2018 REPORT ON PHILANTHROPY
An Audacious Year In December 2017, we launched the Only the Audacious campaign, calling upon alumni, donors, friends and parents to support our bold future. This $1.3 billion fundraising effort, the most ambitious in Tulane history, will impact all aspects of the university from each student to every faculty member and include all schools, units and centers. From every corner of the globe, the Tulane community is banding together to build the future of our university. In this annual report, which spans December 2017 to December 2018, you will discover how Only the Audacious is exceeding expectations across all metrics and how—after just one year— we are accelerating toward our goal, broadening our capacity, fulfilling our potential and emerging as the exemplar of higher education in our time.
PRESIDENT MIKE FITTS SPEAKING TO ALUMNI, DONORS, PARENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS AT A REGIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH EVENT.
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 HO IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL TULANIAN? An engaged member of the campus community, the classroom community and the city community. Perhaps she is an honors student who is double majoring in cell and molecular biology and anthropology. Maybe she researches vaccines for eye and cardiovascular disease in a lab while also serving as a resident advisor in Josephine Louise Hall. She might even be a member of the marching band who tutors local elementary and middle school students. Maybe she even serves as the president of the Green Wave Ambassadors. The point is that our students are tremendously engaged within our community on every level, academically, socially, and civically. This is what makes a Tulane education special. We deliberately and consciously educate the whole person so our students can grow and stretch to become their very best selves. Now, the truth of the matter is, that the fictitious person described above actually is a proud Tulanian and her name is Angel Carter. Angel grew up in Lithonia, Georgia which is in the heart of the Georgia granite quarrying region, and whose population is only slightly larger than our freshman class. She joined our community in the fall of 2015 as a scholarship student. Upon her arrival, Angel threw herself into her coursework, research and student activities. You can tell from the description above that Angel has taken advantage of all that our great university has to offer and that she has and will continue to make her alma mater proud indeed! I am reminded that if it were not for the generosity of the Tulane family we would not have had the great privilege of having Angel as a student, researcher, leader, musician and teacher in our community.
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With this inspiration in mind, I wanted to share with you in this first-ever Report on Philanthropy some of the stories from the past year of the Only the Audacious campaign and the impact your support is having on our students, faculty and staff. Over the past year, with your help, we shattered all prior fundraising records at Tulane both in dollars raised and in number of those who gave, raising an astonishing $150M. On the following pages you will learn about how we are building an environment for excellence with the construction of Paul Hall; how a generous gift from the Priddy Family is spurring pioneering brain research; how the Gary P. Dohanich Professorship in Brain Science honors two generations of transformative teachers; and how Avron and Wendy Fogelman are helping our Green Wave basketball players on and off the court. These are just a few of the awe-inspiring stories our community has generated in just one year—I wish we could include a story from each of the donors who have made a transformative impact on Tulane. And this is just the beginning. My deepest thanks to all of you for joining me in building an ever more audacious Tulane!
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[LEFT] SCENES FROM THE 2018 PRESIDENT’S CONVOCATION, WHICH WELCOMED THE CLASS OF 2022 INTO THE TULANE COMMUNITY. [RIGHT] A NEW OUTDOOR CLASSROOM ON THE PIERSON PATIO BETWEEN GIBSON AND TILTON HALLS. IT WAS FULLY FUNDED BY THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT AT $99,000.
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26 The gift of travel continues to grow
29 OPPORTUNITY AND DIVERSITY 31 Avron and Wendy Fogelman continue support of men’s basketball program
Contents 6 ENGAGING THE AUDACIOUS 6 Raising $1 billion
and a helluva hullabaloo
13 Tulanians celebrate
the success of first giving day
14 Ever Green, Ever Bolder
PIONEERING RESEARCH
19 Couple’s commitment spans Tulane 20 First Weatherhead
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BUILDING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS EXCELLENCE 37 $10 million gift creates Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering
38 Berger Family Lawn blooms at Tulane
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Raising $1.3 Billion and One Helluva Hullabaloo On December 8, we launched our Only the Audacious campaign on Tulane’s uptown campus. From there we brought the campaign to life in cities throughout the country including: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort-Worth, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Washington D.C., and New York City.
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PHYLLIS TAYLOR, campaign co-chair, who received her juris doctorate from Tulane in 1966, funded the Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking to move Tulane to the forefront of solving global challenges. Tulane has been on the leading edge of devising exciting and productive educational experiences that have motivated not only students but faculty as well. My passion and motivation for becoming a co-chair of the Only the Audacious campaign developed because I feel it’s vitally important that this initiative continues and prospers. When I began discussing the development of a program for social innovation with Tulane, it wasn’t long before I was listening to what the program could be rather than trying to promote the idea to them.
(clockwise from top left) CAMPAIGN LAUNCH EVENT: Cathy Pierson, Hunter Pierson and Phyllis Taylor; WASHINGTON D.C. LAUNCH EVENT: Lisa Rice, BJ Shannon, Geneva Langlois-Marney; CAMPAIGN LAUNCH EVENT: Celia Weatherhead; NEW YORK LAUNCH EVENT: David Mussafer, Ann Tenenbaum, and Tom Lee; WASHINGTON D.C LAUNCH EVENT: Bob Silverberg, Laurent Lutz, President Mike Fitts, Penny and Jim Morrill
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I hope that Tulane not only reaches but exceeds our $1.3 billion goal. But secondly, and just as important, I am confident that Tulane will implement the four vitally important pillars of the campaign—number one, to be a pioneer in research; two, to further the inclusiveness and respect for all on the campus; three, to advance learning through innovation and civic engagement; and four, to empower the faculty to re-envision the way teaching and learning are done. That’s my hope for what we will achieve. It’s a big hope. But our ambitions are bold.
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Since Hurricane Katrina and even before, Tulane has focused on being an all-inclusive university and providing unique and innovative opportunities for its students and its faculty. Tulane will be an educational institution that I believe will lead the way in formulating the path for educating the students of tomorrow as well as for today.
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RICHARD YULMAN, campaign co-chair, became involved with Tulane during the college career of his daughter Katy Yulman Williamson (NC ’05). Yulman, his children and his late wife, Janet, made giving to Tulane a family affair. Tulane inspired my daughter, and I know the university has the potential to inspire countless future generations of students. Everyone says it, but when you spend time in New Orleans and at Tulane, the city and university truly get into your soul. We have been touched by Tulane, its people and the city of New Orleans. Tulane is a family, an audacious family with big dreams for what Tulanians can accomplish. I am serving as co-chair because I am committed to helping Tulane reach its potential and flourish as a national leader in teaching, research and civic engagement.
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In giving to Tulane, we have the power to invest in a brighter future. When you give the gift of education, you are creating opportunities and opening doors. Tulane gives our undergraduates an experience that is unique, inside and outside the classroom, in the laboratory, on the stage and on the field. Tulane gives students opportunities they will get nowhere else, in a city that is like none other. Tulane is committed to empowering students to become better people, people who truly care about New Orleans, about each other and about creating a better tomorrow.
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(clockwise from top left) CAMPAIGN LAUNCH EVENT: Doug Hertz and Richard Yulman; THE TIPPING POINT: Marta and Bill Marko, Don Peters, Jenny and Bob Kottler; LOS ANGELES LAUNCH EVENT: Justin Meltzer and Joan Cohen; NEW YORK LAUNCH EVENT: Libby Alexander, Irwin Simon, and Katy Yulman Williamson; NEW YORK LAUNCH EVENT: Avi and Jill Glazer; GREATER D.C. LAUNCH EVENT: Jewel Prim and guest, Chris Walker, and Brian Edwards
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CATHERINE DEMING PIERSON, campaign co-chair, earned an MA in history from Tulane in 1978 and an MSW from the School of Social Work in 1989. She was the first woman in Tulane’s history to chair the Board of Tulane. As a co-chair of Only the Audacious, I am excited to be working alongside generous individuals who are passionate about launching Tulane into an audacious new era of prosperity. My father John Winton Deming graduated from Tulane School of Medicine in 1944, and he knew even then how important philanthropists are to Tulane’s success. Great things happen when philanthropic leaders provide academic trailblazers with the resources to achieve. Only then is the audacious possible. At Tulane, we have a strong community of researchers, and generosity from our alumni and friends gives those talented investigators the ability to ask big questions and to solve global problems. It just goes to show what happens when philanthropic leaders like you provide academic leaders with the resources to gather outstanding and creative teams of people dedicated to making our university a global front-runner. People who invest in research, teaching and education are visionaries. The benefits sometimes are not visible for many years, but your gifts are fueling tomorrow’s happier, healthier society. When you give to research, to scholarships, to faculty, you are supporting potential that is unlimited. Your generosity gives Tulane the power to better human lives.
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Now is the time to be audacious! I have been involved at Tulane for decades, but this is a critical moment for the university and I have never been more excited to be a Tulanian. Tulane is on a roll in every area—admissions, finances, and fundraising. More alumni have answered the call to support Tulane than ever before, our budget is balanced and each year our admissions class is more academically qualified and diverse than the year before. Under the leadership of President Fitts and through the vision and determination of our faculty, Tulane has the momentum for an even brighter and bolder future.
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There never has been a better—or more important—time to come together to support Tulane. Tulane has always been a unique and special place, but now our trajectory promises greatness. Through the dedication of donors, like you, and the hard work of engaged alumni, devoted staff and world-class faculty, we are all creating the Tulane of tomorrow. What we do today will build a Tulane that people will remember forever. Together, we can be audacious. I am excited for what is possible and I am very proud to be a part of this history making campaign. (clockwise from top left) SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCH EVENT: Rick Roskin, Kevin Yorn, and Donna Schlessel; WASHINGTON D.C. LAUNCH EVENT: Rachel Clayton, Robert Clayton, Nicole Eves, and Jorge Alba-Garcia; NEW YORK LAUNCH EVENT: David Delahunt, Sarah Bobker, and Peter Gold; SAN FRANCISCO LAUNCH EVENT: President Mike Fitts, Elias Hanna, Anne Diaz, and Ginny Wise
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STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF PARTICIPATE IN TULANE UNIVERSITY’S GIVE GREEN DAY CAMPAIGN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2018, ON THE UPTOWN CAMPUS. HERE AMBASSADORS FOR GIVE GREEN DAY ENCOURAGE GIVING ON THE UPTOWN CAMPUS WITH SWEET TREATS.
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Michael A. Fitts. “And its reach was equally impressive. Donors supported the many things they love about Tulane, and, in doing so, they provided a wonderful demonstration of the commitment of our Tulane family.” Generous donors made the most of the day, helping many of Tulane’s supporters to double their impact
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Alumni can learn more and participate by downloading the free app and through the web at evergreen.tulane.edu. The program is part of the Tulane Alumni Association Board’s strategic plan for because we are looking at unique and creative ways to be able to stay in touch with our alumni and offer them activities that they might not have even realized are available to them,” says James Stofan, vice president for alumni relations. EverGreen’s strength stems from embracing the many different ways that alumni interact with the university. they go, give, volunteer and connect. We know there isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ approach to alumni relations, and we’re ensuring alumni near and far can get involved. “EverGreen is important because it offers alumni so many ways to engage with the university. They can go to a local club event, give on our Give Green giving day, volunteer as an alumni interviewer or student mentor or connect with us on social media. Our alumni foster lifelong connections with Tulane and can even inspire current and future students,” she added. By addressing different types of engagement, EverGreen offers Tulane alumni more opportunities to stay connected while providing the university with a detailed way to track engagement. Such tracking gives
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STUDENTS, PARENTS, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS SUPPORTED THE GREEN WAVE AT WAVE ’18.
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PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR JILL DANIEL (CENTER) LEADS A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS IN HER LAB, FROM UNDERGRADUATES TO MASTER’S AND PHD STUDENTS TO POSTDOCS
Tulane Brain Institute receives $1 million gift from the Priddy Family Foundation Tulane University’s Brain Institute has received a $1 million pledge from the Priddy Family Foundation to endow and establish the Priddy Family Spark Research Endowed Fund. The fund will provide competitive awards to faculty for early-stage research support that advances the research priorities of the brain institute. “We are very excited about our involvement with the Tulane Brain Institute and are honored to be a part of such a great undertaking,” said Robert Priddy. “After years in venture capital, I know when I see a quality venture, and investing in early-stage scientific research at Tulane will have tremendous returns for humanity in the future.” The criteria for awards from the Priddy Family Spark Research Endowed Fund will be based on the scientific merit of the project, the potential to elevate the national visibility and reputation of the Tulane Brain Institute and the potential for future support from competitive national funding agencies. “Robert Priddy is one of our most distinguished and loyal alumni. He and his wife, Kikie, share a passion for encouraging academic excellence at all levels—from K–12 to graduate school and beyond,” said Tulane President Mike Fitts. “This latest act of generosity from the Priddy Family Foundation will provide opportunities for Tulane students to join the efforts of Tulane Brain Institute researchers in exploring age-related dementias and other neurodegenerative diseases, stroke, posttraumatic stress, autism, schizophrenia and a host of other issues critical to understanding the brain and improving lives worldwide.” The awards will support early-stage research and bridge funding, including stipends for graduate and undergraduate research assistants. “This remarkable gift will allow the Tulane Brain Institute faculty to take risks in their research as they test early-stage ideas and gather pilot data to increase their competitiveness for external funding,” said Laura Levy, vice president for research at Tulane.
COUPLE’S COMMITMENT SPANS TULANE Jennifer “Jenny” Juge Kottler (NC ’83, B ’84) and Robert “Bob” Kottler (B ’81, B ’83) met as undergraduates working on Jambalaya, the school yearbook. By commemorating each year’s achievements in print, they learned about the many facets that make Tulane great. Their shared experience strengthened their deep love for the university, a love and dedication that has only grown over the years. Jenny, founder of the consulting and conference planning company Kottler Works, is on the Board of Tulane. Bob, executive vice president for IberiaBank, is on the Business School Council and the President’s Council. Both are cochairs for the Greater DC metro area National Campaign Council. “At that level of involvement with Tulane, we really began to C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 0 »
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understand what the university’s most pressing needs are,” remarks Jenny. They recently commemorated their dedication to Tulane with a significant gift to support research, one of President Michael A. Fitts’ top priorities for the Only the Audacious campaign. “We made a commitment to research because that’s fundamental to the university, and we wanted to offer Tulane the responsiveness to pursue exciting opportunities as soon as they arise,” says Bob. In addition to their gift to research, the Kottlers are supporting priorities close to them and to the university, such as Tulane Athletics, the A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane Sailing, Newcomb College Institute and the Tulane Fund. During their days on Jambalaya, the Kottlers covered the breadth of Tulane. Now, through their service and philanthropy, their commitment continues to positively impact nearly every corner of the university.
First Weatherhead Presidential Chair awarded to Dean Thomas LaVeist Thomas LaVeist, a national expert on issues related to equity and health, is the inaugural Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Health Equity, the first of Tulane’s prestigious presidential chairs. Raising money for presidential chairs is a main priority of Only the Audacious, and this initiative will build a cohort of internationally renowned scholars whose work transcends traditional academic disciplines. LaVeist joined Tulane this summer after spending 25 years at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he was the William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor of Health Policy and served as director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. In 2016, he joined George Washington University, where he was a professor and chair of health policy and management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health. “Thomas LaVeist is a recognized leader in the type of interdisciplinary, boundary-crossing research that is a hallmark of some of the most exciting work at Tulane,” Tulane President Mike Fitts said. LaVeist met donor Celia Scott Weatherhead (NC ’65) for the first time in September. “It’s an honor to have my name associated with her and her family,” he said. With Celia Weatherhead’s forward-looking vision and the resources that the presidential chair makes available, LaVeist is enthusiastic about bringing multiple disciplines together through his work at Tulane. “The issue of health equity touches so many parts of the campus,” he said, adding that he is resolved to “create something that would be sustainable, something that would be bigger than what I could accomplish on my own and something that would be able to stand the test of time and be a part of the institution going forward even after my time here.” In December 2009, the Weatherhead Foundation gave the university $50 million to establish the Weatherhead Fund Century Grant at Tulane to create the Weatherhead Presidential Chairs. “I’m delighted that the first Weatherhead Presidential Chair has been awarded to a scholar of Dr. LaVeist’s caliber. I look forward to his demonstrated leadership in interdisciplinary research bringing further acclaim to Tulane and the Weatherhead name,” said Celia Weatherhead.
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Burkenroad Reports celebrates landmark 25th anniversary Burkenroad Reports, the student stock equity research program founded by Peter Ricchiuti, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The nation’s first such program, Burkenroad Reports has developed into one of the jewels of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. Each year, 200 Burkenroad students follow small-cap public companies across the Southeast. The students research the companies and their markets, travel to their headquarters to meet with top management, design financial models and publish objective, in-depth equity research reports with recommendations for potential investors. For the first five years of its existence, the program was called Freeman Reports. In 1998, it was renamed in recognition of financial support from Aaron Selber Jr. (BBA ’50) and Peggy Burkenroad Selber (NC ’53) in honor of her father, legendary coffee importer William Burkenroad, Jr. (BBA ’23). Over its 25 years, Burkenroad Reports has earned national recognition in numerous publications. The Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference has become one of the biggest business events in the Gulf South. And in 2001, the establishment of the Hancock Horizon Burkenroad Small Cap Fund (HHBUX) was inspired by Burkenroad and uses its investment reports as a source of its research. The fund has outperformed 99 percent of all stock mutual funds in the country. While numerous instructors and support personnel help keep the program running, the face of Burkenroad Reports is undeniably Ricchiuti, known as much for his comic timing and high energy as for his deep knowledge of finance. To recognize an exceptional faculty member who enhances Freeman’s innovative, differentiated and competitive finance offerings, the Peter Ricchiuti Professorship in Finance was fully funded at over $600,000 this year. Nearly 40 donors have contributed since its establishment in 2013. Championed by a group of former students, this professorship honors the great influence Ricchiuti has had on the Freeman School and thousands of Tulanians over the years. To learn more about this professorship—or professorships in general—please contact freemanalumni@tulane.edu.
FAMILY ESTABLISHES MOOT COURT FUND TO HONOR FATHER Renowned New Orleans attorney Harry Herman (L ’36) built a respected career advocating for human and civil rights. “The practice of law was his gift to humanity,” said his son Maury Herman (L ’68). To honor such a legal great and prepare Tulane University Law School students to follow in his footsteps, Harry Herman’s family, the law firm of Herman, Herman & Katz and the Fred L. Herman Law Firm have established the Harry Herman Endowed Moot Court Excellence Fund. The fund will support Moot Court and the teaching and practice of trial and appellate advocacy at Tulane Law School. Harry’s three sons—Russ, Maury and Fred—all followed him into C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2 6 »
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The gift of travel continues to grow When Tulane University junior Annie Gosserand traveled to a language immersion program in Tours, France, last summer, the experience changed her life. Not only did she improve her language skills, she gained the confidence of thriving on her own, away from home and family. Her experience was made possible by Jeff Klein (A&S ’93), who created the Professor Beth Poe Travel Fund, named after a professor who proved instrumental to his own Tulane study abroad experience in France.
“(My father) was very charming. His warmth preceded him into any room he walked into. He never sought recognition or the spotlight, and yet he was not meek,” said son Fred Herman (A&S ’72).
Before Poe retired in spring 2017, she chose Gosserand as the first recipient of the award. Gosserand has
Training future lawyers in trial advocacy is a cause that Harry Herman would have believed in, said his sons.
Klein laughed in delight when he heard about Poe’s influence on Gosserand, because it was so close to his
“It was important to us that my dad’s memory and his significance to us be memorialized and remembered in a practical way to try to help the school and help the students,” said Russ Herman (A&S ’63, L ’66). “To be able to do this means a great deal to us.”
already been accepted to Tulane School of Medicine as part of the prestigious Creative Premedical Scholars Program, which admits liberal arts students in their sophomore year. “I’ve always known I wanted to study abroad, but never thought I’d be able to,” says Gosserand, a native of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area. Gosserand recounts that she likely wouldn’t have continued studying French if she hadn’t taken Poe’s class her first year at Tulane. Now she’s a French major. “Professor Poe will always have a special place in my heart,” she says.
own experience. Poe had also urged Klein to study abroad, and despite initial apprehension, he flourished during his year in France. He became a fluent French speaker and developed a distinctly European sense of style. Decades later, that style is richly evident in the three Los Angeles hotels he owns, the most famous being the iconic Sunset Tower on the Sunset Strip. “The fact that other students are able to benefit from a similar situation and experience—it’s just the greatest,” Klein says. “What better feeling could one have?” Recently, Klein made an additional gift to the Beth Poe Travel Fund that doubled its impact. The award will now be given annually to two students, typically an undergraduate studying language immersion and a graduate student conducting research. Klein says, “I sincerely hope that each and every one of them has a similar experience to the one I had—and as Annie had. It changed my life in a number of wonderful ways.” Gosserand is grateful to Klein for establishing the award. “This entire experience has changed my life and my outlook on experiencing new things,” she says. “Awards like this make it possible for people like me who have these goals and ambitions but not the means. I was terrified for a month before I left, but I took a leap of faith and did it. This opportunity gave me wings.”
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Avron and Wendy Fogelman continue support of men’s basketball program Avron B. Fogelman (A&S ’62) and Wendy Mimeles Fogelman (NC ’63) have given another $1 million to support Tulane University men’s basketball. The gift, which reflects the Fogelmans’ commitment to student-athlete success on and off the court, establishes the Fogelman Life Preparation Program, will teach life skills, financial training, career coaching and student success to men’s basketball players, and also supports an altitude chamber for the team. “I want to do all I can to see the Tulane basketball players enjoy a productive and successful life after playing basketball at Tulane. We owe them no less,” said Avron Fogelman, whose name is synonymous with Tulane men’s basketball. He previously donated to the university to establish the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse. Tulane is committed to career preparation for every student, and the Fogelman gift will address the unique situation of men’s basketball players. The Fogelman program will help players get internships, a goal that is made difficult during the team’s high-intensity athletic schedule. Ben Weiner Director of Athletics Troy Dannen said, “Avron’s providing us the winning edge. What we’re doing is going to be very unique.” Avron and Wendy met at Tulane, and after completing their degrees, they married and settled in Memphis, where they raised three sons, Rick, Mark (B ’92) and Hal. Avron is the founder of a successful real estate development company, Fogelman Properties. He owned the Kansas City Royals, which won the World Series under his ownership. “Tulane has meant so much to me,” Fogelman said. “I am very appreciative for the educational and social opportunities afforded to me while a student at Tulane. Over the years, I have felt it very appropriate for me to thank Tulane for what it did for me and return to the school a small measure of what I received.”
SCHOLARSHIP PUTS DREAMS WITHIN REACH Hugh “Glenn” Barnett II, MD knew that the cost of tuition made it unlikely he would be able to attend the prestigious Tulane University School of Medicine. But a doctor who graduated almost five decades earlier, Dr. Julian Hawthorne (M ’20), had established a bequest for scholarships that put Barnett’s dreams within reach. Barnett and his wife Karen have made a generous gift to the Hawthorne scholarship, giving deserving future physicians the power to follow their own dreams by attending Tulane. “If not for the Hawthorne scholarship, I would probably not have been able to attend Tulane School of Medicine,”says Barnett, (A&S ’64, M ’68, I ’69, F ’70, R ’76). “Tulane was a wonderful C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 3 2 »
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opportunity. The education and training I received prepared me for a satisfying and productive career in neurosurgery.” Dr. Hawthorne’s scholarship award has been instrumental not only in Barnett’s life but in the lives of so many Tulane medical students. Eight Hawthorne scholarships were awarded in 201718 academic year alone. While he was a medical student, Barnett attended a scholarship reception where he and fellow award recipients met Hawthorne’s wife, Agnes, an event that highlighted for him the personal impact of giving. Barnett is bringing Hawthorne’s generosity full circle. “I hope our gift helps students who are doing well but might not be able to attend Tulane otherwise,” says Barnett. “Tulane was a great experience for me, and it’s a very good feeling to share with others.”
Boudreaux family support business students and creative writing Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business and the School of Liberal Arts are the beneficiaries of a new $3.5 million gift from Carole B. and Kenneth J. Boudreaux. The gift will create a scholarship fund for Freeman School graduate students and establish the Kenneth J. Boudreaux MBA ’67 Professorship in Finance. It will also establish the Carole Barnette Boudreaux NC ’65 Creative Writing Endowed Fund, which will launch two programs that will bring both great and emerging writers to campus. Kenneth J. Boudreaux received his MBA from the Tulane School of Business in 1967 and served as a professor of finance and economics at Tulane before his retirement in 2010. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton University in 1965 and a PhD from the University of Washington in 1970. Carole Barnette Boudreaux received a bachelor of arts degree in English from Newcomb College in 1965. She received a master of education degree from the University of New Orleans in 1973. Their son Beau Boudreaux holds a PhD in English and is a poet and adjunct professor at Tulane. “Our half century or so at Tulane as students, faculty and alumni has been a wonderfully positive experience,” Kenneth and Carol Boudreaux said. “The university’s consistent integrity, intellectual rigor, success and generous spirit continually impress us. We are delighted to be able to contribute this way.” The couple pledged $2 million to the Freeman School to establish the professorship and to create a new fund to help graduate students pay for tuition and other expenses related to their attendance at Tulane. “University business education is undergoing a period of rapid change, but one thing remains constant—the need for exceptional scholars and educators,” said Ira Solomon, Freeman School dean. “With this generous gift from Ken and Carole Boudreaux, the Freeman School can support the research and teaching activities of an outstanding professor in finance as well as provide financial support to enable the best and brightest students to attend our graduate programs.” The School of Liberal Arts will receive $1.5 million to endow two complementary literary series—a Great Writers Series and an Emerging Writers Series—that will bring both internationally prominent writers and younger talents to campus for readings, lectures, events and panels.
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$10 million gift creates Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering Dr. Steve Paul was 17 years old when he started working in the laboratory of Professor Merle Mizell, conducting basic science research in developmental biology and cancer. And it was in that small, humble space in the Dinwiddie Hall basement where he had the opportunity to appreciate science under thoughtful mentorship—and even publish his first research paper—which inspired an illustrious scientific career. Paul (A&S ’72, G ’75, M ’75) and his wife, Jann (SW ’73), are hoping to create a space that will inspire future Tulane scientists and engineers to make groundbreaking discoveries. The Pauls are making a $10 million gift that will support the construction of a new School of Science and Engineering building between Stanley Thomas Hall and Flower Hall on the uptown campus. “I look back at those days and see the foundations for my own career, and I want to contribute to similar formative experiences of other students,” said Paul, president and CEO of Voyager Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company. Construction on the four-story, 36,000-square-foot Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering is scheduled to begin by the end of 2019. Tulane President Mike Fitts praised Paul’s forward-looking support for a building that will be instrumental to increasing Tulane’s research and teaching infrastructure. “Dr. Paul is the embodiment of the intellectual entrepreneur. When I think about the vision for Tulane’s future, his career—located at the intersection of health, medicine, science and business—is the epitome of our direction. He understands the promise of Tulane and, in giving back, is helping to ensure we remain a home to innovative discovery and creative exploration,” Fitts said. Paul said this environment features integration of the life sciences and physical sciences with engineering, offering the best hope for breakthrough discoveries, treatments and cures. “If the last 50 years have taught us anything, it’s that the greatest advances happen at the interface of scientific disciplines,” he said. Before founding Voyager Therapeutics and Sage Therapeutics, both biotech companies based in Cambridge, Mass., Paul spent 17 years at the Eli Lilly Research Laboratories, where he was head of research and development.
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Berger Family Lawn blooms at Tulane Love and passion for Tulane University abound in the heart of Darryl Berger (L ‘72). That’s why the immediate past chair of the Board of Tulane and his wife, Louellen, have made a major gift naming the bustling green lawn at the heart of so many important experiences for Tulane students and alumni. “I think that green spaces and gathering spaces are always key to the beauty of the university campus and at the heart of the student experience,” says Berger, a real estate developer and investor. “This central lawn is particularly important. It’s one of the loveliest open spaces on campus, and as far back as my childhood, it’s always been a place for all types of student activities, from social gatherings, to play space and intramurals in a previous era, to celebrations and tailgating in the current era.” The Berger Family Lawn is located in front of the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life and the future site of The Commons, a green space extending from McAlister Drive to Newcomb Place. “As a giant in the hospitality industry, Darryl has always been a genius at understanding the creative connections between physical space and human interaction. The Berger Family Lawn will provide the backdrop for countless Tulane memories far into the future,” says Tulane President Mike Fitts. “We are deeply grateful to Darryl and Louellen for their enduring commitment to Tulane.” The Berger family gift is an essential element of The Commons project, which will house a modern dining space for students and provide a central location for Newcomb College Institute. “Gathering spaces are always key to the student experience, and The Commons will be a game-changer,” Berger says. “The marvelous new Commons building will reinvent dining, gathering and social interaction of generations of future Tulane students.” Darryl and Louellen are parents to four children and grandparents to nine grandchildren. The Berger Family Lawn honors their entire family. “Family is the most important thing to Louellen and me, and we wanted to honor our family, including succeeding generations, and show our dedication to Tulane in a lasting way.”
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Traci & Michael McQuillen
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Lizzy Takiff Scheinfeld & Josh Scheinfeld
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ATLANTA Lila Hertz Regional Co-Chair Mark W. Tipton Regional Co-Chair Curtis & Hillary Baker J. Lyons Brewer Barbara A. Greenbaum & Jerry M. Greenbaum Michael E. Hollingsworth II John A. Isakson Stephen McCollam, MD Rusty Pickering Tricia & Maurice Rosenbaum
CONNECTICUT / NEW JERSEY / NEW YORK Elizabeth (Libby) Connolly Alexander Regional Co-Chair
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Robert P. Silverberg
Stephanie & David Barksdale Regional Co-Chairs
Jann E. Paul & Steven M. Paul, MD Regional Co-Chairs
Michelle Sainer Diener Regional Co-Chair
Darryl Berger Regional Co-Chair
Clement & Stephanie Benenson
Elizabeth Boh
Michael S. Field
Drs. Warren R. Bourgeois III & Usha Ramadhyani Bourgeois
Susan Littlefield & Martin Roper
Cheryl Levine Leone, MD & Philip Leone, MD
Charles Richard Rolando
Richard Levenstein
Catherine & David Edwards
James L. Rosenberg
Brad Meltzer
Paul & Donna Flower
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Tracie G. Garner & James M. Garner
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Monica Oberting Rick Powell Ken Sadowsky
Mike & Justine Mullen
Carolyn Mintz Kaplan & Jay Kaplan
Harry & Karen Quarls
Bob & Janice Marshall
JP Hymel
Sonja Bilger Romanowski Giffen & CiCi Weinmann
Richard Mayer Jr. & Susan Mayer
Felicia Kleinpeter & Christopher O’Shea Sherry Marcus Leventhal
Judy H. Cuneo, MD
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C.I. (Clay) Lewis Jr.
Sherry & Joseph Felson
Dr. Mary P. Lupo & Robert Smith Lupo
Kathy Fields, MD & Garry Rayant, DDS
Andrea & Christopher Richardson
Laurent C. Lutz
Michael E. Hanna
Pam & Steve Beeks
Gus & Mary Lou Meaher
Robert C. Hinckley
Andrew Duplessie
Michael D. Rubenstein
Melinda & Morris F. Mintz
Drs. Helene Dickson Sheena & Ronnie Sheena
Debra & Rick S. Rees
Lisa Perez Jackson & Kenneth S. Jackson
Jenny & Bob Kottler Regional Co-Chairs Don & Lora Peters Regional Co-Chairs Albert H. Small Jr. Regional Co-Chair John Gray Jon Halle & Alisa Halle
Jean S. Mintz Shepard F. Perrin III & Yvonne Perrin
B. Daniel Hazel & Leslie Hazel
John B. Strasburger Sr.
Jeannie Hazel
Bobby Tudor
Ricki Slacter Kanter & Joel Kanter
Cheryl A. Verlander & Chuck Bracht
Lori & Ozgur Karaosmanoglu
John D. Young & Elena Young
Danielle & Kevin Sweeney
Jeffrey & Walton Goldring
Karen B. & Leopold Z. Sher
Elias S. Hanna, MD Regional Chair Charlie & Wendy Bolton
Jamie & Marc Lunder Kristen Mayer Otridge
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Russell L. Grossman Regional Co-Chair Julie Yorn Regional Co-Chair Kevin Yorn Regional Co-Chair Emile J. Bayle
Joseph A. Ettinger Mary Lynn Hyde & Steven Smith Rossi Krista Raine Levitan Dave & Julie Meltzer
Mike & Aimée Siegel
Laurie Joseph Petipas
Justin G. Meltzer
Scott Sullivan, MD
Bernie J. Pistillo
Abby & Alan Myerson
Evan F. Trestman
Chris Robb
Michael Roos
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