Continental Connections

GATEWAY TO A DAY IN NATURAL THE AMERICAS THE LIFE RHYTHMS Latin American New Barbara From blues to zydeco, studies puts Tulane Greenbaum House worldwide access on THE MAGAZINE OF TULANE UNIVERSITY on the map hums 24/7 Music Rising at Tulane

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ryan rivet 2/24/15 2:04 PM Daring Design A passerby stops to examine an experimental structure created by Tulane School of Architecture students on Gibson Quad on the uptown campus in January.

Latin Influence On the cover: A Mayan carving and the Tulane shield merge. Photo illustration by Marian Herbert-Bruno

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It was a breathtaking sight. My tour of the canal came courtesy of Jose “Pepe” Barrios Ng, a Tulane parent and former deputy administrator of the Panama Canal Au- thority. I also attended a gathering of Tulane alumni at the home of Tulane graduate Stanley Motta, chairman of the board of the parent company of Copa Airlines, which will begin direct flights from New Orleans to Panama soon. Tulane’s presence and other global connections are a reflection of our diverse culture and the base upon which we are building an excep- tional worldwide interdisciplinary university. My academic life has been defined by crossing boundaries and borders in the belief that the best teaching, research and learning mark andresen mark takes place when the boundaries between seemingly unrelated subjects—medicine, en- Panamanian Tulanians gineering, law, business, science, the arts—are crossed and problems are approached from an by Mike Fitts interdisciplinary perspective. This boundary crossing extends to countries It was no accident that I chose Panama for my first trip abroad as presi- crossing Borders as well. This is why, while crossing boundaries dent of Tulane. With its Spanish and Afro-Caribbean influences and Panama is a vital site for between disciplines, Tulane literally spans the the Tulane connection to melting pot of cultures, Panama City is truly our sister city. Tulane’s Latin America. globe from the front lines of the fight against history is rooted in this kinship. Ebola in West Africa to our Master of Finance From our founding in 1834 as a medical college devoted to eradicating program in China to the School of Social Work’s the diseases that menaced both New Orleans and Latin America, Tulane’s efforts in Tibet, to our Summer in Cuba program. academic mission has been identified with Panama and its neighbors. In We have 40 major academic programs op- the century that followed, the opening of the Panama Canal convinced erating in 20 countries. Last academic year, city leaders of the need to establish a school of business at Tulane as well. 1,153 international students attended Tulane Today, our academic collaborations in Panama include two graduate and there are more than 7,400 Tulane gradu- school programs through the A. B. Freeman School of Business and the ates living in 177 countries. In fact, while visit- Payson Center for International Development, as well as a partnership ing Panama, I traveled to Costa Rica, where I with the United Nations Regional Center for Latin America and the Ca- was honored to meet its president and Tulane ribbean and the Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, through graduate Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera. which Master of International Development students study one year in A favorite quote of mine is from organiza- New Orleans and one year in Panama. There are also law and develop- tional theorist Karl Weick, “Simply pushing ment courses on a variety of topics that bring Tulane students to Panama, harder within the old boundaries will not do.” the Panama Summer Institute study abroad program and much more. This is the attitude I believe every university Panama and its neighbors also inspired the introduction of Latin should adopt when confronting the pressing American studies through the Stone Center, the Middle American Re- societal problems of today and preparing their search Institute, and other Tulane programs that make up one of the students to do the same. largest, most respected and most comprehensive Latin American studies Pouring more money and energy into old programs in the Western Hemisphere. (See story on page 14.) models in which professors teach, researchers Panama is also home to a large Tulane alumni base. Tulane Law investigate and students learn within the nar- School alone has more than 150 Panamanian alumni, who include Cabi- rowly drawn specialties of cloistered campuses net ministers, Supreme Court justices, diplomats and the country’s top does not offer students the same level of aca- lawyers. Expect more in the future since Tulane’s Panamanian alumni demic rigor or the equal promise of effecting recently established a scholarship fund to send more Panamanian stu- positive change. dents to Tulane Law School. And, of course, we continue to welcome new Crossing boundaries opens a whole new undergraduates from Panama. world of possibilities and hope. It also reveals a While our partnership with Panama continues to grow so does the startling truth—that boundaries between coun- famous channel that played a vital role in the formation of our business tries, people and disciplines are only imaginary. school. On my visit I had the chance to walk on the bottom of the not-yet- Breaching these boundaries is where real learn- flooded portion of the Panama Canal that is part of its historic expansion. ing begins and where Tulane began.

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Carnival Garb Masqueraders in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, circa 1900, sport a timeless look. (See page 14).

2 PRESIDENT’S LETTER Trip to Panama

6 NEWS Youth summit • High-performance computing • In That

y Number • Who Dat? Richard Rudolph • Safe to eat? • Pharmaceutical IN AMERICAN LIB RAR AMERICAN IN

t research • Women’s

LA voices • City Center • Codex Tulane • Byron Mouton

IMAGE ARCHIVE, t HE ARCHIVE, IMAGE 13 SPORTS Rugby on campus • Baseball team led 14 Gateway to the Americas by new coach

From the ancient Maya to maternal health in Peru today, Latin American studies 30 TULANIANS at Tulane cross boundaries of time and space, income and language. M. Sophia Newman • By Mary Sparacello Tulane Clubs • Mary Lou Lanier Fife • Roy Frumkes • Veronica 20 A Day in the Life Swanson Beard At Barbara Greenbaum House—the newest residence hall on the Tulane campus— 31 WHERE Y AT! Class notes students and the faculty-member-in-residence share a jam-packed 24 hours. By Alicia Duplessis Jasmin 35 FAREWELL Tribute: W. Boatner Reily III

26 Natural Rhythms 38 WAVEMAKERS Music Rising at Tulane preserves and protects the musical heritage of the Gulf South, MacLaren Classroom presenting the beating heart of American music to anyone with an Internet connection. • Laura and John Arnold Foundation • By Michael Luke Gifts to science and engineering

40 NEW ORLEANS Barricades galore

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2-3.pres.TOC.final.indd 3 2/24/15 2:03 PM PRONOUNCE THE ‘T’ Ted Martin (L ’67) pointed out that it is correct to pronounce the “t” at the end of Carondelet, contrary to “Native Tongue” by Angus Lind in the December 2014 Tulane. “So that’s one mistake we Orleanians are NOT making!” wrote Martin. (Illustration by Mark Andresen)

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PUPPY RESCUE Russell, who is now almost 16, SPANISH COW BURGUNDY BY ANY As the father of a Tulane grad was diagnosed with Type One In the December 2014 Tulane OtHER NAmE (’13) and a dog lover, I was Diabetes when he was 12—liter- magazine, Angus Lind, in I certainly agree that New Or- thrilled to read the article about ally days before starting middle listing a few of New Orleans’ leans is not an American culture, students raising service dogs school, and coincident with the many notorious mispronuncia- but a delightfully unique French- on campus. As the author of a start of adolescence. tions, wrote that “Carondelet Spanish Caribbean culture of its forthcoming book on Southern Type One Diabetes is the should be Kah-ron-de-LAY but own. Having been a French major rescue dogs (Rescue Road: One kind that needs minute-by- it’s Kuh-ron-duh-LET.” That at Sophie Newcomb and later Man, Thirty Thousand Dogs and minute attention and lots of looks like it ought to be right, at graduate school at Columbia a Million Miles of the Last Hope self-control. It is really hard but it just isn’t. University, I have always loved Highway, Sourcebooks, Sept. for anyone much less a preteen In fact Carondelet is one of exploring language. 2015), I spent time this past kid. Russell struggled with his the very few names or words that Concerning Burgundy Street summer in Louisiana, which has blood sugars (like most Type are pronounced correctly in New and the mystery of why the ac- an enormous canine overpopu- One Diabetics do); and we, his Orleans. That is so because the an- cent in on the second syllable, lation problem and a shelter parents worried and fussed and cestors of the Baron de Carondelet contrary to the wine, I have system that euthanizes tens of pestered him about it. About and Carondelet himself, after pondered this a bit as I grew thousands of loving, adoptable a year ago, through Dogs 4 whom Carondelet Street is named, up in my early childhood on dogs every year. Diabetics, Russell was placed were indeed French-speaking BurGUNdy Street in the Bywater. I urge Tulane students who with Addie, a yellow lab who Belgians, but before he came to Language is akin to music so that love dogs to seek out and offer can detect changes in his blood New Orleans in 1791, Carondelet when the original name rue your time to one of the many sugar a full 15 minutes before had conclusively expatriated Bourgogne became anglicized wonderful rescue groups in the modern technology detects himself from Belgium at the age of the accent fell on the second state working hard to save as them. This improves his life 15 in 1762, emigrated to Spain and syllable in English as it does in many dogs as possible by placing in a million ways, like the day attached himself to the service of French. At least this seems them in homes primarily up that, during his chemistry final, the King of Spain, changing his logical and plausible to me! North. We adopted two rescue Addie alerted him to dropping name from the French François By the way, after Katrina, dogs from Louisiana in the past blood sugar, which allowed him Louis to the Spanish Francisco when we natives were afraid two and half years and they have to treat it before it got so bad Luis. By the time he came to New we might lose our unique city added immeasurably to our lives. that he couldn’t finish his final. Orleans as the Spanish Governor and culture, I started a list of Peter Zheutlin, Parent One of the problems of hav- of Louisiana and West Florida New Orleans expressions, not Needham, Massachusetts ing Addie at school has been in 1791, he had already been a used anywhere else that I know that other kids don’t understand naturalized Spaniard for 29 years of. I think it would be an inter- that they can’t pet her, or and had married a Spanish noble- esting read for everyone, and PuPPy On the shake raising FrOnt lines in the salt Students train sierra leOne Cooking class dogs for life Combating the for doctors distract her. Unfortunate- woman, and, so, his name was by especially for the many students of service Ebola crisis and patients THE MAGAZINE OF TULANE UNIVERSITY ly, the school administra- then given, on both sides of the from elsewhere, if there were a tion didn’t really seem Atlantic Ocean, the correct Span- column of New Orleans expres- to be able to help Russell ish mispronunciation of French, sions in every issue. TUdecember 2014 lane with getting other kids to that is, with the final “t.” As the Janice Donaldson Grijns, NC ’66 stop petting and distract- Cajuns love to say about anyone Greenwich, Connecticut ing her. They had trouble who speaks French badly, Il with the idea that there parle Français comme une vache WOULD AGREE WItH could be a dog on campus espagnole (“He speaks French tHE LEttER WRItER that nobody could pet like a Spanish cow.”) And, had all ON EDUCAtORS without permission. that not been the case, the final I would like to see more articles Luckily for us, a Tulane “t” would have been used anyway about the academic daily care alumna was hired this year in New Orleans because of the and feeding of students. You to be the dean of students English language’s own system have an incredible faculty. (which is the one who does of correct mispronunciations of During my tenure at Tulane I discipline). Not only did foreign words. An example of this thought they were all terrific. Puppy Power she read the article, but in the New Orleans streets context Katherine Kamp Krueger, she passed it on to Russell is Joliet Street, correctly mispro- NC ’65, G ’68 as well. nounced in English with the final Forks, Washington Your article really “t,” JO-lee-et, instead of as in ______gave voice to some of the French, Zho-lee-AY. SERVICE DOGS IN SCHOOL hassles of bringing a service In any case, Angus was all Drop Us a Line I’m writing to say THANKS dog to school. It helped vali- too kind to New Orleans, for he E-mail: to you for your great article date some of our requests and left out of his review hundreds [email protected] about Service Dog Training at concerns, while also helping the of its atrocious and abominable or U.S. mail: Tulane; and to say THANKS to ‘outside world’ to understand mispronunciations that should Tulane, Office of Editorial Adam Kline for being the kind Russ’ situation. be capital offenses. and Creative Services, of person who would launch Adrienne Roberts Joseph B. Stahl, A&S ’59, L ’62 200 Broadway, Suite 219, a program like this. My son, Portola Valley, California New Orleans New Orleans, LA 70118

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MAGAZINE TUlane Editor Mary Ann Travis

crEativE dirEctor Melinda Whatley Viles

Editorial dirEctor Sarah Netter

“tulanians” Editor Fran Simon

contributors Keith Brannon Barri Bronston Mary Cross, ’10 Catherine Freshley, ’09 Alicia Duplessis Jasmin Angus Lind, A&S ’66 Kirby Messinger Ryan Rivet, UC ’02 Aidan Smith

sEnior univErsity PhotograPhEr Paula Burch-Celentano

sEnior Production coordinator Sharon Freeman michael michael democker, 1998 graPhic dEsignErs Seeing thingS from may ask different questions. They read Tracey Bellina another’S point of view different books. Marian Herbert-Bruno Tulane students have been going to Beyond the academic advantages of Cuba (pictured above) to study for study abroad, there are career benefits. free ipad and android more than a decade. “I can’t think of a professional field verSionS of tulane And new easing of travel and bank- where there isn’t a global dimension,” are available. ing restrictions undoubtedly will result said Pentzer. in more students heading to the island People are traveling more for work, nation to learn about its culture and working alongside people from different place in the world. cultures and collaborating with people Study abroad has been an option for from different countries. Skills such as Tulane undergraduate students since knowledge of a foreign language and in- the 1950s when small groups went depth understanding of a country pay PrEsidEnt of thE univErsity to Paris or London for a Junior Year off over a career. Michael A. Fitts Abroad experience. An educated person more and more Today, about a third of Tulane un- is a global citizen. vicE PrEsidEnt of univErsity communications dergraduates participate in some sort Students studying abroad often find Deborah L. Grant, PHTM ’86 of study abroad in nearly 80 semester, what it is that inspires them and dis- summer or yearlong programs. cover what they are passionate about. ExEcutivE dirEctor of Editorial Most students who study abroad It takes them one more step along and crEativE sErvicEs are keen on continuing their major the road to independence, said Pentzer. Carol J. Schlueter, B ’99 abroad, said Scott Pentzer, associate Study abroad takes students out of Tulane (ISSN 21619255) is a quarterly magazine published by the Tulane dean for global education at Newcomb- their comfort zone. At the same time, Office of Editorial and Creative Services, 31 McAlister Drive, Drawer 1, New Orleans, LA 70118-5624. Periodical postage at New Orleans, LA 70113 Tulane College. students expand what their sense of and additional mailing offices. Send editorial correspondence to the “Students say, ‘I want to go and study home is. above address or email [email protected]. what I study at Tulane but in a different “Study abroad is a lot of work,” said Opinions expressed in Tulane are not necessarily those of Tulane repre- place, from a different perspective and Pentzer. But students gain a sense of sentatives and do not necessarily reflect university policies. Material may be reprinted only with permission. look at different problems.’” confidence that “I cannot just survive Tulane University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. Students study, say, psychology but also feel at home and feel comfort- POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: in France or Denmark or Argentina able and be inspired in this place that I Tulane, Tulane Office of Editorial and Creative Services, where professors have different ways did not know I would.” 31 McAlister Drive, Drawer 1, New Orleans, LA 70118-5624. of coming at the discipline. Classmates Bon voyage.—marY ann traviS march 2015/vol. 86, no. 3

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4-5_letters_final.indd 5 2/24/15 1:59 PM OPPORTUNITY YOUTH The Cowen Institute at Tulane has launched the Earn and Learn Career Pathways program. Participants, who prior to the program were neither working nor in school, have apprentice- ships that combine paid on-the-job training with technical and academic training at Delgado Community College.

NEWS Super Computer

Tulane is ranked No. 271 of the top 500 supercomputer sites in the world with its new Cypress computer. The university partnered with Dell and Intel to create the supercomputer Cypress. The platform consists of Dell PowerEdge C8220X servers and a Dell networking Z9500 switch. Cypress went online in fall 2014. “It brings to us a whole new level of infrastructure,” said Nicholas Altiero, dean of the Tulane School of Science and Engineering. SHUTTERSTOCK Cypress is being used for sea-level-rise calculations, brain injury research, epigenetics, molecular studies and other complex, data- heavy projects that require hefty computa- tional power. successful Path Laura Levy, vice president of research, In 2014, President Barack Obama launched My Brother’s Keeper, an Boys of Color said, “Cypress is a new reach into problem- initiative aimed at addressing persistent opportunity gaps faced by Researchers are looking solving that we never had before.” boys and young men of color. It’s an issue close to the hearts of Tulane into early influences on The design of Cypress is similar to more University psychology professors Oscar Barbarin and Michael Cunning- boys of color, trying to powerful machines that are deployed at the ham, whose Boys of Color Collaborative is using data to determine what figure out factors in Louisiana Optical Network Initiative and the families and schools can do to put boys of color on a path to success. the trajectory of the Texas Advanced Computing Center, making it The collaborative, which includes scholars from Duke University, young men. easy for Tulane researchers to port their code Emory University, the University of California–Los Angeles, University to larger environments as their models grow of Virginia, George Washington University and several other institu- larger and more complex. tions, gathers and analyzes data on the development of boys of color to Charlie McMahon, the vice president for determine early influences. information technology and chief technolo- “In the earliest years, boys of color look no different than any other gy officer at Tulane, said, “This system allows group,” Barbarin said. “How is it that when they get to adolescence you users to move seamlessly between big-data see such stark differences?” analytics and traditional high-performance For example, the U.S. Department of Education found that black computing capabilities.” —Fran Simon students, especially boys, were 3.5 times more likely to be expelled or suspended than white students. They also are over-represented in the criminal justice system and in special education, Barbarin said. CYPRess POweR The collaborative is working to develop joint research and to pro- The high-performance supercomputer at Tulane vide mentoring for younger scholars and undergraduates involved in is in the top 500 of such the issue. supercomputers around “They’re not all doing poorly,” Barbarin said. “Sixty percent are the world. doing fine—not great but getting along. The problem is that 20 percent are not doing well at all, and that’s millions of kids.” This spring, Barbarin and Charles Figley, a professor in the Tulane School of Social Work, are organizing a youth summit to discuss the challenges of New Orleans youth. “The goal of the summit is to challenge existing conceptions of youth as failing to achieve and as purveyors of violence, to reimagine them as assets to their families and community and as future leaders,”

Barbarin said.—Barri Bronston RIVET RYAN

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An Artists sAnctuAry A Studio in the Woods, located within the natural sanctuary of a Mississippi River bottomland hardwood forest, is a live-in artists’ retreat program. It provides a tranquil haven for visual artists, musicians, composers, performance artists, writers and others to work uninterrupted during short-term residencies. Joe and Lucianne Carmichael donated the property to Tulane University in 2004 to be part of the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research. 1969 Educators and artists, the Carmichaels acquired the property in 1969 and began their journey toward form- 7.66 ing the artists’ retreat in The retreat encompasses 7.66 acres the woods. of bottomland hardwood forest on the banks of the Mississippi River in Algiers, Louisiana. 20 Twenty bird species find protected habitat within the retreat.

Since 2001, the studio has hosted 67 The studio is an 18-mile drive from the Tulane residencies for a wide range of visual, uptown campus, across the river on the West literary and performing artists from 18 Bank, on the edge of Orleans Parish. around the world. 67 Over 3,000 native trees have been preserved in the forest surrounding A Studio in the Woods. 3,000

In “Flint and Steel” five-week During7 fall 2014, residencies at the studio in seven university 2015, teams of artists and Tulane scholars spent one 5 researchers are inspiring each to two weeks at the other in “cross-disciplinary combustion,” retreat pursuing developing new work, such as puppet academic interests. performances to help educate and entertain children who have asthma. infographic by tracey bellina tracey by infographic

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“DICK” RUDOLPH (A&S ’68) was a stage background. At the end of the recording, Stephany, Riperton’s producer at Chess actor. Once. He wore the pants in the scene Riperton croons “Maya, Maya.” Records, and he continued to write songs pictured here of the performance of the “I carried around the germ of the idea with Riperton until her death at age 31. drama Private Ear/Public Eye on the Tulane [for that tune] inside my head for a long Rudolph moved to Los Angeles, where uptown campus in December 1967. Rudolph time,” said Rudolph. “I played that guitar his career as a songwriter, screenwriter, remembers that ROBERT BROWN (A&S ’68), riff over and over.” Rudolph made a con- music publisher and film producer has right, was the better actor. tinuous loop of the guitar riff and played flourished. His feature film for children, That same year, Rudolph learned to play it on a cassette tape recorder to soothe Ruby Strangelove, filmed in Bulgaria, will the guitar at his fraternity house, where their baby daughter, Maya, as she swung be released this year. he was a close friend of renowned screen- in a Swingomatic. Rudolph is married to Kimiko Kasai, a writer, director and film producer, the late Many artists have covered “Lovin’ You” top female jazz singer in Japan for many BRUCE PALTROW (A&S ’65). And Rudolph over the years. It was licensed for a com- years, who recorded 24 albums for CBS/ met singer Minnie Riperton, who became mercial in Japan last year. Sony. Kasai has retired from the music his wife after he graduated. Rudolph settled in Chicago in the late business and has a successful second Together, Rudolph and Riperton wrote 1960s, where he managed the Electric career as a jewelry designer. They have and recorded “Lovin’ You,” one of the Theater/Kinetic Playground. been married for 25 years. world’s all-time most-recorded songs. “It was the halcyon days of rock and His daughter, actress and comedian In 1975, the song went to the top of the roll,” said Rudolph, ticking off bands who Maya Rudolph, rose to fame as a cast mem- charts in the U.S. and 24 other countries. played at the venue: Vanilla Fudge, Led ber of “Saturday Night Live” and starred in On their recording of “Lovin’ You” can be Zeppelin, Santana, The Who, Joe Cocker films such as Bridesmaids. She will deliver heard Riperton’s ethereal voice, Rudolph and the Grease Band, Velvet Underground the keynote address at Tulane University strumming the acoustic guitar—and little and Blood Sweat and Tears, to name a few. Commencement on May 16, 2015. Stevie Wonder on the keyboard in the Rudolph co-wrote songs with Charles —FRAN SImON

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6-13_news_mar15_FINAL_MHB.indd 8 2/24/15 1:58 PM SHARED KNOWLEDGE Talk about opportunity: Tulane undergraduates and recent graduates can showcase their research stemming from capstone courses, honors theses and major papers in the Tulane Undergraduate Research Journal, available online.

NEWS Nerve on a Chip Michael J. Moore and J. Lowry Curley first met in the laboratory as professor and student. Now the two Tulane researchers have started a new biomedical company that’s winning praise and awards. They are co-founders of AxoSim Technol- ogies, which aims to improve pharmaceutical ock.com

T drug development by providing a faster and more advanced alternative to animal testing. Thinks Moore is an associate professor of biomedical engineering, and Curley is a postdoctoral researcher in the biomedical engineering program. Shrimp Study They have developed what they call “nerve on a chip,” a 3-D model of nerve tissue about a Eating shrimp from an area of the Gulf of Mexico impacted by the Deep- Seafood Safety millimeter in size. Results of a new drug’s in- water Horizon oil spill in 2010 poses no acute health risks or increased A study by Tulane teraction with the nerve on a chip can quickly cancer risks, according to a study published in Environmental Health scientists shows that provide data to drug developers. Perspectives by Tulane scientists. Gulf shrimp are safe AxoSim was founded in June but already A team led by Mark Wilson, research assistant professor of global en- to eat. is earning praise and support, including fund- vironmental health sciences in the Tulane School of Public Health and ing from the National Science Foundation’s Tropical Medicine, analyzed shrimp for oil contaminants and surveyed Innovation Corps program. Moore and Curley Vietnamese-Americans working as commercial shrimpers in southeast also made headlines in November after win- Louisiana. ning the $25,000 top prize at the New Orleans “Through communication with community liaisons we were able to BioInnovation Center’s BioChallenge compe- conduct a tailored risk assessment within a ‘sensitive subpopulation’ tition, where they pitched their business to a that served to demonstrate the safety of shrimp harvested from the Gulf panel of investors. of Mexico and addressed concerns that were meaningful to the commu- Moore and Curley said their first round of nity as a whole,” said Wilson. drug research is focusing on chemotherapies Community members directly involved in the seafood industry are that reduce side effects in cancer patients. likely among the heaviest consumers of seafood, said the research- —Sarah Netter ers. The Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Development Corp. in EFFICIENT TESTING eastern New Orleans provided a list of residents for the researchers to J. Lowry Curley, left, and contact for the survey that included questions such as how often do Michael J. Moore, right, have developed what they you eat shrimp, what is a typical portion size and how are the shrimp call “nerve on a chip" to prepared? One hundred fifteen respondents completed the survey. improve drug testing. “We found that 81 percent of our survey respondents reduced the amount of shrimp they consumed for at least five months following the oil spill. Furthermore, 43 percent of our survey respondents reduced shrimp consumption for at least 12 months,” said the researchers. Immediately after the spill occurred, concerns were expressed that seafood would be contaminated with high levels of polycyclic aromat- ic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and pose health hazards including increased cancer risks for consumers.

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to have low levels of PAHs. elen T c “The very low levels of PAHs detected in our cross-sectional sample of shrimp did not result in excess risk from dietary PAH exposure

within our study population,” said Wilson.—Arthur Nead Burch- Paula

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6-13_news_mar15_FINAL_MHB.indd 9 2/24/15 1:58 PM INSPIRING PLACE GOOD Magazine named New Orleans the No. 7 most inspiring city in the world. (It was the only U.S. city to make the top 10.) “If in 2013 New Orleans was rumored to be an up-and-coming place for young people to flourish, in 2014 the city finally made the grade.”

NEWS Center of the City Tulane City Center has a place to call its own. Located at 1725 Baronne St., in the heart of Central City, Tulane City Center is 7,000 square feet and features ample workspace for the outreach program of Tulane School of Architecture. Tulane City Center has been involved in designing and building dozens of neighborhood revitalization projects, including play- grounds, healthcare facilities, arts centers and urban farms. The program first moved to Central City in 2013 when it opened a temporary space on nearby Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard. Not

jackson Hill jackson long after, Tulane City Center teamed up with Gulf Coast Housing Partnerships to begin construction on the Baronne Street building. The building was once part of the sprawl- ing Kauffman’s department store, one of sev- Educated Women eral retail outlets that populated the Dryades Voices from the past are back at Tulane as part of an oral history proj- Digitized Voices shopping corridor from the mid-19th century. ect to archive the stories and experiences of hundreds of alumnae and Student Candace As a vital business district for New Orleans’ faculty members. Ross, left, works with African-American and Jewish communities, Recordings of past Newcomb College students are being pain- Newcomb archivist the Dryades corridor thrived for over a century stakingly preserved in digital archives, creating both a record of the Susan Tucker to bring and was a key site during the civil rights era. past and a way to share history beyond the confines of the university. the voices of the oral Today, the neighborhood is in the midst history project to The Newcomb Oral History Project began in 1986. Those inter- of a renaissance, with Tulane City Center an the Web. viewed, including Mary Lou Lanier Fife (NC ’30) [See the “Dispatch” enthusiastic stakeholder. on page 31], recall stories of their classes, professors and social life, all “With the renovation of a historic building while painting a picture of their experiences on campus and in the city into a point of entry for Tulane into the com- of New Orleans. munity and the community into the university, “The memories of these women are evocative about so much,” said Tulane City Center is committed to this neigh- archivist Susan Tucker (NC ’72). “They tell us how educated women borhood,” said Maggie Hansen, interim direc- thought of the paths they took in life.” tor of Tulane City Center.—Barri Bronston The efforts of staff and student interns at the Newcomb College OUTREACH Institute and longtime alumnae volunteers like Helen Schneidau (NC Hillary Bocash, a ’67) have grown the collection to almost 300 recordings. The recordings fifth-year architecture have undergone full-scale digitization, and scholars can now access student, builds a work station at Tulane City them online. Center. Architecture Visiting scholar and public radio host Gwen Thompkins (NC ’87), students contributed to began lending her talents to the project in 2014 to expand the scope of the interior of the center’s new home by building the collection. desks, storage space and Senior Candace Ross has spent months ensuring the women’s voices work surfaces. are preserved. She said, “Digitizing the oral histories of alumnae has left me with a profound appreciation of these pioneering women. “When I go to work in the Caroline Richardson Building, sit in a classroom in Newcomb Hall or go to my room in Warren, I remember the alumnae who have gone through those doors, sat in those class-

rooms and lived in my room.”—Aidan Smith Rivet Ryan

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MESOAMERICAN TREASURE Before the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World, native scribes in ancient Mesoamerica produced an array of painted documents on religion, mythology, ritual and astronomy. During the processes of conversion and cultural amalgamation, the native scribes learned to combine Spanish writing and their own non-Western conventions. Dating from circa 1550, the Códice Huamelulpan or Codex Tulane (a detail is pictured here) is housed at the Latin American Library at Tulane. The Codex Tulane exemplifies the syncretic process whereby scribal traditions and writing systems of indigenous Mesoamerican civi- lizations persisted and meshed with the European scribal arts implanted along with the rest of Spanish colonial society. “The Codex Tulane is a hybrid document representing the convergence of two disparate cultures. This is what makes it so very unusual and rare,” said Christine Hernández, curator of Special Collections at the Latin American Library. Despite its age and fragility, the Codex Tulane maintains bright hues of red, blue, yellow, brown, orange and pink. It was painted on pieces of deer hide pasted together and stuccoed to create a painted document or roll measuring approximately 12 1/4 feet long and 9 inches wide.

fAMIly l INEAgE The Codex Tulane depicts the genealogy of two royal families from two Mixtec- speaking towns, Acatlán and Chila, in what is today southern Mexico. Most of the figures are married couples. In the portion of the codex pictured here, the couples on the left are the parents of the women on the right. The symbols and circles over their heads represent their names. Hernández says the codex is of paramount interest to Mesoamericanist art historians who specialize in pre- Columbian art, epigraphers who decipher ancient New World languages, as well as ibrary

anthropologists and historians interested l in early Colonial Mexican society.

A digital version of the Codex Tulane merican in its entirety is available through the a Tulane Digital Library. atin The codex’s history, including an explanation of its acquisition and com- parisons to other codices from the same time period, is explained in The Codex Tulane by Ross Parmenter and Mary E.

Smith.—AlICIA DUplESSIS JASMIN l the book collection, rare

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6-13_news_mar15_FINAL_MHB.indd 11 2/24/15 1:57 PM Interview Byron Mouton, URBANbuild elentan0 c Paula Burch- Paula

Byron Mouton is a senior professor of prac new homes are being constructed, we offer During the course of the design/build tice and director of URBANbuild, a School alternative architectural possibilities for process, what kind of changes do you of Architecture design/build program in the city. see in the students? which teams of students take on the design Architects are trained to recognize They gain confidence. Students become and construction of prototypical homes for dualities: darkness and light, mass and proficient at multitasking and managing a New Orleans’ neighborhoods. URBANbuild void, prospect and refuge. From duality variety of roles, relationships and respon will complete its 10th home in the Central and contrast comes vibrancy and dynamic sibilities. They develop professional skills City neighborhood this year. energy—things can be perceived as more that help them succeed and become what they are when juxtaposed with stronger practitioners after they graduate. What have you learned throughout the their opposites. They communicate with suppliers, sub evolution of the URBANbuild program? contractors and local regulatory agencies. I learn a lot from my students. I’ve found How do you address the issue of They learn to look after one another in that students are quite capable of sur gentrification in the neighborhoods terms of safety and quality control; they prising us and far exceeding our expecta in which the URBANbuild homes hold their colleagues accountable for tions. Each year, when a new group starts are located? their actions and their work. a project, they inherit the knowledge of Now more than ever, this is an essential their predecessors and every project gets question. The Central City neighborhood What’s been the most gratifying a little better, a little more sophisticated, in which our projects are located is be for you as an educator and an more refined. coming a victim of gentrification, so we architect since you’ve been part have to ask ourselves, how do we accept of URBANbuild? What place does modern architecture it while also realizing our responsibility to My private practice and teaching activi have in older, historic New Orleans those residents who have remained in that ties run side by side, where my research neighborhoods? neighborhood for generations? through my Tulane School of Architecture These New Orleans neighborhoods are The projects we have done over the past involvement has directly informed and authentically old, and many of them are 10 years have helped us to increase the improved my practice. While I think it is in desperate need of repair. Rather than value of an entire zone, one house at a time. important to maintain a distance between replicate the existing homes in these But the question is how do we increase practice and research, one of the most neighborhoods with copies of historic ar property value while preserving the gratifying aspects of my involvement with chitecture, we posit that older homes need neighborhood so that current residents URBANbuild is that it has decreased that to be renovated and preserved, and where may stay? distance.—RYAN RIVET

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6-13_news_mar15_FINAL_MHB.indd 12 2/24/15 1:57 PM fOOtball signing day The Tulane Green Wave football team received a heavy dose of local flavor as the program signed 17 student-athletes to National Letters-of-Intent on National Signing Day on Feb. 4. The Wave added 14 Louisiana natives, including 10 from Byron Mouton, URBANbuild the New Orleans area, and three Floridians to the 2015 roster.

SPORTS Rugby Bond The men’s Rugby Club is hoping to take the momentum from a successful fall season into the spring semester. The team ended the season 5-1, and capped it off by taking the 2014 Battleship Invitational Tournament collegiate championship home from Mobile, Alabama. Although the fall season is the main competitive focus in college rugby, team captain Jesse Sussmane said the club plans on remain- ing competitive in the spring by entering a few seven-man tournaments and challenging the squads at Louisiana State University and the University of Alabama to some “friendlies.” The Rugby Club continues to be a big draw on campus, Sussmane said, with their mem-

bership steady at around 30 men. This allows Rivet Ryan the club to have “both A and B sides” and get intersquad matches together, which, he said, is the real draw of the Rugby Club. “This is a great sport for camaraderie,” Sussmane said. “It really brings people to- On the Upswing gether. The guys on this team are the closest friends I have on this campus.” Jelling as a Team While most of New Orleans was getting ready for Mardi Gras, the Green Sussmane said that bond also brings to- Under first-year coach Wave baseball team traveled to the West Coast to open the 2015 season gether players from other teams and urges any David Pierce, the 2015 at Pepperdine on Feb. 13. First-year head coach David Pierce said that he Rugby Club alums that come back to campus Green Wave baseball is confident in his team and likes what he’s seen on the diamond during to attend a practice. —R.R. team is confident the training that led up to the season opener. about taking on the “I can’t thank the coaches and players enough for their prepara- challenges of play tions and their commitment to excellence,” Pierce said. “I see it every in the American day. They’re devoted to being great on the field, in the classroom and Athletic Conference. in their personal lives.” While Pierce may be starting a new season with a new team and in a new conference, he said he’s familiar with many of the teams that his team will face in the American Athletic Conference, which makes the transition easier. “Seven out of the eight teams that play baseball in the American are former Conference USA teams, and I’m very familiar with them from being at Rice and Houston,” Pierce said. “There’s a lot of challenges in the conference, but where there are challenges there are great opportunities,” Pierce said. “Strength of tOUgh play The Rugby Club plays on schedule is critical when trying to get into the postseason, so we’ve the Lavin-Bernick Center got to be able to play and win against schools that are in the top 150 if Quad. The team had a 5-1 we want an at-large bid.” record in the fall season. While winning on the field is important, Pierce stressed that, at the end of the day, his job is about more than wins and losses. “There are a lot of different success stories we can have throughout the year,” Pierce said. “As we strive to win championships, we want to

Ryan Rivet Ryan strive not only to be better players, but also better people.”—Ryan Rivet

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14-19_Lat.American_FINAL.final.indd 14 2/24/15 1:54 PM Gateway to the Americas

From the ancient m aya to maternal

health in Peru today, l atin a merican

studies at t ulane cross boundaries oF

time and sP ace, income and language.

By Mary Sparacello elentano c Paula Burch- Paula

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14-19_Lat.American_FINAL.final.indd 15 2/24/15 1:53 PM “That group of committed faculty [70 Latin Americanists] on a campus the size of Tulane allows faculty to form a sense of community across disciplines. They come together to share their enthusiasm for Latin America.” —Thomas Reese,

Stone Center for Library merican Latin American Studies Viki Ospina, 2013. tje Latin a Latin tje 2013. Ospina, Viki

It was 1924 when Samuel Zemurray bestowed on Tulane University the first department of its kind to research Latin America. Zemurray was a Russian immigrant of humble beginnings. As a young man he peddled ripe bananas, eventually building his enterprise to buy a fleet of ships and going on to lead the most powerful fruit company in the world. It was in Central America that Zemurray built his commercial empire, amassing great wealth. Latin Scholars With offices and shipping and distribution operations in New Previous pages, Orleans, where he also had a grand Beaux Arts home, Zemurray was from left: Hortensia a committed Tulane supporter. After his death in 1961, his family Calvo, Ludovico Feoli, bequeathed to Tulane his home, No. 2 Audubon Place, which later Marcello A. Canuto, served as the residence of Tulane presidents. Elizabeth Boone, Nora When Zemurray learned in the early 1920s that the William Gates Lustig and Thomas collection was up for sale, he jumped at the chance to purchase it. Gates, Reese pose with a scion of a prominent Virginia family, had spent a lifetime procuring commercial exchange what was at the time the most extensive cache of books, manuscripts map from 1883 in and artifacts related to ancient Maya and Aztec life. the background. The Once Zemurray acquired the Gates collection for $60,000, he gave map, part of the Map it to Tulane along with an endowment of $300,000 to establish the Collection at the Latin Middle American Research Institute or MARI. It was a gift that would American Library, be worth $4.1 million in today’s dollars. shows shipping and The Gates collection would be the foundation of MARI, but it was transportation lines just the beginning. connecting New Almost immediately, Zemurray paid to send two MARI researchers Orleans to the rest on an archaeological expedition to Mexico and Guatemala. of the United States, And to this day, MARI’s star continues to shine. The institute funds Mexico, Central and field research, manages and exhibits a museum collection, publishes South America, and books and trains promising scholars—all from the third floor of the Caribbean. Dinwiddie Hall on the Tulane uptown campus.

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14-19_Lat.American_FINAL.final.indd 16 2/24/15 1:53 PM From the Latin American Library Facing page: Carta- gena de Indias, a city on the northern coast of Colombia, preserves colonial architecture. ibrary l This page, top: A catechism used merican merican a by friars for Indian

atin atin conversion offers a glimpse into life in New Spain in the late 16th century. Bottom: A campaign rally is held by the rare book collection, the l the book collection, rare Juventudes Revolu- cionarias group in Mexico in 1952.

Under Canuto, MARI finalized the move of its exhibits and class- rooms from the fourth-floor attic of Dinwiddie Hall to the more ibrary

l spacious third floor in 2010 after a major renovation of the building. And while MARI’s reputation has been and continues to be built merican merican

a on its expertise in deciphering the past, Canuto is also looking to the

atin atin future. In August, he unveiled a new laboratory, funded by a generous donor, for a “hypermodern classroom” that allows students to use the latest tools in mapmaking, remote sensing and spatial analysis. ollection, the l the ollection, c

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Gen. Gen. and the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik, awarded funding to Tulane to establish a National Resource Center on Latin America BUILDING UPON ITSELF under provisions of the National Defense Education Act. Ludovico Feoli, executive director of the Center for Inter-American That center was later named the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Lat- Policy & Research (CIPR) at Tulane, said that that first Zemurray gift in American Studies after Zemurray’s son-in-law, married to Zemur- “initiated a long trend of devotion to Latin American scholarship that ray’s daughter, Doris Zemurray Stone, a distinguished archaeologist has built upon itself.” and ethnographer at MARI. She later followed in her father’s footsteps In addition to MARI and CIPR, the Roger Thayer Stone Center for as a prominent Tulane philanthropist, as did her son, Samuel Z. Stone, Latin American Studies and the Latin American Library were estab- who was a member of the Board of Tulane and also a scholar. lished—and continue to thrive—as the cornerstones of Latin America The Stone Center gives Latin American studies a cohesive presence studies at Tulane. on the Tulane campus by coordinating undergraduate and graduate At the start, MARI concentrated on Mesoamerican archaeology, but degrees and affiliated programs, such as the Cuban and Caribbean since then has broadened its scope. Studies Institute and CIPR. Marcello A. Canuto, current director of MARI, came to Tulane from A core faculty of 70 Latin Americanists from almost every school Yale University in 2009. “If a student wants to study Mesoamerica— and department represents the largest contingent of professors past or present—there are few places in the United States that are associated with any program at Tulane. better [than Tulane],” he said. Thomas Reese, executive director of the Stone Center, said, “That A Maya archaeologist, Canuto does fieldwork at the classic Maya group of committed faculty on a campus the size of Tulane allows city of La Corona in the jungles of northern Guatemala. In 2012, he faculty to form a sense of community across disciplines. They come was part of a team that discovered a 1,300-year-old Maya text that together to share their enthusiasm for Latin America.” provided the second known reference to the “end date” of the Maya And come together they do. There is always a crowd at the brown calendar, Dec. 12, 2012. While the world didn’t actually end then, this bag lunches and presentations held regularly—sometimes weekly—at hieroglyphic discovery was one of the more important in recent times. the Stone Center and elsewhere on campus.

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14-19_Lat.American_FINAL.final.indd 17 2/24/15 1:53 PM Many Latin American studies alumni—both with undergraduate “You’d be hard-pressed and graduate degrees—hold prominent positions in the U.S. and abroad, including the presidency of Costa Rica. Luis Guillermo Solís, who received his master’s degree in Latin American studies from to find anywhere else Tulane in 1981, was elected president in April 2014.

the concentration JEWEL IN THE CROWN Since the beginning, the Latin American Library has been one of the of resources—the library, university’s greatest assets. Originally, the library was part of MARI, with its foundation in the Gates collection. But it joined the main faculty, course offerings, library system of Tulane in the 1940s and broadened its scope. Now it comprises one-sixth of the total space at Howard-Tilton Memorial Library and is one of only three stand-alone Latin American collec- and experts and scholars tions in U.S. universities. “The Latin American Library is truly a jewel in Tulane’s crown,” said who come through the Hortensia Calvo, the Doris Stone Director of the Latin American Library. The library is especially robust in its rare book and manuscript hold- Stone Center—to study ings from the Spanish American colonial period and widely known are its collections of original Mesoamerican painted manuscripts, includ- Latin America.” ing the mid-16th century Codex Tulane. (See “Gallery” on page 11.) The Hernán Cortés Collection contains original letters penned by the Spanish explorer, the earliest dated three weeks after the fall —Ludovico Feoli, of Tenochtitlán. Center for Inter-American But more than a repository of only antiquarian artifacts, the library has one of the only photo archives devoted to Latin America. It houses Policy & Research one of the most complete research collections on contemporary art history and architecture, including an extensive collection of original silver design drawings by William Spratling and other related designers donated by art historian Penny Chittim Morrill (NC ’69). The library “I feel like I’m at the right place,” said Daniel Sharp, assistant pro- also has strong holdings of pamphlets and ephemera related to politi- fessor of ethnomusicology. A music scholar who came to Tulane in cal parties, cultural activity, the history of tourism and other contem- 2008, Sharp is jointly appointed in the Stone Center and the Newcomb porary topics. Department of Music. His research focuses on Brazil. “It’s also about what’s happening now in Latin America,” said Calvo. Most university Latin American studies programs are strong only The Latin American Library—and the university’s strength in Latin in the social sciences, but Tulane is different. American studies—brought notable art historian Elizabeth Boone to “I had no idea there would be such an academic community that Tulane in 1995, and it is still fundamental to her scholarship. Boone went beyond my discipline,” Sharp said. holds the Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, the first endowed chair in Latin American art history in the country. ARRAY OF RESOURCES Boone, with two colleagues, is working on a book about a picto- “You’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else the concentration of graphic catechism that William Gates photographed in the 1920s; resources—the library, faculty, course offerings and population of she happened upon Gates’ photographic copy while browsing the experts and scholars who come through the Stone Center—to study holdings of the Latin American Library. Latin America,” said Feoli. Indigenous Mesoamerican speakers created the catechism after the The tremendous generosity of the Zemurray and Stone families Spanish conquest when they converted to Catholicism. In it, the Our and their descendants—plus many other supporters—has been instru- Father and Ten Commandments are written pictographically in the mental in bolstering Latin American scholarship at Tulane through Aztec language, Boone said. endowed chairs and professorships—10 at the Stone Center alone. “I was cruising the shelves and there it was. I’ve never seen one Earlier this year, an anonymous donor gave Tulane a $6.1 million quite that extraordinary.” gift to establish three new endowed chairs in Latin American studies— two in the social sciences and one endowing the Stone Center director- ORIGINS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE ship—and to support MARI and the Latin American Library. While MARI captured the public’s attention, with Maya archaeologists Among its programs, the Stone Center offers joint degrees in trekking to faraway lands, Tulane’s early foray into Latin American business and law. scholarship actually began a decade earlier with the creation of what And the A. B. Freeman School of Business has joint degree pro- is now the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. And again it grams in partnership with top business schools in Latin America, part- was Samuel Zemurray whose generosity made it possible. nering with 14 universities in the region and giving Tulane students In the wake of the 1905 yellow fever epidemic that devastated New the opportunity to study abroad. Orleans, Zemurray donated $25,000 to Tulane in 1911 for a school of John Trapani, professor and executive director of the Freeman hygiene and tropical medicine to research causes and cures of disease School’s Goldring Institute for International Business, said, “Latin in the tropics. America is a natural partner for Tulane and for the business school The School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine today operates because of our history, geography and culture, economics and the research and teaching programs throughout Latin America, including alumni base in the region. the Health Office for Latin America in Lima, Peru. “I think today there’s probably no business school in the United In Latin America, economic inequalities are among the most pro- States that has this footprint in Latin America.” nounced in the world. A result is that people of high income have

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14-19_Lat.American_FINAL.final.indd 18 2/24/15 1:52 PM access to quality, private health care. In contrast, people at the low end first-ever tropical and environmental studies semester in spring 2013, of the income spectrum often don’t even have bus fare to seek care at taught by six Tulane professors—Feoli; professors George Flowers and public facilities. Stephen Nelson from the Department of Earth and Environmental Arachu Castro, the Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in Latin Sciences; Thomas Sherry and Sunshine Van Bael of the Department of America, came to Tulane from Harvard University in January 2013. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; and Colin Crawford, executive direc- She is a medical anthropologist who has earned international tor of the Payson Center for International Development, headquartered recognition for her research into infectious diseases and women’s in Tulane Law School. health in Latin America and the Caribbean. She is working now to “At Tulane, you see a commitment to interdisciplinary education— analyze primary care throughout Latin America to better understand more than in any other school where I’ve worked,” said Crawford. and improve healthcare systems serving people living in poverty. Not only are Tulane students traveling to study in Latin America There are public health systems in every Latin American country, and professors going there to do research, but Latin American scholars and the great majority of pregnant women obtain care multiple times are coming to the Tulane campus. during pregnancy. But, still, thousands of women die of maternal In May, CIPR co-hosted a seminar with Fundación RAP. Fourteen causes every year. Castro is dedicated to finding out why these women politicians from different political parties in Argentina along with 18 often receive poor quality care. Her ultimate goal is to promote health- speakers from universities, think tanks, multilateral organizations care equity. and other institutions across the world examined the state of the art in social policy and how it may apply to Argentina. INEQUITIES OF INCOME While the trend at some universities has been to shy away from Nora Lustig, who holds the Samuel Z. Stone Chair in Latin American area studies as federal funding has dried up or focused more on certain Economics, is an economist helping to reshape the global anti-poverty areas key to American foreign policy, such as the Middle East, Latin agenda. American studies at Tulane remain stronger than ever. For the last five years, Lustig’s research in Latin America has fo- “We are constantly being pushed into greater and greater special- cused on understanding how minimum wages, education and social ization in academic fields,” said Maxwell. spending have influenced the region’s economic inequality. She heads But at Tulane there is another approach. the Commitment to Equity project—a joint effort of CIPR and the “There is recognition here of the need to cross boundaries rather economics department at Tulane. than erect them.” Her work tracks fiscal policies in almost all Latin American countries, analyzing the impact of taxes and social spending on inequality and poverty. The Commitment to Equity framework is being applied and influ- encing policy in over 30 countries worldwide, including Costa Rica, where the minister of finance, after seeing the results of Lustig’s work, reconsidered a tax reform that would have disproportionately affected the poor. The U.S. and international media have seized on Lustig’s findings that high tax on food in Brazil wipes out the benefits of that country’s governmental direct cash transfers to the poor. Michael DeMocker, 1998 The prominence of Latin American studies at Tulane attracted Lustig, a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences and author of A Changing Cuba over 40 peer-reviewed articles and 16 books and edited volumes, to the Cuba will always feel like home to Ana M. Lopez, but the streets university in 2009. feel new each time she visits. She has been a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Studies Program “Every time I go to Cuba … within 24 hours I’m having one of these moments where it’s like, ‘What country am I in? I was just of the Brookings Institution, Washington’s leading think tank, and here six months ago,’” said Lopez, associate provost for faculty president of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, affairs, associate professor of communication, and director of the premier association of economists with a focus on Latin America. the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute at Tulane. Lustig said that the Latin American experts in the humanities and Lopez and the growing number of Tulane students who visit social sciences at Tulane form “a critical mass.” Cuba each year for academic programs can expect to see even “For both researchers and students, critical mass means synergies: more change in the coming years after the announcement that The whole is more than the sum of the parts. Because there is critical the once-isolated Caribbean nation and the United States would mass, I have often been able to collaborate with—and learn from—my improve relations, ease travel restrictions and pave the way for colleagues in other disciplines.” more U.S. investment. “I was so moved when this announcement was made,” Lopez said. “I never thought I’d live to see the day.” CROSSING BOUNDARIES Lopez was 10 years old when her family left Havana in 1966. Anthropology professor Judith Maxwell has been teaching a Tulane She remembers the time through a child’s eyes—excited about summer course on the Mayan language, Kaqchikel, in Guatemala for her first plane ride. But she also remembered being ushered into 27 years. a glass-walled room where those leaving were separated from Maxwell said, “We are so prominent that when you go there, people their loved ones. joke there’s a Tulane dialect.” Tulane was one of the first universities to bring students to Tulane also has an affiliated campus in Costa Rica, called Centro de study in Cuba 16 years ago. Now the students are getting an Investigación y Adiestramiento Político Administrativo (CIAPA). opportunity to be a part of a changing culture that many others are reading about. CIAPA was founded in 1974 during a period of tremendous upheav- “I was always certain that giving our students knowledge about al for the region. CIAPA and Tulane have partnered to find solutions to Cuba would give them an edge,” said Lopez. “I think Cuba is almost Central America’s economic, political and social challenges. like a laboratory for social change.”—Sarah Netter CIAPA is the site of many Tulane-sponsored programs, including the

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20-25_greenbaum_tb3.indd 20 2/24/15 1:51 PM A Day in the Life

At BA r BAr A GreeNBAum House— tHe Newest resideNce HALL oN tHe t uLANe cAmpus—studeNts ANd tHe fAcuLty-memBer-iN-resideNce sHAre A jAm-pAcked 24 Hours.

By Alicia Duplessis Jasmin

Double Take A window on the courtyard of Barbara Greenbaum House at Newcomb Lawn reflects two sides of the building.

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20-25_greenbaum_tb3.indd 21 2/24/15 1:51 PM 3 a.m., mid-January The halls of Barbara Greenbaum House at Newcomb Lawn are quiet. The sound of a closing door reverberates as a student returns to his On Duty room after a late-night study session. Top: Danielle Roof does On the third floor, a student battles sleep in hopes of conquering desk duty, checking in the contents of the economics book balanced on her lap. Coffee is her guests and squeezing weapon of choice. in study time. But most of the 256 student-residents housed in the building’s 144 Bottom: Emily Carlson, rooms have turned in for the night. left, talks with student Amber Fessler outside 7 a.m. her room in Barbara Danielle Roof, a senior from San Carlos, California, is prepped and Greenbaum House ready to start her day working at the residence hall’s front desk. She is one of 10 resident advisers, or RAs, living and working in Barbara Greenbaum House. A Pop-Tart in one hand and her Spanish textbook in the other, Danielle heads down to the lobby where she’ll sit for a two-hour shift. “The early shifts are great because not much is going on,” said Danielle. “I can get a lot of reading done.” Only a handful of students enter and exit the building this early. Some are morning joggers. Some are carrying books. One smiles while listening to a caller on her cellphone. All is calm. Danielle accomplishes a solid hour of studying.

10 a.m. Ten minutes after her shift ends, Danielle returns to her room where she changes into a leotard for an 11 a.m. ballet class. A buzz of chatter rises and falls in the halls as more residents begin making their way through the building.

11 a.m. Emily Carlson, a senior from Pullman, Washington, is a three-year veteran RA. She’s mastered the art of scheduling of classes: Statis- tics for Scientists at 9 a.m., followed by Cognitive Neuroscience at 10

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20-25_greenbaum_tb3.indd 22 2/24/15 1:50 PM a.m. By midday, she is free to eat lunch, study, do laundry and tend to her RA duties. Being a resident adviser isn’t always easy. Emily was once tasked Caregivers with telling a student about the death of his mother. She recalls the Left: William Smith desperation in the voice of the father who didn’t want his son to be posts tips on Mardi alone after hearing the news. Emily made sure that he wasn’t. Gras safety to his Emily’s maturity is evident in her well-organized room on the sec- floor’s bulletin board. ond floor. First-year students flock to campus dining halls, but Emily Right: Emily Carlson keeps a stack of pots and pans on hand to cook her own meals. She bakes cookies in enjoys baking cookies for her residents. the communal From the top of Emily’s window hangs a wedding dress. She is set kitchen with her to marry Tulane senior Eric Dupre, also a Greenbaum resident, in fiancé Eric Dupre. March, a couple of months before they both graduate in May. “We met as freshmen in Butler House and we’ve been together ever since,” said Emily. “The next few months will be pretty busy for both of us, but I’m really excited about the wedding and graduation.” By now, first-time RA William Smith from Atlanta, Georgia, has Living in a residence returned from his 8 a.m. business class across campus. Upperclass- men would call a class that early in the day a rookie mistake, but Smith affirms he’s an early bird. hall surrounded by The well-travelled, well-dressed sophomore is double majoring in finance and political science. He heads back to his room to swap books ahead of his round of afternoon classes. young people newly 12:30 p.m. experiencing the William is interrupted by a knock on his door: A resident is locked out of his suite and has come to his trusty RA for help. After working to get the student back into his room, William heads freedom of adulthood out to meet friends for lunch at Bruff Commons dining hall. On the way out, he passes Danielle who’s returning from dance class. She rushes to her room for a quick shower and then changes into may seem unusual a floral skater dress, black tights and boots. Next stop for Danielle is Tilton Hall across campus for an economics class. for a married couple

professor in residence with a toddler, Barbara Greenbaum House is one of three residence halls on the Tulane uptown campus with faculty-in-residence living quarters. Lisa Molix, associate professor of psychology, lives there with her but it is a great fit for husband, Chuck Nichols, a professor at nearby Loyola University, and their 2-year-old daughter, Olivia. By midday, Molix has taken Olivia to school, taught a graduate-lev- Lisa Molix’s family. el class, met with several students during her office hours, attended a research team meeting and answered a dozen emails. She eats lunch at her desk in her office in Percival Stern Hall.

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20-25_greenbaum_tb3.indd 23 2/24/15 1:50 PM 3 p.m. On this sunny winter day, Molix enjoys the four-minute walk from her Serenity office to the residence hall. Lush greenery grows Her return to the apartment isn’t for a break: She meets with Diana in the courtyard of Morris, community director, to plan “get engaged” student programs. Barbara Greenbaum Molix says that living in an on-campus residence hall surrounded House. by young people newly experiencing the freedom of adulthood may seem unusual for a married couple with a toddler, but it is a great fit for her family. “My husband didn’t mind at all. He likes the short commute and you can’t get much shorter than this,” said Molix. Barbara Greenbaum House is designated a “Get Engaged Living Learning Community.” Residents are expected to participate in the community by attending talks by guest speakers, watching cooking demonstrations, discussing community-related issues and volunteer- ing with local organizations.

6:30 p.m. Dozens of residents gather in the lobby for the monthly cooking

lesson put on by a professional chef in the residence hall’s state- rivet ryan of-the-art demonstration kitchen. There are professional-grade appliances, a prep area behind the kitchen and an overhead camera that allows students to see directly into the pot as the chef adds ingredients. At Home Today they’ll learn the proper way to prepare beef tenderloin. Lisa Molix, an associate Last month’s demonstration was shrimp étouffée. professor, says living in the residence hall suits 8 p.m. her family well. William bounces programming ideas off a female resident. Her opinion is golden to William because he’s trying to figure out what

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20-25_greenbaum_tb3.indd 24 2/24/15 1:50 PM In Her Honor

On Sept. 6, 2014, Barbara Axelrod Greenbaum (NC ’63) gave a touch- ing speech at the dedication of the newly built residence hall named in her honor. She recalled living in Josephine Louise Hall 55 years earlier. The new Barbara Greenbaum House at Newcomb Lawn is a few steps away from where she lived in “JL.” “I would sit in the window of my second-floor room overlooking Newcomb Lawn,” she said. “I would never have imagined that there would be a dorm with my name on it.” She called herself a “reluctant honoree.” Her husband, Jerry Greenbaum (B ’62), surprised her with the naming gift. She said she’d fought it “tooth and nail,” but eventually caved to her husband’s persuasion. “The naming of this dorm represents a culmination of our love for Tulane and each other,” she said to the audience gathered for the cer- programming most appeals to the 20 female students under his emony. “Attending Tulane affected charge. He’s resident adviser to only eight guys. our lives in so many ways. Besides William’s most successful “get engaged” program to date is “The Dance Hall meeting each other here, we learned Beyoncé Bonding Experience,” in which his floor’s residents came to- Danielle Roof a way of life and an appreciation of gether to eat pizza while watching a video of the famous entertainer’s stretches to prepare culture and hospitality that only world tour. for ballet class in exist in New Orleans.” McWilliams Hall. The Greenbaums are the propri- 9:30 p.m. etors of CentraArchy and Affiliates, Residents sit on L-shaped couches in the lobby in front of a large flat- which operates a division of restau- screen television hanging on the wall. Their attention is glued to a rants, alcoholic-beverage outlets popular TV drama. and real estate. They are now living But the RAs can’t stop to watch TV because they have a standing part time in New Orleans where weekly meeting to attend. they oversee their newest restaurant The RAs gather in the James MacLaren Classroom at the corner of venture, Chophouse New Orleans. the residence hall to get their shift assignments. Several of them dread —A.D.J. being assigned the least-wanted desk shifts during Carnival season. Popular night parades such as Endymion and Bacchus mean the late- night return of student revelers. Those shifts are the hardest—the parades mean more noise late at night and less study time for the RAs.

10:30 p.m. An hour later, the RA group emerges. All is fair. Numbers were drawn from a hat to determine Carnival shifts.

12 a.m. As the evening rolls on, the halls become quiet again. Most students have returned to their rooms for the night.

3 a.m. Another middle of the night sleep-vs.-study battle is being fought by two students tackling organic chemistry.

The nervous economics student who was hunched over her text- asher sally book the previous night, though, is asleep. Barbara Greenbaum She won her battle.

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26-29_MusicRising.Final.indd 26 2/24/15 1:49 PM Natural Rhythms

M USIC R ISING AT TULANE PRESERv ES AND

PROTECTS THE MUSICAL HERITAGE OF THE

G ULF S OUTH, PRESENTING THE BEATING

HEART OF A MERICAN MUSIC TO ANy ONE

WITH AN I NTERNET CONNECTION.

By Michael Luke

Think of the natural resources of Louisiana and the Gulf South, and images of oil, gas, fish and fowl come to mind. But also springing up from the soil and shores is another equally vital natural resource: music. Whether it is blues, gospel, hip-hop, jazz, funk or zydeco, there is no doubt that the iconic music is to be cherished. It is through the recognition of the cultural significance of these sacred sounds—and how endangered they were and how celebrated they should be—that Music Rising came to Tulane University. The story of Music Rising at Tulane starts with a humanitarian effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It eventually led to a coordinate major and dynamic state-of-the-art website housed in the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South of Tulane’s School of Liberal Arts. Its aim is to ensure a new generation of students and scholars who can serve as producers, consumers and advocates for the magical music of this region. “We founded Music Rising to preserve the musical culture of the Gulf South,” said Bob Ezrin, the famed music producer who has worked with the likes of Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Taylor Swift and New Orleans’ own Dr. John. He co-founded the Music Rising program with the Edge, the legendary guitarist for U2, the iconic rock band. The musical landscape of the Gulf South is lush—from the brilliant, mystical horn of a man such as Buddy Bolden, who may have just been the first jazz superstar, to the hypnotic rhythms of Big Freedia, who has been instrumental in setting bounce music loose on the world. From fast-paced, accordion-fueled zydeco to its cousin, a Cajun-infused genre affectionately nicknamed “swamp pop.” And from the earliest notes of funk from Professor Longhair to the hip-shaking rockabilly of Louisiana native Jerry Lee Lewis, this music influences the world.

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26-29_MusicRising.Final.indd 27 2/24/15 1:48 PM Rising FRom the stoRm In the days after Hurricane Katrina, the musical culture of the region was indeed threatened. “What we saw was basically a washing away of the culture of the Gulf South, particularly New Orleans. We saw so many people whose homes were flooded and who were displaced but also so many musicians who were the heart and soul of the region whose instruments were destroyed or lost,” Ezrin said, as he described how the images from the storm compelled him to act.

jason kempin/wireimage jason Music Rising would eventually replace 2,700 instruments for professional musicians in the Gulf South in those early days. And in the past 10 years, nearly $6 million worth of instruments—horns, drums, guitars and organs—have been donated through the program to Icons of Music musicians, schools and churches. The Edge of U2 and “Those musicians were the soul of New Orleans, and without the music producer Bob colorful sounds of their music being played, we would have lost one Ezrin team up at a of the most important traditions of not only just North America but benefit for Music world music culture,” said the Edge in a video describing Music Ris- Rising at the Hard ing’s initial response to help musicians after hurricanes Katrina and Rock Cafe in New Rita in 2005. To the Edge and Ezrin, music was an essential part of the York City in 2008. rebuilding effort. “Once we had given out the instruments,” Ezrin recalled, “we de- cided to complete the task of the preservation by donating $1 million to Tulane University toward the creation of a university-level course in the musical cultures of the Gulf South.”

“When we grew up the beating heaRt oF ameRican music So why bring the program to New Orleans? Because jazz was born on the streets of New Orleans, and the city is at the beating heart of Ameri- there was this mythical can music. “Why is it that so much of American and global music can be traced place called New Orleans to a very small region of the United States?” mused Joel Dinerstein, director of the Center for the Gulf South, who holds the James H. Clark that was the center of Endowed Chair in American Civilization at Tulane. “I consider the axis between Memphis and New Orleans to be one of American music, for both the richest in the world,” he said, quickly answering his own question. That axis, he added, has seen the invention of jazz, blues, soul and, perhaps, even rock ’n’ roll. of us. There seemed to Dinerstein is the main architect and content coordinator of the Music Rising at Tulane website. be so much about New Carole Haber, dean of the School of Liberal Arts, also is an architect of the website. She said, of the music, “It is part of our historical Orleans that was tied creation as a country, as a region.” This magic of the music wasn’t lost on the Edge or Ezrin, both of to its musical soul. whom recognized the importance of the region. Even though Ezrin grew up in Canada, and the Edge was raised in Ireland, the sounds of the city captivated them as kids. It was a place that we “When we grew up there was this mythical place called New Or- leans that was the center of American music, for both of us,” Ezrin said. dreamed about.” “There seemed to be so much about New Orleans that was tied to its musical soul. It was a place that we dreamed about.” —Bob Ezrin, iDeaL citY anD PeRFect uniVeRsitY music producer and The donation from Ezrin and the Edge’s group would be the beginning of a partnership between Music Rising and Tulane University. And if Music Rising benefactor New Orleans was an ideal city for the program, Tulane was the perfect university, according to Ezrin. “We visited a number of schools before we picked Tulane, and we

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26-29_MusicRising.Final.indd 28 2/24/15 1:48 PM found that [provost] Michael Bernstein, dean Carole Haber, Joel Din- erstein, Nick Spitzer [professor of anthropology and American studies and founder, producer and host of “American Routes,” a public radio show that reaches nearly a million listeners a week] and their staffs were so impressive, so creative, so into the concept of building something organic like this that was going to continue to grow through the years,” Ezrin said. “They’ve been amazing partners to work with.” Music Rising at Tulane, in the most simple of terms, is an educational tool, a wildly innovative one with countless parts. In addition to providing curriculum for students from kindergarten-age all the way through college, the website is a jukebox of sorts, music archive, museum, concert hall, Internet database of regional music and a documentary resource. “Music Rising is a good illustration of how Tulane is a leader in the research, study, teaching and outreach of the Gulf South,” Haber said. “I think in many ways the Music Rising project embodies all of those things.”

RESOURCE FOR ALL At the fingertips of Music Rising website-goers are resources such as the Hogan Jazz Archive, part of Special Collections of the Howard- Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane. The Hogan Jazz Archive is the leading research center for the study of New Orleans jazz. On the Music Rising link to the jazz archive are interviews of dozens of musicians, including jazz luminaries such as the great Louis Armstrong. There is an exhaustive supply of videos on the Music Rising website with performances from the likes of musicians such as Pro- fessor Longhair buzzing on the piano keys and whistling through the immortal “Big Chief.” Also, Tutti Music Player, a downloadable device, allows users to interact and play along with music. “The website’s objective is to be a resource for teachers, both at the college level—if you want to teach units on the region’s history and culture—and the K-12 level,” said Dinerstein. The site has 17 courses available on topics such as the creation of jazz in New Orleans, the rhythms of zydeco, the feathered beauty of the Mardi Gras Indians, the fiddles of Cajun music and the fiery brass of second-lines. All can be explored and are explained on the website. “We didn’t just want to be the Wikipedia of the Gulf South,” Haber said. “We wanted to focus Music Rising from a teaching aspect and learning aspect. Music Rising is valuable whether you are a musician, a student or a teacher.” Ezrin’s goal is that the music should be accessible for people from around the world. He wants folks from places as far and wide as Helsinki, Finland, and Juneau, Alaska, who have a passion for the region’s music, to be able to get their hands and ears on it. Among the greetings on the Music Rising website is this enticement: “Create your own path of inquiry into the culture of the Gulf South through geography or genre, songs or themes, instruments or influences.” “With the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina upon us, we continue to be inspired by the resilience by our friends from New Or- Musical Source leans and the Gulf region,” said the Edge. “The dedication, fortitude and The Music Rising amazing spirit of the people continue to motivate us. I truly hope this is at Tulane website only the beginning to provide future generations of students an appre- contains a wealth of ciation of the colorful and dynamic sounds and musical history of this songs, photos, video very special part of the world.” and teaching tools.

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26-29_MusicRising.Final.indd 29 2/24/15 1:48 PM FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD Christian “Christy” T. Brown (A&S ’82, L ’85) reigned as Rex, King of Carnival, on Mardi Gras, Feb. 17, 2015. Brown is chair of the board of McIlhenny Co., maker of Tabasco, and managing director of NOLA Holdings, a private equity investment firm.

TULANIANS Party Time

As Chicago was in the throes of contending with an accumulation of a foot and a half of snow, two Tulane University alumni were awaiting delivery of a box of throws. Aneesha Marwah (’09) and Margaret Walker (B ’09), co-presidents of the Tulane Club of Chicago, were planning a Mardi Gras bash for Feb. 13. They needed king cakes, beads and Tulane University swag. And they had to convince an Old Town club to make jambalaya and red beans and rice. With a playlist of Carnival music, the Chicagoans

ophia New MaNophia were ready to party New Orleans–style. The after-work shindig was the second annual Carnival and Cocktails party in the

courtesy M. s M. courtesy Windy City since the club was revitalized last year. “Last year, we were hoping for 50 people and we got about 150,” Marwah said. “Our club came back to life.” Telling Stories She said the Chicago club’s recent events have helped bring together alumni from A lifelong passion for writing and an interest in medicine led M. Reporting on all parts of town. Club members have used Sophia Newman (’09) to the villages of West Africa to shed light on the Epidemic various rendezvous events, such as a Green the effects of the Ebola crisis. Through crowd- Wave football-watching party, to build social For the last several months, the freelance journalist has been sourcing, M. Sophia networks with others now living in Chicago. reporting on the social and economic consequences of the outbreak Newman funded her Other Tulane clubs also threw Mardi Gras that has killed thousands and putting a spotlight on the plight of those trip to Africa to write parties in Las Vegas, New England, Washing- who remain. about the Ebola crisis. ton, D.C., New York, Houston and Orlando, “I think I knew I was a writer when I was about 4 years old,” said Florida. Newman, who graduated from Tulane with a degree in cell and mo- Coming up this spring is a spate of crawfish lecular biology and then went on to earn a master’s degree in public boils in far-flung cities. For more information, health from the University of Illinois–Chicago. go to alumni.tulane.edu.—Fran Simon It was at Tulane that her interests collided. She credited a 2007 service-learning trip to Ghana and finding a mentor in Dr. Latha Rajan, an associate professor at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, with setting her on her current path. CARNIVAL SHINDIGS “My interest in infectious disease arose from my time at Tulane,” Tulane alumni celebrate said Newman. “I’m fascinated with public health because you can Mardi Gras around get this breadth all the way from microbiology to vast economic and the country. social consequences that stretch across international borders.” With a trip funded through crowdsourcing on the journalism website Beacon, Newman went back last year to the village in Ghana where she first lived during her service-learning trip. From there, she researched and reported not just the devastation of the Ebola outbreak, but also how people responded to the disease that is still churning in countries like Sierra Leone. “What I would like my work to do is remind readers that Ebola didn’t go anywhere yet, and that people worldwide are still working to find solutions to the epidemic, its aftermath and future risk,” Newman asher

said. She will continue to report on the Ebola crisis for Beacon y LL

(www.beaconreader.com) for the next year.—Sarah Netter sa

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 30 2/24/15 1:47 PM Dispatch Mary Lou Lanier Fife

WHERE Y’AT!

1940s GERALD BERENSON (A&S ’43, M ’45) and JOAN BERENSON (NC ’53) received the A.I. Botnick Torch of Liberty Award from the Anti-Defamation League in December. The Berensons are well known for their contributions to public health and their commitment to the Jewish community.

1950s Forbes published a profile on designer MIGNON FAGET (NC ’55) last November titled, “Mignon Faget: A Pioneer of Female Entrepreneurship in the South.”

1960s NELL NOLAN (NC ’66, G ’70, ’72) starred in Love Letters at Mid-City Theatre in New Orleans on March 9 and 10, to benefit Bridge House and Mid-City Theatre.

CHARLES CARTER WICKS (A&S ’67), a Republi- can, was re-elected without opposition to his second six-year term as judge of Elkhart ife Superior Court No. 5, Elkhart County, Indiana. f ANier ANier 1970s President Barack Obama nominated DAVID J. BERTEAU (A&S ’71) as assistant secretary of Lou L mA ry defense for logistics and materiel readiness. He was confirmed for the post in December. Previously, Berteau was a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

ELON POLLACK (A&S ’71, L ’73) published “Developments in Customs-related Litigation in the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2013”

in the Georgetown Journal of International Law. AN d Archives Newcomb of courtesy Photos Since 2005, Pollack has served as the managing partner of Stein Shostak, Shostak, Pollack and Oldest living newcOmb alumna “Amos ’n’ Andy” was blowing up the radio air- O’Hara, a Los Angeles–based law firm. XINYU waves. The sounds of swing music filled dance halls. Herbert Hoover was president. “JASON” LI (L ’97) practices in the firm’s mary lou lanier Fife (NC ’30) was a young lady graduating from Newcomb College. Shanghai, China office. Now 106 years old, the Louisiana native is the oldest living Newcomb College alumna. She recorded an oral history a couple of years ago at age 104, telling her daugh- WILLIAM E. BERTRAND (G ’72) delivered the ter—Judy Fife mead (NC ’68)—how she got to Newcomb and how she made a name keynote speech at the American University for herself on the basketball court more than 80 years ago. [Mother and daughter are of Nigeria’s ninth Founder’s Day and 10th pictured above.] anniversary celebrations. Bertrand is a senior “I got a good education at Newcomb,” Fife said in the recorded history. consultant on HIV/AIDS to the World Health She was encouraged to apply to the college by her high school principal, Helen Organization. He is the Wisner Professor of cox, herself a 1919 graduate of Newcomb College. Public Health at Tulane University. “She was really what you call a No. 1 principal. Nobody ever told her how to do anything. She knew it all herself,” Fife said. A. GREGORY GRIMSAL (A&S ’72, L ’79) was selected for inclusion in the 2015 Louisiana And so when Cox told Fife to consider Newcomb, she didn’t even consider Super Lawyers list in the civil litigation: another school. defense practice area. Grimsal is in the New “She said it was the best school she could recommend,” Fife said. “When Miss Helen Orleans office of Gordon Arata. made a recommendation, that was it. You never would think of going any other place.” Fife made the most of her education and made a name for herself in women’s sports, MARLENE ESKIND MOSES (NC ’72, SW ’73), including bowling, synchronized swimming and handball—her favorite. [In the inset founder of MTR Family Law in Nashville, photo, Fife is pictured with the bowling team on the back row, second from left.] Tennessee, was named on the 2014 Tennessee But it was her skills on the basketball court that earned her a mention in a local Top 100 Super Lawyers, 2014 Top 50 Nashville newspaper article and also the nickname “Lanky Lanier.” Super Lawyers and the 2014 Mid-South Top 50 “I was good,” Fife said. “And everybody said I was good so I got to thinking in myself Women Super Lawyers lists. I must be good.” After graduating from Newcomb College with a bachelor’s degree in physics, Fife RANDOLPH C. READ (A&S ’72) joined the board taught physics and geometry as well as other math courses. She now lives in Dallas. of directors of New York REIT. Read is president —saRaH netteR and CEO of publicly traded Nevada Strate- gic Credit Investments and a member of the

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 31 2/24/15 1:46 PM CHARBROILED OYSTERS With nearly $80,000 raised on Kickstarter, Thomas Waller (TC ’02), a Navy ROTC graduate, and his brother have launched a product they developed, The Oyster Bed, for grilling or baking oysters.

WHERE Y’AT!

company’s audit committee, nominating and and other traumatic situations to gainful DONNA PHILLIPS CURRAULT (L ’89) was selected corporate governance committee and compen- employment. for inclusion in the 2015 Louisiana Super Law- sation committee. yers list in the employment and labor practice MIKE KAHN (B ’81) is president of the Texas area. Currault is in the New Orleans office of NANCY CAIN (NC ’73) announces the publication Society for Human Resource Management, Gordon Arata. of Against the Grain, a cookbook of gluten-free representing 19,000 human resources profes- recipes. Cain is the owner of Against the Grain sionals and 34 chapters throughout the state. He 1990s Gourmet, a line of gluten-free breads and piz- is an executive search consultant with the Lucas Lightwire Theater dance troupe, directed by IAN zas available at supermarkets and natural food Group in Houston, specializing in HR positions. CARNEY (A&S ’90), won the top prize of $100,000 stores nationwide. She lives with her gluten-free on truTV’s “Fake Off” talent competition, in family in Vermont. RICHARD S. MITCHELL (B ’81) was named in which 10 teams recreate iconic moments in pop Ohio Super Lawyers magazine in the field of culture. Lightwire performed “Studio 74,” an MICHAEL E. BOTNICK (L ’75) was selected for business litigation. He is a partner in Roetzel’s interpretation of the 1970s disco hotspot. inclusion in the 2015 Louisiana Super Lawyers Cleveland office. list in the construction litigation practice area. In November, KAREN BOLINGER DESALVO (M ’92, He is in the New Orleans office of Gordon Arata. MELANIE YOUNG (NC ’81) announces the pub- PHTM ’92), acting U.S. assistant secretary for lication of her second book, Fearless Fabulous health with the U.S. Health and Human Services WILLIAM F. CARROLL JR. (G ’75), a vice president You! Lessons on Living Life on Your Terms, by Department, received a Weiss Humanitarian at Occidental Chemical Corp. in Dallas, was re- Plain Sight Publishing last November. Young Award from the New Orleans Council for Com- elected director-at-large of the board of directors hosts two national radio shows on iHeart Radio: munity and Justice. of the American Chemical Society. Addition- “Fearless Fabulous You!” and “The Connected ally, Carroll is an adjunct industrial professor of Table Live” with her husband, wine writer MICHAEL HERRMANN (E ’93) was promoted chemistry at Indiana University–Bloomington. David Ransom. from senior project executive to principal He resides in Dallas with his wife, Mary. of O’Donnell & Naccarato, a Philadelphia- JOHN PELZER (L ’83) was selected for the 2014 headquartered structural engineering firm. JUDY WEISS LEFKOVITZ (NC ’75), executive vice Super Lawyers Business Edition in the appel- Herrmann joined the firm as a summer intern president and chief information and adminis- late division. Pelzer is in the Fort Lauderdale, in 1992 and has been involved in the execution trative officer of DSI Renal, a national dialysis Florida, office of Greenspoon Marder. and management of healthcare, education, provider, received the 2014 Nashville Business retail, office and residential projects. Journal CIO Award for large private companies MICHAEL G. WHITE (G ’83) published a new in middle Tennessee. album, New Orleans Brass Bands: Through the In January, TIM GRIFFIN (L ’94) was sworn in Streets of the City, by Smithsonian Folkways in as lieutenant governor of Arkansas. Griffin for- JAIME R. GARZA (A&S ’76), a Tulane Athletic Hall February. White, a bandleader and jazz author- merly served as special assistant to the president of Fame member, was elected chair of the board ity, arranged and produced the music that spans and deputy director of political affairs for Presi- of regents for the Texas State University System. three generations of brass band music. dent George W. Bush. Griffin lives in Little Rock Garza is a professor of surgery and of otolaryn- with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children. gology as well as assistant dean for South Texas MARION WELBORN WEINSTOCK (NC ’84, L ’87) affairs at the University of Texas Health Science was selected for inclusion in the 2015 Louisiana NINA BIANCHI SKINNER (B ’97) joined Liskow Center at San Antonio. Super Lawyers list in the business/corporate & Lewis as a shareholder in the firm’s Houston practice area. Weinstock is in the New Orleans office. Her practice is focused on representing CYNTHIA A. NICHOLSON (NC ’77, L ’80) was office of Gordon Arata. companies in the areas of corporate and selected for inclusion in the 2015 Louisiana business law. Super Lawyers list in the energy and natural ANTHONY “TONY” DUNBAR (L ’85) joined Chaffe resources practice area. Nicholson is in the McCall as partner for the real estate and finance CHRISTOPHER HENNESSEY (A&S ’98) was named New Orleans office of Gordon Arata. practice in the firm’s New Orleans office. Dunbar partner at the law firm of Cohen Kinne Valicenti was previously associate general counsel with & Cook in January. Hennessey represents busi- The Frat House Fire Escape Plan: Sigma Nu, Capital One. He has maintained an active pro nesses and individuals in all areas of litigation. Tulane and the 1970s, a memoir by CHARLES bono practice, primarily serving abused and He is on the board of the Massachusetts Perfor- McCAIN (A&S ’78), was published as an e-book on neglected children. Dunbar is also the author of mance & Asset Management Advisory Council. Amazon. This is McCain’s second book, follow- several novels and works of nonfiction. ing An Honorable German, a World War II naval DEBRA HOURY (M ’98, PHTM ’98) is director of epic published by Hachette in 2009. President Barack Obama nominated LUIS the National Center for Injury Prevention and FELIPE RESTREPO (L ’86) to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Control at the Centers for Disease Control and SARAH VANCE (L ’78) is chief judge of U.S. Court of Appeals. He has been a U.S. district Prevention. Houry comes to the CDC from the District Court in New Orleans. She is the first judge since June 2013. Emory University School of Medicine. woman to chair the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multi- district Litigation, which determines whether or The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation BRIAN BOYLES (TC ’99) announces publication not to consolidate cases before a single federal presented LIZ MARTIN BRISTER (B ’87) and of New Orleans Boom and Blackout: One Hun- judge for pretrial proceedings. Recently she PATTY RIDDLEBARGER (B ’06) its Citizens Award dred Days in America’s Coolest Hotspot (History oversaw pretrial work in a major antitrust case for Best Economic Empowerment for Entergy Press, 2015) about the 100 days prior to New Or- involving more than 30 class actions. Corp.’s Super Tax Day initiative. The efforts leans hosting Super Bowl XLVII in 2013. Boyles have helped approximately 58,000 low-income is vice president of content at the Louisiana 1980s individuals file for and receive $100 million in Endowment for the Humanities. EMILY VERGES REYNOLDS (E ’80) was recognized earned income tax refunds since 2009. as a 2014 outstanding board member for Work- In 2014, the Miami chapter of the American In- ing Wardrobes, a nonprofit organization based LYN ENTZEROTH (L ’87), recognized internation- stitute of Architects honored JACOB BRILLHART in Costa Mesa, California. Working Wardrobes ally for her expertise on capital punishment, was (A ’99) with the Young Architect of the Year has helped more than 60,000 adults transition named dean of the University of Tulsa’s College award and a Residential Architecture Honor from welfare, domestic abuse, homelessness of Law beginning July 1, 2015. Award for his “Brillhart Residence.”

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CRAIG A. PLATT (TC ’99) moved to New York City in February to assume the position of senior vice president and creative director of marketing at Showtime Network.

2000s ANDREW KIRKPATRICK (TC ’00) and his wife, Susan, announce the birth of Theodore Charles on March 27, 2014. The baby is the great- grandson of the late EARLY B. LOKEY (M ’41) and great-great-grandson of the late RICHARD W. GRIFFIN (M 1894).

Photographer FRANK RELLE (TC ’00) has customized a boat to include generator power, 25-foot lighting stands and an industrial tripod that can be submerged in 30 feet of water. He explores Louisiana swamps in a new series of photos, “Until the Water.”

JONATHAN WACHMAN (B ’00) and MELISSA ENSON WACHMAN (NC ’03) announce the birth of Evan Rex on Aug. 15, 2014, in New York.

JASON BARBEAU (L ’01) is a senior environmental attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. He helped win a landmark settlement with Hyundai and Kia Motors that resulted in a $100 million civil fine, the largest in history for a Clear Air Act violation.

The League for Innovation in Community Colleges

recognized DEREK D. BARDELL (G ’01, ’02) as FRASSETTI FRANCO a John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award recipient for meritorious service to Delgado HORROR FILMS Over the course of a 32-year journey, filmmakerRoy Frumkes Community College in New Orleans. (A&S ’77) [pictured here with a prop from the horror movie Fiend Without a Face] created Document of the Dead, possibly the first “making-of” documentary shot ELAINE KEYSER (B ’02) was elevated to share- about an independent film. holder in Littler, the world’s largest employment When Frumkes began teaching filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York and labor law practice, representing manage- City in the late 1970s, he proposed that the university fund a series of films deconstruct- ment. She works in the firm’s Miami office. ing the independent filmmaking process for students. Document of the Dead was one of those teaching tools. KATHLEEN VICKERY (G ’02) co-authored Health Learning that George A. Romero was filming a follow-up to Night of the Living Dead, Actions for Women: Practical Strategies to Frumkes approached the producer and received approval to shoot a documentary. Mobilize for Change, published by Hesperian Health Guides. Frumkes’ crew drove to the Dawn of the Dead set in a Pittsburgh mall and covered Romero’s filmmaking process, from the nightly shoots to postproduction. RICHARD D. COLLER III (E ’03) was elected to “It was interesting to see the odyssey of the zombie film. Romero saw the mall directorship of the intellectual property law firm as the nesting place of the 1970s zombies. Zombies for him are always a metaphor,” Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in the mechani- said Frumkes. cal group. Prior to joining Sterne Kessler, Coller Frumkes also got the chance to step out from behind the scenes and stagger on worked as a biomedical engineering university camera as a zombie. research assistant focusing on the design and “Tom Savini, the Salvador Dali of the makeup industry, said, ‘Would you like to be a testing of surgical implants and the develop- zombie?’ The transformation took about 40 minutes,” said Frumkes. Savini’s gruesome ment of biosensors for medical and counter- work was short-lived, as the scene called for Frumkes to receive a pie in the face. terrorism applications. Frumkes continues to cover Romero’s projects about every 10 years. Frumkes currently teaches film history and screenwriting classes at the School of MARISSA HERSHON (NC ’03) co-authored a Visual Arts and owns the online magazine Films in Review. The filmmaker is developing publication, Silver: An American Art—The Milo a YouTube series based upon his short film Swirlee. M. Naeve Collection of American Silver for the Frumkes credits his grandfather with introducing him to the world of film and show Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Spanning business. from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, “My grandfather was Houdini’s agent, and I grew up regaled with all of his stories. the catalog entries present narratives about acclaimed American silversmiths. The catalog is That’s my biggest early influence,” he said. available through the MFAH store by contacting Attending Tulane from 1962–1966, Frumkes worked as The Hullabaloo entertainment [email protected]. editor while studying English and creative writing. “Tulane was a wonderful place. I had a great time there,” said Frumkes. PHILLIP J. ANTIS JR. (L ’04) and DANA E. DUPRE —MARY CROSS (L ’07) are included in 2015 Louisiana Rising

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 33 2/24/15 1:46 PM Dispatch Veronica Swanson Beard

Stars. Antis is in business litigation and Dupre is in energy and natural resources in the New Orleans office of Gordon Arata.

JEREMY HERSCHAFT (L ’04) was elected to the partnership of Blank Rome, where he practices in the maritime, international trade and govern- ment contracts group with the firm’s Houston office. Prior to joining Blank Rome in 2011, Herschaft practiced with Phelps Dunbar in New Orleans. He is married to MEROË MORSE (M ’11).

MEREDITH YOUNGHEIN (NC ’04) married Brian Zollner Alexander on May 31, 2014, in Carmel Valley, California. The wedding party included the bride’s brother, JOHN ANDREW YOUNGHEIN (M ’14), ANNE DIETRICH DIEMER (NC ’04) and JULIA FOSTER (NC ’04). Many Tulane alumni from the classes of 2003 and 2004 attended. Younghein holds a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School and is a senior energy policy analyst at the California Public Utilities Commission. Alexander is a senior account executive for the San Francisco–based public relations firm Allison+Partners. The couple lives in Lafayette, California.

SARAH EDGAR KEEPERS (B ’05) and her husband, Robert Keepers, welcomed their first child, Kyndall Irene, on Nov. 26, 2014. The family lives in Dallas.

STEPHEN NELSON (TC ’05) joined the commercial litigation team at Duffy & Sweeney, headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. He previously completed clerkships in the Rhode Island Supreme Court for Francis X. Flaherty and in the Rhode Island Superior Court in

michael malyszko michael Newport County.

FASHION FORWARD When she’s designing clothes in her Manhattan studio, Veronica At a vineyard in Vermont, RACHEL MANIKIAN Swanson Beard (NC ’01) looks close to home for inspiration. (NC ’06) married BENJAMIN GROSSMAN (B ’05) “We always say we are our customer. We walk in her shoes,” said Beard, who along on Sept. 20, 2014. Bridesmaids included ERIN with her sister-in-law, also named Veronica Beard, launched their eponymous brand CONDON (NC ’06) and CHRYSSI MIKUS (B ’06). in 2010. Groomsmen included ANDREW GOLLINGER (B ’05), SHEEL PATEL (B ’05), ERIC FREEMAN The line features classics with a modern twist—pintuck tees, crisp blazers with a side (B ’05) and GAURAV MANCHANDA (TC ’05). Many zipper and the signature interchangeable jacket insert they lovingly call a dickey. other Tulane alumni attended the wedding. She got her first look at New York City’s fashion industry as a Tulane student when she The couple lives in New York City, where Rachel spent the summer between her junior and senior years interning for Oscar de la Renta. Grossman is a clinical social worker at a public “I always wanted to be in fashion since I was a little girl,” said Beard, who has been high school, and Ben Grossman is a chartered featured in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. “That was my first real taste of it.” financial analyst for a mergers and acquisitions After graduating from Tulane, Beard moved to New York City and attended Parsons consultancy firm. School for Design before going to work for fashion giants such as Narciso Rodriguez and Alberta Ferretti. SARAH E. TANNO (B ’06) and JONATHAN A. PAGE Launching her own line has “been amazing,” Beard said. “I feel so lucky to be able to (’07, M ’11) were married on Dec. 13, 2014, in do what I love.” Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tanno is a forensic Beard, now a mother to three boys, has a message to everyone else trying to make accountant at the U.S. Department of Labor, and their dreams come true, especially students still in college. Page is a resident at the Fairfax Family Practice “Spend those summers interning. Figure it out,” Beard said. “Get as much exposure Center. The couple lives in Washington, D.C. to work as you can. Understand the business you’re interested in and educate yourself. Network!” MATTHEW S. ALMON (L ’07) was elected a member of Stone Pigman in New Orleans in The Veronica Beard line has been sold in 150 stores internationally. Next up, Beard is January; he has been with the firm since 2008. looking to open their own retail store and eventually expand their line to include shoes Almon concentrates his practice on commer- and bags. cial, employment and intellectual property “We’re building carefully and steadily,” she said. “It’s all about staying power and matters and assists with complex appellate being relevant.”—SARAH NETTER matters. He has been named a Rising Star by Louisiana Super Lawyers.

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 34 2/24/15 1:46 PM NINJA DOC Noah Kaufman (M ’03), an emergency medicine physician, is an avid rock climber. He has appeared on four different episodes of NBC’s obstacle-course show, “American Ninja Warrior.” Kaufman also is CEO and co-founder of Ninja Productions, an innovator of medical devices, and president of the Kaufman Medical Group.

FAREWELL

MEGAN BOUDREAUX (’08) announces the Dorothy Ryckman Caplan (NC ’34) of New Orleans B.J. Parnell (M ’47) of Dallas on Sept. 25, 2014. publication of her book, Miracle on Voodoo on Oct. 12, 2014. Mountain: A Young Woman’s Remarkable Story Joseph J. Ranna (E ’47) of New Orleans on Nov. of Pushing Back the Darkness for the Children Jane Smith Shields (NC ’39) of Staunton, Virginia, 30, 2014. of Haiti, by Thomas Nelson. At the age of 24, on Oct. 25, 2014. Boudreaux founded Respire Haiti, a nonprofit Judson M. Allred Jr. (A&S ’48) of Jackson, that fights for the freedom of Haiti’s estimated (NC ’40) of Vicksburg, Shelby Flowers Ferris Mississippi, on Nov. 16, 2014. 300,000 child slaves. Boudreaux has adopted Mississippi, on Aug. 3, 2014. four Haitian children and, in 2013, married Josh Anderson. Richard F. Blake (E ’48) of Mount Arlington, (A&S ’43, L ’48) of Atlanta George E. Burgess Jr. New Jersey, on Jan. 16, 2014. on Oct. 12, 2014. NINA K. MÜLLER-SCHWARZE (G ’08) announces the publication of her book, The Blood of Robert R. Burch (A&S ’48, M ’51) of Dallas on (E ’44) of Bethesda, Victoriano Lorenzo: An Ethnography of the Robert E. Le Blanc III Dec. 18, 2014. Cholos of Northern Coclé Province, Panama, Maryland, on July 12, 2014. by McFarland. Müller-Schwarze is a cultural Marie Tremoulet Davidson (NC ’48) of New (A&S ’44) of Pass Christian, anthropologist and senior research fellow at John E. Pritchard Orleans on May 18, 2014. the Southern Food and Beverage Museum in Mississippi, on Feb. 11, 2014. New Orleans. Mary Schmidt Favrot (NC ’48) of Metairie, (M ’44) of Mountain Brook, James A. Ward Jr. Louisiana, on Dec. 15, 2014. ALEXIS RUFFINO (NC ’04), SARA LEWIS (L ’09) Alabama, on Sept. 24, 2014. and LYNDSEY A. KIRCHNER (PHTM ’12) are Leslie L. Givens Jr. (E ’48) of Chattanooga, co-chairs of this year’s Brass Bash. The event (NC ’44) of New Orleans on Ruth Rosen Weisler Tennessee, on Oct. 3, 2014. benefits Luke’s House Clinic in New Orleans, Oct. 21, 2014. the city’s only free medical and mental healthcare clinic. ERICA WASHINGTON (PHTM ’09), Frank T. Marascalco (M ’48) of Oxford, Edward A. Brown (A&S ’45) of Santa Fe, New healthcare-associated infections coordina- Mississippi, on Dec. 1, 2014. Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2014. tor for the Louisiana Office of Public Health, served as chair of the clinic’s board of directors Roy J. Barbier (A&S ’49) of Marion, Ohio, on (M ’45) of Birmingham, Alabama, from 2012–2014. John D. Elmore Dec. 12, 2014. on Feb. 21, 2014. 2010s MACKENZIE BISSET (PHTM ’10) is finishing a Mary Kellogg (NC ’45) of New Orleans on Nov. Loyce Brownson Haag (NC ’49, SW ’66) of master’s degree in healthcare quality and pa- 11, 2014. Metairie, Louisiana, on Sept. 29, 2014. tient safety at Northwestern University. Bisset is the clinical quality consultant for the care Stavros D. Louchis (E ’45) of Lockeford, Califor- Ernest P. Johnson Jr. (UC ’49, B ’58) of New coordination entity of Lurie Children’s Hospital nia, on Nov. 12, 2014. Orleans on March 24, 2014. in Chicago. The managed care program for medically complex children aims to improve Katharine Hahn Myar (NC ’45) of Hermosa Beach, Louis W. Jumonville Jr. (A&S ’49) of Nashville, outcomes and save costs. California, on Aug. 5, 2014. Tennessee, on Oct. 29, 2014. ADAM RATZLAFF (’13), a member of the Gender Gayle Dahmer Stoneback (NC ’45) of Allentown, Harold R. Neuburger (B ’49, B ’50) of Jefferson, and Diversity Division of the Inter-American Pennsylvania, on Nov. 30, 2014. Louisiana, on Sept. 30, 2014. Development Bank, is working on development with identity of indigenous peoples and African descendants. He recently has been involved Charles H. Weatherly (E ’45, PHTM ’75) of Philip J. Sciortino (A&S ’49) of New Orleans in the dissemination of results from an impact Fairhope, Alabama, on Oct. 20, 2014. on Nov. 1, 2014. evaluation on a music education program in Peru. He blogged about some of the benefits of Jane Reynolds LeBlanc (NC ’46) of Baton Rouge, Jack G. Bryan (B ’50) of Slidell, Louisiana, music education programs and compared the Louisiana, on Sept. 29, 2014. on Dec. 18, 2014. program to the Roots of Music program in New Orleans, one of his service-learning sites while William A. Thomas (E ’46) of Hendersonville, William P. Conery III (A&S ’50) of New Orleans studying at Tulane University. Prior to joining North Carolina, on Nov. 11, 2014. on Nov. 15, 2014. the IDB, Ratzlaff worked with the World Bank’s Latin America and Caribbean Poverty, Gender Frank S. Bruno (A&S ’47, L ’50) of New Orleans William C. Hartranft (B ’50) of Columbus, North and Equity Unit. Before, he was involved with on Nov. 23, 2014. Carolina, on Sept. 14, 2014. the Commitment to Equity project, a joint research program through the Tulane Center James J. Hudgens (E ’47) of Pensacola, Florida, Edward J. Hodge (B ’50) of Houston on Nov. for Inter-American Policy and Research, the Tulane Department of Economics and Inter- on Nov. 21, 2014. 8, 2014. American Dialogue. George C. Logan (E ’47) of Metairie, Louisiana, Noel V. Ice (M ’50) of Santa Fe, New Mexico, TED BARROWS (’14) is a programming assistant on Nov. 5, 2014. on Oct. 4, 2014. with the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra. He says he has interacted “with legendary musicians, in- Margot Bennett Logan (NC ’47) of New Orleans J.T. McKay Jr. (A&S ’50) of Covington, Louisiana, cluding but not limited to Dee Dee Bridgewater on Oct. 24, 2014. on Nov. 15, 2014. and Bill Summers.” As a music major, Barrows interned with NOJO through the Tulane Center Courtney E. Owens (B ’47) of Laguna Niguel, Jack M. Short (A&S ’50) of Moore, Oklahoma, for Public Service. California, on Nov. 17, 2014. on Oct. 5, 2014.

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 35 2/24/15 1:45 PM DARK AGES INTO THE LIGHT Caecilia Davis-Weyer, professor of medieval art history at the Newcomb Art Department from 1967–1996, died on Oct. 17, 2014, in New Orleans. A devoted and dedicated teacher and scholar of the early Middle Ages, she was known to assign foreign language articles to be read by her undergraduate students, and then spend hours in her office helping students translate them.

FAREWELL

John L. Ashman (A&S ’51) of Baton Rouge, Francis A. Caragliano (B ’57) of Metairie, Donald J. Faucheaux (UC ’61) of Metairie, Louisiana, on Dec. 6, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 5, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 31, 2014.

Oscar J. Bienvenu Jr. (A&S ’51, M ’54) of Fortune C. Frenoy (G ’57) of Wheeling, West Eugene T. LaFleur (A ’61) of Greenville, South Natchitoches, Louisiana, on Dec. 15, 2014. Virginia, on Nov. 21, 2014. Carolina, on March 28, 2014.

Patricia Greenfield (NC ’51) of New Orleans John E. Harris (M ’57) of Tupelo, Mississippi, Lawrence M. Sylvestre (B ’61) of Mobile, Alabama, on Oct. 21, 2014. on Dec. 9, 2014. on Oct. 23, 2014.

J.H. Stiles Jr. (M ’51) of Knoxville, Tennessee, Warren J. Lieberman (M ’57) of Coral Gables, Robert W. Taylor (A&S ’61, M ’65) of Fairbanks, on Dec. 18, 2014. Florida, on Oct. 4, 2014. Alaska, on Dec. 10, 2014.

Samuel R. Vitellaro (E ’51) of Arlington, Texas, Shirley Bernstein Melnick (B ’57) of Englewood, Charmaine Allmon-Mosby (G ’63) of Bowling on Nov. 6, 2014. Colorado, on May 22, 2014. Green, Kentucky, on Oct. 25, 2014.

Joseph B. Perez (M ’52) of Rockford, Illinois, Mary Ready (NC ’57) of New Orleans on Oct. Joseph R. Berrigan Jr. (G ’63) of Athens, Georgia, on Dec. 2, 2014. 13, 2014. on Sept. 28, 2014.

Fallon W. Bentz (L ’53) of Baton Rouge, Donald P. Boudreaux (E ’58, ’65) of Covington, Jean Graves (SW ’63) of Henrico, Virginia, on Louisiana, on Nov. 21, 2014. Louisiana, on Sept. 29, 2014. Oct. 30, 2014.

Jerry A. Fortenberry (M ’53) of Columbia, Don H. Burt (M ’58) of Durham, North Carolina, Collin J. Hightower (G ’63) of Santa Ana, Mississippi, on Feb. 12, 2014. on Jan. 19, 2014. California, on Oct. 1, 2014.

Robert L. Wilson (B ’53) of Ellijay, Georgia, Virginia Slaughter Geiss (NC ’58) of St. Judith Kelleher Schafer (NC ’63, G ’78, ’85) on Aug. 27, 2014. Francisville, Louisiana, on Sept. 27, 2014. of New Orleans on Dec. 16, 2014.

Erna Deiglmayr (SW ’54) of New Orleans on Karl J. Kirchberg (A&S ’58, L ’61) of Metairie, Bruce T. Storey (A&S ’63) of Signal Mountain, Dec. 26, 2014. Louisiana, on Nov. 6, 2014. Tennessee, on Nov. 8, 2014.

Robert D. Hill (M ’54) of Seguin, Texas, on Oct. Charles S. Pendleton (A&S ’58) of Granbury, Michele Bailliet (NC ’64, G ’71) of Thibodaux, 15, 2014. Texas, on Dec. 13, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 13, 2014.

E.M. Marks (A&S ’55) of Jackson, Mississippi, Susan Smith Arpad (NC ’59) of Wadsworth, Robert L. Barrett (M ’64) of Aledo, Texas, on on Sept. 29, 2014. Ohio, on April 7, 2014. Oct. 18, 2014.

John F. Marshall (E ’55) of Bogalusa, Louisiana, Bernard H. Berins (A&S ’59, L ’62) of Metairie, Clarence J. Brauner Jr. (UC ’65) of Brandon, on Oct. 26, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 29, 2014. Florida, on Oct. 6, 2014.

David E. Monnin (E ’55) of Marina Del Rey, Claudette Webster Roush (NC ’59) of Houston Emmett J. Moran Jr. (A&S ’64) of Mandeville, California, on Feb. 5, 2014. on Dec. 13, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 22, 2014.

Jerald N. Andry (A&S ’56, L ’58) of New Orleans Samuel J. Simmons III (M ’59) of Daphne, Marilyn Reedy (SW ’64) of Evans, Georgia, on on Nov. 9, 2014. Alabama, on Nov. 4, 2014. Oct. 21, 2014.

William G. Gaudet Sr. (A&S ’56, L ’63) of Lafayette, Raymond A. Brady (A&S ’60) of Folsom, Thomas H. Cato (B ’65) of Nashville, Tennessee, Louisiana, on Nov. 28, 2014. Louisiana, on Nov. 3, 2014. on Nov. 1, 2014.

John B. Hill (M ’56) of Shreveport, Louisiana, Ramona Cormier (G ’60) of Sulphur, Louisiana, Richard T. Gillette (B ’65, ’66) of Lafayette, on June 17, 2014. on Oct. 28, 2014. Louisiana, on Dec. 7, 2014.

August Perez III (A ’56) of Humble, Texas, on Thomas T. O’Connor (B ’60) of Baton Rouge, Juanita Steed Jolissaint (G ’65) of Mandeville, Dec. 5, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 14, 2014. Louisiana, on Oct. 27, 2014.

John F. Rowley (L ’56) of Meraux, Louisiana, Henry H. Payne Jr. (M ’60) of Pensacola, Florida, Andrew F. Macdonald (A&S ’65, G ’66) of Marble on Nov. 5, 2014. on Oct. 10, 2014. Falls, Texas, on May 26, 2014.

Leonard A. Wilcox Jr. (G ’56) of Fort Lauderdale, James E. Spence (A&S ’60, M ’63) of Hattiesburg, Jeanne Capdevielle Mitchell (NC ’65) of Virginia Florida, on Sept. 25, 2014. Mississippi, on Nov. 7, 2014. Beach, Virginia, on Oct. 9, 2014.

Emily Friend Bayle (NC ’57) of Metairie, Will R. Blackburn (M ’61) of Fairhope, Alabama, Nancy Bernard Pardue (NC ’65) of Summit, Louisiana, on Nov. 28, 2014. on Nov. 21, 2014. Mississippi, on Oct. 16, 2014.

Durward L. Blakey (PHTM ’57) of Raymond, Philip J. Carroll Jr. (G ’61) of Houston on Oct. Howard G. Dugas (A&S ’67) of Port Orchard, Mississippi, on Dec. 6, 2014. 6, 2014. Washington, on Nov. 15, 2014.

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 36 2/24/15 1:45 PM Tribute W. Boatner Reily III

Bonnie Bosworth Steen (NC ’67, SW ’86) of BELIEVER IN TRADITION W. Boatner Metairie, Louisiana, on Nov. 28, 2014. Reily III (A&S ’50), who died on Jan. 5, 2015, in New Orleans, was a great Fred C. Hartman (PHTM ’69) of Cedar Park, believer in tradition, both in our company Texas, on Oct. 9, 2014. and for Mardi Gras. Boatner (he always went by his middle name) was my cousin. We shared Vergie Laughlin (SW ’69) of Waco, Texas, on the same grandfather, William B. Reily, Nov. 5, 2014. founder of our family business, Wm. B. Reily & Co., whose product lines included Allen M. Johnson Sr. (G ’70, ’00) of New Orleans tea, coffee, mayonnaise, sauces, bottled on Oct. 17, 2014. water and specialty foods. Standard Coffee Service Co. was one of our service William P. Nelsen (UC ’70) of Montgomery, companies. Ohio, on Sept. 5, 2014. During his time as company president, Boatner always occupied the same office Grace Murphy Overson (UC ’70) of New Orleans that our grandfather had at our company on Nov. 29, 2014. headquarters on Magazine Street in

downtown New Orleans. Boatner didn’t TULANE ARCHIVES UNIVERSITY Charlotte Mathes Quinn (UC ’70) of Mobile, want to change offices. Alabama, on Nov. 5, 2014. Boatner was Rex for Mardi Gras in 1982. That’s when he started a tradition of his own—the Rex Run, a run through Audubon Park by the Queen of Carnival and members Peter F. Vant Hull (B ’70) of Minneapolis on Nov. of the Rex court on Mardi Gras morning before the parade. 16, 2014. For years, as long as he was able, Boatner participated in the Rex Run. When he no longer ran the race, he dressed in top hat and morning coat, and from the sidelines, Rupert C. Morgan (G ’71) of Carlsbad, California, greeted the runners. on Aug. 14, 2014. Boatner’s father and my father both attended Tulane. Through the Reily Foundation we have given ongoing support to Tulane University, including the medical school and to building the facility by which many people know our name—the Reily Student Albert B. Fink Jr. (G ’72) of Denver on Sept. 18, 2014. Recreation Center. Boatner was a philanthropist, businessman and devoted family man. He served as chair of the Tulane Board and had a great love for his grandchildren. Nicholas C. Kierniesky (G ’72) of Gettysburg, His loss is sadly felt. It was obvious at his memorial service at the Audubon Tea Pennsylvania, on Oct. 16, 2014. Room in January how many people he had touched. He was, above all, a gentleman. —Bob Reily, B ’51 John M. Hobart (M ’73) of Lake Forest, Illinois, on Dec. 26, 2014. Jan A. Press (L ’80) of Palm Harbor, Florida, Pamela Black Duckson (NC ’93) of Mendota, Gregory McGar (E ’73) of Covington, Louisiana, on June 22, 2014. Minnesota, on Sept. 13, 2014. on Oct. 21, 2014. Walter G. Efird III (M ’83) of Memphis, Edward H. Heard (SW ’94) of Irvine, California, Tennessee, on Oct. 14, 2014. on Oct. 4, 2014. Lee R. Frazier (PHTM ’74) of Gulfport, Mississippi, on Oct. 16, 2014. Michele Egan (NC ’83) of Brick, New Jersey, on Amy Bonifield Galloway (L ’98) of Broseley, Oct. 18, 2014. Missouri, on Dec. 1, 2014. John L. Boling (L ’75) of Jacksonville, Florida, on Nov. 6, 2014. Susan Byars (UC ’84) of Dallas on Oct. 4, 2014. Kent Waguespack (UC ’02) of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Nov. 22, 2014. Joseph Hefler Jr. (B ’84) of Madisonville, Tatham E. Hertzberg (A&S ’75) of Highlands, Louisiana, on Dec. 21, 2014. Napoleon K. Sharma (L ’03) of Santa Fe Springs, North Carolina, on Oct. 6, 2014. California, on Feb. 1, 2014. Michael J. O’Dea (B ’84) of St. Louis on Nov. R. O. Nussbaum Jr. (G ’75) of New Orleans on 8, 2014. Robert K. Moore (M ’08) of Crestview, Florida, on Feb. 8, 2014. Oct. 22, 2014. Mary Yazgi (E ’85) of New Orleans on Oct. 4, 2014. Terry Fedoroff (’13) of Metairie, Louisiana, on John C. Hildebrand Jr. (A&S ’76, B ’77) of Osprey, Oct. 6, 2014. Florida, on Nov. 30, 2014. Michael J. Mizell-Nelson (A&S ’87, G ’90, ’01) of Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Dec. 1, 2014. John H. Marlin (SW ’76) of Greensboro, North Carolina, on Nov. 13, 2014. Jack B. Smith (SW ’87) of San Antonio on Shelby Ferris Fitzpatrick (NC ’64), who cur- May 1, 2014. rently lives in Kent, England, was incorrectly Elizabeth Sussdorff Claiborne (NC ’78) of Tucson, Carolyn Fletcher Jung (SW ’88) of New Orleans listed in “Farewell” in the December 2014 Arizona, on Nov. 14, 2014. on Oct. 26, 2014. Tulane. We confused Fitzpatrick with her mother, Shelby Flowers Ferris (NC ’40), who Donald W. Gibbs (A&S ’79) of Winston Salem, Amanda Trammell (L ’90) of Naples, Florida, on died Aug. 3, 2014, in Vicksburg, Mississippi. North Carolina, on Sept. 17, 2014. Nov. 13, 2014. We apologize for the error.

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30-37_TULANIANS_march_2015_tb3.indd 37 2/24/15 1:45 PM OshER gift fOR schOOL Of cONtiNuiNg studiEs The Bernard Osher Foundation gave the Tulane School of Continuing Studies a $1 million endowment. Bernard Osher believes in the value of higher education and the need to improve access to it for adults.

WAVEMAKERS Energy & NOLA Ed Reform the Coast Thanks to two recent gifts, the Tulane School of Science and Engineering is developing a strong relationship between the earth sciences and engineering to build programs to address issues of vital concern to South Louisiana and the Gulf Coast—efficient energy production and coastal protection and restoration. Nicholas Altiero, dean of the School of Sci- ence and Engineering, said, “These gifts support our philosophy of bringing science and engineering closer together.” The gifts—a $1 million anonymous gift and $500,000 from Freeport-McMoran, an international natural resources company— are directed to the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. The gifts are

for educational burch-celentano paula A $3 million grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation will Studying New and research allow the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, a new Tulane Orleans Schools center, to study the long-term impacts of sweeping public education re- The Laura and John programs within forms enacted after Hurricane Katrina. Arnold Foundation is the earth and “We are so grateful to our funders for supporting this important supporting research work,” said Tulane economics professor Douglas N. Harris, founder and into public education director of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans (Era-New reform in New Orleans environmental as part of its mission Orleans). Harris holds the Chair of Public Education Initiatives at Tulane. to produce changes in A focus area of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is K-12 edu- sciences society to maximize cation, with a particular interest in the turnaround of low-performing department. opportunity and schools in New Orleans. The mission of the foundation is to produce sub- minimize injustice. stantial, widespread and lasting changes to society that will maximize “We have successfully developed strong opportunity and minimize injustice. collaborations in most of our disciplines, but An additional $500,000 for Harris’ research was raised from the an important piece that has not yet been devel- William T. Grant Foundation and two anonymous donors. Tulane’s oped is in the earth sciences,” said Altiero. Murphy Institute and the School of Liberal Arts also provided support. The gifts are for educational and research This philanthropy will allow the study of New Orleans public schools, programs within the earth and environmental which have undergone the most radical overhaul of any school district sciences department and collaborations with in the country—turning traditional public schools into charter schools, other departments. making teacher employment decisions based on performance, shutting The $1 million gift supports an endowed down failing schools and giving families more choice. fund for programming and funding for While school districts around the country are following the New Or- faculty and graduate students, while the leans model, Harris said little is known about what effect the reforms Freeport-McMoran gift is for fellowships have had or why. for graduate students conducting research The first report of the Education Research Alliance was released in in earth and environmental science with an January. It focuses on how parents selected schools before and after the engineering application.—Kirby Messinger post-Katrina reforms.—Keith Brannon

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38-39_wavemakers.Final.indd 38 2/24/15 1:44 PM Global FellowS Four Tulane School of Liberal Arts faculty members are traveling this year to Asia, Latin America, Europe and Africa for research and creative work, thanks to Cathy Steinberg Glick (NC ’85) and Craig Glick (A&S ’82). Since 2011, 16 individuals at Tulane have received Glick fellowships to work abroad.

WAVEMAKERS Connection to His Students

Classroom in His Honor Dean James M. MacLaren is honored with a namesake classroom in Barbara Greenbaum House at Newcomb Lawn. The Newcomb-Tulane College Dean’s Advisory Council gave the naming

paula burch-celentano paula gift in his honor.

the Barbara Greenbaum House courtyard on important to do, but we also recognized that the other. Most of all, it’s special for its name, naming it in honor of the council wasn’t what “This classroom the James M. MacLaren Classroom. interested us,” she said. “We wanted to name it The naming of the classroom, located in after Dean MacLaren.” honors all the work the front corner of the new residence hall, is a When the group reconvened, Beers said, tale with a bit of intrigue. “in a most unusual move” they asked MacLar- Dean MacLaren MacLaren, the dean of Newcomb-Tulane en to leave the room. They all voted in favor of College, took the helm in 2006 when the the plan, and surprised the dean with the news has done and offers college was created as the home of undergrad- when he returned. uate students. A professor of physics, he came “It was pretty exciting,” MacLaren admit- deep appreciation to Tulane in 1990. ted. “I’m honored that my board felt that I was Last year during a meeting of his Dean’s committed to the undergraduate experience at for his efforts.” Advisory Council, MacLaren asked if the Tulane, and that they wanted to recognize that.” group would like to raise the $100,000 needed The dean’s council is proud that the room —Kylene Beers, to complete the classroom at Barbara Green- bears his name, Beers said. “The connection Dean’s Advisory Council baum House and have the classroom named James MacLaren has to students at the univer- for the council. sity is a model for all deans.” During a break at the meeting, several As for the classroom itself where two semi- The newest classroom on the Tulane Uni- council members hatched a plan, said Tulane nars are meeting this spring, MacLaren said, versity uptown campus isn’t the largest—it parent Kylene Beers, a member of the advi- “I hope lots of different disciplines will take seats 18—but it’s still special. It has panoramic sory group. advantage of the space.”—Carol Schlueter views, with floor-to-ceiling window walls “We all agreed that supporting the build- (See page 20, “A Day in the Life,” about 24 showing campus oak trees on one side, and ing of the classroom was something we felt hours in Barbara Greenbaum House.)

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38-39_wavemakers.Final.indd 39 2/24/15 3:09 PM ANgUS liNd A 1966 graduate of Tulane, Angus Lind spent more than three decades as a columnist for The Times-Picayune.

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And in this kind of situation on Nashville, he would shout, “It’s a wham-bam traffic jam!” or “Creep and crawl, y’all!” It might not change anything traffic-wise but it was entertainment that would make the gridlock a lot more tolerable. The only other person whose insights might give drivers some mental or philosoph- ic support could be Ed Murphy of Murphy’s Law, which states that “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.” That one utterance opened the door for about 500 corollaries, including, “Everything takes longer than you think.” Like getting from Point A to Point B in

mark andresen mark the Not-so Big Easy these days. Basically, what we’ve come to is navigat- ing, not driving. There’s no way to maintain Roadblocks a straight course, no way you could break the by Angus Lind speed limit. And it’s far from just Uptown where the big dig is going on—or should be go- The college gridiron season may be over in New Orleans, but the gridlock gridlock ing on. Ask the folks in Lakeshore where slabs season—particularly in Uptown New Orleans—is still in full swing. You can’t get of broken concrete jut skyward and there are there from here, But don’t say you were blindsided by this. You were definitely fore- with construction frequent yard signs that say, “Fix my street. warned. Now, I wouldn’t put Col. Ed Fleming of the U.S. Army Corps of projects everywhere I pay my taxes.” Engineers in the same class of clairvoyants as science fiction legend Jules you turn. In fairness, numerous street repairs and Verge, who in 1865 basically predicted the Apollo 11 moon landing in his projects have been completed, but the work is classic From the Earth to the Moon. never ever done. Not when the city you live in is But in 2013 Fleming told Uptown residents that by the next year and be- built on a shifting swamp, a marshy bog that is yond, Jefferson, Napoleon, Louisiana and Claiborne avenues would all be not exactly the solid bedrock upon which New under long-term major projects construction for the installation of huge York City’s skyscrapers were erected. Not when drainage canals, designed to increase the volume of water that can be carried everyone knows that the city’s ancient sewer- off neighborhood streets and into Lake Pontchartrain during heavy rains. age and water lines for years have been basi- “If you’re trying to get from Claiborne to Tchoupitoulas,” he said, “it’s cally held together by bubble gum, Band-Aids, going to be a little difficult.” bailing wire and miracles. A little? The Department of Public Works in New Three of the major north-south arteries and Claiborne look as if archeo- Orleans is responsible for maintaining 1,547 logical digs are going on (maybe Harrison Ford is making another Indiana miles of streets, 21,000,000 square yards of Jones movie in Hollywood South). Traffic barricades, arrows, detour and pavement, 149 bridges, 68,092 catch basins, “Road Closed” signs are everywhere. So for the time being, think of them as and 8,200,000 linear feet of drainage lines. The early covered wagon trails instead of “avenues.” Louisiana Department of Transportation and A little difficult? When Godzilla would probably break an ankle before he Development is responsible for maintaining an could tear the city apart, then yes, I’d say it’s a little difficult. additional 105 miles of state and federal high- The result is a lot drivers who once used those north-south avenues have ways within the city limits. opted to take their chances on smallish Nashville Avenue, State Street, and What’s the significance of all those big num- even Broadway, where at this writing there are no detours—but considerably bers? Beats me. But it isn’t every day you get to more vehicular traffic than there used to be. write about catch basins. One recent afternoon when I was driving on Nashville from Magazine to The oft-maligned Army Corps of Engineers St. Charles Avenue, stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic awaiting that sadisti- New Orleans District has mammoth respon- cally short green light that sometimes allows upwards of three cars to cross sibilities. It is involved with a lot of the flood the avenue, I couldn’t help but think back to the days when afternoon going- and drainage work designed to protect the city home host Oldie King Bob Walker and his “traffic dude in a traffic mood,” the from catastrophic flooding and storm surge. legendary Sgt. T-Ben Boudreaux, ruled the radio airways. It makes levee and floodwall improvements, Boudreaux saw himself as the supreme and exalted commander of traf- works to preserve the coastline and ecosystem, fic flow, the savior for motorists. When he checked in with the Northshore- and keeps the Mississippi River on course. bound commuters, he’d say, “Think of the Causeway Bridge as a symphony! But does it bother anybody that its offices Think of me as the conductor! Listen to me—I’ll set you free!” are located on Leake Avenue?

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