by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, News
In the latest edition of its America’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Freeman School 48th on the list of the best business schools in America. Highlights of the ranking survey appeared in the May 2009 issue of U.S. News &...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, Perspective, Research
By David Lesmond, associate professor of business In the recent economic downturn, a downturn precipitated by an explosion of so-called toxic debt, one of the most striking discoveries was the inability of credit-rating agencies to properly assess credit risk, the...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, Alumni
On May 16, the Freeman School awarded diplomas to more than 700 talented young students, the latest graduating class to join the ranks of our prestigious, fast-growing alumni. As president of the Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA), I thought this would be an...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, Alumni
Peter W. Callais (BSM ’86), CEO of Abdon Callais Offshore in Golden Meadow, La., died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Nov. 2, 2008. He was 44. A native of Golden Meadow and a resident of Cut Off, La., Callais was a respected member of the local business community....
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, Alumni
Edwin R. Nelson (BBA ’34) John R. Reuter Jr. (BBA ’36) David R. Schwartz (BBA ’39) Samuel L. Rubenstein (BBA ’40) Warren J. Brunner (BBA ’41) Mose I. Ellis (BBA ’41) Charles A. Bertel Jr. (’42) William M. Frost (BBA ’42) John R. Early Sr. (’44) Jo Jones McDaniel (BBA...
by mark | Sep 15, 2009 | - Summer 2009 -, Alumni
The 2009 commencement ceremonies marked an historic end and a bright beginning for 769 newly minted alumni of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. At the undergraduate level, this year’s commencement was notable for the graduation of the so-called Katrina Class, the...
