– Summer 2011 –

Freeman jumps in latest U.S. News & World Report ranking

- Summer 2011 -

In its latest survey of America’s best business schools, U.S. News & World Report has ranked the Freeman School 40th on its list of the best graduate schools of business. The ranking, which was published March 15 on usnews. com, represents a jump of 13 spots over the Freeman School’s previous ranking — the second-biggest increase of any school on the list — and is Freeman’s highest ranking in U.S. News & World Report since 2002.

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Burkenroad conference attracts biggest crowd ever

- Summer 2011 -

It might not be obvious from the standing-room-only crowds, but investment professionals still regard the Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference as one of the industry’s best-kept secrets. “It’s not as visited yet by a lot of institutional investors or analysts, so you have the opportunity to get a lot of face time with the company executives,” says Richard Tullis (MBA ’97), senior analyst, energy exploration and production, with Capital One Southcoast.

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Tulane Business Forum to look at innovation and collaboration

- Summer 2011 -

Jay Grinney, president and CEO of HealthSouth Corp., and Michael C. Slocum, executive vice president of commercial banking with Capital One Bank, are among the featured speakers at the 32nd annual Tulane Business Forum. This year’s program, “The Turning Point: Economic Growth Through Innovation & Collaboration,” will take place on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside.

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Crisis experts tout importance of ethical leadership

- Summer 2011 -

Having a well-defined code of ethics may not prevent every crisis, but according to one of the speakers at this year’s Burkenroad Symposium on Business and Society, it helps prevent those crises that do occur from becoming worse. “Ethical leadership is one of the ways of keeping problems problems before they become catastrophes,” said Gael O’Brien, principal of the consulting firm Strategic Opportunities Group.

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Research: Faculty Research in Brief

- Summer 2011 -

Geoff Parker, professor of economic sciences, contributed “Putting It Together: How to Succeed in Distributed Product Development,” co-authored with Jason Amaral and Edward G. Anderson Jr., to the winter 2011 issue of MIT Sloan Management Review.

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2011 Freeman School Honor Roll of Donors

- Summer 2011 -

The A.B. Freeman School of Business gratefully acknowledges in the following pages those individuals and corporations, foundations, and nonprofit organizations that made gifts to the school in fiscal year 2011 (July 1, 2010–June 30, 2011).

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Feature: Six Extraordinary Years

- Summer 2011 -

As he steps down as dean, Angelo DeNisi looks back on his six years at the helm of the Freeman School, six years that will no doubt be remembered as among the most challenging and eventful in the school’s history.

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Cover Story: Conscious Consumption

- Summer 2011 -

A new generation of entrepreneurs and business people are combining their love of food with a desire to make an impact in New Orleans, and the Freeman School is playing a big part in that effort.

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News from TABA: Family Ties

- Summer 2011 -

Today’s graduates and alumni face great social and economic challenges, and in order to be successful, they must be able to lean on immediate family, extended family and, yes, their Tulane family.

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Class Notes: Summer 2011

- Summer 2011 -

Ralph Brennan (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) received the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s Thad and Alice Eure Ambassador of Hospitality Award.

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In Memoriam: Summer 2011

- Summer 2011 -

Samuel F. Parker Jr. (BBA ’49)
J. Barbee Winston (BBA ’49, L ’51)
Carl M. Fremaux (BBA ’39)
Henry W. Bull Jr. (BBA ’40)
William V. Lyons (BBA ’40)
Marjorie S. Vanzant (BBA ’42)
John Dane Jr. (BBA ’43)

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Humble Beginnings: A Life in Insurance

- Summer 2011 -

Life insurance salesmen have been a butt of jokes for years, but when Emile Bayle (BBA ’53) was looking for his first job, nobody bothered to tell him. “I didn’t realize then that mothers shielded their sons from going into the life insurance business,” Bayle recalls with a laugh. “Nobody wants to sell life insurance.”

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Freeman School of Business Upcoming Events

- Summer 2011 -

AUGUST 2011
AUG. 25
Tulane Houston Information Session, 1700 West Loop South, Houston
AUG. 26
Rock ’n’ Bowl Party for Alumni and Graduate Students, Mid-City Lanes Rock ’n’ Bowl

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