Alumni

Freeman awards more than 700 diplomas at 2013 graduation ceremonies

- Summer 2013 -

Now that’s what you call an opening act. To accommodate its growing size, the A. B. Freeman School of Business moved its diploma ceremony to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome this year, where it immediately followed the university’s spectacular unified commencement ceremony. For business graduates and their guests, the move enabled them to witness what was surely […]

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Outgoing GBC President Leaves Legacy of Progress

- Summer 2013 -

One night last spring, Albin Soares (MBA ’13) was working at his computer when he got a text message from one of his colleagues on the Graduate Business Council, the Freeman School’s student government organization. “Hey, you need to calm down for the day,” the message read. Soares puzzled over the message for a second […]

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Save the Date! May 2, 2014

- Summer 2013 -
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News from TABA: A Year of Growth

- Winter 2013 -

As we begin a new year, I’d like to take this opportunity to look back on what was clearly a very productive year for TABA.

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TABA launches chapters in five cities

- Winter 2013 -

The Tulane Association of Business Alumni (TABA) has announced the establishment of chapters in five U.S. cities. The five TABA chapters are Houston, Nashville, Washington D.C., New York and Miami.

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Class Notes: Winter 2013

- Winter 2013 -

Seth Hamstead (MBA ’12) and Simone Reggie (MBA ’12) are the founders of Cleaver & Co., a new locally sourced, whole animal butcher shop that sells a variety of meat and poultry products cut from whole cows, pigs, chickens and ducks sourced from South Louisiana farms.

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In Memoriam: Winter 2013

- Winter 2013 -

Adam G. Voiron (’41) Douglas C. Augustin (BBA ’42) C. B. Campbell Jr. (BBA ’43) Warren L. Garfunkel (BBA ’43, L ’49) James Y. Carroll (’44) Russell R. Mayben (’44) Yvonne Keefer Settle (BBA ’44) Paul T. Boston (BBA ’45) Edward A. Buckner Jr. (BBA ’45) John L. Strauss (BBA ’45) Edward C. Carlson Sr. […]

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My Brilliant Career: Cinematic Success

- Winter 2013 -

When David M. Brain (A&S ’78, MBA ’79) was about to graduate from Tulane, the placement office asked him to fill out a form stating his career objective. Brain thought for a minute and then wrote, “To never wear socks again.”

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News from TABA: New Directions

- Summer 2012 -

As we begin a new academic year, our second under the leadership of Dean Ira Solomon, I think it’s important for TABA to become more inclusive of all Freeman alumni, especially those who live and work outside of New Orleans. To that end, we are working to establish TABA chapters in major cities where alumni can meet and participate in our programs and initiatives on a local level.

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Class Notes: Summer 2012

- Summer 2012 -

Lorna Donatone (BSM ’80), chief operating officer of Sodexo Inc. and president of the company’s Education Market, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF), the industry’s premier leadership development organization.

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In Memoriam: Summer 2012

- Summer 2012 -

Maunsel W. Hickey (BBA ’39, L ’42) David Monroe (BBA ’43) Herbert J. Fischer (’44) F. Lee Beets (BBA ’45) Marshall Kalen (BBA ’45) Joseph F. Richardson (’46) James H. Wetzel (BBA ’46) Emmett C. Wroten (BBA ’46) Stanley M. Bressler (BBA ’47) Penny Darling Foster (BBA ’48) David Glover (BBA ’48) Harold S. Grehan […]

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Motta Delivers Heartfelt Charge to Graduates

- Summer 2012 -

When Stanley Motta (BBA ’67) was asked to deliver the charge to graduates at this year’s diploma ceremony, he realized he had a special insight into the role: Fortyfive years ago, as a Tulane senior, he himself had sat in McAlister Auditorium impatiently waiting for the speaker to finish his speech so he could receive his diploma.

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Graduate Alumni Celebrate Reunion in City Park

- Summer 2012 -

More than 150 alums spanning 45 years of the Freeman School turned out on May 4 for Freeman’s second annual Graduate Alumni Reunion Party.

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Freeman’s 2012 graduate diploma ceremony spans traditions

- Summer 2012 -

The Freeman School’s 2012 graduate diploma ceremony was Ira Solomon’s first as dean of the business school, but in a number of ways it marked a return to traditions of the past. For the first time in three years, a brass band was on hand to lead students in and out of McAlister Auditorium, lending […]

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