EMBA alum wins top prize at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week

EMBA alum wins top prize at New Orleans Entrepreneur Week

It takes approximately nine minutes for an ambulance to reach the scene of a medical emergency, but Ben Swig (PHTM ’09, MBA ’16) has an idea that will cut that time to just five minutes. For that idea, Swig took home the grand prize during The Big Idea competition at...
Alumnus opens Brooklyn restaurant with celebrity chef

Alumnus opens Brooklyn restaurant with celebrity chef

Bringing flavorful, Nashville-inspired fare to Brooklyn, New York, Freeman School alumnus Evan Darnell (BSM ’98) teamed up with chef Carla Hall, a fan favorite on Bravo’s reality cooking competition show “Top Chef ” and co-host of ABC’s “The Chew,” to open Carla...
Tulane alums lead Silicon Bayou 100

Tulane alums lead Silicon Bayou 100

Silicon Bayou News published its annual list of the most influential and active people in tech and entrepreneurship in Louisiana, and once again Tulane University and the A. B. Freeman School of Business were well represented. The 2016 Silicon Bayou 100 includes at...
Darwin C. Fenner

Darwin C. Fenner

Darwin C. Fenner (BBA ’54, MBA ’69), a longtime Tulane supporter whose gift to the Freeman School helped establish the Darwin S. Fenner Student Managed Fund, passed away in January 2017 at the age of 84. A graduate of Metairie Park Country Day, Fenner earned his...
Class Notes: Summer 2017

Class Notes: Summer 2017

1970s Jay Bourgeois (MBA ’70) is a professor of strategy and senior fellow with the Darden Center for Global Initiatives at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. While serving as associate dean for international affairs and director of the Center for...
Emeritus Club Honors Stanley Motta with Lifetime Achievement Award

Emeritus Club Honors Stanley Motta with Lifetime Achievement Award

The Emeritus Club of Tulane University recently honored Stanley Motta (BBA ’67), chairman of Copa Holdings, the parent company of Copa Airlines, with its Lifetime Achievement of the Emeritus Class Award for the Class of 1967. The award, which was presented by Tulane...