San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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e r 9 The Warned Student 561-58-9033 Dave Thomson, 28 Senior, Marketing San Diego, California Senior Marketing maior Dave Thomson is one of a growing tribe of relative graybeards on the San Diego State campus, over 25 and under 30. After three years in the Army, much of it spent in Germany, Dave came back to school on the G.l. Bill. A member of Society for Advancement of Management since enrolling here, he has consistently been one of the most active and involved students in the School of Business. While many of us tend to think of business students and business- men in general as either faceless automatons or careless exploiters or worse, Dave is deeply concerned about the human condition, population, environment, civil rights-in fact, most of the things that are of concern to all of us. The time l spent in the military under conditions of involuntary servitude convinced me of the need for all men to be free, Dave said. Civil rights is my greatest area of concern. Our social structure must become unified before we can make real progress in any other area. l believe in giving power, economic and otherwise, to those who can profit by it. Pseudo-sincerity in business's approach to minority relations is gradually giving way to more positive programs of education of minority people. A total commitment to equal educational opportunity for all people is something we must realize. Business in America has the power to accomplish much of this, Dave added. He will be the first to point out that he is not unique, that he is but one of a growing number of business students who share this outlook. Dave's wife, Grace, a very effervescent person, is a teacher in the San Diego Public Schools system, and a graduate of Occidental College. She is also an accomplished cook and hostess and as out- spoken as her husband. The Thomsons live in Pacific Beach where Dave pursues his interests in tropical fish, swimming, and accumu- lating goodies for swap meets. He may be found in BAM 407 on most weekdays along with a pot of bad coffee and a lively band of aspiring business people. ln conclusion, Dave stressed that it is the responsibility of the graduating student to enter society and try to implement the changes he has become aware are necessary. ln my case, business is the medium through which I hope to achieve these changes.

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