Alumni News

Tulane University celebrates Homecoming 2012 next month, and as part of that celebration, the Freeman School is sponsoring a number of special events for business alumni. Chef Brian Landry of Borgne will be on hand to serve his…

The local food movement is gaining popularity among foodies nationwide. In Louisiana, it seems like old hat. Whether they are eating fresh-caught shrimp, creole tomatoes or Ponchatoula strawberries, Louisianians feel that locally…

Rob Lynch (MBA ’12) didn’t just start a new business in New Orleans. He helped start a new industry. Rob Lynch (MBA ’12), owner of Bike Taxi Unlimited, spent a year and a half working with city officials to draft an ordinance…

More than 150 alums spanning 45 years of the Freeman School turned out on Friday (May 4) for Freeman’s second annual Graduate Alumni Reunion Party. More than 150 alumni from the classes of ’67 through ’07 attended this year’s Graduate…

Five Freeman School alumni are among the honorees in the 2011 DiversityMBA Magazine Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders. Compiled by DiversityMBA Magazine, the list recognizes exceptional minority and…

The Receivables Exchange was founded to connect small- and mid-size businesses in need of working capital with investors, but according to president and co-founder Nicolas Perkin, the biggest innovation the New Orleans-based company…

Diversity MBA Magazine has selected five alumni of the Freeman School for inclusion on its 2010 list of the “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders.” The list recognizes exceptional minority and…

This year’s Freeman School commencement ceremony was nothing special, and according to Dean Angelo DeNisi, that’s what made it special indeed. Kelly Buck (BSM/MACCT '10) is all smiles after receiving her diploma as Sara Biller (MACCT…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 6, 2010 Contact: Rosalind Butler504-862-8482rbutler4@tulane.edu NEW ORLEANS--The Callais family, whose businesses include marine transportation, banking and…

MBA students from Freeman and seven other top-ranked business schools competed for $10,000 in cash prizes at the 14th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition. This year's competition, which took place on March 19…

Douglas N. Schantz, president of Sequent Energy Management, died tragically in New Orleans on March 5 after apparently falling accidentally into the Mississippi River. Schantz, who served on the board of the Tulane Energy Institute,…

The Freeman School jumped seven spots in the latest Financial Times ranking of executive MBA programs. Freeman's EMBA program is now ranked 64th in the world and 22nd among U.S. programs. [caption id="attachment_585" align="…

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…

A new alumni group hopes to improve the Freeman School's national ranking by reaching out to recent graduates. The Freeman 50 is the brainchild of Edward Crawford (MBA '08, MGM '09), who says he was inspired to start the group after…

The 2nd annual TABA Baseball Blowout will take place Friday night, May 8, at Turchin Stadium. The Tulane Green Wave baseball team takes on UAB at 6 p.m. in an important Conference USA contest, so to help fans get ready for the big…

Mindy Trittipo reports that Freeman students and alumni who missed last week's CIA National Clandestine Service information session can still apply for positions. Applicants were requested to include the name of the presenter and the…

Energy Future Holdings Corp., formerly TXU Corp., is a Dallas-based, privately held energy company with a portfolio of competitive and regulated energy subsidiaries. TXU Energy, Luminant and Oncor, EFH's primary businesses, serve the…

GradeUs, a mobile marketing firm founded by Freeman alums Greg Woolverton (BSM '85, MBA '89) and Rob Mouton (BSM '85, MBA/JD '89), recently completed a text-based mobile marketing program at 10 Sonic stores in southwestern Louisiana…

Henry St. Paul became one of the oldest graduates to earn a Freeman School MBA when he graduated in 2008.Henry St. Paul knew it would take time to earn enough credits to get a master of business administration degree when he started…

The Freeman School has named two distinguished businessmen with close ties to New Orleans as this year's Tulane Entrepreneurs of the Year. James J. Reiss Jr., a private investor and manager of Reiss Companies, was honored as the 2008…