Alumni

Hertz named chair-elect of Board of Tulane

- Fall 2016 -

Atlanta businessman and nonprofit leader Douglas Hertz (A&S ’74, MBA ’76) has been named chair-elect of the Board of Tulane, the university’s main governing body. His three-year term as chairman will begin July 1, 2017.

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Humble Beginnings: A Change of Plans

- Fall 2016 -

Millie Pilié Bradley (A&S ’73, MBA ’75) was a few weeks into maternity leave her second child when she got an unexpected phone call from her boss. It was 1983, and Bradley, a systems manager in Exxon’s chemical division in Houston, had recently decided to work part time when she returned from her leave.

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Alum hopes to make U.S. Senate his next remarkable accomplishment

- Fall 2016 -

Winning a seat in Congress is a steep challenge for any candidate, much less a political newcomer, but Derrick Edwards (BSM ’97, MACCT ’98), who recently announced his candidacy for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate seat, has been defying the odds his entire life.

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Class Notes: Fall 2016

- Fall 2016 -

Carla Moradi (MBA/MPH ’89) has joined Hub International Ltd. as executive vice president of operations and technology. Moradi will lead the implementation of strategic enterprise-wide customer technologies and operations for the company, a leading global insurance brokerage.

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In Memoriam: Fall 2016

- Fall 2016 -

A. Elmer Massey Jr. (BBA ’32)
Arnold J. Bennett (BBA ’39)
Maurice V. Duvic (’40)
Ruth de la Gueronniere (BBA ’40)
Edwin B. Raskin (BBA ’40)
Gertrude Balkin Cohen (BBA ’42)
George H. Harpster (BBA ’42)
Edward C. Hingle Jr. (’43)

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My Brilliant Career: Turning an Idea into a Reality

- Fall 2016 -

When David Heikkinen (MBA ’98) retired from energy investment bank Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. in 2012, he wasn’t quite ready to sail off into the sunset.

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Shaping New Legacies

- Summer 2015 -

There is a lot of reflection of late about how far we’ve come in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and how far we still have to go. Katrina was one of those experiences that had such an impact you find it hard not to divide recent history in Pre-K and Post-K terms. Just as […]

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Alumna Honored with WFF Trailblazer Award

- Summer 2015 -

The Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry’s premier leadership development organization, has honored Lorna C. Donatone (BSM ’80), COO and education market president at Sodexo, with the 2015 Fritzi Pikes Woods Trailblazer Award. The award recognizes individuals dedicated to improving gender diversity in the foodservice industry. A member of the Business School Council, Donatone is […]

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BSM/MACCT Alum Earns 2014 Elijah Watt Sells Award

- Summer 2015 -

Megan Baumgartner (BSM/MACCT ’14) has been named a 2014 recipient of the American Institute of CPAs’ Elijah Watt Sells Award. The AICPA bestows the prestigious award upon candidates who obtain a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination and pass all four sections of the examination on their […]

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Class Notes: Summer 2015

- Summer 2015 -

1960s William A. “Bill” Goldring (BBA ’64) received the Ogden Museum of Southern Art’s 2014 Opus Award at its annual O What a Night! Gala in October. The highest honor bestowed by the museum, the award pays tribute to Goldring for his lifetime of philanthropic generosity and many contributions to the cultural landscape of the […]

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In Memoriam: Summer 2015

- Summer 2015 -

Roma de Lucas Gibson (BBA ’36) Roswell J. Weil (BBA ’37) Gustave A. Manthey Sr. (BBA ’39) Leonard Weil (‘39) Louis V. Carambat (’41) Ralph R. Rugan Jr. (BBA ’41) Samuel H. Andrews III (’44) Milton P. Levy Jr. (’44) J. James Shiver Jr. (’44) Yvonne Duckworth Williams (’44) Elmo F. Vestal (’45) Lee R. […]

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A Tribute to Beau Parent in Ecuador

- Summer 2015 -

It’s more than 2,200 miles from the A. B. Freeman School of Business to Quito, Ecuador, but in that faraway South American community, accounting professor Beau Parent is fondly remembered. Thanks to the efforts of Freeman alum Augusto Martinez (BSM ’90), a new educational and recreational center near Quito recently was dedicated to the memory […]

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Business students honored as Scholar-Athletes of the Year

- Summer 2015 -

Two Freeman School students were named Tulane University’s 2015 Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Jackie Wegner, a junior finance major from Clearwater, Florida, received the female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award and Brandon Schmidt, a senior finance major from Lafayette, Louisiana, was named male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The university bestows the awards each year to […]

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Shaping New Legacies

- Summer 2014 -

Along McAlister Place, there’s a palpable feeling that something exciting is happening. Part of the reason is the wave of outstanding new students that just washed upon the quad, but this feeling is about something more than just the start of a new school year.

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