Jasmijn Bol, above right, gave a keynote address at the XIV Congresso USP de Controladoria e Contabilidade, XI Congresso USP de Iniciação Científica em Contabilidade at the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil.
It was advertised as the “Party of the Century,” and for the more than 650 alumni, faculty and staff members, and guests who turned out, the Freeman School’s Centennial Celebration just might have lived up to that billing.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business was founded in 1914, but its roots can be traced back to 1847. Louisiana had been a state for just 35 years when J.D.B. DeBow — the founder of New Orleans commercial journal DeBow’s Review — was appointed professor of commerce at the University of Louisiana, the forerunner to Tulane University. DeBow’s appointment made him the first professor of business in Louisiana and, some say, in the entire nation.
On this day in April, a longtime dream of Martin’s will become a reality. By five o’clock, if negotiations go according to plan, the New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute (NOCHI), a new educational venture spearheaded by Martin, will close on a $6.2 million deal to purchase the Louisiana ArtWorks building. NOCHI will at last have a home.
The A. B. Freeman School of Business gratefully acknowledges in the following pages those individuals, corporations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations that made gifts to the school in fiscal year 2014 (July 1, 2013–June 30, 2014).
