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The Thunderbird
Fall 1975
President's Message
One of my major concerns is the placement of our graduating
students in suitable jobs around the world. As you
alumni know, we spend more time, money and effort
on placement activities than most graduate schools. Our
record of introducing employers to students has been
impressive over our thirty-year history. There is no question
but that the School's performance has contributed
greatly to our popularity and hence our success.
While the recession of 1974-75 has not affected our enrollment
adversely (in fact, it has boosted it), we are
beginning to see a reduction in the number of job offers
made. During the spring of 1975 we had 856 students
on campus, compared to 775 in 1974. Fifty companies
visited the campus, approximately the same as in this
period of 1974j however, there was a 27 percent decrease
in the number of interviews, a 32 percent decrease
in the number of offers made, and a 25 percent decrease
in the number of jobs accepted. Unless the economy
comes back strongly, and there are definite signs that it
will, we could see one of our major attractions losing
some of its glitter.
Needless to say, we at the School are moving quickly to
improve this situation . We are increasing the placement
budget by about one-third, are recruiting a new Placement
Director, and by making more personal visits to
corporations are stepping up our campaign to get company
recruiters to visit the campus. Also, we are helping
students put therr best image forward by developing a
new course in career planning.
We all would appreciate it if you alumni would put a
word in for the School with your recruitment personnel.
As you know, in the past this has been the principal way
we have come to their attention.
cJ~V~ WILLIAM VORIS
World Business Department
"Thunderbird has to continue to turn out people with the managerial
abilities of breadth, flexibility and real international
empathy and understanding." - Alvin Marks
"Our graduates can give Harvard, Stanford, and the rest
cards and spades and beat them because of orientation,
breadth, and knowledge of general necessary adjustments
in overseas countries."
Students enter AGSIM with great variance in basic management
tools and knowledge. As Professor ALVIN
MARKS, Department Chairman, sees it, the role of the
World Business Department is to fill in holes in their
concepts and skills and add adaptation and orientation to
the international climate. "Our program stresses developing
business decision-making BREADTH, not depth. · The
end result is a person who is much, much, much more
adaptable. He is equipped to gain expertise in finance,
law, and marketing, and is far better equipped for scientific
decision-making and systems analysis."
Requirements for international global management rapidly
change. Thirty years ago, there were opportunities
for entrepreneurship, selling products abroad and remitting
funds. Totally integrated business abroad is the rule
today, as countries become economically able to take
over growing ownership in their every domestic business
by using foreign aid to supplement their own materials
and abilities. Now, the trend is to purchase managerial
and technical skills, in that order.
"We must continually examine not just our courses and
their content, but also how we can increase the flexibility,
and mobility of our graduates so they are able to move
from Africa to Asia to Europe to South America to the
United States in short periods of time, accomplishing
management missions in each place under each area's
wide differences in how business is done," says Professor
Under the direction of Dr. Marshall Geer, Academic Dean,
and Professor Marks, AGSIM has conscientiously upgraded
its World Business programs. There has been a redirection
of the entire accounting and finance program with the
strongest possible basics provided in Paul Wilson's accounting,
advanced cost and credit accounting measurements
courses, and monetary and fiscal policies of the
Federal Reserve Bank and commercial banks. To be added
next semester are courses in franchising, management
controls and licensing.
The WBD is stressing courses in computerization, since no
manager from now on can work near his potential without
full appreciation and real utilization of data processing.
Keeping President Voris' promise to retain a balance between
academia and solid experienced professors, the
1975-76 schOOl year will see four new faculty members
with solid experience coming in.
The World Business Department has several professors
who are holders of company "chairs" which have been
obtained by the Administration (particularly by Public
Relations) in recognition of WBD's increasing quality:
S. C. Johnson Professor of World Business - Dr. Robert
McMahon beginning Spring Semester 1976. Previously
held by Dr. John E. Drake; Chase Manhattan Bank Pro·
fessor of International Management - Dr. Taeho Kim for
Academic Year 1975-1976. Previously held by Dr. Kichiro
Hayashi; Lawrence A. Appley (AM A) Professor of Inter·
national Management - Alvin M. Marks; John David
Campbell Professor of American Business - Dr. William
H. Peterson; C. V. Starr Professor of Finance and Insur·
ance - Craig Woodruff; Armco Professor of Accounting
for International Management - Paul M. Wilson; First
National City Bank Professor of International Finance -
Marshall Geer III.
In the ten years he has been at AGSIM, DAN KAUFHERR
has developed several unique, internationally-oriented
courses: Basic Advertising, Inter-Ad (which he inherited,
but successfully carried on), International Market Research
(the Harvard Case Study methodology course which uses
additional readings) and an International Seminar.
Dan has devoted his whole life to international marketing
and advertising, through his jobs with major MNCs and
through his teaching. He believes his students learn about
successful, as well as unsuccessful, international procedures
through both primary and secondary sources. "The
way to learn something is to LIVE IT," he says. "However,
at AGSIM, future international executives can get the
groundwork and tools they will need for successful overseas
He offers his students exposure to successfu I businessmen
and their experiences and solid research projects. Each
semester in his seminar, Mr. Kaufherr brings in top executives
to talk on a variety of pragmatic concerns. Students
quiz them and do case-study assignments.
The feasibility studies done by students in the International
Market Research course, which are current projects
for leading companies, have received high praise from
the scores of companies which have requested and received
this service. Student pairs pick a project of interest
to them from half-page briefs; then, they submit more
specific questions, which Professor Kaufherr passes on to
those directly involved in the company. Based on the in-
"PRAGMATISM, PRAGMATISM, PRAGMATISM - the base for
international executive action." - Daniel Kaufherr
formation returned, each team market-researches, examines
alternatives and recommends a course of action.
Many students find their in-depth knowledge of a particular
company leads eventually to a job offer from that
company or other companies in the industry. This service
is offered as a "Thank You" to companies which recruit
from the school; other companies have made contributions
to the school for services rendered.
"Internationally, we face a continuing cnSlS, because no
longer do we, as the most powerful nation, exercise decisive
leadership in the world," says GERARD RICHTER.
"Pax Americana is gone: we simply accept - buy - pay.
Domestically, we seem to have lost the knowledge to
manage our own economy. What remains important in
these circumstances is to hold to our persona I selfconfidence
and to exercise individual responsibility, and
these are the concepts I try to strengthen in my students.
Such AGSIM graduates will be able to help liberalize the
often self-centered organizations of great economic and
political power which they eventually will manage."
Mr. Richter was hired by President Sauer in the Summer
of 1951, when the forecast of 135 students made it
doubtful that the school would be able to continue.
Thunderbird has succeeded, he believes, because it has
consistently prepared practical, internationally-minded
business executives.
His student-requested course, Export-Import Operations
(WB 447), teaches T-Birds how international sales and
"Freedom - with its consequences." - Gerard Richter
purchases are promoted, organized and financed, through
students doing wide reading, participating in lecture
"discussions," and practicing as researching and corresponding
"Accounting is something like a jigsaw puzzle. It is made up
of many parts and no part makes much sense until it is related
to the overall picture. The trick is to quickly relate each part to
the whole enough times so that each part has real meaning."
- Paul Wilson
Approximately sixty per cent of entering T-Birds have no
previous accounting - and accounting is an AGSIM requisite
for graduation. "Every company representative that
I have talked to likes to see two to four semesters of
accounting on an applicant's transcript, and it is an absolute
must for banking," says Professor PAUL WILSON.
Paul sees his teaching approach as practical, non-academic,
and he has developed his own course material in Basic
Accounting (WB 310) to give non-accountants a pragmatic
understanding of accounting - its strengths and limitations.
"Perhaps one of the most difficult ideas for the
beginning student of accounting to grasp is that accounting
is not a science. Applying either a liberal or conservative
set of accounting principles to the same data can
provide a wildly varying end product - say, an EPS of
$2.00 compared with $5.00. 'Gigo' applies to accounting
as well as to computers, economics, etc."
Best Professor
Paul Wilson
The Alumnus
One of the dreams many of us cherish is eventually to
come back after a successful business career (preferably
in international management) to Thunderbird to teach
and impart our knowledge and enthusiasm to current
JOHN LlNDHOLTZ, '48, has done just that. His international
management career spanned twenty years and
four countries. His first job after graduation was with
Procter and Gamble in marketing, briefly in San Francisco
and in Toronto and then in Manila for seven years. He
acted as Account Supervisor for Leo Burnett Advertising
Agency in Chicago, Soap Division Manager for Swift do
Brazil, and General Manager for Stanton-Quadrant International
in Mexico.
In 1969, he returned to AGSIM as associate professor of
marketing . (Credentials: wide overseas managerial experience,
a BFT, and MBA.) John has had primary responsibility
for establishing u relevant marketing curriculum
and developing the Capstone course.
AGSIM students have voted PAUL WILSON the "Best
Professor Award'" since its inception in Spring, 1975,
citing his personal integrity and knowledge and his
practical "how-to" accounting instruction.
Mr. Wilson expresses great respect for our capitalistic
free-enterprise system . Also, he feels it is a tragedy that
we cannot develop a greater sense of history. "History
with all its limitations is still the most objective set of
data we have to prognosticate the future from our policies
and practices of today."
Early orphaned, Paul has worked since childhood. The
word "depression" has real meaning for him. He taught
commerce and industrial arts for nine years in Ohio;
then, in 1946, he headed West because of a family health
problem. An ad in the PHOENIX GAZETTE for "an accountant
- apply at AIFT" brought him here to teach in
1947, during the Yount-Schurz-Shaterian era . His unique
class offerings have brought him continued appreciative
recognition from his students.
John, Marian, Marjorie Lindholt%
Additionally, he is currently teaching four other courses
he has developed: International Marketing, International
Marketing Problems (a case study course), Sales Management
and Retailing, and International Marketing Seminar.
On being a student at Thunderbird, John says, "The year
T-B irds spend here is the most significant of our lives. It
is a personal change year when lives take direction and
we make our transition into the world. Very close friendships
develop rapidly here. We come as strangers from
somewhere else, but we share common interests and
goals, so we turn to each other; enjoy each other, depend
on each other, learn from each other. This pattern continues
after graduation, particularly overseas. AT-Bird
could go anywhere in the world and within a week meet
someone he or she knows or who has mutual friends."
John and Marjorie (also '48) have an added distinction:
daughter Marian is currently an "alumna in residence,"
the first second-generation T-Bird student whose both
parents are a lurnni.
Alumni Visiting Lecturers
Alumni give service to their school by contributing to the Alumni Fund,
acting as Educational Counselors, helping new graduates find jobs and
acclimate to new areas, maintaining a fellowship with other T-Birds
around the world, finding summer jobs for current students, publicizing
AGSIM and what it stands for, giving "feedback" to Thunderbird as to
what they feel our directions should be, and being visiting lecturers.
Two outstanding alumni were part of two outstanding special programs
held on campus this past summer.
AGSIM Hosts Visitors From Japan
A joint seminar sponsored by AGSIM and the Institute
for International Studies and Training (liST) in Japan was
held at the Thunderbird campus from July 19 to August 2.
The theme of the program was "The U.S. Market for
Japanese Enterprises."
liST was established in 1967 by the Government of Japan
to provide graduate level training to selected individuals
planning international careers. Located at the foot of Mt.
Fuji, the Institute offers a one-year program emphasizing
international management and economics, area studies,
and foreign languages to a student body of 120 trainees.
The 37 students attending the seminar were fully sponsored
by the Japanese companies with which they are
employed, as are all the trainees at liST. This is the third
year of cooperative efforts between liST and AGSIM,
which sends 9-18 students to Japan each spring.
Under the direction of Gates Davidson, with considerable
help from Dr. Marshall Geer, Dr. Martin Sours, and the
faculty, as well as a student group coordinated by Mike
Kelley, the seminar covered a wide range of topics presented
by AGSIM educators, faculty from Arizona State
University, government representatives, and Phoenix businessmen.
Other activities included field trips to local enterprises,
and dinners and athletic events with students and faculty.
As noted by Dr. William Voris, "The Japanese are genuinely
interested in learning how to better deal with
Americans and this venture is a further step in strengthening
that knowledge." Thanks to the enthusiastic efforts
of administrators, alumni, faculty and students, the program
was particularly successful as an information and
cultural exchange, representing a significant step toward
a cooperative relationship between American and Japanese
AGSIM Presents "Brazil Workshop I"
Brazil "a country of distinctive features and unusual
problems" was a highlight of the Summer Term at
Under the direction of a handful of AGSIM "alumni-inresidence,"
BRAZIL WORKSHOP I was organized into an
impressive panel of students, professors from AGSIM and
other Arizona universities, and businessmen currently
involved in the Brazilian business world.
In the short span of one day, the seminar successfully
covered Brazilian foreign policy; the investment climate
in Brazil, including exchange regulations and controls,
and branch banking; and "Doing Business in Brazil." In
addition, information on the Transamazonian Highway,
agriculture, natural resources, and the people and institutions
provided the participants with a greater insight
into the vast potential of one of the fastest growing
countries in the world.
The Brazil Workshop, the first presentation of its kind at
AGSIM, hopefully will set a precedent for future seminars
on other countries. In the international scope of
business, forums such as these provide useful educational
opportunities for the interaction of students and
lecturers in a common area of interest, and provide for
the expansion of knowledge necessary for AGSIM to
maintain the status of "the best source in all the world
for highly-skilled international executives."
Send in your photo and reminiscences of your year at Thunderbird
to be a part of THIRTY YEARS AT THUNDERBIRD, A
HISTORY OF AIFT-AGSIM, to be published in Spring 1976.
Tom J. McSpadden '65
Alumnus TOM McSPADDEN '65 of Valley National Bank
was an active liST participant in a presentation on "The
U.S. Investment Climate for Japanese Enterprises."
Tom, a vice-president of Valley National Bank of Arizona,
is Latin America area officer and deputy manager for
the bank's international department.
He is on the Arizona Regional Export Expansion Council,
past president and director of the Arizona World Trade
Association, a member of the advisory council for the
Center for Latin American Studies at Arizona State University,
the Arizona District Export Counci I, the Border
Cities Association, and the Arizona-Mexico Commission .
Prior to joining VNB, McSpadden was a member of the
New York City headquarters staff of Standard Oil of New
Jersey (1965-67), an investment executive of Shearson,
Hammill and Co. (1967-68), an executive assistant to the
manager of one of the largest cattle, lumber and agricultural
firms in Venezuela (1968-69), and a member of
the international department of First National Bank of
Hawaii in Honolulu .
He was graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1960
with degrees in philosophy and economics, and received
his BFT in 1965 from AGSIM. He and his wife, Virginia,
reside in Phoenix and have two sons, Ian and Brian .
Enter the photo contest. Send your "Spirit of Thunderbird"
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Carroll M. Rickard '56
On his first visit to AGSIM since graduation, CARROLL M.
RICKARD, '56, served as keynote guest speaker on
Branch Banking at the Brazil Workshop I on August 2nd.
"Rick" is presently Vice President and General Manager
for Continental Bank International (Pacific) in Los Angeles.
After receiving his B.A. from the University of Evansville,
Illinois, in 1955, and his B.F.T. from Thunderbird in 1956,
his employment record has been impressive: from Executive
Trainee to Manager of First National City Bank in
Recife, Brazil, and Manager in Rio de Janeiro; Administrative
Officer of Rio Sao Paulo Corporate Bank; Special
Assignment for Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust
Co., South American Group; then, Second Vice President
to Vice President and General Manager of Continental
Bank International (Pacific).
While in Brazil, Rick was a founding member and later
president of the American Chamber of Commerce in
Recife. In Rio de Janeiro he served as chairman, then
director of the Industry Committee; treasurer of the
American School Board; team captain of the New American
School Fund Raising Committee; member of the
YMCA Fund Raising Committee, as well as various professional
Presently, he is actively involved with the Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce World Trade Committee; Export
Managers Association; Foreign Trade Association; BrazilCalifornia
Trade Association as treasurer and member of
the Board of Directors; and member of the California
Banking Association's International Banking Committee.
He is currently residing in Rancho Pa los Verdes, California,
with his wife, Pat, and their three children.
Campus News
Thunderbird Invitational Balloon Race
AMEI/tAN OIAPUATE SCHOOL
OF fNTllNATlONAl MAN/GEMl'
Thunderbird Invitational Balloon Race
AGSIM's "Friends of Thunderbird" will sponsor a two-day, Balloon
Federation of America sanctioned, official Bicentennial
program of balloon racing, November 8th and 9th. The weekend
will be kicked off November 7th with a dinner held by
the Arizona alumni honoring the racers with a Calcutta Friday
evening. The lead balloon will be launched with a historically
costumed band playing.
Students under the direction of IAN CAMPBELL & BOB HINE
will operate international food booths, and the campus Pub will
sell cold beer. There will be aviation displays and entertainment
booths. Trophies by artist Udinotti will be awarded at a Sunday
brunch for first, second, and third place winners.
AIESEC at AGSIM
T-Birds now can have management traineeships overseas through
AIESEC {"Association Internationale des Estudiantes en Sciences
Economiques et Commerciales")' an international internship exchange
program for students of business and economics.
There are over 350 Local Committees world-wide in fifty-four
countries on five continents, and last Fall, A.G.S.I.M. became
the 52nd AIESEC Local Committee on an American university
AIESEC is a reciprocal program, so T-Birds had to raise jobs in
the Phoenix area for foreign students, while the overseas
members were busy arranging internships in their respective
countries. Each year about 4,000 internships are exchanged
internationally in this way.
Six T-Birds participated in the program this summer; JOHN
CHAMBERLIN went to Egypt; PATTY MURPHY to Yugoslavia;
BOB HARTMAN to Holland; GENIE STRINGER to West Germany;
ilnd TOM LANDA and JIM WILSON to Japan.
August '75 Graduation
Richard Saint-Amant
Three hundred students became Thunderbird Alumni on Thursday
evening, August 14, 1975. This was the largest summer
class to graduate since summer sessions were initiated in 1972,
swelling the ranks of T-Bird alumni to nearly 9,000. Students
from twenty-four foreign countries were represented in this
The sixty-first commencement ceremonies were held on the
quad, following a graduation dinner. Mr. Pat Murphy, an editor
of the Arizona Republic, delivered the commencement address.
RICHARD l. SAINT-AMANT was the Barton Kyle Yount award
winner. This award honors a graduate for demonstrating character,
leadership abilities, and consistent scholarship. While at
Thunderbird, Richard was president of Delta Phi Epsilon, the
international business fraternity, chaired the ASLC elections
committee, and was also involved in community service in
Phoenix. He is currently in New York, with the French-American
Banking Corporation.
Other awards presented were: The Athletic Award to PAUL
JOHN SULLIVAN, and the Alfred Knight Award for scholastic
excellence to ROBERT CLOSE STRICKLAND (Spring 1975).
Continuing a T-Bird tradition , incoming ASLC president, ROD
TAYLOR, presented a gavel to graduating ASLC president,
Photo Contest
Win your history and be in it too! Dig out your old
photos and pick the ones that you think best capture the
spirit of Thunderbird. First and second prizes will be free
copies of Thirty Years at Thunderbird, and all entries will
be published in this commemorative history. Photos will
be judged on the basis of content rather than quality of
the print. Deadline is December 15th - so start digging
and get those pics to the Alumni Office!
BRAD STOOPS, '74, to Professor Paul Wilson: "What I learned
in your course makes it possible for me to more intelligently
read such technical statements as Arthur Burns' (Chairman,
Federal Reserve Bank) in the speech he gave before the Joint
Economic Committee, February 7, 1975, specifically on credit
analysis, profits, debt and equity."
JIM WALTON, '74, to Professor Craig Woodruff: "I have found
your text books to be almost invaluable as background for the
decision making in this firm . I sincerely hope that you are
still having the students prepare these and hope that you will
pass on this message. I have met quite a few of myoid classmates
(Thunderbirds seem to be virtually everywhere) and they
all seem to have retained at least one volume which they refer
to regularly.
If you do not mind I have a message for your classes dealing
with how to find an international position and how to keep it.
1. Learn import-export. Take Richter's word for it that this is
the stuff that all international business is built on. One does
not have to be a freight forwarder to use it. Know the
terminology as well as you do your own name.
2. Learn what each major market area is like. Study and retain
the country sketches as found in the famous Woodruff texts .
Each country is different, but get the groundwork before
you start.
AGSIM Adds Seven To Faculty
DR. KARL MAGYAR is now an assistant professor in the International
Studies Department, where he will teach courses on
Western Europe and North Africa. Dr. Magyar taught at Bowdoin
College and served as an assistant professor at the University
of Arkansas. He holds a B.A. degree from Michigan State
University and a Ph.D. degree in Political Science from the Johns
Hopkins University.
The World Business Department has added four members. Assistant
Professor HAROLD BOGGS was a management consultant
with Psychological Services, Inc., Los Angeles before joining
the school, and he was associated with the Wi nchester Division
of the Olin Corporation for 12 years. He is a graduate of the
U.S. Military Academy and holds an M.B.A. degree from California
State University. Assistant Professor RICHARD BOSSERT
most recently was manager of International Operations for
Rockwell International Corporation. He was also associated with
the Dana Corporation in various executive positions for 18
years. He is a graduate of Indiana University and will be teaching
classes in international marketing.
DR. JAMES MILLS, assistant professor of economics, has taught
at the University of Oregon and Portland State University. He
was also employed by Tomas of San Diego as a production coordinator.
Mills is a graduate of San Diego State College and
holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oregon.
MR. MORRIS ALLEN recently retired as Chief of the Commercial
and Economic Section of the American Consulate General in
Hong Kong, where he was responsible for promoting U.S. commercial
relations with Hong Kong and the Peoples' Republic of
China. In his Foreign Service career Allen has had assignments
in Brazil, Chile and the United States. He holds an M.B.A.
degree from the University of Chicago and wi II teach classes in
management as associate professor.
The Modern Languages Department welcomes two new Portuguese
teachers. Assistant Professor, MISS MARIA CARLOn A
PINHEIRO, most recently taught Spanish and Portuguese at the
University of Iowa. She has extensive teaching experience in
both the U.S. and Brazil. She is a graduate of Catholic University
of Rio de Janeiro and holds two M.A. degrees, one in education
from Columbia University and one in Spanish from the Universityof
Instructor SHINITI SAKURAGUI was a teaching assistant of Portuguese
at Cornell University before his affiliation with American
Graduate School. He taught English and Portuguese in
Brazi I for seven years, is a graduate of the University of Sao
Paulo and received an M .S. degree in Lingui stics from Cornell
3. Learn one major language so well that you can deal in it.
This can give you your first big opportunity to show how
well you can do. Practice by learning daily conversation.
If you have a limited vocabulary, know these phrases to
perfection. Learn the alphabet, to count and the customs.
4. Develop a knack for attention to detail. Never procrastinate
and never blow your own horn. Be totally without obvious
political conviction. Be polite as the Japanese, detailed as
the Germans, put in hours like a Dutchman (7 to 7 if necessary)
and never forget the sma ll kindnesses.
5. Learn to count money. If you are not an accountant or fi nance
man this is especially important. Be very sure you
can deal with figures and do the necessary simple math
correctly - the first time!
A short comment on getting a job. Look extensively. Find a
firm that needs people with your talent. Ideally, find a small
and rapidly growing firm that depends upon its overseas markets
to meet the last debt issue. In this instance, you will have
found a firm that will back the international department 100%
and will back you 100%. Take the job that will suit you and
not the "image" you have made for yourself. Banking tends to
be slow work, and many Thunderbirds move out of that field
within the first 18 months of their employment. It is good
preparation for finance, however. Freight forwarding is excellent
experience for a younger man but pays little. Big corporations
are all right if you can get into the international department
right away, however look closely at these '2 years domestic
then maybe .. .' offers and always ask around when
you "fly-back" to see how often the maybe becomes firm."
Save The T-Birds - Go International
To retain our past record of placement in a world where international
business is growing faster than any other sector, we
have to consider three major factors:
1. The "quality" of entering studen ts as well as their motivation
has changed conSiderably. Simultaneously, other programs
similar to our M.I.M. have been launched by institutions
with a strong finan cia l and academic backing.
2. The recruitment of T-Bird graduates tends to be concentrated
on large multi-national corporations visiting our campus almost
by tradition, whereas many small or medium-size U.S.
corporations "going international" for the first time could
be employing T-Birds too.
3. The possibilities of jobs offered by non-U.S. multi-nationals
have never been fully explored.
This last point is becoming the concern of many, and in particular
of our International Student Organization and of the
Alumni Office.
The multi-nationals of Western Europe and Japan are expanding
allover the world. They cou ld hire not only some of our foreign
students, but also many U.S. citizens, if they only knew about
the school. The whole T-Bird community has to realize that an
effort in the field of promotion of our degree towards the
personnel managers of the largest foreign firms would payoff
in the long range, making AGSIM the only institution or "network"
in the world that cou ld secure employment in any
country. And this element would add to the prestige, thus the
fund-raising potential of our institution.
We plan to prepare a series of descriptive folders, career stories
of successful T-Birds and mailing lists. Several students volunteered
to translate this PR material in their native language.
This information must reach the right persons and be organized
and perceived not as an advertising campaign, but as practical
management information.
The help of the alumni in this field would be precious. Those
of you who have contacts in the largest non-U.S. multi-nationals,
please write to the Alumni Office and send you r suggestions,
comments, etc .... to contribute to this promotional effort. It is
you r interest to defend and expand the interest of the school,
i.e. a unique international flexibility that will be a major and
unrivaled asset in the planetary corporations of tomorrow.
- Philippe Deymes (France) '75
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James Crosson
Developments in the Key Man Program
You may have noted in a recent issue of Business Week that
the School is offering Modern Standard Arabic in its Key Man
programs commencing this fall. Also being added are Russian
and Mandarin Chinese. German, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Japanese and English as a Second Language are a part of the
current offerings.
The Key Man courses were begun to meet the needs of executives
about to embark on management assignments in foreign
countries. In a period of six or eight weeks, executives master
the audio-aural skills of a foreign language, acquire the ability
to read the language and to write the language within a short
time after the conclusion of the courses. The executives also gain
invaluable knowledge about the political, economic and social
conditions they will encounter when relocated in another country.
The language and international study courses are designed
to prepare executives and their wives for doing business and
living overseas.
More than 600 executives representing over 100 companies
have successfully completed language training at American
Graduate School. Using the audio-lingual conceptual approach,
the executive is taught the target language so that from the
first day of the course he understands and speaks the foreign
Small classes and the use of our teaching techniques ensure the
highest degree possible of individualized instruction. A minimum
of two persons is required to begin a course, and classes
are limited to eight. Rather than determining fixed dates for
these courses, they can now be initiated at the convenience of
the Key Man.
Nationals of foreign countries holding high academic degrees
teach the conversational aspects of the language, and teachers
specially trained in linguistics explain the structure. They aid
the students in understanding the concepts and overcoming
problems of structure and grammar encountered by people who
speak English .
Instructors place a great emphasis on mastering good pronunciation
and intonation patterns at the very beginning of the course.
This approach enables the executive to become accomplished in
the country's native language with as little American accent as
possible. With this f irm foundation in language, the Key Man
will be assured a continuing rapid progress in the language
once relocated in the foreign country. He will have a basic
vocabulary of 1,600 to 2,200 words and the ability to apply
these words to everyday conversation . The true reward comes
in the form of rapid adjustment to working in an atmosphere
less foreign because of proficiency in the language and knowledge
of the area .
James Crosson Honored
JAMES R. CROSSON, AGSIM Food Director, was recently named
a Certified Food Executive by the Food Services Executives Association.
This designation, the equivalent of a CPA for a
manager in the food industry, is awarded only after the candidate
has met prescribed educational and experience requirements,
and Mr. Crosson was one of only seventeen so honored
at the F.S.E.A. Convention this past year.
New AGSIM students are always pleasantly surprised at the
quality of the food services at Thunderbird. Besides such unique
features as a salad bar, open soft drink dispenser and ice cream
freezer, Mr. Crosson runs the cafeteria on an all-you-can-eat
basis. He also provides at-cost catering service to the campus
community and special menu consideration to the varied international
community which he serves.
Mr. Crosson feels the most important difference in his operation
and others in similar captive audience situations is the sense of
service he has been able to instill in his staff, many of whom
have been here, with him, since 1965. He views the students
as customers just as much as any commercial restaurant manager,
and the friendliness of the staff does much to contribute
to the total atmosphere of the cafeteria. Mr. Crosson typifies
the Thunderbird spirit of being a unique individual performing
a unique function at a unique school.
- Gary Robison
Languages offered in six-week sessions include German, French,
Portuguese and Spanish. Eight-week courses are offered in
Arabic, English as a Second Language, Japanese, Mandarin
Chinese and Russian .
In addition to language, these courses provide the student with
a more intensive look at the country and its people by assisting
the executive in understanding basic political, historic, economic
and social perspective for that area in which he will be working.
Special emphasis is placed on business conditions and problems
prevalent in the country.
This orientation is designed to acquaint the Key Man and his
family with life styles and the culture they will confront.
Prospective travellers are instructed in practical application of
their knowledge in setting up a household, finding schools and
medical services, and in many other areas that will lessen
adjustment problems.
The executives can take part in other aspects of campus life
while attending the school - taking advantage of academic
lectures, visits by distinguished international visitors and social
events which put them in contact with the international students
and faculty.
Tuition includes services designed to make the learning experi·
ence as convenient as possible. All expenses are included for
room and board, books and study materials, linens, maid service
and transportation to and from airports or other terminals.
The cost for the six-week courses:
Tuition per executive ........................................ $2,400
Tuition for wife ................................................ 1,800
Tuition for each teenage chi Id in course
as part of family group ................................ 1,200
The cost for the eight-week course:
Tuition per executive ...................................... $3,200
Tuition for wife ................................................ 2,400
Tuition for each teenage child in course
as part of family group ................................ 1,600
Did you forget to return your T-Bird QUESTIONNAIRE last issue?
Did you not receive your copy of the Summer THUNDERBIRD?
DON'T FRET! Here is your second chance. Please return this
questionnaire NOW. The evaluations and comments you and
other caring alumni make will help us to improve AGSIM.
RESULTS will be anonymously tabulated and reported in the
Spring THUNDERBIRD.
Alumni News
David Henry
The Alumni Office
AGSIM alumni want to receive service and want to give services.
You are Thunderbird's greatest strength, and we in the
Alumni Office try to fulfill your wishes and needs.
The major way Thunderbirds keep in touch with each other and
with their school is through THE THUNDERBIRD, our official
alumni bulletin. This is sent three times a year, free of charge,
to more than seven thousand alumni world-wide. Additionally,
alumni who contribute $25.00 or more each year, upon request,
will receive lists which give name, company affiliation and
title, and mailing address of other T-Birds by states and countries,
as well as reprints of journal articles from READINGS FOR
The Alumni Office sends mailing labels to any alumni who wish
to organize T-Bird get-togethers, and it pays for flier announcement
mailing costs of these meetings once a year per group
upon request.
We offer students information on which companies have hired
from AGSIM; how many Thunderbirds have been employed by
each company and how many are still with each respective
company; with which companies individual alumni are currently,
and their titles and addresses; where alumni are by city and
country; and many other services. Geographical lists (city and
country) of alumni by company affiliation and mailing address
are also available to students at a nominal charge. Each time
THE THUNDERBIRD is published, all students as "alumni-inresidence"
receive their copies of this alumni publication.
This office funnels to appropriate offices on campus all alumni
offers to help the school. Alumni publicize the school for us,
and almost half of all applicants cite alumni recommendation
as a major reason for their attending AGSIM. Alumni Educational
Counselors, under the auspices of John Arthur, recruit on campuses
all over the country. Successful visiting alumni act as
guest lecturers while they are on campus. T-Birds encourage
their companies to hire more international management talent
from the school. Alumni give AGSIM financial support through
the Annual Fund.
Do you remember chasing down jackrabbits on the airfield?
... Fischer's Follies? ... J. Navarro? double commodes
in the barracks' bathrooms? .. Las Posadas? ... La Senorita's
Spanish and Portuguese choirs? ... a peculiar little Irishman
named Robert Delaney?
Well, you mayor may not remember these things, but Alumnusin-
Residence DAVID HENRY, current holder of the J. Navarro
Fellowship and Chair in Residential History, knows about them .
"I have become so totally immersed in the history of Thunderbird,"
says David, "that I bore my friends with past anecdotes.
But to me it is so alive - this success story of Thunderbird from
the day the 'country club of the Air Force' was built on the old
city dump grounds to AGSIM's present-day status as 'the best
source in all the world for highly skilled international executives,'
as author-adventurer Lowell Thomas puts it." David's
resultant pictorial as well as narrative history of Thunderbird is
scheduled for Spring, 1976 publication . It will also feature the
current geographical distribution of graduates by class years.
In addition to his academic duties, while at Thunderbird David
is continuing his studies of Asia and the Chinese language. He
is working on an independent study concerning ways of doing
business with The Peoples' Republic of China once you arrive
and begin negotiations. (He feels most studies in this area have
explored ways to get an invitation to Canton.) Recent discoveries
of large oil deposits in China should have a profound
economic impact on China and her dealings with the United
States and Japan, David thinks, and he hopes to have the
opportunity to gain first-hand experience in establishing formats
for successful commercial negotiations there.
Students serve by hosting alumni during campus visits and by
reporting what is gOing on at AGSIM now to alumni meetings
in many areas whenever their school calendar permits.
The Alumni Council is composed of staff, faculty, and students,
and it is advised by the Alumni Association presidents and other
interested alumni. This council considers many matters - how
to better familiarize "alumni-in-residence" with the Alumni Office
services (lists, contacts, recognition jewelry) and the role
that alumni should play at AGSIM (policy making, financial
support, "resource persons" for students seeki ng jobs, eTc.).
Items now under discussion include a Thirty-Year Reunion,
Alumni Awards, and the development of a list of "contact ~ersons"
in each major city in the world for job-hunting and first
job T-Birds.
Student interest in the Alumni Council is growing. JIM ROOS
and HECTOR HOLLAND are finalizing the marketing of a new,
reasonably-priced, Hector-designed Thunderbird ring (details in
the next THUNDERBIRD); DAVID HENRY, Resident Historian, is
writing the Thirty-Year Commemorative History of Thunderbird
to be published in the Spring (see details on how to order on
Alumni Fund envelope); FRANCO MOLINA and MERYL KAMEN
are doing the photographic and art work on THE THUNDERBIRD;
GARY ROBINSON, JIM HILBERT, and ROD TAYLOR are writing
articles for this publication.
Would you like to be a more active alumnus? Write me.
Did you not receive your copy of the Summer THUNDERBIRD?
Did you forget to return your T-Bird QUESTIONNAIRE last issue?
DON'T FRET! Here is your second chance. Please return this
questionnaire NOW. The evaluations and comments you and
other caring alumni make will help us to improve AGSIM.
RESULTS will be anonymously tabulated and reported in the
Spring THUNDERBIRD.
Resource Persons
The fo llowing is a list of T-Birds who have volunteered to serve as A ssociation Officers and / or Resource Persons in their
geographica l areas. If you are v is iting their area s, job-hunting in their areas, or moving to their areas, they will help you.
Yet another example of Thunderbi rd spi rit and of how Thunderbirds give service to their school and fellow-alumni. Use
them. Get to know them. Enjoy them. (Perhaps you would like to volunteer to serve in your area . If so, let me know and
I will add your name to thi s d istingui shed li st.)
ARIZONA (Phoenix)
Jack A. Williamson
c/ o Caravan Inn
3333 E. Van Buren
Phoenix, AZ 85008
(602) 275-7551
Sherman J. Olson
c/ o AFIA
300 Montgomery St., Suite 860
San Francisco, CA 94104
Roland J. Willits
342 Blackstone Dr.
San Rafael, CA 94903
(415) 472-5856
Randy Miller
c/ o Continental Bank
2315 S. LaSalle St.
Chicago, IL 60696
(312) 465-5352
Frank Kresanko
Lake Shore Club
850 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
Jesse Wilson
127E. Ash
Canton, IL
(312) 236-8745
Mike Groeneve~d
5115 Lake Rd. # 824
Sheffield Lake, OH 44054
Steve Mahood
31 Stewart Ct.
Oberlin,OH 44074
Harry Cockrell
c/ o The Ridge Tool Co.
400 Clark St.
Elyria, OH 44035
George T. De Bakey
7739 Willow Stream Court # 229
Dallas, TX
(214) 368-8599
Barbara Stewart
15417 Preston Rd . # 1161
Dallas, TX 75240
(214) 661-1197
Marlon E. Willson
5099 S.w. 93rd Place
Miami,FL 33143
Roland E. Garcia
6293 N. Marks Ave.
Fresno, CA 93711
(209) 227-1774
Harry Fanning
44-208 Malae Place
Kaneohe, HI 96744
John A. Mazza
c/ o Exxon Co. USA
Marine Dept. Box 1512
Houston, TX 77001
Dave Prater
c/ o Marubeni America Corp.
3650 One Shell Plaza
Houston, TX 77002
Ernest Kangas
2405 Springdale Rd. # l-A
Waukesha, WI 53186
AI Keiser
c/ o Marshall & IIsley Bank
770 N. Water St.
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Mike Crotty
21 W. 86th St. # 710
(212) 929-4100 x418 (Off.)
Art Will iams
137 E. 47th St.
(212) 989-0130 (Off.)
John Sandor
10 Waterside Plaza # 17-D
Chuck Murphy
c/ o The Arizona Bank
44 W. Monroe
Phoenix, AZ 85003
Craig A. Starkey
Box 1122
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067
(714) 756-2692
Barton L. Hartzell
6322 - 126th Ave. S.E.
Bellevue, WA 98006
(206) 641 -2796
Barker Bates
1926 Olympia Way
Longview, WA 98632
Wes Kruse
10334 Pounds Ave.
Whittier, CA 90603
(213) 691 -0255
Jeff Ruby
23016 Haddock Dr.
Diamond Bar, CA 91765
(213) 330-0666 (Off.)
Byron Coelho
1955 Estrada dos Remedios
50000 Recife
Jim Dahlstrom
c/ o Super Servicio
Apartado 992
San Jose, C.R.
James Stanley
Box 5181
San Jose, C.R.
John R. Arnold
c/ o Arnold Enterprises
Box 1111
San Salvador, E.S.
Bill Syms
c/ o AKZO Consumenten
Produkten bv
Postbus 1299
Den Haag, Holland
Vic Martinez
c/ o AKZO Consumenten
Produkten bv
Postbus 1299
Den Haag, Holland
Pascal Cornille
70 Rue Du Point Du Jour
K100 Boulogne
Kris W. Anderson
c/ o Seagrams Overseas Sales
402 Asian House
Hong Kong
C. Gregg Wadas
Trade Media Ltd.
P. O. Box K-1786
Hong Kong BCC
Y. G. Dwarkanath
SRI Krishna SPG & WVG
Mills (Private) Ltd.
Bangalore - 11
Dave Fisher
c/ o Int'l Education Center
Conversation Inst.
21 Yotsuya, 1-Chome, Shinjuku
Woo-Hyon Paek (Pres.)
I.P.O. Box 3301
Seoul, Korea
Jae Suk Lee (Sec./Treas.)
c/ o Korea Development Bank
c.P.O. Box 28
Seoul, Korea
Riad Marei
c/ o Y. Alghanim & Son
Phillip E. Wilken
502-B 5th Floor
Chi a Hsing Building
Taipei, Taiwan
Chuck Hazen
S.E. Asia Reptv. Office
Seattle First National Bank
11, Jalan Damansara Endah
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Larry Schaeffer
c/ o General A. Mora
56 Michelet
Colonia Nueva Anguras
Mexico 5, D.F.
5-89-51 -15
S. H. (Steve) Montagu-Pollock
Lagos, Nigeria
George H. Pitts, Jr.
c/ o Dow Chemicallnt'l.
1007 Chia Hsing Building
Taipei, Taiwan
Dominique Matron
c/ o The Coca Cola Export Corp.
Apartado 3729 - Carmelitas
Caracas, Venezuela
36.42.65; 36.42.82; 34.30.72
Alumni Contributions
The Spring 1976 issue of THE THUNDERBIRD will contain a list of all contributors during 1975 to the Alumni Fund and
the Martha l. Snyder Scholarship Fund. Additionally listed will be two new club-giving categories - The Thunderbird Club
($1,000 per year or more) and The Parents' Club. Support your school . Be part of AGSIM's new and exciting progress.
Make sure your name appears under the Alumni Contribution Club of your choice by sending your check in to the Alumni
Fund before end-1975. Your total 1975 contribution will then appear under the appropriate T-Bird, Capstone, Century,
Honor or Parents' Club or Scholarship Fund category.
All Annual Fund contributors of $25.00 or more during 1975 are welcome to request a list of fellow T-Birds in any city or
country where you might be visiting or living. You may also ask for a free reprint of any journal article under READINGS
FOR THE INTERNATIONAllY MINDED. Just a "Thank you" from the Alumni Office for your support of AGSIM.
Joseph Klein '47
William Davis '48
Lowell Marcus' 48
F. James Lee '49
Selwyn Graves '50
Paul Black '52
Addison Luce '56
Dave Murison '56
Charles Stockholm '56
Bob Schmeltz '59
Jack Donnelly '60
William Lindberg '61 **
William Wagner '68
Goran H. & Lee Anne C. Peters '70
Richard Baca '72
Larry Ratner '72
Jim Henderson '73
Emily Adacusky '47
Fred leisering '47
Herb lindstrom '47
Irving Platt '47
Charles Ritter '47
Ernest Rokahr '47
Larry Schaeffer' 47
larry Bocci' 48
Robert Clarke '48
David Clay '49
Tony lodico '49
Gerald Marugg '49
Sterling Boyce '50
Virgil Heidbrink '50
Charles Mitchell '50
AI Robins '50
George Curtis '52
Fred Koppl '52
H. T. Withers '52
Thomas Adams '53
Boye de Mente '53
Roland Garcia '53*
Roland Garcia '53
Robert Morehouse '53
George Lindahl '54
Ernest Parada '55
Norman Capps '56
John Cecil '56
Irving Perlman '56
Alex Boggio '57
Virgil Carlson '57
Charles Maggio '57
Walter Neverovich '57
William Rush '57
Arnold Anderson '58
Harry Atkinson '58
Richard Deakin '58
AI Fritzner '58
J. Dean Huelat '58
Jack Ryder '58
Fred Sill '58
John Tomlinson '58
Pieter Vos '58
John Bogert '59
Andy Furlan '59
Bart Hartzell '59
Ed Shaw '59
Dave Youmans '59
Diane de Rollin Bishop '60
Bob Ciszewski '60
Malcolm Goode '60
Robert Heineman '60
Bob Renshaw '60
Ken Bennett '61
James Black '61
Jaime Ghezzi '61
Dave Mayo '61
James Paulino '61
Ron Segerlind '61
Leighton Willgerodt '61
James Benson '62
Richard loth '62
Darryle Petersen '62
Brooks Rawlins '62
Gene Weidner '62
C. H. Yahn'62
Tom Zacharias '62
Paul Draughn '63
Bob lambrix '63
Dan Van Gelder '63"
Joe Bunce '64
John Butler '64
Steve Charlesworth '64
Garry Moore '64
Claus Morch '64
Mike O'Keefe '64
Ronald Stearns '64
larry Prager '65
John Shepherd '65
William Shapiro '65
Leavitt Ahearns '66
John DeFazio '66
Mike Feeney '66
Chris Lane '66
Richard Mar '66
Lloyd Straits '66
Bill Craig '67
John Dudley '67
William Dyer '67
Fred Frese '67
Ron McCowen '67
Richard Roney '67
John Stoody '67
Rupert Watson '67
Robert Chapman '68
John Gilbaugh '68
Steve Gold '68
George Grimmett '68
Pete Hellman '68
Tom Lester '68
Peter Joost '68
Pat Mclaughlin '68
Masaaki Nakamoto '68
Brent Sanford '68
Bob Schreiber '68
Montroville Walker '68
Alain Vannetzel '68
Robert Wilcox '68
Steve Hall '69
Chuck Hazen '69
loog Kleinbussink '69
Mike Murphy '69
Richard Wade '69
John Brady '70
Phillip Hand '70
Larry Jones '70
Bill Murphy '70
Steve Onuparik '70
William Perez '70
Mike Sunderland '70
lee Baker '71
Dewey Cady '71
Jeff Davis '71
Serge Du Bois '71
Jim Folsom '71
John Hamilton '71
Vic Haupt '71
Dick Moriarty '71
Gunter Pfitzer '71
William Spitler '71
Jack Taylor '71
Farhad Akhavi '72
Hans Combee '72
Siegfried Filoon '72
Roger Fuller '72
William leBow '72
Jim Rook '72
Jeff Ruby '72
John Ryan '72
William Rye '72
Suzy Sagy '72
Dave Seldon '72
Jim Shoultz '72
Steve Toms '72
Meriwether Williams '72
Ernie Escobedo '73
Holland Evans '73
Hunter Fry '73
John Graeff '73
Russ Hooker '73
Jack Kitchen '73
K. C. McAlpin '73
Rod Miller '73
Chris Morrison '73
Neil Sabin '73
Pete Wallin '73
Frank Apple '74
Pascal Cornille '74
Paul Fronczek '74
Jim Harper '74
Sandra Harrison '74
Barry Heimbigner '74
Jul ie Houk '74
Ralph Johnson '74
lee lunda I '74
Shaun Mel ntosh '74
Mi ke Mclafferty '74
Bob Marquardt '74
John Melarkey '74
Apostolo Merguzhis '74
Richard Millison '74
Roger Patterson '74
Pat Rankin '74
R. lee Selby '74
Brad Stoops '74
Frank Suchan '74
J. E. Terril '74
Jim Walton '74
Bob Webb '74
Richard Williams '74
Casey Cummings '75
Jim Hildebrandt '75
John Mazza '75
William Hacker (Special)
Steve Stevenson (Special)
Continenta l Can Co.
S. C. Johnson & Son Inc.
First National City Bank
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Manufacturers Hanover
Chase Manhattan Bank
Dun & Bradstreet
American Express
Fritz Companies, Inc.
Nordson Corporation
Wells Fargo Bank
American Can Co.
Cyprus Mines
Sears Roebuck & Co.
*Martha l. Snyder Scholarship Fund
* * Keyman
Association News
Southern California Alumni
ARIZONA alumni will meet for drinks and dinner to meet the
balloonists and to parti cipate in a Calcutta on November 7th,
kicking off the two-day International Balloon Race being
planned at AGSIM by the Friends of Thunderbird for November
8th and 9th. "All alumni, alumni-in-residence, and friends are
welcome," says President JACK WILLIAMSON, '72, Tel. 275-
7551. There will be a no-host bar, 6:30-7:30 p.m., followed by
a cafeteria meal at 7:30 p.m. See you there!
BAY AREA T-Birds will meet the first weekend in December to
install SHERMAN J. OLSON, '50, as President. BERGER ERICKSON
is planning to attend. Contact either ROLAND or HELEN WILLITS,
'70, 342 Blackstone Drive, San Rafael , California 94903, for
COSTA RICA in late November will have a T-Bird get-together.
DIANE CONNELLY will be there . Contact JIM DAHLSTROM, '58 ,
c/o Super Servicio S.A., Apartado 992, San Jose, Costa Rica .
DAllAS will host Academic Dean MARSHALL GEER in early
November. President GEORGE DE BAKEY, '73, Tel. (214) 368-
8599, BARBARA STEWART, '74 & MARK WINCHESTER are planning
the meeting.
EL SALVADOR tentatively plans a T-Bird reunion in late November,
with DIANE CONNELLY bringing the group up-to-date on
AGSIM. Contact JOHN ARNOLD, Arnold Enterprises, Box 1111 ,
San Salvador, EI Salvador.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA has new officers: WES KRUSE, '69,
President; JEFF RUBY, '72, Vice-President, and BARBARA
MOORE, Secretary-Treasurer. BERGER ERICKSON will be present
at their next meeting in early December.
MEXICO CITY T-Birds, LARRY SCHAEFFER, '47, and PATRICK T.
McLAUGHLIN, '68, seek volunteers to help plan an endNovember
party. DIANE CONNELLY wi II be present from
AGSIM. C'mon, Mexican T-Birds! This one should really be fun!
Contact Larry, c/o General A. Mora, 56 Michelet, Colonia Nueva
Angures, Mexico 5, D.F., Mexico.
NEW YORK saw 70 T-Birds and 25 paid guests turn out on
June 26th for an alumni party. President MIKE CROTTY, '74, is
organizing another for end-October. Contact Mike at (212) 929-
4100 (Off.); (212) 724-8500 Rm. 710 (H), ART WIlliAMS, '73,
(212) 989-0130 (Off.); (212) 753-2786 (H), or JOHN SANDOR,
'74, 10 Waterside Plaza # 17-D, N.Y.C. 10010, for information
on this and future meetings. Great job, T-Birds!
SAN DIEGO T-Birds will probably meet with BERGER ERICKSON
in early December. Conlact President CRAIG STARKEY, '60, at
(714) 756-2692 for details.
SEATTlE President BARTON HARTZELL, '59, aided by BARKER
BATES, '5 1, 1926 Olympia Way, Longview, Washington 98632,
will need help organizing for an early December meeting. How
about it?
EUROPEAN T-Birds are planning their annual mid-winter gettogether.
Contact BILL SYMS, President, '74, at Akzo N.V., The
Hague, Fruitweg 25, Den Haag, Holland, or VIC MARTINEZ,
'74, at Burgemeester Van Tienenweg 3, Diemen, The Netherlands.
CHICAGO alumni have been busy . In June, they met with
DIANE CONNELLY and responded magnificently to AGSIM's
call for Alumni Educational Counselors and "Resource Persons."
September 5th, HELEN & KHALIL HACHEM, '72, JULIE HOUK,
'74, ROBERT BEAN, '48, the MICHAEL MOORMANS, '67, the
WILLIAM WROBELS, '62 , the SELDEN SPENCERS, '67, & RANDY
MILLER, '73, met with JOHN ARTHUR and MARTY SOURS from
AGSIM. Contact Randy at Continental Bank, 2315 S. LaSalle
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60696, JESSE WILSON, 127 E. Ash,
Canton, Illinois, (312) 236-8745, or FRANK KRESCANKO, '57,
at (312) 236-1163 for details of future meetings.
CLEVELAND T-Birds continue to get together for lunch on a
semi-regular basis. The turn-out in July was over 25. GARY
PACIFIC, '72, has been transferred to Mexico, so contact MIKE
GROENEVELD, '72, 5115 Lake Road #824, Sheffield Lake, Ohio
44054, STEVE MAHOOD, '72, 31 Stewart Court, Oberlin, Ohio
44074, or HARRY COCKRELL, '74, c/o The Ridge Tool Co., 400
Clark Street, Elyria, Ohio 44035.
MILWAUKEE alumni had an informal family gathering at Menomonee
Park on August 23rd. The successful event was due to
the efforts of ERNIE KANGAS, '73, Tel. 784-1353 (H), and AL
KEISER, '73, Tel. 355-2417 (H). What's next?
TOKYO alumni honored Professor JOHN lINDHOLTZ on August
29th at a party in the home of the KEN WHITNEYS, '74. Ken
and DAVE FISHER, '67, acted as co-hosts. "Thirty attended and
booze and friendship flowed freely," says John. "I was impressed
by the hospitality from T-Bird alumni and the high
prices from everyone else." The 31 st, Ken and Mitsuko took
John to Hakone for the day.
In SEOUL Lindholtz was entertained in the home of RICHARD &
CYNTHIA HALE, '61, of Rohm & Haas. Fifteen alumni came. John
also reports being royally entertained by Sung Kyun Kwan
University people. He and a Dutch professor gave a Marketing
Export Management Tra ining Course, sponsored by the Asian
Product Corporation, a multi-governmental group with fourteen
member countries. Attendees came from Iran, Republic of China,
Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal and Korea.
Class News
Left to Right: Class of '74 - Anne Walton with new daughter
Sarah Anne, Bill Syms, Julie Nedelkow, Jim Nedelkow with
new son John Paul, Jim Walton and Gerry Syms.
Thunderbird Visitors
STEVE KOHN 74, Peoria, Illinois ... RON NICOSIA 73, Phoenix,
Arizona . .. CHRIS LARSEN, JR. '65, New York City . ..
RON PFAFFLIN 73, Davenport, Iowa ... ED MclAUGHLIN 74,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida ... MILES GEHM '56, York, Pennsylvania
· .. FRANK RIVERA 70, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico ... WILLIAM
TEMPLETON 'KM69, Lexington, Kentucky ... GREG MURPHY
'73, White Plains, New York ... DICK GRAHAM '58, Caracas,
Venezuela ... ROBERT CONNELLY '56, Sao Paulo, Brazi l ...
LEO HAGEMAN '60, Belen, New Mexico ... B. PAUL SMITH
'62, Mexico City ... MIKE KAVANAUGH 72, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
... RON KRAUS 72 ... DWIGHT WINKLER 74, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin ... KEN POTOKAR 73, Evansville, Indiana
· .. GARY RANKER '67 . .. JERRY MORDRET '69, Tananarive,
Madagascar ... RON WALKER 72, Guadalajara, Mexico . ..
ANDREW HEIMARK 72, St. Davids, Pennsylvania ... DAVID
ATKINSON '72, Johannesburg, South Africa . .. JIM TERRIL 74,
Yakima, Washington .. JIM HENDERSON 73, Torrance, Cal ifornia
... DAVE FISHER '67, Tokyo, Japan ... CARROLL
RICKARD '56, Los Angeles, Californ ia ... KEITH THOMPSON
71, Phoenix, Arizona ... FRED FEIBIG 70, Phoenix, Arizona
· .. BUCK BROWN 71 , Madrid, Spain .. LARRY SCHAEFFER
'47, Mexico City .. . TOM SANDEGREN 73, Los Angeles, Cal ifornia
. . . CHUCK GAMEROS '69, Manchester, Connecticut .. .
MIKE NEWTON '56, Thousand Oaks, California . . . PHIL SIDEL
'54, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... MARK PITTMAN '72, Puebla,
Mexico ... JIM STONE 72, Tucson , Arizona . . JIM McCARTY
74, Sausalito, California ... SHIGEHIRO UCHIDA '61, Wilmington,
California ... STEVE SULLINS '68, Ft. Worth, Texas ...
LINDA HANS 72, Chicago, Illinois ... JOHN MARCH '65,
Upton, Wyoming ... MIKE WOLD 74, Minneapolis, Minnesota
· .. ERICH GUGLBERGER '65, Malibu, California ....
JOHN LUQUE, 73, and REED WALTER, 74, Evanston, Illinois
RICHARD BUCK, 74, and Nancy Ann Price, Tempe, Arizona
· . . MICHAEL CHONG-KOK KWEE, 70, and Margaret Anne
Soden, Surrey, England . . FRANK APPLE, 74, and Eli zabeth
Kennedy, Tom's River, New Jersey .. DUKE LIBBY, '63, and
Judith Winkler of Oradea, Rumania ... HAROLD YONOVITZ,
'74, and Margaret Hanson, Phoenix, Arizona .. .
EUGENE C. PULLIAM, publisher of the Arizona Republic and
The Phoenix Gazette and a Director Emeritus of AGSIM, died
June 23, 1975 in Phoenix, Arizona .. LLOYD TOWNSEND '52,
Youngstown, Ohio . WILLIAM D. BURNS '49, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. . STUART M. GREEN '65, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
· . EUGENE N. WEIDNER, '62 , Tegucigalpa, Honduras ...
ELSIE BELL '47, San Diego, California ... JAMES PATRICK,
AGSIM Past Chairman of the Board ...
LEANN (SECUNDA) and GORAN PETERS, 70, New York City
... HANS and ARINE COMBEE, 72, Vossem, Belgium ... JIM
and ANNE WALTON, 74, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ...
PAUL and ANN LlSS, '59, Woodmere, New York .. FRANK
and DIANE SUCHAN, 74, Elyria, Ohio ... MICHAEL and
CAROLINE FEENEY, '66, Heidelberg, Germany . . . JOHN and
MARY GILBAUGH, '68 , Mexico City . . . BOB and ELLEN
McCONNELL, '53, Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey ... STEVE
and NANCY ONUPARIK, 70, Quaker Hill, Connecticut ...
JOHN and GEORGIANA, 72, Metuchen, New Jersey . . .
MARGARET MOORE BRENNAN, '62 , San Francisco, California ...
JIM and CAROLE PAULINO, '61 , Allendale, New Jersey ...
JIM and JULIE NEDELKOW, 74, Vienna, Austria ... CHUCK
and ALAYNE TAMAYO, 72, Fresno, California ... BOB and
SUSAN CHAPMAN, '68, Pacific Palisades, California . . . RAY
and MARILYN ANDERSON, 74, Staten Island, New York ...
JACK and CONNIE TAYLOR 71, London, England ... LARRY
and LINDA PRAGER, '65, Kansas City, Missouri ... JOHN and
GINGER DUDLEY, '67, Comanche, Texas . .. MIKE and JEANIE
BLUTH, 74, Stamford, Connecticut ... CLAUS and ELIZABETH
MORCH '64, Stockholm, Sweden
DAVE and JOAN SELDON 72, Girls, Agana, Guam ...
Joseph Klein '47
47 Joseph M. Klein, Cyprus Mines Corporation's executive
vice president - industrial operations, has been
elected a member of the Los Angeles-based corporation's
Board of Directors .. . "Am interested in buying indooroutdoor
planters of clay, ceramic, plastic, fiberglass, metal,
glass and wood from alumni in Mexico and overseas," writes
Irvin Platt, 6604 Cooper Ridge Road, # 1 02, Baltimore, Maryland
21209 ... From Curitiba, Brazil, Jim Phillips writes: "After
20 years in the airline business, I am now going to manufacture
silos in Parana. Also, Anne and I are proud owners of the
only English Pub in Rio called, oddly enough, The Lord Jim.
Anyone coming down this way is always welcome." In 1961 ,
Jim was the recipient of the Jonas Mayer Award ... Harold
Carpenter is retired in Guadalajara ... Jack Rokahr writes, "On
August 17th, I completed my thirteenth year as a Trade Specialist
with the Los Angeles Di strict office, U.S. Department of
Commerce." ... Herb Lindstrom was Director of a hospital
equipment trade mission visiting Greece, Italy and Switzerland.
George Dietz, vice president of Export-Import Bank, joined the
group in Greece ... Larry Schaeffer and his family had a most
enjoyable visit to the campus in August.
William Neumann '48 Charles Ritter '47
4 8 Bill Miller called in August to tell us that after many
years in South Africa with Forsythe Udwin, he retired
and is now living in Newport Beach, California . ..
Bill Neumann is owner and president of the Scenic Travel Bureau
in Hoboken, New Jersey ... The Charles Rockwells of Phoenix
spent an enjoyable evening with Berger and Mabel Erickson at
the Phoenix Council of the Navy League's dinner at Mountain
Shadows in September. The dinner honored J. William Middendorf,
Secretary of the Navy ... William Davis is a volunteer
Emergency Medical Technician in Greensboro. He and Alice are
proud grandparents .. . L. K. (Marc) Marcus sends John and
Marge Lindholtz '48, best greetings ... William Paden is Senior
Vice President in charge of business in Latin America, the Caribbean,
Spain and Portugal for Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company. He writes, "I have hired a large number of graduates,
many of whom are still working with me."
Tony Lodico '49
49 Tony Lodico is president and chief executive officer of
Cardio Dynamics International in los Angeles. He
writes, "R. A. Franke '74 and Driss Benkhaled '74
work on my staff, and I will be expanding the staff in '76."
. . . F. James Lee writes, "Sold my florist business here in
Washington, D. c., effective April 1, 1975; retired; moving to
Maine, September 1975." Address: 23 School Street, Ogunquit,
Maine 03907 ... Dave Clay has been in charge of Seven-Up
for Mexico and Central America for the past two years, after
twenty years with Pepsi and one year each with General Foods
and Singer. He writes that he and his family are well. "Fond
memories of the school and proud to have received the Jonas
Mayer Award in 1960." .. . Jerry Marugg is Project Procurement
Manager for the Nuclear expansion program at San
Onofre in San Clemente, California,
50 Denman Stanfield writes, "After finishing AIFT, at the
recommendation of Merele Boehn I entered the Foreign
Service (Department of State)-first post, Consular
Assistant, Mazatlan, Mexico; then Asuncion, Paraguay (Vice
Consul); lisbon, Portugal (American Consul); San Jose, CoMa
Rica; and five years American Consulate General, Monterrey,
Mexico. I retired fr,om the Foreign Service September 30,
1973. I am now self employed: Visa Consultant and Typing
Service." . . . Cliff and Louise Bevens moved in July from
Turkey to Thailand with Goodyear. They report enjoying the
challenge and refreshment of a different and most interesting
part of the world ... Selwyn Graves writes that he was made
San Diego Divisional Manager, July 1974, of Wilbur Ellis
Company. The company business is importing frozen fish products
from Mexico for U.S. distribution and re-export ... ell
Van Pelt and his wife Annette plan to visit the campus in midOctober.
Cal is International Vice President of White Stag.
51 Jack Moss is in San Jose, California and reports that
Bob Rowland is Vice President-Maintenance and Engineering
for World Airways . . . Dr. Shelton W.
Marlow has been promoted to Associate Professor-Coordinator
of Student Teachers at the New Mexico State University. He
would like to hear from classes of 1950 and 1951. Address:
1811 Manzana Road, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220.
52 Commenting on his Thunderbird education, George
Curtis of San Jose, Costa Rica writes, "As cheer and
stimulation for those who struggled to teach me business,
economics and Spanish back there in '52-'53, let them
know I now own a finance company, am completely at home
in Spanish, and am a practicing psychotherapist with quite a
followin!;!. One never knows."
Thomas J. Adams '53 Jim Stanley '53
5 3 Jim Stanley is Managing Director of Fuertejido, S.A.,
in San Jose, Costa Rica ... John Lambert is living in
los Altos, California, where he is a Proposal Engineer
with General Electric. He writes, "My work with customers
(electric utilities) and partners (architect engineers) on proposals
and contract negotiations takes me to Europe six or seven times
a year. I really enjoy it. I'm now fumbling with my fifth
language." .. . Tom Adams has just finished the second edition
of his college textbook, THE BUSINESS OF BUSINESS, to be
published by Canfield Press early in 1976. Tom is Professor 'of
Busi ness at Sacramento City College . . . Boye de Mente' tells
us, "spent a total of thirteen years in the Orient after graduating.
last four years of employment was an editor Of The Importer
Magazine, founded by the late Ray Woodside '55, covering
Asian products for Western markets. Wrote first book in
1960; have written twenty since. Moved from Tokyo to Phoenix
in mid-1960's; last ten years have been the best years of our
lives. Two daughters. Begin publishing 1972. Return to Far
East once or twice a year. Just recently have been appointed
executive advisor to East Asia Publishing Company."
54 George Lindahl writes, "Completing thirteen good
years in Guatemala and happy as can be, running my
own cotton brokerage firm. Must be about forty TBirds
here - we'll try to have another reunion soon." ..
Richard Coleman is vice president-Far East-Gamlen Chemicals,
John Lambert '53 George Lindahl '54
5 5 James Cushing is in Iran with Oil Service Company
of Iran (a private company) contracting with NIOe.
He is on loan to OSCO from Texaco International on a
two-year contract, but he hopes to stay longer. He writes that
his T-Bird Spanish is of little value . . . Dick Luers started his
own import-export business last year : Delta Mutual Sales,
Marina del Rey, California , after being with Hughes Aircraft
for fifteen years. He is enjoying his independence . . Art Ortiz
writes, "Going on three years as President of Centinel Bank of
Taos. Having a ball. Very involved in local development. Establishing
privately-owned mini-industrial park." ... "Nerey is
very busy as a law clerk in Federal District Court. Ernie was
elected Regional Vice President, Sales and Marketing Executi ves
International, New York; also, Chairman, District Export Council,"
write the Paradas from Puerto Rico.
Charles M. Stockholm '56 David Murison '56
56 The Class of '56 is busting with news! Carroll Rickard,
Vice President and General Manager of the Continental
Bank International (Pacific), returned to campus
August 2nd as a panel member of the BRAZIL WORKSHOP
Day. Patricia and daughter, Sherri, accompan ied him . . .
Addison Luce reports that they have moved from Rome to
Milan, he having left Manufacturers Hanover Tru st to join Bank
of Montreal. Addison is the Bank's representati ve for Italy . ..
Robert Chamberlin is Regional Director of Sales for the Western
International Hotels, New York Regional Sales Office . . . Mimi
Kennedy, widow of Frank '56, recently remarried. "My new
husband is an electrical engineer. He hopes to move back to
Puerto Rico someday." . Dave Murison is FNCB's Vice President
- Area Credit Officer in Frankfurt, Germany . He writes,
"I have the opportunity to travel through Europe, the Middle
East and Africa . My worst time so far was being kept in the
Holiday Inn in Beirut while fighting went on in the streets outside
the hotel!" .. Robert Bailey has been promoted to Di rector
of International Marketing in Olin Corporation's Fine
Paper and Film Group, Pisgah Forest, North Carolina . Irving
Perlman writes, "Still doing business at the same old stand,
covering New England as a Manufacturers Representative in the
builders' hardware field." ... Charles Stockholm of FNCB in
the Bay area, writes, "Jim and Flo Landolt '57 visited us recently.
First time we have seen them since Kuala Lumpur, 1965.
Good reunion . See Ted and Marie Backus '57 frequently in
Honolulu. Also see or speak with the Fred Brenners '56 in
Miami and the Jack Butefish's '56 in Los Angeles ." .. Miles
Gehm was on campus with his family in July and , upon his
return to York, Pennsy lvania, he represented AGSIM at the
Presidential Inauguration at Dickinson College.
Robert Bailey '56 Alexander Boggio '57
57 Virgil Carlson writes, "Two years ago I took and
passed the CPA exam. I am now in private practice
as a CPA in Georgetown, Texas. In addition, I still
raise Angus cattle on the fami Iy farm . In December 1973,
Frances Cardwell and I got married. Three of her five children
sti II live at home." .. . Norman Fellers is presently providing
consulting services to the Tax Department of New York State
. . . Ted Weisenburger '57, is the Tribal Judge, Devils Lake
Sioux Indian Reservation . You can reach him at Walsh County
Court, Grafton , North Dakota . .. Alex Boggio tells us that as a
sidel ine he has been publishing a monthly report, JOBS WORLDWIDE.
This report is by subscription only; six issues for $15;
12 issues for $24; $36 for 12 issues overseas airmail . "I will be
happy to send out one of my sample reports f ree to each T-Bird
about jobs worldwide," writes Alex. His address is: Box 357,
South Pasadena, California 91030 . . Bill Anderson has been
named Managing Director of Hyster Canada, Ltd ., and living in
Toronto w ith his family.
Pieter Vos '58 Lloyd Darden '58
5 8 Kenneth Cogdill is Manager Corporate Operations,
Evaluation and Coordination for the Amerada Hess
Corporation in New York ... "After working with oil
companies for ten years and li ving during that t ime in Cuba,
the Congo (Za ire), Portugal and Puerto Rico, I then retired and
formed a real estate firm in Puerto Rico. Now consists of 40
peopl e and 3 offi ces," w r ites John Tomlinson ... Jack Ryder
w ri te s, "Completed eighteen years of Federal Service. Hope to
retire in approximately six years." .. "I enjoy very much my
relation ship w ith Thunderbird as an Alumni Recruiter. It keeps
me in touch w ith the school, and I find a growing interest
among Montana area undergrads," w rites Ronald Faust from
Billings " Alvin Fritzner is General Manager of Mack S.A.
(pharmaceuti ca ls) in Mexico . Pieter Vos is Director of Marketing
- EURO SALES DIVISION - for Union Special Maschinen,
and he and his fa mily are residing in Stuttgart, West Germany.
Alvin Frittner '58 Eric Beerman '59
S9 Eric Beerman writes from Madrid, "Research/Writing/
Genealogy in the archives of Spain and Portugal for
the past ten years. When I see mention of Dr. Schurz,
I have to think - what a grand old man he was!" ... Dave
Youmans writes, "I arrived in Bolivia in June with my wife and
youngest son; a second son joins us in August to commence the
school year. I am Director in Bolivia for Foster Parents Plan
International. This is our third assignment for PLAN and our
eleventh abroad since Thunderbird. Work with the agency is
just great and we have the satisfaction of a worthy life contribution."
... Ed Shaw and his family are planning a trip to the
Orient in November ... Andrew Furlan informs us that he
recently left Revlon International as Vice President to become
President of Alintah International Resources - a newly formed
company to trade with West Africa and Nigeria. He travels extensively
... Bob Schmeltz, Managing Director, Pacific subsidiary
for IMC, writes, "We are still in Singapore and would
be happy to see anyone passing through." ... Bob Roberts'
address is Box 4000-R, Ft. Grant, Arizona 85643 . . . Gary
Sisler in Miami, Florida: "Two years ago formed own real estate
firm, specializing in Latin American Investors. Sold half of firm
this year - am president of McNanamy-Sisler, Inc., which deals
in industrial properties as well as foreign investors."
Dave Wallace '60 & friend Gerald Kangas '60
60 First National City Bank has announced that their
Resident Vice President, Gerald Kangas, wife Jeanne
and their four daughters, are being transferred to
Citibank's new African Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya . Jerry
has been FNCB's Senior Officer in the Fiji Islands, and during
the past fourteen years the Kangases have lived in eight
countries throughout South America, Asia and the South Pacific
... Bob Dilworth has been named Manager of the Ceiling
Systems Division for Armstrong Cork Company's European associate
company in Dusseldorf, effective September 1 st . . .
Jerry Holmes writes, "After graduation, I was employed by
Republic National Bank of Dallas and left the Bank in June 72,
as Vice President and Manager of International Banking Services.
I now manage the family real estate investments and am
active in cultural and educational organizations; served in 1973
as President of Dallas Civic Opera and am now President of
Dallas Civic Ballet; serve on various boards of directors in
DaUas; and am trustee of Dallas Academy for brain-damaged
children." ... An up-date on Dave Wallace. After training and
service in Puerto Rico with Chase Manhattan, Dave joined
General Motors Overseas Operations and got his MBA from the
Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth.
Then he went to Mexico and the West Coast with Ford, worked
for Boeing, and Performance Incentives Corporation in Minneapolis.
"It was inevitable that through PIC's multi-national
clients, I would get involved in the international end of things
and that is precisely what happened. Sales and marketing incentives
is a fairly mature industry in the states, but internationally
there are many countries where there is no established
industry, or where such incentive companies as do exist are
simply suppliers of prizes rather than actual marketing agencies.
Australia turned out to be one of those countries. After a
thorough investigation and market study with a group of Australian
investors, I left PIC to put together Charterbridge Propriety
Limited, a full-cycle marketing support agency that
custom-builds motivation programmes for Australian and multinational
clients." Dave offers this personal thought: "Graduates
of English and Australian schools are called 'Old Boys' ... isn't
'Old 'Birds' a logical definition for Thunderbird alums? Much
less sexist, too . . . presumably girls don't graduate from
school in commonwealth countries." ... Dick Croft contributed
his expertise on determining an export price quotation to an
Export Manager's Seminar in Los Angeles this summer. Dick
explained that to quote successfully, the exporter must add to
the factory price all shipping expenses up to a designated delivery
point indicated by the buyer and have a knowledge and
an understanding of the American Foreign Trade Definitions ...
Malcolm Goode writes, "After eleven years in Hawaii and two
in Oregon we're now back in the Southern California area (Dana
Point). Expect to be here about two years before the next
transfer." ... Don Noble has accepted the position of sales
manager for Firestone-Chile ... Bob Ballinger writes, "After
years of travelling we're quite pleased to sink roots in this
modest-sized New England community (Pittsfield, Mass.). Teaching
at Berkshire Community College, Assistant Professor in
Marketing is most satisfying and challenging." ... Dick Renshaw
of Oakland, California, is now a full-time student and
looking forward to a new career in health education ... Now
with Population Services International is Bob Ciszewski, Bangladesh.
Bob writes, "After jobs in private marketing, then with
a voluntary agency, I find that the present activity, social marketing,
satisfies both my social conscience and my business
instinct. Expect to be in Bangladesh three or four more years."
61 Advice to travelers to Tehran, from Sue and Bill lindberg
(Keyman): "Horrifying rent, food scarcities and
a traffic situation that makes New York City's rush
hour look like Sunday afternoon ... which is Friday here. If
you're coming, make sure you have a friend who will put you
up because your confirmed reservation will almost certainly be
confirmed because it's already full. Don't miss the bazaar of the
crown jewels and for gosh sakes don't eat the salad!!! Bring an
umbrella for the grasshoppers and drip-dry clothing for the
year-round summer." Arthur Andersen transferred the Lindbergs
to Guayaquil in July ... Carole Paulino writes, "After UMC
Industries Inc. disbanded their Corporate International Department
in March, Jim joined VALSAN International Corporation
as Marketing Manager. He'll travel world-wide marketing
pumps." ... From Germany, Ken Bennett writes, "I met with
my former classmate Verlyn Miller in San Diego recently. It was
our first meeting since our departure from Thunderbird fourteen
years ago, and it was a pleasureable renewal of acquaintance
with Verlyn and his wife Tats."
62 Tom Gillespie has been elected a Vice President of
the Valley National Bank of Arizona ... Gary West
has left Sterling Products and is setting up his own
export business in San Jose, Costa Rica . . . Tom Zacharias
married in September 1973, and now has a son and a daughter.
Tom works as Deputy Director for CARE in Tunisia ...
Darryl Petersen writes, "Now settled down in California again
and thoroughly enjoying every minute of it. Looking forward
to visiting AIFT one of these days, especially before Messrs.
Jackie, Finney and Connelly retire." ... The James Bensons
recently returned from Paris, where Jim was Assistant Agricultural
Attache - U.S. Embassy. He has been reassigned to
Washington in charge of bi-Iateral agricultural trade problems
for countries other than EC and Communist . . . The Brooks
Rawlins went from assignments in Argentina to Brazil to Chile
in first five months of 74. He is currently Sales Manager of
General Motors Chile . .. Steve Naegle and his bride, Maria,
are living in Miami, Florida where he manages trading to
Central America for Cargill, Inc .... From Jakarta, Steve Heiner
informs us that he is engaged to Margaret Foo of Singapore,
and they plan to marry September 27th in that city.
64 George Radcliffe with CARE Inc. writes, "We have
been in beautiful Tunisia for a year and we're looking
forward to being here a while longe~." .. . Ronald
Stearns writes, "Relocated September, 1974, to Oshkosh Truck
Corporation as Canada/ Latin America Area Manager. Oshkosh
is a leading Fox Valley (Wisconsin) employer and also manufactures
in Australia and South Africa , specializing in the design,
development and manufacture of conventional and all-wheel
drive heavy duty trucks. There is ample opportunity to travel
throughout this area of major responsibility, where alumni are
often encountered." .. . John Butler of Honolulu is now with
C. Lloyd Johnson Inc. They handle over 80 product lines and
John is responsible for sales to mi litary exchange in Hawa ii,
Guam, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea ... Claus Morch has been
transferred from Beirut, Lebanon to Stockholm, Sweden' and is
now Manager-Scandinavia with Goodyear.
Ronald Stearns, '64 Daniel Van Gelden '65
6 5 Kodak has transferred D. R. McCann, Jr. from Hong
Kong to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia .. . John March
writes: "After leaving Caracas and Allis Chalmers in
1971, my wife, Bonnie, daughter, Tana, and I went on foreign
assignment to Montana, where I purchased an interest in a
small real estate corporation . The company has grown from
three employees to twenty-seven and my family has grown by
one, a daughter. Self-employment agrees with me. It's kind of
lik a potato patch with the harvest depending on your own
efforts." .. . Larry Prager is Training Manager for Agri-Products
Division of Butler Manufacturing Company in Kansas City,
Missouri ... "Never have I felt far away from the great AIF'r
family even though it has been twelve years since last seeing
my classmates. My training at AIFT has qualified me to hold
important banking positions," writes Dan Van Gelden with First
National City Bank, Houston, Texas.
Cliff Rudisill '66 Lawrence W. Prager '65
66 Vince Cater has been transferred to San Jose, Costa
Rica as General Manager - Central American Exchange
Bank ... Cliff Rudisill has been elected Assistant Vice
President - International Department, Houston National Bank
.. Chris Lane writes from the Bay Area, "Started Trident Navigation
Company in January 1975. Acting as agents for a German
chartering company and two American tanker companies.
Always looking for additional steamship companies to represent
on the Pacific Coast . .. Peter Baer opened his own law office
last Spring in Portland . Wife Virginia graduated from Law School
and took the Oregon state bar e xam .. . Tal Fletcher offers an
up-date: "Since 1969, I have emphasized the use of full -time
professional investment managers to my clients who wish to
relieve themselves from day to day investment decisions. Most
of my clients use call options to reduce risk and improve total
return . Last year I founded and was first president of the San
Francisco Security Options Society and am presently serving as
Honorary Chairman. Business has been great and confident to
grow." . . . Peter Hahn has started Cobblestone Vineyards, Inc.
He hopes to build small winery in 1977-78 ... Lloyd Straits
has left Bankers Trust Company and is now International Finance
Manager for the Northrop Corporation in the Los Angeles
area ... Bob Nelson is an instructor at the Mission Language
and Vocational School. "I'm teaching in the Latino Manpower
Training Program in the Mission District of San Francisco. It's
both rewarding - seeing my students go out and get jobs, and
frustrating - working with some unmotivated students." ...
David Watkins, CLU, of Oakland, California, qualified for PMLA
honors with Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia.
Ron McCowen '67 William D. Spitler '67
67 Ron McCowen went August 18th to Sao Paulo, Brazil,
as Deputy Exhib ition Manager for U.S. Exhibition of
Machine Tool and Meta l Working Machinery, to be
held there in November. There were 130 booths, over 2,500
square meters of display space, over 70 U.S. exhibitors representing
over 100 U.S. companies ... From Portugal, Richard
Roney writes, " It has really been an education trying to produce
tires in a revolutionary atmosphere. It makes one value the
rights and privileges of the free enterprise system ." Dick is with
Firestone . .. Bill Craig has accepted the position of sales manager
for Firestone-Venezolana ... Bill Dyer of Redondo Beach,
Cal ifornia, is the Export Manager for Overseas Operations Inc.
He exports architectural hardware from Southern California to
Lat in America, Asia and South Africa .
Ron Renchard '68 and Gunter Kohlke '73
6 8 Brent Sanford has accepted a position at Armco headquarters
in Middletown, Ohio after five enjoyable
years in Brussels. Brent will head up the welding
export sales department worldwide ... Andrew Madsen has
been named Superintendent of Disability Income Sales, agency
division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of
Springfield ... Masaaki Nakamoto will receive an MBA from
Sophia University, Tokyo at year end. He is Far East Representative
for the Koehring Company ... "Am responsible for developing
sales of Kodak consumer products in latin America
and will be traveling extensively throughout the region. Would
like to see other T-Bird friends on trips," writes John O'Brien,
from Rochester, New York ... Tom Lester writes that he has
been with Fieldcrest three years. During that time he has
worked in New York City, San Antonio, Texas, and now Boston
... John and Mary Gilbaugh report that their friends, Bob and
Christy Londono, '69 and Rafael and Marie Jean Miyar '68, are
expecting babies. "We see Phil and Cindy Young, '70, and Bill
and Patsy Snyder, '71, frequently as all of us are members of
the foreign banking community in Mexico." ... Jerry Monell
is teaching school in la Mesa, California. He visited Ivo Spalatin
last summer and he has been Administrative Assistant to his
hometown Congressman, Honorable Zablocki, of Milwaukee
... Steve Gold was elected Senior Vice President of Seligman
& latz, Inc. (AM EX) and Executive Vice President of its
$100,000,000 beauty salon division as of September 1975 .. .
Myron Carlson has his own business exporting Brazilian products.
His address is Caixa Postal 3028, Porto Alegre, Brazil ...
"Was recently paid a visit by Carol (Dobbins) Griffin, '69, who
was my roommate for two years in New York. It was Carol's
first visit to Colorado. We took in a local rodeo and the Rocky
Mountain National Park during her brief stay," writes Rebecca
Vories, Research Administrator for the Colorado Energy Research
Institute ... Bob Wilcox is Resident Vice President for Guam
and the U.S. Trust Territories for Citibank. He has supervisory
responsibility for four branches and two subSidiary companies.
He expects a transfer to Singapore soon ... Dave Rosen advises,
"Toronto is the greatest city in North America, but also
the most expensive. Beware before moving here." ... George
Grimmett writes, "Just returned from Australia, Singapore,
Philippines and Hong Kong. Had breakfast and a briefing from
Joe and Holly Nichols, '70, in Singapore. Everywhere I go
around the world I visit alumni." ... Dave Mcintyre was interviewed
in "ADVERTISING AGE" magazine and "MANAGEMENT
REVIEW" magazine published his article. He has also been guest
speaker at the International Advertising Association Workshop
in Chicago and at the American Management Association Memphis
Advertising Federation meeting ... Ron Renchard during
a recent business trip in the Arabian Gulf area got together at
the American Club with John House, '69, and Gunther Kohlke,
John O'Brien '68 Chuck Hazen '69
69 Larry Harrison, loan Officer in First National Bank at
Brownsville's (Texas) commercial loan department, has
been promoted to Vice President ... In July, Fred
Bloom was promoted to District Manager - Asian OperationsPakistan,
India, Bangladesh, Sri lanka, Nepal. As of January
1976, his Singapore address will be: Asian Representative Office,
J . I. Case Co., 12-C, 12th floor, Yen San Bldg., 268
Orchard Rd., Singapore ... "After acquiring my MBA from
University of Texas, I worked for Riviana Foods for three years
before joining Gaedcke Equipment Company as Director of
Marketing in Houston. Am looking forward to a relaxing visit
to T-Bird campus," writes Jack Murray ... Eric Fable created a
holding company in 1974 which purchased a 21-year-old manufacturing
company in January 1975. He serves as president.
· .. The Don Hedgpeths left Switzerland and the TIMEX group
last October. They drove a Volkswagen Campmobile from the
factory in Germany 13,000 miles through Eastern Europe, the
Middle East, and the sub-continent to Colombo, Ceylon. They
then shipped the car to Australia, toured in New South Wales,
sold the car, and returned to California, where wife, Jill, a
native of Australia, "enjoyed real Chicano food and seeing
Disneyland." Don reports that Jim Judge '70 is the new General
Manager for G. D. Searle in Indonesia, Rich Roberts '70, is
number two man for Seagram's in the Australia-South Pacific
region .. . "After two years in Buenos Aires and almost two
years in Mexico City, we have moved to Caracas. Hoshua, now
one and a half, was born in Mexico," writes Jim Bailey ...
Cary Morton writes, "Am traveling frequently to latin America,
Middle East, Australia, New Zealand. In April, I saw Jim and
Mimi Bailey, '69, just settling in Caracas with Armco. Had a
great dinner at the Caracas Hilton." ... From Chuck Hazen: "I
travel monthly throughout Southeast Asia and so see many
T-Birds frequently. Recent contacts: Pat Helmholz '69, and Bill
Kloepfer '69, both in Jakarta, AI Nordell '73, Larry Lamb '69,
Dave Long '68, Ben Cross '69 (all in Kuala lumpur). Judy and I
hope any traveling T-Birds will stop by and say hello when in
Kuala lumpur at 11 Jalan Damansara Endah. We love living
here. Hope to sponsor T-Bird alumni party here soon." . . .
Steve Hall writes from Alexandria, Virginia, "I have enjoyed
regular contact with a number of T-Bird alumni in this area.
I am with the U.S. Department of Commerce and will be joining
the latin American Group of the Office of International Marketing
where Tom Brewer, '61 and Bob Fogelsong, '64, are already
in residence.
70 Don Burrows is Vice President, Crocker National Bank,
International Division, in San Francisco ... Bob Snyder
wr.ites, "Just saw Bob and Marie Ballantyne '70 in
Maine. They are changing locations from Beirut to South Africa.
Had phone call from Gary Walcott '69 and also hear from Ollie
Jakob '70 and Dave Beebe '70 every once in a while. Hope to
visit Chile in December." ... The Wayne Pulvers have moved
to Caracas where he has joined the Regional Staff for Citibank
· .. Phillip Hand is Assistant Comptroller for Cigarari~ Morazan.
He writes, "I have recently been transferred from San Pedro
Sula, Honduras to San Salvador. I am enjoying the relatively
cool weather here." ... Bill Murphy participated in the recent
U.S. Trade Fair held in Mexico City last May. He spoke on
various international financing alternatives, including the Exporter
and Buyer Credit Programs of Eximbank . . . Goran
Peters is now president of Maxi Metals, Inc., in New York City.
Leann's (Secunda '70) brother Jim entered AGSIM this fall ...
Mike and Rose Sunderland write, "We have just completed our
third wonderful year in Belgium, and at the same time celebrated
our daughter's first birthday." ... "During first year in
Northeast Brazil, besides being Adela's representative, have
been elected Director of Socidade Corretora Paulista - SOCOPA
as their Recife representative and Director of Dafne Malharia
S.A., which is the new Jockey International licensee in Brazil
and a joint venture between Dafne-Adele and Jockey," writes
John Brady ... James Pool writes, "We are now living in
Danbury, Connecticut, and I am Product Manager for American
Can. Maribeth and I are expecting our third child in December."
· .. From Suzanne McCarver: "Larry is Area Representative for
Europe, Mid East and Africa." She reports that two other T-Birds
are owner/managers of Ditch Witch International DealershipsMike
Wiley '69, in Mexico, and Barney Blackburn '69 in Brazil.
Larry Ishmael, '75, will be joining Ditch Witch, Inc., subsidiary
of the Charles Machine Works, Inc., as an area representative
for latin America, and Jim Smith, '69 is Manager of International
Marketing. "All T-Birds are invited to stop in Perry, Oklahoma
to visit us (405-336-4404) and visit the Ditch Witch
manufacturing facilities whenever they are in the area." ...
Michael Kwee, formerly Regional Investment Administrator of
the American International Assurance Co., ltd., stationed in
Singapore, has been apPOinted Assistant Vice President-Investment
in its home office in Hong Kong.
71 A note from the Harold (Buck) Browns inform us of
their whereabouts. "After a fun year in Hong Kong and
thanks to Senorita de Noronha, we made many T-Bird
friends. Got together with Carol and Terry Thomas '65, Anna
and Bill Walker '70 and Jo and Don Sellers '72 for an Arizona
style BBQ - even used the Big Apples (of Phoenix) recipe for
the sauce. We were a bit sad to leave, for Buck had an enjoyable
year as General Manager of Sterling Drug, but glad for
the opportunity to use our Spanish and see Madrid, Spain." . ..
Bob Richter has recently moved from Corporate Banking Officer
at United California Bank to Vice President of Corporate Finance
of Burning Bar Sales Company .. . John Artman is ManagerOwner
of La Bodega, exporter of Ecuadorian handicrafts from
Quito . . . Farhad Akhavi is Managing Director of Iranian Aero
Services in Tehran . He reports that he is "still single and
looking ." .. . John Hamilton writes from Sacramento: "Formed
Valley Trading Company in February 1975. We provide a small
to middle-size business with a consultant service for product
export. Main areas are agricultural machinery and computers."
.. . From Jack Taylor: "Left Colgate-Palmol ive International in
January 1975 to join Diversey Corporation, a world-wide producer
of specialty chemical products. At present, I'm Managing
Director of Diversey (East Africa) limited and living in Nairobi,
Kenya." . .. " It has been almost two years that I'm working
with Bureau Technique BIA in Zaire. We are representing leading
manufacturers of earthmoving equipment. We are presently
looking into marketing in other African countries. Please contact
me if it happens that you are in Kimshasa (80722 or
77797)," writes Serge Dubois . . . Professor Mark Pittman, University
of the Americas Director of Recruiting, will travel 15,000
miles and visit twenty-two U.S. cities to promote the University,
August through December of this year .. . " Started own business
after graduation. Now have four nurseries and seventeen
employees and gross of half a million a year. Interior landscaping,
plant rental, maintenance, retail and wholesale," writes
Richard Moriarty, owner of Instant Jungle, Costa Mesa, Cali fornia
... Aloysio Vasconcellos has spent six months at the
University of Paris - Sorbonne, doing research sponsored by
the French Government about International Marketing and Economic
Development ... Keith Thompson is now in Bogota,
Colombia to represent his own company ADCO which is going
to be marketing diversified electronic products and the Honcho
Hans Combee '72 Farhad Akhavi '72
72 Daniel Sears, Cattle Feeder in La Salle, Colorado
writes : "The commodity market is risky and so is the
cattle business. Am considering intensive culture of
catfish or shrimp." ... Bill Rye has been appointed Director of
Marketing Services for lindsey, Brad/ey Johnston Advertising
in Chattanooga and spends a week each month in Canada as
liaison for a U.S./ Canadian joint venture .. . Wayne Selph is
handling General Foods, Avon, British Tourist Authority and
several Brazilian accounts for Standard, Ogilvy & Mather in Sao
Paulo, Brazil. He and his family plan to return to the U.S. in a
year . . . "Presently working for a company which uses the
Twin City concept for manufacturing (Juarez/ EI Paso). Working
with company and corporation to penetrate the Mexican market
with hospital supplies," writes Ralph Miller from Albuquerque
. .. Hans Combee is with Brubank N.V. in Brussels, Belgium
... Rick Baca writes, " Have been in Alaska since January and
working on the pipeline since March. T-Birds Jack Kitchen '73,
Rick Cooley '73, Dave Wold '74 and Hal Walker '73 all with
Bechtel, I nco and are also hard at it .. . Nicklas Esders is Administrative
Manage; - Wappler International GmbH., in Munich,
since the beginning of the year ... Gary Cunningham
up-dates: "Married June 74. Have one beautiful five-year-old
girl - instant family. I am in regular touch with Rich and Sue Iri
'71 (los Angeles - First National Bank of Chicago) and Hal and
Barb Baker '71 (Waukesha Motors, Wisconsin). I have recently
been transferred from the Construction Machinery Division to
the Mining Machine Division of the Bucyrus-Erie Company. I
am responsible for the sales of open pit mining shovels, drills,
and draglines in the Rocky Mountain Area ." . .. "I will be
moving soon to Caracas to work as a Planner in the Regional
Vice President's office of FNCB. This will be quite a change
from my current job as an Account Manager of Multinational
Accounts (in Quito, Peru). The new job will cover the countries
of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela and the Southern Caribbean
with opportunities to travel ," writes Susan Corcoran. She
also reports that she visited Susy Sagy '72 in Caracas and that
Susy is very happy with her job with Arrenda . . . From AI
Ostrofe, " Have finally accomplished a fluency in German and
am responsible for two account groups of Unilever and liggett
and Meyers products, plus new brand developments. We also
have a small leather boutique going on the side! Things are a
little open-ended right now, since I will be transferring out of
Germany in January, but no decided destination right now.
Most probably will be back to New York to begin work on a
Ph.D. in Marketing/ Urban Affairs at NYU." ... Malcolm Byrnes
is acting as an Alumni Educational Counselor in New York City
and keeps in touch w ith the school through his sister Terry, '75,
and Bruce Coonan '74 .. . "Captain and part owner of new
fishing vessel 'Kevleen K: a 108' crab boat built by Marine
Construction and Design Company of Seattle," writes selfemployed
William Le Bow . . . Roger Fuller is the Assistant
Finance Manager for Koehring International in Milwaukee .. .
James W. Echle is proud to be with Salsbury International,
Asian Marketing in Japan. "Salsbury has eleven personnel (a
disc corporation) and seven of them are T-Birds with only two
living in the U.S. How many companies can claim that record?"
. .. Eugene Swallow has been promoted from Sales Administration
to National Sales Operations Manager of World Parts
Division of Maremont Corporation, Nashville, Tennessee ...
Pete Niggeman is the Account Manager for Underwriters Service,
Inc. and is living in Kentfield, California .. Jim Rook is
currently living in Hong Kong with Caterpillar Far East as a
Parts and Service Marketing Representative. Jim covers an area
including Hong Kong, Thailand, Bangladesh, India and Nepal
.. . Larry Ratner has a public and private psychological practice
and teaches psychology at Imperial Valley College, EI Centro,
Cal ifornia.
Ernest Escobedo '73
7 3 Holland Evans writes f rom Oklahoma City, "Besides
myself, the Class of 73 has three other T-Birds working
for the U.S. Department of Commerce. They are
Tom Ritter of Kansas City, Paul Bergman of Omaha and Less
Muranyi of NYC." . . . Jack Kitchen is in Fairbanks. "Alaska
Pipeline scheduled for 52% completion by November 1975.
Summers here are beautiful , but short; winters are too cold and
too long. Enough said. Pipeline construction still slated for 3rd
quarter, 1976, God and the Teamsters willing . Then, to a job in
a warmer climate, hopefully." . From John Graeff in Texas:
" I've just returned from an assignment in Washington, D.C. as
a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. I now manage all the
foreign cash assets of the comp·any and some twenty subsidiaries
of lone Star Gas." . . . Corning Glass Works has named
Larry Bartleson Marketing Manager - Technical Products . ..
Jim and Charlotte Henderson were on campus in July to participate
i n a seminar on the U.S. Market for Japanese Enterprises.
Thirty-eight students from the International Institute for Studies
and Training of Japan (liST) attended the seminar . .. K. C.
McAlpin took a great vacation in May. "Visited T-Bird friends
Stefan Aminoff '73 in Sweden, Greg and Mary Milliman '74, in
Germany, Bredo and Rondi Oestlien '74, in Rome, and saw
Bjorn Liverod '74 in london ." .. . A " double" alumni questionnaire
was returned by Gregory and Melissa Miller Murphy.
They wrote that they have recently moved to Connecticut and
are living on an eighty-five-year-old Dutch sheep ranch. "Greg
commutes to White Plains - General Foods - as Associate Product
Manager. Melissa works for Vick Chemical as Assistant
Product Director." They regularly see T-Birds Chris Chesser '72,
Bob and Julie Stockwell '72, and Dorothy Reed '73. They are
enjoying the East Coast but miss Thunderbird ... Ernie Escobedo
has been promoted to Manager of the Rio de Janeiro office of
Bethlehem Steel Corporation. He and Helen welcome any T-Bird
in the area to drop by the office at Av. Churchi II 129, Grupo
402, Rio ... Barry Tatgenhorst is in Beirut with the International
Department of Chemical Bank ... Allyn Keiser has been
elected International Officer, M & I Marshall & IIsley Bank ...
Hunter and Bev Fry of Oklahoma City have been traveling
around the U.S. quite a bit, and have been to Mexico City for a
trade show ... Mike Morris is attending the london School of
Economics ... Gary Miller, with Metropolitan life, hopes addi-tional
T-Birds will search out the new opportunities in insurance.
"The rewards are simply amazing," he says ... Jim Hansen has
been elected International Officer - International Department
of the First Pennsylvania Bank.
John Sandor '74 Richard Williams '74
74 Richard Milliron is an International Management Trainee
with Chemical Bank in New York, and he will be
assigned to Switzerland and Eastern Europe . .. Sherri
Cann is a Financial Analyst and Project Financial Manager with
Socio-Economic Systems of los Angeles, a consulting firm which
mostly makes envir~)nmental impact reports ... Kemp Johnson
joined Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company as an International
Commercial Lending Officer Trainee. He and Rosemary live near
Princeton, New Jersey ... Jim Crist is seeking work in the
oil-related industry, and he would appreciate any alumni constructive
imput or suggestions. Mailing address: P.O. Box 395,
West Glacier, Montana 59936 ... Bashar Farouki writes, "I
became the General Manager for one of the leading companies
in Kuwait dealing with heavy construction machinery, Scandinavian
furniture, and decorative material. I'm trying to introduce
new lines and would like to contact Thunderbirds all around
the world and especially in the Middle East." ... "I am working
with a French wood pulp and paper sales agency." Pascal
Cornille thanks Herr Richter and Professor Lindholtz, ExportImport
and Marketing courses for his present successes. He
lives at 70 Rue Du Point Du Jour in Boulogne, France ... Jim
and Anne Walton are living in the "cleanest town" in Holland,
Broek In Waterland, and invite their friends to visit them when
they come to Amsterdam. Jim is with Koehring International ...
Ray and Marilyn Anderson write, "The closest thing to Arizona
in NYC is Staten Island and at present there are at least fouf
alumni families residing here - John and Cookie Allred '73,
Rick and Marilyn Milliron '74, Bob and Marcie Budge '65, and
Gregg and Valerie Jackson '75. NYC may be large, but the S.I.
ferryboats are small enough to encounter at least one T-Bird in
the rush hour crowd. Marilyn and Cookie (both ex T-Bird nursery
directors) are still expert diaper changers. Each has a newborn
to help them stay in practice." . . . According to Bob
Keating, job opportunities are great for T-Birds in Puerto Rico.
He is working for Threads of Puerto Rico ... Bernhard Wegert
completed Pfizer Corporation's twenty-one-week training pro-gram
to better prepare its pharmaceutical representatives. Bernie
Faucher is with Ford, Bacon and Davis Engineering Consultants
but has not yet traveled internationally or been involved on
international projects as he had hoped to ... Steve Shock is in
Singapore with Continental Emsco Oil, a divisicn of Lykes
Youngstown, which handles field equipment ... Tapan Sinha
is a Senior Management Trainee with Otis Elevator Company in
Calcutta. He covers marketing for Nepal, Bangladesh, Sikkim,
Bhutan and the eastern region of India. He hopes visiting
T-Birds will contact him at "Jeevan Deep," 1, Middletown Street,
Calcutta ... Ernie Lau and Bob Martinez report that they are in
Phoenix working for the National Economic Development Association
which assists in the establishment of minority business
enterprises. Ernie is a Marketing Analyst and Bob, a Management
Consultant. Bob received the Outstanding Management
Consultant of the Year Award from the Phoenix chapter of
NEDA ... Dave Hamill is with the United States Information
Agency in Washington. After approximately one year of training,
he will report to Belgrade, Yugoslavia ... Doug Dunsmore
has taken a position in the International Division - Specialty
Organic Chemicals of Sobin Chemicals, in Boston ... Steve
Bartley is with the Chamberlain Manufacturing Corporation,
working on the development of low-cost, high-performance
solar energy collectors ... Dick Williams, with Habig-Kimball
Ltd., has been promoted to European Administrative Manager,
with general responsibility over three European Divisions. Dick
wi II take up residence in london this Fall ... Jerry Kostik is
now with Pullman Corporation, Trailmobile Division in Chicago.
His boss happens to be a T-Bird, Bob Linsenmayer '59 . . . lee
Lundal is working for the Blue Bird Body Company and has
traveled extensively. Lee writes, "Any T-Birds who can help in
West Africa drop a line here. (Rt. 2, Christopher Circle, Fort
Valley, Georgia 31030) European and Japanese competition is
very strong and penetration for us very difficult . . . John
Sandor has been appointed Program Coordinator for the Tobacco
Field Sales Department of Philip Morris U.S.A.
7 5 Casey and linda Cummings are enjoying themselves
immensely in Santo Domingo. Casey finds the work
varied and challenging. Also working with Casey at
Esso Inter-America is Tom Allward, '73 as Senior Auditor. The
Cummings will be going to Honduras soon . .. Cathy Cooper
is working in the Comptrollers Division of the First National
City Bank in New York. She has run into Alex Cohen and Candi
Cook on the street. Keith Bovetti is also at FNCB, the bank's
training center ... Alfred Hamburg is Assistant to the Director
of Foreign Students at Eberhard-Karls University of Tubingen in
Germany and hopes to take over the "Full Director" slot in a
year ... John Mazza writes, "I returned to sea in June, and
from June through August served as First Officer aboard the
Exxon Tanker, SIS EXXON NEWARK. The ship is engaged in
West Coast trade along California and Alaska carrying crude
oil." We would enjoy taking John up on his offer to guest lecture
on Ocean Transportation and the Role of Maritime Unions
when he gets back for a visit ... Employment news: Mike
Bluth is an International Management Trainee, Chesebrough
Ponds (Greenwich, Connecticut); Mark Anderson, International
Services Group of Libby, McNeil and Libby (Chicaqo); Candice
Cook is in the Management Training Program - International
Bank, Chemical Bank (New York); Stuart Forman in Management
Development Program, Tuff Kote Dinol (Warren, Michigan);
Gregory Jackson, International Lend ing Officer, Chemical Bank
(New York); Robert Janson, Marketing Trainee, Bucyrus-Erie
(Evansville, Indiana); Ole Dam, Sales Liaison Supervisor, BucyrusErie
(Pocatello, Idaho); Michael Bell, Management Trainee,
Bucyrus-Erie (Milwaukee, Wisconsin); Kevin O'Donnell, International
Contracts Administrator (Los Angeles); Neil Browne,
Salesman, Silver Specialties (Phoenix, Arizona); Bill Whitehead,
Admissions Counselor, DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana);
George W. Cevallos, Loan Officer Trainee, Deltec Banking Corporation
Ltd. (Nassau, Bahamas); Ken Pickens, Jack McCormick
& Associates (Paoli, Pennsylvania).
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Readings For The Internationally-Minded
Ackerman, Alan R. and Carol Kurtis, INVESTING IN EGYPT; A
POTENTIAL MARKETPLACE, Financial World, September 10,
1975, p. 22-26 .
Bolles, Richard Nelson, WHAT COlOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?
This book combines the ingredients of wisdom and humor 'to
reassure the reader that his depressed state of mind about
job-hunting has been and is shared by numerous others. Various
sections cover such topics as going after the company you have
decided upon and how to approach the key decision-makers of
that company.
Dalal, P. T., U.M. SHIPPING CODE: REFLECTIONS ON SOME
ASPECTS OF THE FINAL ACT, Foreign Trade Review (India),
October-December, 1974, p. 159- 171 .
Darden, Lloyd, '58, THE EARTH IN THE LOOKING GLASS,
Doubleday & Co. , 336 pages, $7.95.
In a clear, non-technical style, Lloyd examines man's progress
in studying "Spaceship Earth" through the use of pictures taken
by satellites and the contributions being made by satellites in
locating food and energy resources, especially in lesser developed
Green, Paul E. and Yoram Wind, NEW WAYS TO MEASURE
CONSUMERS' JUDGEMENTS, Harvard Business Review, JulyAugust,
1975, p. 107-117.
Hawkins, Robert G. and others, IMPROVING THE ACCESS OF
DEVElOPING COUNTRIES TO THE U.S. CAPITAL MARKET, Bulletin,
New York University Graduate School of Business Administration,
No.4, 1975. 95 p.
Hurwitz, Leon, THE E.E.C. IN THE UNITED NATIONS: THE VOTING
BEHAVIOR OF EIGHT COUNTRIES, 1948-1973. Journal of
Common Market Studies, March, 1975, p. 224-243.
Leonard, Phyllis G., '49, PREY OF THE EAGLE, Popular Library,
255 pages, $1 .25 paperback.
Mrs. Leonard has created a "gothic" romantic novel of suspense,
located in Mexico in 1881. The author weaves much authentic
historical and archeological information about the Aztec Indian
and Mexican culture to enrich the tale. This book won the
Second Place Award for adult books in the 1975 Communications
Contest of the National Federation of Press Women.
McGann, Anthony F., THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY IN WESTERN
EUROPE, Journal of Advertising, Summer, 1975, p. 19-24.
Mcintyre, David R., '68, ADVERTISING I N UNDERDEVElOPED
COUNTRIES: SEVEN-UP's SYSTEM, American Management Review,
May 1974.
A highly informative article dealing with one company's approach
to advertising and selling a product in an underdeveloped
country. This article covers all techniques necessary for
initial market penetration.
Marks, A. M., Chairman, World Business Department, AGSIM,
Profe ssor Marks covers the various qualifications and characteristics
of a successful international manager, with specific reference
to the unique learning opportunities that are available
through the Master of Internationa I Management program at
Mayer, Lawrence A., CLIMBING BACK FROM NEGATIVE
GROWTH, Fortune, August, 1975, p. 151-154.
Meyers, Harold Burton, THAT INCREDIBLE ECONOMY SOUTH
OF THE BORDER, Fortune, September 1975, Pages 112-117.
A f irst rate article review ing business and economic news from
Mexico. Mr. Meyers penetrates both the economics problems
of Mexico and their great record of success in coping with
these extraord inary problems.
Perlo, Victor, BEHIND THE U.S.-O.P.E.C. CONFLICT, Challenge,
Sept.-Oct. 1975, p. 49-54 .
Rickard, Carroll M., '56, ECONOMY IN BRAZIL, World Business
Economy, Vol. 3, Number 2, July 1975, Pages 7-8 .
Foreign investment in Bra zil continues to be encouraged by
Brazil ian government planning . Investment has been oriented
into or away from certa in areas and indirect discrimination,
part icularly f inancial , in favor of national companies has been
practiced, but major foreign subsidiaries do still get a much
larger portion of the available bank credit than do all but the
largest indigenous firms.
Shimbum, Nihon Keizi, FOREIGN FIRMS IN JAPAN FIND BUSINESS
TALENT SCOUTING DIFFICULT, December 1973, 5 pages,
tra nslated from Japanese.
Becau se of highly competitive sa lary offering, fore ign business
firms operating in Japan are facing new problems in hiring
Japanese managerial talent, particularly with a master's degree
in management.
Van der Spek, Peter, MEXICO'S BOOMING BORDER ZONE,
Inter-American Economic Affa irs, Summer, 1975, p. 33-48 .
Weinshall, Theodore D., MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND UNIVERSAL ROLE, Management International
Review, No. 2-3, 1975, p. 17-28.
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