– Summer 2010 –

Perspective: The True Cost of the Moratorium

- Summer 2010 -

The Macondo Blowout, the world’s worst accidental marine oil spill, has been essentially under control since mid-July, when BP installed a mini BOP and transition spool on the well, but the disaster continues thanks to our federal government.

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Driving Innovation Through Knowledge Markets

- Summer 2010 -

Geoff Parker has studied platforms for more than a decade, but this fall he and his colleagues plan to take that research to another level with an investigation of how firms can use one type of platform—an internal knowledge market—to drive and distribute innovation.

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Faculty In Brief

- Summer 2010 -

Adrienne Colella, professor of organizational behavior, has been appointed the James W. McFarland Distinguished Chair in Business. Prior to her appointment, Colella had served as the A. B. Freeman Chair in Doctoral Studies and Research since joining the Freeman School in July 2005.

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Prime Time

- Summer 2010 -

After building three successful businesses over 30 years, Jerry Greenbaum stepped back and handed the reins to his children. Now, after more than 10 years in semi-retirement, he’s back at work, developing a high-end steakhouse in his beloved New Orleans.

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News From TABA: Looking Back on a Great Year

- Summer 2010 -

As the lazy, hazy days of summer come to an end, the TABA board is actively working to build upon the successes from last year.

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Commencement Celebrates a Return to Normalcy

- Summer 2010 -

This year’s Freeman School commencement ceremony was nothing special, and according to Dean Angelo DeNisi, that’s what made it special indeed.

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Class Notes: Summer 2010

- Summer 2010 -

Odom Heebe Jr. (BBA ’60) was elected vice chair of Communities in Schools of New Orleans, a local affiliate of the national organization focused on reducing dropout rates and improving graduation rates.

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Magazine Names Five Alums to “Top 100 Under 50”

- Summer 2010 -

Diversity MBA Magazine has selected five alumni of the Freeman School for inclusion on its 2010 list of the “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders.”

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Shanghai Alumni Association Hosts Dinner

- Summer 2010 -

On March 3, More than 60 alumni of Freeman’s Asia Executive MBA program attended a dinner hosted by Freeman’s Shanghai Alumni Association at the Shanghai Radisson Xing Guo Hotel.

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In Memoriam: Summer 2010

- Summer 2010 -

E. Spencer Lazarus Jr. (BBA ’35)

Martin F. Schmidt (BBA ’40)

Marshall F. Ordemann Sr. (’41)

Myron Burnstein (BBA ’42)

Emile V. Gros Jr. (BBA ’42)

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Freeman Mourns the Death of Douglas Schantz

- Summer 2010 -

Douglas N. Schantz, president of Sequent Energy Management, died in New Orleans on March 5, 2010, after apparently falling accidentally into the Mississippi River.

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My Brilliant Career: Hollywood Ending

- Summer 2010 -

For agent Michael Van Dyck (BSM ’81), the entertainment business is more than just a career. It’s a calling. Which is fitting, considering that his life sounds a little like a Hollywood script.

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Freeman School of Business Upcoming Events

- Summer 2010 -

SEPT. 30–OCT. 1
Freeman Days Houston,
Marriott Hotel Houston West Loop
FreemanDays.com

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