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The American
Graduate
School of
International
Management
Volume 50,
Number 2
1996
THUNDERBIRD
2
TheTAA
These T'birds are
working hard for
all alunmi.
8
Updates
6
The European
Reunion
Photos and report
straight from Budapest.
21
Letter from Elsewhere
Lots of T'bird news
from around the world.
The Russian surprise
by John S. Sieh '79.
Editor's Note
• What's so special about this issue?
In spite of being a bit smaller than usual, this issue of Thunderbird magazine
has three special pieces of information to offer you.
FIRST, check out the Updates beginning on page 8. You'll notice there are a lot
more than usual (over 1,200!). The reason? Many of you have sent in your most
current information for the soon-to-be-published 1996 Alumni Directory (the
newest since 1993, due out in December). Also, with the 50th anniversary
homecoming arriving soon (November 1-3), many T'birds want their classmates
to know what they are doing.
SECOND, take a look at the photos on pages 6 and 7 from the European
Reunion held this June in beautiful Budapest. You might see a friend you know!
THIRD and last, flip to page 2 for a story about 15 T'birds who are working hard
to make Thunderbird responsive to your needs.
Tlwmas McMiUan, Managing Editor
P.S. Keep your eyes out this October for a very special 50th anniversary issue.
We guarantee it will make you feel nostalgic.
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Thunderbird Magazine
Volume 50. Number 2.1996
A publication of the Alumni Relations Office of
The American Graduate School of International
Management, 15249 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ
85306-6006 (602) 978-7135, FAX (602) 978-6814
Assistant Vice President for Communication and Editor:
Nelda S. Crowell
Managing Editor:
Thomas McMillan
Contributing Writers:
Jennifer Barrett, John Cook '79,
Kathy Kapoor, John Sieh '79
Communication Secretary:
Gwen Swanson
Design:
Pat Kenny Graphic Design
Assistant Vice President of Alumni Relations 8. Giving:
Susan Combe
Director of Alumni Relations:
Joy C. Lubeck '86
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations:
Michelle Davis
Alumni Relations Staff:
Assistant Director Annual Fund: Janet M. Mueller
ReceptionistiSecretary: Connie Wilby
ReceptionistJSecretary: Chris Mosakowski
Thunderbird Alumni Association 1995-1996
Board of Directors and Officers:
Chairman of the Board:
H. Gene Wick '50
President:
Michael T. Dillon '78
Vice Presidents:
Vickie Austin '93, Thomas L. Guetzke '86,
Christopher P. Johnson '86, Carolyn Polson
O'Malley '70, Mike A. Santellanes, Sr. '60
Secretary:
Joy C. Lubeck '86
Board Members:
Beatrice Cueto '87, Stephen J. Doyle '82,
Maarten Fleurke '79, Marcos R. Garay '79,
McDiarmid R. Messenger '72, Joseph A. O'Neill 'SO,
Stephen K Orr '79, John C. Schuldt '85
Honorary Board Member;
Joseph M. Klein '47
The American Graduate School of International
Management is committed to creating a positive
educational environment that includes the talent and
diversity that exists globally. In compliance with Titles VI
and VII ofthe Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the
Education Amendments Act of 1972, Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1992, the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975,
the School does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, handicap, or age in any of its policies,
procedures or practices; nor does the School, in
compliance with the Age Discrimination in Employment
Act of 1967, amended in 1978 and 1986, and as amended
with the older workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990,
and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974,
discriminate against any employees or applicants for
employment on the basis of their age or because they are
disabled veterans or veterans of the Vietnam Era.
HOMECOMING!
A LET T E R FRO M JOY , 8 6
Friendship and Pride
As a fellow Tbird, I'm especially proud to be a part of the forward motion going on at Thunderbird
right now. It's a privilege to share in the excitement generated from the School's #1 ranking in
U.S. News and our 50th Anniversary. .
But the best is yet to come.
The alumni office is preparing for several hundred of you to join us for Homecoming, November 1-3.
Yes, that's a lot of Tbirds in one place. If the crowd is anything like the ones that have attended our
50th Anniversary parties in San Francisco, L.A, or Budapest, there's no telling what might happen!
Homecoming is particularly significant this year. It's a chance to come back and reflect on the part
Thunderbird has played in your various successes over the last half-century. It's also
a chance to walk hand-in-hand with the School into the next 50 years.
Be forewarned: When you arrive, you may be surprised by some of the significant
changes to the campus! To help re-acquaint you, we have tours planned all weekend.
Even so, there is much that is still the same. Yes, the Tower, the Pub, and the
Quad (aka the Fish, Jurassic Park) are as popular as ever with T'birds. But I'm
also talking about those things you cannot see, like the friendship and pride we've
shared at Thunderbird. I think you'll find heavy doses of both here in November.
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John and Valerie Kieser '60 at the
We've also planned a special Business Forum. International Studies professor
San Francisco SOth Anniversary party.
Karen Walch and Modem Language professor Bill King will unveil a special CD-ROM
project on negotiation and arbitration they've been developing as part of
Thunderbird's educational technology push. In the afternoon session, World
Business professor and India expert Sundaresan Ram will examine the
critical do's and don'ts of success in this vital emerging market.
In between, President Roy Herberger will update us with the State of
the School address over lunch in front of the Tower. We will also rededicate
Joy Lubeck '86 (bottom row, center) is Thun-the
Barton Kyle Yount Centre (Yes, the old library
has received a facelift).
Actually, the list of activities is pretty long ... There
derbird's new Director of Alumni Relations. are the Friday night special class reunion activi-
Joining her in Budapest at the European ties (including a BBQ at the Pub), the famous
reunion were (top row) John Fogarasi '78, Thunderbird balloon race and twilight Balloon
Philip Reeker '91, Agnes Toth '89, Dick Crail Glow (now held in Scottsdale), golf and tennis
tournaments (great prizes), a special "Pub Quiz,"
music and lunch on the IDIC lawn, a gala dinner in
honor of the 50th Anniversary, a farewell brunch on campus ... In other words, there
will be plenty of chances to catch up with old classmates and make new friends.
'72 and wife Lynn, (bottom row) Mariya
Toohey Fogarasi '78, and John Cook '79.
We plan to keep you busy, but I urge you to take a moment to appreciate the
progress the School has made and realize you are a part of it. And I hope you will
continue to remain connected with the School long after the week-end is over.
ART ALERT!
A special T'bird art exhibit
will be held during Home­coming
this year. Alumni,
students, staff, and faculty
are being asked to submit
their best work. Whatever
your medium-oils, water­colors,
photos, sculpture­just
send it in by October
14 (display ready only,
please), For details, contact
Dean Warner '57 at
602-978-7700,
THUNDERBIRD 50 12 1 1996
ALUMNI
other regions, as well as increasing
interaction between alumni and current
students. They are also working on pub­licizing
and exporting successful alumni
chapter programs.
Doing It Better TAA Board members (I. to r.) Marcos
Garay 79, Joe O'Neill '80, Carolyn
O'Malley 70, and Chris Johnson '86.
PROOF. In the past year alone, there is
proof of progress towards each. Most
recently, at the Budapest Reunion this
June, about 20 alumni met to discuss
the formation of a European Regional
Council. Among them was John Cook
'79, one of the main people behind 21
successful European reunions, who is
helping to coordinate the council with
the School's Alumni Office.
Meanwhile, an increasing number of
events are drawing alumni to campus as
speakers, mentors, and guests. And at
this year's Homecoming, presidents of
alumni chapters are invited to sit face­to-
face with TAA Board members for a
first-ever round table discussion.
When it comes to creating value for
alumni, this T'bird is working hard administration, and current
T'birds.
• by Jennifer Barrett
Mike Dillon '78 knows a lot
about banking. He should. He's
been doing it for over 15 years,
throughout the United States and in the
Far East.
He also !mows a lot about the Thun­derbird
network. He credits an alumni
connection with helping him clinch his
"We should current. posi~on as ~
executIve Vlce presl-also
talk dent at Key Bank. And
about the the School helped
h I introduce him 17
SC 00 years ago to former
supporting classmate Connie
Chapman '78, now alumni." his wife.
But, until he joined six years ago, he
didn't !mow much about the Thunder­bird
Alumni Association (TAA) Board.
Today, he thinks he may !mow why he
was in the dark back then-just like
many other T'birds are today
VISIBILITY. "Many alumni out there
say they've never understood what the
alumni association does," says Dillon.
"And the alumni chapters will also tell
you the board is not as visible as it
should be." Fortunately for alumni, as
the TAA board president Dillon is in a
position to change the situation.
One way Dillon and other alumni
board members (see pg. 4) are increas­ing
the TAA's visibility is through
increased involvement in alumni and
school events. And they're giving it
more credibility by owning up to past
mistakes and reaching out to alumni,
THUNDERBIRD 50 /21 1996
"We all talk about the
Thunderbird mystique and
the Thunderbird network, which is one
of the strengths of the school," he says.
"But we should also talk about the
school supporting alumni, alumni sup­porting
the students, students support­ing
the school. It's really this three-way
interaction that is most powerful."
Dillon likens the alumni association
to a vehicle-one that can be used to
cross the distance between alumni, stu­dents,
and the School's administration.
At the same time, he is aware some
administrators and alumni may still
believe this car is in need of a tune-up.
His message to them? "We're saying
we're going to change," he notes, "we're
going to do it better. "
In two years, Dillon wants the board
to produce a "report card" allowing
alumni to grade its progress on specific
goals. These include developing an
alumni advisory council in Europe and
Although the TAA board may be
headed by a different T'bird when the
report card is released, that doesn't
bother Dillon. In fact, one of the associ­ation's
priority goals is to increase
recruiting efforts from within Thunder­bird's
80 alumni chapters.
"You need new blood to keep the
approach fresh and the energy levels
high," says Dillon. "The make-up of our
board should reflect the diversity of our
students and alumni."
Regardless of which alumni are guid­ing
the TAA board two years from now,
Dillon is confident the group's efforts
on behalf of all T'birds will not go
unnoticed. "As we deliver the report
card," he says, "we expect it to be
highly visible. It's something we could
speak about with pride that says 'Look,
we're accomplishing things, we're
really here.'" •
EDUCATION
MIM thunderbird, 1978; Sophia University (Tokyo);
University of Notre Dame
Michael T. DRIon 78
PresIdent, TAA Board
EXPERIENCE
Key Bank: Executive VICe President, commercial banking.
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio
Chase Manhattan Bank: Phoenix, Los Angeles, New York.
Tokyo, and Taipei
FAMILY
Wife, Connie (Chapman) Dillon '78, and two sons, age 12 and 14;
Brother, Joe Dillon '79
ALUMNI ACTlvmES
Member of T AA Board since 1990; FORAD competition advisor,
Global Career Exploration Day, Homecoming '95
ALUMNI
Seeing Eye to Eye
With Students
Nearly 200 students came to
hear two alumni speak
A primary reason students have always chosen Thun­derbird
is the opportunity to graduate into the most pow­erful
international business network in the world-the
Thunderbird alumni network.
These days, however, some students are not waiting
for graduation. They want guidance and advice from
alumni when they need it most: as students deciding
what career path to take.
"We need to bring this 'Thunderbird Mystique' from
outside the campus onto the campus," says Martin
Hernandez, who has the honor this year of being the
100th president of Thunderbird's student government. "A
lot of students think the alumni office is something they
need to sign up for when they graduate."
Perhaps because he follows in the footsteps of 99
other T'birds who have gone before him since 1947,
Hernandez is determined to increase communication
between current students and alumni.
ROLE MODELS. One way to bring students and alumni
together in mutually rewarding ways, says the student
leader, is to
encourage more
alumni to return
to Thunderbird as
expert speakers
and role models.
Programs that
feature direct stu­dent-
alumni con­tact
are already
popular among
students, including the Executive Exchange, the Stu­dent-
Alumni Mentor program, InterAd, and several
Wmterim courses that feature alumni as instructors.
The extra efforts many alumni have made to partici­pate
in these programs are admirable. Eric Schroder
'79, country manager of Thailand for Johnson & Higgins
insurance, made a trip last year from Bangkok to guest
lecture in the Regional Business Environment/Asia class.
It was his ~t.visit back to Thunderbird in }6 years.
Not surpnsmgly, students are also making the extra
effort. In April Mary Doan '80, CEO and President of
Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in San Francisco, and Ken
Lambert '77, Managing Director of DMB&B Americas,
were featured presenters at a day-long international mar­keting
symposium--{)rganized not by the administration,
but by T'bird students. Nearly 200 students came to hear
the two alumni speak.
"For us, the opportunity to interact with alumni work­ing
in the industries we want to work in is invaluable
experience," says Hernandez.-JenniJer Barrett •
Call for Nominations
The Thunderbird Alumni Association
1996 Awards
Thunderbird invites all alumni to acknowledge the special
achievements of outstanding fellow T'birds by nominating
them for the following Thunderbird Alumni Association
(TAA) Recognition Awards.
1. The Distinguished Alumni Award
Four Thunderbird alumni are recognized each year via the
Distinguished Alumni Award, one from each of the follow­ing
professional categories:
1) Banking & Finance
2) Business & Industry
3) Entrepreneurship
4) Public Service
2. The Jonas Mayer Award
DEADLINE for
nominations:
August 15, 1996
The Jonas Mayer Award is presented to one Thunderbird
who has demonstrated the ultimate in professional achieve­ments
in his or her career, civic service, and Thunderbird
activities that reflect great credit on the School.
To request nomination forms for either of these alumni
awards, write to: Vickie Austin '93, TAA Board Award
Committee, cio Thunderbird Alumni Relations Office, 15249
3. The Alumni Appreciation Awards
N. 59th Avenue,
Glendale, AZ
85306. Or fax
your request to
(602) 978-6814.
Beginning this 50th Anniversary year, the Alumni
Appreciation Award will be presented annually to one
alumnus in each of Thunderbird's alumni chapters who has
been instrumental in the growth and success of a specific
chapter. Criteria for nomination may include 1) innovative
ideas for chapter programming; 2) conception implementa­tion;
3) time commitment; 4) offices held; 5) years of service;
or 6) campus involvement.
To find out how to nominate a fellow chapter member for
this award, please contact either the chapter leader in your
area, or call Chris Mosakowski in the alumni relations office
at (602) 978-7083.
DEADLINE for nominations: October 1, 1996
THUNDERBIRD 50 12 / 1996
THE TAA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Who Are These T'birds?
The 15 members of the Thunderbird Alumni Association Board of Directors serve as
the eyes, ears and voices of 29, 000 T'birds around the world. They come from different
industries, countries and class years, but work on behalf of the entire Thunderbird
network. These respected alumni provide leadership to the School through
strategic planning and real-world business advice. Here's a brief look at the
personal backgrounds of the TAA Board of Directors.
H. Gene Wick '60
Chairman of the Board
Gene Wick was vice president of
operations at the R.J. Reynolds
Tobacco International, Inc. in
London, Eng­land
from
1983-1987.
He joined the
company in
1968 as man­ufacturing
director of
the Puerto
Rico operation after working for
British American Tobacco in
Mexico. From 1974 through 1980,
Wick was manufacturing director
and later served as vice president
of manufacturing for RJR Tobacco
International-Europe/ Africa/
Middle East. Wick is a former
naval aviator.
Vickie A. Austin '93
Vice President. Direct Delivery
Vickie Austin is vice president for
medical
communi­cations
at
Edelman
Public
Relations
World­wide
in
Chicago,
IL, where
she coun­sels
medical and health care
clients such as Eli Lilly, Searle and
Blue Cross Blue Shield Associa­tion.
Prior to this, she worked for
McMurry Publishing, Inc., and was
director of marketing for the mar­ket
operations office of Humana,
Inc. , and for Humana Hospi­tal-
Phoenix. Austin is a graduate
of the EMIM program.
Christopher P. Johnson '86
Vice President. Self Governance
Christopher Johnson is responsi­ble
for managing and leading The
Bank of Nova Scotia's Technology
and Electronics banking efforts
(total value in excess of $1 bil­lion).
He began with the company
as a credit analyst and later,
account offi­cer.
He has
been an active
member and
leader of the
San Francisco
alumni chap­ter
since grad­uation.
He has
returned to
campus as a
speaker for opening ceremonies
and for the Global Career Explora­tionforum.
Thomas L. Guetzke '86
Vice President. Chapter Delivery
Carolyn O'Malley '70
Vice President.
Thomas Guetzke is president of Market­Advantage
International in Minneapolis, MN. He
began his career with Whirlpool Corporation
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where he successfully devel­oped
international marketing
strategies for 65 countries,
including Mexico, Japan, and
Europe. In Europe, Guetzke was
active in the Brussels chapter
and helped organize the 1992
European reunion. He has spo­ken
on campus at the Global
Career Exploration forum.
Student Programs
Carolyn O'Malley has
been executive director
of the Desert Botanical
Garden in Phoenix, AZ
since August 1995, after
serving as assistant direc­tor.
She was previously
director of public rela­tions
for The Volunteer Center and is a current
board member of the Phoenix Country Day
School. O'Malley has lived in Hong Kong,
Singapore, Japan, The Philippines, England and
Denmark.
Mike A. Santellanes '60
Vice President, Fundraising
Mike Santellanes has more than 33
years of experience in auditing and
business consulting for public and
private entities, including 29 years
in Central America Before retiring
in 1993, he was senior partner and
chairman of Price Waterhouse Interamerica (includes
Guatemala, EI Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, Panama, and the Dominican Republic). He estab­lished
offices for Price Waterhouse in Costa Rica and
Nicaragua in 1965.
Stephen J. Doyle '82
Beatrice E. Cueto '87
Beatrice Cueto joined the International
Private Bank at Bankers Trust Company
in May 1993. She now serves as the team
leaderlbusiness driver for the Southern
Cone Region (Argentina! Chile/Para­guay/
Uruguay), supervising managers in
the U.S. and working with current and
prospective clients. Previously, Cueto
worked at Chase Manhattan Bank­Private
Banking International and Banco
Santander International, both in NY She is based in Miami, FL
and recruits regularly at Thunderbird for Bankers Trust.
Stephen Doyle is president of Integrity International
Corp., a subsidiary of Integrity Coal Sales, Inc., a U.S.
company formed in 1990 and currently trading about 1.2
million tons per year worldwide. He began Integrity Inter­national
after 11 years with Ruhrkohle Trading
Corporation as vice president and general manager.
Doyle is past president and current board member of the
New York alumni chapter. He is also past president and
current board member of the New York Coal Trade
Association.
Maarten W. Fleurke '79
Maarten Fleurke is president of
ACO Polymer Products, Inc., a
manufacturer of pre-cast build­ing
materials with U.S. factories
in Ohio and North Carolina.
Prior to joining ACO, he worked
in various international capaci­ties,
including John Deere in Europe
and the Middle East, and as entrepre­neur
in Mexico and Russia He was co­founder
of the Gold Coast! Ventura
County alumni chapter and conducted
the first alumni gathering in Russia
Marcos R. Garay '79 McDiarmid R. Messenger '72
Marcos Garay is managing direc­tor
of International Specialized
Banking at Bancomer S.A. and
McDiarmid "Mac"
Messenger is a
self-employed
consultant of
international
trade finance.
Before starting
his own business,
he spent six years
Joseph A. O'Neill '80
Joseph O'Neill is director for
the Western hemisphere for
Jergens, responsible for the
development of all business
throughout Latin America
its brokerage firm,
Casa de Bolsa
Bancomer. Garay is
responsible for for­eign
branches and
offices of the bank
and the brokerage
firm, as well as inter­national
product
development for pri­vate
banking. He was previously
vice president, International of
Acciones Bursatiles, the precur­sor
of Casa de Bolsa Bancomer.
Garay helped found the Mexico
alumni chapter in 1979.
running Standard Chartered Trading
Company, a trade finance subsidiary
of Standard Chartered Bank. He has
more than 20 years experience in
international finance and trade bank­ing
services. Past foreign assignments
include posts in Germany and Den­mark
for American Express Bank,
and in the United Arab Emirates and
Brazil for First Interstate Bank.
and the Caribbean. He has been
Jergens since 1986 and is former direc­tor
of sales, Far East. Before joining
Jergens, he was General Manager of
the product processing group of Dover
Corporation for Latin America and
Asia. O'Neill recently served as presi­dent
of the Greater Cincinnati World
Trade Association and president of the
Cincinnati alumni chapter.
Stephen K. Orr '79
Stephen Orr is managing partner of Orr Associates, Inc.
(OAI), based in Washington, D.C. He advises corpora­tions,
foundations, individuals, and non-profit organiza­tions
on managing strategic issues, raising
resources, and marketing events. Prior to
establishing OAI, Orr was managing director of
The One to One Partnership, Inc., a non-profit,
youth mentorship organization. Orr worked on
Wall Street for 12 years and served as vice
president in the Investment Banking Division
of Goldman, Sachs & Co. from 1986 to 1991.
John C. Schuldt '85
John Schuldt is currently South
Pacific district sales manager for
Ford Worldwide Export Operations
in Tokyo, Japan. He joined Ford
Motor Company in 1985. Schuldt is
a former Atlanta alumni chapter
president and Ford liaison for
Thunderbird fund raising efforts. He
has served as Zone Sales Manager,
Market Representation Manager, Administration Manager,
Distribution Manager and Lincoln Marketing Manager.
THUNDERBIRD 50 12 / 1996
EUROPEAN REUNION
Budapest-From business forum to buffet,
_ T'birds had a memorable time
by John Cook '79
The spirit of Thunderbird shone all
weekend long June 6-9, 1996, as
more than 250 alumni and guests
from over 25 countries-some from as
far away as Hawaii, Scotland and
Russia-gathered in Budapest, Hungary
for the 21st annual European Reunion.
Like last year, the highlight of the
weekend (in addition to the social activ­ities!)
was Thunderbird's trademark
European Business Forum. This year's
forum brought together European exec­utives,
economists and politicians to
explore the topic of "Trends and Transi­tion
in Central Europe: The Commercial
Perspective," and was co-sponsored by
the Harvard Club of Hungary, the
American Chamber of Commerce and
the International Management Center.
Attendees of the forum were certainly
in good company: U.S. Ambassador to
Hungary Donald Blinken opened the
session with lessons on Hungary and its
economy in the post-Cold War era. Mr.
Ernest Beck, Central Europe Corre­spondent
for the Wall Street Journal,
moderated the conference.
Expert speakers and panelists that
followed included Dr. Lajos Bokros,
former Minister of Finance for Hungary;
Dr. Gyorgy Szapary, Deputy President,
National Bank of Hungary; Mr. Ken­neth
Wisnoski, President, Tenneco
Energy Europe; Mr. Michael Zafirov­ski,
President and CEO of GE Lighting
THUNDERBIRD 50 12 / 1996
Europe; Mr. Chris Lacey, Director of
Sales/Marketing, GMJOpel Hungary; and
Dr. Aldo Fozzati, Vice President and
General Manager, Delco Remy Inter­national
The forum ended with a lively
question-and-answer session.
Here's a quick run down of the full
weekend:
THURSDAY, after check-in at the
Marriott, attendees were treated to a
grand buffet and reception at the New
York Cafe, a beautiful turn-of-the-cen­tury
eating and drinking establishment.
FRIDAY started off with city tours of
Budapest by bus, followed by the
European Business Forum, at which
the press and local business leaders
were well represented. The day con­cluded
with a gala dinner, where
speaker Colonel James McConnell
provided a description of the U.S.
deployment in Bosnia.
Ernest Beck, Central Europe
Correspondent for the Wall Street
Journal and moderator for the busi­ness
forum, holds court with Dr. Aldo
Fozzati, Vice President and General
Manager, Delco Remy International,
and Mr. Chris Lacey, Director of
Sales/Marketing, GM/Opel Hungary.
"Trends and Transition in Central
Europe" was the forum theme.
Dr. Lajos Bokros,
former finance min­ister
of Hungary,
offered insight into
the tough steps his
government took
to solidify the
Hungarian
economy.
Philip Reeker '91 of the Office of
Press and Information of the U.S.
Embassy; Dr. Lajos Bokros, former
finance minister of Hungary; John
Fogarasi, Commercial Attache for the
U.S. Embassy in Hungary; and Dr.
Gyorgy Szapary, Deputy President,
National Bank of Hungary prepare
for the European Business Forum.
SATURDAY began at the well known
Gundels restaurant, where alumni
treated themselves to an assortment of
typical Hungarian specialties. Dr. Her­berger
introduced our new Director of
Alunmi Relations, Joy Lubeck '86, and
also gave an overview along with Senior
Vice President Mel Copen of the direc­tion
that the School is taking, particu­larly
the global distribution of
international management education
1. Enjoying the outdoor luncheon at the famous
Gundel's Restaurant in Budapest are Cynthia Spidell
'90, Chip Tedeschi '92, Dave Young '91, Maria Bratt '84,
Robert Kuller '84, Mickie Senften '90, and Robert
Ragsdale, '91.
2. Mariya Toohey Fogarasi 78, Chairman of the 1996
European Reunion organizing committee, signs the
traveling alumni book containing 50th Anniversary
greetings from around the world.
3. Bruce Roman '71, Garry Moore '64 and his wife Barit,
and Fred Koppl '52 enjoy the opening reception at the
opulent New York Cafe in Budapest. The June reunion
attracted more than 250 people from over 25 countries.
4. Bob Dilworth '60 and his wife Irene board the bus
for a reunion tour of the two sides of the Danube River
that form the city of Budapest.
5. Charles laFond '80 of Austria and John Cook 79 of
Switzerland are long-time reunion attendees. Cook is
past chairman of the Thunderbird Alumni Association
of Europe.
via the internet. Merrill Lynch's Tom
Hobson '79 started the philanthropy
ball rolling with the announcement of
personal contributions by him and
Angelina Hall '79. By the end of the
weekend, various classes had donated
nearly $9,000 to the School. The School
also conducted a small focus group of
alumni to brainstorm on the future
European Alumni Council, which will
provide a permanent base for communi­cation
between the School, European
alunmi and the TAA Board of
Directors. Saturday evening
was spent cruising on the
Danube River. The grand
prize of the weekend raffle
was a roundtrip domestic
flight on Delta, won by Katie
and Tom Joski '85 of
London. Holly Coors-Smith
'91 won free tickets and
accommodation to the 50th
Anniversary homecoming in
Agnes Toth '89 and Dick
Crail 72 showcase a hand­drawn
map of the new world
from 1540. The map, a replica
by Dr. Zsolt Torok that took a
year to make, was presented
to the School by the 1996
European Reunion committee
in honor of Thunderbird's
50th anniversary.
U.S. Ambassador
to Hungary
Donald Blinken
engaged a near­capacity
crowd at
the business
forum with his
insider'S view of
post-Cold War
Hungary.
Phoenix! Casper Appeldorn '90 won a
weekend for two, including a cooking
class, from Mas de Cornud cooking
school and country inn located in
France, owned by David Carpita '67.
SUNDAY concluded the weekend with
an enormous buffet brunch at the Mar­riott,
where old friends and new acquain­tances
exchanged cards and toasted the
one-and-only Thunderbird. •
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Sponsors
The Budapest committee would
like to thank the following
companies for their generous
support (in alphabetical order):
American Express, Budapest
Marriott, The Budapest Sun,
Citibank Hungary, Coca-Cola
Hungary, CompuServe Hungary,
Delta Airlines, General Electric,
Westel 900; and for the Gala
evening: Budapest Wine Society,
Mas de Cornud Ecole de Cuisine,
Juventus Radio and CartArt
FacTsimile. • cmBAN<O
Organizing Committee
The Budapest organizing committee
was chaired by Mariya Toohey
Fogarasi '78, a past president of the
Thunderbird Alumni Association of
Europe (TAAE). Mariya's career took
her to Gennany, Canada and
Bulgaria before moving to Hungary,
where her husband John Fogarasi
is Conunercial Attache at the U.S.
Embassy C" John's organization of
this year's business forum should
qualify him for a Thunderbird MIM!"
notes Mariya) Other organizers
included Citibank's Agnes 10th '89,
a Hungarian-American who has lived
and worked in Hungary the past
three years; Dick Crail '72 of lock­heed
Martin and his wife ~;
Philip Reeker '91 of the Office of
Press and Infonnation of the U.S.
Embassy; and John Cook '79 of
Institutionallnvestors Consulting
Company in Zurich, Switzerland and
past president of the TAAE.
THUNDERBIRD 50 12 I 1996
'47-'59
Wilbur Robert
Marisa '47 is director
of marketing at H & J
Imports-Exports. He lives
with his wife, Andree, in Ventnor, NJ.
Robert L. Bean '48 is chainnan of the
Sunbelt World Trade Association and
was last year's recipient of the "Arizona
Outstanding International Business
Leader of the Year" award for 1994. He
lives in Green Valley, AZ. Sigmund L.
Liberman '48 is national director at
A WR Products-Australia He lives with
his wife, Lee, in Carrollton, TX. Lloyd
Clark '49 is proprietor of LC
Enterprises, a writing, lecturing and tour
guiding service. He also writes a weekly
column for The Daily News-Sun. He and
his wife, Jean, live in Sun City West, AZ.
Emanuel Forster '49 is owner of
Emanuel Forster & Associates. He lives
with his wife, Sylvia, in Pacific Palisades,
CA Sidney M. Pace '51 is manager at
J.B. Ranch, Inc. in Gateway, CO. Van F.
Crichfleld '53 is retired and performing
mission work in Slovenia, Croatia, and
with Bosnian refugees. He resides in
Frederick, CO. George L. Houghtaling
'53 is retired and living with his wife,
Sharon, in Frostproof, FL. John C.
Temple-Raston '56 retired from the
Newspaper Association of America in
July, 1995 as vice-presidentiWestern
regions. He and his wife, Sandy, live in
Tiburon, CA John D. Gilbert '57 is
owner of World Wide Marketing. He
lives with his wife, Sara, in Loveland,
OH. Kenneth C. Cogdill '58 recently
retired from the position of vice-presi­dent,
corporate planning and control,
with Amerada Hess Corp. Cogdill
worked for Amerada Hess for 26 years.
He received his MBA from Harvard in
1966, and also worked for Exxon and
Bank of Boston. He and his wife Janie
reside in Summit, N.J. J. H. (Ham)
Dethero '58 is senior vice-president at
Commercial Bank of San Francisco. W.
Roger Rae '58 is advertising sales rep.
at Roger Rae Associates in Pelham, NY.
Pieter A. Vos '58 is owner/president at
Global Marketing Associates. He lives
with his wife, Harriet, in Sun City West,
AZ. John R. Bogert '59 is president at
AD.M. Company, Inc. in Phoenix. Harry
W. Griffiths '59 is owner/CEO at Inter­national
Marketing Associates in Boise,
ID. Wallace L. Johnson '59 is involved
with sales and parts at Mile High Turf,
Inc. in Northglenn, CO. George L.
Reeves '59 is president at Bancaracas
International Banking Corporation in
San Juan, Puerto Rico. He lives with his
wife, Rosa, in Miami, FL. David A.
Reider '59 is consultant at Reider &
Associates in Miami.
REUNION
'61
NOVEMBER
1996
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John B. Barnett '60 is
broker/owner at ReIMax
A-Team Professionals.
He and his wife, Donna,
live in Norco, CA Robert
M. Bielby '60 is president
THUNDERBIRD 50 12 I 1996
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UPDATES
Class Updates
MULTI-CHAPTER EVENTS
The Phoenix Chapter is plan·
ning a weekend trip to San
Francisco in August. Seattle,
Portland, Tucson, and all
California chapters are invited
to join this weekend of cable
cars, fine dining, and the
beautiful bay of 5an Francisco.
Packages are available includ·
ing round·trip airfare from
Phoenix, transfers to the
hotel, two nights accommoda­tions,
and a California Wine
Country Tour. For details,
contact Usa Pringle at (602)
561-1055.
and CEO at Durcon, Inc. He lives in
Sarasota, FL. Allen J. Brenteson '60 is
president at Inter-American Medical
Services in Miami. Howard Grant Hall,
n '60 is personal finance officer at Wells
Fargo SeCurities, Inc. He lives with his
wife, Deborah, in Moraga, CA G.H.
(Gerry) Kangas '60 was elected state
treasurer and a member of the state cabi­net
of Gideons International, a non-profit
organization. He lives with his wife,
Jeanne, in Clatskanie, OR. John J. Ross
'60 is consultant at Dart Container Corp.
He lives with his wife, Carol, in Broomall,
PA Robert L. Standfast '60 is global
account manager at Saudi Oracle
Limited. He lives with his wife, Christine,
in AI Khobar, Saudi Arabia Richard H.
Bagnall '61 is self-employed at Bagnall
Financial Services in Wauwatosh, WI.
Kenneth L. Bennett '61 is managing
director at Schilz GmbH. He lives with
his wife, Ursula, in Dreieich, Germany.
James M. Davis '62 is vice-president/
general manager at TFX Fiberoptics. He
lives with his wife, Suzan, in Naples, FL.
Margaret (Marty) Moore Brennan
'62 is self-employed at Moore Brennan
Real Estate Financing in San Francisco.
William (Bill) A. Rosenthal '62 is vice­president
and general manager at
Atlanta-based Conway Data Inc., a global
company specializing in research, publi­cations
and technology-related products
for executives in corporate real estate
and economic development. Gordon R.
(Bob) King '63 is broker at Jeanne
Baker Inc. in Miami, FL. George G.
LaPlante '63 is investment banker at
Robert W. Baird and Co., Inc. in Grand
Rapids, MI. Henry R. Vigor '63 is export
manager-Latin America at Zippo Manu­facturing
Co. He lives with his wife,
Karen, in Bradford, PA Bruce R.
Bleeker '64 is vice-president, loan
review at California Korea Bank. He lives
with his wife, Gail, in Lakewood, CA.
Bruce T. Hord '64 is a self-employed
international sales consultant who
assists small companies in export start­up.
He lives with his wife, Christina, in
Canton, OH. Their son is a current
Thunderbird student and Bruce recently
had an opportunity to visit the Thunder­bird
campus. He writes, "Magnificent
changes at the school. Hard to believe.
Hope to return before our son gradu­ates."
Murray Hutchison '64 is retired
from International Technology Corp.
John R. (Russ) Jagoe '64 is presi­dent/
owner of Export USA Publications
in Bloomington, MN. Charles A. Lager­gren
'64 is international sales manager
at Moog Automotive. He and his wife,
Karen, reside in Wildwood, MO. Dwight
W. Smith '64 is manager-Arizona at
Mortgage Investors Corporation. He lives
with his wife, Eileen, in Phoenix.
'65-'66
Robert D. Bithell '65 is
president at Bithell
Foods, Inc. He lives
with his wife, Mary, in
Boring, OR. Robert A.
Cushman '65 is president
at GS Industries, a steel manufacturing
company. He lives with his wife, Janina,
in Charlotte, NC. Robert W. Gravell '65
is owner of The Latin Associates Inc., a
firm specializing in consulting and sales
of oilfield equipment in Houston. Robert
(Bob) A. Nuell '65 is partner at Robert
A. Nuell & Assoc. in Sausalito, CA
Richard D. Savage '65 is brokerltraffic
manager at Wardcom Corp. He lives with
his wife, LeGlynn, in Sebastopo~ CA
John L. Shepherd '65 is self-employed
at Focus Financial Network in
Minnetonka, MN. Donald E. Whisman
'65 is director, analysis & agreements at
Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He and
his wife, Helen, reside in Kensington, MD.
Howard J. Boyer '66 is financial consul­tant
at ASB Financial Services. He lives in
Walnut Creek, CA Ward H. Clarke '66
is ownerlpartner at Freedom Enterprises,
a network marketing, health, non-smok­ing
and petrolewn products company. He
and his wife, Sally, live in Redmond, WA
Peter X. Hahn '66 is sales manager at
TravelHost in Fairport, NY. David P.
Haney '66 is manager, training centers
l/lV at Caterpillar, Inc. He and his wife,
Brenda, live in Tucson, AZ. Kenneth W.
Holbrook '66 is president, conswner &
professional products at The Vigoro
Corp. in Winter Haven, FL. L. David
LeBlanc '66 is vice-president at Pacific
Forest Resources. He lives with his wife,
Patti, in Larkspur, CA Richard E. Mar
'66 is director at The Just Company
(Japan, United States, and trade represen­tative
of China) in Foster City, CA
Francesco L. Michelato '66 is officer
for the think tank of FORZA ltalia, the
Italian conservative political party. He
lives in Milan. Brian Reilly '66 is presi­dent
and CEO at the Reilly Company, a
consulting firm that specializes in interna­tional
market development and manage­ment.
He lives with his wife, Kathie, in
Waconia, MN. John S. Thielbahr '66 is
managing director at D.M. Schaffer Corp.,
an international consulting firm in Idaho.
'67
Gary S. Ambrose is president at Kaloli
Point Enterprizes in Hilo, m. William F.
Craig is president at Hielomatic, C.A., a
manufacturer of commercial refrigem­tion
equipment. He and his wife, Rosa,
live in Valencia, Venezuela. Martin W.
Dennis is managing partner at The
Dunhill Group in Baltimore, MD. John
H. Dunmar is vice-president at Sykes
International, Ltd. in New York, NY.
Victor Fontaine is president/CEO at
Caterpillar Rental Services Network, Inc.
He lives with his wife, Karin, in Peoria,
n... Frederick J. Frese In is clinical
supervisor for Western Reserve
Psychiatric Hospital's community out­reach
service. He also holds faculty
appointments in both psychiatry and
psychology at Case Western University
in Cleveland. He lives with his wife in
Hudson, OH. James T. Grossmann is
division chief, Office of Privatization and
Economic RestructurlnglEurope at the
U.S. Agency for International Develop­ment
(USAID), Bureau for Europe and
New Independent States. He resides in
Alexandria, VA. Bill Page and his wife
Claudia have finished building their new
home, a family compound on 10 acres
with a trout stream, located just north of
Ojo Caliente (55 miles from Sante Fe).
Bill writes: "A mac and modem connect
us to Claudia's business in Denver, and I
do substitute teaching K-12 in the local
district." Richard E. (Rags) Ragsdale
is chairman at Community Health
Systems, Inc. He lives with his wife,
Anne, in Brentwood, TN. Samuel H.
Stenson is CEO at Shoreline Services,
Inc. in Pine River, MN. Frederick B.
Suarez is regional preSident, Andina
Caribbean at Sanofi Winthrop in Bogota,
Colombia James (Jim) D. Tegeder is
principal at Entree Ltd. He lives with his
wife, Marlene, in Holly Springs, NC.
'68
Ronald T. Alonzo is executive director,
international at The Frymaster Corpora­tion,
a food service equipment manufac­turer.
He and his wife, Denise, live in
Shreveport, LA. Kenneth A. Banks is
president at Fahlgren Benito Advertising,
Inc. He lives with his wife, Sandra, in
Redington Shores, FL. Barry M. Beyer
is regional director, Latin America at Gas
Services International Limited in
Houston. Robert Chapman, chairman
and CEO of Megdyne Information
Systems, was recently elected to chair­man
of the board of Infodirect PTY,
LTD., and information services firm
headquartered in Sydney, Australia He
also serves on the boards of Delphi
Information Sciences and BEPA, Inc. He
writes that he "would love to hear from
old friends." Michael J. Geier is partner
at Rampage Marketing Services Inc., an
insurance brokerage organization in NE
Ohio. He lives in Akron, OH. Steven L.
Gold is founder and CEO of the CCI
Companies, which include Trish infor­mation
Services and TBS Marketing
Services. The firm specializes in market-
ing research and business-to-business
telemarketing for technology companies.
Steven lives with his wife, Anne Marie, in
Lafayette, CA. Robert G. Hatfield is
chairman and CEO at View Tech, Inc. He
lives with his wife, Kathleen, in
Camarillo, CA. James F. Lehman is
director at LB International, Inc. in
Flagstaff, AZ. Adam T. Moss is presi­dent
at Mass Distributing in Des Moines,
lA. He lives with his wife, Mariann, in
West Des Moines. John E. O'Brien, Jr.
is executive vice-president and chief
operating officer at MAPSCO, Inc. in
Dallas. William R. Owens is president
at RelMax Property Associates. He and
his wife, Elaine, live in Wake Forest, NC.
Robert R. Schreiber is management
consultant at R. Schreiber & Associates.
He lives with his wife, Maria, in Akron,
OH. William S. Simpson is sales repre­sentative
at RMC & Associates in Wayne,
PA. John W. Unruh is advertising sales
representative at Pioneer Newspaper
Group. He lives in Mill Creek, W A.
Richard Weden is senior vice-president
at American Express. He and his wife,
Mary, reside in Moscow, Russia.
'69
Andrew R. (Bob) Black is group vice­president
at Pet, Inc., a specialty food
products manufacturing and marketing
firm. He and his wife, Margaret, live in
St. Louis. Robert T. Coyne is presi­dent/
owner of Fargo Street Properties,
Inc. He lives with his wife, Jessica, in
Manchester, MA. Mark E. Daniel is
senior security at MBNA, I.S. in Dallas.
Peter H. Daniels is asset manager at
Bank of America. He and his wife, Joan,
live in Los Angeles. Steven M.
Friedheim is president/CEO at Insight
Entertainment, a television station own­ership
company in Nashville, TN. David
H. Gill is vice-president at Steinman,
Boynton, Gronquist, and Birdsall in
Chicago. Harold S_ Johnson, Jr. is
vice-president/general manager at GTE
Directories Corporation in Irving, TX.
Sam Matson accepted early retirement
from ARAMCO, the Saudi Arabian oil
company, on February 1, 1995. He joined
the company in 1975 and retired as head
of the Cost Services Division which sup­ports
ARAMCO's capital construction
program. His family has settled in
Austin, TX. John G. Pattullo is tax
attorney at Ehmann & Hiller, P.C. He
lives with his wife, SUSie, in Paradise
Valley, AZ. Ronald J. Rowland is
branch manager at Sierra Detroit Diesel­Allison
Inc., in West Sacramento, CA.
Edward E. Sanders is chairman and
editor-in-chief at Blue Chip Publishing
Corp. in Salem, OR. Norman L. Wells is
vice-preSident, structured trade finance
at Commerzbank AG in New York, NY.
'70
Gary A. Counts is underwriting manag­er
at Alternative Capital Group, a sub­sidiary
mortgage lending firm of Harbor
Financial. He lives in Richardson, TX.
William R. Cutler, Jr. is president at
CSM International Corp. He lives with
his wife, Deborah, in Vienna, VA. John
F. Duffer is director of national acc.
sales at Hackney & Sons, Inc., a world­wide
manufacturer of beverage distribu­tion
equipment. He resides in Irving, TX.
Linda J . Eaton Veblen is human
resource director at Keyes Condon
Florance. She lives with her husband,
UPDATES
Tom, in Washington, DC. Douglas V.
FrengIe is president at Concord Cor­poration
in Hillsboro, OR. George D.
Ittner is president/COO at Newport
News, Inc. in New York, NY. Thomas F.
Johnson is national sales manager at
PAl Industries. He lives with his wife,
Dinah, in Alpharetta, GA. Mangeshwar
(Matt) S. Mathur is vice-president,
finance at M. M. Corporation. He lives
with his wife, Rlll'\jana, in Albertson, NY.
Philippe Matron has been relocated
from Puerto Rico to Peru as channel
marketing planning and merchandising
manager for Coca-Cola. He is responsi­ble
for five countries, including Chile,
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Philippe has worked for Coca-Cola for
21 years, and has two children, a son
who is 14 and a daughter who is 9.
Carolyn Polson O'Malley is executive
director at the Desert Botanical Garden
in Phoenix. She is the ninth executive
director of the 56-year-old garden.
Wayne M. Pulver is benefits analyst for
the State of Arizona in Phoenix. Bo
Leopold Seifert is managing director at
ISL Marketing AG in Lucerne, Switzer­land.
Wesley A. Sheehy is agri-business
representative for the State of California,
Employment Development Department.
He and his wife, Susan, live in Healds­burg,
CA. Michael C. Sunderland is
vice-president at Square One Annoring
ServiCes, a manufacturer and installer of
Ballistic armor. He lives with his wife,
Kuka, in Miami. William (Bill) C.
Walker is controller at Tactical Fabs,
Inc., a high-tech manufacturer and
assembler. He and his wife, Ana, live in
Los Gatos, CA. Marilyn J. Ward
Muessel is a self-employed salesper­son/
marketer. She lives in Frisco, CO.
'71
Charles Edward
Buchner is retired and
lives in West Palm
Beach, FL. Terry W.
Cady is managing director
at Linc Financial in Chicago.
Gary Cunningham is vice-president at
New America Asset Management
Services. He and his wife, Larae, live in
Irvine, CA. John D. Daughenbaugh is
senior vice-president, credit administra­tion
group at First National Bank of
California. He lives with his wife, Su Mei,
in Los Angeles. Robert E. Hartman, Jr.
is senior auditor at Zale Corp. in Irving,
TX. William T. Kelley is general man­ager-
North America at Aesculap-
Pictured together are
(I to r) Peter Palmen
'71, Lisa laBonte '96,
and Charles Rund '70.
Palmen is the High
Commissioner for
Offshore Develop­ment,
and Rund is
the President of the
First National Bank
of Aruba. Nice assignment.
Meditec, a supplier of medical lasers. He
and his wife, Judy, reside in Coto de
Caza, CA. Joseph Shelley Moorhead is
broker at Seslia SecuritieslSeslia and
Company in St. Thomas, VI. Jerry A.
Morgan is senior marketing executive at
DataWorks Corp. He lives with his wife,
Mary, in Escondido, CA. Karl S. Reiner
is retired from the U.S. Department of
Commerce. He lives in Clifton, VA.
Robert E. Stimson is director Asia­Pacific
at Industrial Dynamics Co., Ltd.
in Torrance, CA. Leith A. Swanson is
president at Prime Net in San Diego.
'72
Edward C. Auble is self-employed!
insurance at Broker Resource Center in
Paoli, PA. Gary L. Buckingham is gener­al
insurance manager-Kenya at AlG, Inc.
in New York, NY. He lives with his wife,
Els. Hans Combee is director, finance
and treasury at Office Commercial
Pharmaceutique. He lives in Le Mesnil St.
Demis, France. Kent (Slugger)
Gregory is French teacher for Denver
Public Schools in Denver, CO. Jack W.
Hurlbut is area manager-Europe at
Baker Hughes Mining Tools. He and his
wife, Susi, live in Norfolk, England.
David E. Logie is corporate secretaryl
treasurer at LIMRA International. He
resides in North Granby, CT. L. Peter
Niggeman is executive vice-president at
E.W. Blanch Co. in San Francisco. Erich
S. Reichenbach is president (manufac­turer's
representative for electronic com­ponents)
at Reichenbach International.
He lives with his wife, Mizuho, in
Westlake Village, CA. Lawrence (Larry)
D. Schulz is financial controller at Eberle
Controls GmbH in Ntirnberg, Germany.
He Jives with his wife, Claudine, in
Munich. Gary L. Slade is national
account manager at Alza Pharmaceuti­cals.
He lives in Santa Ana, CA. Hiroshi
Suzuki is president at Coleman Japan
Co., Ltd. in Tokyo. W. AlIen Taft is presi­dent
at W.A. Taft & Co., Ltd. in Hamilton,
Bermuda. He resides with his wife, Susan,
in West Chester, PA.
'73
Gary E. Adams is risk manager at
Willbros U.S.A., Inc. He lives with his
wife, Peggy, in Tulsa, OK. A. Rodney
Boren, Jr_ is managing director at
Resource Companies, Inc. in
Minneapolis. Richard J. Breit is senior
vice-president and CFO at Banco
Espanol de Credito, S.A. in New York.
He lives with his wife, Toby, in Weston,
GREAT CHAPTER IDEA!
Several chapters are already
planning special trips to
Thunderbird this November
for the School's 50th
Anniversary Homecoming.
For example, Chicago rbirds
are planning ahead by orga­nizing
charter flight rates,
hotel discounts, and other
group-travel benefits.
This year's anniversary
celebration is sure to be the
best-don't miss out!
CT. Dennis Ferguson-Acosta is a self­employed
arts consultant/independant
theatre production. He lives in Lima,
Peru. Thomas (Ty) F. Greer, Jr. is
managing partner at Enterprise Capital
COrPoration in Moraga, CA. John C.
Howell is president at Hostar inter­national,
Inc., designers of material han­dling
systems and equipment for premier
hotels worldwide. He lives with his wife,
Aleli, in Snohomish, WA. Willard S­Hunter
is senior account manager at
Research and Polling, Inc. He and his
wife, Kathi, live in Corrales, NM.
Michael S. Kim is owner of Michael S.
Kim & Co., CPAs. He lives with his wife,
Sook, in New York, NY. James M.
Kisela is real estate agent at Davidyan &
Nichols. He lives with his wife, Jan, in
Wynnewood, PA. David Levy is vice­president/
director of public affairs at the
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
He lives in Orono, MN. James S. Love
is president at American International
Homes SW. He lives with his wife, Cyd,
in Monterey, CA. Daniel P. Nash is
teacher of German/Spanish for Jefferson
County Public Schools in Evergreen, CO.
He lives with his wife, Lynda, in Denver.
Michael L. Quinn is executive director
at Bucks County Housing Development
CorP. in Levittown, PA. James L.
Sanchez is personal financial advisor at
American Express Financial Advisors in
Richardson, TX. Susan F. Stevens is
managing director at Chase Securities,
Inc. in New York, NY. Lee C. Stewart is
director of finance at Union Carbide
Corporation. He resides in Weston, CT.
Vittoria A. Tomich is vice-president at
Unism, Inc., a hair care manufacturing
company. She lives with her husband,
Peter, in Phoenix. Gerald W. Widasky
is home office consultant at U.S. West
Communications in Phoenix.
'74
Carleton J. Brown is president at
Software America Computer Center. He
and his wife, Betty, live in Grand Rapids,
MI. Ronald E. Brown is vice-president,
sales and marketing at Flash Technology
Corp. He lives with his wife, Jane, in
Franklin, TN. Robey A. Clark is partner
(real estate development) at Briscoe
Clark Co., Ltd. in Dallas. Charles W.
Cliburn is business development manag­er
at Unisys CorP. in Tallahassee, FL. Hal
Q. Coggins is an instructor at Florida
Keys Community College in Key West.
THUNDERBIRD 50 121 1996
Timothy G. Connolly is senior vice­president
at American National Bank. He
lives with his wife, Lynn, in Wichita Falls,
TX. Steven W. DeLateur is president at
the Law Offices of Steven DeLateur in
Palm Desert, CA. John (Jack ) F.
Kenny is chief executive officer at Hotel
Group of America He lives with his wife,
Lindsay, in San Rafael, CA. Frederick B.
Ollett III is CFO at Chemical Mellon
Shareholders Services. He lives in Upper
Saddle River, NJ. Duane A. Partain is a
faculty member at Lane Community
College. He lives with his wife, Jane, in
Eugene, OR. William N. Paty is vice­president
at Daiwa Bank, Ltd in New
York. He lives with his wife, Diane, in
Katonah, NY. Randal G. Pearson, CFA
is president at Geomatrix, Inc. He lives
with his wife, Paula, in Ridgewood, NJ.
Thomas J. Pinion is loan officer at First
National Mortgage Company of
Evansville. He lives in Gosport, IN. Gary
L. Schaefer is Mediterranean regional
manager at Teledyne Rodney Metals, a
specialty metals and tubing producer. He
resides in Milan, Italy. Arnt VagIe is
president at Global 2000 in Casselberry,
FL. He lives with his wife, Sharon, in
Winter Springs. Wim J . Verkaik is
owner of Santa Barbara Peripherals in
Santa Barbara, CA. David J . Welch is
section manager at Bank of America in
Pleasant Hill, CA.
'75
Dale E. Barlow is executive recruiter at
Mangieri Solutions in Norwalk, CT.
Robert P. (Pat) Barnes, CPA is presi­dent
at Robert Barnes Consulting, Inc. in
Roanoke. He lives with his wife, Marilyn,
in Cloverdale, VA. Robert C. Burnett is
general manager at Cofiexip Stena
Offshore-Asia He has worked for
Cofiexip Stena Offshore for 18 years.
The company is the world's largest sub­sea
contractor in the offshore oil and gas
industry. He resides in Singapore.
Dennis M. Campbell is owner of
Mission Mountain Resources. He lives in
Billings, MT. Paolo Colombi is assistant
vice-president at Sprint Corporation. He
lives in Oakton, VA. Johnny W. Davis is
broker at ADM Investor Services in
COvington, TN. Jennifer A. Fidiam
Brandenburg is consulting systems
engineer at Bank of America in Concord,
CA. George M. Fronske is manager,
export administration at Fiberite Inc., a
materials manufacturer for aerospace.
He and his wife, Nonglak, live in
Phoenix. Robert L. Gilbert, Jr. is vice­president
at Standard Chartered Bank in
New York, NY. Arif Yusuf Hafiz is gen­eral
manager at Omar A. Balubaid
Company, Ltd. in Saudi Arabia He and
his wife, Tasneem, reside in Middlesex,
United Kingdom. Mark "Arnold
Palme r " Hasbany is director, int'l fin.
net. at TRU, Anderson (Engineering). He
lives with his wife, Valerie, in Toronto,
Canada Charles Ingalsbee is vice-pres­ident/
general manager at Camberley
Hotel Company. He lives with his wife,
Lora, in Abingdon, VA. Bruce
Lamarche has been (since 1993) in the
grain and agribusiness markets based in
Geneva but working the North African
and Ukrainian markets together with
two ex-Continental Grain collegues. He
was with Continental Grain for 20 years
prior. Susan R. Nakaoki is director of
finance at FHP Healthcare in Cerritos,
CA. M. Camper O'Neal is senior invest-
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ment advisor at Merrill Lynch in
Sarasota, FL. Duane K. Okamoto is
president at Okamoto Consulting Group
in Honolulu, m. J ames F . Paloma is
international sales manager-packaging
and converting papers at Crown
Vantage, Inc. in Cincinnati. He lives with
his wife, Pamela, in Amelia, OH.
Victoria L. Rickey is president and
managing director at NACCO Material
Handling Group-Europe. She lives with
her husband, Barry, in Ayrshire,
Scotland. David E. Salazar is senior
vice-president, sales and marketing at
EMED in San Antonio, TX. Dennis
Stanford is purchasing manager at
Fieet, Coca-Cola Trade Co. in Pfatlikon,
Switzerland. He has been doing business
in Eastern Europe and Russia for The
Coca-Cola Company since 1990 and
advises "anyone contemplating doing
business in Eastern Europe and Russia
to do their homework and be patient.'
Ted R. Strickler is human resources
manager at CH2M Hill Federal Group,
Ltd., a consulting engineering firm. He
development in the C.I.S. He and his
wife, Driedra, live in Houston. Satjiv
Chahil is vice-president of the New
Media division at Apple Computer, Inc.
He was also recently named senior vice­president
of worldwide communications
at Apple. He resides in Los Altos, CA.
Peter W. Clark is CFO, vice- president,
finance and operations at Buena Vista
Software. He lives with his wife, Jane, in
Menlo Park, CA. Basil N. Dr ossos is
president at General Motors-Argentina
He and his wife, Eugenia, live in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. Douglas B. Fencl is
general manager at Austin Horn Collec­tion.
He lives with his wife, Diane, in
Coto de Caza, CA. John P. Gibson is
director at Maharishi Vedic University.
He and his wife, SidneY,live in Phoenix.
Curtis E. Grandy is purchasing manag­er
at Goer Manufacturing-West in Cedar
City, UT. John M. Hancock is associate
general counsel at Blue Cross of Wash­ington
and Alaska He lives in Bellevue,
WA. Reelana C. Hunter Peden is coun­ty
commissioner for Parker County, TX.
NETWORK: SOYBEANS
Reuniting at the
American Soybean
Association's
Intemational Staff
Conference in St Louis,
are: (I to r) Jim Hershey
'84, Europe Division
Director/St Louis; Jim
Echle '72, Regional
Director/Singapore;
Phil Laney '71, Country
Director/China; Tom Brennan '79, Regional DirectorNienna; and Rick
Row '79, Regional Director/Cyprus.
and his wife, Patti, reside in Thornton,
CO. Todd Tlmrwachter is now
Principal Commercial Consul in Osaka,
Japan, after 11 years in Asia with the
U.S. Commercial Service. He is busy pro­moting
U.S. exports and keeping up with
three active boys. James (Jim) D.
Wilson is senior vice-president at
Cornell Capital Group, Ltd. in Wayne,
P A. Silas H. Zirkle is a tax compliance
and research specialist at Miller, Allen &
Co., P.C. in Phoenix.
'76
Robin J . Adair Ensign is group and
convention services coordinator at
Monterey Peninsula Visitors and
Convention Bureau. She
lives with her husband,
Christopher, in
Monterey, CA. Paul
Alcazar is president
at LatLink Corporation
in Miami. He lives with
his wife, Marlene. Robin M. Bird is
director of manufacturing at Schneider
National, Inc. in Green Bay, WL J im
Bohlander is vice-president and general
manager at Cargill, Inc. (pan American
Department). He and his wife, Martha
Fletcher Bohlander, live in Eden
Prairie, MN. Gates Grissom Brelsford
is director of investor relations at Xavier
Corporation, a promoter of oil and gas
She lives in Weatherford, TX. Norbert
W. Josten is president at Josten
Associates in Wallingford, P A. Csaba
George Kerekes is deputy territorial
auditor for the American Samoa Govern­ment
in pago Pago, American Samoa
Mark J. Kerrissey is manager at
American Products Resource Center in
Houston, TX. Ramesh Mohan
Manikkam is sales representative at
R.B.O. Equipment in Phoenix. Luis
Molinar-Sanz and his wife, Vicki,
founded Sacred Circle Teachings in
1994, combining ancient Shamanic and
Yogic practices with psychotheraputic
process to assist individuals with emo­tional
awareness and healing. They
reside in Boulder, CO. Brian W. Noon is
managing director at Noon International
in Wheaton, IL. J udy S. Purze is owner
of Gearhead in Irving, TX. Jack E.
Schall is senior vice-president at Central
Illinois Bancorp in Hillside, IL.
Cassandra D. Stiles is vice-president at
Standard Chartered Bank in San Diego.
Marnie Tenden is director of marketing
at Southern California Economic
Partnership in Diamond Bar, CA.
Christine M. Wilfer is president at
Cookies By Design in Appleton, WI.
'17
Susan D. Arnold is a student at the
Perkins School of Theology, S.M.U. in
Dallas, TX. She is pursuing a degree to
become an ordained minister in the
United Methodist Church. Gregory B.
Casey is administrative officer for the
United States Peace Corps. He and his
wife, Lisa, live in Moscow. Sara G_
Chadwick is senior consultant at
Republic Health Services, Inc. in San
Antonio, TX. Thomas Chambe rlain,
J r. is managing director at cm in Miami,
FL. Patrick R. Consorti is director,
lcon.Japan service at Cisco Systems in
San Jose, CA. Michael M. Dixon is
international business manager at
Carhartt, Inc. He and his wife, Clara, live
in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. Salvatore
J . Galatioto is first vice-president/
deputy regional manager at Societe
Generale in New York, NY. Sharon M.
Graham is director of international
sales at Wilton Industries in Woodridge,
IL. Thomas E. Halde r is controller at
Stravina, Inc. He lives with his wife,
Kimiko, in Simi Valley, CA. Barbara
Kamm is executive vice-president,
Southern California Group, at Silicon
Valley Bank in Newport BeaCh, CA.
Scott H. Learmonth is general manag­er-
Indonesia for British Gas Exploration
& Production. He lives with his wife,
Brook Learmonth '78, and two chil­dren,
in Jakarta, Indonesia Kenneth R.
Leavitt is president at White Water
Mountain Resorts in West Hartford, CT.
Jorgen Hakon Lie is general manager
at Bomasa-Bosques y Maderas, a wood
products manufacturer in Chile. He
resides with his wife, Sandra, in
Scottsdale, AZ. Eric M. Locke is direc­tor-
marketing/sales at lmmuno
Laboratories, Inc. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Lori L. Ludde n Pederson is involved
with sales at Sportek, a producer of golf
club components. She and her husband,
Keven, live in Scottsdale, AZ. Phillip M.
Martineau is vice-president at Pacific
Dunlop. He lives with his wife,
Stephanie, in Maplewood, MN. Michael
W. McBride is regional sales manager at
Balzers Process Systems. He and his
wife, Sharon, reside in Midlothian,
Virginia Rodolfo E. Milani is senior
vice-president at Donaldson, Lufkin &
Jenrette. He lives with his wife, Linda, in
Miami. Steven C. Mobley is consultant
at Stelos International Marketing & Sales
Co. in Fort Washington, MD. Don Z.
Moldovan is manager, new business
development at B.C. Leasing Associates
in Kensington, MD. Stephe n B.
Montgomery is area executive at IBM
Credit Corp. He lives in Grosse Pointe
Park, MI. Ziya Muhamedcani is presi­dent
at Madison Company, a sales and
marketing consulting/training firm in San
Francisco. Scott T. Nation is loan offi­cer
at Shelter Mortgage, a subsidiary of
Guaranty Bank. He lives in Tucson, AZ.
Frank M. Parsons is president at
Parsons Consulting in Brentwood, TN.
J ohn R. Sample is CPO-Europe, Middle
East, and Africa at Fisher Scientific
International, a manufacturer of labora­tory
supplies, scientific apparatus, and
laboratory chemicals. He and his wife,
Celia, reside in Carlisle, MA. Mary C.
Schlesing is owner of Sweet Celebra­tions
Catering & Events. She and her
husband, Ray, reside in San Diego.
Steven R. Scott is manager, strategic
business at Tandem Computers. He and
his wife, Mari, live in Scotts Valley, CA.
J an A. Seymour is senior installation
consultant at Ultradata in Pleasanton,
CA. L. Craig Shelley is vice-president
at Re/Max International, Inc. He and his
wife, Jessie, live in Castle Rock, CO.
Mary Pat Sloan worked at Alpha­Graphics
in Phoenix and Tucson from
graduation until October of 1993. Since
then she has been managing director of
AG Franchising and Leasing, which runs
the AlphaGraphics International Master
License for the former Soviet Union. She
lives in Moscow. Dennis J. Smith is
teaching English and marketing at BIMC,
a private school with headquarters in
Malaysia. He recently accepted a new
contract to teach in Beijing after 2_
years in Changsha, Hunan. Javier G.
Vasquez is sales-marketing vice-presi­dent
at Empresas la Famosa, Inc. He
lives with his wife, Clorinda, in Carolina,
Puerto Rico. Rhonda Viney Grinun is
assistant vice-president at Equitable
Bank in Arlington, TX. Barbara Volk
Rivera is vice-president and manager,
regional credit at Surnitomo Bank. She
lives with her husband, Rene, in
Chicago. David C. Wiesley is senior
vice-president, business development at
Title Insurance de Mexico in Dallas.
Robert J. Zuurdeeg is senior technical
architect at Locus Computing Corpora­tion.
He lives with his wife, Jean, in
Dayton, OR.
'78
George A. Abreu is senior vice-presi­dent
at Zust Bachmeier (USA) in
Houston. David W_ Andrus is reporting
analyst at Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi. Stanton C. Bussell is invest­ment
executive at Paine Webber. He
lives with his wife, Susan, in Waco, TX.
Douglas W. Cole is director of invest­ment
strategy at Glass Financial in
Phoenix. John M. Davis is international
sales manager at Rotary Lift in Madison,
IN. Raymond P. Fedorko is vice-presi­dent
at Merrill Lynch Int'l Bank. He lives
in Bloomfield, NJ. Michael J. Finnerty
is director of community service for the
March of Dimes, Indiana Chapter. He
lives with his wife, Colleen, in
Indianapolis. J. Jeffery Fowlds is head
of the stock research, sales and trading
department at Hanifen Imhoff Inc., a
large investment banking company in
Denver and the region's only voting
member of the New York Stock
Exchange. Stephen A. Fredericks is
vice-president/director of leasing at
Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation in
New York, NY. Warren M. Gitt is presi­dent
at AOA in Hunt Valley, MD. Pamela
V. Gutman is senior consultant at SRI
International. She and her fiance, AI
Baltz, live in Walnut Creek, CA. Her play,
"The Eleventh Commandment" is in
development in San Francisco. Ralph
M. Hartman is vice-president of opera­tions
at Pacific Health Corporation. He
lives with his wife, Nina, in South Gate,
CA. Aleana L. Hiles is senior vice-presi­dent
at Bank of America-illinois. She
lives in Chicago. Sandra Iden Asheim
is West Coast marketing director at
Howard Johnson and Co. She lives with
her husband, Dave, in San Francisco.
Ronald L. Jones is finance director at
Delphi Chassis Systems (General
Motors). He and his wife, Deborah,
reside in Le Vesinet, France. Gregory
Joslyn is senior marketing representa­tive
at Acordia of Southern California
He lives with his wife, Diane, in Newport
Beach, CA. John P. Klecker is senior
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project analyst at Krnart Corporation. He
joined the company in June 1995 and is
responsible for worldwide income state­ment
consolidations and the implemen­tation
of a new finacial reporting/fore­casting
system. He and his wife, Sandra,
live in Troy, MI. Mark A. Lindblad is
branch general manager at Current
Assets LLC in Minneapolis. John May is
regional contracting officer for USAID in
Amman, Jordan. He is responsible for
negotiating the development assistance
contracts for USAID in Yemen, Oman,
Jordan and the West Bank and Gaza
strip. He was previously stationed in
Yaounde and Chad. Norman J. Mullen
is president, broker/appraiser at Home­stead
Realty, Inc. He lives in LakeSide,
AZ. R. Jay Powell III is director at
Texas Trade and Finance in Dallas. He
lives with his wife, Laura Tod S.
Rankin is vice-president-<>perations at
Tug Manufacturing Company, a manu­facturer
of ground-support equipment
for airlines. He lives with his wife,
Peggy, in Lexington, KY. Thomas C.
Reycraft is senior vice-president at
Newbridge Communications, Inc. in
New York, NY. Sara L. Shine de
Orellana is business analyst at Cable­vision.
She specializes in cable television
translation and is a self-employed finan­cial
consultant. She and her husband,
Carlos, live in Hendersonville, NC. Todd
G. Stadmiller is financial consultant at
Merrill Lynch in Oakland, CA. Stephen
L. Warden is owner of Warden Realty in
Oak Park, IL. Larry S. Wolfe is director
in Guatemala for PLAN International, an
international development, child spon­sorship
organization. He resides in
Guatemala City.
'79
Crichton A. Adams is owner of Oxford
Marketing Systems, a natural resource
development company in Oxford, MD.
Jean-Pierre Adda is managing director
at GMT, a provider of health and beauty
products in Monterey, CA. Richard E.
Bredenberg is West Coast regional
manager at Prentice-Hall, Inc. He lives in
Rossmoor, CA. Caroline F. Brodnitz
McNally is vice-president, brand mar­keting
at Visa International. She and her
husband, Michael, live in San Mateo, CA.
William J. Cooney III is marketing
program manager at Leasetec Corpora­tion
in Needham, MA. Jeff Fadley is
principal at the Hydra Group, a manage­ment
consulting finn specializing in
assisting financially distressed business­es.
He was also elected State Chair for
California for the recent White House
Conference on Small Business. He lives
with his wife, Sally, and daughter,
Lauren, in San Marino, CA. Gary E.
Glaser is Latin America sales manager
at Spectra-Physics, a manufacturer of
bar code laser SCaImers in Eugene, OR.
He resides with his wife, CaI'la, in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Jane J. Hampson is
senior lecturer-faculty-M.S. at lllinois
Institute of Technology in Chicago.
Sachiko !ida is sales engineer at
National Machinery Co. in Tiffin, OH.
Nancy J. Irwin is lead compensation
analyst at Micron Technology, Inc. in
Boise, ID. Larry G. Jones is broker at
Snowmass Real Estate Company in
Snowmass Village, CO. Theodore
(Ted) W. Krimbill is owner of TWK
Consulting International in Phoenix.
John J. McCuen, Jr. is owner/presi-dent
at Outdoor Products & Technolo­gies
Corp. He and his wife, Nancy, live in
Troy, MI. Paul A. Milo, Jr. is vice-presi­dent/
corporate officer at Visual Edge in
Silicon Valley. He lives with his wife,
Teresa, and daughters, Amy and Audrey,
in Palo Alto, CA. W. Robert Mole and
his wife, Susan L. Hamrick Mole, live
in Park City, UT. Robert is a former man­ager
at Lockheed Corporation and is
now president of his own consulting
finn, The Perry Group, which specializes
in technology consulting services and
mergers and acquisition services. Susan
is a former manager at UNOCAL and is
now running her own creative arts com­pany.
They have ason, Thomas. JoAnne
Myers is implementation leader at Merit
Behavioral Care in Maryland Heights,
MO. Lee M. Norris is partner at
Fairview International Management
Group. He lives with his wife, Debra, in
Raleigh, NC. William M. O'Grady is
director, international at Lincoln
Automotive in St. Louis. Brian M.
Stangle is vice-president at MasterCard
International. He lives with his wife,
Wendy, in New Fairfield, CT. John A.
Tuttle is services consultant at Entre
Computer Centers in Mt. Pleasant, MI.
Doris M. Vincent is seminar director at
Visa International in Miami, FL. Stevon
P. Watson is president at SW Informa­tion
Technology Systems. He lives with
his wife, Carolyn, in Laveen, AZ.
Thomas C. Whiting is sales manager at
mc Services, Inc., an export trading
company. He lives with his wife, Patti, in
Fernandina Beach, FL. Robert W.
Whittemore is vice-president at The
Chase Manhattan Bank, N A He and his
wife, Youko, live in Brooklyn, NY. Peter
S. Wood works for Moore Medical Corp.
in New Britain, CT. John E.
Yiannakakis is manager, finance at RD
Instruments. He lives in Bonita, CA.
'80
John Borden is director of investor rela­tions
for Chase Manhattan Corp.
Previously he was with Chemical Bank
and Manufacturers Hanover Corp. Julie
A. Chitwood is development coordina­tor
at Yosemite National Institutes, an
environmental education organization.
She resides in Grass Valley, CA. Frank J.
Corbishley is priest at The Chapel of the
Venerable Bede, the episcopal church
and chapel of the University of Miami. He
lives with his wife, Deborall, in Miami.
Narciso Erana is vice-president in the
Treasury Division of BA Savings Bank in
Manilla, Philippines. He is in charge of
treasury sales and the fx trading and for­eign
currency deposit desk. Kent
Fortney is a consultant to Santa Fe
Drilling in Aberdeen, Scotland. Since
graduating, he has eaIlled a degree in
petroleum engineering and is a certified
cost engineer. Recent work includes
more tllan a year in Kuwait, partly with
the oil well fires project. He resides in
Mesa, AZ. Paul Fox is trade manager at
Via Transports, an irnpOlter and whole­saler
of U.S. casual wear and leisure
products. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Susan R. Gripentrog is director, inter­national
distributor operations at Schein
Bayer Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. She
resides in Morristown, NJ. Dorothy
Senger Imwold is witll the Department
of State as a Foreign Service Officer. In
1994 she and her husband, Dennis, and
their two girls, Lindsay and Lauren,
transfered from Nassau, Bahamas to
Washington, D.C. In July of 1996 Dorothy
will move to the Bureau of European and
Canadian Affairs, where she will be
responsible for the administration of a
nunlber of European embassies. She
writes: "As a Thunderbird alumnus oftlle
class of '80, I have been remiss at keep­ing
in touch .... I'd like to here from my
classmates." She and her fam.ily reside in
Arlington, VA. William Keiper is presi­dent,
CEO at Artisoft Inc. in Los Angeles.
George S. Kuck is a self-employed soft­ware
trainer/consultant. He and his wife,
Angela, live in Scottsdale, AZ. Kenneth
E. Le Fevre, Jr. is senior programmer/
analyst for the Community College MIS
Consortium. He lives with his wife,
Cindy, in Antelope, CA. Gaetan (Guy)
C. Lion is senior financial analyst/credit
analysis at Federal Home Loan Bank of
San Francisco. Hal Meeks writes that he
is "up to his elbows in dough," in a bak­ery
in Saba, Netherlands Antilles, along
witll Judy Meeks. John D. Morrow is
principal at The Rogers Alliance, Inc. in
Dallas. Gregory C. Mueth is group
account director at The Waylon Co., a
sales promotion agency. He lives with his
wife, Jill, in St. Louis. Rona Neuneker
Houston is account supelvisor at Fellers
and Company, an advertising agency in
Austin, TX. William H. Nicholson is
general manager at Insituform
Technologies, Inc. in Kailua, m. Paul H.
Nordin is director of sales and market­ing
at Gemini BioProducts, Inc. in
Calabasas, CA. Karen S. Norelli is
applications engineer at AT&T Micro­electronics.
She lives with her husband,
Nick, in Betlllehem, PA. Patrick L.
Pancoast is president at Market Abilities
Unlimited, Inc. He lives with his wife,
Jean, in Brussels, Belgiwn. John C.
Paxson is chief, veterans assistance sec­tion
at the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs. He lives with his wife, Francine,
in Redondo Beach, CA. Joaquin Pericas
is director, marketing research at Coca­Cola
Foods in Houston. He lives with his
wife, Christina, in Katy, TX. Richard F.
Slade is account executive at Insight
Investments in Orange, CA. He resides in
Phoenix. Birger M. Svendsen, Jr. is
human resources director at Coca-Cola's
Nordic and Northern Eurasia Division,
headquartered in Oslo. The Division cov­ers;
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark,
Iceland, EstOnia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Kazakhstan, Moldova, and Russia. BirgeI'
writes tllat "with this territory, Thunder­bird
is a natural and proven source for
recruitment and 1 expect to come back
for more interviews." Mark S. Unglaub
is sales representative at Stanley Hard­ware.
He lives in San Ramon, CA. Ralph
D. Wagner is reference librarian at
Westfield State College in Westfield, MA.
K. Yamana is vice managing director of
MMC Automotive Espana, SA, a sub­Sidiary
of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. He is
responsible for sales and distribution of
cars and trucks in Spain. He lives in
Madrid with his wife, Etsuko and daugh­ter,
Nozomi.
'81
Oscar Martin Aguado is general man­ager
at Banco Mercantil SA in
Managua, Nicaragua. Derene R. Allen
Hinchliff is professor at Instituto
Tecnol6gico y de Estudios Superiores de
Monterrey. She lives with her husband,
Willianl, in Garza Garcia, Mexico.
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William L. Boatwright is vice-presi­dent
at Prudential Securities. He lives
with his wife, Leslie, in Santa Monica,
CA. Kim A. Childs Busch is trade coor­dinator
at Caterpillar World Trading
Corp. She lives in Peoria, IL. Dana E.
Christman is director at Oklahoma
State University-Olanulgee. She lives
with her husband, Matthew. Lani E.
Clark is a self-employed certified finan­cial
planner in St. John, VA. John R.
Davenport is manager, operations
accounting at Marriott International in
Washington, DC. Chrisopher P. Deily
is vice-president at Citibank-Private
Banking Group. He lives with his wife,
Diane, in Houston. Joseph-John
Delello, Jr. is senior district manager at
Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America He
and his wife live in Coral Gables, FL.
Ellen M. Dieringer is spe­cial
agent at North­western
Mutual Life
Insurance. She lives
with her husband,
Bruce, in Dearborn,
MI. John M. Drabier is
vice-president-portfolio
manager at Principle Financial
Securities in San Antonio, TIC Marc D.
Galligan is associate director at Bear
Sterns in New York, NY. Wilson W.
Haizlip is a lawyer at Chambliss &
Bahner law finn. He lives in
Chattanooga, TN. Alain G. Hartmann
is partner at Key Group, Ltd. in Tucson,
AZ. Leslie K. Healy Platschka is now a
homemaker. She, her husband, Winfried,
and two children, Katharine, 5 and
Natalie, 2 live in Princeton, NJ. Shirley
C. Henning is vice-president at Citicorp
Securities, Inc. She lives in New York,
NY. Maria (Lull) Heras is president of
the Greater Houston Partnership's
Economic Development Division, and is
responsible for developing and imple­menting
programs to market Houston to
both domestic and foreign companies to
attract new projects to the region. She
lives with her husband, Leo, in Houston.
Jennifer S. Houghton is business
development manager at Castor
Telecoms in France. SlU\iiv Kapur is
principal investment officer at Inter­national
Finance Corporation. He lives
in Bethesda, MD. Wouter Jack Korijn
is director at Etam Groep. He lives in
Den Haag, Netherlands. Keviin C. Lee is
controller at Glyko, Inc., a biotechnology
finn. He lives with his wife, Tanet, in
Berkeley, CA. John G. Matt-Gongora
is general sales manager at KASW TV61
Media America Corp. in Phoenix. James
M. McCague is vice-president at The
Surnitomo Bank, Limited. He lives with
his wife, Fabienne, in Pittsburg, PA. Jan
Meertens is director of the Internation­al
Centre for Extrication Techniques
(ICET), a specialist group in the Nether­lands
tasked to prepare and run integrat­ed
physicallmedical rescue courses
which are attended by firefighters, ambu­lance
paramedics and pre-hospital trau­ma
teams. Theresa L. Nilges Risch is
self-employed in interactive distribution.
She and her husband, James, live in
O'Fallon, MO. Robin Pegue-Shinnick is
owner of Pegue Assoc. Interiors in
Darien, CT. J. Scott Porter is vice-pres­ident,
international corporate finance at
Enron Corporation in Houston. Babs
Potviin Ryan-Valenza is managing
director at Waring & LaRosa Direct, a
direct marketing agency. Her biggest
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client is Fisher-Price Toys. She and her
husband, Charles, live in New York, NY.
Douglas L. Red is general manager at
ING Bank-Shanghai Branch in China
Elizabeth L. ReVeal Adriaanse and
her husband, Robert, live in Kennett
Square, P A. They have two children,
Karen, 4 and Laura, 2. Steven A. Smith
is director-business information at
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. in San
Francisco. Tom F. Soder is principal at
Soder Technical, a provider of technical
assistance & research for secondary
fiber pulp mills. He and his wife, Leigh
Ann, live in Memphis. Robert M.
Strickland works for Coca-Cola Co. He
and his wife, Marianne (Nina) McCoy
Strickland '82, reside in Caracas,
Venezuela and have two daughters, ages
3 and 1_. They report that everything is
"chevere"! Teresa K. Sundberg Gartl'
is resident physician at the University of
Utah School of Medicine in Salt Lake
City, UT. Dexter M. Thompson, Jr. is
associate judge at the Circuit Court for
Cecil County, The Second Judicial
Circuit of Maryland in Elkton, MD.
Victor Val Dere is director of market­ing
for DocuPrint, Inc. which provides
graphics and printing services to
European customers who need mailings
in the U.S. He is based in France. David
R. Webster is general manager at Hotel
Temple Square Corporation in Salt Lake
City. He lives with his wife, Syvia, in
Bountiful, UT. Christopher R. White is
manager, zone sales at American Isuzo
Motors in Irvine, CA. Craig L. Wisda is
Director of accounting for Airport Group
International, Inc. and assistant con­troller
for Hawaii Fueling Facilities
Corp. He and his wife, Debbie, live in
Glendale, CA. Osamu Yoshii is presi­dent
at Select International Co., Ltd. in
Matsudo, Japan.
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Linda L. Aleshire is vice-president at
Banque Paribas. She lives with her hus­band,
Michael, in Los Angeles. J.
Graham Alexander is an attorney in
San Francisco specializing in trade law.
He lives with his wife, Anita, in Castro
Valley, CA. Maria Ines Angel Breton is
senior buyer at Makro de Colombia She
lives with her husband, Guillermo, in
Bogota, Colombia Paul Banas is group
marketing manager at Van Den Bergh
Foods Company, a subsidiary of
Unilever. Marcia A. Bradford is vice­president
at Citizens Bank in Washing­ton,
DC. She lives with her husband, Al,
in Centreville, VA. Steven G. Crane is
president at Asia Information Services.
He lives with his wife, Debbie, in Mt.
Pleasant, SC. Bel\iarnin G. Cruz is prin­cipal
at Oracle Travel-Related Services.
He lives with his wife, Debra, in
Baltimore, MD. Thomas R. Curran, Jr.
is a shareholder in the law finn of
Howard & Howard. He speCializes in
business, international and antitrust law
at the finn's office in Bloomfield Hills,
MI. Gary M. Delemeester is senior pro­ducer
at BBDO in New York, NY.
William G. Fleury is analyst for the
Government of Oman, Palace Office. He
resides with his wife, Marichu, in
Williamstown, MA. Todd E. Gaertner
is business development manager at
Swagelok Co., a manufacturer of fluid
system components. He resides with his
wife, Cindy, in Singapore. Douglas G.
Hansen is a self-employed publisher at
Nature Connection. He lives with his
wife, FeliCia, in San Diego. David
McEachran Jones is vice­president/
director at M.C. Healthcare
Products, Inc. in Beamsville, Ontario,
Canada. Carolyn J. Kull is vice-presi­dent/
assistant treasurer at Grand
Metropolitan Incorporated, a branded
foods/drinks company in Minneapolis.
Jin Sook Lee is director of sales and
marketing at Vector Marketing Korea
Ltd. She lives in Seoul, Korea Alan A.
Long is commercial service officer at
the U.S. Department of Commerce. He
and his wife, Chieko, live in sao Paulo,
Brazil. Mark D. Mandel is senior retail
analyst at The Chicago Corp. in New
York, NY. Gerald A. Nagle is regional
president at Fleet Bank. He and his wife,
Denise, live in Castleton-on-Hudson, NY.
Steven E. Nicley is site acquisition
coordinator at GTE MobilNet in Nash­ville,
TN. Dal Norris is export develop­ment
manager at International Trade
Group, LLC. He and his wife, Susan, live
in Beaverton, OR. David P. Pentoney is
a self employed wine broker at Pen toney
Wine Marketing. He and his wife, Sarah,
live in Sacramento, CA. Mario J. Pinto
is senior accountant at Canadian Feed
Screws Manufacturing, Ltd. He lives
with his wife, Jean, in Scarborough,
Ontario, Canada Debbie A. Rowland
Markheim is owner partner at Sustain­able
Lifestyles in Excelsior, MN. Mary
Ann Seabrook Bashaw is vice-presi­dent,
consumer division at Laidlaw
Corp. She lives in Phoenix with her hus­band,
Eric, and two daughters, Clair and
Hannah. Sandra K. Shogren is senior
implementation manager at J.D.A.
Software. She lives in Scottsdale, AZ.
Miquel A. Silva is director of finance at
American Wind Energy Assc. in Wash­ington,
DC. Carolyn H. Vanagez is a
self-employed management recruiter,
working on contract with executive
search firms. She and her husband,
Mark, live in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Steve E. Weiner is president at MTC
Japan Ltd., an international telecommu­nications
company. He and his wife,
Stacy, live in Tokyo.
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Rosi Bohabot is assistant to the vice­president
at Cooperative Housing
Foundation, a non-profit organization
assisting low-income families. She and
her husband, Jorge Bohabot, reside in
Peru, although Rosi is working in Silver
Spring, MD. Sebastian (CB) Bonner is
project director at Columbia University
Research Foundation. He lives with his
wife, Echo, in New York, NY. Ann L.
Breese is research manager at Apple
Computer. She lives in San Jose, CA
Scot A. Chamberlin is area director at
Kemet Electronics Corporation. He and
his wife, Jacqueline, live in San
Clemente, CA. RoseMarie (DaSilva)
De Souza married David Monteflore De
Souza on August 27, 1995. RoseMarie is
an instructor of management and under­graduate
advisor at the school of busi­ness
at Florida Institute of Technology,
in Melbourne, FL. John M. DeLap is
president at Televerify. He lives in
Huntington Beach, CA. Dawn M.
Dubinbaum is owner of Dawn Taylor
Associates in New York, a recruiting!
placement finn specializing in placing
macro economists in banking, finance,
and economics globally. She resides in
Westport, CT. Marisa C. Felker is vice­president/
commercial lender at Citibank
in New York. She lives with her husband,
Gary, in Chappagua, NY. Monyca Price
Flack gave birth to a daughter, Allison
Hallie on February 4, 1996. She joins sis­ter
Mara Lauren. The family resides in
Buffalo Grove, IL. Tonuis C. Iglesias is
a self-employed international trade and
negotiations consultant. He and his wife,
Gladys, live in Garza Garcia, Mexico.
Bart Kohnhorst is sales director-Nordic
region at Nortel B.V. in the Netherlands.
He lives with his wife, Jennifer.
Nobuyuki Kondo is president at ICR
International, Inc. in Walpole, MA. Joel
C. Kozlak is vice-president at First Bank
System in Minneapolis. Olga Lintymer
Kramar is sales representative at
Innovative Health Systems in
Sacramento, CA Martin A. Mahowald
is partner at Mahowald Insurance
Agency. He lives with his wife, Betsy, in
St. Cloud, MN. Kathryn Mohlenkamp
Napolitano is involved with grants man­agement
for Westchester County in New
York. She lives with her husband,
Michael, in Yorktown Heights, NY. Peter
F. Mohrhardt is purchasing manager at
Casio Manufacturing Corporation in San
Diego. He lives with his wife, Kristina
John Dean Richards is CPA and resi­dentiallending
group manager at 1st
Nationwide Bank in San Francisco.
Myrna L. Rodriguez is marketing man­ager
at m World Directories in San
Juan, PR. Stephen M. Sarro is
import/export coordinator at Daniel B.
Hastings, Inc., a customshouse brokerl
international freight forwarder. He lives
with his wife, Dorothy Krebs Sarro
'77, in Laredo, TX Elizabeth T.
Schumann Olsen is chief financial offi­cer
at International E-Z Up, Inc. She and
her husband, Jeffiy, live in Alta Lorna,
CA. Mark J. Sheahan, CPA is business
manager at Park Forest School District
163 in Park Forest, IL. He lives with his
wife, Melissa, in Oak Park, IL. Gaylen G.
Spear is retirement benefits coordinator
at J.R. Simplot Company. He and his
wife, Jeanne, reside in Nussa, OR.
Debbie Stem Schatzman is marketing
consultant at BDS Consulting. She and
her husband, Bruce, live in Mercer
Island, WA. Robert W. Van Essen is
area export manager, Eastern Europe at
Friesland Dairy Food in Leeuwarden,
The Netherlands. James K. Ward is
worldwide account director for
Microsoft at Wieden and Kennedy, which
was responsible for the worldwide intro­duction
of Windows '95. He lives with his
wife, Dawne E. Cotton Ward, in
Portland, OR. Robin S.N. Yim is vice­president
and director at ABN Amro
North America, Inc. in San Francisco.
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Rao R. Anand is a self-employed con­sultant
at Anand & Associates. He lives
with his wife, Indu, in Phoenix.
Katheryn (Curley) A. Baca is ESL­EFL
director at World Book Internation­al.
She lives with her husband, Richard,
in Chicago. Marion Bacon is an interna­tional
business instructor at Lake Tahoe
Community College in South Lake
Tahoe, CA. Alfred L. Becklin is con­troller
at Red Lion Hotels. He and his
wife, Marta Elena Davila-Becklin '95,
live in La Mesa, CA. Alane M. Bowling
is senior marketing manager, advertising
at Macromedia She lives in San
Francisco. Campbell (Cam) K.
Chaney is senior director at Rodman &
Renshaw Inc. He lives in Concord, CA.
Douglass C. Colbert is vice-president
at Profit Technologies International
Corp. He lives in Charlotte, NC. Robert
J. Cvancara is manager, international at
Salazar Associates International in
Denver, CO. Margaret E. Everhart
Murtha is international marketing man­ager
at Amana Refrigeration, Inc. She
and her husband, Greg, live in Victor, lAo
Geoffrey J. Francolini, CFA is vice­president
at Goepel Shields & Partners,
Inc. He lives with his wife, Wendy, in
Toronto. Tamara A. Gooden is manag­er
of market research at G.D. Searle &
Co. She and her husband, Kenneth, live
in Northbrook, IL. Manfred Hader is
vice-president, sales and marketing at
Weco Optical Machinery in Diisseldorf,
Germany. Scott H. Heim is executive
vice-president at Boyt Luggage in
Englewood, NJ. Ann E. Jackson
Matteson is director at Fidelity
Investments in Boston. Fritz A.
Johnson is marketing manager-en cap­sulants
at Johnson Matthey Electronics.
He lives with his wife, Takako, in San
Jose, CA. Jonathan D. Katz is vice­president
of planning, turbocharging sys­tems
at AlliedSignal, Inc. He lives with
his wife, Diane, in Rancho Palos Verdes,
CA. Thomas A. Kinneary is senior
sales representative-Latin America at
The TimKen Company. He and his wife,
Roxana, live in Coral Springs, FL.
Robert L. Kuller is managing director
at Vexel Corporation, an investment
company in Stockholm, Sweden. Terry
L. Leines is manager, subscription ser­vices
at Excel Telecommunications, Inc.
in Dallas. Thomas A. Lynum is analyst
at Fleet Capital in Dallas. He lives with
his wife, Sandy. Joaquin Ramon
Marcia is vice-president at AlS
International, Inc. He lives with his wife,
Vivian, in Key Biscayne, FL. Kim E.
Metli is director of business services at
Grossmont College in El Cajon, CA.
llideaki Mizuno is manager at Mitsui
Life Asset Management America
Corporation in New York, NY. Patricia
G. Nicotera-Saitow is director of prod­uct
marketing at Powerhouse
Entertainment, a developer/publisher of
CD-ROM entertainment software. She
lives with her husband, Jeffrey, in
Flower Mound, TX. Curtis A. Orrben is
involved with regional sales/marketing
at AgrEvo USA Company. He lives with
his wife, Brenda, in Carrollton, TX.
Marta R. Petter is marketing manager
at Intervisual Communications, a divi­sion
of RR Donnelly. She lives in
Chicago. Jukka Viljam Pylkkanen is
vice-president at Scanice Inc. in Santa
Monica, CA. Mark Reinisch is A VP/mar­keting
manager with Scudder Ltd., one
of the largest U.S. global asset managers,
in London, England. He is responsible
for Scandinavia, the German speaking
countries, and Eastern Europe. Eric J.
Siano is involved with strategic planning
at General Motors Acceptance
Corporation. He lives with his wife,
Judy, in Rochester Hills, MI. Scott E.
Steele is director, business develop­ment
at Wintermute Aviation, Inc. in
Atlanta. H. Delight Stone is a self-
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employed archaeologist and mother. She
and her husband, Clifford, reside in
Salem, OR. Sher R. Taton is corporate
Marcom program manager at Texas
Instrunlents, Inc. in Dallas. Clifford J .
Uy is customer team manager at
Logistix. He and his wife, Caroline,
reside in Fremont, CA.
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Lourdes Alfonso is director of account
services at Marketing Americas Group,
Inc. in Coral Gables, FL. Karen L.
Baldauff is marketing communications
manager at Emcon in San Jose, CA.
Wilhelm Bang is managing director at
Paus & Paus, AS in Oslo, Norway.
Andrew Beckman is account manager
at Fair, Isaac & Co. He and his wife,
Collette, live in San Francisco. Denise
A. Bertholon Frias is a bilingual first
grade teacher for the Pomona Unified
School District. She lives in Anaheinl,
CA. Tiling Chao is a recruiter at
Northwest Airlines, Inc. in Los Angeles.
Lilly and Co. He resides in Apple Valley,
CA. Debbie Kaplan and Bob Kaplan
had their second child last January, a
boy named Jonal1. They and their other
son, Jared, relocated to Tucson, AZ in
December to run a manufacturing com­pany.
Bruce J. Kolb is CEO at Kolb &
Sons, a real estate company in
Milwaukee, WI. He is also vice-president
and treasurer at Sunset Valley Mansion
Residents Association in Angeles City,
Philippines. R. Gary LeCheminant is
analyst at Hexcel Corporation in
Pleasanton, CA. Lisa M. Lobue is
involved with international product
development at Visa International in
Foster City, CA. Taryn McCown-Veytia
is director of Europe at Vans, Inc. She
lives with her husband, Stephen, in
Paris. David L. Parker is regional man­ager,
AsialPacific at Intersolv, Inc. He
lives with his wife, Olga, in North
Potomac, MD. Kathleen A. Phibbs
Pierz is president at Great Wall
Consulting, Beijing, specializing in strat·
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Alumni gather in Hong Kong in early
December to share stories of their recent endeavors in one of the most
dynamic business centers in the world.
Lorenzo Cusani-Visconti is traffic net­work
manager at Allergan, Inc. He lives
with his wife, Usa, in Waco, TX. Peter
C. Finger is account supervisor at
Halligan & Associates, an industrial mar­keting
consulting firm. He lives in
Chicago. Hector M. Guerrero recently
received an M.A. degree from San
Francisco State University in political
science, and is currently pursuing a Ph.D
at the University of California, Santa
Barbara, specializing in Latin America
and the Caribbean. Theresa (Terry) M.
Gruber-Tapsoba is marketing and com­munications
manager at Population
Services International. She, her husband,
Valentin, and daughter, Stephanie, are
pleased to announce the arrival of
Michael Patrick Delwende Tapsoba on
September 7, 1995. They reside in
Conakry, Guinea Janet M. Haniffy is
employed at the State Bar of California
in San Francisco. Anthony J. Hartman
is production manager at Magnunl
Design, a multimedia company in San
Francisco. Gregory J . Hausdorfis
legal assistant at Jenkens & Gilchrist in
Dallas. Jay G. Heiser is product manag­er
at Norman Data Defense Systems, Inc.
in Fairfax, VA. Sy-Yau (Sean) Jeng is
vice-president at Rosenthal Collins
Group, Taiwan, a provider of derivatives
trading services. He lives in Taipei,
Taiwan. James F. Johnson works at Eli
egy and marketing consulting to
U.S'/Chinese joint-ventures. She and her
husband, Michael, live in Beijing, China
Simone E. Redrupp is global manage­ment
associate at Citibank, N.A. She and
her husband, Eric, live in New York, NY.
John Schuldt is now South Pacific dis­trict
sales manager, worldwide export
operations, for Ford Motor Company
(Japan) Ltd. Schuldt, who was originally
scheduled to be stationed in Singapore,
writes: "One week prior to my departure
I was told that Singapore was out and
Tokyo was in'" Schuldt says he will be
located in Tokyo for the next two to
three years. J. (James) Townsend
Shelby is Spanish-English interpretor
for Language Line Services, a venture of
AT&T. He lives with his wife, Beula, in
San Diego. Keelie E. Snead Garbee is
product manager at Block Drug
Company. She lives in Westfield, NJ.
Harry Tippins is Latin American gener­al
manager for Network General Cor­poration.
He lives with his wife, Nilda,
and two children, Christian, 4 and
Daniel, 1 in Hollywood, FL. Mark D.
Webster is managing director at Inter­national
Flavors & Fragrances, Korea in
Seoul. William D. Wrobel II is interna­tional
account executive at McLaughlin
Gormley King Co. He lives with his wife,
Malyn, in Eden Prairie, MN.
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Claire M. Anderson Seibly is vice­president,
corporate bank marketing at
PNC Bank. She and her husband,
Gregory, live in Sewickley, P A. Alex A.
Astudillo is vice-president-country man­ager
at Stanford Financial Group in
Quito, Ecuador. Greg Banerian is con­troller
for European relations at Data I/O
Corp. GmbH. He lives in Munich,
Germany. Roberta (Bobbie) S. Bell is
attorney at Loeb and Loeb in New York,
NY. Suny Borges is marketing manager
at Motorola in Schaumburg, IL. Earl F.
Brosnahan is international sales direc­tor
at Publications International in
SkOkie, IL. Howard Cohen is director of
Trademark Services for Dennemeyer &
Co., based in Luxembourg. He says his e­mail
address is cohen@denpat.lu. James
K. Collins is project manager at
Wilson's, The Leather Experts. He and
his wife, OlQu, live in Minnetonka, MN.
Sarah L. Couchman Dove is professor
at Sonoma State University in Rohnert
Park, CA. Kathleen M. Donnelly is
self-employed at Thunderbird Designs in
Dover, FL. Eric Alberto Dormoi is gen­eral
manager-Central America at Bordon
de Guatemala, S.A. in Guatemala
Michael L. Dulaney is associate at
Entron Development
Corporation in
Houston. Nicholas B.
Gardner is attorney
at West Publishing
Corp. in St. Paul, MN.
Gregory M. Goodman
is financial advisor at
Prudential Securities in Nashville, TN.
Shauna Heran is general manager at
Union Camp Corporation, a paper/pack­aging
firm. She lives in Lodi, CA. Mark
A. Hornor is distributor manager, South
America at qad.inc. He lives in
Sunnyvale, CA. Hendra Kartasasita is
country general manager at Reckitt &
Colman, Indonesia in Jakarta. Ertan
Kesicier is vice-president at ln1isk
America, Inc. in Baldwin, NY.
Christopher Langholz is general man­ager
of Cargill-Malaysia, based in Kuala
Lumpur. Diane King is systems trainer
at Clinical Wormation Networks in
Atlanta. William L. Magers is president
at Quest Companies, Inc. in Sherman,
TX. James W. McDonald is a principal
manager of the equity and futures trad­ing
group in Morgan Stanley's propri­etary
trading operations in New York.
Richard D. Morean is assistant vice­preSident,
acquisitions at Kennedy
Associates Real Estate Counsel, Inc. He
lives with his wife, Barbara, in
Woodinville, WA. Michelle M. Nicolai
is director, business development at
Danzas Corporation in Redondo Beach,
CA. Matthew Ogboro is enrolled in tlle
doctoral program in public & interna­tional
affairs at the University of
Pittsburgh. He resides in Philadelphia
Michael E. Page is surety bond under­writer
with USF&G Insurance Company
in Louisville, KY. He and his wife, Leslie,
have two children-Laura and Saral1.
Rafael Pamias-Romero is marketing
manager at Danone, SA. He lives with
his wife, Linda M. Reichard, in
Barcelona, Spain. Dana Rogstad­Mansuri
is deputy executive officer at
the U.S. Agency for International
Development. She lives with her hus­band,
Jamal, and two children, Ariza, 7
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and Ali, 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dirk
D. Russell is S.E. Asia deputy claim
manager at A.I.G. in Singapore. Scott T.
Schaefer is vice-president at Bank One,
Arizona N.A. He lives with his wife, Kim,
in Phoenix. Mary Ryan Foss­Skiftesvik
has been appointed to the
Fulbright Commission of Cyprus as an
American representative for 1996. She
resides in Nicosia, Cyprus. Willy Detlef
Weber is managing director at Kurgan &
Cheviot Co. He is opening ajewelry
manufacturing/wholesale office for the
firm in Bangkok, Thailand. He lives with
his wife, Betty, in Bangkok. Carol E.
Wells is division accounting manager at
Exploratorium in San Francisco. P.
Todd Wightman is regional manager at
Healthrider, Inc. He lives in Idaho Falls,
lD. Lee D. Williams is coverage officer
at Morgan Stanley in Brooklyn, NY.
Walter A. Witschard, Jr. is senior pro­ject
analyst in the Microprocessor 6
Division at Intel. He and his wife,
Jeannine, live in Hillsboro, OR. Frank
D. Zanin is Arizona territory manager at
AAF International. He lives with his
wife, Patrea, in Phoenix.
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Manuela Alvarez is treasurer at Clover
Internacional, CA. She resides in
Caracas, Venezuela John H. Amick is
Eastern Europe country desk officer for
the United States Peace Corps. He lives
with his wife, Susan, in Takoma Park,
MD. Gabriele E. Baron is marketing
manager at Procter & Gamble in
Warsaw, Poland. Curtiss Beech is con­tract
manager at Arthur Andersen-Office
of Government Services' Partnership in
Development Progranl. He lives with his
wife, Anne Worrell Beech, in Cairo,
Egypt. Dean Bennion has joined the
Seattle, WA office of Piper Jaffray Inc.,
an investment firm. Suzanne N.
Bohnsack is client representative at
ffiM. She resides in Chicago. Michael H.
Buenning is managing director at
Schwing Shanghai Machinery Co. Ltd., a
subsidiary of Schwing GmbH. He and his
wife, Waisum, live in Shanghai, China.
Lynne M. Byrne is business/financial
analyst at Pangaea Partners, Ltd. in
Madison, WI. U. Steve Cabrera is
account manager at Marti, Flores, Prieto
& Wachtel in Houston. Timotlly
Carmody works at Ben Bridge Jeweler
Inc. in Seattle. Eric D. Coffield is gen­eral
manager at Gates InterAmerica, a
worldwide manufacturer of OEM and
aftermarket rubber products. He lives
with his wife, Maya Villalobos
Coffield, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Susanna Cordts French is director of
public relations at Pack, Paddle, Ski
Corp., an outdoor adventure company.
She lives with her husband, Steven, in S.
Lima, NY. Sheila E. Ebbitt
McLoughlin is manager, user support­MIS
at Prestone Products Corporation in
Danbury, CT. Aftf EI-Solli is president
and chief executive officer at inter­national
Capital Group Corporation in
New York, NY. Timotlly W. Evenson is
area manager at AT&T Capital Corpora­tion.
He lives with his wife, Karen, in
Maple Brove, MN. Pietro John Fiore is
an ESL teacher in the Boston School
System. He is also self-employed at
American Outdoor Adventure Tours, Inc.
He lives with his wife, Nancy, in
Hamilton, MA. Emilie B. Foreman
Kelly is business development director
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at KN Energy, Inc. She lives with her
husband, John, in Morrison, CO.
Charles A. Gilbert is foreign service
officer for the U.S. Department of State.
He and his wife, Terri, reside in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Arturo
Gonzalez-Cosio is national marketing
manager at Grupo Galaxy Mexicana,
DirecTV. He lives with his wife, Mariana,
in Ciudad Mexico, Mexico. John S.
Griley is operations manager at Chase­Durus
Industries in Bend, OR. Monique
E. Hanis is director of marketing at the
Independent Bankers Association of
America She lives in Arlington, VA. Jess
M. Kaminsky is director, finance &
accounting at Whirlpool Greater China
He lives in Hong Kong. Bjorn O.
Kirchdorfer is sales director, opera­tions
systems at AT&T in Irving, TX.
Carolyn F. Kolks is associate (tax law)
at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City.
In July 1995, she graduated from the
University of Florida with an LLM in tax
law. Laurel L. Lee is director of
resource development and marketing at
the United Way of the Monterey
Peninsula She is also a member of the
board of directors and chairs the mar­keting
committee of the Monterey
County AIDS Project. She lives with her
husband and stepdaughter in Pacific
Grove, CA. Renee Lewis-Crews is strat­egy
& support manager-unsecured col­lections
at Household Finance
Corporation. She and her husband,
Daniel, live in Winfield, IL. Leon V.
Lobos is senior credit analyst at
Armstrong World Industries. He and his
wife, Judy, live in Millersville, PA.
Richard L. Ludwig is budget director at
the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games. He lives with his wife, Mary, in
Roswell, GA. Frank L. Maurno m is
financial advisor at Prudential Securities.
He lives with his wife, Michelle, in
Tequesta, FL. Karsten McNulty is
working with the Peace Corps in
Romania, where she is participating in
development of small- and medium-sized
business as a consultant in U.N.-spon­sored
business centers. Maureen
Murphy Threet is product analyst at
AlItellnformation Services. She and her
husband, Michael, live in Dallas. David
Lindauer Novick is special projects
administrator at Maritz Company in
Dallas. Doreen A. Obert Sirizzotti is
product manager at Conner Peripherals,
a manufacturer of hard disk drives. She
and her husband, Rocco, reside in
Denver. Roger Potdevin is president of
Hornblower & Company in Darien, CT.
Victoria C. Prior is administrator-com­pliance
at GTE Mobilnet. She lives in
Atlanta Robert E. Quast is senior
director, international market develop­ment
at NordicTrack in Chaska, MN.
Zubaida Rasul is political affairs officer
at the United Nations-Peacekeeping
Division in New York, NY. Erik Y.
Reynolds is national MIS manager at
Citibank in New York, NY. Valarie A.
Riley is human resources manager at
Ventra Corporation in Columbus, IN.
Rebecca Rutll-Hughes Raschke is
marketing development analyst at Lorin
Industries. She lives with her husband,
Charles, in Grand Haven, MI. Matthew
J. Rymer is sales representative at Holt,
Rinehart & Winston, Inc., a textbook
publishing company. He lives with his
wife, Patricia, in Garland, TX. David C.
Sagers is vice-president at ABN-Amro
Bank in Chicago. Gretchen Schmidt
Conkey is sales representative at Aqua
Gulf X-Press, Inc. She lives with her hus­band,
Douglas, in Orange Park, FL.
Brian P. Silkworth is associate at The
Washington Firm, Ltd. in Seattle.
Kennetll R. Strange, Jr. works for the
Office of Inspector General, U.S. Agency
for International Development. He has
recently been transferred from the San
Jose, Costa Rica Mission to the San
Salvador, EI Salvador Mission. Maria
Juditll Diaz (Dita) Taiiedo is opera­tions
director at Deutsche Morgan
Grenfell Securities Phils. Inc. in Makati
City, Philippines. Alicia K. Tarico
Laine is regional manager at Recourse
Communications Inc., an employment
services company. She lives with her
husband, Paul, in Palm Beach Gardens,
FL. Peter Paul Tattersfield is owner
of Mantles 'n Stones in Dania, FL. He
lives with his wife, Leslie, in Miami
Beach. William H. Tiernay is senior
financial analyst for the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System in Washington, D.C. Anne
Worrell Beech is manager at Arthur
Andersen-Egypt's USAID audit division.
She lives with her husband, Curtiss
Beech, in Cairo, Egypt.
'88
Ahad "Ahi" Afridi is Middle Eas1JN orth
Africa division marketing manager at
Pepsi Cola International in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. Rob H. Aft is vice-presi­dent,
international distribution at MDP
Worldwide in Los Angeles. Jennifer
Bischoff-Elder lives witll her husband,
Roland, and two children, Nicholas and
Christopher Lee, in Hong Kong. Bischoff
writes that she and her husband have
been in Hong Kong (her birthplace!)
since early 1995, after spending six-plus
years in Tokyo. James S. Bonfils is
vice-preSident, emerging markets trading
at Standard Bank. He lives with his wife,
Andrea, in New York, NY. Sheila Marie
Bravo-Ross is marketing manager at
Godiva Chocolatier, Inc. She lives with
her husband, Jeffrey, in New York, NY.
Brenton G. Brownell is data network­ing
account executive at AT&T. He and
his wife, Kazuko, live in Omaha, NE. Eric
A. Butler is senior director, internation­al
business development at United
Health Care. He resides in Cologne,
Germany. Kathleen V. Callahan Smitll
is employed by the Walt Disney Co. She
lives witll her husband, Steve, in
Glendale, CA. Douglas G. Carrie is
assistant professor of marketing at the
University of Auckland in New Zealand.
Jose Castellanos, his wife Karen, and
his two sons are relocating to Buenos
Aires, Argentina, where Jose was recent­ly
promoted to operations director of
Coca-Cola de Argentina Martlla Creel
Niehoff is director at The Cobalt Group.
She lives with her husband, Walter, in
Seattle. Robert (Bob) D. Doehnert
works at Allied Signal. He lives with his
wife, Maggie, in Phoenix. Malcolm Elley
is analyst at SunGard Capital Markets.
He lives with his wife, Tracy, and baby
daughter, Jordan, in Philadelphia Brent
A. Fisher is administrative director at
Loma Linda University Medical Center­Emergency
Medicine Group. He lives
with his wife, Sharon, in Corona, CA.
Julie Franz is manager of business plan­ning
and development at Bayer Corpora­tion
in Akron, OH. Steven P. Gan is
president at Advance & Associates Co.,
Ltd., an international credit and collec­tion
services agency with affiliates in
over fifty countries. He lives in Tokyo.
Marta Babel Garcia is account director
at CreatAbility, an advertising company
in Coral Gables, FL. Gregory A. Good is
social studies department chair at Mesa
Public Schools in Mesa, AZ. Matllias
Herrmann has moved back to the U.S.
and assumed the pOSition of managing
director at debis Insurance Services in
Norwalk, CT-a member of the Daimler­Benz
InterServices Group. He and his
wife, Inga, live in Riverside, CT. Fred
Usu works for Wella Cosmetics China
Co., Ltd. in TiaI\iin, China He lives with
his wife, Fai Lan. Sanyog Jain is training
director at Met Life. He and his wife,
Jyoti, live in Edison, NJ. Luis A.
Jimenez is involved with finance-Latin
America at Whirlpool. He resides in
Miami. Neal A. Kerr is contract admin­istrator,
proposing and negotiating com­mercial,
government and international
contracts at Talley Defense Systems in
Mesa, AZ. He lives in Scottsdale. Roy
Koch is international sales manager at
Tradewinds Power Corp. He lives in
Miami. Shawn L. Kopetan WIlson is
project manager at Fisher Scientific
Worldwide. She and her husband, Mark,
live in Mountainside, NJ. Sean P.
McCormick is involved in sales at Trade
Insurance Services. He lives in San
Francisco. Byrne McKenna is East
Coast regional sales manager at KulUman
Technology. Heidi McKenna-Schmidt
is global export compliance analyst at
Attachmate Software. Heidi and her hus­band,
Byrne, live in Bellevue, WA.
Ruediger M. Nowag is sales specialist
at Dow Deutschland, Inc. He and his
wife, Karen L. Buck Nowag, live in
Usingen, Germany. Kelley Orillac
announces Paulina Marie, born Septem­ber
21, 1995. Matthew K. Owen is sales
manager at Red Lion Hotel.Jantzen
Beach in Portland, OR. He lives with his
wife, Jennifer, in Lake Oswego. Conan
E. Peisen is field coordinator at the
United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR) in Belgrade, Yugo­slavia
He and his wife, Irma, reside in
Belgrade. Richard G. Phelps is regional
manager-Latin America at General
Instrument, a cable and digital telecom­munications
company. He lives with his
wife, Gabriela, and two children,
Alexander, 3 and Julian Daniel, 1 in
Mexico City. Richard M. Rotllman is
commercial attacM for the U.S. Depart­ment
of Commerce, U.S. and Foreign
Commercial Service. He lives with his
wife, NaiDa, in Jakarta, Indonesia A.
Giuseppe (Beppe) Ruocco is financial
analyst at General Electric. He lives with
his wife, Emmanuela, in Florence, Italy.
Christopher A. Salgado is vice-presi­dent
at ABN AMRO Bank in New York,
NY. Cesar Santos works in sales at Le
Chef Bakery. He lives in Woodland Hills,
CA. Ronald D. Scherdorf is account
manager at Air Liquide America, a seller
of industrial gases in the U.s. and
Mexico. He lives in Tucson, AZ. Crystal
L. Scurr is an MFCC intern at Saticoy
Family Health Care Center and also runs
her own private practice providing psy­chotherapy
and counseling to individu­als,
couples, fanlllies, and children. She
lives in Santa Monica, CA. James F.
Seefeld is international sales manager at
AMPC, Inc. He lives with his wife, Jacki,
in West Des Moines, lA. Stephen K.
Seibold is director of investment activi­ty-
Ukraine at Sun Group of Companies
(London, UK) in Kiev, Ukraine. Chryssa
D. Sharp is a graduate student at the
University of Calgary. She lives in
Calgary, Canada Joan L. Siewert­Cardona
is sales representative at Ideal
Printers, a commercial printing firm in St.
Paul, MN. Beverly A. Sittner Langford
is business analyst at Tri-Tech
International, Inc. in Englewood, CO.
Sherree Stehmeier Fitzgerald is a
nurse-RN at Condell Medical Center. She
lives with her husband, Steve, in Liberty­ville,
IL. Francisco Antonio Tirado is
product line manager at Ferry-Morse
Seed Company. He lives with his wife,
Maria, in Modesto, CA. Rene A. von
Rautenkranz is European office manag­er
at Ditch Witch International. He lives
with his wife, Michele Kovach von
Rautenkranz, and son, Hary, in IJssel­stein,
The Netherlands. Donald B.
Woods is office manager at Mercy Clinic
in Moundridge, KS. He lives in Mound­ridge
with his wife, Heather. Lisa A.
Wylie is senior analyst, market develop­ment
for scientists/engineers at Knight­Ridder
information, Inc. She lives in San
Francisco.
'89
Mary F . Allen is special account execu­tive
at AT&T in EI Paso, TX. David A.
Andrade is international account execu­tive
at United Parcel SeIVice. He lives
with his wife, Dottie, in Citrus Heights,
CA. Martha M. Barnes is employed at
Industrial Fabrics Assoc. IntI. in St. Paul,
MN. Steven M. Block is assistant vice­president
at Imperial Bancorp. He, his
wife, Judy, and two-year-old daughter,
Natalie Morgan, live in Los Angeles.
Tadd A. Buffington is a self-employed
computer consultant. He and his wife,
Andrea, live in Naples, FL. Deborah J .
Camper is brand manager-marketing at
The Dial Corporation. She lives in
Scottsdale, AZ. Rebecca A. Christoff is
assistant vice-president at PNC Bank.
She lives in Mechanicsburg, PA. John J .
Collins is senior business planning man­ager
at Acer Computer International, Ltd.
He lives in Singapore. Edward J . Crews
is agriproducts manager at A.Y.s.S.A. in
Lima, Peru. He lives with his wife,
Josefina, in Lima Karen S. Doepker is
market analyst at Sea-Land SeIVice Inc.,
a shipping company and subsidiary of
CSX Corp. She resides in Charlotte, NC.
James A. Dunn is president at World
Design, a furniture design and manufac­turing
firm in New York, NY. David C.
Edman is director at California Tennis
Academy in Leysin, Switzerland. He lives
with his wife, Dominique, in Leysin.
Anne Ramsey Gaudet is president at
ARGO Global SeIVices in Nashville, TN.
Martin Gawry is computer operations!
technical supervisor at Central Reserve
Life Corp. in Strongsville, OR. Maria C.
Giangrasso is Latin American sales
manager at Andros Distributors, Inc.
David W. Gilmore works at the U.S.
Department of Defense in the Office of
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense in Arlington, VA. Bill T.
Glembo is business analyst at Georgia­Pacific
Corp., a forest and building prod­ucts
firm in Portland, OR. Mats E.
Goransson is head of commercial bank­ing
marketing at Enskilda, Head Office in
Stockholm, Sweden. He, his wife,
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Charlotte, and daughters, Sara, Hanna,
and Emma, have recently moved to
Stockholm from Bangkok, Thailand,
where Mats was managing director at
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken,
Bangkok branch. Rena M. Grimaldo is
vice-president of sales at Sungold I-Wear,
a sunglass distributor in EI Cajon, CA.
She lives with her husband, Patrick.
Christopher A. Hamilton is assistant
vice-president at Firstar Bank,
Milwaukee. Karin Hoerhold and Curtis
D. Lenox tied the knot on August 26,
1995. They reside in Flushing, N.Y. Erin
E. Hnitt works in the international
department at Eagle USA Airfreight in
Houston. Joel B. Jacobson is assistant
vice-president at Trust Company of the
West in Los Angeles. Diane Berry
Jakubowski was married on June 3,
1995 in Milwaukee, WI. T'birds in atten­dance
included Deborah Camper,
Pamela Mitchell, Eliza Murray-Davis
'88, Emily Fithian, Bridget Rodgers,
and Jim Rodgers. Jakubowski is prod­uct
marketing manager at Sunset
Publishing in Meno Park, CA. She and
her husband, Brian, live in Palo Alto, CA.
Robert V. Joy is physician seIVices
manager at Sutter Medical Foundation.
He lives in Shingle Springs, CA. Corry R.
Klein works at Smith Barney. She lives
with her husband, Randolph, in Beverly
Hills, CA. Michael L. Laurie is corpo­rate
banking officer at First Chicago
Capital Markets, Inc. He lives in Highland
Park, IL. Kathy Lawrence Dodson is
director of business expansion and reten­tion
at the Greater EI Paso Chamber of
Commerce. She and her husband, Tom
Dodson '90, live in EI Paso, TX. Susan
J . Levin is manager of computer opera­tions
at First Bank, Inc. She and her hus­band,
David, live in St. Louis. Andrew
Levine is vice-president at Oak
Associates' Osaka Office in Osaka, Japan.
Elena M. Lojo is business demand ana­lyst
at WMS Gaming in Chicago.
Catherine M. Lowance is consultant at
BPI Corporation in Dallas. S. Kellee
McKeever is involved with sales and
marketing at Virgin Interactive Entertain­ment,
a subsidiary of ViacomlSpelling
Entertainment in IIVine, CA. Willie
(Bill) G. Miller is regional sales manag­er,
Latin America/Africa at Jacobsen
Textron, a manufacturer of turf equip­ment.
He and his wife, Rebecca, live in
Racine, WI. Minoru Minamoto is assis­tant
vice-president at Citibank in Tokyo.
Monte Carlo came
to New York for the celebra­tion
of the School's 50th
Anniversary. Nearly 100 NY
chapter alumni tried their
luck in black jack, roulette
and dice tables at casino
night AT&T sponsored the
fun-filled night of buffet
dinners, open bars and a
Yuriko Minamoto is a consultant in the
field of third world development project
management. Minoru and Yuriko live in
Tokyo, Japan. William D. Moore is busi­ness
analyst at Du Pont. He and his wife,
Marly, reside in Webster, TX. Elizabeth
E. Nicholson is head of projects man­agement
department at IOCN-World
Conservation Union-Eastern Africa
Regional Office. She lives with her hus­band,
Mark, in Nairobi, Kenya Lori B.
Pugsley Conn is owner of Latin Link in
Prairie Village, KS. Lori A. Raimondo is
marketing manager at MTV Networks in
Chicago. Stephanie L. Ramsey is spe­cial
projects coordinator at Foresight
Companies in Phoenix. Liliana
Rivadeneira is financial manager at
Jones Oakland Vision Group in Oakland,
MD. Sharon B, Schechter Mallery is
marketing manager at The Pillsbury
Company. She lives with her husband,
Lawrence, in Minneapolis, MN. Daniel
E. Shiffman is research analyst at
Liquidity Financial Group. He lives in
Mill Valley, CA. Tracey L. Shine is vice­president
at N ationsBank in Dallas. R.
Clark Smith, II is assistant director, yen
bond trading, debt trading division at
UBS Securities Limited. He lives in
Tokyo, Japan. Philip G. Smyth is senior
product manager at Johnson Controls,
Inc. in Milwaukee, WI. Shelly K.
Stahlke is portfolio analyst at ReliaStar
Investment Research, Inc. in Minneapo­lis.
Tony (Anthony) van der Hoek
recently left ABB where he was vice­president
Finance for a business unit
within the U.S. Region, and has now
joined Coca-Cola USA Fountain, as a
Strategic Project Manager. He resides in
Atlanta with his wife, Mary Beth, and two
sons, Alex and Marcus. Theodore C.
VerLee is area sales representative at
Textron Financial Corporation in
Brooklyn Center, MN. Barbara Vincic
Stephenson is involved with market­ing/
strategic planning at Daimler-Benz
AG. She lives with her husband, Philip, in
Wendlingen A.N., Germany. Lisa Woods
Ploeg is business analyst at Nike, Inc.
She lives in Muiden, Netherlands.
'90
Jodi D. Amundson is senior manager­ethnic
consumer analysis at Coca-Cola
She lives in Atlanta Marilyn J.
Andrews is director of marketing at
Power Plan. She lives with her husband,
William, in Seattle. Edmund Austigard
disc jockey. Join the NY T'birds for their famous UBoat Party,u a
sunset cruise and dance around Manhattan on August 15.
is sales/marketing manager at Compipe,
AIS in Stavanger, Norway. Christopher
A. Barreto is coordinator, health educa­tion
at Merck & Co. He resides in
Broomall, PA. Judith Bazant Lum is
self-employed at Lum & Associates. She
lives with her husband, Henry Thomas,
in Woodinville, WA. Gert Bergmann is
chief financial controller of Volkswagen
Audi Nippon KK, the Volkswagen
Group's subsidiary importing
Volkswagen and Audi to Japan. Fred L.
Brader is vice-president sales/distribu­tion
at FiberReclaim, Inc., a recycled
paper brokerage. He lives with his wife,
Shayne, in Selah, WA. Lesley E. Brown
is business manager at Vintage
Directions in Napa, CA. John Chr.
Bugge is general manager at Automarine
AS, a consulting company that does
some trading. He lives in Oslo, Norway.
Carlos P. Candia is division president­Latin
America at Environmental Drilling
Technology, Inc. (EDT!). He lives with
his wife, Arlene, in Glendale, AZ. Ron
Cornish is instructor, business educa­tion
department at Sinte Gleska
University in Mission, South Dakota
Kevin R. Davis is sales representative at
Ebi Medical, an orthopedic devices sub­sidiary
of Biomet. He resides with his
wife, Kerry, in Los Gatos, CA. Thomas
M. Dodson is manager of production
and inventory control at Elamex S.A. de
C.v. He lives with his wife, Kathryn
Lawrence Dodson '89, in EI Paso, TX.
Christopher M. Dunn is vice-preSident,
sales at James Page Brewing Co. in
Minneapolis. Mark R. Durand is partner
at ICARA Limited, ILC in Arvada, CO.
David W. Eiler is vice-president at
N ationsBank in Fort Lauderdale. He lives
with his wife, Sandra Muvdi, in
Pompano Beach, FL. Kellie L. Fiedler
Utzinger is assistant brand manager at
The Dial Corp. She lives with her hus­band,
Kirk, in Phoenix. Lori Fisk and
Stephen Felando '91 announce the
birth of their first child, Stephen Fisk
Felando, born on February 17, 1996.
Akiyuki Fujita is deputy manager at
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. He lives in
Kanagawa, Japan. Aris Alex Hacop
Gharapetian is marketing and advertis­ing
manager at Samsung America, Inc in
La Mirada, CA. Kevin Glynn is a consul­tant
at Oracle Caribbean in San Juan,
Puerto Rico. Denise E. Hansot is
involved with product marketing at Intel
Corp. She and her husband, Bill, live in
Sacramento, CA. J effrey Havranek is
Europe/Middle East sales manager at
HGM Medical Lasers. He and his wife,
Dru, live in Salt Lake City, VT.
Christopher J . Haydel is financial advi­sor
at American Express Financial
Advisors. He lives in Los Angeles.
Richard V. Holz is assistant export man­ager
at UMAR, S.A. in Madrid, Spain.
Clayton Hubbard is sales representa­tive
at White Star Medical in Corpus
Christi, TX. Munehiro Inui is employed
at Mercedes-Benz Finance (Japan) Co.
Ltd. in Tokyo. Lars E. Johansen is chief
financial officer with Dyno Nobel Inc. in
Salt Lake City, VT. Lars and his wife,
Kendeyl, have moved from their home in
Huntingion Beach, CA to Park City, Utah.
Robert T. Jones is senior marketing
analyst, international seIVice at Federal
Express in Memphis, TN. Clare C.
Jones is commercial loan officer at
NationsBank, Commercial Banking in
Memphis. They reside in Cordova, TN.
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Alexander G. Kramer is head of
American Honda's newly created Trade
Finance Group in Torrance, CA. The
Group is responsible for developing
export trade finance solutions for over
U8$1.8 billion in U.S. export sales to affil­iates
in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, and
distributors in 38 countries. Marcia L.
Kruth is international trade specialist at
Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional
Development Council in Pittsburg.
Leland J . Kurfess is regional marketing
manager at ALLTEL Information
Services. He resides in Little Rock, AR.
Ginger L. Lantz is involved with manu­facturing
strategy-new products at Ford
Motor Company in Dearborn, MI. Jeff
Lewis is desk officer -Somalia for the
United Nations World Food Programme
in Rome. He is also continuing to serve
as an emergency officer in such African
countries as Uganda, Somalia, Liberia,
Angola, and Tanzania He expects to
work in Rome for two to three years
before his hopeful return to the bush!
Mark C. Maliwauld is vice-president,
international business division at
Multiple Zones International. He lives
with his wife, Cynthia, in Redmond, W A.
John Mayshak is CRA officer at Banc
One Corporation in Phoenix Ramona
M. Mendoza is assistant customer mar­keting
manager at Quaker Oats Co. in
Atlanta, GA. Juan A.rno Muller is com­mercial
development manager at Union
Camp Trading, S.A. He lives with his
wife, Jacqueline, in Buenos Aires,
Argentina Sergy A. Mununert is man­ager,
business development at DirecTV
International, Inc. in Los Angeles.
Yasunobu Nakajima is manager, inter­national
business development at
Systemkiki Co., Ltd. in Tokyo. Bashar
Nejdawi is Middle East regional manag­er
of Motorola's European cellular sub­scriber
division based in Basingstoke,
UK. He and his wife, Karen, have two
daughters, five-year-old Yasmine and
two-year -old Alia They relocated from
Riyadh, Saudi A.rabia to Dubai, UAE in
December 1995. Steven A. Nelson is
business manager at People Serving
People, Inc. in Minneapolis. Judy
Phillips Nye is area manager, cross-bor­der
finance, for EuropefMiddie East!
Africa with Motorola, and is located in
the U.K with her husband Scott '91.
Tjaarda N. Plas is regional manager at
the Netherlands Foreign Investment
Agency. He and his wife, Elizabeth
Schwartz Plas, live in Dallas. Rene R.
Polutan is dock supervisor at Shopper's
Guide, Inc. in Pennsauken, NJ. Michael
Prill is analyst at Ernst & Young in
Cleveland. Kelly S. Umbaugh Prill is
acijunct professor at Hiram College. They
reside in Streetsboro, OH. Douglas G.
Rash is sales manager-Latin America at
SCM Glidco, an aromatic chemical manu­facturing
subsidiary of Hanson PLC. He
and his wife, Nicky, live in Jacksonville,
FL. Debra L. Ruther is corporate inter­nal
auditor at A1liedSignai, Inc. She
resides in Bedminster, NJ. Kazuhisa
George Sasagawa is general manager at
The International Far Eastern Leasing
Co., Ltd., an industrial and commercial
equipment leasing business formed by
two Chinese, one Korean and two
Japanese companies in China His wife,
Motoko, is currently a student at
Thunderbird. Jeffrey J. Schlueter is
senior manager-strategic marketing at
Boston Technology, Inc., a high tech!
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telecommunications manufacturer.