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Focus on the Far East
An assessment of the possible effects of the
further opening of Far Eastern markets by
Thunderbird alumni and faculty.
Items of interest on campus and in the news.
Highlighting Far Eastern cuisine; excerpted
from the 1978 Thunderbird Wives' International
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Alumni gatherings from across the country and
around the world.
Resource Person/ Alumni Association roster.
Class notes on T -Birds from around the world.
is the quarterly alumni publication of American
Graduate School of International Management.
Editor: Michael E. Blimes
Assistant Editor: Brenda Sexton '80
Staff: Patty Melton
Dawn Wardle-Corley
Donna Cleland
Kelly Hodge
Terri Haslam
Design: Pat Kenny
Cover: Photos of Japan, Ja va, and Bali by Kerry Hofferth 79.
The Far East is rapidly becoming the
economic boom area of the world. We
at AGSIM feel the tremors through the
quickening effort of companies
recruiting graduates interested in far
eastern assignments and the increased
popularity of the Chinese and Japanese
course offerings. According to our
latest count there are now 104
Thunderbirds working in Japan, 52 in
Hong Kong, 43 in Korea, 37 in the
Philippines, 25 in Thailand and 18 in
At AGSIM we now have 31 Japanese
students to top the list of foreign
students. In addition there are 17
students from the Republic of China
and 15 from Korea.
Our joint venture with the Institute
of International Studies and Training
in Japan continues to be of great value.
There are currently a group of 15
Thunderbirds studying there for the
spring semester. This summer a group
of lIST students will visit AGSIM.
Of particular interest for future
AGSIM activities in the Far East was an
April visit to the campus of ten visitors
from the Peking Institute of Foreign
Trade in the Peoples Republic of
China. They voiced great interest in
developing a mutual program of
cooperation with us.
We are vitally interested in the
economic prospects in the Far East and
the School will continue to develop
programs and contacts in the area.
William Voris
Focus on the Far East
The tip of the iceberg .
by Michael E. Blimes
(Editor's note: We wrote to a number of
Thunderbird alumni contacts in the Far
East to ask their personal opinions
regarding the changing economic climate.
Of the nearly forty T-Birds we contacted,
25 per cent responded wi th detailed
answers. Others wrote back to express their
regret that they were away when our letter
arrived and were not able to answer by the
copy deadline. To all, we wish to express
our heartfelt thanks for their assistance in
making this issue of The Thunderbird
especially informative.}
Recent news reports indicate that
Japan and Taiwan lost their massive
trade surpluses in the first half of 1979.
Because of huge price increases for oil
and each nation's efforts to trim
favorable balances with the United
States through increased imports, an
adverse financial shift has developed.
Japanese analysts are predicting an
overall deficit of between $1.8 and $2.2
billion for 1979.
Although both countries were
successful, under pressure from the
United States, in increasing their
purchases in this country to achieve
more balanced trade, it was the cost of
oil that threatened their positions as
successful global traders.
The very fact that both of these
nations have an established record of
phenomenal growth in their trade
development arouses a sense of
wonder as to what the future will hold.
With the addition of the People's
Republic of China as a new trader with
the United States and the switch in
diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to
mainland China, several questions
For example, what will be the
economic and political future of
Taiwan without the diplomatic
backing of the United States?
Clifford Bevens, '50, managing
director of Goodyear (Thailand)
Limited, writes from Bangkok that he
believes the future is still bright.
"Taiwan, with its economic success
and large favorable balance of trade,
should have continued growth in its
commercial trade with the United
States. The severance of official
diplomatic relations is not expected to
have any effect on the already established
companies (whether Taiwanese,
Taiwan joint venture or foreign),
which have enjoyed expanding business,"
according to Bevens.
Beaumont Lower, , 63, vice president
of Marine Midland Bank's Jakarta,
Indonesia office, agrees that the
withdrawal of the diplomatic backing
by the U.S. will have little adverse
effect. "On the contrary, at least from
the political standpoint, I believe that
the opening of U.s. relations with
Peking could be of some benefit. In the
past, the U.S. and its ally, Taiwan, were
considered by the PRC to be antagonists.
The opening of relations with
Peking by the U.S. should now at least
provide an avenue for discussion and
negotiations whereas no channel
previously existed.
"On the economic side, it would not
appear that major changes are
forthcoming. With the recent opening
of the American Centre in Taipei, it
would appear that the U.S. intends to
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abrogate its various trade treaties with
Taiwan. It is my opinion that the
Taiwanese will be able to look after
themselves," added Lower.
L. Kent Densley, '72, Southeast Asia
representative for the Industrial
National Bank, observes from his base
in Singapore that during an April visit
to Taipei, "it was obvious that the
people were not pleased with the
recent recognition of (Mainland)
China. . . but, nevertheless, their
attitude was that the U.s. had made a
decision and they (the Taiwanese)
should get about their business
maintaining Taiwan's economic
"One interesting phenomenon
which I think is worth mentioning is
that of renewed investment interest
from non-traditional sources (Le.
European). Since the U.S. recognition
of China, many of the European banks
have expressed a desire to do business
in Taiwan. This, in my opinion, will be
to Taiwan's advantage," Densley
Not everyone let the U.S. off the
hook so lightly. Chin Wah Ying, '77,
district manager - Far East for Clark
Equipment's Melrae Division,
expressed his concern over the loss of
trust in the word of the United States.
"Perhaps the saddest part of it is that
Taiwan put all their trust in the American
wagon and was shafted in the
He felt that prOViding some
defensive considerations could, at
least, help the situation.
" As long as there is some form of
defense pact, they (the Taiwanese)
would feel more secure," according to
Ying will certainly be pleased to
learn that an application by Taiwan to
purchase parts for the production of 48
fighters, 29 laser target designator sets
and 48 Maverick missile modification
kits for $165.6 million has been published
in the Congressional record.
No objections to the proposed
transaction, which includes logistical
Far left, Temple ruins at Ayutthaya, previous
capitol of Siam (Thailand) . Photo provided by
Clifford Bevens, '50.
Above, Video recorder assembly line at the
Hitachi Tokai factory in Mito, Japan. Photo by
Kerry Hofferth, '79.
Temple of the Dawn at Sunrise. Photo provided
by Cliff Bevens, '50.
Below, Rice barges in Thailand. Most
agricultural products are transported via the
large canal system. Photo provided by Cliff
Bevens, '50.
support and spares for earlier aircraft
and Sidewinder missile purchases, are
expected from the Senate.
Taiwan will lose $240.6 million from
its favorable balance with the United
States, if the Senate approves the application.
Ying also noted that the reaction in
Singapore to the switch in diplomatic
ties with the U.S. was somewhat
unique. "Singapore is in rather a
unique position. For the past three
decades, neither (the People's Republic
of China nor Taiwan) have had full
diplomatic ties with Singapore. But,
both trade equally aggressively.
Recognition of one would jeopardize
the trade relations with the other. I
firmly believe that this status quo will
remain for a while until the PRC
presses for full ties," he added.
Theodore Ryan, '62, vice president of
E.D.S. World Corporation's Singapore
office, said he felt the reaction in
Singapore had been passive. "Most
people in the World really wonder
why we didn't do what we did four or
five years earlier," he noted.
Ryan also indicated that the PRC
will be able to handle the switch from
self-reliance and anti-capitalism to
enthusiastic encouragement of foreign
investment and trade on a permanent
"The People's Republic will be able
to handle the switch nicely. They are
awakening to what must be done to
survive in the world. They are
studying carefully the experience of
Yugoslavia as a progressive socialist/
communist state," he added.
Jung-Bae Kim, '75, general manager
of the export and business division of
Asia Cement Mfg. Co., Ltd., wrote from
Seoul, Korea, that "the current constitution
of Red China has nothing to do
with the inducement of capitalism into
(the country).
"When considering the doctrine of
Marx, government control over the
means of production is regarded as
socialism. The Red Chinese will never
stay away from it.
"It is possible that the investment of
foreign capital might affect the trade
and most of the markets in Red China
in many aspects, but there will scarcely
be the possibility that it will exert
control over the entire social structure
of Red China," according to Kim.
Kent Densley suggested that the
answer is difficult as China's policies
seem to flip-flop from day to day. "I
recently met with a Chinese trade
delegation in China regarding financ-
ing major projects in the Peking area,"
said Densley, "and it was obvious that
this trade delegation had received a
mandate from the top to enter into
contracts in the amount of $50 - $100
"This is a drop in the bucket, given
the overall projects, but nevertheless a
conscious decision has been made to
modernize the country. How long this
conscious decision will last remains to
be seen. It is obvious that China does
not have the financial resources
sufficient enough to finance its major
projects," he added.
Cliff Bevens reacted to the question
as to whether or not the communist
ideology will prevent effective
economic modernization in China by
observing that, "The communist
ideology will probably have to be
reduced or modified if the capitalistic
system develops as would be expected
through the eyes of an American." He
noted that there are compromise
"The successful exporters and
factories in Israel are not necessarily
capitalistic as we know it," according
to Bevens.
Ralph Hetzel, '68, writes from New
Zealand that "the communist ideology
will use any factors to meet its goals.
The ideology may be modified to meet
the goal of modernization."
William Wagner, '68, representative
of the W ABCO Trade Company in
Singapore, advises us that, providing
the current leadership stays in power,
China will give greater freedom to the
people. However, the process will be
very slow.
"The people of China are more than
happy to accept the capitalistic way of
thinking. The problem is the Communist
Party. The Party, as any group,
has people both for and against this
new way of thinking," advised
Considering Japan's current status
as a major industrial power, we asked
our select T -Birds their personal
opinion as to whether or not they saw
the center of world economics shifting
from the West to the Far East if China
succeeds in realizing economic
To balance our perspective, we also
asked Prof. Martin Sours, a member of
the faculty in the International Studies
department at the Thunderbird
Campus, to weigh the question. Prof.
Sours advised us that, "there is no
question in my mind and in the view of
others (i.e. the Hudson Institute) that
the Pacific Basin is becoming the focal
point of the world economy.
"This will require shifts in attitude
and judgement and, thus, the 'intangibles'
will be more important in the
future as the objective forces in this
direction become increasingly
undeniable," according to Prof. Sours.
Jae Suk Lee, '73, a representative of
the Korea Development Bank's office
in Kuwait, commented on the
probability of such a shift from half
way around the world, "1 believe that
this sort of shift would not take place
in a short time. Some parts of trade
may shift to China due to low prices,
but the established relations with the
West could not be shifted so easily. The
West's know-how and the way
Europeans deal with other areas
cannot be easily forgotten. There are
other considerations, of distance and
the manner and customs of the
Chinese, to which the world market is
not yet accustomed."
Kent Densley added, "Keeping in
mind that China has been isolated for
30 years, I cannot see them modernizing
overnight. Given this and since
Japan has very few natural resources, it
is my opinion that the West will be the
centre of world economics for the next
20-30 years."
Cliff Bevens observed that China,
with concentrated technical help from
Japan, could develop to such a point
that a shift in economic influence
could result. "An equally important
consideration is the recent acceleration
in the activities of ASEAN, the association
of Thailand, Malaysia,
Singapore, Indonesia and the
Philippines. With a total population in
excess of 250 million, developing
countries and growing gross national
product levels, ASEAN, if properly
orchestrated, can be a most important
Far left, Inspecting video recorders at the
Hitachi Tokai factory in Mito, Japan. Photo by
Kerry Hofferth, '79.
Above, An umbrella village in Chiang Mai,
Thailand, demonstrates the assembly process
from framework to finished product in paper
and silk. Photos by Stuart Warner '80.
Right, Using hemp to repair decks of boats is a
common sight in Singapore. Photo by Dan
Ryan, son of Ted Ryan, '62.
grouping," according to Bevens.
He cited the downward cycle of the
economic patterns in many Western
nations, especially in Europe, that
could contribute to this Eastward
Ralph Hetzel was not as optimistic
in New Zealand. He noted that there
seems to be developing a negative
feeling toward the Japanese. He
attributes this to "an uneven balance of
payments problem and Japan's
unwillingness to compromise. This
inability of the now economic leader
(Japan over China) may jeopardize the
Far East's position in the future."
Back in Jakarta, Bo Lower expressed
his personal feeling that a certain
amount of shifting has already taken
"Japan has led the way in helping to
establish Asia as a significant economic
force of the future. Even without the
modernization of China, this shift has
been significant. Growth rates in
Southeast Asia are continuing at a
relatively high level when compared to
the West and it is expected that this
relative increase will continue.
"With a population in the vicinity of
one billion people, the effect of China
as a market cannot be ignored ... I
believe development in China will
proceed slowly and in line with
Chinese objectives. The balance of Asia
will continue to develop at a relatively
The forlorn look of the routine is captured by
this picture of a woman pulling vegetables to
market. Photo by Dan Ryan.
more brisk pace than those nations of
the West.
"While I do not see a shift in the
centre of world economics occuring
towards Asia, I do foresee a significant
lessening in the dominance of hal£-adozen
nations in the world as far as
industrial production is concerned.
This I view as a very healthy shift,
providing more nations with a fairer
slice of the industrial production pie,"
said Lower.
Ted Ryan concurs that the shift will
not take place, but for a slightly different
reason: "The West continues to
be the creative centre of the world. Our
friends in the Far East have infinite
ability to produce and infinite ability to
work, but only to plans which
essentially are created in other parts of
the world."
While it is the general consensus that
the shift in economic power may not
occur in this generation, there is no
denying the potential in China and
other nations in the Far East. Like a
giant iceberg, the bulk is hidden below
the surface. And like the iceberg, we do
not yet know whether the Far East will
prove a hindrance to the channels of
world trade or the vitally needed
source of new resources and markets.
It will be up to the men and womeh
of the world who are especially well
versed in international management to
serve as guides and counselors to fulfill
that potential. . . individuals like our
Thunderbirds who have provided such
a valuable insight into the ever
mysterious and intriguing Far East.
T -Birds pioneer progress
(Editor's note: Enrollment of women as
candidates for the Masters of International
Management has increased more than 40
times since 1964. From a mere 2% in 1964,
women students at AGSIM now account
for 25% of the student body. Currently
there are some 230 women students on
campus and each semester brings in a
greater proportion.
Women are becoming more numerous at
Thunderbird because of increasing
opportunities in management positions -
both domestic and foreign.
In order to attempt to evaluate their
actual acceptance in business dealings, we
wrote to a random sample of alumnae,
asking them to share their experiences with
us. Our intent was to better understand the
difficulties that women in business face,
their disadvantages in the U.S. and abroad,
and the possible limitations in their career
aspirations. Instead, we heard of
expanding opportunities, determination
and success. We would like to share with
you the optimism we found in the
responses of these Thunderbird wc>JtenJ
Laurie Krieger, '77, is a pioneer in
the agricultural industry. She is an
international trade executive with the
Michigan Department of Agriculture
and is responsible for promoting their
products overseas. Ms. Kreiger is one
of a handful of women professionals in
a department of 700 people and one of
two women in the country with that
position. Her activities in the past year
have included: six weeks traveling
through the Midwest and California
with a 28 member delegation from the
People's Republic of China, three
weeks in Mainland China with an
agricultural delegation, and
promotional travels to Algeria, Tunisia
and Morocco, a trip to Venezuela, as
well as London and Switzerland.
In almost every instance, she is
dealing exclusively with men and finds
there are certain obstacles to this that
she has had to deal with. Ms. Kreiger
explained, "BaSically, I think being a
woman is an obstacle at first. Women,
more so than men, have to prove
themselves when dealing with
American and foreign men. They must
know what they are doing, and must
be serious about it. It takes hard work
and determination, but after that is
established, I feel being a woman is an
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advantage - often companies prefer to
work with me - it's a refreshing
change for them!" Regarding
difficulties in dealing with foreign
cultures and traditions, she added, "1
love my job and feel I can meet the
challenges as they come along."
Another alumna pioneer, Nina
Wa1chirk, '76, is meeting the
challenges of the international film
industry. Having heard of the program
through AGSIM Career Services, Nina
applied to Warner Bros. International
and was accepted as their first woman
management trainee. Her training took
place in Peru and Brazil prior to
serving her first position as manager in
Portugal. She is now working in
Nina feels that, f( since this particular
industry is less conservative and
regimented than other businesses, I
have as equal a chance for any
opportunities and promotions as my
male colleagues. My performance and
experience are the basis for any
judgements of this kind - not my
sex." And in dealing with clients, she
says, "Fortunately I have never felt
restricted by the fact that I am a
woman in this position. After the
client's initial surprise, business is
business even in Latin countries where
career women are so rare."
Kathryn D. Barrios, '76, an assistant
treasurer for Chase Manhattan Bank, is
in Guatemala as a second lending
officer, and regards Chase's policies
towards equal employment and
placements as highly laudable. During
her third semester at AGSIM, Kathryn
interviewed not only with Chase, but
with two other major U.S. banks as
well. From the outset she felt Chase
evaluated her solely on her own
merits, though the other banks
questioned her extensively on her
marital status and husband's
In Guatemala, where she is the only
female lending officer in the country
representing a foreign bank, it seems
that her biggest problem is finding
other business women to relate to since
there are so few local career women. In
dealing with her clients she states, "I
am not at a disadvantage being a
woman, although I deal exclusively
with male customers and am sure it is a
novelty for them to deal with a woman
in my capacity."
Christine Wilfer, '76, is working for
Continental Grain in New York. As an
internal auditor she is often sent
abroad and finds in this position it is
frequently an advantage being a
woman. Though she doesn't claim to
be a psychiatrist, she suspects that
women auditors are viewed as less
threatening. She also finds, "there is
definitely equal opportunity for
promotion in this company," though
wonders whether in foreign divisions
this would hold true.
In Germany, Cynthia Ogburn, '73, is
representing and promoting five states
in exports, tourism and reverse
investment, with The Old West
Commission as deputy director and
has had some very positive
experiences. "As far as I am concerned,
there are equal opportunities for me in
advancement and placement both
domestically and internationally. For
every position I've held, I've been in
direct competition with others. Almost
always they were men. I am not aware
of one occasion when I applied for a
position and was not hired because I
was a woman," advised Ms. Ogburn.
In her business relations she finds that,
"Thunderbird is excellent training for
a woman who is planning a business
career. It gives her the opportunity to
perform in a male-dominated society
much like the one she will enter upon
graduation." She has encountered
resistance in certain foreign countries
where the businessmen are at first
reluctant to deal with a woman in
important matters. She finds
acceptance and success in the end
based on capabilities. She added, "It is
certainly possible, though, to have
success in these countries too . . .
You've got to know what you're doing
- and do it well."
The Thunderbird woman graduate
seems determined to succeed. From
these accounts it appears that she has
been able to combine her education,
experience and personality effectively
in her career. She is, therefore, being
accepted and respected by her male
business associates. These
Thunderbird women are pioneers and
their successes are paving the way for
the increasing numbers of
Thunderbird women graduates. It is an
exciting and innovating time for
women in general, and it appears that
Thunderbirds have that determination,
confidence and skill to lead the way.
Two new overseas study programs announced
Dr. William Voris has announced
overseas study program agreements
with the American University in Cairo,
Egypt (AUC) and the Escuela Superior
de Administracion y Direccion
Empresas (ESADE) in Barcelona,
The AUC program gives students the
chance to study in Cairo for one
semester. Students may then transfer
credits received there toward their
degree at AGSIM.
The program agreement with
ESADE allows for students to receive
40 hours of instruction in Barcelona
and 30 hours at AGSIM. After
completion of the total credit hours,
students will receive dual degrees - a
Master of International Management
from AGSIM and an MBA from
The addition of these two programs
makes a total of eight cooperative and
exchange programs at AGSIM. Other
programs at AGSIM include a dual
program arrangement with Southern
Methodist University in Dallas,
cooperative programs with the
University of Arizona and Drury
College in Springfield, Missouri.
Overseas study programs include
agreements with the Institute for
International Studies and Training in
Japan, the Autonomous University of
Guadalajara and the Oxford
Management Centre in England.
Fifth annual balloon race
The fifth annual Thunderbird
International Balloon Race, sponsored
by the Friends of Thunderbird and
the Glendale Chamber of Commerce,
will highlight the weekend of November
9, 10 and 11 at the Thunderbird
An international banquet, auction
and silent Calcutta will lead off the
weekend's activities. More than 50 hot
air balloons are expected to participate
in the two days of races and competition.
"Art Reach '79," an arts and
crafts show sponsored by AWARE will
be a featured activity, as well as the
many student booths which will
feature the same mouthwatering
morsels of international cuisine past.
years have enjoyed. Thunderbirds
from around the world may plan to
attend the Homecoming and Reunion
activities being planned.
Awards to winning balloonists will
be made by Arizona Governor Bruce
Babbitt amid the live entertainment
that is traditional with this very
popular weekend.
Alumni are asked to send items for
the international auction to:
Ms. Betty Turner
T -Bird Balloon Race Office
AGSIM, Thunderbird Campus
Glendale, Arizona 85306
All items donated will be auctioned
to provide funds for scholarship
assistance to Thunderbird students.
Palkhivala speaks on India
The Honorable Nani Ardeshir
Palkhivala, Indian Ambassador to the
United States, addressed students at
the Thunderbird Campus in March.
The ambassador spoke to students
regarding "India Moves Toward
Political, Social and Economic
Palkhivala also addressed a dinner
meeting of the Council on Foreign
Relations at the Phoenix Country Club
that evening.
Fund raising effort
initiated by students
Spring semester, 1979, will long be
remembered as the beginning of the
Thunderfund. A student initiated and
conducted fund raising effort, the
Thunderfund came out of the Associated
Students Legislative Council
(ASLC) development committee
discussions with the alumni and
development offices.
The first effort, which set the pattern
for subsequent successes, was centered
around Thunderfund captains who
were assigned 10 to 12 names to contact
personally and obtain pledges as
investments in the future. The success
was immediate. More than half the
graduating semester students pledged
nearly $36,000. The second effort had a
similar return with 43% of the summer
semester graduates pledging nearly
$22,000. Both efforts exceeded their
initial goals of $20,000 and $12,500,
respectively, by wide margins.
Recognizing that Thunderbirds will
need time to get themselves established
after graduation, the Thunderfund
effort was designed to allow up to two
years to begin honoring a pledge and
from three to five years to complete the
Many of the graduates are expected
to go to work for companies with
matching gift programs whereby the
employer matches the contributions
dollar for dollar and sometimes two or
three for one. This may greatly increase
the actual amount returned from what
is expected.
First American Woman
China Trader Addresses
AGSIM Graduates
Mrs. Lee Sobin, president of
Friendship International Corporation,
Boston, Massachusetts, delivered the
commencement address at American
Graduate School of International
Management's 72nd graduation, on
Friday, May 18.
Mrs. Sobin discussed "Trade and
Cultural Exchanges As Arms of
Foreign Policy".
Mrs. Sobin made her first trip to
China in 1972 when she accompanied
her husband, Julian M. Sobin, when he
was the first U.S. businessman invited
to Peking. Together with Chinese trade
officials Mrs. Sobin founded Friendship
International in Peking in 1972.
She is the only American person who
has attended all of the 15 semi-annual
Canton Trade Fairs since Americans
were first invited.
Friendship International first
imported labor intensive products out
of China, but quickly moved to
representation of others. Friendship
International now trades in basic and
heavy industries, medical instrumentation,
capital equipment, design and
construction and technology transfer.
Director of Alumni Relations Michael E.
Blimes gratefully accepts the student
Thunderfund pledge commitments from
the graduating classes of Spring and
Summer 1979. Their combined effort has
meant nearly $58,000 pledged to the school
. . . an investment in the future of a
program they believe in.
Thunderbird loses a friend
Mrs. Jordan (Doris) Paine passed
away April 29, 1979 after a long illness.
Mrs. Paine was the founding
president of Friends of Thunderbird
and will long be remembered for her
sincere desire to enhance the Thunderbird
experience for students and create
a special awareness of the school in
She organized the first Thunderbird
Invitational Balloon Race and has annually
been one of its most enthusiastic
participants. She was most recently a
member of the committee which
organized a "Roast and Toast" of
Berger "Mr. Thunderbird" Erickson,
executive vice president of the school.
Mrs. Paine's husband, Jordan, is a
member of the Class of '47.
The Doris Thompson Paine
Memorial Scholarship Fund has been
established at the Thunderbird
Campus. A close personal friend
pledged to match each contribution
and her family and friends have
assured her a special place in the hearts
and minds of the campus community.
Doris Paine was a true friend of
Thunderbirds translate
The trade developments in China are
only one example of current business
situations where language and cultural
barriers exist. In order to compete
and succeed in any market, effective
communication is of paramount
importance and can often be the determining
factor in acceptance versus
total rejection in a foreign country.
Two Thunderbird grads, Heng Yo
('78) and Pierre Charbonneau ('75),
are tackling these barriers for international
businesses. They are part of
a successful and growing firm, Agnew
Tech-Tran, that specializes in technical
and audio visual translations in
virtually every language on earth.
Heng Yo is head of the Chinese department
which is capable of producing
upwards of 7,000 typeset characters,
while Pierre Charbonneau is the
marketing manager.
In view of the importance of this
service, its usefulness for T -Bird
graduates in particular and our focus
on the Far East, we have included an
example of their work in Chinese. For
any further information, contact either
Thunderbird Receives
$100,000 Challenge
The Thunderbird Campus has been
awarded a $100,000 matching grant
by the Kresge Foundation, Troy,
Michigan, for the construction of a
new classroom building, according to
President William Voris.
This grant is one of 177 new grant
commitments totaling $35.1 million
made by The Kresge Foundation after
considering 1, 190 qualified proposals
in 1979. The grants went to organizations
in 35 states, the District of
Columbia and three foreign countries.
These grants were generally toward
projects involving the construction
and major renovation of facilities.
Usually, recipients had raised initial
funds and grants were authorized on a
challenge basis to help obtain the
balance of funds required.
The Kresge Foundation was created
solely by the personal gifts of the late
Sebastian S. Kresge and is not associated
or affiliated with any other
organization or corporation. Since
1924, appropriations of over $346
million have been made to institutions
in the areas of higher education, health
services, the arts, social welfare and
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at Thunderbird Campus
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Ambassador to the United Nations,
and member of the Security Council,
spoke at American Graduate School of
International Management on
Wednesday, Aprilll. His talk was
entitled, "Israel and the Mideast: The
Ultimate Test of the United Nations as
Ambassador Richard is a Queen's
Counsel, a member of the Fabian
Society, the Society of Labor Lawyers,
the International Institute for Strategic
Studies, and of the Royal Institute of
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Governor of the Atlantic Institute and
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of "Europe or the Open Sea," published
in 1971.
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The Far Eastern cuisine we highlight
this issue is excerpted from the
Thunderbird Wives' Club International
Cookbook, which is still available to
alumni and friends.
The 262-page publication makes
your mouth water in several
languages. Checks should be made
payable to the Thunderbird Wives'
Club in the amount of $6.50 and may
be sent c/o the alumni relations office.
Our Korean friends say, "Mani
jabsuseyo!" We, too, hope you enjoy
these tasty dishes.
Chawan Mushi: Japan
1 can (5 oz.) boned chicken, cut in
small pieces
2 tbsp. soy sauce
12 cooked shrimp, peeled and
1-1/2 cup of one-inch pieces
watercress or spinach
6 large mushrooms, cut in half
6 thin slices lemon
3-1/2 cups chicken broth
1-1/2 cup eggs, (about 8) well-beaten
Mix together chicken and soy sauce.
Place in each of 6 cups 0-V2 cups) an
equal amount of chicken, shrimp,
watercress, mushrooms and lemon. Fill
with broth beaten with eggs and salt.
Set cups in a large shallow pan of hot
water over direct heat (water should be
deep enough to come half way up sides
of cups), and lay a baking sheet over
cups to cover if cups have no lids.
Poach in hot - not boiling - water
until custard is firm in the center,
when dish is shaken. This takes about
25-30 minutes. Serves 6.
Beef in Grape Leaves: Vietnam
lIb. lean ground beef
3 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
2 tsp. soy sauce
2 tsp. dry Sherry
1-1/2 tsp. minced fresh ginger
3/4 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped green onions
Mix together the above ingredients.
Rinse 25 canned grape leaves in hot
water; drain. To fill, place 1 leaf on a
flat surface with vein side up and stem
end toward you; cut off stem. Place a
rounded tbsp. of meat mixture near
stem end, pat into a log shape, then
fold sides of leaf over filling and roll
away from you. Continue until all the
filling is used. Run a skewer through
the center of each, placing several rolls
on each skewer. Cover and chill if
made ahead. To cook, arrange
skewered rolls on a rack in a broiler
pan or on a barbeque grill over
medium-hot coals. Brush rolls lightly
with salad oil and broil or grill 6 inches
from heat, turning once, until meat is
no longer pink inside, about 10
minutes. Dip stuffed grape leaves in
sauce (recipe follows) to eat. Makes
about 25 appetizers or 4 entre servings.
Dipping Sauce:
4 or 5 thin slices of fresh ginger
4 or 5 thin slices of carrot
2 tbsp. soy sauce
3 tbsp. water
1 tbsp. vinegar
2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper
1 clove garlic, pressed or minced.
Cut the ginger and carrot into thin
shreds to make about 1 tbsp. each. Mix
together the remaining ingredients.
Stir in the shredded ginger and carrot.
Cover and chill if made ahead.
Beef barbecue appetizer: Korea
lIb. chuck roast, cut 1-1/2 to 2 inches
2 tbsp. salad on
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp. garlic powder
1-1/2 tsp. vinegar
1/2 tsp. crushed toasted sesame seed
1/4 tsp. cayenne
1 green onion, sliced
Cut meat across the grain in very thin
slices. If slices are longer than 3 inches,
cut them in half. Place meat in a bowl
with the oil, soy sauce, garlic powder,
vinegar, a sprinkling of pepper,
crushed sesame seed, cayenne and
onion. Mix with your hands until well
blended. Cover and chill for at least 4
hours. To cook, place meat strips on a
rack over charcoal and barbecue for
one minute on each side. Meat should
be brown but not crusty. Or if you
wish, heat a large frying pan, toss in
meat and cook over high heat for 2
minutes, stirring occasionally. Provide
bamboo skewers or toothpicks for
spearing meat. Serves 4-6.
Won Ton soup: China
1/4 lb. minced pork, beef, chicken or
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. cornstarch
1-1/2 tsp. soy sauce
1-1/2 tsp. cooking oil
Won Ton skins
Few sprigs green onion or 2 slices
onion, minced
Mix all ingredients together. Place
about 1/4 tsp. filling on a square of a
Won Ton Skin. Moisten edges, fold to
form a triangle, press together. Wet
two corners, bring together and press
or gather edges. Place in boiling water
for soup or fry in oil and steam.
Mixed Vegetables: Indonesia
1-3 small, dried, hot chile peppers,
seeds removed
1 small onion, cut in chunks
2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
2-1/2 cups water
2 tsp. crushed dried lemon grass or
half stalk dried lemon grass (opt.)
1 tsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. chile powder
4 carrots, cut in half-inch by 2 inch
1/2 lb. green beans, ends trimmed and
cut in 2 inch lengths
1 small eggplant, cut in 1-1/2 inch
1 can (12 oz.) frozen coconut milk,
thawed or make your own (directions
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
4 cups cabbage, cut in 1-1/2 inch
Combine in a blender jar the peppers,
onion, garlic and half cup of the water;
whirl until smooth. Pour onion
mixture into a 5 qt. Dutch oven, add
remaining 2 cups water, lemon grass
(if using the crushed form, place it in a
teaball or wrap in cheesecloth),
coriander and chile powder. Simmer,
covered, for 15 minutes. Add carrots,
bring to simmering; cover and simmer
for 3 minutes. Add beans, eggplant,
coconut milk, salt and sugar; cook,
covered, for 10 minutes. Add cabbage;
simmer, uncovered, stirring
occasionally, for 5 minutes or until
cabbage is barely tender. Remove
lemon grass, if used. Serve hot or at
room temperature. Makes 6-8 servings.
The Thunderbird Connection: It Links Many
Of Today's Top International Managers
By PAM LAMBERT
In a IIIII8Il Arizona town 16 miles outside
Phoenix 8taDda a IDOIIt IIJlU8UIIl p-aduate
IChooI of ~Thunderbird.
At ThUDderbin\, formally known as the
American Graduate Sc:hool of Intemational
Manqement, would-be JIWI8IPII'8
learn not only how to deal with their for·
• c:ounterparta but how to think like
Thunderbircla know that wbeD a Japa_
I'8IIcts neptiveiy toward a propoeaI
he II8U8lIy won't tell you, and that the em-. who .,. estremely poup-otieDteel,
.,. likely to form an UDfavorabie im·
preIIion of the bo __ ·n who dota his
_venation with too many r ..
Leuabae by UYiq
But it'. really only natural that Thunderbird
paduatee .void some of the more
common raIlS pas that often have buIdne.men
on ov_ IIlIIIiIJIments fJounderinc
like so many Iiab out of water. With a stu·
dent body that is 26'1 foreip, livm, at
Thunderbird can itaelf be a ~n· in international
underat.andiJII. '"The studenta are
aa much a part of the education at Thunderbird
aa the a-oom," ")'II Dr. William
Voris, the achool'. preaident.
Thia year the 937 ltudentl, a quarter of
them -. who have come to Glendale
to earn their Muter of IDternational Man...-
t cIeare. bail from 69 eountriea.
Japan'. 31 ltudenta fonn the larpet for.
• continpnt. N"me other Aaian c0untries
are alao ~ted at the achool;
then are currently 17 Itudenta from Taiwan
and 15 from South Korea.
The students at Thunderbird this year
.ttended 434 \lDdaqp'aduate institutions,
where they majored in 82 different field-.
The averace ... is 26; IDOIIt students have
_rked for at lNat a year or ~ before
c:omint to the achool. For inatance, Larry
BIIIIIley, a 1975 p-aduate, worked at such
odd jobB in the Chic:a&o area .. bich achool
janitor and Ihoe aaJ.man between his
paduation from Weetern Il1inoia University
(where he majored in ceoJocy and
French) and his arrival at Thunderbird.
Thunderbird differs mo.t importantly
from ita rivala in one nepec:t-itB emphasis
on proficiency iii a foreip Jancuqe. All
students mlllt muter • minimum 2,000-
word vocabulUy before they II'Ilduate, a
requirement which often stretchea the
usual three semesters to four, particularly
in the cue of ~ ltudym, em-. Jap_
and Arabic (it alao takas some for.
eip-bom atudtnta that lone to acquire
auftideDt lIIIIItaI'y of EncJiah). A1tbouP
biIincuaI atudtnta aren't required to atudy
a third lanp.qe, 8O'J, of them do.
Focaa on Alia
Over the yean, the interaata of Thunderbird
atudenta, IDOIIt of whom will 10
into international banldnc or marketinc.
have Ihifted alone with the cbanIinI
trends in international ~
''In the early '7OB it waa Asia, then the
Middle But and now A8ia apin," aaya Dr.
Robert T. M-. dinctor of the echooI'.
propam in eroaa-culturaI COIDIIlUIIic:ation.
Curnntly, ville pnaidentI of three eompetinc
American baub in HOIII KOIII .,. aD
Thunderbird ,raduatea.
It .. juIt three yean .., that Thunderbird
added aw-to the lanpapa 01-
fered.. s-. the, the number 01 iIIIIIIenu
~ am- 11M Ihot up to 110.
AnotMr ..-.t addition to the Thunderbird
cunic:ulum ill the _ PrvI .
Mann ...... "ero-cwtural c-mcation
for Intern tit mel Manqera." It'. deaIped,
he _,.. to "help IItudentI underatand
the cultural ~ underIym,
behavior and learn to bridp any pp8 so
they can work tdfeetively in a _ BdviJon..
ReadIa8 NOD-Verbal c-
Worried baca_ a J...-~
man ian't makIna eye contact clwint DIIIOtiationI?
If you'd taken Prof. M_'.
_ you wou1cI ~ that the Jas--
.,. taupt .. a cIemoniotaatioal of I'8IIp8Ct to
look at the Adam'. apple of the penon to
wbolD they're taJldnt. On the other hand,
you mipt do weD to be wary of Arabi who
don't meet your pie; the Koran aa18 that
if you don't look at a penon, you have
.aetbinc to bide, accordinc to Prof. Mor-an.
The idea for the Thunderbird _
came frpm Prof. Moran'. own cn.-ctdtur-
....... ,. .,.. a Cathotic .... (he !aft
the ,Iii Abood -in 1973', biB fin& IIIIip~_
tothe".· em .........
School in Tokyo. While .... Prof. MGran,
a CaDIIdian who had played in the
MCIDtreel Canedian farm tyIItem • a .....
....... bepn eoecbirIt local amateur hocby
clabI. In 1972 he .. invited to ~ the
oJ .... Olympic: hoeUy team.
"1_ tI'yiDt to _very ......... and
CAIIlip8titlve CIIftadiaa hocby tcchniqlw
to Cnin eM .1...- teIIm. It J:& dIdD'
.... " Prof. Manu reeaIIa. "I dI.c wed
tW J ..... till work Jrithia the ~"
At Thunderbird, Prof. Moran tries to
live his students the __ kind of nperi-ence.
a.. memhen take the JIIII1II of for•
and American boE ._n then role
play in typical aituationa. The _ ma-terial
draws on esampIaa from many cuIturaa
with the aoal of livm, students
"baaic akilIa they can \lie in any culture."
"Students at the p-aduate level really
don't know where they'll end up," Prof.
Mono _y-. "They may have been majorinc
in German but their company miCht
&MId them to the MicWle Eaat."
For ~. J. ~ M~
who majored in Fnncb • an uncIoapeduate
at V..-t'. MiddIeboary CoDep, c0ncentrated
on Burot-D atucIIee at 'I'Inmderbird.
But biB va'" • Wl inepectiall 01-
fIcer lor Citibank have taken him to bank
branchee in Asia, the MicIdle But and
Seultivity Importlmt
Prof. Moran thinb IlDaitivity to cultural
difI'erenc:ee is critical for the individual
who wanta to be &IlClCII6Iful in international
buai-. "Too often wbeD companiaa
aeIec:t people to 10 ow-. aD they
look at is tedmicalllkill and wiIIinpI.- to
10," Prof. Moran obaervea. "But the Individuallhould
alao be able to adjUIt to difIennt
aituationa, to be wilIinI to learn _
c:uatGmI, to he wiIIinI to work on reIatioaebipa
• well • on the job.
"AJn.icanI have a tendency to 1IpIIrate
the product from the peraon," Prof.
Moran aaya. "In other cuI&unI, putieu/uIy
in A8ia and the Middle East, the totality
of the penon is important."
In keepm, with the arowinc interelt in
China, Prof. Moran baa included a chapter
on ''Ooinc BuaineM in the People'. Repub-
Coconut Milk: Almond Cookies: China
In a blender jar combine 1-1/2 cups
shredded unsweetened coconut with 2
cups boiling water. Whirl on medium
speed for about 45 seconds. Let stand
30 minutes. Pour through a wire
strainer, pressing coconut to remove
liquid; discard coconut. Makes 1-1/2
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2-1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp_ almond extract
Cream butter and sugar well, add egg.
Add sifted flour, baking soda and salt.
Add extract. Drop by teaspoon on
cookie sheet. Dot center with food
coloring. Bake at 300· for 12-15
minutes. Makes 5 dozen.
It was aT-Bird Oktoberfest at the
Old Heidelburg Inn last November 4
that saw nearly 30 T-Birds gather. Lois
Brown, '77, coordinated the efforts of
those T-Birds who are breathing new
life into the Colorado T-Bird group.
Another dinner meeting was held
August 17, 1979 at The Ranch Country
Club in Denver. Alumni Director
Blimes attended to meet and greet
Colorado T -Birds. If you are not on the
mailing list, contact the alumni office
at (602) 978-7135 for further details.
Our T -Birds in Spain have been
really organized under the leadership
of Michael Bennis, , 66. A dinner
meeting at the Bennis home last
November was followed by an April
invitational dinner at the highly
regarded Vihara restaurant. Alf
Johnson, '57, hosted the evening of
cocktails, hors d' oeurves and a
delicious dinner, which included an
ample selection of Indian cuisine. The
24 T -Birds attending appreciated Mr.
Johnson's generosity and hospitality.
A pot-luck gathering of 26 T-Birds at
the home of Norman and Jean Gray,
'48, capped the recent activities. More
are planned.
Nearly 30 Michigan T -Birds met at
the Detroit area Pizza Hut managed by
Roger Vedak, '76 on February 28 to
meet Mike Blimes and the new
Director of Development and Public
Affairs Robert G. Horn.
San Francisco
Northern California T -Birds enjoyed
a picnic on Angel Island August 20,
1978. This combined effort on the part
of the many active T -Birds in the Bay
area made a fine summer outing.
December saw a well-attended dinner
at the Cattleman's restaurant.
T -Birds attending welcomed Michael
Blimes from campus and heard Dr.
Linda Cypres, '77, discuss her recent
trip to China. Bruce Eberly, '74, and
several other T-Birds directed these
The Camino Real/Biltmore Hotel in
Guatemala City was where 15 T -Birds
and their wives met last November 22.
All who attended enjoyed the meeting.
Another meeting is being planned
for early September, when Director of
Alumni Relations Mike Blimes plans to
be in Guatemala. Keep the evening of
September 8 clear as a possible dinner
meeting date.
Ethan Book, Jr., '77, recently visited
the Thunderbird Campus and was one
of the organizers of the November
New Orleans
The Louisiana and Mississippi area
T -Birds were treated to an evening in
New Orlean's fabulous French Quarter
. .. "Dutch treated," that i~! Charles
Mannel, director of career services, and
Carol Hazelett, assistant director,
visited from the Thunderbird Campus
and updated all who attended as to
what is happening on campus.
Cocktails at the International Trade
Mart and dinner in the French Quarter
organized by Bob Hesson, Jr., '77,
Keith Cromley, '75, and Bob Hine, '75,
made it a memorable evening for all.
The Tokyo Alumni Club met at the
Pub Royale for their third meeting this
past April 14.
A strong turnout of Tokyo alumni
was complemented by the presence of
Prof. and Mrs. James Mills, six current
AGSIM students, three visiting T -Birds
and several students who will be
coming to the Thunderbird Campus
this year.
The next meeting will be August 28
and will serve to greet Prof. Duane
Hall, executive director of the school's
INTERCOM program.
Nobukazu Yamaguchi, '73, advises
us that David Hayman, '74, has been
elected president of the Tokyo chapter.
If you are going to be in Tokyo, contact
Mr. Yamaguchi at The Lion Dentifrice
Co., Ltd., Tel. Tokyo (624) 1111.
Nearly 60 T -Birds gathered at the
Coral Gables home of Allen Brenteson,
'60, in December to greet Berger
Erickson, executive vice president of
AGSIM and better known as "Mr.
Thunderbird." A marvelous barbecue
and renewed friendships made it a
memorable evening for all.
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dave Trott, '74, organized a picnic at
White Rock Lake in Dallas and nearly
40 T -Birds attended. The weather was
lovely and many of those who
participated had not seen each other
for quite a while. Ernie Escobedo, '73,
hosted Mike Blimes' visit to Dallas.
More such gatherings are planned for
the future.
Washington, D.C.
The second annual Washington,
D.C. area Christmas party was held last
December at the home of Larry and
Cheri Ursich, '75.
The party was a hit as 40 T-Birds,
some from as far away as New York
and Southern Virginia, attended the
Capital Hill party.
Nearly 30 T -Birds, spouses and
friends are fondly remembering the
January 5 party at the Holiday Inn in
Panama City. Bob English, '76, advised
us that it was the first time in three or
four years that Panama T -Birds had
met and was well received.
Another meeting is being planned
for the evening of September 11 when
Mike Blimes plans to be in Panama and
the Canal Zone.
A marvelous opportunity to meet
T -Birds and make new friends took
place in Paris last November 15. Some
new arrivals had the chance to not
only make some friendly ties and
discuss their days at Thunderbird, but
several were able to have lunch with
Dr. William Voris on Saturday.
President Voris was in Paris as a part
of his efforts as a member of the
international task force on business
education. Robert A. Dienhart, '65,
coordinated the effort.
Four distinguished (in their own
words) T-Birds gathered in Dusseldorf
last December for those German suds
and to "remember the good ole days in
Pictured (left to right) are Jeff
Hollers, '75, Henning Paulsen, '70,
A.c. "Bud" Hamburg, '75, and Axel
Mees, '76.
Give or take one photographer and
you have a count of 34 T -Birds who
met in Singapore last December,
according to James Echle, '72.
Another meeting is scheduled for
August 8 to greet Prof. Duane Hall,
visiting from the Thunderbird
AGSIM President William Voris met
with about 65 T -Birds and their
spouses February 11, at the Cafe Royal
on Regent Street, London.
Dr. Voris spoke to the group about
the Thunderbird Campus and answered
a number of questions from the
He was in London as a part of his
duties as a member of the international
task force on business education. Dr.
Voris said it was a warm and friendly
alumni meeting. He added that Sunday
afternoon meetings seem to be espeCially
well received, as they do not
involve late night hours for those who
have to work the next day.
We appreciate the efforts of Jack
Taylor, '71. and all who made Dr.
Voris' visit a memorable one.
Dusseldorf "--___ _
The Mason Del Lago was the scene
of cocktails and hor d' oeurves for
T-Birds in Chicago on March 27. Dr.
Robert Horn and Charles Mannel
visited from campus. Robert Bean, '48,
and several other T -Birds organized
this happy meeting.
T -Birds from four states gathered at
a lake half way between Chicago and
Milwaukee for a fabulous summer
outing August 18, 1978. Alumni
Director Blimes welcomed the more
than 100 who attended. Several very
"pro" quality outside-seam softball
games showed that T-Birds are not all
business. Swimming, tug-of-war,
frisbees and other forms of general
mayhem resulted in the same outing
being scheduled for this year. It will
take place August 19,1979 at Cedar
Lake's Sherwood Park picnic area.
Paul Collins, '72, and several T -Birds
from Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana
coordinated this very successful
Newport Beach
The Southern California alumni
chapter held a sumptuous dinner
buffet at Del Webb's Newporter Inn
last September 30. More than 75
T -Birds welcomed Mike BIimes from
campus and enjoyed the outdoor
dinner on the scenic Carousel Plaza,
followed by disco dancing in the Lido
Lounge. There were no casualties on
the dance floor. Doug Hayden, '74,
Scotty Dannison, '75, and Hank
Hudson, '76, organized the event.
Nearly 100 T -Birds turned out on a
muggy Saturday last July to enjoy
some old world charm and brew at the
festive Bavarian Gardens and
Restaurant in Houston.
Michael Hanrahan, '74, coordinated
the gathering which saw T-Bird
Alumni Director Michael Blimes and
Dean of Students Steve Beaver attend
on behalf of the school.
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-Blrds
marked" AA" will advise you of times and
places. Let me know if you'd like to add your .
name to this distinguished list of AGSIM alumm
who are proudly serving their School and other
distinguished alumni world-wide.
Noble Blackshear (AA)
c/o Arizona Bank
101 North Forst Avenue
Phoenix. AZ 85003
Tel: (602) 262-2000
Ken Nelson (RP. AA)
6720 North 18th Place
Phoenix. AZ 85016
Tel: (602) 265-2033
larry O'Brien (RP)
7228 S. 43rd Way
Phoenix. AZ 85040
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)
Roland J. Willits (AA)
4544 Via Madrid
Union City. CA 94587
Tel: (415) 471-6005
(Fr .. no)
Roland E. Garcia (RP)
4325 West Shaw. #B
Fresno. CA 93711
Tel: (209) 442-8100
CALIFORNIA (Southern)
Jim Dale (AA)
c/o Villa Nova
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 Wilshore Boulevard
los Angeles. CA 90017
Tel: (213) 621-1211
(San 014190)
Craig A. Starkey (RP. AA)
Box 1122
Rancho Sante Fe. CA 92067
Tel: (714) 756-2692
S. Robert August (RP)
Director of Marketing
The Ranch
11853 Pecos Street
Denver. CO 80234
Tel: (303) 469-3377
John Cullinan (AA)
c/o Valley lab
5920 longbow
Boulder. CO 80301
Tel: (303) 530-2300
Linton Kingsbury (RP)
Kingsbury & Associates
300 Garden of the Gods Road
Suite 208
Colorado Springs. CO 80907
Tel: (303) 599-9696
Mark Faller (RP)
534 Orange Drive. #27
Altamonte Springs. Fl 32701
Tel: (305) 331-0929 (H)
Bruce Harris (RP)
2514 South Fairway Drive
Melbourne. Fl 32901
Tel: (305) 727-4000 (0)
Robert Michaud (RP)
2204 Colonial Drive
Melbourne Beach. Fl 32901
Annalee Hixson (RP)
390 9th Street
Allanta. GA 30308
Arthur lucas (RP. AA)
lucas ASSOCiates. Inc.
3379 Peachtree Road NE
Suite 350
Allanta. GA 30326
Tet: (404) 266-2772 (0)
Harry Fanning (RP. AA)
44-208 Malae Place
Kaneohe. HI 96744
Tel: (808) 254-1221
Bob Johnson (RP)
RE. Johnson IntI. Assoc.
1795 Taft Avenue
Roiling Meadows. Il 60008
Tel: (312) 358-6464
Paula Messer (RP)
611 Breakers Point
Schaumburg. Il 60294
Randy Miller (AA)
3150 North Sheridan. #130
Chicago. Il 60657
Tel: (312) 327-1153
Judy Purze (RP)
1560 North Sandburg. Apt. 2206
Chicago. Il 60610
Myron (Mike) Schmidt (RP)
Citicorp leasing
Suite 346
2250 East Devon
Des Plaines. Il 60018
Tel: (312) 296-2070
Jesse Wilson (AA)
c/o Thomas H. Miner & Assoc.
135 S. laSalie 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
George Hiller (RP)
7712 Tomahawk Road
Prairie Village. KS 66208
Keith Cromley (RP. AA)
1217 Royal
New Orleans. lA 70116
Tel: (504) 524-9834
Robert Hesson (RP. AA)
MissiSSippi Marketing Council
International Trade Division
SUite 324. In!'1. Trade Mart
2 Canal Street
New Orleans. lA 70130
Tel: (504) 524-7114
KA (Casey) Cummings (RP)
9108 Deviation Road
Baltimore. MD 21236
Bruce Wallace (RP)
Box 155. RFD #1
Hydes. MD 21082
Tel: (30t) 592-2811
Phillippe Deymes (RP. AA)
Morgan Manor
#50A Starwood Dove
lenox. MA 01240
Tel: (413) 637-2811
leonard J. Kistner (RP. AA)
Gen. Admin. Manager
Clark International Marketing. SA
324 Dewey Avenue
Buchanan. MI49107
Tel: (606) 966-4580 (0)
Mary McMunn (RP. AA)
1671 Juliet Avenue. South
St. Paul. MN 55105
Robert R Nelson (RP)
4515 Lindell Blvd .. Studio Easl
St. louis. MO 63108
Robert Ballinger (RP)
Assl Professor Business Division
Siena College
loudenville. NY 12211
Tel: (518) 783-2300
Gerald Kangas (RP)
clo Citibank. NA
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. I-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
James A Thompson (RP. AA)
21 Briant Avenue
Morris Plains. NJ 07950
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)
clo Security Trust Company
International Department
One Easl Avenue
Rochester. NY 14638
Tel: (716) 262-3100
Tom Wong (RP. AA)
clo The Siosman Corp.
P.O. Box 3019
Asheville. NC 28802
John Blaine (RP)
6710 Somerset Drive
Brecksville. OH 44141
Harry Cockrell (RP)
clo Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria. OH 44035
Tel: (216) 323-5581
Roy Daugherty (RP)
clo Cleveland Pneumalic Co.
3781 E. 77th Sireet
Cleveland. OH 44105
Tel: (216) 341-1700 (0)
Thomas G. Hackim (RP. AA)
P.O. Box 1035
Toledo. OH 43666
Tel: (419) 247-2938 (0)
Arif Hafiz (RP. AA)
clo Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria. OH 44035
Tel: (216) 324-3556
Hans Jany (RP. AA)
1967 Richmond Road
Toledo. OH 43607
Tel: (419) 248-6038 (0)
Allan Welch (RP)
14914 lake Avenue
lakewood. OH 44107
Tel: (216) 228-5194
Maurce B. McCullough (RP)
3418 S.E. Carlton
Porlland. OR 97202
Tel: (503) 281-9904
Emmanuel Nsien (RP)
7805 Buist Avenue
Philadelphia. PA 19153
Tel: (215) 492-9338
Donald Stanek (RP)
2862 Washington Street
Easton. PA 16042
Tel: (201) 859-2151 (0)
James D. Robinson. IV (RP. AA)
Ballew. Reinhardt. & Associates. Inc.
5050 Poplar. Suite 1400
Memphis. TN 36157
Tel: (90t) 454-0393
Richard E. Ragsdale (RP)
617 Rodney Drive
Nashville. TN 37205
John D. Walker (RP. AA)
State of Tennessee
Inri. Marketing Division
1004 Andrew Jackson Bldg.
Nashville. TN 37219
Tel: 1-800-251 -8595
TEXAS (Dallas)
Houston Briggs (RP)
3519 Bremen
Dallas. TX 75206
Tel: (214) 821-5494
luis Molinar (RP)
clo 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) 386-2388 (0)
Earl V. Draglcs (RP)
10162 Haddlngton
Houston. TX 77043
Tel: (713) 464-9768
Bruce Blankenship (RP)
Box 5246
lubbock. TX 79417
Chuck Hazen. Jr. (RP. AA)
17810 184thN.E.
Woodinville. WA 98072
Tel: (206) 788-3295
Haven Stewart (RP)
4270 Whitman Avenue N.
Seallie. WA98103
Tom & June (Pearson) Sweetser (RP)
3730 lake Washington Blvd. S.E.
Apt #1-0
Bellevue. WA 98006
Steven W. Delaleur (RP. AA)
1111 Army-Navy Drive. A-308
Arlington. VA 22202
Tel: (703) 521 -7646 (H)
(202) 566-8842 (0)
John Voila (RP)
1 Walter Circle
Fredericksburg. VA 22401
Tel: (703) 752-2409
Mike Kavanaugh (RP. AA)
5303 N. Santa Monica
Milwaukee. WI 53217
Thomas J. Metcalf (RP)
The Gem Boutique
636 West Washington
Madison. WI 53703
Tel: (608) 251-9142 (0)
John D. Willyard. II (RP. AA)
312 East Wabash
Waukesha. WI 53186
OTHER COUNTRIES Satjiv Chahil (RP, AA) Axel Mees (RP) KENYA PHILIPPINES
Hampton House 111708 Fuchsbau 124, Ungererstr 19 Jim Walton (RP, AA) Fred R. Leenerts (RP)
322 Egllnton Ave. East 8000 Muchen 40 clo Koehring Inti. John Deere Intercontinental, Ltd. SOUTH WEST AFRICA Toronto, Ontario M4P 1 L6 BMW-AG, West Germany Nairobi, Kenya Far Eastern Sales Division
Bill Vaught (RP) Canada P.O. Box 7154
Nord Mining Exploration, L TO. Norman Mcintosh (RP) GREECE KOREA Airmail Exchange Office
P.O. Box 3676 1375 Prince of Wales Drive Denis Gavanas (RP) Jung-Bae Kim (RP) Manila Inn. Airport
Windhoek, South Wesl Africa Lord Mountbatten #1812 Sana vag Assoc. Group Asia Cement Mfg. Co. Ltd. 3120, Philippines
Ottawa, Ontario P.O. Box 1622, Syntagma Square 7th Floor Dae Hah Bldg. Canada K2C 3L5 Athens 126, Greece 75, Seosomoon Dong PUERTO RICO
Robert B. Garrison (RP) Dean Johnson (RP, AA) Chung-Ku, Seoul, Korea Bob & Gloria Shuman (AM
Corrientes 441 CHILE Dragatsaniou 7 Jae Suk Lee (RP, AA) clo Robert Shuman & Associates
1317 Buenos Aires Max Krauss (RP) Voula, Athens, Greece clo Korea Development Bank Box 1393
Argentina clo Triumph Int'!. de Chile Ltd. Tel: 8954323 C.P.O. Box 28 Halo Rey, Puerto Rico
Patricio Seidel (RP) Luis Thayer Ojeda 1250 Seoul, Korea John F. Tomlinson (RP, AA)
25 de Mayo, 168 Santiago, Chile GUATEMALA Caribbean Properties Ltd.
7 Piso
COLOMBIA Ethan Book (RP) KUWAIT 171 De Parque
Capital Federal, Argentina clo Bank of America Riad Marei (RP, AA) San Juan 00911, Puerto Rico
Tel: 743-5801 Gabriel E. Cuellar (RP, AA) P.O. Box 2070 clo Y. Alghanim & Son Tel: 725-7365
AUSTRALIA Apartado Aereo 90877 Guatemala City, Guatemala P.O. Box 223 Bogota, Colombia Susan L. Rybar Kuwait SINGAPORE
Emory A. Morris (RP) Napolean and Jo Anne (Spatz) P.O. Box 491
Kent Densley (RP)
28 Underwood Street DeVargas (RP) Guatemala, Guatemala clo Industrial National Bank
Paddington, N.SW. Carrera 21 1151 -38 Tel: 681602 Mary Carney (RP) Suite 1007, Shing Kwan House
2021 Australia Bogota-2-Colombia P.O. Box MS 682 4 Shenton Way
Dave Wallace (RP, AA) Luis I. Mejia-Maya (RP) HONG KONG Maseru, Lesotho Singapore I, Singapore
Lot 8, Lane Cove Road Calle 17 114-68, Apt. 1704 Allen S. Cheng (RP, AA) Tel: 2219888
Ingleside N.SW. 2101 Bogota, Colombia clo Meyer Mfg. Co. Ltd. LIBERIA James W. Echle (RP, AA)_
Australia 380 Kwun Tong Road Marvin G. Dole (RP) Salsbury International, Inc.
Tel: 02-992-139 COSTA RICA Kung Tong, Kowloon Liberia Tractor & Equipment Co. 187A Goldhill Shopping Centre
Jim Dahlstrom (RP, AA) Hong Kong P.O. Box 299 Thomson Road
BAHAMAS clo Super Sercicio Bill Tak-Ming Ling (RP, AA) Monrovia, Liberia Singapore II, Singapore
Suzanne J. Black (RP, AA) Apartado 992 clo CCAA International LTD. William (Bill) Wagner (RP)
Box 82 San Jose, Costa Rica 12th Floor, Kai T ak Commercial Bldg. LIBYA 197 B Goldhill Centre
Nassau, N.P., Bahamas Tel: 22-55-44 317 Des Voeux Road, C. Peter A. Holmshaw (RP) Thomson Road
James Stanley (RP, AA) Hong Kong c/oEnergy Support Engineering Singapore II, Singapore
BAHRAIN Apartado 5181 C. Gregg Wadas (RP, AA) Box 2063 Chin Wah Ying (RP)
Gunter H. Kohlke (RP) San Jose, Costa Rica Trade Med ia Ltd. Tripoli, Libya 44-C Eng Neo Avenue
AWALCO P.O. Box K-1786 Singapore II, Singapore
P.O. Box 741 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Kowloon Central P.O. MEXICO
Manama, Bahrain
Sherry Dolores Greaves (RP) Hong Kong B.C.C. Victor Alfaro (AA) SPAIN
BELGIUM CARE - Dominicana Aguascalientes C. Michael Bennis (RP, AA)
Apartado 1411 INDIA 7 vis - #1 Pena Sirio
Rodney Taylor (RP, AA) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Y.G. Dwarkanath (RP, AA) Mexico, 7, D.F. Mexico Colonia de Mirasierra
Avenue Louise 418 SRI Krishna SPG & WVG Mills Craig Dudley (AA) Madrid 34, Spain
1050 Brussels, Belgium EGYPT Subramanyapura Rio Rhin 1/77, Penthouse Tel: (02) 40-11-16 SWEDEN
George T. DeBakey (RP) Bangalore II, India Mexico 5, DF Mexico
BOLIVIA 15 Radwan EI Tabib INDONESIA Hector Holland (RP) Claus T. Morch (RP)
11th Floor 1120 Sierra Paracaima Ekeby Skogsv 15
John P. Kluever (RP) Giza, Egypt Daniel J. Goldsmith (RP, AA) Lomas de Chapultepec 1 B265 Djursholm
clo IBM de Bolivia SA P. T. Prodents Mexico 10, D.F. Mexico Sweden
Cas ilia 1061 ELSALVADOR P.O. Box 41 OIKBY Joe Petryshyn (RP) SWITZERLAND La Paz, Bolivia John R. Arnold (RP, AA) Jakarta Selatan clo Firestone el Centenario, SA
Arnold Enterprises Indonesia Mariano Escobedo No. 195 Bernhard G.F. Edgar (RP, AA) BRAZIL Boxl111 80 Lower (RP, AA) Mexico 17, D,F, MeXICO Oberhasli3
San Salvador, E) Salvador Marine Midland Bank 6005 Lucerne, Switzerland
(Rio de Janeiro) P.O. Box 2680/JKT MOROCCO
Dolph Johnson (RP) ENGLAND Jakarta, IndoneSia Ben M'Hamed AmraoUi (RP)
Rua Barao de Guaratiba 218/303 Ashok D. Patel (RP) 267 Boulevard Mohamed V Norm Baum (RP)
Gloria ZC-Ol Manager, Business Development IRAN Casablanca, Morocco House of Siam, Ltd.
Rio de Janeiro, 20.000 Brazil
Middle East and Africa Ed Auble (RP) P.O. Box 2661
Aloysio Vasconcellos (RP, AA) Continental Can Inl'l. Corp. Iran American Inti. Insurance Co.
Philip R. Hanson (RP) Bangkok 5, Thailand
Caixa Postal 64022-ZC-07 clo Peace Corps 1-3 Williams Street B Zohreh St. off Roosevelt Ave. 31 , Rue Moulay Rachid Cliff Bevens (RP, AA)
Leme-Rio de Janeiro. Brazil Windsor SL4 1 BB Tehran, Iran Rabat. Morocco clo Goodyear Inl'l. Corp.
Berkshire, England Tel: 624584 (0) Sirinee Building
Jack Taylor (RP, AA) 241529 (H) NETHERLANDS 518/4 Ploenchit Road
Roberto Bumagny (Paula) (RP, AA) Diversey L TO. Nersl Sahba (RP, AA) Alexander L. Barge (RP, AA)
Bangkok, Thailand
Rua Monle Alegre Weston Favell Centre Karin Khan Zand Blvd. clo I. Nachtegaallaan
Tel: 252-6141
1352 Apto. 6, Perdizes Northamptonshire NN3-4PD Behjat Abad Apts. 2243 EI Wassenaar Thermchai Phinyawatana (RP)
05014, Sao Paulo, Brazil United Kingdom Block liB, 1124-C Netherlands clo Chase Manhattan Bank
Anthony B. DaSilva (RP) Tel: Towcester 50823 Tehran, Iran Tel: 01751 -79332 (H) G.P.O. 80x 525
clo Ingersoll-Rand SA Gary T. Wuetig (RP) ITALY 010-143777 (0) Bangkok, Thailand
Av. Maria Coelho Aguiar Internalional Harvester Overseas Co.
215 BI. C. 3. andar Hounslow House Barton L. Hartzell (RP, AA) NETHERLAND ANTILLES TUNISIA
Sao Paulo, Brazil 730A London Road Parco Claris 2 Ian D. Campbell (RP, AA) Scott K. Johnson (RP)
Tel: 545-4422 Hounslow TW3 1 PH Villa No. 31 Blauwduifweg 8 63 Ave. de L'lndependence
Dennis J. Orio (AA) Middlesex, Eng)and Coppola Pinetamare B 1 030 Curacao, Netherland Antilles Le Bardo, Tunis, Tunisia
Rua Itambe 96, Apto. 151 Castel Volturno
01239 Sao Paulo, Brazil ESP FRANCE CE NORWAY VENEZUELA
Peter Cover (AA) Italy
Knud Merckoll (RP) Gregory Buchaj (RP) BRITISH WEST INDIES 2 Rue Andre-Pascal William T. Walsh (RP) Colbjorwsewsgy 13 clo Chrysler de Venezuela
George E. Grimmett (RP) 75775 Paris Via Dei Coronari 222 Oslo 2, Norway Apa rtado 77 0
Global Profits L TO CEDEX 16, France Roma, 00186 Italy Tel: 44-35-81 ValenCia, Venezuela
P.O. Box 1579 Grand Cayman Peter Dombrowski (RP, AA) IVORY COAST Jan Strangel (RP) Bruce & Marsha Crumley (RP, AA)
Cayman Islands 51/53, Rue des Belles Feuilles Selje Bruk AIS clo FMC Int'l.
British West Indies 75116 Paris, France Steve A. Kohn (RP, AA) 6740 Selje, Norway Apartado 67205
Tel: 9-2210 (60) 01 BP4110 Caracas, 105, Venezuela
GERMANY Abidjan 01 PARAGUAY Susy Kulcsar (Sagy) (RP, AA)
Alfred C. Hamburg (RP) Ivory Coast
John Zavala (RP) Apartado 50817
Ray M. Bruyere (RP, AA) Barmerstr 33 JAPAN Av. Mcal. Lopez 1532 Caracas, 105, Venezuela
cia Bank of Montreal 400 Dusseldorf II , Germany Asuncion, Paraguay Ingrid Podbewchek (AA) 129 SI. James Street W.
Manfred "Lo" Locher (RP, AA) Terence M. Esmay (RP) clo IBM de Venezuela 9th Floor
Montreal. Quebec 7900ULM Do Meitsu-Dailey PERU Dpto. De Tesoreria, Apto. 388 Bessererstr 9 1-1 Nishi-Shimbashi Caracas, Venezuela H2Y lL6 0731, West Germany Nimato-ku Hector Cespedes Bravo (RP, AA)
Tokyo, 105, Japan Constitucion 292
Callao, Lima, Peru
Dana A. Nelson '52 Brian J. Reilly '66 Peter Grassl '67 Richard E. Ragsdale '67 Larry P. Campbell '68 John A. Farrington '68 Robert A. Martin '68
Sidney Braufman is working for Sperry Rand
Corporation as a vice president in charge of
industrial affairs in New York.
Two 1948 Thunderbird alumni, Hal Wright and
Larry Bocci, and their wives gathered together
for their 30 year reunion in Buenos Aires,
Argentina last year. William R. Doyle is
president of the Union Courier Company in
Stockton, California.
S.J. Buccheri is the director of international
sales for Facet Enterprises, Inc. in Stamford,
Connecticut. For the Provident Bank of
Cincinnati, Ohio, James A. Markley, Jr. has
assumed the position of executive vice
president. In January 1978, Sherman J. Olson
was transferred from San Francisco to New York
with AFIA and is now residing in Parsippany,
New Jersey.
In 1978 Dr. Shelton W. Marlow became the
director of New Mexico State University at
Dr. Dana A. Nelson has written a 792-page
critical reconstruction of "EI Libro de Alixandre,"
which has been published in Spain and is
causing a flurry among literary critics in the
Spanish press. Dr. Nelson is currently a professor
at University of Arizona. As a partner of
Century Financial, an investment brokerage firm
handling tax shelter investment programs, Ted
Withers is living in Pasadena, California.
Roland E. Garcia, president of Roland E.
Garcia Consulting, resides in Fresno, California.
Last year James F. Manning retired in San
Rafael, California.
Charles Whitcomb is cu rrently working as
executive vice president in Miami Beach, Florida
for Intercontinental Bank.
Barbara Yunker Bettison has joined Smathers
& Co., an investment counseling firm in Long
Beach, California, as an executive sales representative.
John R. Izard has been awarded the
Vanguard Award, the highest award bestowed
by New England Mutual Life Insurance Company.
This prestigious honor is granted only to
those agents who have attained the four most
outstanding symbols of accomplishment in life
insurance; becoming a Chartered Life Underwriter,
and attaining life membership in the
Leaders Association, the Hall of Fame and the
Million Dollar Round Table. As director of utility
finance, Billy F. Martin works for A.G. Edwards
& Sons, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. William L.
Shallberg is now the regional director of BoozAllen
& Hamilton in Houston, Texas.
Harry Laubach is now the regional manager for
the Far East with Challenge-Cook Brothers in
Industry, California. Charles Swarts is the
owner and manager of Management Recruiters
in Seattle, Washington.
As associate professor at Sangamon State
University, Edward Busch now resides in
Springfield, Illinois. Peter Nobu Kawakami is
now self-employed as a real estate broker in
Oakland, California. Henry Schlichting is an
administrative manager for the Parker Pen
Company in Janesville, Wisconsin. After 19
years in Venezuela, Betsy Sherman and her
family have returned to the states and are
residing in Asheville, North Carolina.
David Akerberg owns his own business,
Gedag, Inc., in hair and facial cosmetics in
Knoxville, Tennessee. Andrew Furlan is
working as director of marketing of Consumer
Operations for Schering-Plough International
based in New Jersey. Last year, Charles E.
Kammerer started his own business, Kammerer
Associates, a manufacturers representative
company based in Denver, Colorado. Louis R.
Tascott has been promoted to vice president of
marketing for the Pacific Far East area with
Economics Laboratory International, Ltd. in
Honolulu, Hawaii. Working in extension
education at Washington State University,
David Youmans is residing with his family in
Prosser, Washington.
In EI Salvador, Mike Boyatt became the
assistant general manager of Esso's Central
American operations. D.F. Bravender has been
promoted to a vice president with Chase
Manhattan Bank in New York City. Shelly
Morick is now the vice president of sales for
Mattei Toys in Hawthorne, California. Terry
Ross is living in Phoenix, Arizona where he
owns a Kwik-Kopy franchise. 0.1. Wallace is
now the director of the Performance Incentives
Company in Sydney, Australia. David E. Wilson
is working in Washington, D.C. as a research
associate for Colorado State University.
After having recently returned to the U.S.,
J.S. Cole is the vice president of the Asian
Pharmaceutical Consumer Products Division for
G.D. Searle & Co. Recently promoted to
executive director or special projects, Thomas
G. Gaspar is working for Merck, Sharp and
Dohme International in Rahway, New Jersey.
Paul Scherzer recently formed his own
company, Edant Energy Corporation in Midland,
Texas, to explore oil and gas.
As director of Northern Asia operations, Paul T.
Clark is working for Brown & Williamson (Asia)
Ltd. in Hong Kong. Richard E. Hayes recently
joined Brasilinvest, a private development
company, as the director of the Investment Bank
in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Stephen G. Heiner
recently accepted a position as a consultant as
crude oil coordinator with Philippines-Cities
Service, Inc.
Gerald E. Church is now working for the Miller
Brewing Company in Fulton, New York. Now
working for Lee Pharmaceuticals, Don
Hellbusch is director of international marketing
in South EI Monte, California. While residing in
South Jersey, New Jersey, Marquis H. Gilmore
works for the First Pennsylvania Bank as a vice
president. Beatrice Brown May and her
husband are owners of the Friendly Pines Camp
in Prescott, Arizona. In Seoul, Korea, James A.
Riddle is a vice president for Teledyne
International Marketing. Richardson B. Smith
is now president of the Acli Soya Company in
Stamford, Connecticut.
As the vice president and sales manager of the
Export Division for the Ford Meter Box Company,
Inc., Carl R. Doran is residing in Wabash, Indi-
ana. Residing now in Mexico, Tom McSpadden
is working as the senior international advisor for
the Banco Nacional de Mexico, SA
Having recently begun working at Breneman
Inc., Alan Fredette is a vice president of
marketing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brian J. Reilly,
former manager of Armco-Eurotec's Southern
District in Paris, France, has been promoted
to manager of export sales. He will be based in
Middletown, Ohio. John A. Schantz is now in
San FranciSCO with Bank of America.
Victor C. Fontaine is the manager of Market
Services Division for Caterpillar Brasil SA in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. Peter Grassl has been named a
vice president in the International Division of
Chemical Bank. He is responsible for Chemical
Bank's business with the U.S. subsidiaries and
affiliates of central European multinational
companies. Recently appointed as assistant
vice president for Coldwell Banker, Erik
Hansen is working in their San Francisco office.
Ronald E. McCowen returned to Washington,
D.C. as the deputy exhibit manager with the U.S.
Department of Commerce. J. Mark Paden is a
vice president and director for the Latin
American Divis ion of the North Carolina National
Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina. In Nashville,
Tennessee, Richard E. Ragsdale was
promoted to director of treasury operations of
the Hospital Affiliates International, Inc.
Malcl)lm T. Sanford has assumed the position
of assistant professor of the Department of
Entomology at Ohio State University. Joel T.
Wineburgh has been promoted to vice
president of Commercial Metals Company in
Glendale, Arizona.
Ronald T. Alonzo is manager, field sales in
the International Division of Kohler, Co., in
Kohler, Wisconsin. Charles M. Barringer of
Maddenfield, New Jersey, is now working as the
international sales engineer for the Langston
Company. Larry P. Campbell was recently
named managing director of Cincinnati Milacron
for Southeast Asia based in Singapore. Sang H.
Choo is now president of his own company,
World Airmarine in Oakland, California. William
J. Davis is a product specialist for Chemetron,
Gases International in Chicago. John A.
Farrington has been appointed manager, International
Treasury Operations of Allis-Chalmers
Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Robert A.
Martin was named director of advertising for
Rand Public Relations, Inc. in New York City.
Now working in commercial real estate
John S. Stanton '69 James l. Wilson '69 Gary Cunningham '71 Thomas G. Norton '71
development, sales and leasing for Business
Properties Brokerage Company, Fred Saah is
residing in San Diego. Brent J. Sanford has
been appointed manager, welding export sales,
for Armco International in Middletown, Ohio.
Alain Vannetzel moved to Milwaukee,
Wisconsin to become the international
marketing manager of the Autorol Corporation.
Rebecca Ann Vories was elected to the
American Section of the International Solar
Energy Society Board of Directors in Colorado.
Whirlpool Corporation has promoted Alun H.
Wilson to marketing manager, international
sales. Norman F. Woods is working for Hughes
Aircraft Company, Microwave Communications
Products in Torrance, California. Richard J.
Zecher has been promoted to regional vice
president in the Travelers Cheques Division of
American Express and is now in the Dallas
Erven Kincaid has been promoted to assistant
vice president of the Peoples Bank in Eugene,
Oregon. James C. Maloney is in Madrid, Spain
where he is working for Rasgo-Grey SA Wayne
E. Saxon is working as a field representative for
Bookkeeper Business Services in Tempe,
Arizona. John S. Stanton has been named a
vice president in the Houston office of Russell
Reynolds Associates, Inc. James L. Wilson was
named executive vice president, general
manager of Bacharach Instruments Co. in San
G. Grant Bowerman is working as an
administrative assistant in international
marketing for Evergreen Helicopters, Inc. in
McMinnville, Oregon. John L. Costa is now the
product manager of new products for Johnson
Wax Company in Racine, Wisconsin. Having
recently been transferred to Bangkok, John L.
Muncy is working for the Bank of California. He
encourages any T -Birds in the area to stop in
and say hello. William Murphy accepted a
position as administrator of Cornell Memorial
Hospital and relocated to Gatesville, Texas.
Jeffrey F. Ruzica, vice president for the
Northern Trust Company in Chicago, has been
named a member of the Advisory Board of the
Council of the Americas. Recently transferred to
Malaga, Spain, Hardy Thomslk is a quality
control engineer with the Ralph Parsons
Company. William C. Walker was promoted to
vice president and operations manager of the
Northern Trust International Banking Corporation
in New York City. Having retired from the
Navy, Harold S. Westphal, Jr. is residing in
San Francisco, California. Jerry C. Whitted is
head of J.C. Whitted and Associates, an
advertising and marketing agency in Tempe,
Arizona. The agency recently scored a major
coup by being the first valley agency to produce
and sell programming for network television.
Having relocated to Los Angeles, California,
Thomas E. Cleveland is a vice president for
the Bank of America. Gary Cunningham is
currently working as a sales manager - blast
hole drills with Bucyrus-Erie. Recently promoted
to product manager, Anthony B. da Silva is
working for Ingersoll -Rand in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
David M. Flecker, is now an account executive
in the Commodities Sales Division for Smith
Barney Harris Upham & Company in Portland,
Oregon. After transferring to Santiago, Chile in
1978, William Hayes began working for Exxon
Corporation as the manager of planning
and analysis. Thomas G. Norton has been
elected a vice president of the Marketing and
Advertising Division of Wells Fargo Bank. As
vice president in charge of sales Klaus D.
Schoening, is working for the investment firm
of Robinson Humphrey in Greenville, South
Carolina. James C. Willis is vice president of
Crocker National Bank in San FranCisco,
Employed as a product manager, Kris W.
Anderson, is working for Olympic Prefabricators
in Kirkland, Washington. Raymond Burrus
is the general manager of an International
Harvester dealership in Hong Kong. He and his
wife, Susan, have two daughters who were born
in Hong Kong - Elizabeth in July 1977 and
Katherine in August 1978. Having recently
joined U.S. Shoe, Inc., Lyle E. Brumfield is the
associate director of marketing and corporate
development in Cincinnati, Ohio. James W.
Echle is currently the Asian Division's marketing
director for Salsbury International, Inc. in
Singapore. Now at the University of Arizona,
Roger P. Fuller is working towards his Masters
in Finance. Barton A. Francour is a second
vice president for the Continental Bank in
Cleveland, Ohio. In Denver, Colorado, Kent D.
Gregory accepted a position with the Republic
Financial Corporation. Khalil Hachem has been
promoted to trading manager of Chagrill
Investor Services at the Chicago Board of Trade,
and is responsible for supervising all commodity
trading transactions. Susy Sagy Kulosar is the
brand manager for Johnson & Johnson in
Caracas, Venezuela, and not the branch
manager as previously reported. Now an
executive vice president for Tech Furniture Inc.,
Sean Luscher is working in Shelton, Connecticut.
United California Bank has elected
McDiarmid Messenger a vice president.
Dennis Oshiro was promoted to assistant vice
president of the International Banking Division
of the First National Bank of Hawaii. Stephen L.
Petroes is now working as the assistant
comptroller for Citibank NA in Mesa, Arizona.
Donald E. Pierce and another T-Bird are in
business together in Orem, Utah. They are
establishing a nationwide fast food pizza chainfranchise
company. Having rece ived a
promotion to vice president of the International
Department, Nicholas Renna is working for the
Bank of Dallas. William Rye Jr. was named
manager of merchandising for RCA Records in
Nashvi lle, Tennessee. In London, England,
Fariborz H. Safinya is the managing director
for Fromoco Division. In October, Craig E.
Stevenson was promoted to vice president of
the International Banking Corporation, a
subsidia ry of the North Carolina National
Banking Corporation in New York City. Currently
a member of the Washington Bar, Meriwether
D. (Mike) Williams is practicing law in
Spokane, Washington.
Rudolfo Alvarez Baca is now the executive
vice president of Corporacion Hondurena
del Banano in Honduras. Working for the Bank of
America, Charles J.P. Betz is an administrative
officer in New York City. Randall A. Bishop,
and his wife, Lorraine, have both finished 1 Y2
years in Law School in California. Having
recently joined Hydril Company, Holland B.
Evans, Jr. is an international marketing
administrator for mechanical products while
based in Houston. Santiago N. Hinojosa is
living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he is an
account director with McCann-Erickson. As
general manager of Cover Pools Inc., Richard L.
Larson exports pools and automatic covers to
various countries from Utah. Gerry O. Sibley
recently joined Eclipse, Inc. in Rockford, Illinois
as a manager in international marketing.
Working as an international banking officer
responsible for Mexico, Margaret Ann
(McCoy) Smith is employed by the Manufacturers
National Bank of Detroit. Perry Smith
has been working as the manager of international
marketing services for the AM General
Corporation. Having recently received a
promotion to vice president and general
manager, Jurgen F. Strasser is working for the
London branch of the North Carolina National
Bank. Kevin R, Tam is employed by DJB
Engineering as a regional manager in Columbia,
Maryland. While employed by the Siosman
Corporation, Thomas C. Wong Jr. was
appointed corporate treasurer-chief financial
officer in Asheville, North Carolina.
Marikay Lee August is currently attending
the University of New Mexico Law School
specializing in international and natural
resources law. Bhom Banta is president of
Charles Mendelson, Inc. in New York City.
Lorraine Abell Bishop and her husband,
Randall, have both finished 1 Y2 years in law
school in California. Steven S. Bullock has
been promoted to product manager/crawler
cable machines with Bucyrus-Erie Company's
Construction Machinery Division. Roger K.
Cunningham is a partner and vice president of
Capella Corporation, which exports oilfield
equipment to Latin America. While working for
Bell Helicopter in Iran, Marc B. Deahl and his
wife, Maureen, were evacuated on Pan Am
"Freedom Flight #8". The Deahls now reside in
Ft. Worth, Texas, where Marc is a cost estimator
Lyle E. Brumf ield '72 William C. Rye '72
for General Dynamics. After accepting a new
position, William S. Duursma is now sales and
marketing manager with Hempel's Marine Paints
in Saudi Arabia. Lawrence B. Fry has joined
O'Malley Realty and Development Company in
Phoenix, Arizona as a retail commercial real
estate agent. James J. Gilligan was appointed
international marketing associate for the
Carboline Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Barry
L. Heimbigner is now with Bank of California as
a representative in Taipei, Taiwan. Ralph
Johnson sent us a postcard from Monterrey,
Mexico where he was on business selling
computer peripheral equipment. N. James
Nedelkow and his wife, Juliana, have recently
returned from a year in Paris and opened a
company manufacturing tubs and spas in San
Pedro, California. After moving to Canada, Rick
Newcombe has accepted a sales management
position with Bogardus, Wilson, Limited, a
subsidiary of Libby-Owens-Ford Co. William
Paty has been promoted to assistant vice
president of Lloyds Bank International in Miami,
Florida. Randall G. Pearson has been
transferred to New York City with The Bank of
Nova Scotia. Charles A. Peterson is now in
Phoenix working with Professional Planning
Associates. Thomas J, Pinion has enrolled in
the MBA program at Kearney State College in
Kearney, Nebraska. Joseph B. Salter, Jr. is
working for the Boeing Company in Seattle,
Washington in industrial relations. Stephen B.
Schaefer is now working for Southcom
International, Inc. in Escondido, California.
Recently promoted to district manager of the
South American Sales Division, Richard (Mike)
Smithers is working for Caterpillar Americas
Company. Since January 1977, Ronald L.
Stutesman has been working as the general
manager of Stewart & Stevenson de Venezuela,
the distributor for General Motors diesel
engines. Edward T. van Breen is employed by
the Kendall Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts.
As a management consultant for A.T.
Kearny International, Inc., Katsuyoshi Wada
resides in Tokyo, Japan.
S. Robert August is now director of marketing
and sales for The Ranch, in Denver, Colorado.
Having recently joined Wilson, Haight & Welch
Advertising Agency, Robert J. Bauer is a senior
account executive. Leonard M. Brockman has
been promoted to the newly created position of
division manager with the American Soybean
Association. He will manage ASA operations in
Asia and Latin America. After 3Y2 years in Latin
America, Kyeson A. Cummings has returned
to the United States to work for Exxon Corporation
in Baltimore, Maryland. Gregory D.
Donnan is now working as special hazards
manager for Cosco Fire Protection Division of
Holland B. Evans '73 Steven S. Bullock '74
Zurn Industries, Inc. In Anniston, Alabama,
Bradley M. Feinberg is a transportation
planner for the U.S. Department of
Transportation. Recently promoted to assistant
vice president of the Bank of America's
Corporate Lending Group, John A. FIasco is
living in Caracas, Venezuela. Bob Forbes has
been transferred to Coral Gables, Florida and is
working for Exxon Chemical Latin America. Now
working as coordinator of market planning and
research, Alan Gottlieb is employed by
Cameron Iron Works in Houston. Presently
working within the office of International
Marketing at the U.S. Department of Commerce
in Washington, D.C., George H. Grafeld is a
project office. Greg Grinnell was recently
promoted to international officer of the Security
Pacific Bank. Recently, Vernon A. Hatch was
promoted to manager of market development of
Latin America for GTE International, the Sylvania
Lighting Products Group. He currently resides in
Bogota, Columbia. Having assumed the position
of assistant manager, Jim Hildebrandt works
for AFIA in Hong Kong. Larry W. Ishmael was
promoted to regional manager for the Clark
Equipment Company and has relocated to South
Africa. As a consultant to the Hudson Institute,
Pincas Jawetz works in New York City. Now
working as the Government Affairs
Representative for the J.I. Case Company,
Michael S. Moe recently transferred to
Washington, D.C. Alan G. Nixon is now
employed by the Hertz Corporation in New York
City. Currently working for the ASOMA
Corporation in Japan, Keiichi Ohata has
assumed the position of manager of the
Chemicals Division. Brian M. Payne accepted
a position as junior industrial engineer with Leaf
Confectionery, Inc. in Chicago. In June, Carlos
Roncal assumed the position as financial
analyst with ITT-Canon in Los Angeles. Richard
L. Saint-Amant joined United California Bank
in August as an account officer in the New York
Office International Finance Group. Now
working for Connecticut Bank & Trust Company,
Peter B. Sargent is in the International
Department located in New Britain, Connecticut.
Since graduation, Emmett Steed has been
employed by the Marriott Corporation as the
controller of the Paraiso Marriott in Acapulco,
Mexico. Elected to the position of director of
finance and administration for the National
Council of Church's, Division of Overseas
Ministries and World Church Service, James B.
Styer, resides in New York City. Philip M.
Thorne is an assistant manager for the AI-Bank
AI-Fransi in Damman. With the U.S. Department
of State, Paul Tveit has been transferred to
Vienna, Austria. Larry D. Ursich is currently
working for Air Panama International Airlines, as
director in Florida. As a riveting mechanic for
Boeing Company, Robert L. Willard resides in
Marysville, Washington.
Lawrence Fry '74 James J. Gilligan '74 Robert J. Bauer '75 Leonard M. Brockman '75 Vernon A. Hatch '75 Larry Ishmael '75 Perry E. Ball '77
W.T. Atkinson has been named director of
sales for the General Aviation Division of Cooper
Airmotive in Dallas. Texas. Last Spring, Sarah K.
Bellman transferred jobs to Western Electric in
account management located in New Jersey. As
the assistant manager for the Foreign Credit
Insurance Association, Virginia K. Cazeault, is
working in Houston, Texas. Peter W. Clark has
accepted a position with Diamond Shamrock
Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio as a senior
corporate auditor in the International Division.
Having recently relocated to the Philippines,
Bruno Cornelio continues to work as a credit
administrator for the Bank of America. William
C. Craddock now works in Madrid, Spain with
Poclain Hispana, SA In Miami, Florida, Doug
Fencl has been promoted to parts and services
sales representative for the Caribbean Islands
for Caterpillar Americas, a subsidiary of
Caterpillar Tractor Company. Victor Florian
was transferred to the position of international
planning analyst with Security Pacific National
Bank in Los Angeles. Having recently received a
promotion to product manager, George M.
Gaida works in the international division of
Josten's, Inc. Ideal Industries in Sycamore,
Illinois, promoted Robert C. Geddeis to
director of export. Douglas A. Hand works for
the Furnace Division of Kinetics Technology
International Corporation. The Ski I Corporation
in Portland, Oregon promoted John Huisman to
district manager. After moving to Venezuela,
Marie L. Kosewicz was employed by Corning
Glass Works as a sales representative. Bryan
Manning recently assumed the position of sales
export manager for Elmwood Sensors, Inc. in
Attleboro, Massachusetts. Residing in San
Francisco, Kirby Maples has been assigned to
the Far East Operations of the Bank of America
as a system's analyst. Thomas M. McCaffrey
is now in New York City with Benton & Bowles.
In Seoul, Korea, Kenneth A. McNeil was
promoted to manager of Smith Kline & French
Laboratories. The owner of the Gem Boutique in
Madison, Wisconsin is Thomas J. Metcalf.
Recently promoted to sales engineer with Fafnir
Bearing Division of Textron, Philip O'Connell
resides in Los Angeles, California. Judy S.
Purze is employed for the Real Estate Research
Corporation in Chicago. Working as chief of
the branch of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Committee, Lynn B. Scattolini is responsible
for providing information and documentation on
nuclear energy to the public. John A. Schantz
is in San Francisco with the Bank of America.
As a product/market specialist, Mark C.
Schoeneman is employed by Caterpillar
Americas Company in a Latin American
marketing subsidiary. In Washington, Illinois,
Helm Stachowske is an assistant staff
engineer for Caterpillar Tractor Company.
Susan L. Stein accepted a pOSition as systems
engineer for IBM in Cleveland, Ohio. AGRIFIM
Irrigation, Inc. apPOinted Frank Sull sales
manager for Colombia, Honduras, Texas and
Florida. Leslie Spector Varkonyi is now with
International Planned Parenthood Federation
in New York City. Nina Walchirk has the
distinction of being the first woman overseas
manager of a foreign film distri bution company,
Warner Bros., in Panama. Cheryl A. WOford
has been transferred to Brussels as an internal
auditor with Clark Equipment A.G. Living in West
Germany, William L. Wray is working for Red
Kap. Having recently moved to Valencia,
Venezuela, Tom Zapp is working as an
agricultural marketing representative for the
John Deere Intercontinental Ltd. Sophia
Zinoviev has accepted a position with R.R.
Donnelley & Sons, The Lakeside Press, as a
manufac tu rin g management trainee in their Old
Saybrook, Connecticut division.
Lisha A. Allen has been promoted to an
assistant to a director at the Citibank branch
in Mexico City. Beth E. Babich is doing
multinational marketing planning as a marketing
assistant for Phillip A. Hunt Chemical Corporation
in New Jersey. Perry E. Ball is now
working as a commercial officer for the Foreign
Service at the American Embassy in Mexico
City. Cynthia J. Benci was promoted to
assistant marketing representative for IBM in
Norwalk, California. Joseba A. Chertrudi is
working for Chrysler Organizacion Finaciera in
Madrid, Spain. Steven D. Clarke is now
working for International Harvester Company as
a pricing/market research manager of the
Southern Pacific area based in Victoria,
Australia. After a year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on
an OAS. scholarship, Michael M. Dixon is now
working as a credit analyst for Manhattan
National Bank in Detroit, Michigan. Christopher
Doman has accepted a position with American
Sterilizer Company as international market
manager. In San Francisco, California, Julie
Fordyce is working for Container Transport
International. Now working for Mellon Bank NA,
Peter V. Glenn is a corporate sales representative
in their Portfolio and Funds Management
Division in Pittsburgh. Tom Halder has been
promoted to an international accounting
manager for Redken Laboratories, Inc. in
Canoga Park, California. Metropolitan Life has
promoted William Head to sales manager of
their Golden, Colorado office. Mr. Head was
transferred from the Phoenix office. Lewis H.
Hitchcock is an examiner/auditor for the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
in San Francisco, California. In Taiwan, Ke-Hwa
Hsu works in the marketing department of IBM
Taiwan Corporation. After finishing his SwiSS
military service, Frank Jent accepted a position
with Proctor and Gamble in charge of the
Central American markets. In the position of U.S.
manager for Descente, James S. Johnston is
residing in Englewood, Colorado. Kim Kramlich
is the field sales engineer for Texas Instruments
in Sunnyvale, California. Working as a sales
representative in the International Products
Division for Johns-Manville, Carolyn Krantz is
living in Norcross, Georgia. As assistant to the
president. Jonathan E. Kranz works for
Citisport in New York City. With the Michigan
Department of Agriculture, Laurie Kreiger is an
international trade specialist in Haslett,
Michigan. Peter A. Lamb is working in the
Commercial Note Division of CommerceManchester
Bank in St. Louis, Missouri. Tom
Lindahl is now a financial analyst for Electro
Scientific Ind. in Portland, Oregon. Now living in
Auburn, New York, Eric Locke is the area
representative - Far East for Crouse-Hinds
Company in Syracuse. Lewis and Joy
Williford Lucke are in Bamako, Mali, West
Africa where both are working in the Foreign
Service area of the Agency for International
Development, U.S. Department of State. In
Oakland, California, William Madison is the
vice president of Aerolectra Inc. Promoted to
market specialist, Philip E. Martin works for the
Industrial Products Division of the Brady
Adhesive and Graphics Chemistry Co. in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ross P. Miller has been
assigned as the marketing coordinator for the
Allen-Bradley Company in charge of the Middle
East and Africa. Steven Mobley is being
transferred to Guatemala as a business advisor
for agricultural cooperative development with
the Peace Corps. Meredith Bell Nowak was
promoted to credit analyst in the Credit Services
Dept. of Rhode Island Hospital Trust National
Bank in Johnston, Rhode Island. Mark A.
Nystuen was named corporate planning officer
at the Exchange National Bank of Chicago. For
the past year, William J. Richoux has worked
as a project specialist for J.I. Case in Brazil,
Argentina and Venezuela. Doris V. Severinghaus
is a professional representative of Pfizer
Laboratories Division, Pfizer, Inc. and recently
completed the sophisticated medical information
program at the company's New York
training center. Robert A. Slater is president
and Boyd E. Brady is director of corporate
marketing of American Trade International
Corporation, which is an import/export firm in
Tempe, Arizona. They are negotiating with Auto
Becker of Dusseldorf to send up to 100 mOdified
Trans-Am Firebirds to West Germany in the next
year. Elizabeth Moore Stevenson is now
living in Charlotte, North Carolina where she is a
credit analyst with North Carolina National Bank.
Frank (Steve) Stevenson is assistant to the
James R. Tracy '77 Eric Sletten '78
director of international sales at Homelite, a
division of Textron, Inc., in Charlotte, North
Carolina. While working for E.D.S. World
Corporation, Thomas Sumner was a systems
engineer in Tehran, Iran. June Pearson Sweetser
is an international order administrator for
Paccar International in Seattle, Washington.
Currently employed as the office manager for
Metalclad Insulation Corporation, Thomas
Sweetser is residing in Seattle, Washington.
James R. Tracy has been elected a banking
officer by the directors of Trust Company Bank
in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Tracy is assigned to the
International Division of the Banking Department.
Javier G. Vasquez has been promoted to
general manager of Publicidad Siboney ~n Santo
Domingo, Puerto Rico. Martha Wahoskl JOined
Wilson Jones as an assistant sales development
manager for Standard Dairy in Chicago. M.T.
Woodworth is now the pricing manager for
Latin America for International Harvester in
Schaumburg, Illinois.
Eric M. Adams is a management trainee for the
Arizona Bank in Phoenix, Arizona. Now working
for Fabricacion de Maquinas, SA, Rogelio
Alanis is in charge of export sales for Central
and South Am'erica while based in Mexico.
Yasumichi Aoki is working for Mister Donut of
America, Inc. as an operations manager in
Japan. Barry Browning is now an account
manager in commercial industrial system~ for
the NCR Corporation in Houston, Texas. P,.erre
Charpentier is working for NCR Corporation In
the International Advertising Department In
Ohio. Bryce Cleghorn is manager of the
Rodeway Inn on 1-15 in Salt Lake Cit.Y' Utah ..
Living in Saudi Arabia, James A. Cline IS With
Barber-Binzigr a division of Barber Steamship
Lines. Henry W. Dirkmaat is now working for
the Saudi Investment Banking Corporation, a
subsidiary of Chase Manhattan Bank, in Saudi
Arabia. Peter Flaherty and his wife, Katy, are
enjoying their Southern California lifestyle in
Long Beach. Peter is working for the Family
Health Program. Geert Geisterfer has recently
accepted the position of lending trainee for
Cit ibank in Asuncion, Paraguay. Recently hired
as a marketing management trainee for Citibank
NA, Rick Griffin js living in New York City.
Margo Hamilton has accepted a position as
assistant marketing manager for International
operations of the Sheaffer Eaton division of
Textron, Inc. in scenic Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
As a senior financial analyst, Greg T. Hansen
works for Wordplex Corporation in Westtake
Village, California. Per Hem is living in Norway
where he works as an export consultant for
Kverneland A/S. Rolla B. Holland is now with
Dairy Equipment Company in Madison,
Wisconsin. Scott A. Johnson is an export sales
office manager for Harris Corporation in
Stonington, Connecticut. William A. Judy and
his wife were recently transferred to Tokyo,
Japan and will subsequently end up in Korea
with The American International Group as
manager of the Korean branch. Since June
1978, John P. Klecker has been employed as a
budget analyst with Lockheed Aircraft Service
Co., a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporallon, In
Ontario, California. Johnell J. Kusler has
accepted a position with Clark Equipment
Company as a senior accountant In the
Interna tional Marketing Department of the
Construction Machinery Division. Mark O.
larsen is with Evergreen International Airlines
in Tucson, Arizona. James A. lavarato has
been transferred to the New York office of
Mellon Bank where he serves as controller for
foreign operations. Jim and his wife, Wendy, are
looking forward to their assocl.atlon ~Ith New
York area T-Birds. Elaine A. lindqUist IS now
with International Harvester-Payline Division in
Chicago, Illinois. As junior administrator, .
in ternational operations, Richard K. lyon IS
working for Garrett A. Research in Los Angeles.
Now residing in London, England, D. Jeffrey
Manners is working as an underWriter trainee
for A.I.G. Currently living in Singapore, Phillip
Martineau is traveling regularly to Japan, Korea,
other Asian countries and Australia as marketing
manager with Onan International. Francis
McCutcheon has accepted a public relations
post with Hamad General Hospital in Qatar.
George B. McReddie is currently training as a
credit analyst in the international department
of the Republic National Bank of Dallas.
Stationed in Kinshasa, Zaire, Robert G. Penny,
Jr. received an appointment as an international
development intern for the Foreign Service, U.S.
Department of State. leo C. Peroni is a foamelt
process specialist for Nordson Corporation In
Blackwood, New Jersey. R. Jay Powell III is
working in Dallas, Texas at First National Bank of
Dallas. Gilles Rancourt has accepted a POSItion
as assistant manager in the International
Divis ion of Akron Brass in Wooster, Ohio. Mark
Rudolph is living in Brussels where he is
working for International Harvester Export
Company. J. Richard Sanborn is an account
officer for the Agribusiness Segment of Cltlbank,
NA in Mexico City and was promoted to
assistant manager in May 1979. John P.
Schneider is working in the advertising office of
Holiday Inn in Oakland, California. Appointed
recently as a sales trainee, Eric Sletten IS .
working for the Clark Equipment Company In
Langdon, North Dakota. James A. Thompson
has been promoted to marketing coordinator for
Ellio's Pizza Division of Purex. W. Bruce
Walters has accepted a position as a research
analyst in the Administrative Document Control
Center of Morrison-Knudsen Saudi Arabia
Consortium. Timothy Watkins has accepted a
position with Service & Supply International,
Ltd. of Athens, Greece as an oilfield camp
manager in Nairobi, Kenya.
Carol A. Brittain ('77) was married to Neil L.
Osborne on June 4, 1979 in Coventry, England.
Last year, Michael M. Dixon ('77) marri~d Clara
Ramirez from Venezuela. Ashok Jham ( 78)
was recently married to Shamldd Hari in
Bombay, India. William A. Judy ('78) and Susan
Brooks were married in August '78. In Febru.ary
'79, Miriam Kaplan ('71) married Harry Gardner
in California. Susy Sagy ('72) was marned to
Julio Kulosar in Caracas in October '77. Now
living in Germany, Manfred lo locher ('69)
and Angelika Fleisher were married last year.
Monica J. Minowitz ('77) was maTTIed In March
'79 and is now residing in Houston. Last year,
June Pearson ('77) and Tom Sweetser ('77)
were married and are now residing in Seattle,
Washington. leo C. Peroni ('78) and Diane .
Lynn Schnirring were married last year. In Apnl
'78 John Quinn ('76) and Benita Elgorriaga
('75) were married and are now living in San
Franci sco. Susan B. Stern ('77) and Peter D.
Browne ('77) were married in Los Angeles. In
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in October '78, Frank
B. Stevenson ('77) and Elizabeth Moore ('77)
were married.
A daughter, Katherine, was born in August '78 to
Raymond Burrus (,72) and his wife, Susan In
Hong Kong. Previously, they had welcomed
another daughter, Elizabeth in July '77. Elizabeth
Ann English was born to Robert English ('76)
and his wife, Shirley in January '79. A boy, John
Anthony, Jr., was born to John and ~aomi
Fiasco ('75) in March '79. Born to Simon and .
Hava Hakim ('75) their third child, a daughter In
January '79. A girl, Anne Elizabeth was born to
Barry and Twila Heimbigner ('74) in January
'79. Stephen Lawrence was born to Stephen
and Margaret Heiner ('62) in March '79. Mr. and
Mrs. William B. Jasper ('69) are happy to
announce the adoption of William Cameron
Jasper, born in August '78. A girl, Tania Carolina,
was born to Maximo lau ('72) and hiS family In
November '78. Born to D. Jeffrey Manners
('78) and his wife, Lijiljana, a daughter, Ursula
Jessica in '78 in Yugoslavia. A girl, Donna Asako,
was born to Dennis and Gertrude Oshiro ('72)
in July '78. Michael and Beverly Reich ('71)
have a new baby boy, Galen Andrew who was
born in November '78. Perry David Smith, Jr. was
born to Perry and Margaret Ann Smith ('73) in
October '78. Geoffrey ('73) and Christine Tosi
welcomed the birth of their daughter, Christina
Maria Elena in February '79. Peter Wellman
('70) and his wife are expecting their first child.
They are currently residing in Milan, Italy where
Peter is a vice president with the Bank of
On March 15, 1979, David Brown ('56) passed
away in Torrance, California. Susan Rose
Kloepper, widow of David Rose ('48) passed
away in October 1978. Last year, Douglas A.
laries ('61) died in New York. John F. Madden
('53) passed away in San Francisco on March
29 1979. On April 17, 1979, Nan C. Nabers
('74) died in Tyler, Texas. Don T. O'Shea (,54)
passed away in April 1979 while visiting in
Winchester, Virginia. He was a salesperson for
National Mac Truck Corporation while living in
Mesa, Arizona. Charles N. Roberts ('47)
passed away in June 1978. In Quito, Ecuador,
Prospero Romeo ('73) passed away. In
October 1978, George McCord Schaefer ('59)
died in Arizona. Mr. Schaefer had been an
international concert pianist and authority on
fine arts. We have just learned that Donald l .
Swihart ('72) died in October 1977.
Penelope (Penny) Kingsbury, wife of Lin D.
Kingsbury, '61, passed away in Colorado Spnngs
August 19, 1978. She is fondly remembered by .
many T-Birds and sorely missed by Lin and their
two daughters, Carina and Michelle.
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It baa tile Iarpat student recruftIIIC ,..am of ID1
buIIDeu ICbool In tile WOl'Id. maklDc more tbIII 100
ealDJlUl vIIltIlICb year. LIlt year. I{ II'ut.ed dqnea
to more pwIaatea tbIII Harvard, S&ab&d, NortIIftItera.
IIId tile 1JDhenIiJ of adea8D PIll .......
'l'IIGu&h It's IIDW sa yeIrI old. 'l'IIUIIderblrd'. fCllllldlDc
prlncJpleI are Ideu .... u.. hlllIDaJIy come apiD.
MaDunotb "-leaD mo1t!ns'!.', tIrIIII are eoatant·
1Y ... IIImdredI ol .......... 0VII'ItU0 J:Itab.
lIIbi4 fIIriJp """IJI' .... are lIa?tlIDI til eatabJIIb new
t I tt 1. bere.
It II built oa tile lite 01 tile old ". , bhd AIr .. ora
BaIe.1IId tbat·. wbat Ita &rIduIIeI are called: 'I'IIuDderblrdl.
DEIPITB SOCIAL ...... fa Ina ....... Mrka.
tbere hu never beeJI a better time for iDlematioaal
IT'I TBB ~ GnItuIe IeIIIIl " ..... 11'"a'
M.M ........ III GIeadaIe, ArIa. 'l'be DIIDI TDaJ DOt be
flTTllJlilr to IaJII*l, but III the eompIa, top.4oIIar world
of multlIIatloaal buaIMII, IdeatIfyIaa ,...., u a
Tbunderblrd II an OIH.""", CII« 11'1
In South AmerIca. In the oil-rich Mlddle Eat. and
IOOD III Qdna, American corporations ha .. all Inteaee
need for aeeutiveI famIUar with the Janauaae IIId tbe
cu1ture ol the countrIea they do buIIneaa In.
'l'bunderbird aDl'ftra that need. with a unique "trlpar·
tlte" curriculum. Three areas are jOintly
tIoa of formal diplomatic and trade
nIatioal with Cblna.
"Tbere hun't been enouah time for
IDdustry to cleeide wbat f1InctIoaI theJ
_lit to create and wbo they wallt to
send." he laiel.
W hen In d u. try d·o e '.
'l'IIwIderbird-wbich bu 13,300 abmw ill
1. COUDtrles around the JIobe-wlIl be
Graduates c:urrently nn every imqiDable
business func:tioa r1c1wida. Thunderbirda
are worIdDI' Bahrain for
AmerIcan Expreee; in Guam fer Hall·
JDUIr; Carda; in Pakistan for Citibank; in
Singapore for P'lrat NatioDal Bank ol
Chicago; and in Venezuela {or Levi.
THE SCHOOL bega. a. tile brainelll ..
of U. Gen. Barton Kyle Yount. wbo head·
ed the Army Air Foroe trli'-ling c0mmand
during World War 11.
Yount believed that U.S. bustwould
be widely involved around the
world once the war ended. Be also
thou&ht that most Americans were poorly
trained for the iDevItabJe overaeu alignments.
LANGUAGE STUDIES. OIl tile etlaer
hand, are heaped on studenta via the
"total immeraion" technique. laid adm ..
aIona olftcer Jolm J. Arthur.
Students are required to beeome pr0ficient
enouch In a second languqe to JIUI
the unlveraity·, fluency tat. Options include
French. German. Japanese.
Arabic, aun.e. Spanilb. and EaIIiab ..
a second Janauqe,
'1t's a very ItroaI pt'OII'.m." Arthur
lald. "We trr to ecare people. We ten
them it will bit them like a IpeediDf tram
and DOt \eave any Yictlma in Ita wake."
CASUALTIES OR Hi. TllHtftIrds
learn the Janaua&e.
KeDnetb MIlJei, Int.emationa1 Operat.
inC Kanqer at Seara. 1loebuck and 01.
and a 1_ Tbuaderbird ....... 1Iid be
still tblnb. and oceaalonally dlctatel
memOi. in Spaniab. baled OD the balea
he learned in ecbool.
M\Uer apent 12 yean In South AIMrica
fdr Searl. teacbIng mercbagc!lIiDl to IIItiODall
III p.,. and Venaaela.
The image of the "ullly American" wu
.till a strong one ",·orldwlde. With the
help of a group of internatlonaUy miDded
residentl of Phoenix. Yount founded the
ecbool in April. 1946. a, the American
IDstItute for Foreign Trade.
•• At tbe IChooII learned wbat to expect
of the .. tionIJa. the people In the _
trr. before I .. there. I ,... bfltW able
to fit Into tbelr culture __ I arriYed."
RI8 SON. Ka ...... It. MIller. eurIet
on the lamOy', lnterMtional buaineaa tn·
diUoo. The younger MWer received hII
degree from Thunderbird in 1973 and it a
vice preaident ol iDternational bankll1l at
C.ol1llDel1lal nunoia Bank.
Students at the American Graduate
School of International Management
must study wortcI concerns and for·
eign languages .. well as busineaI.
TIlE SCHOOL moved to the l.acre
abandoned training field at the Tllunder.
bird base. The name was changed in I_
to the Thunderbird Graduate School of
InternatioDal Management. and apin in
1973 to the American Graduate School ol
International Management.
Clasaea at the low. landY'I~ cluster
of buildinp that II Thunderbird today
include traditional business studIea. p\UI
those with a distinctively interDIItionaI
emphasis: "Diplomacy, Negotiation. and
Bargainina." "International CriaeI." and
"Differing Value ~DI."
1nttrnaUonal ~ ethiea are tread
upon lightly. ProCeuon discuss eultural
differencea and encourage atucientl 10
talk to the national, oversea to aet a
better picture of. what it acceptable ill
that country.
Thunderhlrd l1'aduated .11 Il1IdeatI
last year. One-fourth were _. IIId
almOlt __ fourth ... foreip natioaala,
from 50 COUDIriea.
MOlt lfIduatel tout jobIln aaIeI, .....
keting. or nna-. And ITIOIt had worked
an avera. of five yean before comin& to
the aebool.
"Moet people eonaIder tbia JIl'OI1'IIIl •
wort reorientatinn." Arthur laid. "And
we encourap work experience. We don't
want to attract any dreamera or Itar·
SO VALUABLE Is ,lie &raIIdaC reeet. ..
at TblUlderbird that outaide corporatloal
are attemptiq 10 tap into Ita currlc:uIum
for apeelaI eueutive traininl COUI'MIr
The Key ManIpn _ were let up'
in 1951 to provtde IntaUIe ca\turaI and
Jan&uace lraiDiDI.for DIIJIIIII'I and their
..- priDr to .tF",,","'--'
And 'l'fIunderbIrd'. .. A • half 01
wbom are fonDer eweutU are ...
called 1IJIOD ~ act II ~ OD ..
cia! probIeITia. LIlt year tbe ICbooI _
coatact8d by a DuCeb COIIIPJII1 In 'I'IIaJ.
land to teach them ~ technicp-.
Ra~, Inc .• aIIo reqIIIIted inIeDIive
Ianpap traIniDI lTl rani, an Iranian
Reprinted, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune.
American Graduate School
of International Management
Thunderbird Campus
Glendale, Arizona 85306 USA
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