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As I see it. ..
The director of alumni relations' comments on
the new quarterly status of The Thunderbird and
an overview on this issue's European theme.
Focus on Europe
An assessment of the shifting
competitive balance in Europe by
Thunderbird alumni and faculty.
Highlighting European cuisine; excerpted from
the 1978 Thunderbird Wives' International Cookbook.
Campus speakers
Visitors to campus who have
enhanced the T -Bird experience.
Items of interest on campus and in the news.
Resource Person/AI umni Associa tion roster.
A closer look at Thunderbirds of special interest.
Special Report
Brussels based concern reflects professionalism.
Class notes on T -Birds around the world.
Campus Camera
A new feature highlighting the T -Bird
Invitational Balloon Race.
is the quarterly alumni publication of American
Graduate School of International Management.
Editor: Michael E. Blimes
Assistant Editors: Brenda Sexton
Margaret McAlpine
Staff: Patty Melton
Donna Cleland
Terri Haslam
Contributing Writers: Thomas B. Gething, '79
Peter G. Lamberton, '79
Virginia A. Thompson, '79
Thomas T. Yang '79
Special Correspondent: Michael A. Johnson
Designer: Pat Kenny
Cover: A portion of a 19th Century map
from the private collection of Daniel C. Grumbles, '7B.
The President's Message
The focus of this Thunderbirdis on
Europe. I think this is very appropriate
because Thunderbirds have flocked to
Europe for many years. According to
our records there are about 75 in
England, 47 in France, 43 in West
Germany, 35 in Spain and 21 in
Switzerland. I have had great times at
three alumni gatherings in Paris, one
in Brussels and one this winter in
London. I can tell you that the
Thunderbird spirit of hospitality
prevails in Europe.
Of equal importance is the continued
steady increase of European students
to American Graduate School of
International Management. In some
ways this is surprising because, as all
of you know, traditional higher
education in Europe has been slow to
recognize management education as a
legitimate enterprise. We have an alltime
high of 11 from France, 8 from the
Netherlands, 7 from England, 7 from
West Germany and 2 from Belgium.
We would like more, so please let us
know of promising people or point
them in our direction.
In order to advance our relationships
in Europe, we have established
programs with Oxford University in
England, ESADE in Barcelona, Spain,
and we are working on a venture in
France. Twenty-six of our students
went to Oxford last summer and a
similar group will go in the summer
and fall of 1979. Our agreement with
ESADE provides for an exchange of
students and faculty so as to offer an
undergraduate degree from ESADE
and an MIM from AGSIM. The French
program would provide for a semester
for Thunderbirds in France. These
balance our Japanese, Mexican, and
Egyptian ventures.
As you can see we are pleased with
our European connections and will cOZJu;u::ey,c ,
William Voris
As I see it •
... we have cause to be excited!
This issue will be the first of four issues
to be published this year, marking the
resumption of a quarterly status for
The Thunderbird.
This is our way of increasing your
awareness of events affecting campus
and contact with alumni around the
world ... truly your Thunderbird
By increasing the frequency of publication,
we hope to keep you better
advised of events affecting international
business, campus activities and
Thunderbird advancements. We are
continuing to pursue our efforts to
improve the look of The Thunderbird, as
well as its content. We appreciate the
involvement and interest of alumni
around the world; their cooperation
will make our venture all the more
This issue's focus is on Europe; most
of our alumni can trace their roots to
European ancestry, just as modern day
business may trace its past across the
oceans that divide us. Today, more
than ever before, the nations of Europe
have a profound effect on the world.
Old world empires have fallen, but
empires nonetheless are being built.
These are commercial empires built
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upon the papers of commerce, rather
than by the sweat of colonial workers.
Their reach is worldwide and almost
instantaneous. Their investments are
not simply in their home country or
colonies abroad, but transcend political
boundaries in a manner that few
would have expected. Europe is a part
of our world that has rebounded from
the decimation of World War II and
now leads, rather than follows the rest
of the world in many ways.
One example is the value-added tax
(VAT), a controversial European
measure that some American politicians
want to import to the United
States. The VAT is a form of national
sales tax that is easily hidden in a
product's retail price. Those paying for
the goods or services pay the tax and
then collect it on their own sales. As
taxes go, critics say it is unfair, underhanded
and probably inflationary.
Advocates claim that tax revenues in
Europe have soared wherever V AT has
been installed.
In Britain, V AT results have tripled
in the four years since the tax was
introduced. Initial revenues totaling
$2.94 billion are now estimated to be
$8.46 billion. In France, VAT revenues
of $33 billion amount to 24% of the
national taxes collected. Scandinavian
countries look to the V AT as a means
of permitting an income tax cut.
Another example of European
interests setting the pace may be the
evolution and growth of the hypermarket,
an efficient means of
marketing a full range of products
under one roof that has been present in
Europe for some time.
In a remarkable turn of events, many
European interests have been so successful
that they now have the funds to
invest abroad, including major acquisitions
in the U.S., taking advantage of
our weaker dollar and the strength of
their own coin of the realm.
Europe today is more viable an economic
force than ever before. This is a
fact we must recognize if we are to
effectively deal with the tremendous
business opportunities there and understand
the collective thinking of European
In preparing the key story for this
issue, we wrote 32 Thunderbirds in 19
countries throughout Europe and
Scandinavia. We asked a series of
questions of them and excerpts from
their responses provide us with a
closer look at current situations there.
We appreciate their assistance and that
of several members of our faculty in
developing a more meaningful article.
Michael E. Blimes
Director of Alumni Relations
Focus on Europe:
Competitive balance shifts
as European business matures
(Editor's note: We wrote 32 alumni in 19
countries in and around Europe to get a
more realistic perspective on European
business, attitudes and culture. We sincerely
appreciate those who responded and
the detail in which they provided their
views. While space does not permit inclusion
of all of their comments, we have
attempted to present a good overview. We
would also like to add a special note of
thanks to Jack Taylor, '71M, for keeping us
apprised of news stories, through clippings
of topical interest and correspondence.)
"The Americans are coming! The
Americans are coming!" might have
served as the representative cry of
commercial alarm in Europe a decade
ago; it was felt that U.s. business was
about to take over the Continent. The
competitive balance has shifted in the
interim and American businessmen
are reassessing their strategies. Some
may be wondering where Yankee
ingenuity went wrong.
It is not so much a case of what went
wrong, as it is a matter of things starting
to go right for European businessmen.
The flood of investment by U.S.based
multinational corporations has
dwindled to a mere trickle; some
companies with plants in Europe find
that they can manufacture in the
United States more cheaply.
A recent article in the International
Herald Tribune indicated that instead of
dominating the world business scene
as they once did, the Americans find
themselves challenged in Third World
markets by equally clever foreign
companies offering products as good
or better than those made in the United
A chief executive of a major U.S.
manufacturer in Europe is quoted as
saying, "What we are seeing today is
not the Americanization of Europe, but
the growth of a Western style of business
culture and taste which covers
Western Europe, the United States,
Canada, Latin America and part of the
Far East, including Japan."
The fact remains that, while it seems
clear that U.s. business interests have
not taken over Europe, neither have
they been pushed back. Despite five
years of steady decline of the dollar,
world recession and heightened competition,
U.S. business interests have
become an integral part of European
What then are the concerns and how
do the current trends affect businessmen
in general and Thunderbirds in
particular? Alfred C. Hamburg, '75A,
with International Harvester in Neuss,
West Germany, observes that the
current situation for employment
opportunities for Thunderbirds
appears to be quite difficult and increasingly
limited ... at least American
born graduates without the
mandatory work permit. "This work
permit aspect is the tangible result of
many factors, including the respective
national awareness of economic
health, unemployment, the related improvement
in the available talent pool
"A point of strong interest
is how various political
and cultural differences in
Europe affect relations
with U.S. companies and
the world."
and an increasing trend - from a
personnel standpoint - to nationalize
subsidiaries and affiliates while
regiona 1/ con tinen tall prod u ct offices
are being managed by a floating skim
of Americans andlor multinationals."
Hamburg also noted that the education
and direction he obtained at
American Graduate School of International
Management were essential to
his present multinational career
positioning. Although he feels his
situation is secure, he foresees that his
career direction "will ironically
culminate with a position in a corporate
office in the United States."
A point of strong interest is how
various political and cultural differences
in Europe affect relations with
U.S. companies and the world.
Beverly Springer, associate professor
of international studies at the Thunderbird
Campus, expressed her views
on two major contemporary differences
of interest to U.S. companies.
"Eurocommunism and worker
participation are recent issues in
Europe that have no counterpart in the
United States," said Prof. Springer.
"Eurocommunism refers especially to
developments in France, Italy and
Spain. The communist parties in these
countries have proclaimed their
independence from Moscow and their
determination to come to power
within the constitutional systems of
their respective countries.
"Of relevence to U.S. firms, the
Eurocommunists have down played
demands for nationalization. The
Italian communist party has stated that
Italy already has more than enough
natio.nalization and government policy
should be directed to strengthening
small and medium-sized firms . . . In
France, the election last spring gave the
government to the center-right parties
(although the left won 49.3% of the
vote). The fear of a communist government
is not an immediate concern in
"In Spain, the communist party is not
very large, so again the concern for the
short run is not great. In Spain, as in
France, greater concern should, perhaps,
be directed toward communist
union members, rather than toward
communist party voters."
Prof. Springer noted that worker
participation in company decisionmaking
is one of the most rapidly
growing issues in Western Europe
today. "Germany, Sweden and the
Netherlands all have relatively new
laws extending the power of workers
to codetermine with management,"
she added. According to Prof. Springer,
American companies preparing to
operate in Western Europe today have
to accept this situation which is so
different from traditional American
labor relations.
"It is not necessarily an impossible
situation, however," said Prof.
Springer, "All three countries with
codetermination policies have a lower
strike rate than we do. The rather
limited studies that have been made so
far of codetermination indicate that
workers can be responsible participants
in decisionmaking."
One decision made early in any
commercial trade is whether or not a
market exists. In light of the favorable
export situation for U.S. companies
due to inflation and the declining value
of the dollar, our question regarding a
market existing for American goods
met with a strong positive reaction.
Sverre Koxvold, '72D, with Memorex
United Kingdom, Ltd., noted that,
"American products are indeed of high
quality and reasonably priced. After a
25% decrease in the value of the dollar
against a basket of European currencies
... the competitive edge is
"Even if the dollar will strengthen
over the 12 months, the inflation
differences will maintain the same
competitive edge. Now is the time for
U.S. companies to sell or lease their
products in Europe," according to
Claus T. March, marketing director
for Motivation Service AB, cites a
possible cause American companies do
not seem to be seizing the opportunity
as a lack of knowhow. "Most Europeans
really like America and do not
mind buying American, when it is
competitive. Look at the export of
small and medium-sized cars to Europe,"
he added.
Jan A. Strangel, '75M, with Selje
Bruk AS in Norway advises, "A market
for U.S. products does exist. However,
the U.S. companies do not seem to
understand that the small countries in
Europe cannot accept the big orders
expected by U.S. companies. They must
think European in Europe."
Thinking European may be a
challenging task in that there does not
exist a European identity, per se, and a
great deal of national pride continues
to work its way to the fore. Naturally,
this has a profound effect upon the
eventual success or failure of the
Common Market.
Again quoting Ted Hamburg,
"Europe is a patchwork quilt composed
of a myriad of languages and
dialects, of people and philosophies, of
attitudes, convictions and beliefs. The
character of the continent, dictated by
the refreshing individuality of its
people, will always work positively
against a Common Market."
Koxvold expresses a different view
in recognizing that "cultural differences
in Europe exist within each
country as well as vis a vis other
countries. Over time, these differences
will be reduced just as they have in the
U.S., making Europe a stronger unity.
The Common Market is clearly a viable
force now and for the future, both
politically and economically. There
certainly is no alternative force of
unity which can replace our present
European Economic Community."
Koxvold also had some definite
feelings about our inquiry regarding
the six nation currency float (SNAKE)
and its effect upon the European scene.
"The parity grid within the SNAKE
has forced at least two countries to
support an ailing currency, resulting in
less widely fluctuating cross rates
within the SNAKE which in turn
makes the trading between the SNAKE
countries less risky from a currency
point of view.
"The countries who do not belong to
the SNAKE suffer by reduced trade or
more risky trade with the SNAKE
" Another aspect is that the currency
on the top of the SNAKE, always the
currency of the economically strong
country, offers its resources to the
weakest currency. Thereby making it
easier, over the short term, to avoid
any dramatic fluctuation in the
exchange rates.
"A European Monetary Union will
make Europe stronger and thereby be
better equipped and able to offer goods
and services to the rest of the world.
The European Monetary Union will be
an example for other conglomerates of
nations to follow," according to
Claus March observes, "SNAKE has
made it much easier to promote
commerce because of the relationship
between the currencies, plus the
economic outlook ... If the countries
that are outside the SNAKE are small
and unimportant, no problem. If it is a
country with strong economical
trends, then the SNAKE will not work.
"A European monetary unit would
help ease the strain on the dollar, yen
and mark. It would promote trade and
retard currency speculation. It would
make trade easier in Europe and
throughout the world. Already, many
European companies have export lists
in U.S. dollars or British pounds even
though that is not their mother
The strength of European currencies
has brought about a switch in investment
cash flow; instead of U.S.
dollars going abroad, many European
interests are making tremendous inroads
into American domestic business
Substantial acquisitions by German,
Dutch and, to a lesser degree, the other
European countries' business interests
are becoming more evident. These may
be of former U.s. interests abroad or in
America itself.
Ted Hamburg noted that many U.S.
companies are finding it advantageous
to surrender operations to Europeans
- at least on the most visible surface.
"While the picture of corporate
management may look European at a
glance, the distant Americans keep,
through a spider's web-like network of
financial instruments and configurations,
tight and effective controls.
Furthermore, they may exert strong
influence at the often invisible high
management policy-making levels,"
according to Hamburg.
It is quite evident that monetary
values make foreign investment in the
United States a sound venture. The fact
remains that while American investmen
t is down in Europe, there is
no trend toward disinvestment. According
to a U.S. diplomat in Paris,
there is no strong trend for investment
up or down. "The strong are getting
stronger and the weak are getting out,"
he added. U.S. investments in Western
Europe in 1977 totaled more than $60
billion. This fact, taken in to account
with the substantial influx by financially
strong European interests, indicates
more a balancing of investment
than a dominance by any particular
national interest.
Perhaps Sverre Koxvold best stated
the potential value of Thunderbirds in
this changing business climate when
he said, "The managers of tomorrow
need to be truly multinational. Because
American Graduate School of International
Management prepares the
students for an open, free world, a TBird
will be well adjusted for any
growing, forward thinking company,
regardless of the geographical
II •• while American
investment is down in
Europe, there is no trend
toward disinvestment."
Greater awareness of the
Thunderbird experience is
being developed through
articles such as this one that
appeared October 13, 1978 in
The London Times. Reprinted
with permission.
Thunderbird leads the way in
rise of management education
Clive Cookson reports
on the international
growth of business schools.
The culinary delights we highlight
this issue are taken from the
Thunderbird Wives' Club i 978
International Cookbook and are
intended as a cross section of European
The cookbook is available to alumni
for $6.00, plus postage, and according
to our resident chef, the 262 page
publication makes for tantalizing
reading. Checks should be made
payable to the Thunderbird Wives'
Club in the amount of $6.50 and may
be sent clo the alumni relations office.
Bon appHit!
Almond soup: France
1 cup whole blanched almonds
2 tbsp. butter
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup whole milk
1 cup light cream
white pepper
Put almonds in electric blender and
make them into powder. Melt butter in
large pan; blend in flour. Slowly add
chicken stock; bring to boil. Add
almonds, simmer 10 minutes (very low
heat), add milk and cream. Season to
taste. Heat, but do not boil.
String Beans with Olive Oil:
2-1/2 lb. string beans
1 cup olive oil
2 onions, sliced thin
1 clove garlic
lIb. tomatoes, chopped
3 tbsp. parsley, chopped
Salt and pepper
1 heaped tsp. sugar
Remove ends of string beans and snap
or cut into 2-inch pieces. Heat the oil in
a saucepan. Add onions and garlic and
cook until soft. Add tomatoes, beans,
parsley, salt, pepper and sugar. Cover
and cook over moderate heat for about
half an hour. Serves 4-5.
Cumberland Sauce: England
For ham, venison or lamb.
1 orange
1 lemon
4 level tbsp. red currant jelly
1/2 glass port wine
1/4 tsp. mixed mustard
3 tsp. arrowroot
2 tsp. water
1 tbsp. cider vinegar
Pare rind thinly from orange and
lemon. Cut into fine strips. Simmer for
5 minutes in a little water. Squeeze
juice from fruits and put juices in pan
with red currant jelly. Stir until jelly
dissolves. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add
port, vinegar and mustard. Blend
arrowroot with water and stir into
sauce. Heat until sauce thickens and
turns clear. Drain strips of orange and
lemon and add to sauce. Serve hot or
Portuguese Steak: Portugal
41g. peeled garlic cloves, crushed
1 tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 tsp. salt
Fresh ground black pepper
4 beef tenderloin steaks, sliced 3/4
inch thick
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 tbsp. butter
Ilg. bay leaf, crumbled
8 thin slices ham
1/4 cup dry red wine
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 tsp. chopped parsley
1 lemon cut into 8 wedges
Preheat oven to 250°. Mash the
crushed garlic, vinegar, salt and a few
grindings of pepper to a smooth paste
with a mortar and pestle or in a bowl
with the back of a spoon. With your
fingers, rub the paste into the steaks,
pressing it firmly into both sides of the
In a heavy 10-12 inch skillet, melt the
butter in the olive oil over mod. heat.
When the foam has almost subsided,
add the garlic halves and bay leaf and
cook for 1 min., stirring constantly.
Then with a slotted spoon, remove and
discard the garlic and bay leaf. Add the
steaks and cook for 2-3 min. on each
side, turning them with tongs, and
regulating the heat so that they color
quickly and evenly. The steaks should
be well browned, but still pink inside.
Transfer the steaks to individual
baking dishes to keep them warm in
the oven. Add the slices of ham to the
fat remaining in the skillet and cook
over high heat, turning them frequently
for 1-2 min. With the tongs,
place 2 slices of ham on each steak.
Pour off all but a thin film of fat from
the skillet, add the wine and lemon
juice and bring to a boil over high heat,
meanwhile scraping in any brown
particles clinging to the bottom. Pour
the sauce over the steaks, sprinkle with
parsley and garnish each serving with
lemon wedges. Serve at once. Serves 4.
Dutch lettuce: The
1 tbsp. butter
1/2 cup water
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
6 serving hot boiled potatoes
4 hard cooked eggs
6 servings coarsely cut lettuce (a
touch of onion)
6 strips bacon
1/3 cup vinegar
1/3 cup water
Melt butter, add flour. When well
blended, add water and bring to boil
while stirring. Beat egg yolks, add
sugar and vinegar. Blend and stir into
the hot sauce. Let come to boil. Cut
bacon into small pieces and fry in
skillet, add 3-4 tbsp. of sauce and the
vinegar and water. Bring to boil in
skillet. Place a layer of potatoes (hot)
mashed or riced in bowl, then layer of
lettuce, 2 sliced eggs and several tbsp.
of hot bacon dressing. Add remainder
of potatoes, lettuce and eggs, pour rest
of dressing over and serve
immediately. Serves 6.
Highland Shortbread: Scotland
8 oz. margarine
4 oz. castor sugar
8 oz. plain flour
2 oz. Flour
4 oz. Farola
Demerara sugar to roll
Cream margarine and sugar. Add dry
ingredients and mix. Form into a roll,
approximately 1-1/2" in circumference.
Brush with milk and roll in
demerara sugar. Cut into slices with a
sharp knife. Bake on a greased tin for
20 minutes at 375°.
Speakers on campus
Many of the world's problems could have been averted if such a school as AGSIM had
been available in the 30's and 40's, according to former President Gerald R. Ford.
Ford Visits Thunderbird Campus
Former President Gerald Ford
addressed a full audience of American
Graduate School of International
Management students, faculty, and
staff gathered at the Central Quad on
October 16, 1978. Ford said that if the
United States had had such a school of
international management in the '30s
and' 40s, many of the wor ld' s problems
might have been averted. He
added that the need in today's world is
just as great.
Citing his 25 year career in Congress
as a good background to an international
education, Mr. Ford found that
"one does not really get a total comprehension
of the role that our nation
plays internationally . . . until you
become president."
The former president stressed the
importance of the U.s. economic
situation and its international effects.
During his administration the U.S.
decided to integrate its economic
policy with that of the other major
Western nations. Ford cited the efforts
of Western world leaders in 1974 and
'75 to join together in bilateral
exchanges of economic policies in
order to stave off the rising world
inflation, to avoid the resurfacing
protectionism of the 1930s, and to find
a way to insure that the monetary
markets of the world would reflect the
true value of the various currencies.
Mr. Ford called for a stabilization of
our economy, and said it would be
" ... catastrophic for the U.s. to go
into wage and price controls." He
added that he is worried when he
hears the same" code words" as before
the 1971 controls were implemented.
Following his talk Ford answered
questions from the students for
another 30 minutes and attended a
small reception in the Goldwater
V aleriani stresses
limits to power
Richard Valeriani, NBC's diplomatic
correspondent assigned to Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance was at AGSIM in
July 1978 to present his views on current
U.S. foreign policies. He stressed
the significance of the United States
recognizing the limits to its power and
the importance of adjusting to a role in
world affairs that is "less than king."
National Health
Insurance no bargain
in Britain
Author, lecturer and sociologist,
Mrs. Barbara Shenfield of Great Britain
gave her views on national health
insurance to AGSIM students in
November of 1978. She has found that
"such insurance often creates more
problems than it solves." In Great
Britain the astronomical costs involved
in health care are associated with
"comfort and convenience" care for
the elderly. Only 12 percent is actually
spent on doctors' salaries. She has
noted that as bureaucracy has increased,
effectiveness and quality of
health care has decreased.
Luce speaks on China
Henry Luce III, Vice President of
Corporate Planning of Time Inc. spoke
to AGSIM students in November 1978
about his Impressions on the People's
Republic of China after having visited
there. Luce, whose grandfather Henry
Luce was the founder of Time Inc.,
noted that China's new slogan is
"Know the past and the West because
we can use them." Besides increasing
trade and tourism, Luce also noted that
China wants to send 10,000 students to
Western universities "as soon as
Ingersoll Rand Chairman
berates government
"We have seen the enemy and he is
us . .. or at least our government's
inattentiveness and inappropriate
action towards foreign trade," according
to William L. Wearly, chairman of
the board of Ingersoll Rand in October,
Wearly spoke on the effects of
current government intervention in
international business. He called for
more stringent balancing of U.s. trade
and the necessity of reestablishing
confidence abroad in the American
T-Bird ring
Thunderbirds now have a ring of
their own!
An original design commissioned by
Michael E. Blimes, director of alumni
relations, the Thunderbird ring is
available exclusively to alumni, students,
faculty, staff and their respective
Cast in sterling silver or gold, the
face is composed of a Thunderbird in
the shape of the original layout of the
campus, surrounded by turquoise chip
inlay to give a blue sky effect.
Appearing above the T -Bird is a
pyramid which has come to be recognized
as a symbol of the crowning
achievement of Man's triumph over
the physical world through education
and understanding. The design around
the outer edge is taken from antiquity.
Found over a vast geographical area
from petroglyphs and pictographs near
the Hopi town of Orabi in Northern
Arizona to the facade of the Mayan
ruins of Uxmal and Chichen Itza in
Yucatan, the design has been designated
the "migration symbol" by archaeologists
and anthropologists.
Hannis T. Latham, a 1971 graduate
and the designer of the ring, carefully
researched the historical aspects of the
symbol and felt that it was appropriate
in that it serves to symbolize the geographical
dispersion of our alumni
around the world.
See the advertisement on the back
cover of this issue for further details.
Edward Ney named
Executive of the Year
Edward N. Ney, chairman and chief
executive officer of Young & Rubicam
Inc. was presented American Graduate
School's International Executive of the
Year Award at the annual Trustee's
dinner at the Phoenix Country Club
last October.
AGSIM bestows the award annually
to a company executive in recognition
of his efforts to foster international
understanding through constructive
and mutually beneficial business
During the last 15 of his 27 years
with Young & Rubicam, Ney has been
involved in the international division
of the agency. In 1967 he was named
executive vice president and president
of Young & Rubicam - International.
In his address following the
presentation, Ney identified the most
restricting aspect of business as being
government intervention and said
tha t the" dead weight of this new
non-productive and self-expanding
bureaucratic elite must be borne by
those people who design things, grow
things, make things and sell things."
Ney also announced that Young &
Rubicam, the largest advertising agency
in the United States will establish a
scholarship at American Graduate
School in the name of Raymond
Rubicam, co-founder of the agency
and a trustee of the school until his
death in 1978.
Dr. Robert G. Horn
named director
Dr. Robert G. Horn is the new
director of development and public
affairs at AGSIM.
Prior to this appointment of January
1, 1979, Horn was director of development
for The American School in
Japan for a total of 8 years. He has also
held the position of assistant to the vice
president for public and alumni affairs
at Valpareiso University in Indiana.
He is a graduate of Concordia
Teachers College, holds an M.A. degree
from University of California and a
Ph.D. degree from Purdue University.
Orfila awarded degree
at commencement
The Honorable Alejandro Orfila,
secretary general of the Organization
of American States was awarded an
honorary Doctor of Laws degree
by American Graduate School of
International Management at the
school's commencement exercises
December 15,1978.
Ambassador Orfila has a long and
distinguished diplomatic and business
career. He has served as Argentine
minister to the United States and as
Argentine ambassador to Japan. He
has also been a private consultant on
international and economic affairs for
11 years. He was the Argentine
ambassador to the U.s. just prior to his
present position as secretary general of
the OAS.
The Masters of International
Management degree was awarded to
321 students, representing 22 countries
and the British colony of Hong Kong.
Erickson honored
Berger Erickson, better known to
many as Mr. T-Bird, was both heralded
and harangued at a Roast and Toast
celebrated in his honor January 19,
Having the reputation of being the
one the buck is always passed to -
when the buck is a problem, of course
- Berger is managing to survive a
continuing (33 years!) career at Thunderbird.
It is rumored that when General
Yount invested his one dollar into the
Thunderbird Field, strung along in the
deal were Mabel and Berger Erickson.
Back in 1946, Erickson was the school's
accountant and since has been the
business manager, treasurer, secretary,
vice president, and now serves as
executive vice president - and so very
often the school's saving grace.
250 friends and associates came to
honor this outstanding and enduring
T-Bird landmark .. . thousands more
remember the positive effect he had on
their lives. Erickson remains the most
sought after speaker at alumni
gatherings across the country.
INTERAD reflects
pool of talent
Thomas T. Yang
Lowell Thomas, the world renowned
author and commentator,
once noted that the Thunderbird
Campus is "the best source in all the
world for highly skilled international
executives." American Graduate
School of International Management
(AGSIM) is also, it seems, the best
source for advertising executives.
AGSIM continues to place more
students in advertising than any other
graduate school in the nation, in-
Career Services
continues success
Peter G. Lamberton
The Career Services Center is to
many students the heart of the AGSIM
campus. Under the direction of Mr.
Charles Mannel its services have been
consistently improved, both for the
student and the recruiter. When
Mannel came to AGSIM in 1976, 94
companies had come that year to
recruit. After only two years that
number has increased to 210 and the
expected number of companies
recruiting this year is 250. That means
more job possibilities for graduating
students which means more students
interested in studying at AGSIM.
The crux of the office's success is in
the unrelenting desire to accommodate
the recruiter. This goal has led to the
strengthening of the "closed interview
schedule" which enables recruiters
to pre-select individuals, thereby
Internships serve
as practical preview
Brenda Sexton
When applying for a position in
a competitive job market a person
needs more in most cases than a good
education. More and more it is necessary
to have had experience in the
field. The problem is how to acquire
this experience. It is difficult to get a
job without experience and it is
cluding such names as Northwestern
and Harvard, according to Paul J.
Schlesinger, associate professor of
marketing. Schlesinger, having
successively served as executive vice
president, president and chairman of
the board of Tatham-Laird & Kudner,
has coordinated a unique course in
international advanced advertising
and its final presentations by teams of
students. Better known as INTER AD,
the program enjoys a fine reputation
within the advertising industry for its
professionalism. INTERAD is an
elective project undertaken by 28 select
individuals who share a strong interest
in pursuing advertising as a career.
In keeping with the attempt to
increasing the effective use of their
time while on campus. Recruiters are
advised to review AGSIM's resume
book which contains pertinent data on
current second and third semester
students. The "Thunderbird
Graduates" book, published biannually,
includes an alphabetical
index of students by career objectives
and a listing of non-U.s. students by
country of origin. The recruiter can
choose the students he is most
interested in interviewing, can
determine his recruiting schedule,
establish the allotment of interview
time, and can even make accommodation
reservations at the school, all by
simply contacting the Career Services
Recruiting representatives have
also been receptive to the new Talley
Career Services building. It offers well
furnished private interview rooms,
recruiters' lounge, informal patio
lunches with faculty and administration
and is operated by the dedicated
obviously impossible to get experience
without a job.
Through Career Services, American
Graduate School of International
Management is trying to ameliorate
this problem by developing an effective
internship program. Currently, the
names of companies who hire students
for the summer are posted and the
individual students write to them.
There is a very limited number of
companies listed though, which once
again leads to a very competitive job
For the first time in AGSIM's history
an organization whose sole purpose
is to find internships for students
duplicate real world conditions, the
students divide themselves into four
teams organized similarly to ad agency
account groups with an account
executive, marketing director, research
director, creative director, media director,
merchandising director, and sales
promotion director. Each team undertakes
to create, design, and execute the
presentation of a comprehensive
marketing plan and an advertising
campaign for the introduction of a
product or service into a foreign
market. The teams are working with
real products in real markets, utilizing
to the fullest the resources made
available by their sponsor companies
and their own initiative. The products
and friendly placement staff.
Students at AGSIM take interviewing
very seriously. They recognize the
importance of the unique opportunity
of exposure to a large number of
prospective employers. And through
the aid of the Career Services have
ample opportunity to be well prepared
and professional in their interviews.
There are a variety of career planning
programs, interview workshops and
seminars for the student. Recruiters
have been impressed by the caliber and
maturity of the student body, the
degree to which they have defined
their career objectives and their
realistic expectations of initial career
As an additional service, Career
Services has expanded its Alumni
Placement Bureau. Coordinated by
D.R. (Woody) Belisle with daily
contacts handled by Mrs. Betty Rush,
this division of the Career Services is
designed to provide job/applicant
information to alumni as well as to
will be coming to the Thunderbird
campus to conduct interviews. It is the
Carl Duisberg Society (CDS) and
currently one recent alumna, Ms.
Mariya Toohey, is enrolled in their
CDS conducts training programs in
Germany. The organization was
founded over fifty years ago by a
chemist, Carl Duisberg, with the
intention of promoting successful
international working relations among
various countries. The organization
has 300 member corporations in
Germany, most of which also have
subsidiaries in the United States. The
program is designed for young
may not presently be established in the
foreign target market.
Last semester's winning team
developed a comprehensive plan to
market Gatorade in Canada.
Four elements contribute to the
INTERAD program's success: the
students involved, INTERAD Plans
Board, Prof. Schlesinger and personal
incentive. Each student has been
carefully screened by Schlesinger
through a selection process based on
academic performance, willingness to
work very hard and their obvious
desire to pursue an advertising career.
Once on a team, seven individuals
must work together as a unit by
accepting the responsibility for the
organizations seeking experienced
executives. In a typical month Mrs.
Rush is notified of one hundred
available openings. As with the full
time students the placement office
publishes a coded list of the alumni
interested in changing positions. These
capsule resumes are printed with
alumni names and company deleted to
maintain annonymity. Employers are
also invited to review the active alumni
files, on a confidential basis during
their visit to campus, or to contact the
Alumni Placement Service describing
the position, location, salary range,
and experience, training and background
Qualified alumni are informed of
current opportunities and make
contacts directly if interested. At the
same time, the resumes of qualified
applicants are sent to the prospective
employer for review and action. In
order to insure the seriousness of the
job hunter as opposed to someone just
checking the market, the Alumni
professionals who have completed
their formal business education. It
starts with an intensive business
language program lasting from one to
three months. The internship itself
lasts either one or two years and upon
completion the participant is hired on
a permanent basis or transferred to a
subsidiary company in the U.S.
Mariya Toohey completed her
studies at AGSIM in December 1978
and is somewhat a T-Bird pioneer in
this program. She contacted and applied
on her own to the Carl Duisberg
Society, was accepted and is being
sponsored by the German Foreign
Office. Her business language training
execution of their individual
responsibilities, yet sustaining their
individual initiative and creativity.
The Plans Board provides each team
with guidance and direction. The
board consists of four seasoned
INTERAD participants selected from
the previous semester's INTERAD
class who have shown expertise in
their particular jobs. The Plans Board,
along with Schlesinger, evaluate and
advise each team throughout the
Prof. Schlesinger shares many years
of highly successful career experiences
in advertising. His knowledge and
support of the program and the students
are invaluable to the success of
Placement Office charges $50.00 to the
applicant to provide their services.
The intent of Mannel and the Career
Services staff is to continually improve
their services for students, alumni and
employers. And there are ways that
alumni and students can help them
accomplish this. First, to keep Career
Services updated as to whom is working
where, alumni should let this office
know when they have found a job with
the aid of their services, or when they
have changed jobs or been promoted.
AGSIM is very proud of its graduates
and would like to know of their location
and successes. Also alumni are
encouraged to notify this office when
positions are open within their company,
and to inform their company
of the advantages available to them in
recruiting at T -bird.
In order to contact the Alumni
Placement Service call Mrs. Betty Rush
at (602) 978-7242. To schedule recruiting
dates call Career Services at (602)
program begins this April and, since
she is already fluent in conversational
German, will only last one month.
Though she already has her Master's
degree, Mariya believes this program
will be invaluable for her career. She
will be an important asset to German
firms in the U.S., being able to comprehend
both the German and U.S.
business environments and the program
will afford her an understanding
of German business operations that
few Americans share.
Due to the effect of the decreasing
value of the dollar in Europe, there is a
very substantial increase in foreign
investments in the U.S. German
INTERAD. He has brought recognition
and prestige to INTERAD in the
advertising industry by demanding
nothing but the best out of each
The final motivating factor for the
INTER AD effort is that day when the
teams make their presentations before
a distinguished panel of judges
representing leading international
advertisers and agencies. The winning
team receives well earned praise and
professional recognition. In addition,
the judges and guests afford the
students excellent exposure to
employment opportunities. Thus,
INTERAD Day is one of the highlights
of the academic semester at AGSIM.
Total number of MIM graduates 860
Total active placement registrants 711
Salary range $35,104 to $13,500
Middle third of salary range $19,200 to $17,000
Mean salary $18,484
Median sala ry $18,100
Number of company visits 210
Number of interview schedules 476
Number of interviews 4,160
Average number of interviews per student 5.9
Total number of offers received 676
"In order to provide comparability
with other published data, salary information
contained in this report
reflects Spring Semester 1978 activity
and includes only acceptances of offers
from those organizations who actively
recruited on campus.
companies are expanding their
present operations and acquiring
new companies. Germany can also
be considered a cornerstone in the
EuropeanEconomic Community and
experience in Germany means learning
about other markets as well.
The present situation has made this
program more important than ever.
Thanks to the help of Helmut Roessler
in the AGSIM modern languages
department and the efforts of Career
Services, more students will soon have
contact with the Carl Duisberg Society,
affording them an even better chance
of being well prepared for the
international business market.
Resource Person/
Alumni Association
If you are visiting, job-hunting, moving or new
to their area, the T-Birds marked "RP" will help
you, If you'd like information about alumni
meetings and activities in their area, the T-Birds
marked" AA" will advise you of times and
places. Let me know if you'd like to add your
name to this distinguished l,ist of AGSIM alumni
who are proudly serving their School and other
distinguished alumni world-wide,
Noble Blackshear (AA)
c/o Arizona Bank
101 North First Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Tel: (602) 262-2000
Ken Nelson (RP, AA)
6720 North 18th Place
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Tel: (602) 265-2033
Barbara Stewart (AA)
4447 West Solano Drive
Glendale, AZ 85301
Tel: (602) 939-9585
CALIFORNIA (Northern)
Bruce Eberly (Pres. AA)
448 Studio Circle, #3
San Mateo, CA 94401
Tel: (415) 981-6700 (0)
Gary Michael (RP, AA)
4731 Oyster Bay Drive
San Jose, CA 95126
Tel: (415) 783-0878 (0)
Roland J. Willits (AA)
4544 Via Madrid
Union City, CA 94587
Tel: (415) 471-6005
Roland E. Garcia (RP)
4325 West Shaw, #6
Fresno, CA 93711
Tel: (209) 442-8100
CALIFORNIA (Southern)
Jim Dale (AA)
c/o Charlotte Dale
3131 W. Pacific Coast Hwy.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Jeff Ruby (AA)
1342 S. Tierra Siesta
Walnut, CA 91789
Tel: (213) 330-0666 (0)
W. Lawrence Schaeffer (RP, AA)
770 W. Imperial Ave., Apt. 30
EI Segundo, CA 90245
Tel: (213) 322-0935
Michael A. Thieme (RP, AA)
Mitsu Bishi Bank of Calif.
800 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: (213) 621 -1211
(San Dfego)
Craig A. Starkey (RP, AA)
Box 1122
Rancho Sante Fe, CA 92067
Tel : (714) 756-2692
John Cullinan (AA)
c/o Valley Lab
5920 Longbow
Boulder, CO 80301
Tel: (303) 530-2300
Linton Kingsbury (RP)
Kinsbury & Associates
300 Garden of the Gods Road
Suite 208
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Tel: (303) 599-9696
Robert Michaud (RP)
2204 Colonial Drive
Melbourne Beach, FL 32901
Debbie Smith (RP)
1625 Centerville Road, #41
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Annalee Hixson (RP)
2550 Akers Mill Road, #C20
Atlanta, GA 30339
Harry Fanning (RP, AA)
44-208 Malae Place
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Tel: (808) 254-1221
Bob Johnson (RP)
R.E. Johnson Inti. Assoc.
1795 Taft Avenue
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
Tel: (312) 358-6464
Paula Messer (RP)
1813 Hemlock Place, #210
Schaumburg, IL 60172
Randy Miller (AA)
3150 North Sheridan, #1 30
Chicago, IL 60657
Tel: (312) 327-1153
Judy Purze
1560 North Sandburg, Apt. 2206
Chicago, IL 6061 0
Myron (Mike) Schmidt (RP)
Citicorp Leasing
Suite 346
2250 East Devon
Des Plaines, IL 6001 8
Tel: (312) 296-2070
Jesse Wilson (AA)
c/o Thomas H. Miner & Assoc.
135 S. LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60657
Tel: (312) 236-8745
Robin Hess (RP)
242 Monterey Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47806
Tel: (812) 234-3376
Michael Ribolla (AA)
3220 East Jackson Blvd,
Elkhart, IN 46514
Tel: (219) 294-2967
Wait Atkinson (RP)
2214 White Oak
Wichita, KS 67207
George Hiller (RP)
6732 West 74th Street
Overland Park, KS 66204
Tel: (913) 722-2927
Keith Cromley (RP, AA)
1217 Royal
New Orleans, LA 70116
Tel: (504) 524-9834
Robert Hesson (RP)
International Trade Div.
Suite 324, Int'l. Trade Mart
2 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
Tel: (504) 524-7114
K.A. (Casey) Cummings (RP)
9108 Deviation Roact
Baltimore, MD 21236
Bruce Wallace (RP)
Box 155, RFD #1
Hydes, MD 21 082
Tel: (301) 592-2811
Phillippe Deymes (RP, AA)
Morgan Manor
#50A Starwood Drive
Lenox, MA 01240
Tel: (413) 637-2811
Gloria Trierweiler (RP, AA)
Campbell-Ewald, IntI. Advertising
3044 W. Grand Boulevard
DetrOit, MI48202
Tel: (313) 872-6000
Mary McMunn (RP, AA)
1671 Juliet Avenue, South
St. Paul, MN 551 05
Robert Ballinger (RP)
Asst. Professor Business Division
Siena College
Loudenville, NY 12211
Tel: (518) 783-2300
Gerald Kangas (RP)
c/o Citibank, N.A.
IBG Div. 1, Tube 57
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Kathleen M. Kidder (RP)
226 E. 70th Street, Apt. 4-E
New York, NY 10021
William Neumann (RP)
169 Charlton Avenue
South Orange, NJ 07079
Peter Nicholson (RP)
15 Jones Street, Apt. 1 -A
New York, NY 10011
Tel: (212) 675-1056
Carlos Orchard (RP)
NOSAMCO Services, Inc.
60 East 42nd Street
Lincoln Building
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 697-6485
Gary Pacific (RP)
clo Crane Company
300 Park Avenue
New York, NY 1 0022
Louise Ure (RP)
250 E. 87th Street, #7 J
New York, NY 10028
Gary l. Woods (AA)
500 E. 77th Street, Apt. 1009
New York, NY 10021
R. Wayne Walvoord (RP)
c/o Security Trust Company
International Department
One East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14638
Tel : (716) 262-3100
John Phillips (RP)
4212-B Knob Oak Lane
Charlotte, NC 28211
Tom Wong (RP, AA)
c/o The Siosman Corp.
P.O. Box 3019
Asheville, NC 28802
John Blaine (RP)
6710 Somerset Drive
Brecksville, OH 44141
Harry Cockrell (RP)
c/o Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria, OH 44035
Tel: (216) 323-5581
Thomas G. Hackim (RP, AA)
P.O. Box 1035
Toledo, OH 43666
Tel: (419) 247-2938 (0)
Arif Hafiz (RP, AA)
c/o Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria, OH 44035
Tel: (216) 324-3556
Allan Welch (RP)
14914 Lake Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44107
Tel: (216) 228-5194
D. Barker Bates (RP, AA)
1926 Olympia Way
Longview, WA 98632
Tel: (206) 636-1768
Maurce B. McCullough (RP)
3418 S.E. Cariton
Portland, OR 97202
Tel: (503) 281-9940
Robert August (RP)
309-G Indian Creek Apts.
1219 W. Wynnewood Road
Wynnewood, PA 19096
James & Wendy Lavorato (RP)
#806 Racquet Club Apartments
100 Oxford Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146
Emmanuel Nsien (RP)
7805 Buist Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19153
Tel: (215) 492-9338
Donald Stanek (RP)
2862 Washington Street
Easton, PA 18042
Tel: (201) 859-2151 (0)
James D. Robinson, IV (RP, AA)
Ballew, Reinhardt, & Associates, Inc.
5050 Poplar, Suite 1400
Memphis, TN 38157
Tel: (901) 454-0393
Richard E. Ragsdale (RP)
817 Rodney Drive
Nashville, TN 37205
TEXAS (Dallas)
Houston Briggs (RP)
3519 Bremen
Dallas, TX 75206
Tel: (214) 821-5494
Ernest Escobedo (RP, AA)
clo Slaughter Industries, Inc.
P.O. Box 38566
10851 Miller Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 341-5061
Frances McCutchan (RP, AA)
6235 llano
Dallas, TX 75214
Tel: (214) 827-5239
Luis Molinar (RP)
c/o Bell Helicopter
1901 Central Drive
Bedford, TX 76021
Tel: (817) 267-8161
Dave Trott (RP, AA)
6073 Village Glen Drive, #4228
Dallas, TX 75206
Tel: (214) 691 -5857 (H)
(214) 620-4400 (0)
Kris W. Anderson (RP, AA)
531 4 Wending Way
Houston, TX 77091
Tel: (713) 681-6596
Earl V. Dragics (RP)
10162 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
Tel: (713) 464-9768
Bruce Blankenship (RP)
Box 5246
Lubbock, TX 79417
Gerald W. Esterbrook (RP, AA)
Sunpak Movers
100 West Harrison Plaza
Seattle, WA 98119
Tel: 1-800-426-0344
Chuck Hazen, Jr. (RP, AA)
17810 184th N.E.
Woodinville, WA 98072
Tel: (206) 788-3295
Haven Stewart (RP)
806 W. Crockett
Seattle, WA 98119
Steven W. DeLateur (RP, AA)
1111 Army-Navy Drive, A-308
Arlington, VA 22202
Tel: (703) 521-7646 (H)
(202) 566-8842 (0)
John Votta (RP)
1 Walter Circle
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Tel: (703) 752-2409
Mike Kavanaugh (RP, AA)
5303 N. Santa Monica
Milwaukee, WI 53217
John D. Willyard, II (RP, AA)
312 East Wabash
Waukesha, WI531 86
OTHER COUNTRIES BRITISH WEST INDIES Manfred " Lo" Locher (RP, AA) JAPAN Robert J. Murray (RP)
George E. Grimmett (RP) Kirchplatz 6 Terence M. Esmay (RP) Catholic Relief Service
SOUTH WEST AFRICA Global Profits LTD Postfach 045 Meitsu-Dailey Apartado 308
Bill Vaught (RP) P.O. Box 1579 Grand Cayman 7932 Munderkinger Donau, Germany 1-1 Nishi-Shimbashi Lima, Peru
Nord Mining Exploration, LTD. Cayman Islands Tel' 0 7393-22 25 Nimato-ku
P.O. Box 3676 British West Indies Axel Mess (RP) Tokyo, 105, Japan PUERTO RICO
Windhoek, South West Africa Tel: 9-2210 (60) Wallrafstr,7 Bob & Gloria Shuman (AA)
D-4040 Neuss KENYA cl o Robert Shuman & Associates
ARGENTINA CANADA West Germany Jim Walton (RP, AA) Box 1393
Robert B. Garrison (RP) Ray M. Bruyere (RP, AA) Tel: 0211 -80161 (0) clo Koehring Inti. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Corrientes 441 clo Bank of Montreal 02101-80689 (H) Nairobi, Kenya John F. Tomlinson (RP, AA)
1317 Buenos Aires 1 29 SI. James Street W. GREECE
Caribbean Properties Ltd.
Argentina 9th Floor KOREA 171 De Parque
Patricio Seidel (RP) Montreal, Quebec Denis Gavanas (RP) Jung-Bae Kim (RP) San Juan 00911 , Puerto Rico
25 de Mayo, 168 H2Y 1 L6 Sana vag Assoc. Group Asia Cement Mfg. Co. Ltd. Tel: 725-7365
7 Piso Satj iv Chahil (RP, AA) P.O. Box 1622, Syntagma Square 7th Floor Dae Hah Bldg. Capital Federal, Argentina Hampton House #1708 Athens 1 26, Greece 75, Seosomoon Dong SAUDI ARABIA
Tel: 743-5801 322 Eglinton Ave. East Dean Johnson (RP, AA) Chung-Ku, Seoul, Korea Keith Thompson
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1 L6 Dragatsaniou 7 Jae Suk Lee (RP, AA) c lO ICIE
AUSTRALIA Canada Voula, Athens, Greece clo Korea Development Bank P.O. Box 7354
John C. Gillett (RP) Norman Mcintosh (RP) Tel: 8954323 C.P.O. Box 28 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10 Canrobert St reet 1375 Prince of Wales Drive GUATEMALA Seoul, Korea Mosman N.S.W. 2088 Lord Mountbatten #1812 SINGAPORE
Australia Ottawa, Ontario Ethan Book (RP) KUWAIT Kent Densley (RP)
Tel: 969-4823 Canada K2C 3L5 clo Bank of America Riad Marei (RP, AA) c lo Industrial National Bank
Emory A. Morris (RP) P.O. Box 2070 CIO Y. Alghanim & Son Suite 1007, Shing Kwan House
28 Underwood Street CHILE Guatemala City, Guatemala P.O. Box 223 4 Shenton Way
Paddington, N.S.W. Max Krauss (RP) Kuwait Singapore 1, Singapore
2021 Australia c lo Triumph Int'l. de Chile Ltd. HONG KONG Tel: 2219888
Dave Wallace (RP, AA) Luis Thayer Ojeda 1250 Allen S. Cheng (RP, AA) LESOTHO James W. Echle (RP, AA)
Lot 8, Lane Cove Road Santiago, Chile c lo Meyer Mfg. Co. Ltd. Mary Carney (RP) Salsbury International, Inc.
Ingleside N.S.w. 2101 COLOMBIA
330 Kwun Tong Road P.O. Box MS 682 187 A Goldhill Shopping Centre
Australia Kung Tong, Kowloon Maseru, Lesotho Thomson Road
Tel : 02-992-139 Gabriel E. Cuellar (RP, AA) Hong Kong Singapore 11 , Singapore
Apartado Aereo 90877 Bill Tak-Ming ling (RP, AA) LIBERIA Will iam (Bill) Wagner (RP)
BAHAMAS Bogota, Colombia clo CCAA International LTD. Marvin G. Dole (RP) 197 B Goldhill Centre
Suzanne J. Black (RP, AA) Napolean and Jo Anne (Spatz) 12th Floor liberia Tractor & Equipment Co. Thomson Road
Allied Bank International DeVargas (RP) Kai Tak Commercial Bldg. P.O. Box 299 Singapore, 11, Singapore
P.O. Box N-3944 Carrera 21 #51 -38 317 Des Voeux Road, C. Monrovia, Liberia Chin Wah Ying (RP)
Nassau, Bahamas Bogota- 2-Colombia Hong Kong 58 Hillcrest Road
Luis I. Mejia-Maya (RP) C. Gregg Wadas (RP, AA) LIBYA Singapore, 11 , Singapore
BAHRAIN Calle 17 #4-68, ApI. 1704 Trade Media Ltd. Peter A Holmshaw (RP) Tel: 664868
Gunter H. Kohlke (RP) Bogota, Colombia P.O. Box K-1786 clo Energy Support Engineering
AWALCO Kowloon Central P.O. Box 2063 SPAIN
P.O. Box 741 COSTA RICA Hong Kong B.C.C. Tripoli, libya C. Michael Bennis (RP, AA)
Manama, Bahrain Jim Dahlstrom (RP, AA) INDIA Pen a Sirio
c lo Super Sercicio MEXICO Colonia de Mirasierra
BELGIUM Apartad0992 Y.G. Dwarkanath (RP, AA) Victor Alfaro (AA) Madrid 34, Spain
Rodney Taylor (RP, AA) San Jose, Costa Rica SRI Krishna SPG & WVG Mills Aguascalientes
Avenue Louise 418 Tel: 22-55-44 Subramanyapura 7 vis - #1 SWEDEN
1050 Brussels, Belgium James Stanley (RP, AA)
Bangalore 11 , India Me)(ico, 7, D.F. Mexico Claus T. Morch (RP)
Tel: (02) 40- 11-1 6 Apartado 5 181 INDONESIA Craig Dudley (AA) Ekeby Skogsv 1 5
San Jose, Costa Rica Rio Rh in #77, Penthouse 18265 Djursholm
BOLIVIA Daniel J. Goldsmith (RP, AA) Me)(ico 5, DF Mexico Sweden
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Ken Jacuzzi: A Whirlpool of Success
Tom Gething
One day in Import-Export class,
Professor Richter was discussing the
fight that many companies are having
to keep their trade names from
becoming so well known that they
become generic for the product. He
began to mention several - Kleenex,
Coca-Cola, Xerox - when, from the
body of the class, someone said,
"Excuse me, Professor Richter, but
you're also looking at one."
His name is Ken Jacuzzi, and if that
name does not immediately ring a bell,
think of all the hot whirlpool baths of
the same name that are found in
apartment complexes, athletic clubs
and saunas throughout the world. The
names are one and the same.
Ken, who is a third semester student
at AGSIM this spring, narrates an
interesting story about the invention of
the whirlpool bath and the birth of
Jacuzzi Consolidated.
It all began during World War I,
when the six Jacuzzi brothers, Ken's
uncles, left a poverty-ravaged Italy
to come to the promised land -
California, U.s.A. There they worked
at assorted jobs, including making
wooden airplane propellers, and were
finally able to buy a small ranch.
Rachael Jacuzzi, the second oldest,
was what Ken would call "an inventive
genius." Although he had only
had a third grade education, he had
developed ideas for atomic energy,
frost-free refrigerators and, of greatest
significance, the jet water pump. The
latter invention he designed so that the
brothers could pump water for
irrigation on their ranch more
efficiently. The pump was so successful
that they began to sell them to the local
ranchers, and the era of the Jacuzzi
pump was born.
Not until Ken was born, however,
did the whirlpool bath as we know it
today come into existence. Ken
suffered from arthritis as a child, and
for therapy his doctor prescribed a
hydro-massage treatment. But at the
time, this treatment could only be
found in hospitals, so Ken's father,
using some of the Jacuzzi ingenuity,
Ken Jacuzzi photo by Dave Hornbach
designed a waterpump for home use in
the bath tub. This way, Ken was able to
receive the treatment every day. The
doctor liked the pump so well that he
suggested that they market the
During the late 1950's the Jacuzzi
whirlpool concept became more and
more familiar to the public. According
to Ken, one very great promotional
boost for the product came when it
began to be offered as one of the prizes
on the nation-wide "Queen for a Day"
television show. Then in the following
years the idea caught on and the
company expanded its product line.
Today, despite some competitors,
Jacuzzi is still the largest producer of
whirlpool baths - so much so that
virtually all whirlpool baths are called
Jacuzzis, whether they really are or not.
Ken himself first worked for the
company as a consultant for the
whirlpool division. He got his first
taste of international management
more or less by chance. In 1972 he was
in Italy looking into a possible expansion
of the whirlpool division. The
Italian operations of the company
happened to be having some rough
times, partly due to the poor economic
climate at the time. The company was
experiencing problems in keeping
production costs down, and the
workers were feeling some discontent.
So Ken ended up staying on for four
years trying to smooth things out.
Ken feels that he learned management
techniques the hard way - by
doing. One of the first problems he
encountered was a lack of confidence
in the management on the part of the
workers. The solution Ken found was
to" do what you say. Show that what
you say is what you really do. Be
consistent; be honest." He discovered
that the workers appreciated being
informed about the company's goals,
that they were responsive and wanted
to cooperate.
When Ken returned to the U.s., he
decided to follow up his management
experiences with some formal training
at AGSIM. Presently, he is studying a
variety of courses but is emphasizing
finance. He loves the production aspect
of business and hopes to apply the
Jacuzzi name and ingenuity to a new
Len and Demetra Brockman: T-Birds in Tandem
Margaret McAlpine
How compatible are two separate
business careers in a marriage? Two
successful graduates of American
Graduate School of International
Management, Leonard and Demetra
Brockman, prove that separate careers
can be compatible and highly rewarding.
Following graduation from the
Thunderbird campus in 1975, and
a six-month special project to reorganize
the business department of a
medical center, Len and Demetra
moved to New Orleans to begin careers
in the brokerage industry.
Thinking that their careers should be
compatible rather than competitive,
Demetra became a stockbroker with
Thompson McKinnon Securities, Inc.,
and Len began his career as a commodity
broker with ContiCommodity
Services, a subsidiary of Continental
In the course of his efforts to better
develop his services to clients, Len
entered into an informal partnership
with Gary Halbert, '75A, another
Conti broker located in Dallas. The
partnership made a good team, but was
not a new alliance. During their final
semester in Guadalajara with the
graduate school's summer program,
Gary, Len and Demetra were a regular
threesome. T -Birds have a well earned
reputation for being close as friends
and business associates.
As the business in commodity
hedging for soybean elevators grew,
another partner was needed in order to
continue offering quality service to
clients. Demetra had become more and
more interested in commodities, so
they set out to convince Conti that a
husband-wife team could work
comfortably and profitably. The
threesome was back together.
But a year later that old desire which
all T -Birds share returned to the
Brockmans. Namely, that desire for
international careers. Oddly enough,
the more successful the commodity
business became, the less likely the
possibility for international careers
became. Desiring not to be locked into
Leonard and Demetra Brockman
the regional situation, they looked to
broader alternatives.
In April of 1978, Len joined the
American Soybean Association (ASA)
as program coordinator for market
development. The ASA was building
its new world headquarters office in St.
Louis, but Len would have to work in
Iowa for six months until its completion.
Demetra settled into the new
apartment in St. Louis, anxious to
continue her career as well. According
to Len, they quickly learned to appreciate
Fridays as he could only
return to St. Louis every other weekend.
With the separation behind them,
both feel that it was well worth it.
The American Soybean Association
is considered by many to be one of the
best trade associations, with offices
in Taipei, Tokyo, Brussels, Paris,
Hamburg, Vienna, Madrid and Mexico
City. Len's job as a market coordinator
is to help develop marketing activities
for each region and requires traveling
to the various offices. These market
development activities are designed to
increase the sale of U.S. soybeans,
soybean oil and soybean meal.
A combination of fortunate timing,
experience, and aT-Bird background
helped Demetra secure the position of
commodity sales coordinator for A.G.
Edwards & Sons. She travels to offices
in 135 cities throughout the U.S.
conducting seminars on the futures
markets. Both speculators and
commercial hedgers make up the
"players" in the futures markets, so
she has to be knowledgeable in many
The position of each of the
Brockman's requires considerable
travel, but both enjoy it and eagerly
share their latest adventures. Their
equally successful and ambitious
careers are'quite compatible - with
only one problem on the horizon.
What will happen should ASA offer
Len an overseas assignment? Can
Demetra afford to end a promising
career? Len quickly adds that this is
where the T-Bird training is helpful
and quotes Mr. Earl Culp saying
"remain flexible, don't cross bridges
until you come to them." With that
advice in mind, the couple plans to
continue pursuing each career
Len and Demetra fondly refer to
their year at American Graduate
School as their "T -Bird Adventure"
and consider it a major turning point
in their lives. When asked if they
would do it all over again, Len enthusiastically
answers "yes, without
hesitation or reservation." The
Brockmans remain active in alumni
efforts, having recently hosted the
St. Louis area ga thering of T -Birds.
Future plans? The continued pursuit
of exciting and challenging opportunities
within the grain and brokerage
industries lies on the horizon for the
Brockmans. After all, T -Birds in
tandem are doubly dynamic.
Brussels based concern
reflects professionalism
Michael A. Johnson
(Editor's note: American Graduate School
of International Management is affiliated
with the American Management Associations.
Because of our mutual belief in
professionalism of management, we
requested a background piece on their
Management Centre Europe (MCE) .
Michael A. Johnson is the corporate affairs
director at MC£. Differences in spelling of
certain words reflect our desire to maintain
the integrity of our correspondent's
European styleJ
BRUSSELS - Management Centre
Europe (MCE), founded in 1961, is
the European headquarters of the
American Management Associations
(AMA), International, and the largest
international management organisation
in Europe today.
Alone amongst the operational
centres of the global organisations,
MCE is a truly international centre.
Located in Brussels since its conception,
its activities cover the whole of
Europe and Scandinavia, giving it a
unique role amongst management organisations
in Europe. This "uniqueness"
is based on three major elements
of MCE's operating philosophy.
Management Centre Europe's headquarters in Brussels.
First, it is very much a Centre, a
meeting place for managers from all
over Europe and beyond to come
together, learn and share experiences
in a completely international, yet
neutral, environment. The Centre's
staff reflects this internationalism;
there are currently 14 different
nationalities working in MCE.
Second, Management Centre
Europe, in common with the AM A, is a
totally self-financing, not-for-profit
organisation that receives no aid -
financial or otherwise - from any
outside source. MCE has no political or
sectarian views and promotes no
beliefs or doctrines, except professionalism
of management.
In this lies MCE's independence; an
independence that very few organisations,
national or international, can
claim. It means that MCE exists as an
unbiased organization purely to raise
the quality of management, to make
available the latest management
techniques and to help management
adapt to changing environments.
Third, it has no permanent faculty of
professional management education
staff. All speakers are drawn from the
world of business, and in this way
MCE has available a huge reservoir of
experience in the business world.
Because of this MCE programmes are
not overly theorical, but based on the
practical up-to-date experiences of
practicing managers.
Alone, each of these points would be
admirable, together they provide MCE
with a unique style in Europe that is
shared with participants as a special
experience in management development.
The international environment, the
independence as a self-funding
organisation, and the practical
experience of the working managers
that make up the faculty, create an
organisation that is different from
other management development
groups in Europe.
The majority of managers who come
to MCE for management development
programmes are aware of the international
flavour of our meetings - and
in fact they come for this. It would be
simple for a manager to stay in his
home country - apart from certain
geographical exceptions - and attend
a very similar programme; but he
would not get the exposure to the
international environment, or perhaps
the emphasis on practical experience.
It is normal for a programme with 20
participants to have as many as eight
or nine different nationalities and, as
the world gets smaller and Europe's
nations come closer together, this
additional experience is invaluable in
the development of today's and
tomorrow's manager.
In addition, many of MCE's
programmes are aimed at the practical
side as they involve participation for
the people on the programme. This
sharing of experiences by participants
of different nationalities and culture,
from large and small companies,
creates an especially significant
exchange of ideas and techniques.
A fourth point that makes MCE
different from many of its competitors
around Europe is the depth and
diversification of its work and the
flexibility that comes from its
independent status.
Perhaps the success of Management
Centre Europe is that it has the best of
both worlds. It is neither a management
development group founded by
government or industry, nor a private
enterprise undertaking.
The fact that it has no message or
philosophy, except the belief in the
professionalism of management, is the
secret of its international success.
Class of '48
Robert L. Bean is director of the World Trade
Division of the Chicago Association of
Commerce and Industry.
Class of '49
William R. Henry is currently a corporate
personnel officer with 1 st Alabama Bank, in
Montgomery, Alabama. Walter and Phyllis
Leonard have recently published two books,
Walter's first book, "1 001 Tips", and Phyl\is's
third novel, "Warrior's Woman".
James Clarke is a vice president with Dixie
National Bank in Miami, Florida. Living in
Chicago, Fred Parmentier, is vice president
for an insurance company, Great Lakes
Agency, in Chicago. Living in Portland,
Oregon, Calvin L. Van Pelt works for Floating
Point Systems, Inc., as manager of
international operations. Frederick D.
Voorhees is president of Special
InteresTours, Inc., in Bellevue, Washington.
Class of '51
Carlos Borja is now with Interamerican
Development Bank representing Guatemala.
Frederick Jeroy is now residing in Iran and is
employed with Industrial Development &
Services Company, Ltd.
Class of '52
California Equipment Company now has
Graham Mehaffey as their director of
marketing. John R. Greenaway is currently
employed by the First National Bank of South
Carolina. John Hays is now an Arizona State
Representative from the Yarnell district. Toby
R. Madison is now employed with BarnesHind
Pharmaceuticals as international area
manager. He was recently shot in an uprising
in Guatemala while on business and suffered
a collapsed lung. Mr. Madison has since
Angel Navarro and his wife, Nubia, were up
visiting from Nicaragua, where he is manager
of the Banco Nicaraguense. Robert Stimson
is vice president of cargo and mail for Air
Sunshine in Key West, Florida.
Class of'54
Vernon D. Beard is now employed by S.J.
Pounder, a real estate company in Portland.
Gall Roy Fraties, attorney and counselor at
law, in Anchorage, Alaska, recently had an
article on cross examinations published in
the January issue of "The Alaska Bar Rag".
Mr. Fraties also has a home in Kailua, Hawaii,
where he spends a good deal of his time
spearfishing, diving for lobster and drinking
sake. James M. Davis has been elected vice
president of AFIA Worldwide Insurance. He
will be responsible for strategic planning at
AFIA's world headquarters in Wayne, New
Class of '55
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., St. Louis based
security firm, has expanded its corporate
finance department with the addition of Billy
F. Martin, who has jOined the firm as director
of utility finance, a new position. Robert A.
Warren is currently with Warren Associates
International Inc., in La Jolla, California. Director
of the financial institutions division of the
State of New Mexico, is Arthur L. Ortiz.
Class of'56
Living in Bogota, Lee R. Prior, is working with
Icollantas, a subsidiary of B.F. Goodrich.
Diane Connelly, former director of alumni
relations, is currently with Tom Fannin
Realtors in Phoenix. Warren Stelzmlller is a
systems accountant at the Pacific Missile
Test Center in California.
Robert Bonham is working for MONY, in San
Juan, Puerto Rico. Ted O. Clare was elected
vice president of international operations for
American Motors Corporation. Jerome E.
Flrsty has founded his own company, Firbeck
Inc., which represents 25 manufacturers of
school and office supplies in the U.S. to
customers in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and
Netherland Antilles. John D. Gilbert is now
president of Breneman, Inc., one of the
nation's leading manufacturers of window
shades. Since June 1978, L. Shippen Luquer
Jr., has been working at Centro Factoring
S.PA of Florence, Italy, as director of their
international sector. Thomas A. Munns and
his family are living in Bogota, where he is
general sales manager for Esachem de
Colombia, SA, a subsidiary of National
Chemsearch Corporation. David B. Ryan is
now employed with E.F. Hutton & Company in
Modesto, California. Charles Sexauer is
employed with Bona, SA in Costa Rica.
Ivan Culbertson Jr., has assumed the
position of president and chief executive
officer of Baer Americ~n Banking
Corporation, based in New York. James S.
Dahlstrom is president of Super Servicio in
San Jose, Costa Rica. Senior vice president of
marketing for Chemicals Exchange is
Michael F. Kendall.
Class of'59
Dan Schell is presently with Ball Agriculture
Corporation, in Boulder, Colorado.
Class of '60
Howard Hall has been transferred by Bank of
America to San Francisco after six years in
Hong Kong. His new assignment is in
business development for employee benefit
plans and trusts. Robert F. Kidney is living in
Singapore where he works for Kodak.
Transferred to South Africa, Wallace F. Life
John D. Gilbert '57 G. Mackie Cornwall '62
has been promoted to vice president and
managing director of Goodyear-South Africa.
Carl W. Ludvik is now employed as senior
operations officer with World Bank.
Tom Sheehan has been transferred to
Michigan from Hong Kong with Dow Chemical.
Avery McCarthy is account supervisor for
Latin America for B.F. Goodrich, International.
Jack R. MacCormac has been elected
resident vice president of INA International
Corporation's New York office. Ralph R.
Goodrum is an assistant vice president of
Johnson & Higgins, Inc., in Minneapolis.
Living in Nigeria, Richard Dron is regional
manager for Pfizer International. John C.
Cooper is still with Citibank and presently
living in Singapore as a vice president for the
James M. Benson is with the U.S. Department
of State in Wellington, New Zealand. R. Jay
Casell, owner of Remember the Alamo
Theatre and Museum, has recovered artifacts
dating back to Colonial Spanish time and the
Battle and Siege of the Alamo. Jerome N.
Chaffee is now president of Gordon Fennell
Company, subsidiary of Ximco, Inc. The MidAmerican
Chapter of the International
Advertising ASSOCiation, headquartered in
Chicago, has named G. Mackie Cornwall to a
two year term as president. Carlos Cortes is
now professor of History, chairman of
Chicano studies at the University of
California, Riverside. After 1 2 years in
Europe, Paris E. Smith, has returned to Texas
where he will be active in family owned real
estate property development. He has formed
his own company, Palmway Partneres, Inc.
Clarence H. Yahn, Jr. has resigned as vice
president Mexican operations of the Northern
Electric Company and accepted the
presidency of Digita Victor in Mexico City.
William F. Ball has been appointed manager
of materials management for the Outdoor
Power Quipment Division of the J.1. Chase
Company. Webb Elkins is now employed with
Wilson Food Corp., based in Oklahoma City.
Tor D. Folkedal is now a senior vice
president with Crocker Bank. Stephen A.
Imredy has joined Manufacturing Data
Systems, Inc. as its international subsidiaryMDSI
in Ann Arbor, Michigan. John Parker is
independently employed in an export
business and does writing on the side in
Houston, Texas.
After five years with Boyle Midway Division as
an area manager, Peter de Vries has joined
William H. Clark Associates as a partner in
the New York office. Michael Z. Fruewlrth
has been named manager, quality assurance
of the American Bell International, Inc. Garry
Moore has moved to San Francisco Bay area
to take a new position as manager, international
sales, for Foremost International. After
working with Goodyear for 11 years, Claus T.
Morch, has resigned and become a marketing
director for Partner-Consulting Company, in
Sweden. Paul G. Willette III is now owner of
Badger Electronics in Lebanon, Oregon. R.C.
Witt is employed with Union Carbide Eastern
Inc., and resides in Hong Kong.
Class of'65
Richard S. Cochran is a personnel director
with J. McDermott Company, and is residing
in Singapore. Robert A. Cushman is now
living in the Philippines employed by ArmcoMarsteel
Alloy Corporation. Peter
Dombrowski, based in Paris, is working for
Lawry's Foods, Inc., of Los Angeles, as
managing director of their European
operations and president of their wholly
owned French subsidiary. Charles Hardy is
now with W.H. Daum in real estate sales. Bill
Hudson is the president of the Alamo National
Bank in Texas. Lee W. Johnson works for
Getty Refining and Marketing Company in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is outgoing president of
the Tulsa chapter of the American Marketing
Association. Du Bois Thompson is an
executive vice president with First Inter-State
Bank in Junction, Vermont.
Class of '66
Richard A. Best is living in Chatham, New
York where he manages his own small-scale
construction business. Living in Manana,
Bahrain, Edward E. Bridges is with Procon
Middle East Inc. Ralph W. Callahan, Jr. was
recently appointed to vice president!
management supervisor for the Henderson
Advertising Agency of Greenville, South
Carolina. Paul V. Ferguson, Jr. is currently a
senior vice president with Ajax International
Corp., in Santa Barbara, California. Alan L.
Fredette has been appointed vice president
of marketing Breneman, Inc., one of the
nation's leading manufacturers of window
shades. Johnathan R. Giddings has recently
moved to Miami, Florida, and is an assistant
treasurer for Exxo Inter-America. John A.
Schantz finds Buenos Aires delightful where
he is working for Bank of America.
Class of '67
Gary S. Ambrose is now employed as
executive director of Church World Service in
Oakland, California. President of Robco
International, in Oak Park, Illinois is Robert F.
Begani. David D. Carplta has been promoted
to vice president of the Bank of California,
international department, in the Seattle main
office. Recently, John G. Fenimore has
moved from Santiago, Chile, and is presently
with Eastman Kodak Company in New York.
Gary B. Hawk is now employed by City
National Bank of Detroit as a vice president in
charge of the Asian region. Tom E. Holmquist
is a management recruiter for A.J. Larsen and
Associates. Richard E. Ragsdale is assistant
treasurer and director of treasury operations
for Hospital Affiliates International, Inc., in
Nashville, Tennessee. Gilbert Morales is
working for C.S. Johnson Company in Miami,
in charge of marketing in Latin America.
William H. Strong is currently a vice
president with Teledyne International
Marketing, in Los Angeles, California.
Harold N. Tune is now with Textron, Inc., as
their director of trade development for the
Middle East.
Class of'68
Anthony Aires has been unemployed since
April 1977 and is busy traveling and playing
rugby. He is also involved in Lifespring
personal development and awareness
training in a voluntary capacity. Ronald T.
Alonzo is currently with the Kohler Company
as an international manager/field sales in
Wisconsin. John G. Cullen is vice president
of National Chemsearch in Irving, Texas.
William C. Demmln is presently living in
Venezuela and is an assistant vice president
with Bank of America. John J. Dowd has just
transferred from Panama to Santiago where
he is general manager of Foto Interamericana
de Chile. Carl L. Georgeson is an
administrative assistant of Asia & Africa
operations of Phelps Dodge Corporation in
New York. Stephen E. Hall has formed his
own company with Don Ogle, ('61) in
Portland, Oregon, aptly named Hall and Ogle
Development and Supply Corporation. Leland
W. Miles is presently self-employed in
Columbia, South America, developing ranch
land. William B. Nurre of Barrington, has
been named division administrator in the
international banking group, Harris Bank,
Chicago. Naturally Vitamin Supplements, Inc.,
has announced the appointment of Salam M.
Salam as director of Naturally's international
marketing department. Don Spongberg is
now living in Minneapolis where he works for
White Weld, a local brokerage firm. AI
Vosyllus is director of marketing services in
the international division of McGraw-Edison
Company. Timothy C. Walker is now director
of order and inventory management in the
international marketing services division of
NCR Corporation in Dayton.
Class of'69
Recruiting here on campus for Manufacturers
Hanover was James Brokker, who is vice
president of corporate banking Europe. A
representative for Marine Midland Bank in
Tehran, Iran, is Roger B. Brown. Michael J.
Crouse has been transferred to the Frankfurt,
Germany branch of the National Bank of
Detroit, where he assumed the pOSition of
senior loan officer. Christian H. Demaret has
been promoted to reinsurance manager of the
Companie Nouvelle d'Assurances, a daughter
company of INA. Francisco R. Dlaz now owns
his own business, Le Mans Rentals, a used
car rental company. The degree of Doctor of
Chiropractic was conferred upon James F.
Dorobiala by the Los Angeles College of
Chiropractic in December of 1978. Back in
Phoenix, William P. Eubank is with the David
Land Association, a real estate and
investment firm. Dick Gardiner is currently
with Wilson Food Corporation in Edmund,
Oklahoma. Frank Giambattista is now
president of Gamby Distributing Company,
Inc., in Harrisenburg, Virginia. Charles S.
Hazen, Jr., is an executive recruiter
Alan L. Fredette '66 David D. Carpita '67
specializing in banking with Dunhill of
Edmonds, Inc., in Washington. Thomas E.
Hoover is working for Walt Sweet Associates
Advertising in Phoenix. Gary Johns is
currently assistant vice president for
American Express International Banking
Corporation in Calcutta, India. Formerly with
the Norwegian Oil Corporation, Richard A.
Koehler has now joined Burbank
International Corporation Far East Operations
in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia as a managing
director. Employed by Union Carbide, is
Robert L. Liscomb.
Class of'70
Robert S. Ballantyne is working with
Traction, Inc., which has developed a new
tractor, "The Quadractor". James B. Behan is
a sales engineer with Dracon, a Farinon
Company. Robert A. Capwell has been
appointed as manager of Bank of America in
Lima, Peru. Larry Cheek is now employed
with Lockheed-Georgia as sales
representative for Mexico, Central America,
and Caribbean. Oscar Cucurullo II, is
currently with Citibank, in Puerto Rico.
Richard Decker is now vice president of the
national division at the United California
Bank. Max Dickman has assumed the
position of sales manager of Firestone del
Chile. Gregory L. Ford is a project manager
with Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District in
California. John Grossenbacher formerly
ocean marine manager at the Philadelphia
branch of Fireman's Fund Insurance
Companies, now has been named manager of
ocean marine operations in Texas. He will be
located at the Houston office. C. Norman
Hansen is now a representative with Marine
Midland Bank in Frankfurt. Otis Elevator
Company has Shoza Imamura as manager in
Tokyo. C. Robert Jones is employed as
agricultural territory manager-Central
America, for John Deere Intercontinental, in
Costa Rica. E. Lawrence Kerin has been
named vice president of international
operations at Binney & Smith, Inc. James C.
Kuhn is employed with Omega Optical
Company in Texas. Joseph M. Mack has
accepted a position with Peat, Marwick,
Mitchell and Company, in Brazil. Since leaving
Thunderbird he has gotten married and now
has a son, Daniel Cornelius. Tom Mansfield
is now a national sales manager with Medical
Device Laboratories, a subsidiary of C.R. Bard
Inc., in Costa Mesa, California. Charles Miller
is working at United California Bank. Working
as executive director for. Metropolitan
Houston Development Center is Frederick A.
Montano. John Muncy is a manager of the
Bank of California Branch, in Makati,
· Lawrence Kerin '70 Georgia Nauchtman '70 Donald P. Carson '72 Jerald l. Dyson '72 Craig Stevenson '72 Forest C. Meade, Jr. '72 Terry l. Marable '72
Philippines. Georgia J. Nachtman is an
account executive with Glenn, Bozell &
Jacobs in Dallas. She is working on business
and aviation development for Latin America,
Europe and Asia. In April, Alexander E.
Naughton (Sandy), accepted an assignment
with Manufacturers Hanover to go to Los
Angeles to assume the position of senior vice
president. Douglas Reymore is working with
Johnson & Johnson as a marketing manager
in Puerto Rico. Living in Florida, James C.
Schwartz is employed by Fabritek Inc., who
makes disposable surgical gowns and
sportswear. K. Ronald Shafer is area
manager of technical marketing with Union
Carbide Eastern, Inc. He is responsible for the
area from Korea to Pakistan and south to
Australia and New Zealand. Dwan L. Shipley
is a teacher, working in Arvada, Colorado.
Gary C. Walter is presently living in
Singapore, and is a territory manager with
John Deere Intercontinental Ltd. Thomas A.
Waters is now working for Metro Equipment
as a sales manager, in Sunnyvale, California.
George Wenz has returned from West
Germany and is now residing in Plano, Texas.
He is currently employed with American
Class of '71
Murray C. Bilby is now employed with French
Related Industries in Pittsburgh. Brian Derby
is now an administrative accounting manager
with Louisiana Pacific Corporation, in Texas.
Hugh Gibney works in the international
division of Needham, Harper & Steers, Inc.
John E. Hamilton is a regional sales manauer
with Allied Van Lines in San Francisco,
California. William Killeen is now employed
with Paper Corp. of U.S. in New York City.
John Latham has taken a new position with
the Canadian Government as regional
director, Department of Industry, Trade and
Commerce. Liquid Paper Corp. has David
Milton as communications manager.
Cristobal R. Orozco is a general services
officer with The Department of State in
Washington, D.C. The Long Realty Company
has announced the association of Shlraz F.
Peer a with its Golflinks Office in Tucson,
Arizona. Forest E. Olson Inc. has announced
Robert J. Richter as a new sales
representative. Robert Scholle, assistant
vice-president of the American Express
International Banking Corporation, New York,
is among a select group of mid-career
executives chosen to partiCipate in the
President's Executive Interchange Program.
Kleth Thompson is now living in Saudi Arabia
and working for a Geneva based company,
ICIE. UCLA has hired Donald Trotter as
assistant chancelor in alumni development.
Chester T. Zukowski is currently with
Schering del Caribe, in Puerto Rico.
Class of'72
Working as operations officer in the Pacific
Islands Division of the Bank of Hawaii is
Robert W. Abraham. Edward C. Auble is now
in Tehran as regional personal accident
manager for Iran America International
Insurance Company, an affiliate company of
American International Group. Bruce D.
Blankenship has joined his family's
company, Blandership Developments, Inc., in
Lubbock, Texas. Donald P. Carson has been
elected assistant vice president in the
International Banking Department at
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company in
Winston-Salem, N.C. Alfredo Coldmer is now
with Colmer & Suarez Inc. in Santurce, Puerto
Rico. Johanes C. Combee has been
appointed treasury manager for Monsanto, in
Germany. Gregory W. Duffin has been
appointed general manager for Bahamas and
Bermuda, with AFIA-World Wide Insurance.
Jerald L. Dyson has been elected vice
president of Benton & Bowles Inc., in New
York. James W. Echle Is the Asian marketing
director for Salsbury Internationallnc.,-and is
residing in Singapore. Charles G. Freeman is
now employed with Saudi Morgan Equipment
in San Francisco. Philip R. Hanson is
assistant director of the Peace Corps in
Rabat. Living in London, Jack Hurlbut is
employed by Hughes Tool Company, Ltd.
Sverre F. Koxvold is now employed as
assistant European treasurer for Memorex
Corporation in the United Kingdom. Richard
J. Maddock is account supervisor with
McKonald & Little Advertising in Georgia.
Stephen H. Mahood is employed with the
Cambridge Office Supply Company, in
Cambridge, Maryland. Terry L. Marable, who
serves in B.F. Goodrich Chemical Division's
international department in Cleveland as
representative for Latin America, has been
named to the B.F. Goodrich Winners Circle
Honor Society for 1 978. Thomas M. McCoy
has formed an international trade corporation
known as " Leecoy International Inc." The firm
based in St. Louis, Missouri, provides trade
representation for Midwestern manufacturers
in the Far East. Forest C. Meade, Jr. has
joined the New York office of Russell
Reynolds Associates, Inc. as an associate.
David B. Naylor was recently promoted to
general manager of Far East operations with
Kendall International in Boston. The Board of
Directors at Ogilvy & Mather, Inc. has elected
G. Kelly O'Dea a vice president of the
company. John and Stephanie Prudden now
live in Minnesota where he works for Data
100 Corp. Charles G. Rudolf now has a new
job as director of international marketing with
Gentex Corporation in Carbondale,
Pennsylvania. Craig Stevenson is now
employed with NCNB Corporation in
Charlotte, North Carolina. Gary Woods is an
investment banker in New York City for
Donald Sheldon Government Securities, while
his wife is one of the editors for "Reader's
Digest Condensed Books."
Class of '73
3.E. Adams is being transferred to Saudi
Arabia with Flour-Thyssen. Bojorn H. Alven
is currently in Sweden, employed with The
European Division of Albany International, as
a product manager, in charge of world wide
sales for Bolltex Sport Surfaces. Randall E.
Beaty is currently employed as a manager of
finance, highway division, with Rockwell
International Corp., in Troy, Michigan.
Charles Betz is now employed with Bank of
America as an assistant vice president. John
Crawford is manager of export sales for
Norton Company Safety Products in
Worchester, Massachusetts. George T.
DeBakey is now in Egypt as an area market
development manager for Rockwell
International. Returning from Rio de Janeiro,
after 26 months as area sales manager with
Bethleham Steel Corp., Ernest Escobedo has
recently joined Slaughter Industries Inc., in
Dallas, Texas to head up their international
division. Holland Evans is presently a
manager of international marketing services
with Hydril Company, in Texas. Michael
Fenollosa is a foreign exchange trader with
Bankers Trust Company in New York. Living
in Tokyo, David L. Foster is project manager
for Gillette Inc. Robert A. Griffin has joined
GTE Sylvania Technical System's Pacific
division, as its program administrator. The
division is involved with technology and
managerial skills transfer to various middle
Eastern customers. Glenn E. Hamilton is now
employed with Bush Hog International, a
subsidiary of Allied Products, as marketing
manager for the Caribbean and Venezuela.
James E. Hansen is vice president with
Citizens Fidelity Bank. Thomas L. Harvey is
now employed with Truss-Com in North
Highlands, California. James A. Henderson is
now marketing manager of Asia for the Liquid
Paper Corp., in Irving, Texas. Ernest L.
Kangas has been promoted to western
regional manager with FCIA, in Los Angeles.
Allyn Keiser is working with First National
Bank of Louisville. J. Lee Lamprecht is
employed with Cleveland Trust Company in
the international division. C. Ted McArthur is
now comptroller of the currency in Dallas for
the U.S. Department of Treasury. Randy
Miller has been promoted to second vice
president with Continental Bank in Chicago.
Gary R. Olson and his family are living in
Paris where he is a second vice president of
Chase Manhattan Bank. Ron Pfafflln is with
Phoenix Pacific, Inc., in Honolulu. Laurence L.
Prince has moved from International
Harvester's corporate headquarters in
Chicago, to England, and is now working as a
pricing manager for Europe and Middle East.
Living in San Francisco, Marc E. Prulm is a
sales representative for Xerox Corporation.
Carlos Recio is a manager and partner with
Ramit Company. Ashland Chemical Company
has George Richter as an area salesman for
South America. Robert L. Thompson has
been transferred to Caracas with Waukesha
Engine Division of Dresser Industries, as their
area manager of South America/Caribbean.
Devro, Inc., has promoted Robert P. Vosburgh
to export manager based at the headquarters
in Somerville, New Jersey. Hal T. Walker is
now with Ralph M. Parsons Inc., as an
assistant traffic manager. John D. Willyard
was recently promoted to manager at the
Milwaukee branch of FCIA, responsible for
the upper mid-west region extending from the
Dakotas to Michigan. Hoyet Wilson is an
assistant professor at Sui Ross State
University in Alpine, Texas, where he is in the
later stages of his doctoral dissertation and
has passed the examination for a C.M.A.
North Carolina National Bank has promoted
Thomas C. Wong, Jr., to assistant vice
president. Nobukazu Yamaguchi is product
manager in the planning department for the
Lion Dentrifrice Co., Ltd., in Tokyo, Japan.
Class of'74
Doug Arnold has joined Ketchum, MasLeod &
Grove, Pittsburgh, as an advertising account
manager. He was most recently with Meldrum
& Fewsmith Advertising, Inc., Cleveland. Jay
H. Blelert is now senior international auditor
with General Tire & Rubber Company. Robert
C. Brady ('74) and Cindy Cotton ('74) were
married August 23, 1975. Bob is employed as
a sales representative for P.P.G. Industries,
while Cindy works for Federal-Mogul
Corporation, as a market analyst. Tim
Burleigh is working with Conti-Commodity in
Denver. A. William Charlton is assuming a
position of assistant representative in Bogota,
Colombia with Chemical Bank. Alan Kahaney
of The Lens Man, San Diego, California, has
announced the appointment of James
Christie to the position of marketing director,
world wide operations. Pascal A. Cornille is
the president of S.S.D. Glass Inc., in New
York. Roger Cunningham is vice president of
Capella Corp., in Houston, Texas. Edward L.
Downs, Jr., has received a juris doctor
degree from Western State University College
of Law of San Diego. Carl R. Duisberg is
working with Centro de Estudos Do ComerciExterior
in Rio de Janeiro. Jim Ferrara has
been transferred to Singapore from Hong
Kong with Caterpillar. Steve Gramps has
been named vice president at Benton &
Bowles Inc., in New York. Charles Gratham is
currently with Northern Trust Company as a
vice president/international, in Chicago.
David W. Hayman is the head of the business
department at the Tokyo Institute of the
English Language in Japan. After four years
of marketing mini-computer systems for
Burroughs Corp., Ralph Johnson has
resigned to accept the position of
international trade specialist with Versatec
Inc., a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, based
in California. Sidney W. Johnston has been
named market planning manager of the
Wellhead Quipment Division of FMC
Corporation. Currently in New York City with
L10yds Bank International Limited is Nancy J.
Jones as an executive officer. Katsuhlko
Kamlgohrl is now project director with
Dentsu Inc., in Tokyo. Robert L. Keating is
now with NCR Corp .• in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lawrence P. Keeler was promoted to
assistant secretary for the Scandinavian
corporate banking group of Manufacturers
Hanover Trust Company. Sung KI Kim is
manager in the trade planning department of
Kumho & Company, Inc., in Seoul, Korea.
Susan T. Lentz is employed as an
international marketing assistant with Global
Navigation, Inc., in Torrance, California.
Michael R. Litton is currently living in
Amman, Jordan and will be traveling the Mid
East area. He is employed with Woodward &
Dickerson. Jack Massimino is now employed
with Family Health Plan in Salt Lake City.
Donald Mikes is employed with Allergan
Pharmaceutical as manager of international
distribution. Gary E. Payne is working as
executive vice president of Laredo Chamber
of Commerce. Jerry L. Payne is working with
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
Richard W. Purnell has joined BancOhio/
Ohio National Bank as international lending
officer. Dean A. Scherbel is now employed
with Parker Hannifin in Cleveland. C. Patricio
Seidel is self-employed while living in
Argentina. Livlo Silvestri is now employed
with Levi Strauss Company in San Francisco.
Joseph R. Terrazas now owns an import
company, Terrazas International, Inc.
Katsuyashi Wada is employed with A.T.
Kearney International Inc., in Tokyo. George
Wehmann's current position at American
Management Associations is marketing
media buyer in the Center for Management
Development. Mark E. Weiner has been
appointed vice president/domestic for Kree
International, in New York. He continues to
oversee U.S. and Canadian operations.
Currently working as an investment officer
with Private Investment Company in Tokyo is
Kendall A. Whitney.
Smith Kline & French Laboratories has
transferred Jose de Jesus Bonilla Lopez to
Caracas as market planning manager.
Leonard and Demetra Brockman are living
in St. Louis where he is marketing-program
coordinator for American Soybean
Association and she is marketing coordinator
for A.G. Edwards & Sons. Roberto Bumagny
is now a marketing manager for Sony
Corporation in Brazil. Jorge Cevallos-Bowen
has joined the international division of the
Royal Trust Bank of Miami, NA The
international development department of
Wicks Corporation has hired Annie Chan as
project manager. Keith Cromley is now
employed with Atlanticargo, a division of
Strachan Shipping Company, based in New
Orleans. Robert B. Cummings is presently a
marketing manager-Latin America, Africa &
Mid East, with the Pako Corp., located in
Minnesota. Russell H. Davis is now a parts,
sales and service representative with
Caterpillar Tractor Company. He will be based
in San Diego. Larry Deckerhoff is corporate
marketing manager for electrical products
and distribution subsidiaries with Beldon
Corp., in Geneva, Illinois. Dale C.
Denkensohn is general sales manager for
TADCO in Corona del Mar, California. Now
living in the Netherlands, working for
Morrison-Knudson is Richard Dressler.
David S. Ferguson, living in Mission Viejo,
California, is a business development
representative, international, for Bechtel
Corporation. Giovanni Gangone is employed
with Equipamentos Industriais, SA in
Curitiba, Brazil. Rocco P. Gattuso is now
employed with Raychen Corporation as an
import specialist, in Menlo Park, California.
Simon Hakim has moved to Israel and is selfemployed
in an export/import business and
also is an advisor to an American bank. Bruce
W. Harris is presently with the Harris
Corporation in the international program
division based in Melbourne, Florida. Mark F.
Hasbany is working as manager of Kuwait
Pacific Finance in Hong Kong. Susan Hecker
is working as a commodity broker with Paine,
Webber, Jackson & Curtis in Denver,
Colorado. Jambor Tool & Stamp Company has
Carlos Herrera as international marketing
manager in Milwaukee. AFIA in Hong Kong
has promoted James P. Hildebrandt to
assistant manager of Hong Kong, Taiwan and
Macao. John and Kay Hoffman own their own
business, Timberline Systems, in Phoenix.
Presently working for the Nestle Company in
Missouri, as a sales representative, is David
R. Hostler. Hans Jany works in cost control
of the international department of OwensCorning
Fiberglass in Aiken, South Carolina.
Darryl Jenkins is employed with Trade
Specialists International, Ltd., in Phoenix.
Kevin Jensen is a partner of Wooden Hutch
Furniture located in Sandy, Oregon. Scott J.
Johnson is currently sales representative in
the building service and cleaning products
division of 3M Company. Scott is based in
Phoenix. Presently employed with Alternate
Energy, Inc., is John A. Kondas, a general
manager in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Chris
Kuhner is working for Connecticut Bank &
Trust in Hartford in their municipal bond
trading department. Bruce LaMarche is now
employed with Continental Grain Co., in St.
Louis. Purchasing manager for Poclain do
Brasil, wholly owned by J.I. Chase Company
is Richard Lohman. Agrico Chemical
Company has James P. MacFarlane as
international marketing representative in
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jim Magarrell is now in
Scottsdale, Arizona working for New York
Life. Rashlda Mamujee is in Kenya working
with M/S Mamujee Brother Limited. Hartness
International is Bernard McPheely's new
employer. WIlliam F. Rasletter is working as
a program assistant with Catholic Relief
Services. He will be working with nutrition
education programs and agricultural self-help
projects. Michel H. Rittenberg has recently
moved to MemphiS, where he joined Pillsbury
Company as a merchandiser in the
Cottonseed products operations feedingredient
division. James S. Rogers has
been recently promoted to a director of
marketing and credit with Citibank, and is
residing in Liberville, Gabon. Jean G. Romain
is living in London working with Royal Bank of
Canada. Carlos Roncal was on special
assignment in Sao Paulo, Brazil for two
months. While there he met with Ricardo
Pedduzl ('75) and Philippe Deymes ('75).
Mark A. Russell is currently employed with
Arthur Anderson & Company as a senior
consultant. Henry Rutledge is a teacher in
the Woodland Jt. Unified Schools, in
California. Thomas F. Schlelds is still with
Avery Label division of Avery International
near Los Angeles, as assistant product
manager. Jeffery Slocum has joined the
development office staff at Carlton College as
the director of annual giving, in Northfield,
Minnesota. WIlliam F. Smith is being
transferred to Saudi Arabia with Stewart &
Stevenson. Stephen L. Smothers recently
resigned from Olin Chemicals International to
join trading operations at HCI's Houston
office. Thomas Straight is an auditor with
General Mills in Minneapolis. David W.
Swanson is currently export manager for
Elder Pharmaceuticals in Ohio. Carol Thoele
is now employed with Abbott Laboratories.
Douglas E. Thompson III has been promoted
to sales representative for West Vaco's
international sales division in Canada. Phil
Thorne has left the Republic National Bank of
Dallas and has joined the Banque de
L'lndochine et de Suez. He is the bank's
representative in Houston, Texas. Roger
Tltley has recently been appointed
international officer with the First
Pennsylvania Bank NA Robert Van Valer is
now assistant manager of contracts with
Roscoe Moss Company. J. Jorge Verduzco
is with Esperanca in Brazil as the executive
director for Brazil. Kenneth L. Whitehead is
currently general manager and owner of
California International Import & Export
Company. Edward T. Wiese is now employed
with Coppellnc., in Long Beach, California.
Deborah Gaylord Woodall is enjoying her
life in Hawaii where she is a Naval officer
working at CINCPAC (Commander-in-Chief
Pacific) as a computer systems analyst.
Johns Manville Corp., employed Thomas D.
Yates as manager of international cash and
investments division. Cynthia A. Young has
accepted a position with John Deere
Company in Portland as a marketing
Walter T. Atkinson has been named manager
of Cessna Aircraft Company's Great Plains
Multi-Engine Wholesale Zone, headquartered
in Wichita. As head of Cessna's Conquest
Marketing program during the past year,
Atkinson is credited with assisting in
developing a strong competitive position for
the Conquest in the turboprop marketplace.
Cynthia J. Burgstaller is presently working
at the Pentagon as an economist with the U.S.
Army Element's geographic education and
analysis group. Paulo Canton, Jr. is an
engineer with Thermxchanger, Inc. Joseph E.
"Butch" Cochran is senior vice president of
Provident Holding Corp .. in Phoenix, Arizona,
where he is making a film on "Esperansa."
Working as assistant representative to Brazil
for United California Bank is Leanne H.
Collett. Bruce Cornelio has been transferred
to the Philippines with Bank of America.
Bruce Crumley is employed with FMC Corp.
Bruce and his new wife, Marcia Shelton are
being transferred to Caracas, Venezuela.
Hassan Dana (M77) and Jill Ann Henning
(A76) work together at their own company,
Dana-Jaber Enterprises, Inc. Richard Decker
is currently employed as a commercial loan
Steve Gramps '74 Richard W. Purnell '74
officer with Great Western Bank, in Phoenix,
Arizona. Robert C. English is now with First
National Bank of Chicago based in Panama.
Carol A. Ewing is finding that the feed and
grain industry is very fascinating, as she
works in customer service with Central Soya
in Ft. Worth, Texas. William C. Fierro has
been promoted to comptroller with OwensIllinois
and will be living in Venezuela.
Charles Gracia has been named loan officer
in the Saudi Fund For Development, based in
Riyao, Saudi Arabia. Greg Grimshaw is an
internal auditor with Rockwelllnt'l. based in
Dallas. K. Das Gupta was recently in
Frankfurt to open a branch office of Star of
India Fashions, Inc. Lynette Guzzlno has
been promoted to account executive with
Grey Advertising, based in New York. Doug
Holaday has been transferred to Brussels
with American International Underwriters of
America Int'l. Group. Robert L. Hood is now
living in Vermont managing his own publications,
" Vermont Business World" and
"New Hampshire Business World." New York
City is where Kenneth A. Krasney is working
in the International Banking Department of
Bankers Trust Co. Christopher O. Kroos has
been appointed regional manager for
Queensland with Chrysler Australia. James
O. Kusler has been appointed to research
and information assistant, by Governor Arthur
A. Link, in Bismark, North Dakota. Overseas
contracts administrator for Hughes Aircraft in
Tucson is Larry Lotspeich. Michael H.
Loudon has moved to Southern California
and is now working in the International
Department of Sunkist Growers, as a region
manager-export. George Marlin is now with
the Arrow Company in Los Angeles. Meryl L.
Maxwell is employed with Smith Kline Corp.,
Les Laboratoires division in France. Smith,
Kline & French Laboratories has Ken McNeil
as manager of the Liaison Office for Pharmaceutical
Products in Seoul, Korea. The first
woman to set foot in Mexican foundries and
steel plants is Paula Messer, brand assistant
with Quaker Oats. Maegene Nelson is
assistant manager in the International
Division of Chemical Bank in New York. Dan
Pennell is now treasurer for Adams Fence,
Inc. in Phoenix. James R. Peters has joined a
new company in Portland, Oregon, Paper
Products Marketing. He is in charge of the
Latin American market. Photo Corporation of
America has John Phillips as director of
international development. Adrian V.
Popescu is employed with Daniel Construction
Company International, not with
Schering-Plough as previously reported.
Amanda Roberts has been transferred to
Racine, Wisconsin with Firestone Int'l. to
Annie Chan '75
manage a store. Jack E. Schall was recently
promoted to financial analyst at the
Milwaukee branch of FCIA. Myron "Mike"
Schmidt is being transferred to New York
with Citicorp Industrial Credit. Regional Sales
Manager for Latin America and Caribbean
with Whirlpool Corp. is Robert J. Segota.
Louise Ure has been promoted to account
executive with Ogilvy and Mather International
in New York. Antonio Vidal is now
employed with Marti, Flores, Prieto in Puerto
Rico. Douglas and Mary Wong are both in
New York working with American
International Group.
Class of'77
Lynn Abernathy is employed as importerlumber
and wood products with Atkins, Kroll
Company Ltd. Quito, Ecuador is where J.
Patrlco Aguirre is employed with Americas
International, a trade and investment
corporation. Hamad AI-Hawas is now
employed as port director general of the Port
Authority in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Annette M.
Armstrong has been promoted to assistant
district sales manager for Castle & Cook
Foods in Dallas, Texas. Susan D. Arnold is in
the management department of Paccar, Inc.
Stephen Aston is a partner and financial
manager of Aston Machinery Company. Rlad
W. Awelda is currently working with Storage
Technology Corporation in Boulder, Colorado.
Joseph M. Barkson is now living in Culver
City with IBM Corporation. Tom Beddows is
now employed with Ambassador Versand
Gmblt in the sales analysis division. Dave
Behrends is now employed with Cassity
Assoc., affiliate of Paramount Pictures. Rhode
Island Hospital Trust National Bank has
Meredith Bell working in the international
department. Peter L. Benzlger has been
relocated with Chesebrough-Pond's to Puerto
Rico as their export manager. Harkins
Theatre has employed Morton R. Berger, Jr.
as manager of one of its outlets. Carol A.
Brittian is being transferred from New York to
join the Citibank comptroller's division
European/Far East travelling team. Mark E.
Broskey is the manager in the international
division for Graphi Arts Technical Foundation.
Lois R. Brown is presently employed with
Colorado International Exports Inc., as an
assistant to the vice president. Richard J.
Caudle is with Coca-Cola Foods Division in
Houston as product manager. Richard Chalk
is international product manager for Zoecon
Industries in Dallas, Texas. Ken Champagne
now owns his own company, Indian Graphics,
in Phoenix. Kim Coston is currently working
for Burlington Industries Export Company as
an export manager for two product groups in
the Far East/Australia & Europe, and is
residing in New York. Paul J. David is
working with Oroweat Foods Company, a
subsidiary of Continental Grain, in the Menlo
Park California corporate office as a financial
analyst. Jo Anne Spatz De Vargas is director
of consumer products for Compania
Comercial Roche Ltda. in Bogota. Edward
English is now employed with Family Health
Plan in Los Angeles. Steven M. Erickson is
currently with Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company in Chicago, as a group insurance
and pension director. Jerry Esterbrook is
now with Sunpak Movers in Seattle as their
international marketing representative.
Burroughs Corp. has hired Cynthia J. Freda
as a senior cost analyst. Sales administrator
for Data General is Laura Freedman. Ted
Fukudome is presently a regional manager
with Polaroid Corporation of Japan. Linda L.
Gerson is an international licensing
coordinator for the Drawing Board, Inc., in
Dallas, Texas. Barry A. Goldberry is
employed with MIL Research Inc.,·as a
research officer, located in New York. Asit
Goswami is a mechanical engineer with
Associated Water and Air Resources
Engineers, Inc. James L. Gray is currently
employed by the First National Bank in Fort
Myers, Florida in the commercial loan
department as assistant credit manager.
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico
Petroleum Marketers now has Vickie
Griswell as their political and legislative
coordinator. Lee B. Groberg is securities
agent with Michael Sanders & Company in
Salt Lake City. Deborah J. Groff is a
marketing trainee for Royal Globe Insurance
in California. Thomas G. Hackim is now a
market development specialist-international
operations, with Owens-Illinois, based in
Ohio. Joseph J. Handly is a customer service
assistant for Action Marketing Inc. in
Providence, Rhode Island. Kathleen M.
Hansen is employed as a systems instructor
with Levi Strauss Europe in the management
information services division. Gregory P.
Harrison is now in Hong Kong, working with
Crown Pacific as a sales coordinator. Tim
Heinrich is now internal marketing manager
with Pak-Mor Manufacturing Company, in
Texas. Karen Hiner is attending graduate
school (ESAN) in Lima, Peru. Karen is the
recipient of the Rotary International
Fellowship. Lewis H. Hitchcock left his
auditing pOSition with Macy's to become an
examiner for the National Association of
Security Dealers, Inc., in San Francisco.
Living in Chicago and employed by Leo
Burnett is Sally Ingalls. Sandra A. Jenkins
has accepted a position with Marine Midland
Bank in New York as a management
associate trainee in the national/international
division. Georgia Institute of Technology in
Atlanta has Scott K. Johnson as a lecturer in
their Modern Languages Department. Daniel
A. Judd is with EDS Corporation in Topeka,
Kansas. Betsy A. Kaduk is an executive
trainee in the finance division of Motores y
Refacciones, SA in Mexico City. Ricardo B.
Kawas miraculously survived a fire that
destroyed his home and his father's business
in October 1978, in La Ceiba, Honduras. In
the tradition of a true T -Bird, business
resumed operations the next day. Dennis
Keithly is a management trainee in the
international department of Purex Corporation,
in Los Angeles. Citisport, Inc., has
Jonathan E. Kranz as assistant to the
president in New York. Export correspondent
for western Europe is David Kreckman with
the Ashland Chemical Company. Deborah
Kunkel has recently been promoted to
international finance officer with Bank of
America and is moving to Mexico. Christine
Lark has accepted a position with Chikopee
Mills, textile division of Johnson & Johnson.
Jill Little is employed as corporate staffing
administrator for Texas Instruments.
Descente, Ltd. has Eric M. Locke as assistant
manager in Japan. Barbara V. Loechel is now
working with Waldner & Company as a foreign
exchange clerk. David Loechel is at the
Chicago branch of FCIA. David H. Macaulay
is a marketing representative for IBM in
Montana. Bill Madison is now in Miami with
Aero Lectra, Inc. Employed by DHL
Corporation, an international carrier service
is Mike Manion, as a manager. International
Harvester has Frederick Mark working in
their personnel development training
program. Gary Martin is now employed with
Beech Aircraft in the international sales and
service division. Debra J. Matheney is now
with General Electric as the first management
trainee in the distribution support operation,
in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Previously
employed with Union Bank in Los Angeles,
Robert S. McEnroe, is now a financial analyst
working for Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin
Inc., based in Los Angeles. Roland McLean is
now manager marketing training-Latin
America with the Payline Group of International
Harvester in Florida. Morris Ostroff
is now with Goodyear Aerospace. Louay
Oueini is now employed with McGraw Edison
International as regional manager in Athens.
Arun Pande is international sales director
with Micro Age in Tempe, Arizona. FranciscoJavier
Perez Sanchez is employed with the
Banco de Vizaya in Spain, and training to be
vice president for the Orient region. Thomas
Peterson is director of European operations
for Trade Specialists International, Ltd.
Michael Pickard is with Catholic Relief
Services in Columbia for training, not with
Allied Canners and Packers as previously
reported. Daniel R. Puchek is working with
Technomic Consultants, in Chicago, Illinois,
as a consultant. Jill Rablvov is working as an
entry clerk with the International Customs
Service. Chandan Randhawa is presently
with Osborne International, Inc., in Houston,
Texas. Cassandra Rhine is employed as an
associate account manager with the Pacific
Telephone branch of Burroughs Corporation
in San Francisco. Upon graduation, Lynn
Richmond went with American Express
Company in New York. Mark Rouseau is now
working for Scientific Time Sharing in
Manhattan, New York. Deborah Schiller was
selected to receive the Alfred Knight
Scholarship Award. She is currently working
as a senior management aide for Cogenel,
Inc., the American subsidiary of Compagnie
Generale d' Electricite. NCR Corp. has
Cynthia L. Schreuder as an account
manager. Suzzane Schutte is employed with
Avon Cosmetics de Venezuela C.A. as an
international marketing/campaign planner.
James P. Scott, Jr., is a market analyst in the
new market development division of Solar
Turbines International. David A. Seavey is
now vice president of Pizza Hut. Inc. Working
as an internal auditor for Camco-Houston is
Hans Selbt. Randolph Senkus works for the
office of International Trade, State of Ohio as
assistant to the manager for Europe. Leasing
representative with Lyon Moving & Storage
Company in Los Angeles is Alphons R.E.
Smlt. Susan Brode Stern is a budget analyst
with Joseph Magnin. Linda Stevens is
working in the buyer training program of
Macy's international division in New York.
Thomas E. Sweetser is now employed with
Metalclad Insulation Corp., in Santa Ana. John
Deere has employed Ahmet Z. Toygar as a
branch coordinator. Jody Ulrich is now
working as assistant purchasing for Ford
Aerospace & Communications in Newport
Beach, California. Lee Ure is employed with
Double Tree Hotels in their public relations
department in California. Rick Wallenbrock
is employed as a corporate bank trainee with
United California Bank. Stephen Ware is
traveling 100% of the time for Levi Strauss in
the internal audit department. Bettina
Whitaker is currently a sales manager with
the Los Angeles Times. David C. Wlesley is
working in the international division of
Republic National Bank of Dallas. Patricia C.
Wilder is now employed as a systems
engineer in the general systems division of
IBM in Phoenix, Arizona. Xerox Corporation
has Stephen H. Williamson as an auditor.
Mary Wong is employed at American Home
Assurance Company of A.J.G. as an
underwriter of political risk insurance.
Joseph M. Wozniak has been promoted from
chemical process industry marketing to
international marketing specialist in the
process control division of Honeywell in
Phoenix. Chin Wah Ying has been named a
district manager of marketing for the Far East
with Clark International. He and his wife will
be based in Singapore. Joseph Yurglewlcz is
now sales coordinator of Latin American for
Speicer Products with Dana World Trade
Class of'78
Yasumlchl Aokl is operations manager in
Japan for Mister Donut of America, Inc. Ross
L. Bardwell is presently employed with
Burroughs as an associate account manager
in San Francisco, California. Craig E. Bentley
is the Paris representative for the Harris Bank
in Chicago, Illinois. Mark A. Benzel is
currently employed with Bucyrus-Erie as
a sales representative in Pennsylvania.
Michael Byington is an analyst for Sperry
Flight Systems in Phoenix, Arizona. Upon
graduation, Darryl Cerro went with Singer
Products. an export management company in
New York. Nancy L. Clarke is presently employed
with Smith, Kline, Inc., in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Victoria A. Davis is a partner
in an import store, Imports Unlimited. J. Peter
A. DeWolff is employed with the Bank of
Montreal. Anne M. Drayton is a material
associate senior for Lockheed-California
Company. Michael J. Finnerty is an office
manager with Near Eastside Multi -Service
Center, Inc., in Indiana. Fantus Company has
employed Steve Fredericks in New Jersey.
Sergio Garcia is currently with Burroughs, as
a financial analyst, in Mexico. Stephen B.
Gasser is now employed with ADR Ultrasound
Corp. in Tempe, Arizona as assistant
director of international marketing. Duff M.
Graham has joined Hughes Aircraft, as a
contracts administrator in Los Angeles,
California. Edwin M. Green is administrative
manager in the international division of
Universal Flavors International, in Indianapolis.
Smith Kline Corp. has Janet
Haskell as a management trainee in
Philadelphia. After graduation, Hani Khouri
moved to Colorado, where he is employed by
Storage Technology Corporation. Upon
graduation, Susan L. Lambeth went with
Management Planning Systems as a market
analyst for Europe in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Greig
Locker is employed with HCI Chemicals in
Houston. Pierre Martin is now an engineer
with IBM in San Jose, California. Residing in
Dallas, Texas, Timothy McKnight is employed
with the National Bank of Commerce
as a trainee. Mitchell K. McMurry is presently
employed as an international banking officer
in the Latin America & Caribbean division of
the Bank of Montreal. Mllind Mokashi is with
the Bank of India in Los Angeles. George
Mussenden is now sales promotion director
for fast foods with H.A. Mussenden &
Associates. Sachio Okamura is in New York
working for Mitsubishi. Memorex Corp., has
Nesim Sevi as a financial analyst. Living in
Connecticut and working for Vick Chemical is
Mike Shanahan. Upon graduation, Patrick J.
Sinnott accepted a position as an engineer
for Ferrofluidics. William Bryan Smith, Jr. is
now with Chemicals Exchange Int'!., Inc. in
Florida. Sandra Z. Szabo is presently a
trainee with American International Group in
New York. Hanni Von Metzger is currently
with Citibank, in the corporate division, in
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