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The Thunderbird
Spring/Summer 1977
THE THUNDERBIRD (alumni publication of the American
Graduate School of International Management)
is published in the Fall-Winter and Spring-Summer
of each year.
Pictured at Right:
Assistant Editor: ROY A. DAUGHERTY '77
Chief Photographer: NOEL FORD '77
Editor: DIANE CONNELLY '56
Assistant Editor: Thomas J. Beatty '77
Front Cover: " The Phenomenon of Phoenix"
John Young
Back Cover: Ralph Marshall
Your alma mater is having one of its great years. All our vital
signs are positive in a time of grave doubts. The enrollment is
967 students with about 23% women and 19% foreign students
from 58 countries. All of these are school records. Remember
however that growth is not our main objective . We are
actively cutting back on admissions in order to continue upgrading
the quality of our students. We plan a regular enrollment
of 250-260 new students each semester and a student
body of about 750 year round . With a current rate of 16,000
inquiries each year we can then select more carefully. I want
you to know, though, that we are always looking for top students,
so don't hesitate to direct promising people our way.
The best new students are still those referred to us by alumni
and friends. No one knows the School and its values more than
Other positive signs include the construction of two new residence
halls, a new tennis court, two four-walled handball
courts, refurbishment of Building C into air-conditioned faculty
offices and seminar rooms, the moving of Placement and Alumni
Affairs from the library into refurbished Building E thus freeing
the library for additional study space and stacks, renovation of
the Administration Building , and new quarters for the Dean of
Students in the old nursery.
Our current long-range plan is gradual replacement of the
pre-war campus with new buildings, while retaining the southwestern
architecture. The two new residence halls being occupied
in April of '77 are examples of this.
I think you' ll like what you see when you next visit us.
cJ~V~ WILLIAM VORIS
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Over the past thirty years, American Graduate School of
International Management has gained the reputation as a
leading institution for educating future international managers.
More than 2,000 of its graduates are now actively
furthering their careers overseas.
Although the caliber of the School's academic program
and students has never been higher, a piece of Federal
legislation was passed in 1976 which, if unaltered, will
jeopardize the School's usefulness to its prospective students
by limiting their ability and willingness to maintain
residence abroad. This legislation is contained in Section
1011 of the 1976 Tax Reform Act, which President Ford
signed in October.
Under section 911 of the previous tax law, an American
expatriate working abroad was entitled to certain exclusions
and deductions that provided financial inducements
to accept foreign assignments. After residence abroad for
a period of one full tax year, he could exclude a maximum
of $20,000 of income earned abroad; after three
years, he could exclude $25,000. Aisol the expatriate
could apply the amcunt of foreign taxes he paid as a
credit against his U.S. income tax due. The new section I
1011, allows an exclusion of only $151000 and does not
allow foreign taxes paid on the exempt portion of earned
income to be taken as a credit against U.S. taxes.
What effect will this have on AGSIM's future? The number
of Americans holding positions overseas has already
shown a decline. This is due to more foreign nationals
being qualified for positions and the surge of nationalism
in many countries. Yet Americans are still in demand
where their talents are unique. What the Tax Reform Act
has done is to make companies look increasingly to
Europeans, Japanese and other nationalities for management
talent. It has made our American graduates less
competitive in the overseas market.
The major changes created by this bill, which have a
marked and direct effect on Americans living abroad l
have been outlined by Donald Hausman of Touche Ross .
The outline, which appeared in the November 24th Brazil
Herald, is included with this statement. An example of
the impact of this new law on overseas Americans has
also been provided by the Brazil Herald. Under the new
law an American citizen living in Brazil and earning
$35,000 per year, plus allowances, would have an after
tax income of $18,621 . This compares to $28,715 under
the old law and $29,314 for the same person if he were
living in the U.S.
What about the lucky American whose firm gives him a
tax equalization reimbursement? Assuming he makes a
base salary of $35,000 plus allowances, his employer
must give him an equalization reimbursement of $28,000
just to bring his after tax income up to $30,000 or
roughly equivalent to what it was under the old law.
Ironically, only $2,259 (8%) of the equalization reimbursement
goes to the U.S. in taxes . However, $16,660
(60%) goes to the Brazilian tax coffers . In a sense, the tax
reform act has caused U.S. firms to send free foreign aid
to Brazil in the form of increased revenues .
Probably the hardest hit by the new tax law are Americans
who were employed by foreign firms and have now
retired in the country in which they were employed . The
socia I security payments that they receive from that country
are taxed without any exclusion . Worse yet, the I.R .S.
requires that the taxes be paid in dollars. If the foreign
country has blocked its currency to control its flow out of
their country, this requirement of dollar payment is asking
the American to violate the laws of his host country,
and pay a black market p'remium to buy dollars to remit
to the U.S. government. Further, if an American has a
non-American spouse, 50% of the earnings from investments
made by the foreign spouse in his / her home
country are taxed according to U.S. community property
laws. If section 1011 of the 1976 tax reform act is not
amended, Americans overseas who are self-employed or
employed by a firm which does not give an equalization
reimbursement will be faced with one of three alternatives
: take a drastic cut in after-tax income; move back
to the States; or renounce their U.S. citizenship and stay
But section 1011 will have effects that extend far beyond
those relating to taxes and the amount of income earned
by expatriates. Consider the U.S. balance of trade. One
source of trade inflow to the U.S. is the fees paid to
American construction firms by foreign countries who
need our engineering and construction services. A significant
portion of the expenses incurred by these construction
firms is the cost of stationing Americans overseas.
Under section 1011, the amount of remuneration
required to keep these employees' income equal to what
it would be in the U.S. will increase an average of
$15,000 per employee. Members of the National Constructors
Association maintain some 4,000 Americans
overseas. Their added cost to maintain Americans abroad
will reach $60,000,000. Bids made by the U.S. construction
firms will reflect these increases. A bid on a major
construction project to last three or four years will be
increased by some twenty million dollars. The loss of
contracts due to uncompetitive bids will have a negative
impact on the U.S. balance of payments.
Take the case of American consultants and engineers employed
by foreign firms and governments. Robert Connelly,
T-Bird class of 1956, told me about the unfortunate
situation of an engineer working for the Sao Paulo subway
system. English by birth, he recently became a naturalized
U.S. citizen. His salary is $75,000 per year, but
as a result of the new tax law, the subway system would
have to pay him a total of $130,000 per year in order to
give him take home pay equal to what it was before.
The subway system cannot afford to do that. He now
must decide whether to give up his U.S. citizenship or
move to Florida and travel to Brazil eight times a year as
a consulting engineer to the subway system. Each year,
he recommends the purchase of large quantities of the
product lines he knows best, those from the U.S. The Rio
subway system has a Frenchman holding a similar position.
Each year, he recommends the purchase of product
lines he knows best, those from France. Obviously the
U.S. balance of trade would be negatively affected if the
engineer in Sao Paulo has to be replaced by a nonAmerican.
As more Americans find it economically unfavorable to
remain abroad, what will happen to the overseas branches
of U.S. firms? An assistant to Thunderbird, William S.
Ogden, executive vice president of Chase Manhattan,
stated that the banks will find staffing more expensive,
but they will probably maintain their Americans overseas.
On the other hand, he predicted U.S. manufacturing firms
will only keep key management and finance personnel
abroad and replace middle managers with foreign nationals.
Since these foreign middle managers will, in
effect, be running the U.S. branches, the question was
raised by Mr. Ogden's assistant whether they might run
them with less likelihood of vigorously pursuing policies
beneficial to the parent firm and the U.S. itself.
One purpose of the tax reform act was to generate fortyeight
million dollars in new tax revenue from individual
income earned abroad . Instead, many of those on whose
income the tax would have been levied will be forced to
return home, lower their standard of living or the companies
will have to make up the difference.
The tax act may also derail America's efforts to get its
domestic economy rolling again. The negative balance of
trade effect, mentioned earlier, combined with the fact
that 1/3 of the U.S. GNP is exported each year and 1/4
of our work force produces for overseas customers, could
augur more unemployment and a renewed recession.
The spirit of 76 takes on a connotation different from
what it had two hundred years ago when it is recognized
that I.R.S. representatives and other federal employees
stationed abroad receive government-paid tax-free quarters
or allowance and government-paid and tax-free private
school education for their children. They pay no
income tax to the government of the country where they
live. They are able to obtain U.S.-made products at the
commissary or P.X. at stateside prices. Thus the law only
applies to private citizens. It is as if a policeman were
immune to the laws he is required to enforce. Lastly, the
American residing overseas can only vote for President
in the U.S. election. He has no representative in Congress .
This is taxation without representation.
A number of steps are being taken to combat section
1011 of the tax act. In Brazil, Thunderbirds and nonThunderbirds
alike have joined together to form committees
for Tax Equality for Americans Abroad (TEAA).
Their actions have included lobbying, filing an injunction
to bar the internal revenue service from collecting added
taxes and a letter-writing campaign to U.S. senators and
representatives. In February, this group dressed twelve
of its members as Indians who rowed into Guanabara
Bay and dumped 500 tea bags (one for each member of
Congress and President Carter) as a re-enactment of the
Boston Tea Party. These tea bags were sent to the President
and congressmen, along with a list of enumerated
tax inequities.
In New York, the major banks are working together in
lobbying against Section 1011. Also, Senator Ribicoffs
and Senator Long's offices are presently analyzing and reviewing
the situation. Senator Dewey Bartlett and Senator
Paul Laxalt introduced bill S.388 in hopes of restoring
the treatment of income earned abroad to what it
was prior to the passage of the 1976 act. T-Birds in San
Francisco have started their own letter-writing campaign.
In order to show support for its students and alumni, the
executive committee of the board of Thunderbird approved
a resolution that will communicate Thunderbird's
concern over the tax reform to graduates, the American
Management Association, and to academic and governmental
The National Chamber of Commerce has organized a
strategy group composed of representatives from the
American Chambers of Commerce, trade associations and
individual corporations. The objective of this group is to
develop and support a tax policy which treats equitably
the income earned abroad by Americans.
We have already pointed out how section 1011 will cut
the income of expatriates, cause some to renounce their
citizenship, raise the cost to MNCs of employing Americans,
make bids from U.S. construction firms uncompetitive,
hurt the U.S. balance of payments, and cause more
unemployment domestically. What we have not explained
are the possible effects on the American Graduate School
of International Management, and on you as a Thunderbird
alumnus. AGSIM is renowned for training international
managers. The majority of students enroll with the
intent of working overseas at some time . Idealistic as this
intention may be, it still draws students. But why should
students come to Thunderbird if MNCs cannot afford to
send them overseas? Enrollment may well decline because
of section 1011. If it does not decline, it may well
be because foreign students will make up the majority
of the student population as they train to fill positions
once held by Americans. Gifts from alumni may drop
as many of them find themselves with reduced earnings
or even out of work . And, as a result of reduced enrollment
and gifts, Thunderbird may have to close its
doors. If this happens, any degree earned at AGSIM
over the last thirty years will find its worth diminished
and demeaned. Therefore, to protect ourselves, our
School and our fellow alumni, we should all take positive
action to voice our opposition to section 101 1 of the
tax reform act of 1976. Our future may depend on it.
Cooperate with local rrotest groups. Write the congressmen
from your home state. Correct this inequity.
John Cullinan '77
1) Brazil Herald
2) Alumni Office Records and "Statistical Analysis of Latin
America," John Cullinan M'77
3) "Compensating Key Personnel Overseas" Publication of the
Conference Board, New York, NY
4) Information on Cost of Tax to Constructors from paper by
John Mosier, M'77
5) "International Report" Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, Washington, D.C.
John Cullinan '77
1 a - Salary _________________ _____________________________ _______________ ____ _____________________ $35,000
1 b - Overseas Premium _____________ __________ __________________ ____________ _____ _______ _
1 c - Apartment Rent _______________ _____ __ __ , ___ _________________________ _______ _________ _
1 d - Children's School _____________________ . __ ____ _________ . ______________________ . ______ _
1 e - Home Leave Air Fare _____ . _________ . ________________ _____________________________ _
1 f - Tax Equalization Reimbursement ___________________________________________ _
1 g - TOTAL _______ _____________ __ ___________________________________________ ___________ . ____ __ _
2 - Less Exclusion ___________________ _____________________________________________ . ______ _
3 - Earned Income After Exclusion _________________________ __ __________________ _
4 - U_S_ interest Income ____________________________ __ _______________________________ _
5 - Adjusted Gross Income _. ____ ___________________ _____ ________________ __ ___ ____ __ _
6 - Itemized Standard Deduction _______________________________________________ _
7 - Personal Exemptions _____ . ______________________________________ . ________________ _
8 - Taxable Income __________________________ __ ________________________ . ________________ _
9 - U_S_ Tax Before Credit ___________________________________________________________ _
1 0- Foreign Tax Paid _____________ . ______________________ ______ ______ _____________ ________ _
11 - Foreign Tax Available __________ ______________________ __ ________________ ___________ _
12 - U_S_ Tax Before Credit __________________________________________________________ ___ _
13 - Foreign Tax Credit ________________________ _____ _______________________ _______________ _
14 - Net U_S. Tax Due ___________ ___________________________________ _____________ ______ ____ _
15 - Total U.S. and Foreign Tax ----- ---------------- ------------------- --------------
16 _ Income After Taxes (Salary + Premium + Tax
Equalization, less Taxes) __ .. __________________ ___ ________________________________ _
Column 1
Jones Prior Job in Chicago.
Column 2
(5,400) (6)
7,000 (1)
12,000 (2)
9,000 (3)
7,000 (4)
1,000 (5)
(2,800) (6)
3 4 5
$35,000 $35,000 $35,000
7,000 (1) 7,000 (1) 7,000 (1)
12,000 (2) 12,000 (2) 12,000 (2)
9,000 (3) 9,000 (3) 9,000 (3)
7,000 (4) 7,000 (4) 7,000 (4)
27,878 (11)
70,000 70,000 97,878
1,000 (5) 1,000 (l0) 1,000 (5)
56,000 71,000 98,878
21,658 40,577
12,700 12,700 26,639
21,658 40,577
11,679 13,938
24,379 (7) 12,700 40,577
18,621 (8) 30,300 (12) 30,301 (13)
Jones Present Job in Rio under the old tax law, with Apartment, Children's Schooling and Annual Home Leave Air Fare paid by the Company.
Column 3
Same as Column 2, except under 1976 Tax Reform Act.
Column 4
The situation of any Non-U.S. Citizen in Rio with the same salary and benefits as Jones.
Column 5
Jones in Rio with Tax Equalization Reimbursement provided by Company to provide substantially the same aftertax income as would be received
by the Non-U_S. Citizen of Column 4_
(1) 20% salary premium_
(2) 3-bedroom apartment. $ 1 ,000/ month.
(3) Schooling . $3,000/ year per child - 3 children .
(4) Air Fare. $1,400/ person - 5 persons.
(5) U_S. interest income taxed by both U.S. and Brazi I.
(6) Jones itemized his deductions, amounting to 15% of gross income in the U.S. He sold his house when he moved to Brazil, not expecting to
return to Chicago_ Overseas, with no interest and with foreign charitable contributions, sales, personal property and gasoline taxes disallowed,
the standard deduction is more advantageous_ (A $2,800 "itemized" deduction was assumed under the old tax law in Column 2.)
(7) A 70% tax increase.
(8) A 35% reduction in net salary after taxes as compared to old tax law_
(9) Not taking the $15,000 exemption results in a lower total tax obligation_
(10) U_S. source interest income of a non-resident alien, not subject to U.S. income tax.
(11) An additional $27,878 is required to provide a U.S. Citizen in this position with substantially the same net income after taxes received by
a non-U.S_ Citizen .
(12) Net after tax income $11,685 (37%) higher for a non-U.S_ Citizen than for a U.S_ Citizen with the same salary and benefits_
(13) In order to increase the net income after taxes of a U.S. Citi zen from $18,621 (Column 3) to substantially equal that of a Non-U.S. Citizen
(Column 4) - an increase of $ I 1,680, a tax equalization payment is required by the employer of $27,878. This tax equalization payment is
taxable income under both Brazilian and U.S. tax laws. (Source: Brazil Herald, November, 1976.)
Section 1011 of the 1976 Tax Reform Act has created serious inequities for Americans
now living abroad and for American corporations operating abroad. The effect of this
legislation has been to discriminate against overseas Americans by creating a tax
burden on them far in excess of that on Americans with similar salaries in the
United States.
Because of the adverse impact of this legislation on you and on Thunderbird, the
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has passed a resolution deploring Section
1011 and committing the School to a vigorous policy of opposition to it. The Board
itself has agreed to communicate its concerns to Congress, to the Academic Community
and to organizations already involved or with potential for involvement in this effort.
In opposing this legislation the Graduate School advocates restoration of U.S. tax
credits for income taxes paid to other countries . This will prevent double taxation of
Americans abroad, one of the unfair portions of the new law. We do not, however,
advocate a return to all the provisions of Section 91 1 of the former tax law. These
provisions contained a flat $20,000 exclusion for Americans overseas regardless of the
circumstances. This provision was seen by Congress as providing substantial tax-free
We (and others) advocate a phase out of flat exclusions and introduction of exclusions
for actual allowances or additional income necessary to maintain a standard of living
comparable to that enjoyed in the United States on an equivalent salary.
We urge you to protect yourself by writing your congressman and senators VOICing
your opposition to Section 10 11 of the 1976 Tax Reform Act and advocating more
equitable legislation.
William Voris
from the
A request to write something about Thunderbird school
(AGSIM)! Nothing more pleasant could have been asked
of me, for this school means a great deal in my life!
However, in spite of everything, I must be in the mood
and inspired - unfortunately, this has not happened.
When a few years ago I wrote my good-bye letter to my
dear students, which was published in the alumni news
magazine, I thought I was completely out of Thunderbird
and that I would never set foot there again as my heart
was broken . Believe me when I say I spent then a very
miserable last semester thinking it would be my last year
at Thunderbird. That thought was crucial, and only God
and I know the sorrow I was going through . For once in
my life I could not hide my feelings and did not even
know if I would survive. For a while I did not want to go
near the school, although my interest in it never ceased.
I prayed and prayed that the day would come when I
would feel again the way I had felt for many years. What
kept me alive was the thought that my dear students and
friends cared and did not forget me; I would hear from
them regularly, especially at Christmas time. They showered
and still shower me, from all over the world, with
requests to let them know what I am doing and if I am
well . I shall never forget their great interest and also
their parties in my honor whenever I travel where there
are T-Birders. Gradually, in order to fulfill their wishes,
I finally started writing them what I call "community
letters ." This pleased them and me also.
last year, I was joyfully able to let them know that I was
temporarily back at Thunderbird, and they congratulated
What a pleasure to be back teach ing at Thunderbird!
When the door was opened to me and I found myself
teaching again, I knew a miracle was performed, and I
was happy beyond words. I am extremely grateful to
those responsible for it.
I have seen Thunderbird grow from practically nothing to
what it is today. It really pleases and amazes me to see
what has been done with very little money. One thing
they still need badly are classrooms. However, I notice,
perhaps due to the growth of the school (the large enrollment
and the increased number of teachers), that the
beautiful rapport that existed between students and
faculty no longer exists. Too bad!
We used to have good parties and dances. At these
dances, which were held every two weeks, the late beloved
Professors Amalio Suarez, Gail Murphy and myself
were always the last ones on the dance floor, while some
members of the faculty mingled in conversation with the
students. There was life and joy! Unfortunately, today
the place large enough to hold any social activities is the
Coffee Shop, whereas, before we had the Students' recreation
lounge and the Auditorium. The Latin American
music was then enjoyed by all the students. They were
anxious to learn the Latin American dances, because they
felt that they would eventually land with a job in South
America. We also had choruses where the students would
learn Spanish, French or Portuguese songs, as these were
the languages then taught. Everyone enjoyed this. The
choruses used to perform on TV, radio, at Sun City, hospitals
and clubs. Every year before the Christmas holidays,
we were busy practicing for the performance of
"Los Posadas" which used to attract many people from
Phoenix, Glendale and Sun City. This was a good means
of public relations. At graduation the choruses would sing
after each validictorium. The school is now too big for all
this, and the students are kept very busy with their various
courses; however, with such intensive courses they
should try to organize themselves and relax . I am sure
they would perform and feel better. This is the advice I
always gave and still give.
I could go on and on, but I must stop now before being
carried away. Before doing so, I must again assure you
that it is very gratifying for me to know that I am not
forgotten and that some of my dear students still inquire
about me. This is one of the most pleasant things in my
life today. I really feel a sense of gratitude for their
friendship and for their concern about me. Hasta la vista
- Ate a vista - A bientot!
Leopoldina de Noronha (The Senorita)
Right next door to your own Alumni Office is one of the
more important services - Placement. One year ago, Mr.
Charles H. Mannel, Sr. assumed the position of Placement
Services Director. At that time, the economic outlook was
somewhat questionable. Governmental distrust of business
acivities, combined with a lack of decision making
by businesses who were waiting out the presidential
election, laid the groundwork for an equally questionable
employment outlook. Amid this uneasy environment,
M annel was faced with pleasing not only the students
who were seeking jobs, but also an Administration who
depends on exceptional placement as a promotional tool
for new students; the companies, who expect knowledgeable
job seekers; and you, the alumni, who continue to
take great pride in a unique Thunderbird.
To bring new direction to Placement, Mannel began to
draw upon his twelve years of personnel experience at
the University of Minnesota. Performance-oriented positions
such as Assistant Dean, Programs and Administration;
Director, Student, Staff, and Alumni Services; and
Director, Placement and Alumni Relations, have given
Mannel the expertise to provide support to students and
industry recruiters alike. As a consultant for ten years
with Personnel Decision Inc. of Minneapolis, Mannel conducted
surveys, training sessions, assessment centers, and
general personnel consultations with dozens of multinationals.
This background of practical experience and service
provided a firm basis from which Placement Services
could grow.
Using the philosophy that placement education is needed
for a lifetime of job seeking, Mannel & Company instituted
a programatic lecture series on how to use the
Placement Office, how to prepare resumes and cover
letters, how to prepare for the interview, and how to
develop your own career. All reports indicate this series
is a success both with students (average attendance per
meeting: 120) and with the recruiters, who are impressed
by the i1:ltelligence shown by the students in their correspondence
and interviews. Robert B. Lincks, Burlington's
Director of Personnel Development, writes, "the
letters are so well prepared, and the resumes so well
presented, I felt a moral obligation to try to respond to
each of them."
Concentrated efforts have also been made in communications.
To encourage firms, individuals, and alumni to
consider the Thunderbird graduate for present and future
openings, M annel & Company have written over 15,000
letters in the past year. An extensive phone campaign
has also been established. More direct contact has been
made during the over 60,000 miles of travel logged by
M annel since M arch 1976.
New features have a'lso been added in the area of counseling,
a major student service. An "Express Lane" counter
service for those questions which only require short answers
is now available to students 5 hours per week. The
AGSIM student who needs professional help in his job
search now has the option of the express service, or can
obtain an appointment with Mannel, Carol Hazelett, a
long-time Placement staffer at AGSIM, or the newly-hired
Mr. Hilding T. Eckstrom, a former College Relations Director
at Honeywell who is now available to students on
a part-time basis.
Charles H. Mannel Sr.
Close interaction with the ASLC Placement Committee has
also proven effective: a visitation program to the Chicago
World Trade Fair has been instituted; an audio-visual
presentation of AGSIM's best features prepared to persuade
additional companies to recruit at Thunderbird has
been developed; and Placement Committee members
have become increaSingly active at company visitations
and group meetings.
What does all this activity mean to the student? Comparing
Fall 1976 results with those of Fall 1975, company
visits to AGSIM increased 55 percent, campus interviews
rose 55 percent, and the number of flybacks offered to
the job seeker grew 150 percent! In short, students can
expect increased placement services. Spring 1976 graduates
enjoyed a 76.4 percent placement rate with an
average salary of $16,277. During the summer session,
the period of least visitation by company representatives,
61 percent of the graduates were placed (average salary$
16,222). Final placement for the December 1976 class
will be near 65 percent.
What does this mean to you, the Thunderbird alumnus?
Those of you who are secure in your current job can take
pride in another of AGSIM's excellent services. Those of
you who, according to government statistics, change your
job a minimum of seven times, can and have taken advantage
of this unique service provided by the Placement
Office. Although alumni are always welcome here at
AGSIM consideration is now being given to determining
a fee f~r placement services to alumni. Mannel states, "I
don't know of another school or placement function in
the United States that provides lifetime placement at no
cost to the user." Under the present system, the school
will spend over $10,000 annually trying to place alumni.
At this point, a $50.00 fee per registration after April 1,
1977, is to be tentatively established .
Mannel & Company's philosophy is service - service to
the students, the recruiting firm, the school, and the field
of placement. He welcomes any suggestions on how to
improve alumni placement and hopes to expand school
offerings to its alumni .
- Thomas J. Beatty '77
Part-Time Employment to
Finance Education
Every business or community has its "unsung hero."
AGSIM is no exception to the rule. Throughout a student's
life on campus we interface with many people in a variety
of relationships; of course there are the professors, the
recruiters and students, but there is one person we often
forget: the financial aids director. For many students, she
provides the answer to many problems - tuition, rent,
fly back cash .... That person, Mrs. Louise Gifford, is our
"unsung hero."
One of the many services she provides is a job-referral
system which aids many students in meeting their personal
and educational obligations. This article is about
those jobs.
We spoke with Mrs. Gifford about the job referral system.
She informed us that, last year there were a total of
204 students employed part-time as student assistants.
Earnings were in excess of $127,000. Their jobs? Mail
delivery, clerical positions, post office workers, etc ....
When asked about off-campus employment, Mrs. Gifford
predicted that twenty-five percent of the student body
finds part-time jobs in the Phoenix area . Their jobs range
anywhere from department store sales to photo-finish
takers at the race track. Besides the financial value of
these jobs, many provide invaluable experience later appreciated
by both graduate and employer.
Mrs. Gifford, realizing the importance of part-time income,
has taken the initiative of creating a job referral
system which benefits not only students but the local
community and AGSIM itself. Many local employers call
the school with part-time or temporary assignments . Mrs.
Gifford takes down the information and fills out a threeby-
five card listing the "specs." The one below is typical
of the dozen or so listed each month .
POSITION: Dog-sitting - Deer Valley
RATE: $20.00 per day plus liberal benefits
(2 cases of beer, 8 stea ks)
DURATION: Labor Day Weekend 9-17 - 9-21
CONTACT: Mr. Jett Sett Atty: 261-1368.
The completed card is then posted on a special bulletin
board outside the financial aid office. Students regularly
check the board and take the initiative from there . As
students graduate, Mrs. Gifford asks them to complete a
job evaluation sheet, which later is used as a master list
given to students who may wish to contact "seasoned
T-Bird employers."
When asked about the typical first semester T-Bird looking
for part-time local employment, she told the following
"There was one girl who came in every day looking for
a job. There just wasn't anything that interested her.
Finally I was contacted by a local restaurant owner who
needed a weekend hostess . Later the student came in, and
I told her about the job. It was paying a handsome figure
of $3.00 per hour and was only five miles from campus.
She answered by saying that that wasn't worth starting
her car. Only later did I find out she drove a Lincoln."
Roy A. Daugherty and Louise Gifford
Quite quickly, T-Birds become aware of the part-time job
realities in Phoenix: low wages ($2.30 - $2.65 per hour
average), strange duties, and seasonal nature due to
"Snow Bird" migration. For first-hand information, we
asked working T-Birds for an up-to-date report.
Lee Connelly - County Dog Catcher Assistant. For $3.09
an hour, Lee goes door-to-door verifying the validity of
man's best friend's I icense tags. At first the dogs frightened
her until she learned the trick of the trade. "When
they become vicious, I simply shove my metal clipboard
down their throats . That usually calms them down." When
not writing citations to irresponsible owners, she is busy
giving shots or baths, neither of which her canine clients
appreciate. To top it off, Lee has to wear a uniform when
out in the field - even if it is 113 degrees. Boots (of the
cowboy variety), a mace can, straw hat, dark brown
trousers and silver badge make up the ensemble. At one
house, a little lady was peering out the window and
refused to answer Lee's forceful knocks. And with good
reason - she had 30 dogs and not one license. It cost her
close to $300.00 when Lee got done with her.
Mike McBride (or Exhausted McBride, as his students
call him), Substitute Teacher. "One day, one of the local
school districts called me in. Apparently the absent teacher
had broken both arms. The classroom scheduled was
divided into self-study modules - Math: 9:00-10:00;
Bathroom visit: 10:00-10: 15; and Reading: 10: 15 to 11: 15.
The students had done so well we decided to play baseball
for our recess period. Things were going fine until
one of the little girls who was up to bat went after one
of the boys who had started throwing rocks at her. So
the scenario was the boy in the outfield running from the
batter, the batter running from the other kids and me
trying to keep up with the confusion. The next day the
school called. I explained I had mid-terms. I still wonder
how that teacher broke her two arms!"
Lee Connelly Mike McBride
Flemming Jackson - Thunderbird Security Guard. "Working
for the campus security force is sure an interesting
job, although it shouldn't be confused with Kojak or the
secret agent. There are a few thefts every semester, but
we also have some other interesting duties. We read the
temperature gauges in the cafeteria kitchen, check the
water supply in the green tower, let students in their
locked dorm rooms, and keep a general eye on things.
The most exciting thing that occurred was one night,
when I was making the rounds, I saw a fire on top of the
Pub roof. I ran in and asked if anyone knew there was a
fire. They said no and ignored me. Finally I convinced
them to leave their beer and vacate the building. We
managed to put out the fire and called the fire department.
Besides that incident, things are usually routine."
Ralph Della Ratta - Usher. For $2.25 an hour, Ralph and
two other T-Birds stand guard on the reserved seat section
at the Arizona Veteran's Memorial Coliseum. A few
months ago, when the Cleveland Cavaliers challenged
the Phoenix Suns to a b-ball game, he noticed a spectator
in the front row who couldn't produce a ticket when
asked to do so. "The spectator mumbled something about
being a card-carrying correspondent from some obscure
publication I didn't catch. As four other ushers and I
proceeded to escort him to the door, his story became
more convincing. We were about to reconsider the matter
when he started yelling something about us being a
bunch of uneducated jackasses. Needless to say, he was
shown the door with much more enthusiasm on my part
than the four other ushers ... they were law students
from ASU."
- Roy A. Daugherty 77
Ralph Della Ratta
Plan to visit Southern California this summer! Now the AGSIM
Alumni Office, working with the University of Cal ifornia Alumni
Association, makes it possible. You'll stay in first-class accommodations
and have Southern California at your fingertips for a
fraction of the cost you would spend elsewhere .
At the Alumni Lodge in Riverside, you're within thirty-five
minutes of Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and Lion Country
Safari . Los Angeles, mountains, and beaches are just a forty-five
minute drive away.
Please enter my reservation at the Alumni Lodge. Number of
days . Starting date ______ _____ _
Number of people for which I am enclosing a deposit
of $ . (Required deposit: $10.00 per person .)
Name, _________________________________________ ___
Address _________________________________________ ___
City & State Zip ________ _
I am an alumnus! a graduate of the American Graduate School
of International Management.
Make checks payable directly to: UCR Alumni Association .
Send reservations to: Alumni Lodge
UCR Alumni Association
P. O. Box 112
Riverside, CA 92506
You' ll stay in a complex called Bannockburn which features
private suites, a swimming pool, sauna, barbeque area, tennis
courts, and gift shops. Golfing in famous Palm Springs is
This offer is available as a non-profit benefit to both AGSIM
students and alumni to suit your summer needs. Plan to see
Southern California from the Alumni Lodge. Now you can
afford it.
During the summer months Southland accommodations skyrocket
in price. Yet at The Lodge you pay the lowest rates anywhere
and still enjoy quality lodging. *
per day per week you ,ave
2 people $12.72 $ 71.23 $17.81
3-4 people (2 bedroom suite) 18.60 104.1.6 26.04
4 people (4 bedroom suite) 21.36 119.62 29.90
5 people (4 bedroom suite) 22.80 127.68 31 .92
Other rates offer comparable savings.
'The lodge is open from June 21 to September 1. Although pets are loved,
they are not allowed at The lodge.
Board Chairman C. J. Pilliod, Jr., of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company and member of the American Graduate School of
International Management's Board of Trustees, received the first
International Executive of the Year award from President Voris.
Presented at the 30th anniversary dinner, the award will be
made annually to the executive chosen for his efforts to foster
international understanding through constructive and mutually
beneficial business management.
Campus Honors
BEST TEACHERS - Fall, 1976:
Elayne Parshall (Modern Languages)
Paul Wi Ison (World Business)
Beverly Springer (International Studies)
Elayne Parshall and Larry Finney (Modern Languages)
Dick Bossert and John Lindholtz (World Business)
Beverly Springer and Shoshana Tancer (International Studies)
Diane Connelly (Director of Alumni)
Steve Beaver (Dean of Students)
Mavis Voris (Friends of Thunderbird)
Anne Vickroy (Dining Hall Assistant Food Manager)
Fall '76 Graduation
At the Fall, 1976 Commencement December 17, FRANCIS P.
GRAVES was honored with the Jonas Mayer Award, as AGSIM's
outstanding alumnus.
In the graduating class of 274 were seventy students from
thirty-one other countries and territories. PATRICIA N. CAMPBELL
received the Barton Kyle Yount Award; ROBERT PATRICK
BARNES, the Alfred Knight Award; and MICHAEL F. CANNON
LINDA LOE, and ROSS RUTLEDGE, the Phoenix Newsapers International
Advertising Award, for their Inter-Ad introducing
Frisbe Disco into Faja de Oro of Central Mexico.
LOWELL THOMAS, noted author and commentator, received an
honorary doctorate degree.
Agribusiness Conference Deemed Success
In response to the career needs of its graduates in an
ever changing and dynamic business environment, the
"Agribusiness Conference" held during Winterim 1977
represents yet another step by AGSIM toward pragmatic
curriculum development. Sponsored by the Continental
Grain Corporation and coordinated by Dr. James Mills of
the World Business Department, the program concentrated
on four major areas of this "growing" industry: the world
food situation, the food-fiber system - its structure and
performance, cash and futures markets of agricultural
commodities, and governmental and international constraints
associated with agribusiness.
Informative presentations were given by twelve industry,
government, and academic experts. This combination of
academic and business viewpoints created a lively format
of in-depth exposure to the problems and prospects of
international agribusiness.
Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
and 1977 winner of an American Freedom Foundation
Award, emphasized current research toward the future
development of high-yield hybrid grains to feed the increasing
world population.
Among the Continental Grain executives who contributed
to the Conference were Clarence Palmby, Vice President,
Public Affairs, and former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture;
Dr. Ted Rice, Vice President, Commodity Research;
J. B. Elliot, Assistant Vice President and Regional Transportation
Manager, North American Grain Division; Richard
Carter, Vice President, North American Grain Division;
and alumnus Hurley Zook, Assistant Vice President,
Processing Division.
Agricultural economists of the academic world were represented
by Drs. Jimmye Hillman and Gerald Korzan,
University of Arizona; Dr. Leonard Schruben, Kansas State
University; Dr. Thomas Hieronymus, University of Illinois,
and Dr. Eric Thor, University of California.
Throughout the " Agribusiness Conference," the approximately
sixty enrollees reaped the benefits of this comprehensive
program. Participants, faculty and students
termed the conference a major success.
Marshall Geer III
Academic Affairs
M. David Hartnett
Retired Sr. Trader
Continental Grain
Dr. Bryan Heathcotte
Asst. Professor
World Business
Alumni Participation Strengthens
Thunderbird Personal Contact
Program on Campuses
For a graduate business school of its size, Thunderbird
has the largest and most intensive recruitment programs
in the country, according to College Relations Officer
John James Arthur. Alumni Educational Counselors have
been diligent in their efforts to contact applicants on campuses
near their places of residence, allowing the total
scope of the program to be maintained while avoiding
the full impact of the spiraling costs of travel in these
energy-short and inflationary times.
During Fall, 1976, alumni visited 123 campuses, or 73%
of the 168 visited. Faculty and staff members visited 43
schools, and two current students took charge of visiting
their own recent alma maters. In addition to the 1,230
students interviewed, 481 interested undergraduates
were contacted in group meetings. Thunderbird alumni
and representatives also took the opportunity to discuss
the AGSIM program with almost six hundred faculty and
staff on those campuses. These faculty contacts are particularly
valuable in assuring that qualified applicants in
years to come will be advised to try for the AGSIM program
by their professors and counselors .
One indication of the value of this type of personal contact
program is the forty-seven percent of accepted applicants
who cited "general reputation of the school" as a
reason for choosing the program, as compared to only six
percent in 1973. Apparently, it pays to spread the word!
Interview reports submitted by alumni are particularly
useful since they enable the admissions office to respond
quickly to the informational needs of a good applicant
who may be hesitating between the tripartite curriculum
of AGSIM, and that of a more conventional business
school. These interview reports are placed in the applicant's
file, thus assisting the Admissions Committee by
providing an additional, independent perspective on the
qualities of the applicant.
Many alumni have devoted much time and effort to this
program as Educational Counselors. We would particularly
like to thank Timothy C. Walker ('68) who has met
with over 150 applicants from the various colleges and
universities of the Ohio area since 1972. To the personal
contact program, he is "Mr. Ohio." Our "Mr. Virg inia" is
Charles P. Ancona ('64) who has interviewed over ninety
potential Thunderbirds in the state of Virginia since 1973.
Some of the other Alumni Educational Counselors who
for many years have contributed a great amount of personal
effort to interviewing prospective students are:
Robert Brown ('56), Stephen F. Hall ('69), Stephen E. Hall
('68), Paul Davis ('55), Carl Doran ('65), Will iam Devir
('74), William Ferry (,51), Jerry Gaarder (,59), James
McCarthy ('57), Daniel Montville ('69), Michael Reich ('71),
Van Robertson (W'77), MacNeil Watkins ('54).
Julia Harvey, Admissions Office, would be delighted to
hear from alumni who will have the time to participate in
these personal interviews during the 1977-78 academic
year. Write to Mrs. Harvey at the Admissions Office or
simply call (602) 938-7210. The Admissions Office will
reimburse alumni for travel expenses directly incurred
while interviewing, although no compensation is made
for the personal services. Some alumni have asked that
the Admissions Office transfer the reimbursements directly
to the Thunderbird Fund.
Again, we thank all those who have so generously given
their time and energy in this personal effort; it is vital in
assuring a good supply of promising AGSIM candidates
in future years.
A Report on The Thunderbird Fund's Charter Year
The first year of The Thunderbird Fund has been a success.
The Fund was established in the thirtieth anniversary
year of our School 's founding, and since June of 1976 we
have been contacting alumni, parents and friends, announcing
the establishment of the Fund and asking for
your support.
The Thunderbird Fund is something different from special
purpose giving and from endowment. Foundation and
Corporate grants are usually earmarked for special programs.
These sources of funding are important, and the
School continues to actively pursue them. However, the
School needs your donations to support the operating
budget, to take some of the load off the students who
have been paying for 92% of the total operating costs.
We don't want the cost of tuition to put the Thunderbird
diploma out of the reach of qualified students. Nevertheless,
we do need funds to continue to offer our quality
education in this time of rising costs.
The 1976 Thunderbird Fund achieved a good start toward
accomplishing our goals. The solicitation raised $82,000
which has been utilized to increase student aid, library
acquisitions, as well as faculty and program development
funds. We hope, with your help, to go even further in
1977 to establish a tradition of continued support for
Patron ($25,000 - ):
Mrs. John W. Kieckhefer
G. Clarke Bean
Robert L. Bean
Rebert F. Begani
Duane E. Bellmore
Many people have recognized the need for The Thunderbird
Fund and are working to make it a success. A very
special commendation goes to Joseph M. Klein '47, who
serves as our International Chairman. We are grateful
that E. V. O'Malley has agreed to coordinate our Trustee
support activities for the Fund. We also owe great thanks
to Howard P. Keefe '61 KM for his work as Key Manager
Chairman. We owe a round of applause to the heads of
the regional committees that further the Fund's effort.
William lindberg '61 KM and Robert Twitmeyer '64KM
head the Key Manager organizations in California and
Pennsylvania respectively. We thank Anthony Lodico '49
for his work in Southern California, Stephen M. Conger
'50 and James Monaghan '54 for their leadership in
Washington, D. c., Jiro Kitakaze '71 and Richard Coleman
'54 for their endeavors in Japan, and the alumni in
Mexico City and Chicago who are organizing their support.
We also want to express our gratitude to the students
who volunteered their time to the profit of the first annual
Thunderbird Phonothon last November.
Thunderbird is pleased to recognize the alumni, parents
and friends who became charter members of The Thunderbird
M . David Merchant
Director of Development and Public Affairs
Executive Club
($5,000 - $24,999):
Mr. & Mrs. C. Michael Bennis
Dr. & Mrs. Robert F. Bobo
Sidney Braufman
Michael F. Kendall
Han Soo Kim
James G. Kohl, Jr.
George B. Lane
Robert E. LaPort
Mr. & Mrs. Hannis T. Latham III
George R. Lindahl, Jr.
Andrew P. Fuller
International Associates
($1,000 - $4,999):
Mrs. F. Trubee Davison
Gates Davison
Mrs. F. G. Emmons
Daniel C. Gainey
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Getz, Jr.
Francis P. Graves
Joseph M . Klein
John J. Louis, Jr.
Edward V. O'Malley, Sr.
John C. Pritzlaff, Jr.
Raymond Rubicam
Everett H. Terril
James F. Thornton
Dr. & Mrs. William Voris
Founder's Club
($1 30 - $999):
Kara Dunn Armstrong
Charles H. Bartlett
D. Barker Bates
Russell F. Bruno
Edward M. Carson
Philippe P. Cavanagh
Stephen M. Conger
Robert G. Connelly
Peter J. Cover
Robert T. Coyne
Finley Peter Dunne
James W. Echle
Mrs. Berger Erickson
Robert W. Feagles
Peter Feddersen
Anthony F. J. Finnerty
Edwin J. Foltz
Arthur C. Frantzreb
Robert B. Gooden
Robert W. Gravell
William Hacker
James L. Hayes
Sherman Hazeltine
William E. Henley
Alfred C. Herrmann
John C. Howell
Alford B. Johnson
David G. Johnson
Edward B. Juliber
Howard P. Keefe
William Lindberg
Joseph B. Lockman
Robert N. Malcolm
Charles H. Mannel, Sr.
George E. Martin
Mr. & Mrs. M. David Merchant
Kenneth J. Miller
Alfred F. Miossi, Jr.
F. Van Dorn Moller
Michael D. Moorman
Mrs. Lucile M. Myre
Barringer Newcomb
Dennis T. Oshiro
George J. Peckham
William O. Pennel, Jr.
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.
Sheldon G. Pooley
Curgie W. Pratt
Linwood L. Reed, Jr.
James K. Richardson, Jr.
James H. Riddle
R. Lee Rigney
Mr. & Mrs. Art Schellenberg
Alban W. Schuele
Mr. & Mrs. B. Paul Smith
Craig A . Starkey
Merri Gossett Stelzer
Lloyd A. Straits II
Charles G. Stubbs
Mr. Ib Thomsen
Mr. & Mrs. E. F. Tompane
James E. Trice
William C. Turner
J. Jorge Verduzco
Hal T. Walker II
Timothy C. Walker
Edward H. Wedepohl
Allan P. Welch
Fallon J. Weldon
Jan A. Wells
Peter B. Whalen
Daniel D. Witcher
Winthrop Wyman
Parents, Friends and Trustees:
Earl L. Bimson
Walter Bimson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Courtney
Mr. D. J. Davis
Stanley E. Johnson, Jr.
Charles Levine
Edward N. Ney
David B. Peres
Guy Stillman
Mrs. Mildred Yount
Companies Matching
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chemical Bank
Citizens & Southern Bank
Clark Equipment Company
Cleveland Trust Company
Continental Can Company, Inc.
Cyprus Mines Corporation
Dillingham Corporation
Dun & Bradstreet Company Foundation
Equitable Life Assurance
ESB Foundation
Exxon Educational Foundation
General Tire Foundation
Johnson & Higgins
Joseph E. Seagrams & Sons
McGraw-Edison Company
Southeast First National Bank of Miami
Squibb Corporation
Sterling Drug, Inc.
Teledyne, Inc.
Upjohn Company
Wells Fargo Bank
Alumni Contributions Listed
By Class Year:
Thomas P. Bell
Sidney Braufman
Albert F. Cariello, Jr.
Lindsey P. Henderson
Alfred P. Jankus
Harold Kalmans
Joseph M . Klein
Herbert H. Lindstrom
Sheldon G. Pooley
Merri Gossett Stelzer
George H. Walters
Robert L. Bean
Robert C. Brock
Richard L. Burkland
Robert L. Hamlin
William E. Henley
John D. Henson
David C. Kilmer
Lowell K. Marcus
Alfred F. Miossi, Jr.
Robert D. Munger
John Nazro, Jr.
John A. Warner
Fallon J. Weldon
Harold A. Wright
Allan L. Zimberoff
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Austin
Thomas J. Burns
Samuel L. Coddington
Leroy R. Craig
Wallace C. Grier
Donald G. Groves
Francis A . Hughes
Harold E. Landson
Anthony K. Mallgren
Kenneth J. Miller
Henry T. Mulryan
Irving A . Taylor
Joseph A. Viner
Henry C. Watson
Ralph R. Bower
Sterling L. Boyce
Stephen M . Conger
Virgil E. Heidbrink
Charles C. Mitchell, Jr.
Duane D. Mowry
Alvin G. Robins
Jean H. Rockwell, Jr.
Frederick D. Voorhees
Robert G. Walker
Daniel D. Witcher
John K. Barrington, Jr.
D. Barker Bates
Robert W. Feagles
Dr. Shelton W. Marlow
Wilford J. Marshall
Harry B. Turner
Dr. Frank E. Watkins
Barbara J. Edmunds
Robert B. Gooden
John E. Greyer, Jr.
Brayton Lincoln
George J. Peckham
Raymond E. Rubert
Edward H. Wedepohl
Hilary W. Wilson
H. Ted Withers
Charles H. Bartlett
Edward C. Campeau
Margaret E. Dougherty
William Schollard, Jr.
John D. Selby
Eugene H. Shultz
Charles T. Wood
Vincent J. Brady
Charles G. Keller
Philip F. Kirk
George R. Lindahl
Thomas J. Machia
James P. Monaghan
McNeill Watkins
Harold W. Yost
Eric E. Ericsson
Ray C. Lopez
Robert A. Warren
Kara Dunn Armstrong
Glenn A. Beck
Norman Capps
Robert G. Connelly
Robert M. Duin
Harry J. Kratoville, Jr.
Joseph B. Lockman
Addison L. Luce, Jr.
James E. Schmutzler
Winthrop Wyman
Mr. & Mrs. W. Douglas Buckmaster
Robert R. Edsall
Dale A. & Glee Mitchell Ewell
Robert S. L. Hasselman
James L. Kritzer
Charles W. Maggio
William B. McKaig
Barbara D. Nelson
John K. Seward
Thomas S. Van Alyea, Jr.
Stanley C. Allen
Russell F. Bruno
Philippe P. Cavanagh
William S. Fishback
Alvin Fritzner
Laurens L. Henderson
J. Dean Huelat
Michael F. Kendall
Robert E. LaPort
Evin L. Perdue
Frank E. Pinckard, Jr.
Henry A. Schlichting
Frederick P. S. Sill
Walter H. Waechter
George B. Blake
Joe Di Grazia
Kenton E. Draigh
Anthony F. J. Finnerty
Andrew W. Furlan
Jerome L. Gaarder
Lawrence Gilbert
Francis P. Graves
Barton L. Hartzell
Alfred C. Herrmann
James J. Hill
Robert E. Johnson
Robert R. Linsenmayer
George E. Martin
Curgie W. Pratt
Linwood L. Reed, Jr.
Henry W. Schaefer
Daniel D. Schell
Anthony J. Vlahides
David V. Youmans
Robert H. Crossley, Jr.
Robert A. Dilworth
Robert G. Heineman
Thad R. Hogan
James L. Hyek
Russell D. Keely
Robert N. Malcolm
Robert B. Perkovich
John J. Ross
Craig A. Starkey
James E. Trice
David I. Wallace
Richard J . Autenreith
Norman H. Baum
Duane E. Bellmore
Robert B. Garrison
David G. Johnson
Howard P. Keefe
William Lindberg
F. Van Dorn Moller
James H. Parker
James H. Paulino
Lawrence W. Price
Ronald K. Segerlind
Martin J. Taylor
Shigehiro Uchida
Dr. & Mrs. Joe N. Weatherby
Leighton A. Willgerodt
Jack Beldon
Carlos E. Cortes
Gilbert P. Fauteux
Morris Feldman
Edward V. Heath
Stephen G. Heiner
Harold R. Huntress
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Kirkman
Kevin J. McMahon
Wallis R. Sanborn
Christof J. Scheiffele
Terry S. Singer
Mr. & Mrs. B. Paul Smith
John D. Stanton
Guy Stillman
Monte P. Whiteted
John W. Ziebarth
Dr. & Mrs. Robert F. Bobo
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence c.Greene
Bruce L. Heine
Beatrice Brown May
James H. Riddle
Daniel B. Van Gelder
Louis F. Varricchione
Wade H. Collins
Durfee L. Combs
John F. Daliere
Mary P. Gaertner
Bernard Knaggs
Harry W. MacKenzie
Garry S. Moore
William O. Pennel, Jr.
Luis C. Pi-Sunyer
Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Shulkin
Tze-John Tung
George M. Dykes
Mabel J. Erickson
Benjamin H. Garrett
Robert W. Gravell
Richard A . Koechlein
Tom J. McSpadden
John V. Savage
I. Conrad Schwab
William M. Shapiro
John L. Shepherd
Richard L. Strayer
Donald E. Whisman
David S. Arms
Peter E. Baer
Mr. & M rs. C. M ichael Bennis
Vincent D. Cater
Mr. & Mrs. Michael M . Finney
Will iam A. Gleason
Alfred J. Grantham
Gerald H. Greene
Peter X. Hahn
Alford B. Johnson
Joseph B. Kerchevi lie
Ralph C. Lambert, Jr.
Richard E. Mar
Derek E. Miller
Thomas D. Morse
James K. Richardson, Jr.
Peter W. Sill
Lloyd A. Straits"
Stephen K. Swenerton
Joseph E. & Gayle Thompson
Alan M. A rsht
John P. Ashton II
Victoria S. Ba ird
Robert F. Begani
Will iam R. Brown
Paul H. Donnelly
Peter Feddersen
David G. Fisher
Lance S. Jensen
Byron P. Johnson
Jeffrey J. Marchant
Michael D. Moorman
Earl K. Oman
Richa rd J. Roney
James P. Rooney
James D. Tegeder
Howard K. Trilling
Joel T. Wineburgh
Ben M. Amraoui
Kenneth A . Banks
Charles W. Barringer
John P. Berg
Ronald E. Case
Steven L. Gold
Joseph F. Gury, Jr.
F. Berry Hayley
Bert V. Hollansky
James E. Korinek
Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Roy K. Malkin
David R. Midgley
Branger R. Miller
Martha Thorne Mirabal
Masaaki Nakamoto
Barringer Newcomb
Peter M. Noble
Allen B. Pease
Michael C. Pierce
Charles A . Smith
Timothy C. Walker
Robert S. Wilcox
Norman F. Woods
Aigis Vosylius
John P. Barelli
Fred D. Bloom
Roland R. Corriveau
Peter J. Cover
Robert T. Coyne
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin J. DeVoe
Edwin J. Fowler
Mr. & Mrs. Brian W. Gauler
Joseph M. Gontram
John L. Gummere
John Heard
Richard A. Koehler
Kurn F. Kruger
Bob F. Reece
Daniel R. Root
Kenneth A . Sperling
V. Stephen Vincent
Robert W. Williamson
Donald B. Wilson
Keith S. Bean
Philip G. Blaisdell
Terry M. Chamberlain
Beverly Chan
Steven R. Chapman
Enos W. Davison
Ronald C. Eld
Carlton B. Foust
William D. Gage
Libby G. Ginnetti
Marc B. Golubock
James P. Hagan
G. Koll Hagen
Charles N. Hansen
Robert M. Harris
William M . Heineken
Robert W. Hewes
Gary W. Hibbard
Oliver G. Jakob III
Charles L. Johnston II I
Richard C. Kwasny
Geraldine Gurley Lamonica
Philippe Matron
Michael P. McTigue
Craig E. Morehouse
John L. Muncy
Walter H. Nagel
Jerome A. Raggett, Jr.
Michael O. Ridgeway
Frank J. Schiendler
Alban W. Schuele
James C. Schwartz
Dwan L. Shipley
Udo I. Sietins
George A. Wenz
Harold S. Westphal, Jr.
Pierre H. Zarch
B. Lee Baker
Robert M . Betette, Jr.
Eugene H. Castle, Jr.
William M. Coulter
Thomas E. Dent
Jon B. Dwinell
Harold A. Gunn, Jr.
Robert C. Hill
Michael B. King
James G. Kohl, Jr.
Phillip W. Laney
Mr. & Mrs. Hannis T. Latham, Jr.
Charles B. Malone
Jay G. Marks
Cliff A. Myers
Dennis J. Orio
Karl S. Reiner
R. Lee Rigney
Joseph B. Schreiber
Jon H. Shoup
William D. Snyder
Leonard A. Tibbets
R. Wayne Walvoord
James D. White
James F. C. Bacon
William H. Barkell
James S. Boyce
William G. Broadfoot
Gary L. Buckingham
Michael O. Clarey
Michael G. Clennan
Grier H. Cooper
John T. Denman
Thomas A. Dreis
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Echle
Barton A. Francour
Roger P. Fuller
Phillip J. Gibson, Jr.
Jonathan B. Holcomb
Maximo C. Lau Tang
William E. Lebow
Stephen H. Mahood
Lawrence L. Martin
Dieter B. Michel
Robert H. Mueller
James M . Myers
David B. Naylor
Dennis T. Oshiro
Joseph Petryshyn
David M . Ransome
Charles W. Roberts
James J. Rook
Lee F. Smith
Thomas H. Tegart
Steven L. Toms
Christine Topoulos
Robert W. Wedwick
Allan P. Welch
Hugo Wolter, Jr.
Kamel A. Aossey
Randall & Lorraine Abell Bishop
Carol V. Coleman
Francis J. Dierickx
Dana M. Dorr
Holland B. Evans
Dennis L. Ferguson
James M . Fitzhugh
John C. Graeff
George F. Hardy
John C. Howell
G. Dean Johnson
George J. Karlins
Jacques D. & Sandra Kerrest
Han Soo Kim
Claxton E. Lovin
Ronald E. MacDonald
K. C. McAlpin
Christopher T. Morrison
Alan G. Nordell
Gerard V. Perez
Michael L. Quinn
David H. Roberts
W. Neil Sabin
Gerry O. Sibley
Roger S. Silverstein
Gerd Stippinger
William M. Tucker, Jr.
Dennis A . Velie
Hal T. Walker II
John R. Wickersham
Gary A. Withall
Baxter K. Woodard
Gregory C. Anderson
Rebecca Brewer and
Bradley N. Stoops
Raymond H. Burrus
Sharon L. Cann
Fred S. Carroll
Robey A. Clark
Michael D. Crotty
Steven W. DeLateur
Donald A. Di-Nuccio
James E. Dodson
T. Robert Emmerich, Jr.
Julie Houk Goodrich
Ronald A. & Joan W. Hames
Thomas D. Hartje
Barry L. Heimbigner
James M. Howard
Ralph C. Johnson
Nancy J. Jones
Leonard J. Kistner
Shaun E. B. Mcintosh
S. Bredo Oestlien
Brian T. O'Neill
Won K. Pak
Mr. & Mrs. Michael R. Parker
Duane A. Partain
Roger S. Patterson
Alfred Pick
Steve Schaefer
Michael J. Schoettler
Behram R. Sethna
William J. Syms III
John R. Trowbridge
Scot F. Von Bergen
Peter S. Wallerstein
Hugh A . Warren
Robert G. Young
John Anter
Leonard & Demetra Brockman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Davis III
Douglas D. Dunsmoor
Thomas & Elizabeth (Byrnes) Fadrhonc
Alan P. Goode
Thomas B. Hancock
Bruce W. Harris
David E. Henderson
Yoshiharu Imai
Pincas Jawetz
Douglas B. Kennard
George B. Lane
Moncure C. O'Neal
Kenneth E. Pickens
Carlos A . Roncal
Charles R. Schwarck
Charles G. Stubbs
David B. Terrar
Amy T. Thurston
Roger M. Titley
Larry D. Ursich
William G. Whitehead
Jorge J. Verduzco
Bernd Brand
Gregory Buchaj
Bruce H. Burlington
Martha S. Cook
Robert C. English
Robert H. Kent
Thomas P. McGonegle
Carlos G. Orchard
Frank W. Snell
Andrew G. Tulloch
Peter B. Whalen
This report covers the calendar year of
1976 - Restricted Gifts are included .
A New Face Takes Form
Like the desert around it, the face of Thunderbird is
changing rapidly.
Last summer the north half of C dormitory was completely
renovated and has become the home of the International
Studies Department and the site of two much-needed
seminar rooms. In late fall, Student Affairs moved into
the old nursery quarters, thus placing the Dean of Students,
Housing, and Financial Aids all under one roof.
Louise Gifford of Financial Aids has been working here
for almost 20 years and, for the first time, has a window
in her office.
At about the same time that Student Affairs moved, the
area at the south end of the auditorium was allocated to
the new cross-cultural communications program. Carpenters,
electricians and other assorted craftsmen swarmed
over the place, bashing out walls, lowering ceilings, often
working far into the night. When the dust settled, AGSIM
was the proud possessor of an audio-visual room which
houses the school's new video-taping equipment and
serves as a typing stud io for the cross-cultural communications
class and other groups w ishing to uti lize the
As we go to press, work is continuing on the renovation
of the Administration Build ing. Here ceilings are being
lowered, more offices added, and, much to the relief of
the staff, air conditioning is being installed.
Perhaps the most significant and most visible building
project is in the housing area . Two new residence halls,
one on either side of the Administration Building, are
nearing completion. Mrs. John W. Kieckhefer, trustee and
long-time friend of AGSIM, has donated $100,000 to be
applied toward the construction of one of the new resi dence
halls now under construction. Mrs. Kieckhefer, a
well-known interior decorator, is also assisting the school
in decorating the res idence halls. Each building consists
of three suites. A suite cootains a large lounge w ith four
single rooms on either side of it. Each group of four
singles shares a large bathroom, and all eight singles
share the lounge. The two new buildings w i ll accommodate
48 students in all. Fully carpeted and air conditioned,
these attractive residence halls are the prototype of future
Thunderbird living facilities . As soon as these new
residence halls are completed, work will begin to change
E dormitory into a new home for Placement and Alumni .
This in turn will perm it the library to expand.
Valley National Bank of Phoenix, Arizona has granted
AGSIM $100,000 toward its building program . This commitment,
the largest ever made to an educational institut
ion from the bank, is a major boost to the school's efforts
to seek support from local financial institutions and corporations
for its capital development program. AGSIM
has also received gifts of $33,000 from the Arizona Bank,
$25,000 from First National Bank of Arizona, and $2,500
from the Thunderbird Bank.
In receiving these gifts, AGSIM's Pre~ident, Dr. William
Voris, commented that th is local support of the School's
building program shows the importance of Thunderbird's
program not only to the international community, but to
Phoenix and Arizona as well.
Thunderbird continues to evolve, not only its curriculum,
but also its physical plant. And the list for the future goes
on and on - a classroom-auditorium complex, more faculty
offices, a women's locker room, more new residence
halls - all we need is money.
Visitor Firm Location
Bernard Knaggs (J64) ........... Exxon Chemical ................. ....... Texas
Hurley Zook (J64) ................ Continental Grain .............. New York
Paul Kreider (K65) ............... Hi Iti Inc. .. ........................ California
Herbert Osborn (F67) ........... Chemical Bank .................. New York
John M. Hughes (J69) .......... Continental Can Co ......... Connecticut
Lianne T. Sorkin (D72) .......... Metropolitan Life .............. New York
Warren Feller (D74) ............. Clark Equipment.. ................ Michigan
Robert S. Hatch (A74) ........... ldeal Industries Inc ................. llIinois
Maribeth Sembach
Rahe (M74) ...................... Harris Bank & Trust.. .............. lll inois
Ross E. Bruner (A7S) ............ Hilti Inc ................................... Texas
Raymond D. Neoh (M76) ...... Crossroad Int'I .................. Minnesota
Visitor Firm Location
Sterl ing Boyce (F50) ............. Miles Laboratories ............ Connecticut
Bi ll Ryan (J55) ..................... Citibank ............................ New York
Jerry Gaarder (F59) .............. Allergan Int'I ...................... California
l. Yves Cocke (J60) .............. Dupont .............................. New York
David R. Lorance (J60) ......... USAF .... .................................... Texas
Weston G. Dower (F6l ) ........ Self-employed .................. Cal ifornia
Bruce Barber (J63) ............... Retired .................................. Hawaii
Bob Cou lter (F63) ................. Bank of America ................ California
Iverson Moore (F64) ............. Moore Market Research ........ Indiana
Donald Whisman (J65) ......... Bechtel Corp . ........................ Virg inia
John Berg (J68) ................... Fiat·All is ................................ llIinois
Vincent B. Fagin, Jr. (J68) .... Sears-Roebuck ........................ llI inois
Richard Weden (J68); ........... American Express Co ......... Singapore
Andrew Branscome (F69) ..... Holiday Inns of America .. iVlississippi
Bob Sebree (F69) .................. Quail Run Publications.. .... California
James C. Kuhn (J70) ............ 'Omega Optical. ...................... .Il1inois
Shaun Onishi (D70) .............. Revlon Co. Ltd ......................... Japan
Don Stranik (J70) ................. Continental Grain Co ......... Oklahoma
Carl Thompson (J70) ............ Sands Motor Co ..................... Arizona
Warren Brainard-Smith
(M7l ) .............................. .American Hosp. Supply .... Puerto Rico
Michael l. MacAfee (M7l ) .... Attorney Gen. Office ............ Arizona
Doug Moore (M7l ) ............... Self-employed ......................... .Idaho
Bob Greenbaum (A72) ......... Digital Equipment Co ............... Mass.
Ryan Lancaster·(A72) ............ IBM ...................................... Arizona
Dan Murphy (D72) ............... Burson·Marsteller .............. New York
Bruce Shurtleff (D72) .. .......... Mefford Weir Inc ........... New Mexico
Dick Schlupp (A73) .............. lnvest. Property Firm .......... California
Howard E. Yarbrough
(A73) ............................... Nat'l Educational Media .... California
Steve Bartley (D74) .............. Facings of America ................ Arizona
Jay H. Bielert (A74) .............. Price-Waterhouse .................. llIinois
Bienvenido Callanta (D74) ... Valley Nat'l Bank .................. Arizona
James Halderman (A74) ....... Aramco .................................. Arabia
Alex Makris (M74) ............... SMI .......................................... Texas
Charles Shi lIingburg (M7 4) .. Greyhound .......................... Arizona
Richard F. Bram (D75) .......... Campbell Chain Co ............... Arizona
Robert Chang (M75) ............. Owens-lli inois Inc ............ ......... Ohio
Vladimir Egger (D75) ........... ICD .................................... New York
George M . Fronske (D75) ..... Hamburger Hamlet ............ California
Rod Granger (W75) .............. Comptroller.Currency .......... Montana
Silas Zirkle (D75) .................. lndependent Contractor ........ Arizona
Marc E. Berg (M76) .............. - -- .................................... Arizona
Perri Bernstein (A76) .. ......... Johnson & Johnson ............ California
Joseph E. "Butch"
Cochran (W76) ................. American Consul. ..................... Brazil
Marsha E. Dow (A76) ........... Wells Fargo Bank .............. California
Mark Hale (D76) .................. Boeing .................................. Arizona
Hector Holland (M76) ........... Koehring International ...... Wisconsin
Clyde F. Ito (M76) ................ Oritz Int'I Co ..................... California
Jason Kirshenbaum (D76) ..... Rhodes S.W .. ......................... Arizona
Ferdinand Mayerhofer
(M76) ............................... lnfirm ................................ Colorado
Judy Purze (M76) ................. Britt & Frerichs ..................... .Il1 inois
Nedim Rona (M76) ............... Metalbestos Systems .......... California
Marsha Shelton (A76) ........... lincoln Nat'l life .................... lndiana
Helm Stachowske (D76) ........ Caterpiliar .................. ........ Michigan
Nina J . Walchirk (A76) ...... ... Warner Bros ............................. Brazil
Milton C. Towner (SP) .. ........ Retired AGSIM Dean .......... California
Singapore Reunion
ARIZONA alumni enjoyed Interfest, April 16, met for cocktails
and elected new officers and board members.
In accordance w ith the NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Thunderbird
Alumni Association by-laws, dues-paying members in February
elected the following slate of directors: SHERMAN J . OLSON
'50 (continuing), ROLAND J. WILLITS '70 (continuing), GARY
MICHAEL '72 (continuing), RICHARD E. PALTENGHI '48, BRUCE
THOMAS BIRCH '51, and ANNE WEBSTER '69.
The association members have been active: hosting PRESIDENT
VORIS for dinner at the Great Electric Underground, December
9; DIANE CONNELLY at lunch March 4; seeking out job possibilities
for "old" and "new" alumni; touting the School to outstanding
prospective students; and examining further ways to
support Thunderbird.
This is a model group, thanks in great measure to the many
long hours and great personal effort expended by "Mr. Northern
California T-Bird," JERRY OLSON '50.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA alumni met December fifth. JEFF RUBY
'72 continues to lead our active group there, and is glad to
have LARRY SCHAEFFER '47 (from Mexico City), in the area to
help out. Vice President BILL STARKEY '72 reports the group is
planning a summer reunion .
BILL KING, professor of English as a Second Language, was
honored guest at a MIAMI luncheon organized by MARLON
WILLSON '51 . Bill reports the alumni as concerned w ith admission
CHICAGO area alumni enjoyed cocktail parties New Year's Eve
at Pub-in-the-Park, and on April 1, at the Ch i~a go Association
of Commerce and Industry, thanks to BOB BEAN '48, Director
of the World Division for the Chicago Association of Commerce
and Industry and recipient of the "Chicago Alumnus of the
Year" award. Placement director, CHARLES MANNEL, alumn i
director DIANE CONNElLY, and "alumni-i n-residence" PHILLIP
MARTIN and BARBARA BYRNES were honored guests on April
Contact ROD TAYLOR '75 or KEITH CROMLEY '75 for details of
NEW ORLEANS' alumni plans.
MARY McMUNN '74 organized a successful cocktail party in
honor of CHARLES MANNEL, director of placement, December
9, in MINNEAPOLIS. An early summer picnic is in the works.
TOM WONG '73 hopes NORTH CAROLINA alumni will volunteer
to help him organize a big summer T-Bird ingathering.
Call him!
BIG APPLE alumni will have cocktails, munchies and companionship
May 1. Call CHRIS GORSLINE for details. T-Birds honored
BERGER ERICKSON at a cocktail party in the AMA Bu ilding in
New York City in November, courtesy of DAVE SECUNDA
(honorary T-Bird, and father of four graduates).
A serious question and answer session resulted from DALLAS'
get-together with alumni director, DIANE CONNELLY, Novem-ber
20. All dual AGSIM - SMU degree candidates are particularly
welcome to attend the group's next meeting. The weekend
of April 16, T-Birds met to "reaffirm acquaintances and d ialogue
of November meeting," according to DAVE TROTT '74 .
PORTlAND area alumni committee members are concentrating
on up-dating their area lists. BARKER BATES '51 is organizing a
meeting when DIANE CONNELLY is in the area the second
week of July.
Under the leadership of PETER COVER '69, the WASHINGTON,
D.C. alumni group is active again. The group entertained PRESIDENT
VORIS in September; Board members met with DIANE
CONNELLY in November; and the entire T-Bird alumni group
met April 6 .
HECTOR HOLLAND '76, the 1976 " Alumnus in Residence"
award recipient, and ERNIE · KANGAS '73 now in Waukesha,
organized a MILWAUKEE lunch in November.
JAY SAVAGE '75, ROBERT GILBERT '75, and GREG WALKER '75
organized a gathering of PHILADELPHIA alumni in late January.
Over fifty alumni were in attendance, including ALBERT
CARIELLO, JR. '4 7, who, according to reports, was "just magnificent."
Other Countries
Contact SUZANNE BLACK '69 if interested in meeting with
other T-Birds in the BAHAMAS.
Since STEPHEN MYRACLE '62 moved to Guam and JIM WILLIAMS
'71 moved to Malaysia, LIBBY GINNETTI '70 and CLIFF
BEVENS '50 are serving as BANGKOK alumni coordinators and
welcome any newly arrived Thunderbirds.
JIM DAHLSTROM '58 reports a successful COSTA RICA reunion.
EL SALVADOR alumni had a general reunion and cocktail party,
February, reports JOHN ARNOLD '61 .
Returning from her v isit to the People's Republ ic of China in
HONG KONG, Professor SHOSHANA T ANCER yisited w ith BILL
LING, JR. '73, AVINDER BINDRA '74, and GEORGE HSU '75
(among others) at the Mandarin Hotel cocktail lounge. She also
talked by phone with PHILLIP BLAISDELL '70.
TOKYO alumni enjoyed a Halloween party. MARTIN SOURS
reports that JAPAN alumni also held a party on April 16th.
A Christmas party was hosted by "alumni-in-residence" ORLANDO
DAVILLA in SAN JUAN. All fifteen Puertorriquenos and
transientes toasted T-Bird's health. JOHN TOMLINSON '58 and
SANFORD STONE '69 are planning a San Juan PUERTO RICO
The first SINGAPORE reunion was organized by BILL WAGNER
'68 and SAM MURUGASU '73. Twenty-five "scholars" met
November 30 for dinner and drinks.
MICHAEL BENNIS '66 hosted a Spring Meeting of the MADRID
area alumni at his home, March 31.
If you are visiting, job-hunting, moving or new to their area, the T-Birds marked "RP" will help you. If you'd like information
about alumni meetings and activities in their area, the T-Birds marked "AA" will advise you of times and places.
Let me know if you'd like to add your name to this distinguished list of AGSIM alumni who are proudly serving their
School and other distinguished alumni world-wide.
Noble Blackshear (AA)
c/ o Arizona Bank
101 N. First Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85003
tel : (602) 262-2000
Mark Mahoney (RP)
830 S. Farmer
Tempe, AZ 85281
tel : (602) 966-3075
Chuck Murphy (RP)
c/ o Arizona Bank
101 N. First Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85003
tel: (602) 262-2000
Ken Nelson (RP, AA)
6720 N. 18th PI.
Phoenix, AZ 85016
tel: (602) 265-2033
Barbara Stewart (RP, AA)
6529 W. Glendale Ave.
Apt. J
Glendale, AZ 85301
CALIFORNIA (Northern)
Gary Michael (RP, AA)
1776 Monroe, Apt. H-5
Santa Clara, CA 95050
tel: (408) 296-0982 (H)
(415) 783-0878 (0)
Sherman J. Olson (RP, AA)
c/ o AFIA
300 Montgomery St.
Suite 860
San Francisco, CA 94104
tel : (415) 421-0444
Roland J. Willits (AA)
342 Blackstone Dr.
San Rafael , CA 94903
tel: (415) 453-1655
Roland E. Garcia (RP)
4325 W. Shaw # B
Fresno, CA 93711
tel : (209) 442-8100
CALIFORNIA (Southern)
Jim Dale (AA)
c/ o Charlotte Dale
3131 W. Pacific Coast Hwy.
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Jeff Ruby (A A)
23016 Haddock Dr.
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
tel : (714) 595-9943 (H)
(213) 330-0666 (0)
W. Lawrence Schaeffer (RP, AA)
770 W. Imperial Ave., Apt. 30
EI Segundo, CA 90245
tel: (213) 322-0935
(San Diego)
Craig A. Starkey (RP, AA)
Box 1122
Rancho Sante Fe, CA 92067
tel : (714) 756-2692
Mimi Nettrour (RP, AA)
c/ o Merrill, Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Bean
Denver, CO
tel : (303) 759-5314
George E. Grimmett (RP)
P. O. Box 266
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
tel : (305) 862-7620
Robert Michaud (RP)
208 First Ave. F2
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
Marlon E. Willson (RP, AA)
7241 SW 1 18 St.
Miami, FL 33156
tel : (305) 235-2141
Harry Fanning (RP, AA)
44-208 Malae Place
Kaneohe, HI 96744
tel : (808) 254-1221
Gary Mi lIer (RP)
c/ o Carrigan, Hoffman
& Assoc.
The Hawaii Building
745 Fort St., Suite 2108
Honolulu, HI 96813
tel : (808) 524-5336
Bob Johnson (RP)
RE Johnson IntI. Assoc.
1795 Taft Ave.
Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
tel : (312) 358-6464
Paula Messer (RP)
4343 N. Clarendon
Apt. 1509
Chicago, IL 60613
tel: (312)935-5715
Randy Miller (AA)
3150 N. Sheridan #13D
Chicago, IL 60657
tel: (312) 327-1153
Jesse Wilson (AA)
c/ o Thomas H. Miner & Assoc.
135 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60603
tel : (312) 236-8745
Cynthia Young (RP)
535 N. Michigan
Chicago, IL 60611
tel : (312) 467-5322
Fred Leenerts (RP)
604 21 st St.
Moline, IL 61265
tel : (309) 762-8780
Ed Noonan (RP, AA)
4010 N. War Memori al Dr.
# 119
Peoria, IL 61614
tel: (309) 688-9166
David Traff (RP, AA)
1811 Kingsway, #F5
Peoria, IL 61614
tel: (309) 692-2413
Mark Dannenberg (RP)
3025 Georgton Rd.
West Lafayette, IN 47906
tel : (317) 463-5128
Robin Hess (RP)
242 Monterey Ave.
Terre Haute, IN 47803
tel : (812) 234-3376
Walt Atkinson (RP)
8800 E. Harry, #403
Wichita, KS 67207
tel : (316) 685-6858
Keith Cromley (RP, AA)
New Orleans, LA 701 16
tel: (504) 524-9834
Rod Taylor (RP, AA)
1024 Jefferson Ave.
New Orleans, LA 701 15
tel: (504) 895-8587
Bruce Wallace (RP, AA)
Box 155, RFD # 1
Hydes, MD 21082
tel : (301) 592-2811
Phillippe Deymes (RP, AA)
Morgan Manor
# 50A Starwood Dr.
Lenox, MA 01240
tel: (413) 637-2811
Greg Buchaj (RP)
29121 Sherry
Madison Heights, MI 48071
tel : (313) 545-1570
Dallas Dawson (RP)
American Motors Corp.
27777 Franklin Rd.
Southfield MI 48076
tel : (313)827-1000
Gloria Trierweiler (RP, AA)
Campbell-Ewald, IntI.
3044 W. Grand Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48202
tel: (313) 872-6000
Mary McMunn (RP, AA)
9300 Cedar Ave., # 144
Bloomington, MN 55420
tel : (612) 888-7223
Ted Strickler (RP, AA)
American Mortgage &
Investment Co.
Suite 203,
Park Sahara Office Mall
1810 E. Sahara Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89104
tel : (702) 733-2075
Robert Ballinger (RP)
Asst. Professor,
Business Division
Siena College
Loudenville, NY 12211
tel : (518) 783-2300
Mike Crotty (AA)
21 W. 86th Street, #710
New York, NY 10024
tel : (212) 929-4100
(212) 724-8500
Jim & Chris Gorsline (A A)
135 Liberty St.
Lodi, NJ 07644
tel : (201) 472-0907
Robert Morris (RP, AA)
5 Bedford Ave.
Massapequi, NY 11758
tel: (516) 799-6253
William Neumann (RP)
169 Charlton Ave.
South Orange, NJ 07079
Peter Nicholson (RP)
15 Jones St., Apt. 1-A
New York, NY 10011
tel : (212)675-1056
Carlos Orchard (RP)
NOSAMCO Services Inc.
60 E. 42nd St.
Lincoln Bldg .
New York, NY 10036
tel: (212) 697-6485
Gary Pacific (RP)
c/ o Crane Company
300 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10022
John Sandor (RP, AA)
c/ o Phillip Morris, Inc.
100 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10010
tel : (212) 679-1800
Debby Smith (RP)
40 Sutton Place, Apt. 8-C
New York, NY 10022
tel : (212) 754-1100 ext. 560
R. Wayne Walvoord (RP)
c/ o Security Trust Co.
(IntI. Dept.)
One East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14638
tel : (716) 262-3100
Tom Wong (RP, AA)
7119 Stonington Lane
Charlotte, NC 28212
Dennis Smith (RP)
Clark Equipment
Melrose Division
112 N. University Drive
Fargo, NO 58102
tel: (701) 293-3220
Harry Cockrell (RP)
c/ o Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria, OH 44035
tel : (216) 323-5581
Mike Groeneveld (RP)
c/ o Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria, OH 44035
tel: (216) 323-5581
Arif Hafiz (RP, AA)
c/ o Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark Street
Elyria, OH 44035
tel : (216) 324-3556
Steve Mahood (RP)
31 Stewart Court
Oberlin,OH 44074
tel: (216) 775-0528
Allan Welch (RP)
14914 Lake Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44107
tel: (216) 228-5194
Robert August (RP)
1219 W. Wynnewood Rd.
Wynnewood, PA 19096
tel: (215)649-6081
Mike Loudon (RP)
FMC Corp. Agricultura l
Chemical Div.
2000 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
tel: (215) 299-6000
Emmanuel Nsien (RP)
7805 Buist Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19153
tel: (215) 492-9338
Jay Savage (AA)
1700 Ben Franklin Parkway
#1 106
Philadelphia, PA 19103
tel: (215) 569-2460
Donald Stanek (RP)
2862 Washington St.
Easton, PA 18042
tel: (201) 859-2151
(215) 252-2131
Houston Briggs (RP)
3519 Bremen
Dallas, TX 75206
tel: (214) 821-5494
Hans Jany (AA)
4536 University #24
Dallas, TX 75205
Luis Molinar (RP)
c/ o Bell Hel icopter
1901 Central Dr.
Bedford, TX 76021
tel: (817) 267-8161
Dave Trott (RP, AA)
6073 Village Glen Dr.
# 4228
Dallas, TX 75206
tel : (214) 691-5857
Kr is W. Anderson (RP, AA)
5314 Wending Way
Houston, TX 77091
tel: (713) 681 -6596
Earl V. Dragics (RP)
10162 Haddington
Houston, TX 77043
tel: (713) 464-9768
Virginia McCampbell (RP, AA)
Su ite 1200, Conoco Tower
Five Greenway Plaza East
Houston, TX 77046
tel: (713) 621-9050
Barton l. Hartzell (RP, AA)
6322 126th Avenue S.E.
Bellevue, WA 98006
tel: (206) 641 -2 796
Chuck Hazen, Jr. (AA)
c/ o Seattle First National
Bank -IBD
16th Floor
P. O. Box 3586
Seattle, WA 98124
tel: (206) 583-3131
Haven Stewart (RP)
12537 7th Ave. N.W.
Seattle, WA 981 77
(So. WA & Portland OR)
D. Barker Bates (RP, AA)
1926 Olympia Way
Longview, WA 98632
tel: (206) 636-1 768
Maurce B. McCullough (RP)
2834 N.E. 45th A ve.
Portland, OR 97213
tel : (503) 281-9904
Peter Cover (AA)
6028 Grove Dr.
Alexandria, VA 22307
tel: (703) 765-4912
Paul & Chris Tve it (A A)
6800 Fleetwood Rd ., Suite 915
Mclean, VA 22101
tel: (703) 356-0737
John Votta (RP)
Rt. 6, Box 577
Fredericksburg , VA 22401
tel: (703) 752-2409
Hector Holland (RP, AA)
Koehring Inti Marketing Co.
780 Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53201
tel : (414) 273-2300 ext. 1
Ernest Kangas (RP, AA)
208 Oakland Ave.
Waukesha, WI 53186
tel: (414) 224-0240
(414) 549-0942
AI Keiser (RP)
c/ o Marshall & IIsey Bank
770 N. Water Street
Milwaukee, WI 53201
tel: (4 14) 765-7700
Dave Wallace (RP, AA)
No. 17 Brisbane A ve .
East Lindfield
Austral ia
Suzanne J. Black (RP, AA)
Allied Bank Internationa l
P. O. Box N-3944
Nassau, Bahamas
George W. Cevallas-Bowen (RP)
P. O. Box N-3229
Deltec Banking Corp. Ltd.
Nassau, Bahamas
tel: (809) 322-8730
John P. Kluever (RP)
c/ o IBM de Bolivia S.A.
Casilla 1061
La Paz, Bolivia
Byron Coelho (RP)
Brandao Ca valca nti 231 B
58600 Santa Luzia PB
Noel Lang (RP)
Av. Boa Viagem 3906
Recife, Pernambuco Apto. 301
Brazil 50.000
(Rio de Janeiro)
Roberto Bumagny (Paula) (RP, AA)
Rua Prof. Artur Ramos,
151 Apt. 301
Rio de Janeiro 20.000 Brazil
Ernie Escobedo (RP, AA)
Bethlehem Brazilian Corp.
Avienda Churchill 129,
Suite 402
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
tel: 242-3885 or 222-9540
Cable: "Bethlehem"
Rio de Janeiro
Rolph Johnson (RP)
Rua Barao de Guaratiba 218/ 303
Gloria ZX-Ol
Rio de Janeiro, 20.000 Brazil
(Sao Paulo)
Dennis J. Orio (AA)
Rua Itambe 96, Apto. 151
01239 Sao Paulo, Brazi I ESP
Satjiv Chahil (RP, AA)
Hampton # 1708
322 Eglinton A ve. East
Toronto, Ontario M4P1L6
Norman Mcintosh (RP)
1375 Prince of Wales Dr .,
Apt. 1812
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada K2C 3L5
Max Krauss (RP)
c/ o Hucke Industrias
Alimenticias S.A.C.
Calle Freire 321
Valparaiso, Chile
Gabriel E. Cuellar (RP, AA)
Apartado Aereo 90877
Bogota, Colombia
Lu is I. Mejia-Maya (RP, AA)
Calle 17 # 4-68, Apto. 1704
Bogota, Colombia
Jim Dahlstrom (RP, AA)
c/ o Super Servicio
Apartado 992
San Jose, Costa Rica
tel: 22-55-44
James Stanley (RP, AA)
Apartado 3475
San Jose, Costa Rica
George Wei smiller (RP)
Apartado 1411
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Robert Murray (AA)
Apartado 2234
Quito, Ecuador, S.A.
John R. Arnold (RP, AA)
Arnold Enterprises
Box 1111
San Salvador, EI Salvador
Jim Koessler (AA)
c/ o Arguenta Koessler
S.A. de C.V.
Paseo General Escalon 4828
San Salvador, EI Salvador
tel: 23-9000
Pasca l Cornille (RP, AA)
70 Rue Du Point Du Jour
92.100 Boulogne, Seine, France
R. A. Dienha rt (RP)
17 Rue Henri Regnault
Garches, France
tel : 602.20.05
Manfred " Lo" Locher (RP, AA)
Kirchplatz 6
Postfach 045
7932 Munderkinger Donau,
Roy de Motte (RP, AA)
Feldner Internationale
Transport GMBH
Moglingen bein Stuttgart
Da im lerstrasse 58, Germany
Denis Gavanas (RP)
Sanavag Assoc. GP
P. O. Box 1622, Syntagma Sq.
Athens 126, Greece
Allan S. Cheng (RP, AA)
c/ o Meyer Mfg. Co. Ltd .
330 Kwan Tong Road
Hong Kong
Bill Tak-Ming Ling (RP, AA)
c/ o Ling-McCann-Erickson ltd.
Watson's Estate
C-1 North Point
Hong Kong
C. Gregg Wadas (RP, AA)
Trade Media ltd.
P. O. Box K-1786
Kowloon Central P.O.
Hong Kong B.c.e.
Y. G. Dwarka nath (RP, AA)
SRI Krishna SPG & WVG Mills
Bangalore II , India
Daniel J. Goldsmith (RP, AA)
c/ o USAID/PHO
American Embassy
JI . Merdeka Salatan
Jakarta, Indonesia
Bo Lower (RP, AA)
Marine Midland Bank
P. O. Box 2680/JKT
Jakarta, Indonesia
Nersi Sahba (RP, AA)
Karin Khan land Blvd .
Behjat Abad Apts.
Block # 8 #24-C
Tehran, Iran
John Mitchell Summers (AA)
c/ o Armco Int'I Corp.
Kafrang Bldg .
135 Kheradmand Shomali,
Tehran, Iran
Gerald H. Kangas (RP, AA)
c/ o Citibank
Nairobi, Kenya
tel: 334-286
Jim Walton (RP, AA)
c/ o Koehring IntI.
Nairobi, Kenya
Jae Suk Lee (RP, AA)
c/o Korea Development Bank
c.P.O. Box 6754
Seoul, Korea
Riad Marei (RP, AA)
c/o Y. Alghanim & Son
P. O. Box 223
Gunter H. Kohlke (RP)
P. O. Box 741
Manama, Bahrain
Victor Alfaro (AA)
7bis- #1
Mexico City, 7, D.F. Mexico
Patrick T. McLaughlin (RP, AA)
c/o Limonex S.A.
Genova 33-PH
Colonia Juarez
Mexico 6, D.F. Mexico
Ben M'Hamed Amraoui (RP)
267 Boulevard Mohamed V
Casablanca, Morocco
Bill Syms (RP, AA)
Postbus 134
Koog a/ d laan
The Netherlands
Ian D. Campbell (RP, AA)
Blauwduifweg 8
Curagao, Netherlands Antilles
Jan Strangel (RP)
Scandinavian Activities a.s.
P. O. Box 111
Hector Cespedes Bravo (RP, AA)
Constitucion 292
Callao, Lima, Peru
Bob & Gloria Shuman (AA)
c/ o Robert Shuman & Associates
Box 1393
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Sanford Stone (AA)
Condo Ed Ferrol #702
119 Roosevelt Ave.
Rato Rey, Puerto Rico
John F. Tomlinson (RP, AA)
Caribbean Properties ltd.
171 De Parque
San Juan 0091 1, Puerto Rico
tel: 725-7365
Philip C. Blaisdell (RP, AA)
Saudi Ind. Development Fund
P. O. Box 4143 Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Kent Densley (RP)
c/o Industrial National Bank
Suite 1007
4 Shenton Way
Singapore 1
Stephen G. Heiner (RP, AA)
c/o Gulf Trading & Transport
Ming Court Hotel
P. O. Box 641
Bill Wagner (RP, AA)
Dodge & Seymour (Far East) Inc.
37-39 Robinson Rd.,
2nd Floor, Rm. 2
Singapore 1
tel : 2229966
C. Michael Benn is (RP, AA)
Claudio Coello 92, 4-F
Madrid 6, Spain
Norm Baum (RP)
House of Siam, ltd.
8 Sathorn Nua
Bangkok 5, Thailand
Cliff Bevens (RP, AA)
c/ o Goodyear Int'l Corp.
Sirinee Building
518 / 4 Ploenchit Rd.
Bangkok, Thailand
tel: 252-6141
Libby Ginnetti (AA)
c/ o American Int'I Assurance
181 Suriwongse Rd.
Bangkok, Thailand
tel: 234-9130
Dominique Matron (RP)
c/ o Coca Cola Export Corp.
Apartado 3729-Carmelitas
Caracas, Venezuela
tel: 36.42.65; 36.42.82;
Ingrid Podbewchek (AA)
c/o IBM de Venezuela
Dpto. De Tesoreria, Apto. 388
Caracas, Venezuela
Susy Sagy (RP, AA)
Apartado 50817
Caracas 105, Venezuela
Coming Home To Thunderbird
If you plan to come back to campus, please write us at the
Alumni Office or phone us at 602-938-74 10/ 11 ahead of time.
We'll make reservations and appointments for you and try to
make your visit here a memorably happy one.
We suggest the following CAMPUS EVENTS as being of great
interest and enjoyment to you if you can plan to "homecome"
in November, January and/ or April.
NOVEMBER 12 and 13, 1977:
Friends of Thunderbird-sponsored Third Annual Thunderbird
Invitational Hot Air Balloon Race. Calcutta auction Friday night.
Over thirty full-size balloons in Hare and Hound and Precision
Drop Competitions, Saturday and Sunday. Mabel Erickson, race
JANUARY, 1978: (tentative)
Seminar for Alumni Managers. Proposed topics: World-Wide
Planning, The American Executive Overseas.
Please write me your suggestions/ interest on this.
Interfest. All-campus annual Spring Festival. Parade of nations.
Hourly dance, band and choral entertainment. Foods and items
for sale from around the world. Games and contests. All-alumni
cocktail party. Intern.ational auction and ball.
HAROLD J. NEVIN '62 and Ana Maria Rechy, Mexico City, Mexico
... CARLTON B. FOUST '70 and Patricia Flynn, Montauk,
New York ... SHIRAlALJ PEERA '71 and Lydia Gecobe, Scotts-dale,
Arizona . .. JOHN T. DENMAN '72 and Bette S. Maloney
... CATHERINE A. INGRAM '72 and Richard Krell, Aberdeen,
Washington ... CHARLES G. RUDOLF '72 and Julie E. McDermott
... CINDY COTTON '74 and ROBERT BRADY '74 ...
JULIE J. HOUK '74 and David W. Goodrich .. . JANICE MORFEE
'75 and Gary Lee Klotz . .. DEBORAH PLJER '75 and
ROBERT TENNER '75 ... TERRY BYRNES '75 and TOM FADRHONC
'75 ... VICTOR K. OBIEKWE '76 and Veronica O. Okele,
Phoenix, Arizona ... MARVIN HUTH '76 and DIANE CLAUSS
'76 . . . BRUCE LAMARCHE '75 and Florentine HelbichPoschacher,
Vienna, Austria.
KEVIN & PATRICIA McMAHON '62, Kevin Jr., Brookfield Center,
Connecticut . . . The MICHAEL GROSSES '66, Stephen
Matthew, Houston, Texas ... MICHAEL & CHARLOTTE PIERCE
'68, Brian, Balboa, Canal Zone . . . BILL & JUDY KELLEY '71,
Ryan Michael, Mission Viejo, California ... HAROLD " BUCK" &
BONNIE BROWN '71, Jason David, Madrid, Spain ... GEORGE
& PETRA NORTON, JR. '72, Marc Frederick, Marietta, Georgia
· .. The JAMES W. ECHLES '72, Tatsuji Joseph, Tokyo, Japan
· .. HUGO & MARY WOLTER '72, Bjorn, Annapolis, Maryland
· .. ERNIE & MELODY KANGAS '73, Chandler Ernest Gregg,
Waukesha, Wisconsin ... GEORGE & NANCY KARKLINS '73,
Nicholas Stuart, Kronberg, West Germany . . . HAROLD &
KATHLEEN BLAIR '75, Michael , Columbus, Ohio .. PHIL & DEE
LACY '75 , Brian Phillips, Cypress, California ... BOB & BETH
CONKLIN JR . '76, Ty Curtis, Anchorage, Alaska .
ROB & MARY ANN PEGLAR '72, Gaffney Frances, New York
City, New York ... ERNESTO & PATRICIA GUTIERREZ '72, Anna
Elizabeth, Mexico City, Mexico ... DAN & CAROL LONCAR '72,
Mary Elizabeth, Germany ... GARY & MIA OLSON '73, Kristin
Anne, New York City, New York ... THE TAPAN SINHAS '74,
Anjuli, Calcutta, India ... OLAYIDE & COMELTIA SAFI '76,
Houston, Texas . .. WALTER & BARBARA FIELDS '76, Hopkins,
Please write us if you know the current mailing address
and/or any other information about these "lost" T-Birds.
William L. Harrington (J47)
Chester J. Voloshik (X47)
Daniel Hammer (J49)
Edwin C. Bliss (J52)
David H. Trott (K52)
John B. Rock (F55)
Henry C. Karpf (J57)
Gordon J . Tillotson (J58)
Jon P. Childress (J59)
Rachel G. Chiong (F60)
Michael S. Moklebust (J60)
Welsey A. Anderson (J61)
Paris E. Smith (J62)
Matthew Shipman (J63)
Tyrone S. Kindor (J66)
Gerald J. Murphy (F66)
Thomas R. Adams (J68)
Carl J. Stahl (F68)
Thomas F. Gray (F69)
Richard J. McKegney (F69)
Edward L. Mitchell Jr. (J70)
Samuel Nee (J70)
Carlos F. Salas-Humara (J70)
Doris M . Sokay (A72)
Leslie W. Sokay (A72)
Herbert L. Jensen (M73)
John T. Hettie (M74)
Andrew Marshall Jr. (A74)
Judy Yep (A74)
Linda H. Adofson (A75)
Silvio J. Lopez (M76)
47 The Fred A. Leiserings of Bogota, Colombia, hope to
get back to Thunderbird for their "every ten year
visit." . .. Larry Schaeffer changes from Mexico Resource
Person to Southern California Resource Person with his
move to EI Segundo and employment as Logistics EngineerSpare
Pa rts Administrator with Rockwell International B-1 Division
.... From Spain, John H. Moynahan writes, " I am presently
connected with Security Pacific National Bank as Managing Director
of one of its holding company affi l iates. Previously I was
in Hong Kong in the same capacity."
48 From Miami, John D. Henson writes that he has retired
from the Agency for International Development and
plans to form an import-export firm, Quanex Interna·
tional Inc., of which he will be president . . . . This is William O.
Neumann's third year as president of Scenic Travel Bureau Ltd .
in Hoboken, New Jersey ... . The Lowell Marcuses enjoy San
Diego living .... William E. Davis writes, "I had hoped to visit
Thunderbird this summer, but I' ll be giving (?) away two
daughters in marriage this April and June. Had an international
exchange student from Peru last spring . We still correspond and
talk via ham radio-telephone."
49 Don Groves has written a number of articles for national
and international publications and is working
on his second book. He is a senior professional staff
member of the National Academy of Sciences. .. Robert F.
Kline has been promoted to manager of material for Motorola's
government electronics division ... . Richard Pfeiffer has left
Managua, Nicaragua, and is in Washington, North Carolina .
Charles Kanopa '51 J. Kenneth Seward '57
50 "I would like to reiterate my great pleasure in working
with Dave Merchant on the Thunderbird Fund
campaign for the Washington area," writes Stephen
M. Conger, director of the major export projects division in the
U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington.
51 Rodale Press has recently announced the publication
of HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, a two-volume
collection of essays on walking and natural history
written by Charles Konopa, who is a naturalist with the National
Park Service. His writings are based on his experience of walking
the full length of the 2,030-mile Appalach ian National
Scenic Trail.
52 George Cumpston has moved to San Diego and operates
Professional . Resource Consultants, Inc. there.
... Toby R. Madison is working in the international
division of Barnes-Hind Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Sunnyvale, California
.... Hilary W. Wilson is a consultant for the U.N. in
New York City .
5 3 Sam Neblett has moved to White Plains, New York,
where he is working for IBM in their new headquarters
building. He says he "has miss~d New York City
like the proverbial hole in the head."
54 William Rayman reports, " After 17 years and that
many countries I took a leave of absence from senior
mission director for CARE; finally resigned and located
in Washington . I now work as executive for an organization
doing liaison with six cooperative organizations working in the
developing nations." ... James Sharp is president and owner
of Sharp and Co., an organization dealing with aircraft parts.
5 5 c. R. Shelton was promoted to manager, public relations
services, for Parke, Davis & Company; in this
position he is responsible for media relations, community
relations, and various internal public relations activities.
... After working for CARE in Egypt and Bangladesh , George
N. Weismiller has been relocated to Santo Domingo .... Selfemployed
Hermann P. Kaercher distributes Shure products in
West Germany. He lives in Nevenhain.
5 6 Dave Murison interviewed on campus for Citibank.
. .. "Joined Crocker National Bank in March, 1976, as
a Senior Vice President in the International Division ."
Charles M. Stockholm, executive vice president and manager of
the corporate banking division of Crocker Bank, was featured
in separate articles in The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 1977,
and Business Week Magazine, April 18, 1977 ... . After completing
his MIM in December, 1976, Jim Jackson has accepted
employment with Bechtel in San Francisco as senior accountant .
. . . Bob Connelly is vice preSident-Latin America for International
Mill Service, Inc., of Philadelphia . He and his wife live in
Rio de Janeiro.
57 After 14 years in Europe, Tullio Vigano has returned
to the States. He is vice president of marketing with
Synair Corporation, a manufacturer of polyurethane
products, in Tustin, California .... JOBS WORLDWIDE's publisher,
Alexander Boggio, for personal satisfaction enrolled at
Thomas A. Edison College for a BA degree in Humanities ....
"Have relocated the Latin American regional office of G. D ..
Searle International Company from Mexico City to Coral Gables,
Florida, as a result of a professionally executed site location
analysis," writes vice president William R. Gargiulo, Jr. . . .
From Doug Buckmaster: "Now exporting natural vitamins for
Western Natural Products (in addition to work at USC Cancer
Center). Any overseas T-Birds interested?" . . . J. Kenneth
Seward is managing director for Johnson & Higgins in Manila.
5 8 Walter Waechter, Jr. has moved to Mexico City,
where he is president of Larin .. . . Baker/ Beech-Nut
Corporation has announced the promotion of Bill
Maratos to vice president of their international division.
59 Jim Hill is now director of sales at M. D. Publications;
previously, he had been national advertising manager
for a McGraw-Hili medical publication . ... Since June
1, 1976, Thomas Honse has been general manager of BarberColman
do Brasil, a company specializing in textile machinery,
machine tools, ind ustrial instruments, small electrical motors,
cutting tools, and precision measurement devices .... Anthony
Francis Joseph Finnerty is representative director for Manpower
Japan CO. Ltd. in Tokyo.
60 David Wallace is now director of Performance Incentives
Company in Camperdown, Australia.
Chal. A. Neustadt '61 Howard Keefe '61
61 Charles A. Neustadt has been named executive di rector
of the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore,
Maryland .... The Jerry Lewises have been in Honduras
for almost four years. Jerry enjoys the CARE program,
which is engaged in agriculture, fisheries, water supply, school
construction, nurse training and standard food programs . . ..
From Pittsburgh, James H. Parker, Jr. writes that he has been
named general manager of purchasing for Heinz, U.S.A. ...
Californ ia Polytechnic State University has promoted Dr. Joseph
N. Weatherby to the rank of professor in their Political Science
Department .... After eleven years in Europe, George F. (Bud)
Norwood is manager of international strategic planning for Del
Monte Corporation at their San Francisco headquarters ....
After leaving Miles Laboratories as general manager, Overseas
Chemical Group, in 1966, the Lin Kingsburys moved to Colorado
Springs, where Lin became a major shareholder and president
of Systemation. In 1968, he started Kingsbury and Associates,
a consulting and brokerage business,which is trying to
attract overseas investments in the Rocky Mountain area. Lin
and Penny have seen the Leighton Willgerodts, Bruno Modica,
and the John Arnolds.
62 Carlos E. Cortes has authored a new book, THREE
AND NATIVE AMERICANS .. .. John Florida is attend ing
Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program,
before J. Walter Thompson Company announces his new assignment
. .. . The Jim and Shirley Wood Hartley family returned
to the States from Brazil. Jim is acting as consultant to
the international sales group at Goulds Pumps, Inc., following
successful open-heart surgery in Seneca Falls, New York ....
The Ralph Hannings "are well entrenched in Middle Tennessee,"
where Ralph is director of sales for Sun Chek, Inc. ... Stephen
G. Heiner played the part of John Dickinson in the bicentennial
musical, " 1776," in Jakarta, Indonesia . . .. Harold J. Nevin is
employed by the Basic/ Four Corporation in San Franci sco .. ..
Julius J. Modlinske is a doctoral candidate at the University of
Wisconsin ... . William A. Rosenthal writes, "We've been in
Hong Kong almost seven years now working for Business International.
I travel as far west as India, down under to Australia,
north to Japan, and even into the PRe. No matter where I go
I run into the ubiquitous T-Birds ." . .. Miles Freitag is with
Salsbury Laboratories in Charles City, Iowa .
6 3 John Votta has joined the U.S. Department of Commerce
in Richmond .. . . From Florida, Hal Olcott reports
missing the "social whirl" of overseas life, but
says he is still traveling quite a bit in Latin America, Europe
and North Africa ... . "After three and a half years with Marine
Midland and six years in London, we are being transferred to
Jakarta, Indonesia, where I wi II take over the bank's representative
office," writes Bo Lower.
64 No longer with Sony Superscope, Paul Willetts is with
Rowe Furniture Corporation as plant manager of their
metals division in North Hollywood . . . . William
Moore is with the William Wrigley Jr. Co .. . . Jay J. Killeen
writes, "Have been appointed consul of Malaysia in the state
of Oregon. In addition to consular duties am .agricultural sales
consultant." ... Kim and Martha Lutz will be with the U.S.
Embassy in Bonn, Germany, for the next three years . . . . After
two years as managing director of United California Bank International
in Brussels, Pierre Debbaudt became the head of their
Latin American area and export financing group, with the title
of vice president ... . Michael Z. Fruehwirth is really enjoying
the travel opportunities afforded him by his European assignment
with American Bell International, Inc.
Alan DeBraal '65
6 5 Tom Preston is working for Johnson & Johnson de
Mexico. . . . Alan R. DeBraal has been elected vice
president/ marketing of Apollo Motor Homes, Inc. of
Downey, California .... The George Dykes family has moved
to Colorado. George is Volvo's district manager in the Denver
area ... . "1 have been appointed vice president-general manager
of Black & Decker Philippines, Inc., writes John Datsopoulos
. . .. Daniel J. Goldsmith is with the American Embassy
in Jakarta, Indonesia.
66 J. W. Lee is traveling throughout South America seeking
new trading business and investments for Compania
Continental S.A. of Buenos Aires .... "Ron
Pfafflin '73 and I had been fooling around with Phoenix Pacific,
Inc. for over a year; however, things started to come together
at the first of the year, so we were more or less launched by
February, and moved from Los Angeles to Davenport," writes
Fred Smoot .... Richard Bilbrough is vice president-Crocker
National Bank in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ... W. A. Gleason is vice
president and general manager-international division, Consolidated
Fibres, Inc .... June of 1977, Andy Johnson receives his
Masters in Business Administration from the University of
Chicago. He is in domestic sales at Armco Steel Corporation .
· .. The W. David Watkins family is presently housing a Brazilian
exchange student until June .... Michael Gross became
a partner in the law firm of Magids & White, Inc. in Houston,
Texas. . . . David Arms moved to Marion, Massachusetts, to
become vice president-administration and treasury, Environmental
Devices Corporation .
67 "Recently ioined Consolidated Fibres, Inc. as General
Manager of Nashville (,Music City-U.S.A.') waste paper
recycling facility," writes Ralph Simon . .. . Kenneth
Miller writes, "After nine years selling for Eastman Kodak in
Michigan, I have been transferred into the international photographic
division in Rochester, New York, as an export product
information specialist." ... James Metzger is assistant professor
of engineering technology at Memphis State University ....
Ralph Harmon works in Algeria for Stone & Webster Eng ineering
Corporation as a field engineer/ materials coordinato r. His
family lives in Barcelona, but Ralph is able to spend two weeks
at a time with them, every six weeks .... "After six years with
Continental Grain Company in Thailand, I continue to enjoy life
and business here," writes Peter Feddersen .. .. Firestone has
transferred Bill Craig from Venezuela to Mexico City, where he
is sales manager . . . . Robert Joseph Carlson is currently with
the American Consulate in Porto Alegre, Brazil. . .. Wilfred E.
Richard reports that during the years 1972 and 1973, he served
with the Peace Corps on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius .
Currently he is a researcher at Penn State University, where he
is completing his Ph.D. in rural sociology .... After spending
two years in Venezuela, William F. Craig is sales director of
Firestone EI Centenario, Mexico.
6 8 Millard Chiang has been elected a vice president of
Charter New York Leasing Corporation, a subsidiary
of Irving Trust ... . FCIA regional manager and international
officer, David W. Bell, was featured in a September,
1976, article of the San Francisco DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS.
· . . During 1976, George E. Grimmett formed Transnational
Citrus Corporation and Grimmett Overseas Trading Company.
A busy man! ... The Branger Miller family runs a sheep ranch
in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana .... Bert V. Hollansky
expects an overseas assignment with Cummins Engine Company
. ... David R. Mcintyre is with Marschalk Advertising
Agency in Missouri. ... Timothy Walker's position title with
NCR is d irector, international order and inventory management.
· . . After seven years overseas with Firestone, B. Wayne Battenfield
has formed an export management company with an
associate from Panama. The company will distribute agricultural
equ ipment in Latin America . .. . Takashi Kurisaka was
transferred to Switzerland by Timex. . . . Masaaki Nakamoto
has been named manager of a new Korf Tokyo liaison office.
· . . Barringer Newcomb bought a large import store, the Venice
Tram Company, in San Diego County, California . He works with
John Schubert.
69 Larry R. Lamb is with the Oregon Bank in Portland,
Oregon . . .. Robert T. Coyne is p~esident of Boston
Consolidation Service, Inc., an import/export company
.. . . Bob F. Reece is an account executive with Marsh and
McLennan in Texas ... . Steve Hall has moved to Boston from
Washington, D.C .... When Sanford J. Stone fin ishes his two-year
tour in Puerto Rico next October, the I.R.S. wi II send him
to Washington, D.C. ... After working for three and a half
years in Venezuela, Stephen M. Ringler is completing his fourth
year in Mexico City with Internatio~al Multifo?ds as direc.tor of
marketing and sales .... After five years In Guam, Richard
Wade has been transferred to Honolulu, Hawaii, by Duty Free
Shoppers. He is vice president, operation, merchandise-U .S.
Division .... Richard A. Koehler reports, "Left Pullman-Kellogg
T. C. Walker Anthony Trow
after seven years and assignments in South America and Far
East to join the Norwegian Oil Corporation in Oslo as regional
sales manager and vice president of Val Verde International,
Inc. (owned 47.5% by Norwegian Oil Corporation)." . . .
Robert Placht has relocated to Sierra Leone in an outreach program
for tARE, following a "backpacking" expedition in India
that inspired him to join the international aid agency. . . .
Anthony Trow has been named director of European marketing
for Pako Corporation, Minneapolis. He will headquarter in Belgium.
Anthony was previously deputy commissioner of economic
development for Minnesota . . .. John Hughes has been
promoted to Captain in.the Army Reserves. He works as a manager
of materials planning for Continental Can Co. of New York
City .. . . President of Trade Services, International , Inc. in San
Diego is William Jasper. He wishes to hear from other T-Birds
in the business . . .. After returning to AGSIM for his MIM degree,
Robert E. Stewart has joined Rucker-Shaffer in Houston ,
Texas, as senior sales engineer ... . Ted E. Mullennix has relocated
to India .... Tom Gevas is currently with Thompson Travel
Marketing as regional marketing manager for the United States
and Canada .... Daniel R. Root, who is enjoying skiing, sailing,
and tennis with his bride, is working for Root Lumber Company
and preserving a 98-year-old courthouse building in Crown
Point, Indiana.
70 Carlton B. Foust is account director with Danis S.A.,
an affiliate of Benton & Bowles, Inc. Also in Spain are
Bill Perez, director of marketing for Johnson Wax
Espanola, and Eddi Sardina, with Barcardi Rum in Malaga ....
Robert Harris is working for Wm. Esty Inc. as an account supervisor.
He is on the Nabisco account ... . Following his travels
in South America Jim Schwartz has moved to Atlanta to bui Id
and run a zinc pl~nt for Newell Industries ... . Mike Evans was
promoted this year to manager, international steel trading department,
Commercial Metal Company, Dall~s, Texas .... ':iaving
returned from Europe and South America, Houston Briggs
is the Southeastern marketing account representative for Fast
Tax International, in Dallas .... Philippe Matron is with Coca
Cola in Puerto Rico and responsible for marketing in the Caribbean
.. .. Joe Chamalian is an engineer for Stearn-Roger in
Denver, Colorado .... Jim Hagan has been recently promoted
to national sales manager/ Canada by American Hospital Supply.
... In San Francisco are Young Chun, with Kamex International,
and Jim Morrell, with Trade Resources, Inc .. .. Carol A. Chase
is pursuing two care~rs, re~1 estate and r.epresent.ing a British
celebrity in the musIc business. . . . Michael Ridgeway h~s
opened a law office in San Dieg<;; Lynn Hur~bert repo~ts he I.S
with Agrovial S.A. in Caracas; Klmb~lI . T. Hillenca~p IS presIdent
of Circle W. Supply Co .... Wichita, Kansas, IS home for
Charles Weeks, an international marketing manager for Pizza
Hut, Inc .... Frank J . Schiendler, Jr. married the former Diana
Mokini lato Shakaran of Fiji ... . "Since July, 1975, I have been
in Rio de Janeiro as the Mellon Bank representative for Brazil,"
reports Terry R. Hull. . . . David Shaffer works ~o~ Ditch Wi.tch
Ltd. in Perry, Oklahoma .. .. Jack Scapa, Jr. has 10lned the firm
of Bert J . Friedman Associates, California .... John Collura is
assistant manager with Bache, Halsey, Stuart in San Diego ....
While doing post-graduate work in hospital administration at
George Washington Un iversity, William Hintz Murphy i.s sp~cializing
in international health care ... . Headquartering In
Bangkok, Thailand, William J. Gunnell, IV is regional marketing
manager/ Asia and the Middle East for Kaiser International
Services Corporation ... . Martin S. Vogt has been transferred
by Bendix Corporation to Paris, France, where his position is
assistant corporate personnel director of Bendix' French affiliate.
... Gary Walter reports: "I was recently reassigned to Montana
from Southern California just in time to put away the swimming
suit and take out the long underwear." Gary is territory manager,
industrial products, for John Deere Corporation, Montana
and Wyoming .. . . Patrick J. McCormick, recently elected a vice
president of United California Bank, will continue in his present
position as general manager of the bank's Taipei branch .... In
Omaha, Mike Harvey of Transnational Services, Ltd. is chairman
of the Midwest Trade Association . . Frank M. Graebner, Jr.
has been elected a vice president-European branch of Security
Pacific National Bank .
Houston Briggs '70 Lianne Sorkin '72
71 Buck Brown has recently been promoted to general
manager of Stervin Espanola, a Winthrop-Sterling Pharmaceutical
Company subsidiary .... Gary L. Langstaff,
vice president, account supervisor at Benton and Bowles, Inc.,
New York, is responsible for several national advertising accounts,
including that of Procter and Gamble's "Charmin." ...
Anthony B. DaSilva, Ingersoll-Rand International, is returning to
Brazi I. . . . Charles S. Murphy, Jr. has been promoted to assistant
vice president at the Arizona Bank .... James Kohl is managing
the Brazil ian subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works in Sao
Paulo .... After two years in Brunei, Borneo with Citibank,
R. Lee Rigney has been transferred to Tokyo, where he is "en-joying
his return to civilization." ... Andrew Tibbets joined
the Republic National Bank of Dallas .... William T. Walsh is
in Rome, Italy, as area sales representative (Italy, Yugoslavia,
Israel) for Caterpi liar Overseas S.A. . . . William S. Von Stein
and his wife Katie Kelso Von Stein are enioying life in London,
where he works with Bank of America. Previously, they were
in Beirut, Lebanon .... "Recently I returned from Asia after
completing an assignment with a group called Save the Children
Federation . Now I am enrolled in college and studying agriculture,"
writes Keith F. Sanders ... . Dennis Orio is Sao Paulo
Branch Manager and Director of Argos, a U.S.-based insurance
company .... L. Andrew Tibbets writes, "After five years in
New York with FCIA, I am now moving to Dallas to ioin the
international department of Republic National Bank."
72 Leonard (Len) Black was recently appointed general
sales manager for Hunt/ Wesson Foods in Puerto Rico.
... Michael C. Bruce is United California Bank's senior
representative in Brazi I. ... Dominique G. Ablondi has accepted
an international job with L'OREAL and wi II be spending time in
France and Latin America .... Porter Hovey left New York to
go into business for himself in women's clothing in Nebraska.
. .. James S. Boyce is in American Seeding's financial department
in Grand Rapids, Michigan .. .. Bruce Shurtleff is with
Mefford, Wier, Inc. as vice president/ managing director in
Albuquerque, New Mexico .... Ernesto Gutierrez is commercial
director for Philips Mexicana, telecommunications division ... .
In charge of the international personal banking department at
The Ba~k of Miamiyffancisco P. Bastida spends sixty per cent
of hiS time throughout latin AmerICa, a task that he finds very
enioyable ... . Dan Loncar is with IBM in Germany .... Phil
Kincaid has been transferred from Firestone's world headquar-ters
in Akron to Switzerland, where he'll work in the comptroller's
office .... Manager of international credit/ finance is
Russell Jaffe's position with Grove Manufacturing Company, a
leading producer of mobile hydraulic cranes.. . Dan Murphy
is an account executive with Burson Marsteller Inc. , a public
relations agency in New York. .. Susy Sagy is with Johnson &
Johnson de Venezuela S.A., where she works as product manager-
consumer division .... Charles Roberts reports that he is
now director of plann ing and business development-international
group at . American Hospital Supply Corp., Illinois ....
Currently flying F-47 phantoms, Lt. Thomas Holston has plans
for extensive travel in Asia and the South Pacific. He expects to
be back in the States in September 77 . .. . Michael Garreld
Collins was transferred to San Diego by Lincoln National Life to
open a new special markets office . ... Hugo Wolter has been
traveling extensively. In Germany, he spent time with Dave and
Cindy Hackett '70, Mac and Liz Messenger, and Chris Swenson.
· .. Eugene C. Nagle is happy to be in private business world
after three and a half years in government. He is with WKM
Valve Divisions of ACF in Houston, Texas .... P. J. Gibson has
a new iob as risk manager on the Saudi Arabia Gas Program .
· .. After eighteen months of traveling in the Far East for Kendall
International, David B. Naylor was appointed export manager.
Kendall is a division of Colgate Palmolive .... Brook T.
Nelson has settled in Somerset, Texas and is in the import/export
business . . .. The New York League of Business and Professional
Women, Inc. has chosen Lianne Sorkin as its 1977
Young Career Woman .... Max Krauss is a partner in Krauss Y
Chrichton Ltds ., Santiago Chi Ie .... Gary Faysash is assistant
vice president of Citizens and Southern National Bank in Atlanta.
· . . Jim Rook has been transferred from Caterpillar Far EastHong
Kong to Caterpillar Overseas-Geneva as a parts & service
sales representative for the Middle East .... Employed with
Business International, I., Paul Collins is working as ACP regional
manager, ... David Young writes us that he has "found
a comfortable spot" in the Morgan-Neville Int'l Co., headquartered
in Redondo Beach, CA. He is working with Paul Stabler
'69 .... Grier Cooper works in sales and tour management at
the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix .... Steven Toms is account
executive-advertising and public relations, with Glenn Bozell
and Jacobs, Inc., Houston .... In Dallas, Lyle Brumfield, Jr.,
has been promoted to western area advertising manager by Dr.
7 3 Jackson Harris, Jr. has been promoted to area representative
for J. I. Case & Company in Singapore .. ..
Ken Potokar is the Western region sales representative
for Seal in San Diego .... Kenn G. Morris is employed by
the Office of International Affairs, National Aeronautics & Space
Administration, Washington, D_C. .. . K. B. Marshall has taken
a position in international marketing with Morison-Knudsen,
Inc., at their corporate headquarters in Boise, Idaho. His wife
Peggy mentions that they've met quite a few T-Birds there,
including Jean and Larry Heartburg '72 . .. . Michael Morris is
studying at the London School of Economics . ... Ernest Kangas
has been promoted from assistant manager to manager of the
Mi Iwaukee office of the FCIA. ... Hal Walker is with Bechte l
Equipment in Fairbanks, Alaska ... . Paris, France will be home
for Gary R. Olson and fami Iy for the next three years. He is
with Chase Manhattan Bank .... Beverly Moschel Hirsekorn is
with Drackett Products Company, a division of Bristol Myers.
She and her husband, Robert, are living in Kansas City, Missouri
.... The Arizona Bank has promoted Noble U. Blackshear,
III, to assistant vice president. He ioined the bank in 1976 in
Tucson and then transferred to Phoenix as an international
operations manager .... Kyu Ho Shin is president of the Dong
Han International Trading Corporation, Seoul, Korea. From January-
March, 1977, he traveled worldwide to do market research,
contacting alumni. . .. Michael G. Fairley is assistant manager
of international sales for A. F. Wood Manufacturing Company,
makers of automated livestock equipment systems. Also with
A. R. Wood is Jon Counts '75, traffic manager, international
sales . ... Jim Dale is manager of the Vilanova Restaurant in
Newport Beach, Cal ifornia .... Back from two years in Brazil,
George Souza completed a master's degree in Southeast Asian
studies at the University of London's School of Oriental and
African Studies and is now enrolled in the Ph.D. program in
history at Cambridge University, Trinity College, England .. : .
Peter J. Karl is the western Massachusetts management assistance
officer for the United States Small Business Administration
.... A new position has moved Max J. Buxton to the
headquarters of Champion Bui Iding Products in Stamford, Connecticut;
he is now plywood sales service manager for the
export department . . .. Marvin M. Massey has been promoted
by Apollo Chemical Corporation of New Jersey to account ex-
ecutive and now represents Apollo in Texas, louisiana and Mi ssissippi.
He lives in Houston . ... Richard Allen Wainio has
been employed for two years as assistant economist for the
Panama Canal Company. . Randall E. Beaty is controller for
Rockwell International's truck axle plant in Monterrey, Mexico.
... K. C. McAlpin has joined Schering··Plough, Inc. as senior
auditor. Although based in Memphis, Tennessee, he will be
traveling world-wide fifty per cent of the time . He informs us
that Joel Kopel '73, Larry Duran '75, Peter Clark '76, and
Gerardo Yubero '76 are also employed by Schering-Plough ....
Manufacturers Hanover Trust has promoted Robert V. Sheffield
to assistant secretary in their international division . He joined
the bank in 73 and was promoted to territory assistant in
Tokyo in 1976 .... Peter McPhee is living in Houston, Texas
and working as a regional sales representative for Four Winds
International, a freight forwarding company .... From Encino,
California, Howard E. Yarbrough writes that he is now manager
of international sales with National Educational Media, Inc ....
From New York, Peter R. Wallin writes, " Presently a senior financial
analyst with Export Credit Corporation, covering all of
South America with numerous trips to Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil
and Argentina."
74 "A'S you know, the Fall-Winter issue of the Thunderbird
(1976) incorrectly stated that I had left S. Twitchell
/ Foote & Jenks (see p . 24). As we all know, a
mistake like that is irresponsible, especially considering our
close association. Needless to say, it has caused me much embarrassment.
Please be very careful to indicate in the SpringSummer
1977 issue that I have NOT left the above company
and my phone number IS 212-580-7454 or 212-724-8500-
these numbers represent my business and home since I work
from my apartment. I do not wish to see this happen again ."
A memorandum from Mike Crotty . ... John J. Doman has received
a promotion to manager-international division for Scientific
Protein laboratories, Inc., a division of Oscar Meyer &
Company . ... Currently employed with Caterpillar Tractor Co.,
Steven A. Kohn is in Geneva, Raymond H. Burrus II is working
in Hong Kong as a distribution consultant, and Robert S. Phaneuf
is in Peoria, Ill inois ... . Daniel J. and Fran Randall now live in
Hong Kong, where he is a controller for Crown Pacific ltd ....
Delbert F. Carver is a parts merchandising manager with Steiger
Tractor Company in Fargo, North Dakota. . .. Andries W.
Mellema is in Portugal with Firestone Alcochete as a production
manager .... Merit R. Smith is a regional manager/ group and
pension, for lincoln Nati6nal Sales Corporation , Walnut Creek,
California. He and wife, Judith, look forward to meeting other
T-Birds in the Bay area .... Having left Tuff-Kote Dinol , Inc.,
Alexander Makris is now on an independent contract with SMI.
. . . Mary K. McMunn is manager, i nternationa I transportation
regulations, with Northwest Airlines in St. Paul. ... Steve
Schaefer is with Motorola Communications, international division,
as a market analyst. . . Mark Dannenberg is currently
manager/ grain merchandising in the Indiana office of Conti nental
Grain Company .. .. James R. Christie is "happy and
well" working for Bausch and lomb, Inc. in international sa les
in San Diego .... David J. Welch participated in on-site examinations
of some United States banks in Guatemala, EI Salvador,
Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines and Japan for the United States
Treasury Department. He is employed by the comptroller of the
currency .. .. Richard D. Walters is in San Juan, Puerto Rico as
a marketing manager, Caribbean area, for Gerber Products
Company .... Leonard J. Kistner has been promoted to manager,
marketing planning, material ha
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