COMPANIES CONTRIBUTING UNDER MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
Exxon Corporatioll
NCR Corporation
R. J. Reynolds
Travelers Insurance
Carrier Corporation
Jos. Seagram & Son
Wells Fargo Bank
.. Cummins Engine
Southeast Banking Corp.
Harris Bank
FMC Corporation
Blue Bell, Inc.
Chase Manhattan Bank
FNB of Miami
Equitable Insurance
First National City Bank
General Electric
Fluor Corp.
Provident Mutual
Manufacturers Hanover
NOTICE
New Master Plan for Campus
Development
FollOwing its decision to reject the offer of Carefree
Developers to relocate the AGSIM Campus in Carefree, Ari­zona,
the Board of Directors agreed to take necessary steps
to proceed without delay with the improvement and rebuild­ing
of the Glendale Campus. As a first step toward this new
campus development, Mr. Clay Bedford, a member of the
AGSIM Board of Directors, arranged for Educational
Facilities Laboratory (EFL) to develop a preliminary
master plan for the construction of a new campus on our
present site. ELF contracted with Urban Design Associates
of Pittsburgh which has designed several university
campuses, to undertake the development of the preliminary
master plan.
Two representatives from Urban Design Associates visited
AGSIM April 9-11. During their stay they interviewed
representatives of the faculty, students and administrative
staff concerning the optimum location, design and functions
of new facilities. Subsequent to their visit they developed
what they termed a theme for a Master Plan incorporating
the following concepts:
1. Construction of new facilities within the limits of the
present built-up area of the campus.
2. Phased construction so that the school can continue to
operate in both old and new buildings as construction
proceeds.
3. Identification of first phase construction priorities which
include:
a) A multi-purpose auditorium-classroom building
which would contain a permanent capacity of 540
seats in the auditorium and ten large classrooms
in the rear (for 40-50 students). When necessary
the front walls of these classrooms could be
removed to provide ten theatre boxes and increase
the seating to approximately 900.
b) Construction of an office building for the Alumni
Office and Career Services Center to relieve the
overcrowding now taking place in the library and
allow full utilization of that building as a library.
c) Construction of four new dormitories to begin to
remedy the problems caused by outdated facilities
currently occupied by students.
4. Maintaining the scale of existing structures in any new
construction. It was proposed that the intimate scale of
campus with its one story buildings, covered walkways,
trees, lawns and shrubs should be maintained.
5. Development of a functional traffic flow. It was pro­posed
that, as much as pOSSible, new construction should
enhance the flow of pedestrian traffic in a logical
sequence and that classrooms, offices, social foci and
dormitories should be Situated to accomplish this.
6. Clustering of functions. It was proposed that all faculty
offices should be located in a single building, near the
classrooms in order to facilitate interaction among de­partments
and to facilitate access to faculty members
by students.
7. Social foci. It was proposed that social foci be es­tablished
at key locations around the campus to enhance
the already close interaction among students and faculty.
Such foci would include student Offices, Dining Hall,
student lounge, Coffee Shop, Health Services Center,
Nursery, Post Office, Bookstore, barber shop, a crafts
area, Pub and several other facilities.
8. Dormitories. It was proposed that all dormitories with
the exception of the East and West Apartments be phased
out and replaced. In addition it was proposed that
housing be provided on campus for 80 percent of the
student body including an international village contain­ing
apartments with COOking facilities for married
students with children.
Further meetings among student, faculty, and administration
representatives and a local architect resulted in modifi­cations
of the locations of various blildings, however work
on the plans for the auditorium complex are continuing.
Below (or above) is a reproduction of the preliminary
Master Plan. We would appreciate your comments and
suggestions.
-- M. David Merchant
Director of Development
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INTERNATIONAL DAY
13
April 26,1975
Diane Connelly '56 with Scotty Dannison
'75 International Fair Chairman.
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CLASS NEWS
THUNDERBIRD VISITORS
PHILLIP N. STRONGIN '71 of Kansas City, Missouri ...
GARDNER H. MILLER '60 of Albuquerque, New Mexico
MR. and MRS. BERNARD EDGAR · '49 of Switzerland
• • • MR. and MRS. JORGE MARTINEZ '71 of Santiago,
Chile ••. FLORENCE MERVIS '47 of New York City .•.
MRS. ROLAND WILLITS '70 of San Francisco, California
• •. BOB TONNE '52 of Livermore, California ... GEORGE
CUMPSTON '52 of Phoenix, Arizona . . • INNOCENT
ABIAKA '71 of Phoenix, Arizona ... MR. and MRS. ERNEST
H. MAINLAND '61 of Boyne Falls, Michigan ... LESTER
C. HESS JR. '67 of Barcelona, Spain .•. R. BRUCE
SHURTLEFF '72 of Albuquerque, New Mexico •.• JOHN
S. HAZELTON '72 of Phoenix, Arizona . . . JIM STITH
'74 of Salt Lake City, Utah ... BRUCE ROMAN '71 of
Houston, Texas .•• LOREN SMITH '58 of Clarkson, On­tario
•.. STEVE TOMS '72 of Chicago, illinois .•. CATHY
INGRAM '72 of Seattle, Washington ..• TERRY PAULOS
'65 of Elyria, Ohio ... ALI RAHMATIAN '70 of Tehran,
Iran • . • SANG Y. NAM '74 of Glendale, Arizona ..•
STEVEN P. BROWN '74 of Tucson, Arizona ..• ROBERT
W. WEDWICK '72 of Ballbrook, Ohio ... MIKE MAC AFEE
'71 of Phoenix, Arizona ... JOHN CROOKS '72 of Phoenix,
Arizona .•. WILLIAM PARKER '65 of Scottsdale, Arizona
• .. EUGENE J. MEYER '55 of Tempe, Arizona ... DAN
E. LOWERY '68 of Amman, Jordan . . • ROGER ELY
'68 of Phoenix, Arizona ... STEPHEN NADLER '68 of
Denver, Colorado ... DAN ROMANOFF '55 of Scottsdale,
Arizona ... CHUCK WINTER '70 of Denver, Colorado
· •. P. P. CAVANAGH '58 of London, England ... GARY
C. WALTER '70 of Englewood, Colorado ... JIM MALONEY
'69 of New York, New York ... DON WATERS '68 of
San Diego, California . . . MIKE RUDD '47 of Kansas
City, Missouri . . . GORDON KALLIO '74 of Houston,
Texas . . . EMANUEL FORSTER '49 of Los Angeles,
California ... W. DAVID WATKINS '66 of Oakland, Calif­ornia
.•. MARTIN LAKOCINSKI '71 of Houston, Texas
• • . GEORGE NICHOLS '49 of Orange Park, Florida .. .
MR. and MRS. DON STRANIK '70 of Enid, Oklahoma .. .
DAVID and SUZANNE (LANE) MOORE '69 and '71 of
Los Angeles, California ... THOMAS F. JOHNSON '70
of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida . . . MR. and MRS. JOHN S.
McDONALD '66 of Calgary, Alberta •.. ROBERT L.
BEAN '48 of Chicago, illinois . . . JEROME GAARDER
'59 of Corona del Mar, California .•. MAC MESSENGER
'72 of Copenhagen, Denmark . . . DAVID M. FAGAN '73
of Alexandria, Virginia . . . RONALD NICOSIA '73 of
Phoenix, Arizona •.. JAMES SCARLATA '66 of Minnea­polis,
Minnesota . . . ESTELLE K. WAGNER, mother
of DOUG '69 and PAUL '73, from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
PLEASE
WE WANT TO FEATURE YOU IN THE HISTORY OF
AGSIM TO BE PUBLISHED SPRING 1976. PLEASE HELP
US BY INCLUDING YOUR PHOTO (PAST AND/OR PRE­SENT),
CAMPUS RECOLLECTIONS, ETC. WITH THE
CENTERFOLD QUESTIONNAIRE.
BIRTHS
GirisBELA and DARRA MARIASSY '73, London, England
••. RICHARD and CATHY FARRELL '69, Culver City
California . . . ROLAND and JENNIFER CORRIVEAU
'69, Tempe, Arizona • . . DAVID and JAYNE BOSTON
'68, ~ston, Mass • . BOB and MELANIE SHERR '72,
NashVIlle, Tennessee ..• ROBB and MARY ANN PEGLAR
'72, NYC
BoysFRED and CONCHITA SMOOT '66, PaCific Palisades,
California . . . DAN and NANCY SCHELL '59, San Fran­cisco
•.• PETE and HILARY FEDDERSEN '67, Bangkok,
Thailand . . . JIM and RANDI HA,NSEN '73, Montreal,
Canada . . . JIM and JULIANA NEDELKOW '74, Vienna,
Austria . . • DOUGLAS and BARBARA WAGNER '69,
Santa Ana, California . . . MIKE and JAN RlBOLLA '73,
Elkhart, Indiana ... THE RAIMOND MEERBACH .. '64,
Somerset, Mass ... BILL and LINDA HUBARD '71, Mont-clair,
New Jersey •..
TwinSALAIN and BONNIE VANNETZEL '68, Neuilly, France:
Twin Boys ... ALICE and GEORGE HADLEY '72, Agana,
Guam: Boy and Girl.
MARRIAGES
GARY and HIDEKO (HARADA) ROBERTS '71, Tokoyo, Japan
... SANFORD and ILEANA (ZAYAS) STONE '69, New York
City . . . JOHN and SUSAN (ARMSTRONG) NORRIS, '68,
Phoenix, Arizona .•. JOHN C. and KRISTIN (GRIM) HUGHES,
'72, Manila, Philippines •..
DEATHS
PAUL R. BRENKE '52, in Pacifica, California ••• CLARENCE (TY) COBB
'48 in Tequisquiapan, Mexico ••• JACK T. HALL '49, in Mexico City •••
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ASSOCIATION NEWS
DALLAS HONOR VORl S
The Dallas AGSIM Alumni Association met on May 19th at
the home of Richard Maxwell. About thirty T-Birds attended
with their spouses. Dr. Voris talked for about twenty
minutes about current activities at the school.
During the SMU International Trade Conference, President
George DeBakey presented an award to Dr. Voris from the
Dallas alumni association for his efforts in promoting the
joint degree program with SMU. On Wednesday morning
Dr. Edwards, Director of the SMU M.B.A. program, spon­sored
a breakfast for Dr. Voris and some of the T-Bird
students attending SMU.
"Our local organization hopes to have a picnic in August or
September. Anyone in the Dallas area should contact me,
at (214) 368-8599, for details," writes George.
CHICAGO T-BIRDS FRIENDLY
BOB BEAN '48 master-minded the Chicago reception for
DR. WILLIAM VORIS when he was in Chicago to attend
the World Trade Conference, reports RANDY MILLER
'73. Randy, FRANK KRESCANKO '57 and JESSE WILSON
'73 organized an informal get-together on the Loop to
renew old acquaintances and initiate new ones on July
10th. DIANE CONNELLY '56, in town for the Council on
the Advancement and Support of Education annual meeting,
was guest of honor.
GATHERING OF THE EAGLES
MIKE CROTTY '74 and ARTHUR WILLIAMS '74 came
up with a successful formula for an alumni get-together
in New York - an inexpensive "all the beer and munchies
you can handle" Saturday afternoon (June 28th) at The
Red Blazer in the heart of Manhattan.
JUDITH CURTISS (MRS. MICHAEL, '75), who is in charge
of the Campus Health Center, represented AGSIM and
brought those present up-to-date on Thunderbird happen­ings.
Contact Mike at 929-4100 ext. 418 (office) or 724-8500,
rm 710 (home) or Art at 989-0130 (office) or 753-2786
(home) for information on the next meeting date.
MEXICO AND CENTRAL
AMERICAN T-BIRDS TAKE
NOTE
BERGER ERICKSON is tentatively planning a trip to Mexico
and El Salvador in late July. LARRY SCHAEFER '47
(tel: 5-89,...51-15) has offered to organize a get-together,
probably at. the University Club on Reforma, in Mexico
City.
This should be a great opportunity for Mexican T-Birds
to learn what is going on at AGSIM and enjoy themselves.
Contact Larry if you want to be-part of this.
BERGER ERICKSON WILL TRAVEL TO MEXICO AND
CENTRAL AMERICA LATE FALL 1975.
ARIZONA ALUMNI ASSOC
A big thanks to the Boye DeMentes' and Jack Williamson
'72, for hosting a lovely evening at the Caravan Inn on
May 23, 1975. Sixty came to enjoy dinner, drinks, belly­dancers
and their snakes, and grand door prizes. Guests
attending the affair were: Stra. de Noronha, Lois Alberts,
President and Mrs. VoriS, and Riad Marei '75, President
of the Associated Students Legislative Council at AGSIM.
Alumni attending were: Sam Sebabi, Steve DeLateur (from
Seattle) '74; Larry and Lella Martin; Doug and Nancy
Wilson, Rick and Judy Kohn '72; Bill and Mary Parker
'65; Earl Nissen, Bud Woodward '53; Melanie and Jim
Murray, Dick and Marion Land '56; Curgie Pratt '59;
Tom and Virginia McSpadden '65; Alma and John Nelson
'52; Lee and Else Baker '72; Ken and Nina Nelson '54;
George and Eileen Cumpston '52; Tom and Ann Bell '47;
Dave and lleene Wist '53; Rubert Watson '67; Jim and
Hae-Sun Robyn '74, from Florence, Arizona; Ed and Carley
Burns '48; Georgie Stillman '69; Professor Robert Laugier
'67; Bill Coughlin '71; Joan Becker '68; and Dan Romanoff
'55. Jack Williamson was elected President for 1975-76;
Ken Nelson, Vice President; and Jan Denning, Secretary­Treasurer.
The next Arizona Alumni get-together is tentatively planned
for October, and we would like to see all of our 540 Arizona
Alumni attend. For information please feel free to call
Jack at 275-7551; Ken at 265-2033; or Jan in the Alumni
Office at 938-7410.
HAL & BETTY WRIGHT PHOENIX CHAPTER AT
'48, JOHN ARTHUR '57, ALUMNI DAY, MARCH,
PlANE CONNELLY '56, 1975
TUCSON PARTY
Tucson "Friends of Thunderbird", Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J.
Via and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Murray hosted a cocktail
party in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Voris on May 31.
Alumni in the Tucson area who attended the party were: the
RONALD BAKERS '60; The MICHAEL BENNIS' '66; the
DAN BOLLERS '56; The BRUCE DAVENPORTS '59; the
GEORGE GRADYS '57; The ROBERT HAMMONDS '50; the
TERRY L. KLIPPS '72; The MIKE MONTGOMERYS '67; the
GERALD MURRAYS '59; The DANA NELSONS '52; the
CHARLES PEYTONS '53' The JAMES STONES '72' the
ROBERT WARRENS '63; The JAMES WARRENS '56;' the
BOB BATES '55; The JAMES ROBYNS '74 from Florence,
Arizona and CHUCK MURPHY '71 from Nogales, Arizona.
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COSTA RICAN ALUMNI
JIM DAHLSTROM reports that the Costa Rican Alumni are
alive and well. A good time was had by all who attended
the picnic at Cariari Country Club in San Jose on April 20th.
MIKE SANTE LLANES outdid himself at the barbeque
serving succulent chorizo and lorn ito. If you are planning
on visiting or moving to Costa Rica, contact Jim Dahlstrom,
c/o SUper Servicio, Apartado 992, San Jose or telefono
22-55-44.
BOB AUSTIN '71, BOB and ANA MARIA JONES '70, GREG
HARGRETT t68, DON and GLADYS SHURTLEFF '48, BILL
and SYDNEY MESITT '67, MIKE and EMILY SANTE LLANES
'60,DEAN HUELAT '58, RICK and MARY ELLIN MACHETTE
'67, SARY and MARICE WEST '63, JIM and BETTY
DAHLSTROM '58
BAY-AREA T-BIRDS ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
At a June 14th meeting held at Sabella's on Fisherman's
Wharf, the following were elected for the corning year:
SHERMAN OLSON '50, President; ROLAND WILLITS '70,
Vice-President; and GARY MICHAEL '72, Secretary­Treasurer.
About thirty five attended, including BERGER
and MABEL ERICKSON, PROFESSOR DUARTE, Chairman
of AGSIM's International Studies department, and Board
of Directors member MRS. THELMA KIECKHEFER. Berger
presented out-going President HELEN WILLITS a token
of appreciation for her successful efforts in re-vitalizing
the Bay Area group. Gary suggested that the group corne
up with ideas for some constructive project for the next
year.
The group pla,ns to meet in late November or early De­cember
to install the new officers. Contact Sherman at
982-1540 or Helen at 924-8390 for details.
We can only print when we hear from you. Please use centerfold questionnaire
SAN DIEGO ALUMNI MEET
AT UNIVERSITY CLUB
On June 3rd, CRAIG STARKEY '60 hosted a cocktail party
for twenty-five alumni and four honored guests: BERGER
& MABEL ERICKSON, KEN ABEL, and GORDON BULWCK,
Berger talked about Thunderbird--past, present, and future.
Craig and wife, Dorie, also entertained the Ericksons
with a tour of the harbor and lunch at the Yacht Club.
Alumni attending were: GILBERT KYTE '56, ARNOLD
ANDERSON '58, AL BRANAN '61, JOE VINER '49, RENEE
MC REYNOLDS '74, BEN HANSEN '47, JOHN M. HEARD
'74, HAL BALL '55, PAUL DAVIS '55, JOHN FARNAM
'59, BERRY NEWCOMB '68, DON ROBERTSON '57, DON
WATERS '68, MANUEL SILVA '56, TED TROY '56, EUGENE
OSMENT '59, MARK ROBINSON '73, JAMES BEAN '55.
Contact Craig at (714) 756-2692 for details about the
next get-together.
BERGER ERICKSON and
CRAIG STARKEY AT
SAN DIEGO ALUMNI
GET-TOGETHER
SHARMON DAVIS (MRS.
PAUL), GORDON W.
BULWCK, PAST PRES.
NCBNY, JIM BEAN,
MABEL ERICKSON IN
SAN DIEGO
NOTICE
WE WANT TO FEATURE YOU IN THE HISTORY OF
AGSIM TO BE PUBLISHED SPRING 1976. PLEASE HELP
US BY INCLUDING YOUR PHOTO (PAST AND/OR PRE­SENT),
CAMPUS RECOLLECTIONS, ETC. WITH THE
CENTERFOLD QUESTIONNAmE.
COVER: "THUNDERBmD COLLAGE"
ARTIST: MARGARET ANN HOEHLING '74
See centerfold questionnaire for availability of
high-quality 11" x 17" print, suitable for framing.
JONAH AND THE WHAlE(S)
Over twenty Seattle area alumni met with BERGER &
MABEL ERICKSON June 14th at Jonah and the Whale
restaurant and then adjourned for· coffee and conversation
in the recreation room of the BART HARTZELLS. Bart
wrote: "Our alumni reunion was quite successful. Berger
gave a very good summary of the expansion plans at
Thunderbird and an account of enrollment, courses being
taught, finances, and what long-time faculty members are
doing." Berger added, "It was a warm, friendly, very
enthusiastic meeting. It was the consensus that such meet­ings
should be held regularly, annually or perhaps semi­annually."
During the discussions, BOB BRQWN suggested that AGSIM
inform alumni more specifically about current admission
requirements and placement trends. GERRY MURPHY sug­gested
that Alumni Counselors invite their interested
interviewees to future alumni gatherings.
Attending were: BART & LUZ HARTZELL '59, JACK
& NANCY (BASSET) BARRINGTON '51, JIM BOYTLER
'55, JOE SALTER '74, JOSEPH 1. KIMM '68, ALAN G.
NORDELL '73, D. BARKER & MARGORIE BATES '51,
JAMES F. REHRMANN '72, EDWARD & PEG FOUNTAIN
'65, JERRY MURPHY '66, R. J. BROWN '56, MRS. WM.
RAWLINGS (RUTH ELZEY) '49, JAMES M. FITZHUGH
'73 and HAVEN & ANNE STEWART '71. Contact Bart
at (206) 641-2796 for information about the next meeting.
LOS ANGELES WORLD TRADE
CENTER MEETING
Southern California alumni officers LARRY (and LYNN)
LIPSHER '65 and JEFF RUBY '72 offer their tips for
getting a large turn-out to alumni meetings: get notices
out early (at least four to six weeks in advance), follow-up
by telephone, pick an exciting meeting place, encourage
alumni to bring their friends and rosiness acquaintances
and get firm attendance commitments by requiring ad~
vance paid reservations. These tips paid off on June
7th. Attendance for the dinner, meeting, and tour of the
facilities at the Los Angeles Trade Center was 129!
BERGER ERICKSON and his "roommate" MABEL attended
from AGSIM, and he spoke on "The Expanding Campus."
The next meeting is tentatively planned for end-November
or early-December. Contact any officer for details.
LEE WESTENDORF '59, DICK CROFT '60, RECEIVING
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S ALUMNI OF THE YEAR AWARD.
ONRIGHT: LARRY LIPSHER '65, 1974-75 PRESIDENT
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EL SALVADOR REPORT
JOHN ARNOLD '61, reported from EI Salvador that the
party on April 19th was attended by all T-Birds, except
JOHN DONNELL Y '70, who was out of the country on
rosiness.
Seated from left to right: JEANNETTE BERNARD SHARON
DYER, MERCEDES RODEZNO, KITTY OTTO, a~d DIANA
ARNOLD. Standing from left to right: JON DYER '66,
STEVE OTTO '66, JIM KOESSLER '66, BERTA and
CARLOS ORTIZ '64, DOUG BERNARD '68 and JOHN
ARNOLD '61, BOB and DIANE BOVERIE '71 and BOB
RODEZNO '66.
John Arnold and his committee are preparing to welcome
Berger Erickson as their honored guest at EI Salvador'S
July meeting. Contact John at his office for details or write
to him at Arnold Enterprises, Box 1111, San Salvador.
FLORIDA ALUMNI
RE-ACTIVATE
MARLON WILLSON, '51 hosted a AGSIM banquet honoring
Dr. John Dyer of the University of Miami at the Bodega
Restaurant on April 15th. This resulted in wide local
publicity and enthusiasm from T-Birds present; the BILL
BRAMBLES and MARLON WILLSONS '51, the MC NEILL
WATKINS '54, the EARL OMANS, BILL NORIEGA, and
JIM HAAS'S '67. Marlon will be the group's president,
Mrs. Oman the secretary. Contact him at 271-7626 or
her at 775-7727. Let's get gOing, Florida T-Birds!
FLORIDA'S MARLON
WILLIAM (on right) with
DR. JOHN DYER
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EUROPEAN ANNUAL MEETING
The European chapter held its annual meeting in Cologne,
Germany during the weekend of February 7 - 9, 1975. After
a beer and bratwurst luncheon, new officers were installed.
BILL SYMS '74 was elected President and VIC MARTINEZ
'74 Secretary/Treasurer. The major event of the weekend
was Fasching Karnaval, which all Thunderbirds attended in
full costume dress.
Those attending were: BILL and GERRY SYMS '74,
Netherlands: MR. and MRS. GREG MILLIMAN, West
Germany: HERB and GISELA SOLBRIG '74, West Ger­many:
KEN and URSULA BENNETT '61, West Germany:
JIM and ANNE WALTON '74, Netherlands: DAVE and
LANA HERTEL '70, Belgium: BILL and LOUISE
DUURSMA '74, Netherlands: PAUL and PAT RE~NN
'69, West Germany: DANA and ELSIE DORR '73, BelglUm:
SALWA MORCOS '74, England: and VIC and DENISE
MARTINEZ '74, Netherlands.
Any alumnus interested in the activities of the chapter,
contact: Bill Syms, AKZO Consumenten Produkten bv,
Postrus 1299, Den Haag, Holland.
EUROPEAN AGSIM ALUMNI CHAPTER
STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT:
URSULA & KEN BENNETT, VIC & DENISE MARTINEZ,
LOUISE & BILL DUURAMA, LANA HERTEL, ANNE
WALTON, GISELA & HER B SOLBRIG, MRS. GREG
MILLIMAN.
KNEELING LEFT TO RIGHT:
BILL & GERRY SYMS, SALlY A MORCOS, ELSIE & DANA
DORR, GREG MILLIMAN.
PLEASE
WE WANT TO FEATURE YOU IN THE HISTORY OF
AGSIM TO BE PUBLISHED SPRING 1976. PLEASE HELP
US BY INCLUDING YOUR PHOTO (PAST AND/ OR PRE­SENT),
CAMPUS RECOLLECTIONS, ETC. WITH THE
CENTERFOLD QUESTIONNAIRE.
MARTHA SNYDER MAKES IT
TO HAWAII
Martha writes, "It was such fun to see my alumni friends,
many of whom I had not seen since they left Thunderbird -
for instance, TED and MARIE BACKUS '57, RON LARSEN
'67, LOU TASCOTT '59, the GEORGE KELLERMANS '68,
the HARRY FANNINGS '59, DICK MAR '66, RUTH FELLERS
'57, the JOHN CAMPBELLS '67, DAVE and MAR Y
LIDDLE '67, and JOHN and NANCY BUTLER '64. Most
of the afternoon was spent in true T - Bird fashion, with
much reminiscing and many questions about the progress
and future of AGSIM. It was a marvelous party, thanks
to John and Nancy and the Harry Fannings who combined
talents to make the party a huge success.
I thank all my friends who came to greet me, who enter­tained
me during my two week stay in the Islands. All
in all, it was a marvelous vacation and as some of you
may remember the round trip air fare was sponsored
by my Thunderbird co-workers and friends."
MARTHA SNYDER AT
THE HAWAIIAN YACHT
CLUB
KOREA ALUMNI
The Korea T-Birds held their first alumni meeting in Seoul
on April 4th at the home of RICHARD C. WITT '64. Fifteen
T-Birds and their wives attended. Meetings will be held
every Spring and Fall.
Officers were elected: WOO-HYON PAEK '69, President;
RICHARD HALE '61, Vice President; and JAE SUK LEE '73,
Secretary and Treasurer. An appreciation plate was pre­sented
to RICHARD WITT '64.
If any T-Birds plan to vislt the area, please get in touch
with Jae Suk Lee, The Korea Development Bank, C.P.O. Box
28, Seoul. Phone (24-2752)
PROF. W. S. KIM, J. S.
LEE GIVES AN APPRE­CIATION
PLATE TO
R. C. WITT ('64)
CLASS NEWS
4 7 For the first time since he graduated, MIKE RUDD
came back to Thunderbird for a visit. He reported
seeing BRUCE COREY '49, Vice-President of
Hormel, in Austin, Texas, and HUMBERTO ESPINDOLA '51,
International Sales Manager for Butler Manufacturing in
Kansas City, during his trip out from Missouri ... GEORGE
DIETZ will direct Export-import Bank's Advisory Service
on large projects. This Advisory Service will assist large
firms and banks in working with supplemental sources of
finanCing (like OPEC institutions, official credit agencies
of other countries and institutional investors in the U.S.).
4 8 JOHN HENSON received the Public Service Medal
from the Prime Minister of Vietnam in June
1974. He and his family then went on home
leave via Katmandu, Delhi, Agra, Spain ... "After working
for a number of companies, I finally opened my own travel
roreau. If anyone is in the area from AGSIM, I would
be pleased to have them contact me {201-963-3400 or
201-762-6481)," writes WILLIAM NEUMANN from South
Orange, New Jersey . . . HAROLD and BETTY WRIGHT
have recently traveled to India, Japan, Pakistan, Kashmir,
Australia, and Peru. They are planning further trips to
Latin America and Japan. Harold is the Manager of Rate
Proceedings with Western Airlines and Betty is a secretary
at Hughes Aircraft in the Southern California area. They
are foster parents of a ten-year old girl, Mirian, in Tumaco,
Colombia, and of an eleven-year old ooy, Guillermo, in
Chimoote, Peru. Thanks to the efforts of FRED LEISE RING
'47, of Sears in Colombia, they were able to acquire a
sewing machine to help Mirian support her family; and,
thanks to the help of ROBERT MC INTYRE '47, of Sears
in Peru, Guillermo received a typewriter to help him
support his family. The Wrights' comment: "These
Thunderbirds and the Sears organization are certainly
deserving of our heartfelt thanks for their endeavors and
especially their kindnesses. We also believe that these
gentlemen are typical of Thunderbirds everywhere who
have an awareness of the economic and social benefits
to be derived from this kind of help for the underprivileged"
• . . "After some twenty years with General ElectriC,
including some fourteen living in South America, I really
enjoy my work as an industry specialist with the Depart­ment
of Commerce here in Washington. This job has
taken me to Europe some seven times as well as to Africa,"
writes JOHN LIEN.
49 WILLIAM D. CONNOLLY will lead the Martin County, Florida, Bicentennial '74 Committe~. Bill
is Vice President and Director of Marketmg for
First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Martin
County ... LLOYD CLARK sent us his noteoooks from Dr.
Schurz' Area Studies class, Fall '48. "A sample of the
professor's wit is noted on the 11 October entry: 'If sanitary
regulations are lax, you won't need Ex-Lax.' Dr. Schurz'
wealth of incidental information also is evident in these
notes," reminisces Bill.
5 0 CLIFFORD and LOUISE BEVENS have now been
in Istanrol for nine years, overseas for twenty­three
years. He writes, "Only one other Thunderbird
in Istanrol at present, EROL MORAN '63. Our alumni
meetings are small."
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51 HARVEY MC INTYRE is Vice-President and General
Manager, Aboott West Indies, Ltd., in Kingston,
Jamaica.
5 3 Don't be surprised to see JOHN SELBY again
if you live in Mexico or Central America. John
is now retired and plans on driving down to Panama,
and he hopes to contact former T-Birds enroute ...
Prolific T-Bird BOYE DE MENTE has just published
his ninth book, JAPANESE MANNERS AND ETHICS IN
BUSINESS. In addition to writing, he is a rosiness con­sultant
on U.S./Japan relations, teaches one course at
AGSIM, and has served as Phoenix Alumni Association
President this past year.
Boye De Mente '53
5 4 BRUCE WALLACE is President of newly-formed
Astra Corporation. Astra will act as agent for
locating prospective licensees world-wide for Sea
Mesh Corporation, which has developed a system for
cleaning a ship's hull by removing all marine growths
from the water line down to the bilge keel while the ship
remains in the water. This process requires only one
to two minutes and costs only a fraction as much as sand­blasting,
the most current commonly used process. He
invites T-Bird graduates in finance and industry near
the haroors of the world to contact him if interested, at
Astra Corporation, Holly House, Box 155, Hydes, Maryland
21082.
GENE MEYER is International Sales Manager for 5 5 Scottsdale National and is specializing in Ran~h
Liquidations in Arizona . . . TED PARKER 1S
Managing Director - Western Hemisphere for Heublein
International. He, HELEN, and their five daughters are
living in Farmington, Connecticut, rut Ted writes, "I have
been traveling the hemisphere most of the time for over
four years now. Recently much time in Mexico and may
possibly move there later in the year."
5 8 J. H. (HAM) DETHRO, vice president, international
division at Crocker National Bank, has been elected
president of the California Council for International
Trade for 1975-76.
JACK VAN BERGEN has been assigned by the 5 9Bank of America as President of COFINASA, of
which it owns fifty per cent. COFINASA is involved
through direct investments and loans in all the productive
sectors of the Dominican economy, with specifiC emphasiS
in medium and long-term finance to industry, agriculture,
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transportation, tourism, etc. . . • "A few months ago I
was hired by Trailmobile Division of Pullman, Inc., to
set up an export program and to expand overseas manu­facturing,"
w r i t e s BOB LINSENMA YER . . . DAVID
SCHMELTZ writes that rosiness is good, rot his travel
schedule is heavy as Managing Director, Singapore Sub­sidiary,
Asian Area Manager for Sales and Marketing.
He and JANET hope to get by AGSIM soon ... HARRY
FANNING will lead two travel groups "across Siberia
by train" this summer. The tour will start in Honolulu,
fly to Tokyo, cruise along the Japan Sea, and take the
Siberian Express, with stops en-route, to Moscow and
Leningrad. They will then continue through Europe and
round-the-world back to Honolulu.
6 0 ROBERT BRANNON has been named Vice President
- Director of International Operations in the Public
Affairs Department - at First National City Bank
of New York •.. John Ross of West Nyack, New York
is currently a Sales Representative with Arco Polymers,
Inc., a manufacturer of thermoplastics.
Robert L. Brannon, Jr. '60
61 SERGE DUBOIS is Ziire Manager for Bureau Tech­nique,
BIA. Their product is scrapping and level
machines ... DUANE BELLMORE is the Commer­cial
Director for Almerimar, a 750 hectares residential
touristic development located in the Province of Almeria,
Spain, which will include golf courses, a private yacht
marina and a Yacht Harbor, as well as residential and
hotel units . . • ABRAHAM SCHEER received his PhD
from the University of Iowa, with a speCialization in Modern
British-European History and a minor in Political Science
(Comparative Governments). As a partner in a black­smithing
company in North Lake, WisconSin, he handles
the administrative-rosiness end and invites all Thunder­birds
in the area to drop in at Village Forge, Ltd.
6 2 In addition to teaching and being department chair­man
at the University of California at Riverside,
CARLOS CORTES has been involved with a number
of school districts in developing multicultural education
programs ... Congratulations to JOHN FLORIDA, General
Manager of J. Walter Thompson Peruana. John has been
elected President of the American Chamber of Commerce
of Peru. He reports that the following alumni are also
active in the Chamber'S activities: ROBERT MC INTYRE
'47, President of Sears Roebuck del Peru, member of
the Past Presidents' Council on the Board of Directors;
GARRY MOORE '64, of Leche Gloria, on the Luncheon
Program Committee; WILLIAM MC ARTHUR '54, of Procter
and Gamble, and WILLIAM MARKS '54, of Goodyear,
Members-at-Large ... G. MACKIE CORNWALL has
been promoted to Vice President of Bozell and Jacobs,
Inc., International Advertising and Public Relations Agency.
He is aSSigned to the agency's J. I. Case Company Inter­national
Division account . . . "Company (Bregstein)
changing its name and we have expanded into other fields
of women's wear. Right now I am involved in one of our
plants establishing management programs for the various
departments," writes JEROME GERSTEN, from New York
City . . . LEX CREAMER has two strong, if not parallel,
interests in Honduras. As a member of Consultantes
Comerciales para Centro America, Lex assists foreign
companies in doing rosiness in the United States and
distrirotes U.S. and local products he purchases. Further,
he is developing one of the largest hog fattening and rotcher­ing
operations in the country, and later in the year will
begin to process pork and open up a small chain of sand­wich
shops . . . STEVE HEINER is with Total Indonesie,
a subsidiary of Compagnie Francaise des Petroles. Working
out of Jakarta, Indonesia, Steve is in charge of the sub­sidiary'S
large local rodget and will train and oversee
Indonesian and French personnel, in addition to other
duties.
John A. Florida '62 G.M.Cornwall '62
6 4 RAIMOND MEERBACH is heading the U.S. Depart­ment
of Commerce field office in Providence, R.I.,
with the primary responsibility of export promotion
on the federal level for the State of Rhode Island ...
"Enjoying rediscovering America after five years in London,"
writes DENNIS DONAHUE, with Chicago Bridge and Iron
Company, in Houston, Texas •.. ROBERT CHAMBERLIN
has been elected group Vice President - Manager of the
International Banking Division of the Corporate Banking
Department - The First National Bank of Atlanta.
6 5 RAMON BUENO is head of R.D. Bueno Associates,
International Marketing Consultants. He reports
"Besides myself, 1 know of one other employee
(of Walt Disney World Co.) who also attended Thunderbird,
JIM GEIGER '73, who works within the Main Files, Ad­ministration."
. . . ALPO CRANE quit NCNB last Spring
and joined PCA October 1, 1974, as Director of Inter­national
Operations. He writes, "1 find this company
SUPER. Am responsible for international operations which
Robert Chamberlin '64
. .
include subsidiaries in Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Germany
and Japan and an affiliate in Australia. My travels will
be taking me to both Asia and Europe." ... "Is the world
ready for Father Guido Sarducci 1" asked a lead article
in the PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA PRESS of March
16, 1975. Father Guido, a continuing character on "The
Smothers Brothers Show" is the creation of writer-humorist
DON NOVELLO, who also portrays the gossip column­writing
Vatican priest . . . THOMAS ZOELLNER has
returned to the Valley of the SUn as Manager of the Trust
Investment Department of the Arizona Bank . . . CHRIS
LARSEN, JR. has left the advertising/marketing world to
form his own executive search firm. Cal & Co. is located
at 212 E. 48th Street, New York 10017 and currently special­izes
in plaCing consumer package goods marketing and
advertising executives. Current clients include Gillette,
J & J, R.J. Reynolds, FNCB and Avon. Graduates in the
marketinwadvertising field can reach Chris at 212-752-6243.
6 6 WARD CLARKE is now Vice President of Western
Compound Co. Inc., (Import/Export Chemicals) in
Seattle, Washington . . . JOE BURKE is Sales
Manager for General Tire's affiliate plant in Arusha,
Tanzania. He writes, "This is a stop-off point for major
game parks, so any T-Birds coming through please contact
me."
6 7 STEVE DE ORLON has joined the C.P.A. firm
of Derderian, Kann, Seyfurth and Salucci in Troy,
Michigan, as a Management Consultant and Account­ant.
The firm handles both international and domestic
accounts ... LINDA WARD writes, "STEVE is Managing
Director of Tradax International, Pte. Ltd. for South-East
Asian operations, Cargill-Tradax: We have been in Singa­pore
since November '74, and love it." ... ED CHEKIJIAN
has been named Vice-President and General Manager of
Boston's Parker House hotel ... BILL CRAIG has been
appointed Sales Director of Firestone's factory operation
in Valencia, Venzuela. Bill hopes to hear from any
T-Birds living in or paSSing through Venezuela •..
68 BILL WAGNER is employed by ALLTRAK as sales
manager - Singapore. ALLTRAK represents such
U.S. manufacturers as Fiat-Allis, Koehring, Gardner­Denver
and Kenworth. Bill's chief duty is to co-ordinate
sales between Singapore and the parent company in Indo­nesia,
as most of the eqUipment is held in Singapore until
it is shipped to various customers. "The business poten-
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tials for this part of the world for U.S. manufacturers
are very good since there is such a world demand for
natural resources and Asia is one of the best suppliers
of these commodities." . . . General Manager in charge
of Real Estate Lending at Citibank, Paris, is HENRY
BATCHELDER's new position ... "In February, I attended
a Frank B. Hall Company seminar in New York and enjoyed
a stay with ROGER and CAROLYN YOUNG '68, in North
Tarrytown," writes PATRICK LEMON, from Seattle, Wash­ington
... REBECCA VORIES has been appointed Research
Administrator of the Colorado Energy Research Institute
located on the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden
... JOHN NORRIS is General Manager and one of three
partners in The Phoenix Athletic Club, a $1.13 million
installation under construction since May 15, 1975.
6 9 HAROLD (BUD) JOHNSON, has been named General
Manager of the New Hampshire Insurance Company
in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Bud was previously
Assistant Manager of AIU Madrid ... MARSHALL MALDEN
and family are still enjoying Sweden after nearly five
years. They had an en joy a b I e visit from the JOHN
SULLIV ANS '69, who are living in Madrid . .. LARRY
LAMB is a consultant on international trade to both private
industry and government agencies. He and DEBORAH left
Portland in April for an extensive trip to Manila, Hong
Kong, Malaysia and Australia, combining business and
pleasure . . . SANFORD STONE and his bride, ILEANA,
are now living in New York City, where he is working
as a Revenue Officer with the Internal Revenue Service.
Sandy extends an invitation to all '69 T-Birds who live
in or are passing through New York to call him at (212)
426-7594 - office - or drop him a line at 150 Bennet
Avenue, #7A.
7 0 FRED ERNE has started his own business, import­ing
and retailing health food specialties throughout
Europe and the U.S. (Antrosana AG/SA) ... The
MARK WERTS family lives in Amsterdam, where Mark
owns and runs a group of fashion retail stores (The Salty
Dog) in Holland and a small wholesale company. BOB
MARABITO is one of the Managers ... CHUCK WINTER
is self employed in Denver, Colorado as a real estate
broker and business investor . . . MARC GOLUBOCK
recently taught a four-week course in the Philippines
in cooperation with the U.S. State Department and the
Philippine government . . . "Nigeria is still growing fast.
It is going through the normal growing pains of trying
to find its confidence. The result has been increasing
'Indiginisation' but there are signs that this may have
leveled off at least for now. The alumni group here has
shrunk from seven to three. I frequently see KEN and
GLENDA PALMER '64. Ken, a Vice President with Chase
Manhattan, is Managing Director of Chase out here, and
he has been very helpful to me while I've been setting
up the new AFIA office," writes STEPHEN MONTAGU­POLLOCK
... DOMINIQUE MATRON is now Operations
Manager - Coca Cola de Venezuela. He is very pleased
with this job, enjoys living in Caracas, and wants to help
T-Birds paSSing through. Phone: 36.42.64 or 36.42.82 ...
JILL and JOHN ORTMAN have been providing business
expertise to small firms in Ecuador since September 1973.
Jill manages a craft shop in Quito; John helps small
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Ecuadorean entrepreneurs with long-range financing, pro­duction
goals and marketing, and he is trying to set up
uniform national regulations and guidelines for all industries.
"There is a total lack of standardization here, especially
in sizing. And many of the industries have unsafe working
conditons. "
Jill & John Ortman '70
71 The "Sun Living" section of the ARIZONA REPUBLIC
of March 2, 1975, featured the Litchfield Heights
North home which KEN PARKER designed and
wilt for his parents. Ken is U.S. and Canada Coal-Marketing
Director for Dutch - American JOC Oil, Inc .... CHARLES
and JILL VEST have moved from Phoenix to Washington,
D.C. where Charles is Economic Analyst, a newly-created
position, with Universal Oil Products, Co. He writes,
"I assist corporate and seventeen divisions in all matters
domestic and international having impact on the company
operations through government relations and wsiness
(marketing) input. Jill is pursuing a degree in Archi­tecture."
. . . "I took the position of Finance Manager­Northern
Latin America, and as of January 1975, I have
been in Mexico City and Queretaro, Mexico on a special
project that should take a couple of months. I am still
with Clark EqUipment Company, Buchanan, Michigan," writes
BRIAN DERBY ... DENNIS ORIO resigned from American
International Underwriters, July 1974, and is now with
the Brazilian affiliate of Chubb and Son, Companhia de
Seguros Argos Fluminense, the oldest continuously operating
insurance company in Latin America. "During a familiar­ization
trip to the Chubb companies in the U.S.A., I en­countered
lots of T-Birds. In Detroit, for example, I
had lunch with BOB REECE '69, of Johnson and Higgins.
As sales manager of Argos in Sao Paulo, I have met,
socially and/or professionally, at least thirty graduates.
I suspect that there are about one hundred in Brazil."
(over 125 at last count, Dennis.) He often sees JOHN
POPE '70, since they both work downtown Sao Paulo •..
JOSEPH and NANCY (MORIN) SCHREIBER '72 have been
transferred from Saigon to Prague, where Joe is Second
Secretary in the U.S. Embassy ... BILL HUBARD of
Upper Montclair, New Jersey is with Paine, Webber, Jackson
& Curtis ... HARRY FOLK has been promoted to Assistant
Vice President at Manufacturers Hanover handling accounts
in the Midwest. Wife, ELLEN, finishes MBS at Uni­verstty
of Connecticut in December. They miss the Phoenix
winters ...
7 2 WILLIAM RYE has joined Lindsey, Bradley and
Johnston Advertising of Chattan~oga, Tenn~ssee as
a marketing and account serVIces executive . . .
ED AUBLE writes, "Bonnie and I transferred from Greece
to Aruba, Netherland Antilles in April. Climate is grea.t ,
people are very friendly, beaches beautiful and the tennIS
good. If you are planning a vacation, visit us." ... JON
STEELE writes, "Despite disastrous fall of condominium
market, Perini Land & Development Company, one of
the nation's largest construction firms, continues to wild
and plan for expected boom of late seventies in Florida.
An exciting company and job." . . . DAVE DENTON is
head of Teton Trading Company in Jackson, Wyoming.
The company specializes in importing and distriwting
gemstones, sterling silver beads and gold plate jewelry
findings •.. JOHN HA2'ELTON is responsible for sales
for Air France in Arizona. He works directly with Arizona
travel agents and commercial firms, as well as with
the French Diplomatic Corps ... ROBERT SHURTLEFF
is back from New Zealand and reports that he saw SUSY
SAGY in Caracas, Venezuela. And Susy writes that she
saw Bob and GARY PRICE ... MICHAEL MOE was re­cently
elected assistant cashier in the International Banking
Division of Central National Bank in Chicago. He was
formerly Assistant Branch Manager of the Foreign Credit
Insurance Association. . . May 1, 1975, PETER LUFT
was transferred from Deminex, Egypt, to Deminex, Trinidad/
Tobago, Port of Spain ... "I'm the Assistant to the Manager
of the South and East Africa Trade with Farrell Lines,
Inc., a shipping company that transports cargo to and
from Australia, New Zealand and Africa," writes DOUGLAS
HAYES ... ROBERT SHERR is Vice President of Marketing/
Sales for G A C Manufacturing Company in Nashville,
Tennessee . . . CHRIS CURTNER has been appOinted
by Misco International as Southeast District Manager of
its Sanitary Supply Division and will live in Macon, Georgia
. . . BOB FARRELL is with Blackland Properties, Inc.,
Dallas which serves as a vehicle for foreign capital
invest~ents in domestic real estate. He would be happy
to work with anyone interested in domestic or international
real estate investments ... DOMINIQUE ABLONDI has been
promoted to General Manager for Panama and Supervisor
for Central America for Warner Bros. International ...
American Motors Corporation in Detroit has appointed JON
HOLCOMB to the position of Supervisor, Parts and
Accessories Merchandising, Western Hemisphere ... DICK
and JANE AMBROSE are living in San Salvador. Dick is
with The Hanover Insurance Company ...
William Rye '72 Mike Roe '72
7 3 STAN HARRIS is going to Beirut with Grummond,
International. He writes, "I am very enthused and
interested in the assignment. lowe, significantly,
my good fortunes to Thunderbird training!" • • . MYLA
KAY GOLDMAN was featured in a March 10, 1975 REPUBLIC
AND GAZETTE article. Her paper on "A National Mexican
Information Center," which she co-authored as a student,
won her the job as Director of the new Centro de Informacion
Metalurgica in Mexico City, in May 1974 . .. T-Birds
will be greeted by a familiar face when they check into
the WIEN HILTON in Vienna. GERD STIPPINGER is slated
to be General Manager when the new hotel opens in November
1975 . . . Via a tandem letter, CINDY OGBURN advised
that she is now Director of Special Projects for the Inter­Ilational
Division of King Wilkinson, Inc; DON HUFF con­tributed
that he is working for I.M.C.O. in the International
Financial Department; and, RUTH DALY told us she is
a Retail Marketer for Gulf Oil Corporation. All are in
Houston, Texas. HOYT WILSON has been accepted in
the Ph.D program at North Texas State University and
passed three of the four parts of the C.P.A. exam in No­vem
ber 1974 ... RICHARD GREENWOOD has been promoted
to International Banking Officer with the North Carolina
National Bank and was transferred to their New York
international headquarters, April 15, 1975 ... BROOKS
WALTON purchases all of the raw materials (lumber)
used by Nord Company, the nation's largest manufacturer
of entry doors and specialty wood products ... JAMES
LOADMAN is station Manager for Circle Airfreight Corp­oration,
an international air freight forwarder, in Houston.
He is interested in contacting other T-Birds in the area
• . • Living in Phoenix and working for Airesearch Manu­facturing
Company is MIKE O. SMITH, heading for Saudi
Arabia this sumrper ... GEORGE (JD) DAVIS is employed
as a Credit Analyst in the Commercial Loan Department of
the First National Bank of Colorado Springs, Colorado and
living in Palmer Lake. "Any T' Birds passing through
(possibly vacation) please stop in and say 'hello'."
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7 4 ''With a little luck I will be overseas in a year
or so," writes MIKE CROTTY. He is in New
York with Fritzche Dodge and Olcott, which manu­factures
flavors and fragrance materials for the major
food companies and soap and detergents and cosmetic
houses ... WADA KATSUYOSHI is Consultant Associate
with A. T. Kearney, Inc. in Tokyo, Japan. He writes that
he, wife KAZUKO, and their son hope to come back again
to Arizona sometime. "I am very happy to live with many
T-Birds in Tokyo, where we had a T-Bird party this
February." . . . BRUCE and LYNN PETERSON expect
their Field Office ASSignment soon from Aetna in Hartford,
Connecticut. Bruce advises that they keep in touch with
MIKE and MARK PARKER of American Hospital Supply
in San FranCiSCO, and they are kept up on campus happen­ings
by MACK TATARSKY '75 ... CRAIG CRUZ has
received a permanent transfer to Rio de Janeiro as Sales
Manager for Southwestern Petroleum Corporation . . .
TERRY MC MANUS is a Marketing Representative Trainee
with the Aetna Life and Casualty Company in Phoenix.
After a nine month training program, he will be relocated
in a field representative position . . . MIKE and MARY
PARKER find the Bay Area "dynamite" and will probably
be there about eighteen months. "American has a growing
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operation in Arizona and we'd love to return to the beer
and tennis capital of the U.S.! Who knows'?" ... JOHN
ROLLO is Assistant Marketing Manager - International,
with Libby, McNeill & Libby in Chicago ... ISUMI KEMICHI
is Chief of the Koyo Seiko Co. Ltd. of Japan. Isumi
writes that this ball and roller bearings company has
a worldwide sales network and is extensively being multi­nationalized.
He adds, "I would like to express my sincere
gratitude for your giving me a lot of valuable and practical
training for studying International Management during my
stay in school." . . . MIKE BIXLER has been promoted
to Regional AdvertiSing and Sales Promotion Manager
for Oscar Mayer & Company's East Central region, with
offices in Madison, Wisconsin . . . NORMAN MC INTOSH
is acting as Information SpeCialist for the Conference
Board of Canada. He advises that management research
in international development is a wide-open area in Canada
and suggests that Canadian T-Birds direct themselves
to the Federal Government or the Province of Alberta
for Canadian jobs. "Unfortunately, American graduates
are not, at this time, in great demand." ... RAY BURRUS
writes that four T-Birds are trainees in the parts depart­ment
at the general offices of Caterpillar: he, STEVE
KOHN, DEL CARVER, and BOB PHANEUF. They all feel
well-prepared by the program for an overseas assignment."
JOHN PFEFFER, '67, is Assistant Manager for Latin
America - Parts. and YOUNGHO CHIN '72. is the new
Parts Representative for Costa Rica." . . . "While in
Moscow during January 1975, I met TED BIHUNIAK '57.
We had lunch together and it was fun to meet a Thunderbird
so far away from home. Ted is New Business Development
Manager for Union Carbide and is residing in Vienna.
I am now Marketing Manager for the U.S.S.H. for Rohm
and Haas GMBH (chemicals)," writes JAMES NEDELKOW
from Vienna ... WARREN FELLER married in Phoenix
in early March. He is working in Sales Development
of Clark International Marketing and expects to go overseas
in two years or less . . . PETER GREENHALGH has
left Manufacturers' Hanover and is now with the West
Company, a small international company dealing in plasters,
rubber and metals . . • JOHN SANDOR is assistant brand
manager for Marlboro Cigarettes in New York City ...
MIKE ARTAM expects a Munich assignment as a manage­ment
trainee for Warner Brothers International ... ''We
are happy to say Cleveland, Ohio is our new home. BRAD
is working as a Budget Analyst in the Financial Research
Department of Premier Industrial Corporation. BECKY
is in the Training Program for M. B.A.' s at Cleveland
Stan Harris '73
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Trust," write the STOOPS ... "Joined FMC last August
in the Treasury Department, with responsibilities approxi­mately
equally split between international and domestic.
Travel later. Enjoyed the World Trade Conference cocktail
party for Dr. VoriS," writes SID JOHNSTON from Chicago
... CHARLES PETERSON is Sales Representative with
Ralston Purina Com pan y in Minneapolis . . . EVAN
HASSIOTIS, working for Commerce Union Bank in Nashville
will be their Europe, Middle East and Africa "expert" afte;
an intensive training program in high finance and banking
rosiness in general . . • MIKE HOV ANES is in the inter­national
Department of International Mineral & Chemical
Corporation in Libertyville, illinois ...
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READINGS for the INTERNAT. MINDED
ARTICLES:
Abiaka, Innocent. "The Energy Crisis and LDC's,"
Columbia Journal of World Business, Fall 1974, p. 54-58.
"Why not invest in Africa?" Columbia
Journal of World BuSiness, November 1972, p. 31-37.
Almaney, Adnan, "Intercultural Communication and the
MNC Executive," The Columbia Journal of World Business,
Winter 1974, p. 23-28. AGSIM is founded on the principle
that cultural sensitivity is an essential skill of the inter­national
manager. This article is valuable as a review of
our most valued skill. Read to keep your muscles of
cultural sensitivity from atrophy.
Berlew, David E., "Leadership and Organizational Ex­citement,
" California Management Review, Winter 1974,
p. 21. New grads are increasingly unwilling to accept
secure positions in apparently well managed organizations.
They prefer working alone or joining up with a few friends.
The author explores the reasons for the shift and suggests
changes which could make management more "charismatic."
Erb, Guy F., "Controlling Export Control, " Foreign
Policy, Number 17, Winter 1974-75. There are insufficient
means to regulate the use of export controls on a global
basis.
Newstrom, John W. and Ruch, William A., "The Ethics of
Management and the Management of Ethics," Business
TopiCS, Winter 1975, p. 29-37. How extensive are unethical
behaviors at lower and middle levels of management? Ex­ecutives
can raise their standards; the pay-off can be
significant.
Peterson, Dr. William H., "The Organization of the indi­vidual,"
The Freeman, February 1975, p. 105-114.
Rose, Sanford, ''Why they call it 'Fat City' , " Fortune,
March 1975, p. 106.
Wells, Louis T. Jr., "Social Cost/Benefits Analysis for
MNC's," Harvard Business Review, March-April 1975,
p. 40-50. Discusses the basic techniques of social return
evaluation used by governments of most developing
countries. The author insists that the MNC manager must
understand the system if he expects the host country to
accept his investment proposals. The difference in approach
is all important.
BOOKS:
DeMente, Boye L., Japanese Manners and Ethics in Busi­~,
Phoenix Books (Phoenix, May 1975).
Alexander, Rodney and Elizabeth Sapery. The Shortchanged:
Minorities and Women in Commercial Banking. New York,
Dunellen, 1973.
Stewart, Margaret. Trade Unions in Europe. Essex,
Great Britain, Gower, 1974.
Granick, David. Managerial Comparisons of Four De­veloped
Countries: France, Britain, United States and
Russia. Cambridge, M.I.T. Press, 1972.
Milner, John B. The Human Constraint; the Coming Short­age
of Managerial Talent. Washington, Bureau of National
Affairs, 1974.
Goodsell, Charles T. American Corporations and Peruvian
Politics. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1974.
Szulc, Tad. Innocents at Home: America in the 1970s.
New York, Macmillan, 1974.
Encyclopedia of Latin America. New York, McGraw-Hill,
1974.
Fraser, Robert D. International Banking and Finance.
Washington, R & H Publishing, 1973.
Elon, Amos. Between Enemies; A Compassionate Dialogue
Between an Israeli and an Arab. New York, Random House,
1974.
Hodgkin, Mary C. The Innovators; the Role of Foreign
Trained Persons in Southeast Asia. Sydney, Australia,
Sydney University Press, 1972.
Brooke, Michael Z. :.rhe Multinational Company in Europe.
Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 1974.
PERIODICALS
De La Torre, Jose. "Foreign Investment and Export Dep~n­dency"
Economic Development and Cultural Change.
October, 1974. p. 133
Johnson, Richard and William G. Ouch!. "Made in America
(under Japanese Management)". Harvard Business Review
September - O.:tober, 1974. P. 61
Nye, Josp.ph S. "Multinational Corporations in World
Politics" Foreign Affairs October, 1974. p. 153
So!"enson, Ralph Z. and Ulrich Wiechmann. "How Multi­nationals
View Marketing Standardization. " Harvard Busi­ness
Review May-June, 1975, p. 38- 55.
Lindenmuth, W.E. "The Changing Role of the Multinational
Oil Company." Columbia Journal of World Business Fall,
1974 p. 18-21
Jastram, Roy W. "The Nakado Negotiator." California
Management Review, Winter, 1974, p. 88-90.
Nehemkis, Peter. '_'E,-xp+-r---=o'-"p"'rc-:cia"'t,io,:.,n,.,-_H"a"'s..--a----.-S"il.,.v.e_r_::-L_in.iFn.=:;g"~.
California Management Review Fall, 1974. p. 15-22
McCarthy, James E. "The Trade Act of 1974." Conference
Board Record, March, 1974. P. 18-23.
Levy, Robert. "The Mideast Executive Hunt." Dun's
Review, March, 1975. p. 58-60.
Perham, James C. "What's Wrong with Executive Resumes"
Dun's Review May, 1975. p. 50
Courtesy of Jim Hildebrandt '75, DAS TOR and Lora
Jeanne Wheeler, Librarian