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PLACE
IN A CITY INTERNATIONALLY FAMED FOR ITS BEAUTY, TULANE
NEVERTHELESS STANDS OUT AS A BRILLIANT JEWEL. FROM
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OUR STORIED UPTOWN CAMPUS, WHICH PAIRS CENTURIES-OLD
LIVE OAKS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART STRUCTURES THAT HOUSE
INNOVATION, TO OUR VIBRANT DOWNTOWN CAMPUS THAT THRUMS
WITH THE ENERGY OF THE CITY AND SPARKS DISCOVERY, TULANE
OFFERS A MAGNIFICENT URBAN CAMPUS.
AT TULANE, OUR PHYSICAL SPACES FOSTER INNOVATION. THEY
CREATE INVENTIVE ENGAGEMENT FOR STUDENTS IN EVERY ASPECT
OF THEIR LIVES – WHERE THEY EAT, WHERE THEY SLEEP, WHERE
THEY LEARN AND WHERE THEY PLAY. LABS AND PERFORMANCE
SPACES CHALLENGE OUR STUDENTS TO PUSH BEYOND THEIR
COMFORT ZONES AND TRY NEW THINGS, WHILE RESIDENCE HALLS,
DINING HALLS AND MIXED-USE SPACES FOSTER LIFELONG
RELATIONSHIPS AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY LIKE NO OTHER.
PHILANTHROPY IS ESSENTIAL TO PLACE AT TULANE. THE GENEROSITY
OF OUR BENEFACTORS ALLOWS US TO DREAM BIG AND GO BEYOND,
PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WITH AN UNPARALLELED EXPERIENCE.
Phillip Gross and Elizabeth Gross
Phillip Gross received his BS in finance and economics and an MS in investments from the University of Wisconsin. After 18 years as an investment analyst for Harvard University, in 2001 Phill co-founded Adage Capital Management L.P., a Boston-based money management firm that manages S&P-based large cap equity funds primarily for U.S. endowments and foundations, including Tulane. Phill is a former member of the University of Wisconsin Foundation board of trustees, and has served as a trustee for Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Youth Enrichment Services. An avid skier, Phill has also served on the boards of the Share Winter Foundation, Winter4Kids and US Ski and Snowboard.
Dr. Elizabeth Cochary Gross earned a BS from Mount Holyoke College and an MS and PhD from Tufts University. She is currently an adjunct associate professor for the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy, following a long tenure as a research scientist and faculty member at Tufts. Liz now serves as a member of the board of trustees for both of her alma maters, and has held a variety of other volunteer leadership roles at each institution. In the community, she has served as a board member and volunteer for the Umbrella Arts Center, ACS Hope Lodge, Lawrence Academy and College Light Opera Company.
The Grosses established a non-profit family foundation in 1998, providing grants to support Boston area nonprofits in youth development, education, health research, women’s initiatives and the arts. The Grosses have four children, one of whom, Anna, is a 2016 graduate of the A. B. Freeman School of Business. They reside in Concord, Massachusetts.
In addition to support for The Commons, Liz and Phill established the Gross Family Scholarship and the Gross Family Access to Higher Education Endowed Fund at Tulane to support programs and activities that widen access to higher education for students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Barry A. Malkin and Jodi L. Block
A member of the Board of Tulane, Barry A. Malkin earned a BA from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1984, majoring in sociology. He earned an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management in 1988. Barry is a current member of the Hillel Board of Directors, and a past member of the Tulane President’s Council and Provost’s Council.
Barry is co-founder and senior managing partner of GEM Realty Capital, Inc., a real estate investment company that invests in private-market real estate assets and publicly traded real estate securities. Prior to founding GEM in 1994, Barry was a vice president at JMB Realty Corporation, co-founded in 1968 by his father, Judd Malkin. At JMB, he was involved with projects including the initial public offering of Urban Shopping Centers, Inc. and the sale of JMB’s institutional advisory business. Earlier in his career, Barry worked in the corporate finance department of Kidder Peabody as an analyst specializing in real estate finance.
Active in his community, Barry currently serves as a board member for The Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School. In the past, he has served as an officer of the Holocaust Educational Foundation and on the boards of the Jewish United Fund and the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago.
Jodi L. Block is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. She was the founder and owner of Children in Paradise Bookstore, the largest children’s-only bookstore in the Chicago area, for 13 years. Jodi currently serves on the boards of Personal PAC, After School Matters, the Chicago Children’s Museum and the Chicago Public Library Foundation. She is also a member of the advisory board for the Open Studio Project.
Jodi and Barry’s son, Elijah, graduated from Tulane in 2020 with a BA in communications. Their daughter, Clara Rose, graduated from Tulane, cum laude, in 2016 with a BA in Jewish studies and political science. Jodi and Barry reside in Chicago, Illinois.
After seeing their children’s engagement with the on-campus community, Jodi and Barry knew they needed to help other students spend more time on campus. By supporting The Commons, they wanted to help create a centralized location on campus where students could gather – to study, to socialize, to network, to meet friends and to make new ones.
*RENDERING IS NOT FINAL AND THE MATERIALITY AND BUILDING ENVELOPE/FAÇADE ARE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.
Steven M. Paul, MD and Jann E. Paul, MSW
Steven Paul, M.D., is a physician-scientist, psychiatrist, neuroscientist and expert in drug discovery and development. He spent the entirety of his undergraduate and graduate years at Tulane, graduating in 1972 with a BA in Biology and in 1975 with his MS and MD from the Tulane School of Medicine, all of which prepared him for a successful career in government, academia and industry.
Dr. Paul began his career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he was a laboratory/branch chief and later became the scientific director of the National Institute of Mental Health. After his time in government, Dr. Paul spent 17 years at Eli Lilly & Co., where he ultimately was appointed the head of research & development, overseeing the successful development of a number of Lilly’s largest products. He later went on to found several public biopharmaceutical companies, including Sage Therapeutics and Voyager Therapeutics, where he now serves on their boards. He is the former director of the Appel Alzheimer Disease Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College and is currently a professor of psychiatry and neurology at Washington University of St. Louis School of Medicine. Dr. Paul is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Dr. Paul currently serves as chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Karuna Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for severe neuropsychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia and dementia-related psychosis. In addition to his role at Karuna, he also serves as a board member for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and is chairman of the board of the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH).
Jann E. Paul is a graduate of the Tulane School of Social Work. Steve and Jann first met during their graduate studies at Tulane, and now reside in Carmel, Indiana and Boston, Massachusetts.
The Pauls’ made a generous gift to Tulane to support construction of a new School of Science and Engineering building. The five-story, 76,000-square-foot Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering includes classrooms, labs and collaborative spaces for increased student and faculty interaction.
James Rosenberg earned his BSM from the A. B. Freeman School of Business in 1988, later earning an MBA from Babson College. He is a current member of the Tulane President’s Council and the New England National Campaign Council for the Only the Audacious campaign, as well as having served as co-chair of both his 25th and 30th Reunion Committees and a past chairman of the Provost’s Council. James is a Development Officer at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. There, he is responsible for raising money for their Annual Fund as well as various other programs and initiatives. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the Museum of Science in Boston and is the father of three sons, Jeffrey, 22, Andrew, 20, and Daniel, 17.
James serves as a trustee and Chairman of the Investment Committee for the William Rosenberg Family Foundation, Inc., which was established by his late grandfather, William, in 1986. Throughout his lifetime, William, an entrepreneur and founder of Dunkin’ Donuts, supported philanthropic causes ranging from child development and welfare, social services, Jewish giving and health. Today, members of the Rosenberg family, in addition to James, serve as trustees and officers of the Foundation.
The William Rosenberg Family Foundation’s generosity has reached across Tulane, supporting scholarships, naming the Rosenberg Mezzanine in the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life and naming the Rosenberg Westside Platform of Yulman Stadium.
