Alumni

For alums, culture is key to private equity success

- Spring 2021 -

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.

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Class Notes: Spring 2021

- Spring 2021 -

Ralph Brennan (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) has been elected the 21st chairman of the board of the Culinary Institute of America.

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In Memoriam: Spring 2021

- Spring 2021 -

Herbert Barton (BBA ’43)
Marion Zevely Mason (BBA ’44)
Thomas Carey Wicker Jr. (BBA ’44, L ’49, L ’69)
Charles Leverich Eshleman Jr. (BBA ’45)
August Joseph Selzer ( ’45)
Norman James Haupt (BBA ’46)

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Alumnus returns to teach renewables course

- Fall 2020 -

As director of Make It Right Solar, the for-profit renewable energy subsidiary of Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, Pierre Moses completed more than 250 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in New Orleans in the early 2010s. But when he began working on his MBA at the Freeman School in 2014, he noticed a gap in the school’s energy courses.

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Alumnus Honored with 2019 AICPA Elijah Watt Sells Award

- Fall 2020 -

For the third consecutive year, an alumnus of the Freeman School has been recognized with the prestigious Elijah Watt Sells Award.

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Class Notes: Fall 2020

- Fall 2020 -

1970s Donald Bear (BBA ’67, MBA ’70) recently moved to Bend, Oregon, to enjoy the outdoor life — skiing, cycling, kayaking, hiking — after more than 40 years in New York City. He’s now enjoying a great life in the high desert (except when the state is on fire and COVID is raging.) Gregory Kent […]

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In Memoriam: Fall 2020

- Fall 2020 -

Julian Lichter (’44) John Mansfield Meyer (’44) Helen Cecile Edwards Farris (BBA ’45) Louis Theodore Mastos (’45) John Parker Schneidau Sr. (’45) Ralph Dewar Gaines Jr. (BBA ’46) Robert Miller Hicks (BBA ’46) Raymond Jackson Pritchard (BBA ’46) Robert V. Whittaker Jr. (BBA ’46) Walter James Amoss Jr. (BBA ’47) Robert Aloysius Murphy Jr. (BBA […]

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Freeman community comes together for Wave ’19

- Winter 2020 -

Hundreds of Freeman School alumni, parents and friends returned to campus in November for a weekend of food, fun, friendship and football. The occasion was Wave ’19, Tulane’s annual celebration that combines homecoming, class reunions and family weekend.

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Paying It Forward

- Winter 2020 -

Freshly armed with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Newcomb College and an MBA from the A. B. Freeman School of Business, Lisa (Kelloway) Madden (NC ’88, MBA ’89) started her first job as a tax associate at KPMG in 1989.

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Back in the News

- Winter 2020 -

Jerry DiColo (MBA ’15) got his first taste of journalism as a copy boy in the sports department of the Boston Globe and was instantly hooked.

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Freeman Honors Graduates at 2019 Diploma Ceremonies

- Winter 2010 -

The Freeman School awarded diplomas to nearly 1,000 degree candidates at its spring 2019 graduation ceremonies, which took place on May 17 in the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in Devlin Fieldhouse on Tulane’s uptown campus.

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Class Notes: Winter 2020

- Winter 2020 -

Brian Weiss (BSM ’93) has been appointed chief strategy officer of the Risk Management Association. In the newly created role, Weiss will help guide product development and the association’s overall vision as it addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by a shifting financial services and risk management landscape.

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In Memoriam: Winter 2020

- Winter 2020 -

Maurice Joseph Picheloup III (A&S ’39, BBA ’42)
J. Martin Karpen ( ’41)
Lee Roy Ledbetter (BBA ’46)
Elizabeth Stafford Hans (BBA ’48)
William Maxwell Lucas Jr. (BBA ’48, L ’50)

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A Neighborhood Sanctuary

- Summer 2019 -

It’s more than just a hotel. That’s the first thought that confronts almost anyone who ventures to the Hotel Peter & Paul, located at 2317 Burgundy St. in the heart of Faubourg Marigny. Nathalie Jordi (MBA ’12) planned it to be that way. Sort of.

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