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his German accent. … Carroll
Rickard ’56 is happily retired in
Scottsdale, Arizona, and is enjoying
his time desert gardening and
volunteering. His wife, Patricia,
is heavily involved in composing
music for the Native American
fl ute and playing her own compositions.
… Narce Caliva ’56,
an American Red Cross worker
and volunteer with 52 years of
experience, lives in Winchester,
Virginia. He is helping record the
legacy of the American Red Cross
serving with the U.S. Armed
Forces overseas. As an Army
lieutenant, he spent 21 months
in Korea during that confl ict and
later with the Red Cross. He was
deployed overseas four times, including
Vietnam. … Virgil Carlson
’57 is a retired CPA. He still
keeps in contact with some of his
fellow T-birds. … Dan Roberts
’57 is having fun using the Spanish
he learned at Thunderbird to
communicate with his Hispanic
neighbors in New Jersey, where
he is retired. … Wilbur Hoover
Davidson ’57 worked for
Goodyear International after
graduating from Thunderbird. He
also worked for Monsanto, Esso
Chemical and Bridgestone before
establishing his own company,
Florida Bandag, from which he
is now retired. He is still active in
his warehouse rental business.
Davidson lives in Fleming Island,
Florida, with his wife, Joyce. …
Belmont Haydel ’57 has a
Ph.D. in international business
and is semi-retired as professor
emeritus. He is active in writing
articles and books, traveling
around the world, consulting
and visiting relatives and friends.
ThunderCouples share love
stories for Valentine’s Day
T
hunderbird
students Annabelle
Abba and
Peter Brownell
’97 met on the first day
of classes in fall 1995 and
quickly bonded as running
partners. Susannah Scaife
’98 and Chris Thompson
’97 crossed paths for nearly
two years before they made
a connection in the campus
Pub.
The stories vary, but the
results are often the same:
Love and marriage followed
by future T-birds in
diapers. In celebration of
Valentine’s Day 2011, dozens
of ThunderCouples shared
their stories for the Alumni
Impact Blog on the Thunderbird
Knowledge Network.
Lawrence Brown ’93
acknowledges that he used a
different type of global strategy
to meet his bride in the
international marketing class
of Thunderbird Professor
Kannan Ramaswamy, Ph.D.
“I saw a young woman
walk in late and sit down in
the back row on the first day
of class,” Brown said. “I was
smitten at first sight.”
Brown started the course
sitting in the front row, but
each day he moved back a
row or two until he ended
up sitting behind Kelly
Annabelle Abba and Peter Brownell
’97 have three children: Cassidy, 4;
Kindell, 2; and Scout, 1.
Tseng ’94. “Finally one day I
pretended she had poked me
in the eye to actually meet
her,” Brown said.
The unorthodox approach
worked, and the couple
eventually married.
“That summer she was
charming, intelligent and
stunning,” Brown said.
“Eighteen years and four kids
later, she’s still all that — and
my rock and best friend.”
Read more about the
Brownells, Thompsons,
Browns and other ThunderCouples
in the Alumni
Impact Blog, knowledgenetwork.thunderbird.edu/
alumni.
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