The failure of credit rating agencies in emerging debt markets

By David Lesmond, associate professor of business In the recent economic downturn, a downturn precipitated by an explosion of so-called toxic debt, one of the most striking discoveries was the inability of credit-rating agencies to properly assess credit risk, the...
Peter Callais

Peter Callais

Peter W. Callais (BSM ’86), CEO of Abdon Callais Offshore in Golden Meadow, La., died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Nov. 2, 2008. He was 44. A native of Golden Meadow and a resident of Cut Off, La., Callais was a respected member of the local business community....

In Memoriam

Edwin R. Nelson (BBA ’34) John R. Reuter Jr. (BBA ’36) David R. Schwartz (BBA ’39) Samuel L. Rubenstein (BBA ’40) Warren J. Brunner (BBA ’41) Mose I. Ellis (BBA ’41) Charles A. Bertel Jr. (’42) William M. Frost (BBA ’42) John R. Early Sr. (’44) Jo Jones McDaniel (BBA...
Saying goodbye to the Katrina class

Saying goodbye to the Katrina class

The 2009 commencement ceremonies marked an historic end and a bright beginning for 769 newly minted alumni of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. At the undergraduate level, this year’s commencement was notable for the graduation of the so-called Katrina Class, the...

GRADUATION 2009

Total number of diplomas awarded: 798 Number of MBAs: 215 Number of BSMs: 357 Number of MFINs: 106 Number of MACCTs: 48 Number of MGMs: 34 Number of MMGs: 45 Number of PhDs: 6 Number of Bridge-To-Business: 18
My Brilliant Career: Bringing Rule of Law to Afghanistan

My Brilliant Career: Bringing Rule of Law to Afghanistan

Hugh Parry (MBA ’09) took a break from the MBA program to do the worst job in the world. To be fair, patrolling the rugged, remote Panjwai Distict of Afghanistan may not be the world’s worst job, but you’d be hard pressed to find a more difficult job, or a more dangerous one.