Alumni

Fith more than 250 million users worldwide, LinkedIn is the world’s leading business networking website, but up until now it’s been difficult for Freeman alumni to use LinkedIn to connect and communicate with fellow alumni. That changed in March with the introduction of Freeman Connect. The new site, developed in partnership with Graduway, a London-based […]

More than 700 receive diplomas at graduation ceremonies

On June 5, 1918, in a ceremony at the French Opera House in New Orleans, Tulane University’s College of Commerce and Business Administration awarded degrees to its first graduating class. There was one graduate. When the A. B. Freeman School of Business awarded degrees to the graduating class of 2014, it was a very different […]

Ethics focus inspires job search

Before graduating this spring, Kelly Doucette (MACCT ’14) had a few ideas about the kind of company she wanted to work for. Doucette’s time at the Freeman School taught her that when ethical challenges arise in the workplace, culture greatly influences how a company confronts those challenges. Finding her fit at a firm with a […]

Energy scholarship honors visionary businessman

There are traits all great business schools, including the A. B. Freeman School of Business, aim to foster among promising, young students. Unwavering integrity. An ability to turn ideas into reality. A tireless drive to succeed. Andrew Makk (BSM ’92) embodied all of these qualities. He was always the kid with a business idea. He […]

Networking leads to real estate start up

For Cullan Maumus (MBA ’13), networking is serious business. And it has delivered his best ROI to date: the opportunity to be project manager and executive team member of the New Orleans Redevelopment Fund (NORF), a startup that tackles blight and renovates properties to answer the city’s growing demand for quality housing. Maumus met his […]

Seven Graduates Honored with Tulane 34 Award

The Tulane 34 Award is among the most coveted university-wide honors bestowed upon graduating students. Named for the year Tulane University was founded, the award recognizes 34 students from across the university who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate lives by demonstrating exemplary leadership, service and academic excellence. This year, seven graduates of the A. […]

My Brilliant Career: Back To School

When Wall y Boston (MBA ’78 ) became president and CEO of American Public University System in 2004, he realized it was time to go back to school.

Class Notes: Summer 2014

1970s Jack Laborde (E ’71, MBA ’73) reigned as Rex, king of New Orleans Carnival, in 2014. Laborde is president of All Aboard Development Corp., an oil and gas exploration and production company, and chairman of Gulf Island Fabrication Inc., a manufacturer of offshore drilling and production platforms. 1980s John P. Babcock (BSM ’80) has […]

In Memoriam: Summer 2014

Arnold J. Levy (BBA ’41) Lewis C. Bryan (BBA ’42) Earl B. Philips (’42) Randolph B. Robert (BBA ’42) Charles S. Bell (BBA ’43) Helen Pool Chalstrom (BBA ’43) Ashton S. Junker (BBA ’43) Wilmore P. Cox Jr. (’44) Dorothy J. Darby (BBA ’44) Floyd W. Lewis (BBA ’45, L ’49) Blanc A. Parker (BBA […]

News from TABA: Growing Stronger Every Day

Time has a way of passing very quickly around here. It’s hard to believe that my two-year term as president of TABA will be ending in December. So much has happened. The TABA of today looks quite different from the organization I first became associated with six years ago, with new board members, new board […]

Class Notes: Summer 2013

1959 J. Dwight LeBlanc Jr. (BBA ’59, L ’61) was selected for inclusion on the 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers list. The list, a publication of Thomson Reuters, is a rating of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. LeBlanc is a partner […]

In Memoriam: Summer 2013

I. Sackman Marx (’41) Leah I. Levy Shindler (BBA ’41) Bertha Paglin Ferman (BBA ’42) Allen B. Koltun (BBA ’43, MBA ’47) Dorothy Eversmeyer Schuber (BBA ’43) Robert L. Turchin (BBA ’43) Andre V. Wogan (BBA ’43, L ’49) James R. Dykes (BBA ’45) Donald C. Oster (BBA ’45) Thomas E. Watts Jr. (BBA ’46) […]

Jazz Fest Poster Has Freeman School Roots

In the 38 years since its debut, the official New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival poster has become as much a part of the annual celebration as Irma Thomas, Crawfish Monica and Rosemint Iced Tea, but few fans are probably aware that the highly collectible posters—which fetch hundreds of dollars on eBay—got their start as […]

Graduate Reunion Party Draws More than 150 to City Park

More than 150 alumni and guests from the classes of 1968 through 2008 gathered in City Park in April for the Freeman School’s third annual Graduate Alumni Reunion Party. The event, which took place in Parkview Terrace (second floor of the old City Park Casino building), is a chance for the Freeman School to recognize […]