An independent institution, the American Graduate School of International Management covers 157 acres (64 hectares) in Glendale, Ariz. It began in 1946 as the American Institute for Foreign Trade. In 1968 it became the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, named for Thunderbird Field No. 1, a deactivated pilot training center where classes took place. The present name was adopted in 1973.
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