Pillars of the Community
PwC partner Emily Pillars (BSM ’97) doesn’t back down when challenges arise. Instead, she meets them head on with a positive energy that’s contagious.
Alumni
Investment bank owner pays it forward for next generation
As a business student, Brian Egwele (BSM ’01) learned valuable lessons from the entrepreneurs and alumni who shared their experiences with his classes. Now, he’s paying it forward as a Lepage Center Innovator-in-Residence.
Class Notes: Fall 2022
Diana Garvis Purcel (BSM ’88) has been appointed to the board of directors of PetMed Express Inc. She will serve as independent director and chair of the board’s audit committee. Purcel currently serves as chair of the audit committee for the Ocean Power Technologies Inc. board of directors and is chair of the finance committee for the board of the Animal Humane Society.
Four Freeman grads earn 2022-23 Fulbright Awards
Four Freeman School graduates are among the 14 Tulanians to win 2022-23 Fulbright awards. The graduates will receive grants through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. Department of State’s flagship international educational exchange program, to either study for a graduate degree, conduct an individually designed research project or participate in an English Teaching Assistant Program outside the United States.
In Memoriam: Fall 2022
Philip Abbott Masquelette (BBA ’45)
Fred White Dixon Sr. (BBA ’50)
Anna Charlotte Bartels Schroer (BBA ’50)
Lawrence William Schwarz Jr. (BBA ’50)
Francis Leonard Miller (BBA ’51)
In Focus: The Eye of the Storm
Evan Nicoll (BSM ’12, MBA ’16) helped lead volunteer efforts in Houston to accommodate more than 2,500 Tulane students who were evacuated from New Orleans following Hurricane Ida.
Class Notes: Winter 2022
Pamela S. Whitten (BSM ’85) has been appointed president of Indiana University. Whitten is the university’s 19th president and the first female to hold the role.
Alumni affairs goes virtual
Despite the challenges of connecting in a remote environment, the Freeman School hasn’t let the pandemic impact its alumni engagement.
In Memoriam: Winter 2022
William Howard Kuntz Sr. (BBA ’41)
Weldon Raymond Jones (BBA ’44)
Cindy Klegar Rosenberg (BBA ’45, L ’46)
Gaston Joseph Bourgeois Jr. (BBA ’46, E ’47)
One startup leads to another
Vignesh Krishnan (MBA ’10) spent three years working as an engineer with Dell Perot Systems. The company was anything but a startup, but Krishnan says the experience helped lay the foundation for the New Orleans-based tech company he launched in 2018.
Getting ahead in the cloud
In 2011, David Olk teamed up with Jason Richelson to raise $2 million to build a company with the goal of taking small businesses where they’d never gone before: the cloud.
Passing the Baton
A scholarship made Tulane University possible for Baton Rouge native Jim Burke. That generosity — from someone he didn’t even know — transformed his life and ultimately led him to create the same opportunity for future generations of Tulane business students.
For alums, culture is key to private equity success
For Freeman alumni Steve Jarmel and John Findlay, the decision to strike out on their own in private equity presented an opportunity to not only generate superior returns but also to build a company where culture matters.
Class Notes: Spring 2021
Ralph Brennan (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) has been elected the 21st chairman of the board of the Culinary Institute of America.
