David Woodside served as a scholar in the Altman Program in International Studies and Business, studying on four continents, learning to communicate in various languages, and acquiring the skill-set needed to travel abroad successfully. Now through a rigorous and competitive application process, he’s been accepted into the Peace Corps, where he’ll take his expertise and knowledge to Ukraine.
Stephen Sontheimer (BBA ’64) has been named as senior consultant of funeral services at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Cemeteries. Sontheimer is a fourth-generation funeral director whose family has been involved in funeral service in New Orleans continuously since 1916.
John Cooper Petagna Sr. ( ’42)
Milton Louis Dinkel Sr. ( ’45)
Paul Horace Duet ( ’47)
Henry Raymond Fox Jr. (BBA ’47)
Frank Henry Hagaman (BBA ’48)
Christian Davenport is more than a poet. He’s also an entrepreneur. Known professionally as Cubs The Poet, Davenport has been combining his art with business since 2015, when he first began writing instant poems for passersby from a table on Royal Street.
Former teacher Todd Wackerman (MBA ’18) is the founder of STEM Library Lab, which helps public school educators teach hands-on, inquiry based science.
As the founder and CEO of stylish swimwear brand Cabana Life, Melissa Papock (BSM ’96) knows that clothing acts as a vital line of defense against summertime sun exposure.
