Tales from the Rain Forest

EcOLOGY cHarTING a THE SKINNY IN acTION NEw cOurSE ON LONG Research meets A new day for Huey P. Long’s community activism New Orleans papers come in Ecuador. Public Schools. to Tulane. THE MAGAZINE OF TULANE UNIVERSITY

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Tales From the rain Forest

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paula burch-celentano 2/21/13 10:01AM Sun-faced On a cold morning, two pedestrians occupy different sides of Freret Street as they head toward the uptown campus.

Beyond Ornamental On the cover: The long-wattled umbrella bird gathers the fruit of the chapil palm tree in the rain forests of Ecuador, a key act in the area’s ecology. Photo by Murray Cooper.

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the public service graduation requirement, students must participate in one of the fol- Engaged Citizens lowing: a high-level service learning course, an academic service learning internship, a by Scott S. Cowen faculty-sponsored public service research project, a public service honors thesis project, a public service–based international study abroad program or a capstone experience with a public service component. These curricular service activities as well as extracurricular activities are managed by the Center for Public Service, which maintains partnerships with nearly 400 community- based organizations. And Tulane goes even further in its zeal to connect academics and action, classroom and communities. The Center for Engaged Learn- ing and Teaching (CELT) provides theoretical and applied resources, tools and direction to the university community to realize the goal of engaged learning, in which students experience themselves not as passive recipients of information but as active participants both in the classroom and in the world. On the social innovation front, we have established a new interdisciplinary minor in social innovation and social entrepreneurship. mark andresen mark Courses are being developed that take the Perhaps you know the story: After the deliberations of the Constitu- LIGHTNING concept of community engagement and build- tional Convention ended in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by IN A BOTTLE ing it deeply into the curriculum. A republic derives a group of citizens as to what kind of government he and his fellow its energy and vitality We also are promoting awareness of social delegates had created. Franklin is reported to have replied, without from the vigorous entrepreneurship issues by inviting to campus hesitation, “A republic, if you can keep it.” participation of some of the most remarkable social entrepre- its citizenry. In his wisdom, Franklin understood that a democracy was not a neurs working today. In February, through static thing, and that in order to thrive, a republic must have the ongo- the NewDay Social Entrepreneurship Distin- ing and vigorous participation of its citizenry. This is no less true now guished Speakers Series, Kristen Richmond, than it was 200 years ago. Last year, the National Task Force on Civic co-founder of Revolution Foods, spoke on Learning and Democratic Engagement sent out something of a call-to- campus about the effort to serve healthy food arms to the nation’s institutions of higher education. Noting that a “so- to students in lunchrooms, transforming the cially cohesive and economically vibrant U.S. democracy” requires an way kids eat. informed and engaged citizenry, the report urged the nation’s colleges Tapping into the desire of our students and universities to make civic learning and engagement an essential to make social change, quickly, we also offer part of students’ education. competition for NewDay Challenge awards. While many universities have strayed from this mission, at Tulane These awards of up to $20,000 in seed funding we have made a concerted effort to put community engagement and are available to Tulane students who are social social entrepreneurship on equal footing to education and research. innovators looking to turn their social impact Indeed, our commitment to civic engagement is part of what defines ideas into reality. Past NewDay Challenge win- and distinguishes us as a university community—and that commit- ners have included Sudz Soap, an enterprise to ment extends in many directions. sell soap in the U.S. and then use the proceeds First of all, as you are more than likely aware, all undergraduates must to send soap overseas to places such as Haiti fulfill a public service graduation requirement. To meet the two-part and India, where the short-supply of soap is requirement, students in their first two years must complete a service contributing to health problems. learning course. In doing all of the above, we strengthen the And then, as we expect them to deepen their understanding of educational experience of our students and public service, we present students with several avenues for commu- move us as an institution closer to the com- nity engagement in their junior or senior year. In the second part of munities in which we work and live.

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Salvaged Bloom A bouquet of recycled material, straight from the rain forest.

2 PRESIDENT’S LETTER Ben Franklin had it right

6 NEWS Northeast calamity • Taking aim at arthritis • Baseball figures • Who dat? Bud Brimberg • Code noir • Public health in Africa • Trombone U • Cultural GPS • Atala & Chactas • Marcello Canuto

13 SPORTS High hopes • 21-of-21

30 TULANIANS chris kraul chris David Goodman helps repair the world • Mary Lynn 14 Ecology in Action Hyde travels with Tulane • Shelby In the rain forests of Ecuador, locals are learning how to achieve lasting conservation Tucker • Olga of their precious natural resources. By Chris Kraul Merediz • Jean Morgan Meaux

31 WHERE Y'AT! 20 Charting a New Course Class notes 35 FAREWELL A sense of urgency and spirit of optimism fuel the post-Katrina reinvention of Tribute: James J. public schools in New Orleans. By Mary Ann Travis Corrigan

38 TULANE EMPOWERS Show Chwan Chair 26 The Skinny on Long • Ham’s trophies • Benenson Plaza • Tulane alum Jack McGuire has uncovered and donated to Tulane a trove of information Flower Hall about Louisiana’s most notable and perhaps least documented politician. By Ryan Rivet 40 NEW ORLEANS At the movies

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2-3_presTOC.FINAL.indd 3 2/21/13 10:06 AM coffee, friends and the newspaper Carol Peebles sends in her homage to The Times-Picayune, “A Grand Tradition,” rendered in charcoal and paper.

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AT WHAT PRICE? MORE IPAD LOVE Denis, was making women’s was close friends with Hale In your Fall 2012 cover story Love the ipad app! Issues history. After graduating from Boggs and Lindy Claiborne. “Going, Going, Gone...Is Ink download and install quickly, Newcomb in 1899, she was By all reports he was smart, Fading?” I believe Ms. Del Toro and they look great! Makes it awarded an AM in 1902 (Tu- handsome and a popular sums up completely the problem much easier to catch up on my lane) and a PhD (cum laude) in young man-about-town. Sadly, today with print journalism. reading when I have a spare chemistry from the University I never knew him; he was Having been employed at a moment. Thanks! of Chicago, in 1907; possibly killed in an automobile daily newspaper for nine years, I Jodi Pollack Benaroch, NC ’90 the first Newcomb graduate to accident in North Carolina have seen more than half of my Atlanta obtain the PhD. in 1938 before I was born. newsroom coworkers laid off, Following a brilliant career Joan von Kurnatowski our pay and benefits reduced, FRIENDLY AND FOLKSY as a clinical biochemist with Hooper Feibelman, NC ’62 all while being asked to do more Many thanks for another Otto Folin at MGH in Boston, New Orleans (now vacant) jobs associated with meaningful issue of Tulane. I in 1925, she was appointed producing a newspaper, includ- especially wanted to express Chair of Biochemistry at Tu- 10 CENT DIXIE BEER NIGHT ing taking photos, videos and my thanks to Paula Burch- lane Medical School, the first It has been years since I have posting stories online. When you Celentano for her haunting woman to chair a department received your great publica- have to concentrate on taking a photograph of the lonely, at a major medical school. tion, “The Tulanian,” per- great picture, your ability to focus empty Times-Picayune box. It Unfortunately, her career was haps it is called the “Tulane on asking important questions says it all for me. I have framed abruptly terminated when Magazine” now? I look forward and getting notable, relevant it and hung it alongside two she died of breast cancer four to again receiving issues of Tu- quotes seriously declines. I feel earlier photographs from your years later. lane Magazine very much. … It news consumers are aware of this magazine, one of the interior Although I am sure that seems like yesterday that I was and are responding in kind, by of the St. Charles streetcar and many Newcomb graduates studying in the Howard-Tilton not consuming their news in a one of the Napoleon House qualify as famous, certainly Library; closing the library print form and instead seeking interior. They are part of my Denis should be included down at 11:45 p.m., and then other platforms. Digital is the way nostalgia shrine to wonderful among them. proceeded by closing “The of the future, but at what price? days in New Orleans and at William Baricos, G ’72 Boot” down (if that is possible I applaud Tulane Magazine for Tulane so many years ago! Boston in the first place) on 10 cent choosing to highlight these im- Hale Boggs was also part Dixie Beer night, while portant issues that affect not just of those memories. We voted discussing the implications the Times-Pic but publications for him in a neighbor’s ga- of Nietzsche’s “Being and across the country, but I must rage. Politics then was such a Nothingness,” also while note with no small amount of friendly, folksy thing! He kept trying to pick-up gorgeous irony that I read the article in the in close touch with a frequent Newcomb College co-eds; magazine’s digital format. newsletter recounting his those were the days! Stacy Horany Johnson, NC ’03 accomplishments and con- Doug Gauld, A&S ’77 Wichita Falls, Texas cerns in D.C. Hearing St. Petersburg, Fla. years later of his plane lost GRAND TRADITION in Alaska was so very sad. My dad, Jack Peebles, L ’61, (Small-world addendum here: showed me your article on the A neighbor where I now live, demise of our beloved paper. in the Air Force at that time, I thought I would show you was in charge of the search my tribute to the many who party which tried in vain to dedicated decades of their find the downed plane.) lives to this marvelous part of Forty years on, that plane is still missing, I believe. New Orleans culture. It’s called ipad version “A Grand Tradition” (coffee, So it was a real pleasure of tulane friends & the paper) [above]. to read your article on Lindy magazine available for Carol Peebles Boggs. She is a paragon free download New Orleans of Southern gentility and from the app store. leadership. check it out! NEW TRICKS Charlotte Schrader, G ’59 I just received the on-line Yorktown, Va. magazine and read it from cover to cover. I’m of the TRAILBLAIZER MAN-ABOUT-TOWN Drop Us a Line “older generation” but am I enjoyed reading Tania I was happy to see the picture E-mail us at: getting used to my iPad and Tetlow’s article about Lindy of my uncle, Thilo von Kur- [email protected] reading from a screen. The Boggs. However, long before natowski (A&S ’38), in Tania or U.S. mail: magazine was lovely. Good job! Boggs’ appearance on the Tetlow’s article “Lindy and Tulane, University Publications, Pegi Ballenger, NC ’72 national scene, another New- Me” (Fall 2012). He was editor 200 Broadway, Suite 219, Woodland Park, Colo. comb graduate, Willey Glover of the Hullabaloo in 1935 and New Orleans, LA 70118

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MAGAZINE TUlane Editor Mary Ann Travis

Art dirEctor Melinda Whatley Viles

FEAturEs Editor Nick Marinello

“tulAniAns” Editor Fran Simon

contributors Curtis Akey Keith Brannon Barri Bronston Christina Carr Roger Dunaway Catherine Freshley, ’09 Alicia Duplessis Jasmin Michael Joe Angus Lind, A&S ’66 Ryan Rivet, UC ’02 Matt Roberts Mary Sparacello

paula burch-celentano paula sEnior univErsity PhotogrAPhEr doing it differently turn in the city’s attitude toward people Paula Burch-Celentano After the trauma of seven years ago, it’s “not from here.” Before the storm, New Orleans was sEnior Production coordinAtor remarkable how people have come back Sharon Freeman to this city. Much has been said about the largely an insular city with a closed high renewal and rebirth of New Orleans after society and a stuck underclass. People grAPhic dEsignEr the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. So from the “outside” often had a difficult Tracey Bellina much has been said, in fact, it might begin time finding their stride. But over the to sound like so much hot air. past five years, a reversal has happened: But it’s not empty talk. The resur- Nowadays, being an outsider is consid- gence of the city is most apparent in the ered a good thing. dramatic rise in young, well-educated Much of the influx of people is, of people. They have migrated here from course, tied to recovery from Katrina. Chicago, Los Angeles, New York or Philly When you have an entire city to rebuild PrEsidEnt oF thE univErsity after graduating from Tulane or other and lots of federal money to do it, people Scott S. Cowen universities. They are moving down- move in. But there’s more to the appeal vicE PrEsidEnt oF univErsity communicAtions town or to Mid-City, or the Bywater, of New Orleans than that. Besides the Deborah L. Grant, PHTM ’86 the Marigny or the St. Claude Avenue meaningful work and opportunity to corridor with its booming arts and make a difference, New Orleans has ExEcutivE dirEctor oF PublicAtions healing district. a quality of life that is easy to access. Carol J. Schlueter, B ’99 On a recent January night in a reno- The rhythm and pull of the culture here vated townhouse turned into a high- attract do-gooders, entrepreneurs and Tulane (USPS 017-145) is a quarterly magazine published by the Tulane tech office in the Warehouse District, creative types. Office of University Publications, 31 McAlister Drive, Drawer 1, New a few members of the “Crash Genera- In New Orleans, if you try, you can do Orleans, LA 70118-5624. Periodical postage at New Orleans, LA 70113 and additional mailing offices. Send editorial correspondence to the above tion”—people who started their careers things differently. There’s an authenticity address or email [email protected]. during the Great Recession that began in to the place and the people. Opinions expressed in Tulane are not necessarily those of Tulane December 2007—gathered to talk about “Our generation was raised on the representatives and do not necessarily reflect university policies. Material the how the recession affected them. But idea that we can be happy,” said one may be reprinted only with permission. the conversation kept coming back to attendee at the gathering. And New Tulane University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. how much they love New Orleans. Orleans is a place where it would seem Those who grew up in New Orleans that happiness is at hand or at least just POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Tulane, Tulane Office of University Publications, 31 McAlister Drive, noted that there has been a 180-degree around the corner.—Mary ann travis Drawer 1, New Orleans, LA 70118-5624.

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4-5_letters.FINAL.indd 5 2/21/13 10:15 AM Storm Support A delegation from Tulane University visited New York University in November to discuss the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the NYU medical school and how lessons learned during and after Hurricane Katrina might help steer them through this crisis. The Tulane group met with a group of about 200 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

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A biotechnology startup founded by Tulane researcher Aline Betancourt will use a $400,000 innovation grant from the National Institutes Photo by Andrew Mills/ Andrew by Photo of Health to develop a stem-cell therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Betancourt’s company, Wibi+Works, is using a patented technology she developed at Jersey Shoring Tulane to design and produce uniform adult mesenchymal stem cells to treat chronic states The Tulane School of Architecture has joined forces with the New Rough Ride of inflammation. Jersey Institute of Technology to help rebuild the hurricane-ravaged Seaside Heights Rheumatoid arthritis affects more than 1.5 Jersey Shore. borough administra- million adults in the United States. Betan- School of Architecture dean Kenneth Schwartz and a team of col- tor John Camera (left) court, a research associate professor with the leagues will work with NJIT and the beach community of Seaside and Kenneth Schwartz, Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Re- Heights as they begin the arduous task of restoring what Hurricane San- dean of architecture at generative Medicine, says that current drugs dy destroyed. Tulane, tour the shore for the disease are imprecise, suppressing the Schwartz said his motivation for helping is simple. After Katrina, near the ruined Jet Star entire immune system to reduce inflammation more than a dozen architecture schools from around the country Roller Coaster at the in one remote problem area. reached out to help New Orleans, and NJIT was among them. north end of the Seaside “The advantage of using stem cells is that Boardwalk in Ocean “They came down and did some good things with their students,” they can actually go to the inflamed joints and County, New Jersey. Schwartz said. “And we were grateful for that.” modify the inflammation locally,” Betancourt Upon seeing the devastation of Sandy, Schwartz didn’t hesitate to says. “Targeting these inflammatory spots reach out to his East Coast counterparts. That contact led to his con- then allows the tissue to heal.” nection with NJIT School of Architecture and, in November, the first Rather than being a regenerative stem-cell of what promises to be several visits to the Jersey Shore. product that becomes part of the healed tissue, Among other things, Schwartz and his staff are helping NJIT set up Wibi+Works’ cell products are designed to be a program similar to Tulane’s CITYbuild, which after Katrina matched used as a short-term therapy when needed architecture schools with some of the city’s nonprofits and neighbor- to manage misguided inflammation. Using hoods. Dan Etheridge, associate director of Tulane’s City Center, an arthritiS relief this targeted therapy will not compromise the urban outreach and research program, will lead the effort to develop Aline Betancourt patient’s immune system nor will the patient is developing a along the Jersey Shore an outreach model similar to CITYbuild. stem-cell therapy have to spend a lifetime on immune suppres- “Our school’s successful work in the community is well known for rheumatoid sive regimens, Betancourt says. nationally, and Dan will advise them on everything from collaborat- arthritis using a Wibi+Works also is testing stem-cell prod- patented technology ing with nonprofit organizations to identifying foundation funding she developed ucts in several preclinical models of disease support,” Schwartz said. at Tulane. including diabetic peripheral neuropathy, In March, Schwartz is taking a group of Tulane students to Seaside acute lung injury and multiple sclerosis. The Heights for an alternative spring break. “They will be there for a week company is one of several local biotechnology doing hands-on construction work,” he said. “Seaside Heights was firms housed in the newly opened New Or- badly damaged, and this will involve working in the community on leans BioInnovation Center at 1441 Canal St. hands-on rebuilding work.”—Barri Bronston — Keith Brannon

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Baseball has been famously called “a game of statistics.” From ERAs to fielding percentages, there are any number of figures that can offer a better understanding of your team, favorite player or the game in general. With that in mind, we give some lesser-known statistics relating to Green Wave baseball. , 2The number352 of baseballs the team will use this year in regular season games.

, Miles the Green Wave will travel to 1893The year that Tulane played 6 948 away games in the upcoming season. its first baseball game. 14 The number of former Tulane players playing in the major and minor leagues. 20 stLast year’s team ranked first in Conference USA in fewest strikeouts, batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and doubles. The number of seasons head coach 1 Rick Jones has led the team. th

20National ranking of average 5,131 attendance at baseball games The highest attendance in the history of last year. Over 36 home games, Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, set on April 5, Green Wave attendance averaged 2011, at a game vs. Louisiana State University. 2,699 fans per game. infographic by tracey bellina tracey by infographic

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 7 2/22/13 11:10 AM Who Dat ? Jazzin’ It Up photo courtesy university archives university courtesy photo “Everything in retrospect looks Fest and told him that I wanted “If I know I’m going to His latest venture, Bayou- clear and predestined, but it to do an art poster,” said portray Dr. John, there is no Wear, is a line of richly colored was not,” says bud brimberg Brimberg. “When I told him one who can do him better garments featuring iconic (L ’75), the man behind the that I’d sell them and give him than (James) Michalopoulos,” Louisiana images such as peli- creation of the coveted New a percentage off the top … we says Brimberg. “On the other cans, red beans and alligators. Orleans Jazz and Heritage had a deal.” hand, the 2013 Congo Square —AliciA duplessis JAsmin Festival posters. (Brimberg That first poster (inset) sold poster was done by an artist is pictured here in the 1975 for $3.95 at the sixth annual [R. Gregory Christie] whose Jambalaya.) festival in 1975. It features a work I really liked. So we While a student at Tulane, grand marshal hoisting an worked together to select a Brimberg had an assignment umbrella. Today, the original subject that suited his style.” to create a pro forma business. posters sometimes carry a In 1998, Brimberg incorpo- Instead, he created a real one. price tag of more than $4,000. rated Art4Now.com, an online It was ProCreations Publishing, Nearly 38 years later, Brim- marketplace that features a the company through which berg is still the force behind variety of Jazz Festival collect- he produced the first of many the posters, maintaining con- ibles. With a team of three full- printed posters as a fundrais- trol over the selection of the time employees at Art4Now in ing effort for the nonprofit artists and poster designs. But New Orleans, he manages the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage what comes first? Is it the artist business from his home in New Foundation. or the subject of the poster? York, where he resides with his “I went to Quint Davis [UC According to Brimberg, it wife, Bridget O’Brian, and his ’70] who was running the Jazz goes both ways. two boys, Jake and Sam.

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 8 2/21/13 10:16 AM silver salute The Public Law Center at Tulane celebrated its 25th anniversary in November 2012. Over the years, more than 150 acts of the Louisiana legislature have had their start as student drafts hatched in the clinic’s curriculum. In addition, more than 1,000 legislative drafters from 95 jurisdictions across the globe have received training through the center.

NEWS Codes of Bondage Global, Mobile Health Care Some of the lessons Tulane University learned

“slave insurrection 1811” by lorraine gendron lorraine by insurrection1811” “slave in launching mobile health units and neighbor- In his new book on Louisiana slave law, Vernon Palmer calls Louisi- Uprising hood clinics after Hurricane Katrina are finding ana’s effort to incorporate slavery into the Civil Law a “strange science”: The brutality of their way across the globe. It produced the rigorous and elaborate set of rules regulating bondage Louisiana’s slave regime Leah Berger, executive director in the but wove them into a code otherwise devoted to freedom. While led to the insurrection Office of Community Affairs and Health Through the Codes Darkly is first and foremost a legal history and anal- of 1811, the largest slave Policy, traveled to Dakar, Senegal, in No- ysis of slave law in Louisiana, it also is to some extent a contemplation revolt in U.S. history. vember to give workshops about the roles of the society that enacted those laws. universities can take in building healthcare “This was the first effort and the last effort in modern history to inte- models to reach those who don’t have access grate slavery into a European-style civil code,” says Palmer, the Thomas to traditional hospitals or clinics. Pickles Professor of Law. “Bringing in Spanish and Roman law, it was a Berger spoke at ELES 4 Africa, a global con- very deep science.” ference dedicated to sharing new strategies and In incorporating slave law into the 1808 Digest of Orleans, Louisi- technologies for public health in Africa. ana developed—unlike the rest of the slaveholding states of the Deep She shared the successes Tulane had in South—a “coherent, consistent, almost learned jurisprudence on the opening its first neighborhood clinic and subject of slavery,” says Palmer. subsequent outreach through mobile clinics There’s no end to the irony, he adds. in areas where health facilities closed after “Here you have [the Digest of Orleans] developed from the French the storm. Civil Code of 1804. This was a code of enlightenment incorporating The disaster underscored the importance all the gains of the French Revolution: freedom of property, abolition of bringing care directly to those who needed of social distinctions, the breaking up of the power of the church and it “rather than waiting for people to come into so forth. And then here comes a code with all those things in it, but your doors,” she says. only for white Louisianians. For the black slaves it was only a code of In addition, social media, text messaging darkness, a code of bondage.” and other mobile technologies are increas- As to why Louisiana wished to create this “exceptional” kind of civil ingly important to engage patients. Berger code, Palmer speculates that “they were making a statement that ‘this is was surprised to see how health organizations our way of life. This is something important to us. We’re not just regulat- even in rural areas of West Africa are using ing field labor; slavery is very deep in our culture.’” these technologies for outreach. Palmer also traces the unwritten laws of slavery—customs that “Not everyone has a computer there, but the gained legal enforceability and often led to contradictions. “For in- cell phone infrastructure is pretty amazing. So stance, it says inside the code that slaves could not own property,” notes people are using their cell phones and social Palmer. “As a matter of fact, because of a custom that allowed slaves to media to get their information,” Berger says. keep whatever they earned in their free time, they frequently amassed One example is a clinic that uses Facebook enough property to buy their own freedom. and text messaging to schedule and update ap- “Customs of this kind show us why it is important to understand pointment information for patients who travel the law in action,” says Palmer, “not just the law on the books.” long distances to see a doctor, Berger says. —Nick Marinello —Keith Brannon

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 9 2/22/13 11:10 AM hair brusing for bonding Social work professor Marva Lewis has teamed up with Tulane Medical Center on an intervention for hospitalized children and their parents. In the 10-minute intervention, parents softly brush their child’s hair, developing healthy emotional attachment and building confidence in their ability to care for their sick child.

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N.O. Historical Since 2009, communication professor Vicki courtesy trombone shorty courtesy Mayer has been the driving force behind Media NOLA, an interactive online repository of art and cultural resources. Now she’s taking that information to the street with guided multime- dia tours that can be accessed through a phone Music Mentor app called New Orleans Historical. Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, who started playing music at age 4, Brass Tacks “It’s a different and more vibrant way to is working with Tulane University to create a corps of musician-mentors Troy Andrews, aka curate MediaNOLA content,” Mayer says. “You who will guide the next generation of New Orleans musical artists. Trombone Shorty, can be walking down a street and have New An internationally recognized musician, Andrews credits mentors dazzles his elders Orleans Historical open and the GPS locator with encouraging his musical development. with his prowess will tell you what areas of historical note you The Trombone Shorty Foundation is partnering with the New Or- on the trombone, are passing.” leans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane to launch the Trombone circa 1991, when The user will then have the option to access Shorty Academy, which will target underserved New Orleans high 5-year-old Andrews more MediaNOLA information in the form of plays at a jazz school students who are musically gifted. archival images, written histories, podcasts funeral procession. “If we give other young musicians the opportunity, and they want and videos. it like Troy wanted it, we will have more successful young people,” Mayer says the project is implementing says Jesse McBride, the Tulane instructor and popular jazz pianist materials already posted by more than 100 picked to teach high school students starting this spring. Tulane stu- Tulane students across six departments and dents will mentor Trombone Shorty scholars as part of the university’s three schools. She anticipates collaborating service learning program. with tourism agencies and neighborhood as- High school performers must audition to participate in the free sociations to make New Orleans Historical a after-school program at Tulane. Some students who join the academy tourism alternative. may not aspire to attend college, but organizers hope bringing them on Mayer says the app, a collaboration between campus will change their minds. “They will see they can be part of the the communication department at Tulane Tulane community,” McBride says. and the history department at the University The Trombone Shorty Academy’s purpose is to teach young mu- of New Orleans, is the first digital humanities sicians the rich musical traditions of the region. Starting with gos- partnership between faculty at the two univer- pel, traditional jazz and early brass band music, students will study sities. There is potential for future projects. rhythm and blues, soul and “SupaFunkRock,” Trombone Shorty’s “The more we collaborate between different unique take on New Orleans music. universities, the stronger we’ll all be,” Mayer Andrews also foresees the academy as a place that empowers youth says. “All boats will rise.” to choose music as a career. That means teaching music fundamentals The app is currently available for iPhone and business acumen. Once students learn to write music, McBride and Android devices. For more information, go says, they can learn to copyright a song.—Mary Sparacello to www.neworleanshistorical.org.—Ryan Rivet

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 10 2/22/13 11:11 AM Gallery Randolph Rogers owen murphy owen

AtAlA And chActAs In 1848, times, the marble Atala and restoring the freshness and pulling a thorn from the sole of American sculptor Randolph Chactas appears to have been luminosity of the marble. his own foot. Strider says Rogers Rogers (1825–1892) created commissioned only once. Atala and Chactas is cur- would not have been the first to a marble sculpture depicting In 1889, Virginia C. Mont- rently housed in the university’s borrow from Lo Spinario. Atala and Chactas, characters gomery, wife of R.W. Montgom- off-campus art storage and Throughout the history of in François-René de Chateau- ery, donated the sculpture to preservation facility. art, “there have been several briand’s famous romance Tulane University, in her variations of thorn pullers,” published in 1801. The piece husband’s memory. ‘Boy With Thorn’ says Strider. was commissioned by R.W. The sculpture’s importance The thorn extraction portrayed The 1817 painting Daphnis Montgomery, a private collector was overlooked for decades. in Atala and Chactas is a slight and Chloe, by French artist and resident of New Orleans. But in 1976, Horst W. Janson, an deviation from the story told in Louis Hersent, may be the The subjects of the life-size art historian and visiting Mellon Chateaubriand’s novel. first representation of lovers group (titled Atala and Chactas) Professor in the Newcomb Art According to Tom Strider, in such a situation. In the are Chactas, who is kneeling, Department, noticed Atala and registrar for university collec- painting, a couple sits beside a and Atala, who is seated on his Chactas displayed outdoors in tions, the scene never actually creek as the male pulls a thorn knee. Chactas has extracted a a courtyard surrounded by dor- happened in the book. “I’ve from the woman’s foot. The thorn from the sole of Atala’s mitories on the Tulane uptown read the book, and the thorn figures in Daphnis and Chloe foot. He holds the thorn be- campus. Janson alerted uni- pulling never happened,” says are likely of French descent— tween his fingers as small drops versity officials to the weather- Strider. “Still, it isn’t difficult and those in Atala and Chac- of blood ooze from Atala’s foot. beaten sculpture’s significance, to find where Rogers likely got tas are Native American. Both Despite the popularity of and he recommended that it be his inspiration.” works of art show “nude lovers Rogers’ earlier sculptures— moved indoors. Strider surmises that Atala in close conjunction,” express- Ruth Gleaning and Nydia, the The 2,269-pound sculpture and Chactas harks back to Lo ing “an act of tender romance Blind Girl of Pompeii—which has since undergone profes- Spinario, an antique bronze and love,” wrote Janson. were reproduced dozens of sional cleaning and repair, statue showing a young boy —AliciA duplessis JAsmin

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 11 2/21/13 10:17 AM Interview Marcello Canuto, Archaeologist

Marcello Canuto is director of Tulane’s Middle American Research Institute.

What drew you to archaeology? My parents lived in Mexico before I was born, so as a child I had the opportunity to travel to Mexico often. While on vacation, we would often go to archaeological sites. At a very young age, I became fascinated by the mas- sive pyramids and mysterious palaces that the ancient peoples of Mexico and Central America had built.

Why did you focus on the Maya? The ancient Maya civilization not only built countless major royal cities during a period of over two millennia, but also was nearly unique in the development and use of a complete writing system. This allowed them to develop an advanced knowledge of astronomy, record their own history and discover and utilize the mathematical concept of “zero” long before Europeans.

What’s been the biggest find of your career? Perhaps the most notable discovery of my career came just this past year during which my project found a hiero- glyphically inscribed monument that mentioned the famous “end date” of the Maya calendar (Dec. 21, 2012). Up until that discovery, Maya archaeology had found only one other such reference in all the thousands of hieroglyphic texts that have been found over the past 200 years.

Is that something you realize immediately, or does it take some deciphering before you know what you’ve got? When you uncover something extraor- dinary, you are immediately aware of its importance. It is part of your job as an archaeologist to know that you are in the process of excavating something of great importance. However, as you are excavating it, you might not fully ap- preciate its meaning, size or richness.

Are there still lost temples and treasures left to be found? Archaeologists all over the world are only scratching the surface of what ancient civilizations have left behind for us to discover. Perhaps the gilded age of exploration is coming to a close, but there are plenty of regions, cities and buildings that still guard the efforts and

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 12 2/21/13 10:17 AM devlin fieldhouSe In November, Tulane opened its restored basketball and volleyball facility. Named in honor of longtime supporters Bob and Marcello Canuto, Archaeologist Kate Devlin, the historic fieldhouse originally opened in 1933.

SPORTS Diamond Dreams parker waters parker Perfect Season Perfection is hard to obtain in any realm of life and especially in the Never Missed sporting world. In rare instances, teams and individuals achieve per- Cairo Santos, No. 19, parker waters parker fection and the moments are celebrated and written into sports lore. kicked a 57-yard field Expectations are high for the 2013 Green Wave This past football season, Tulane junior kicker Cairo Santos inscribed goal in the Green Wave baseball team. The team returned to the field his name into both the college football and Green Wave record books football game vs. Rice in February with five of its top seven hitters with a perfect season. on Nov. 3, 2012. Ryan from last season and all of its starting pitchers Santos hails from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He prepped as an exchange Rome, No. 30, was the holder. Santos made from last season. student at St. Joseph’s Academy in St. Augustine, Fla. And he just all 21 of his field Tulane ranked first among its Conference completed one of the best seasons by a kicker in NCAA history by goal attempts in the USA counterparts last season in five offensive hitting all 21 of his field goal attempts. He joined Marc Primanti from 2012 season. categories: fewest strikeouts, batting aver- North Carolina State as the only kickers in Football Bowl Subdivision age, slugging percentage, on-base percentage history to stay perfect throughout a season in which they attempted and doubles. 20 or more field goals, but Santos finished with one more make than Head coach Rick Jones returns for his 20th Primanti, who was 20-of-20 in 1996. season of Green Wave baseball, looking to add Santos’ effort tied the NCAA record for best field goal percentage to his career victories after chalking up career (1.000), and he led the nation with 12 field goals of 40-plus yards, in- win No. 1,050 during last year’s campaign. cluding a pair of 50-yarders, and set the school record with a 57-yarder In addition to Chad Sutter and Jake Gau- vs. Rice, which tied for the fourth longest in the nation in 2012. treau—former players who are now assistant For his efforts, Santos was showered with honors and awards Slugger coaches—another familiar face will be pacing that have already made him one of the most decorated Tulane foot- Senior infielder Brennan the dugout this season. Former Green Wave ball players in the last half-century. Santos claimed the prestigious Middleton was named star pitcher Shooter Hunt is returning as an 2012 Lou Groza Award, which is presented annually to the nation’s to the College Sports Madness Preseason assistant coach. top kicker, was tabbed a consensus first-team All-American and was All-Conference USA With 20 lettermen returning, the Tulane named the College Football Performance Award National Kicker of First Team in January. baseball squad figures to find success in 2013, the Year. He had a .357 batting average last season. but as usual the Green Wave will have to defend Santos is the second Tulane player to win the Groza Award, joining its own diamond. They’ll have ample oppor- Seth Marler who received the award in 2001, but is just the fifth Tulane tunity with 33 games slated at Greer Field at football player to receive consensus All-America status and the first Turchin Stadium.—Curtis Akey since former tackle Ernie Blandin in 1941.—Roger Dunaway

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6-13_NEWS.FINAL.indd 13 2/22/13 11:11 AM murray cooper murray Ecology in Action In the raI n forests of e cuador, locals are

learnI ng how to achI eve lastI ng conservatI o n

of theI r precI ous natural resources.

by Chris Kraul

It’s five in the morning in ecuador’s coastal rain forest, and the trek led by biologist Jordan Karubian through mist and mud to catch a glimpse of the rare long-wattled umbrellabird has paid off. as dawn breaks, the group hears the bird’s telltale mating sounds: first, a low metallic hum resembling a tuning fork, then a furious rat- a-tat flapping of wings like a snare drum followed by a low rumpph that is similar to the sound of a basso toad. Moments later, Karubian points out the magnificent bird hopping Palms Up from one overhead branch to another, swinging its wattle, a long beard- Opposite page: In an like feathered appendage, and flaring its crown. ecuadorean rain forest, “It’s not just a visual treat, it’s ecology in action to be able to see Jordan Karubian and this species up close,” says Karubian, an assistant professor in tu- local youth examine a lane’s department of ecology and evolutionary Biology. nearby is sample of fruit from luke Browne, a second-year doctoral student in evolutionary biolo- the chapil palm tree. gy. watching the bird’s displays through binoculars, he gushes: “this This page: a long- is wild, outrageous.” wattled umbrellabird

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14-19_EcologyInAction.FINAL.indd 16 2/21/13 12:14 PM The umbrellabird’s role in the rain forest goes beyond ornamen- So it’s been a radical change,” Cabrera says. tal. He eats the fruit of the chapil palm tree, a key variety that sustains With Karubian’s encouragement, Cabrera is about to finish studies several bird and mammal species. The umbrellabird then disperses for his high school diploma and plans to start work on an online the seeds throughout the forest via defecation or by spitting them university degree this year. out, ensuring the tree’s regeneration and that of the animals that Observing former subsistence farmer Cabrera transform himself depend on it. Without the bird’s good offices, the palm might other- into a highly competent field researcher is tremendously gratifying, wise die out because seeds dropping within the penumbra of the says Karubian. mother tree have almost no chance of reaching maturity. The fourth-graders finish their two-hour tour, still energetic after “It’s a flagship species,” Karubian says. “As it goes for the umbrel- the arduous hike. Karubian says their enthusiasm for learning about labird, so it goes for the forest. It’s a crucial player in the rain forest’s conservation is typical of local youths and is a good sign that his pro- ecological web.” grams are working. Another crucial test will come tomorrow, when the The bird has become the symbol of Karubian’s award-winning ecol- foundation holds its first annual environmental fair in the village of ogy research and community-outreach project situated in northwest La Y de la Laguna, located about eight miles from the research station. Ecuador’s Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve. In simple terms, his Games, music, talks and even a clown performance are scheduled, aim is to document the interdependence of plant and animal species all to promote the themes of recycling and conservation. in the 8,750-acre Bilsa Research Station while educating not just his But how many people will show up? Karubian wonders. students but the local communities of the Quininde township on the importance of conservation so that those linkages remain intact. Karubian’s approach to conservation has attracted widespread attention. Last year, he won the prestigious Ernest A. Lynton Award, given annually by the New England Resource Center for Higher Edu- cation to a young academic who connects his or her teaching and research to community engagement. The Los Angeles native’s project has received funding support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Disney Worldwide Con- servation Fund, National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, the Chicago Zoological Society and other institutions. With an annual budget of about $60,000, Karubian’s Tropical Andes Conservation Foundation catalogues plant and animal species and their symbiosis, and funds a community outreach component that instructs high school and elementary teachers in ecology so they can pass that knowledge along to their young charges. Moreover, his three full-time local “environmental ambassadors” have taught 1,000 students the basics of conservation and rain forest ecology in the classroom or on guided tours of the reserve. “What motivates me personally is the conservation of biodiversity, slowing or even reversing the rate of species loss. And this is a great place to test theories and learn about the processes that generate diver- sity,” says Karubian, noting that the reserve is home to 360 bird species and 18 varieties of palm. Because of generally lax enforcement of environmental laws in Ecuador, it’s critical to work hand in hand with residents to achieve goals. “It’s the locals who de facto will determine how things turn out,” Karubian says. Local youth are the focus of the project’s outreach program. Later the morning of the umbrellabird sighting, Karubian accompanies staff ambassador Domingo Cabrera as he leads 12 fourth-grade school children on a half-mile hike through the reserve, pointing out various plant, insect, bird and frog species, emphasizing each one’s unique role in rain forest ecology. The kids learn about rainfall levels and where seeds floating in the Rompefrente River have come from. They are told about bejuco, the strange vinelike plant that grows upward as much as 80 feet until reaching a tree branch from which to hang. At one point the students are asked to close their eyes, be silent for a minute and count the different bird calls they hear. “Cinco!,” answers

10-year-old Jaime Garces. kraul chris A nine-year employee of Karubian’s foundation, Cabrera, 46, has helped make the environment part of local classroom curriculum by training 15 teachers in rain forest ecology. As with the two other am- Somewhere in the bassadors, he follows up with classroom visits in addition to leading Branches Above rain forest tours. Domingo Cabrera leads “Before I joined the foundation I was a hunter in the forest, so a tour through the I know it pretty well. I used to kill things to survive, to put food Mache-Chindul on the table for my family. Now I’m trying to help conserve them. Ecological Reserve.

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14-19_EcologyInAction.FINAL.indd 17 2/21/13 10:20 AM Lasting conservation Karubian launched his foundation 10 years ago in an area of Ecuador that was in dire need of a conservation initiative. Due to its geographical insulation, the Choco rain forest, which extends from coastal northwest Ecuador all the way up the Pacific coast of Colombia to the Isthmus of Panama, has been a place where species have traditionally flourished. The Andes to the east, the Peruvian coastal desert to the south and the Pacific to the west served as natural barriers to intrusion by other plant and animal species, resulting in a high rate of species that appear here and nowhere else. But over the last century, much of the Ecuadorean portion of the Choco in coastal Esmeraldas province has been ravaged by loggers, cattlemen and encroaching population. In more recent times, drug traf- fickers have cleared scores of acres of jungle to grow coca plants, the base material for cocaine (although on nowhere near the scale of illicit cultivation in neighboring Colombia). Incalculable numbers of plant “If we’re going and animal species have been lost, Karubian says. During the past two decades, much of the deforested jungle in the Mache Chindul Ecological Reserve has begun to grow back, thanks in to achieve part to the Jatun Sacha Foundation then led by U.S. environmental- ist Mike McColm, who created Bilsa Biological Station for researchers within the reserve in the early 1990s. lasting Karubian says only community involvement and education can stem the further loss of species. The greater the appreciation of the rain forest by local children and the better the understanding by their par- conservation, ents of how preserving the rain forest is integrally linked to maintaining their water supply and clean air as well as stemming climate change, the better the chance that conservation will succeed. we’re going “Our only hope is to raise community awareness of the consequenc- es of land management practices, for better or for worse,” Karubian says as he discusses his 2013 outreach goals. “If we’re going to achieve lasting to have to work conservation, we have to work hard with local residents.” Karubian’s scientific research hardly takes a backseat in the foundation’s outreach activities. After identifying every palm tree in a hard with the 500-acre section of the Bilsa station’s forest, Karubian and his students now collect an average 1,000 palm seeds a year to pinpoint from which tree they originated and how they were dispersed. By matching tree local residents.” and seed genetic codes with the aid of an automated DNA sequencer, Karubian is showing how preserving the habitat of the umbrellabird promotes the continued survival of the chapil palm. —Jordan Karubian In addition to the umbrellabird, Karubian and his students have done original research on other bird species, some of which are at risk of “dropping out” of the Choco, including the Banded Ground Cuckoo, the Brown Wood Rail and the Purple-throated Fruitcrow. Much of that research has been done by his Ecuadorean staff, including Cabrera and his ambassador colleague Jorge Olivo, both of whom Karubian trained to collect data and develop their own analyses. Both attended the Neotropical Ornithology Congress in Cusco, Peru, last year to present scientific findings. “The important difference is, we’re not just coming here to their forest to extract knowledge but to involve the local community in the scientific process,” said doctoral student Luke Browne.

cradLes, Lampshades and fLowerpots Any doubts Karubian had that the foundation’s environment fair would go over well soon dissipate as he approaches the community center in La Y de la Laguna. Attendance at the Dec. 14 event is an important indicator of local support for and awareness of his project, and it is much better than he expected. Scores of enthusiastic schoolchildren are waiting to enter. Buses clog the public square. Inside, 20 booths manned by local residents and displaying ingeniously crafted recycled goods and artisanal food items attract long lines. All told, an estimated 600 people have showed up. The fair is organized by Monica Gonzalez, the other member of

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14-19_EcologyInAction.FINAL.indd 18 2/21/13 10:20 AM Karubian’s ambassador troika and the person most responsible for making the foundation’s ecology case with local school and government officials of Quininde township. She recruited a corps of student clowns from Quito to do a skit about the importance of proper disposal of elec- tric batteries that have schoolchildren screaming with delight. On a makeshift stage, musical groups sing a locally composed hymn to, you guessed it, the umbrellabird that quickly becomes a sing-along. Recycled items displayed at the booths include a cradle made from a used tire, lampshades from plastic water bottles and recycled DVDs, flowerpots in the shapes of swans made from newspaper and hats crafted from bejuca fibers. “I saw a lot of beautiful stuff at the booths, including plastic water bottles converted into decorations,” says Karubian when it’s his turn to address the crowd. “But I must ask all of you who were around 15 years ago to stop and remind yourselves that back then no one got water out of bottles. You got it from streams that have now disappeared or been polluted because of logging and clearing for cattle pastures. We need to find ways to stop that from happening.” Taking it all in is a surprise guest, Wagner Olarte, provincial director of education for Quinende township. “This is very impressive,” says Olarte. “The fair and the foundation are significant supports for the education of our children, especially in areas of conservation and recycling. It’s a good strategy and it’s really caught my attention. I would like to adopt his teacher-training methods as permanent policy.” Afterwards, Karubian says the success of the fair has persuaded him that he can replicate the Ecuador project in other countries. First he may launch a similar project in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea. He’ll also go to Brazil this year to look into the feasibility of one in that country’s northeastern Atlantic coastal forest. It’s a kind of template that Karubian says will work in any area where humans are interacting with nature in a way that is unsustainable. “We’re ready for the next step,” he says.

A former foreign correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, Chris Kraul

is a freelance writer based in Bogota, Colombia. kraul chris

Art of Recycling A woman displays a Christmas hat made from salvaged paper and an infant sleeps in a cradle fashioned from an old tire. Approx- miately 600 people attended an environmental fair hosted by Karubian’s group

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14-19_EcologyInAction.FINAL.indd 19 2/21/13 10:21 AM Charting a New Course a sense of urgency and spirit of optimism fuel the post-katrina reinvention of public schools in new orleans.

by Mary Ann Travis

it’s dismissal time at akili academy on pratt drive. the elementary three years were spent at a charter school that is now closed after hav- school “scholars” excitedly line up to board buses. dressed in gray ing its charter revoked.) fulton majored in early childhood education at polo shirts, navy blue skirts, shorts, pants and sweaters, they happily tulane and earned a teaching certificate through the university’s chatter with their teachers and each other. teacher preparation and certificationp rogram. the exuberance of the students is almost matched by the high the culture of akili is that “academics are first. academics are why energy of their young teachers. we’re here—and that learning is fun,” says fulton. seven years ago, hurricane katrina damaged 90 percent of public “my kids are joyful. and it’s not just them, it’s across the school, schools in new orleans. all orleans parish teachers were fired. and the which makes my job better,” she says. state-run recovery school district took over management of all the low-performing public schools in new orleans. since those cataclys- A REBIRTH mic events, the city’s schools have been transformed. gabie frey and mia backon both graduated from tulane in 2011 and akili is among the 80 percent of public schools in new orleans op- are both in their second year as teach for america corps members. erating under 43 different charter management organizations. charter teach for america is an organization that recruits recent college grad- schools are funded with public money and held strictly accountable to uates to teach for two years in low-income communities. louisiana board of elementary and secondary education standards. frey is a kindergarten interventionist at akili, and backon teaches a housed in modular buildings, akili opened in august 2008. it is a re- combined kindergarten, first and second grade class at harriet tubman covery school district charter school. (a small number of public charter charter school on the west bank of new orleans. schools in new orleans are under the orleans parish school board; plus a frey says that she made the teach for america commitment be- handful are directly managed by opsb in the traditional way.) cause she “wanted to give back to new orleans.” she loves kids. “i’m according to federal guidelines, 95 percent of akili students are eli- always so happy around them,” she says. “i come home every day with gible for free or reduced-cost lunches. last year its third graders scored a smile on my face.” the highest among all rsd schools on the ileap test, a high-stakes, the academic progress of students at akili and tubman—both state-mandated standardized test. taken together, these two facts sig- managed by the crescent city schools charter organization—is well nify tremendous achievement coupled with lots of hard work, say akili monitored with frequent testing and measurement. closely tracking teachers and administrators. students’ progress “helps them succeed and but the effort was not all a grind. helps us narrow down how to help them,” christine fulton, a 2008 tulane graduate in her second year says frey. The Reformers teaching at akili, says that the job of the teachers at the school is well- the students “love coming to school,” says and Researcher defined: it is “growing joyful learners.” frey. “they laugh; they smile; they’re easy. neerav kingsland (tc fulton has taught for five years in new orleans public schools, which and making them feel better when they’re sad ’02), John ayers practically makes her a senior member of the teaching ranks. (her first is also a great feeling.” and douglas harris

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The rewards of teaching are evident. “Help- ing them learn, like seeing my scholar not being able to write anything and then writing her name, is a huge deal,” says Frey. Backon says her students “are so happy to be at school.” They are proud of their accomplishments. “They want to make us happy, too. They are 5, 6 and 7 years old, they just want to make everyone around them happy.” But there is “urgency” to what she and others are doing in post-Katrina schools in New Orleans, says Backon. “You can’t really waste time. It’s got to happen now.” In addition to educators in classrooms, the new charter schools need people on the business side of things. Administering a charter school is like running a small business. Blake DiMarco, a 2004 Tulane Freeman Busi- ness School graduate, left a job with Goldman Sachs in New York to become the director of finance and operations at Akili in 2010. “I wasn’t passionate about corporate finance,” says DiMarco. “I wanted to move back to New Orleans. I want to help.” Now she keeps the buses running on time, lunches served, supplies provided, accounting in order and budgets balanced. She even taught a reading class during her first year at Akili. When she was a student at Tulane, before Katrina, DiMarco tutored in a since-“flattened” school. She recalls how “tremendously different and disadvantaged—bleak, really” public paula burch-celentano paula schools in New Orleans were then. “It’s like a rebirth, what’s happening in the city with the schools,” says DiMarco. By fall 2013, Akili Academy will move The Administrator into the completely renovated, historic Wil- and Teacher liam Frantz School in the Ninth Ward. Six- Blake DiMarco (B ’04) year-old Ruby Bridges famously integrated and Christine Fulton (’08) Frantz in 1960.

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20-25PubSchools.FINAL.indd 22 2/21/13 10:24 AM HOME IS HOME Jerry Brown is the father of Jada Brown, a third-grader at Akili. Brown and his family, including his wife, Jontell, and son Damien, a seventh-grader at McMain Secondary School, moved back to New Orleans after being dis- placed by Hurricane Katrina for six years (five years in Birmingham, Ala., and then a year in Slidell, La.). He came back, he says, because “I felt like it was almost a moral duty.” He grew up in the Gentilly neighborhood where Akili’s temporary trailers sit. All the public schools he attended—McDonogh 39, P.A. Capdau and John F. Kennedy Senior High School—are destroyed. He graduated from Kennedy in 1997 and joined the army. And now he’s back in New Orleans. “Home is home,” he says. “It becomes normal to you. No matter how fun or bad, it’s still normal to you.” Like most natives and nonnatives who ever lived in New Orleans, he loves the city. “I think it has huge potential,” he says. Akili Academy is a “pretty decent school,” in Brown’s estimation, but his daughter “feels like she needs to be pushed,” and he agrees with her. He says, “Children are limited in their ability to learn based on the task that you put at hand.” He’s concerned that with the increased emphasis on standardized tests, the bar will be set too low for students. He’d like to see more data on what really works in education. “Look at what we need to do and implement these things,” he says. Brown says of young children today, “Their brains are in the digital age, and we’re still teaching in an analog manner.”

MORE STABILITY John Ayers is in agreement with Brown. He says that urban schools have failed children for decades because they have stayed geared to an industrial economy. Schools need “to step up to the information economy.” Ayers is executive director of the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initia- tives. A veteran education reformer with 20 years experience as a “charter school” guy in Chicago, he worked on landmark urban school reform legislation in Illinois. He even founded charter schools in cooperation with teacher unions. “I was intrigued with the idea of creating focused, powerful schools,” he says. Before he came to the Tulane-affiliated Cowen Institute this past fall, Ayers was vice president for a research organization, the paula burch-celentano paula Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, in California. The charter activists in New Orleans should be praised for trying to “bring a very dysfunc- Teach for tional system—think back to the pre-Katrina America Corps OPSB [Orleans Parish School Board]—into the Mia Backon (’11) and 21st century,” says Ayers. Gabie Frey (’11)

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20-25PubSchools.FINAL.indd 23 2/21/13 10:24 AM However, whatever the teaching methodologies and disciplinary RISK TAKER strategies used in the new schools, “I think that we have to recognize Neerav Kingsland is CEO of New Schools for New Orleans, one of the that parents are the first teachers,” says Ayers. “Overall, in 95 percent seven or so school reform nonprofit organizations that Tulane has proof the cases, parents are an asset for kids.” And communities are, too. vided rent-free office space since Katrina. Kingsland is a 2002 Tulane With all the public schools in New Orleans having citywide access, the College graduate and a Yale Law School graduate. He’s staked his career connection to neighborhoods is sometimes missing. on the school reform movement. Ayers says that over time the charter schools in New Orleans may New Schools for New Orleans is a “philanthropic intermediary.” It want to reconnect to neighborhood structures. raises money from local and national foundations and obtains gov- The complete revamping of New Orleans public schools since Ka- ernment grants to help fund startup charter schools and “scale” the trina is “incredible,” says Ayers. The New Orleans public school system successful ones so that they can serve more students. is “off the bottom—and it was the bottom.” “Our job is supporting the acceleration of student achievement,” says Katrina provided an historic opportunity to try something new. Kingsland. “You have great educators who are running charter schools in “People told me that as they drove back into the city, they said, ‘we’ve the city, and we view our job as how can we set up the conditions where got to redo this. We have to set the reset button.’ And we have.” they can thrive. And for the people who are doing the best work, how But the storm is over. “We’ve been managing the schools in a kind can we invest in them to increase their ability to serve more students.” of emergency mode,” says Ayers. It’s time to regularize, systematize. “I Among the major grants that New Schools for New Orleans is manag- think parents are looking for a bit more stability. And we have to remem- ing is a multimillion-dollar Investing in Innovation federal grant to turn ber that they are the clients. They are the customers here.” around the lowest performing 25 percent of New Orleans schools. The new charters in New Orleans are “high energy,” says Ayers. “One of the things we’re excited about,” says Kingsland, “is we’re “They’re often focused on discipline. I think there’s a general belief trying to break the myth that a charter school won’t serve kids who are that given the difficulties that many of the kids coming to school face, hardest to reach.” they need that. And that makes for an orderly environment and seri- Such undertakings are not without risk, says Kingsland. “I think for ousness of response from the families and the kids.” us to make great gains in public education, we have to be more comfort- The new schools are providing opportunities for the students and able with the idea of failure.” their families. But, “they’re not perfect,” says Ayers. “They’re new Like parent Jerry Brown, Kingsland says that if the bar is set for 100 schools, so they’re having their bumps and problems. We shouldn’t percent success, it’s probably set too low. “You’re probably not taking oversell them as the perfect solution.” enough risks or really putting yourself out there.” The Cowen Institute, established in 2007, has exhaustively gathered Without educators willing to take risks, “we’re not going to have the information about New Orleans public schools. It has produced reports wins and the successes,” says Kingsland. on test scores, school performance scores, school facilities, finances, Public education systems, in general, have been stagnant and bu- teachers’ years of experience, salaries, school choice, and free-and- reaucratic, leaving little room for taking smart risks. But Katrina was reduced-lunch status of students (the commonly used indicator of an “opportunity creator,” says Kingsland. poverty). It has polled parents, teachers, administrators and legislators. Kingsland’s view of public education in New Orleans was shaped Now, under Ayers’ leadership, it’s moving into a new phase. It’s go- by his experience when he was a Tulane student in a service learning ing deeper into research. course. He tutored at Woodson Middle School, a school closed after Just as parent Jerry Brown suggests, more data and more research Katrina and since reopened. are needed. “We’re going to figure out what works here, what’s working At Woodson, it was “rough” and “tough” for the children. “Kids were in other places—and try to inform the policy space,” says Ayers. not being served. That experience pushed me toward the path of caring and a passion for public education,” says Kingsland. A SNAPSHOT At this point, Kingsland says, “I feel incredibly lucky to be in New Key to the deep research on which the Cowen Institute is embark- Orleans doing this work. I think it’s the most exciting place in the ing will be the work of Douglas Harris. Harris, an associate professor country to be working in education.” of economics, holds the first endowed chair in public education at Not all has been proven that needs to be proven. “But if we get Tulane. He came to the university this fall with a background in re- New Orleans right, I think we have a chance to change the way the search on educational accountability systems that improve teaching country views serving its most at-risk children.” and learning. He’s the author of Value-Added Measures in Education: New Orleans could be a model school system, says Kingsland. “To go What Every Educator Needs to Know (Harvard Education Press, 2011). from a city that had been known for its dysfunction in public education He plans to study the public schools in New Orleans before Katrina to perhaps being a national leader is wonderful and huge for the city.” —“to get a snapshot of where we were”—and then to figure out if things It’s a generational opportunity—rebuilding a city and reinventing are actually better. a public education system. “We joke,” says Kingsland, “that this is the “There’s anecdotal evidence that things have gotten better. And Silicon Valley of education reform. Whatever it was like for Bill Gates that’s probably true,” says Harris. “But it would be nice to show that and and Steve Jobs in the ’70s to be building that ecosystem is what it feels to understand that in more depth.” like to be an educator here now.” No other city in the United States has gone as far as New Orleans has toward decentralized school management and parental choice in schools. But New Orleans is still not performing very well com- pared to other cities. Before the storm, 64 percent of schools were low-performing, and now 32 percent of schools get an “F” in the state grading system. The bottom line for Harris is, what’s happening in the schools? What are the results in terms of performance indicators such as high school The Family dropout rates and college attendance? Parents Jontell Cyres- “My goal,” says Harris, “is to understand how well the system is Brown and Jerry Brown working and how it could be made to work better.” with Jada and Damien

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26-29_HUEYLONG.FINAL.indd 26 2/21/13 3:59 PM The Skinny on Long

By Ryan Rivet

TULAnE ALUM JACK MCGUIRE HAS UnCovERED AnD DonATED To TULAnE A TRovE oF InFoRMATIon AboUT LoUISIAnA’S MoST noTAbLE AnD PERHAPS LEAST DoCUMEnTED PoLITICIAn.

In Louisiana politics, the line between famous and infamous tends to blur. When talking state politics, chances are the conversation will include a man who was a bit of both: the Kingfish, Huey P. Long, a near mythological figure who rode a wave of populism to the governor’s mansion and later to Washington, D.C., as a U.S. senator. Yet despite his indisputable place in Louisiana history, there are precious few original documents that have come from Long’s desk. So starved are historians for original Huey Long documents, even the most mundane are coveted. Emory University boasts of having a series of letters in which Long went back and forth with an editor at the Atlanta Constitution about the proper way to use cornbread to eat “pot likker,” the juice from stewed greens. (Huey liked to dip, the editor favored crumbling the corn pone, if you’re wondering.) To connoisseurs of Louisiana politics, Huey Long documents are the Holy Grail, highly sought after even while rumored to be myth. For the first time in 40 years, however, a substantial cache of papers has come to light, unearthed by collector Jack McGuire (A&S ’64), and now donated to the Louisi- ana Research Collection at Tulane. Museum Quality For McGuire, a love of all things associated In his home office, Jack with Louisiana politics is a birthright passed from McGuire is surrounded father to son. by Louisiana's history.

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26-29_HUEYLONG.FINAL.indd 27 2/21/13 3:59 PM “I grew up around the New Orleans city government,” says Mc- items—as a way to protect themselves,” says McGuire. Guire, whose father was head of public relations for the city of New The dearth of material can also be attributed to the fact that Huey Orleans under deLesseps S. Morrison. “I can remember at 6 years simply didn’t put a lot down on paper, a trait shared by his younger old being at the ‘Jones for Governor’ headquarters when Earl Long brother, three-term Louisiana Gov. Earl Long. defeated him [Sam Jones] two to one.” “Earl Long used to say ‘don’t write anything you can talk, don’t talk McGuire followed in his father’s footsteps, serving in the 1960s as anything you can nod, don’t nod anything you can wink,’” McGuire says. head of PR under New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro, and later taking Stories and anecdotes are McGuire’s stock-in-trade, which is not his love of politics to the Mandeville city council for four terms. to say that he doesn’t have a firm grip on hard data such as dates and places. His grasp of the minutia of the state’s political landscape is en- ‘Anything you cAn wink’ cyclopedic. But if his knowledge is the meat, his personal connections The McGuire family connection to Huey Long began some eight years to the people provide the spice. before Jack was even born, when his father stood up to Long and found An air of familiarity with the titans of Louisiana politics permeates out firsthand how dissenters were dealt with in Long’s Louisiana. the conversation when McGuire really gets going. Former Louisiana It was 1934, and a group of journalism students at Louisiana State Gov. Edwin Edwards is simply “Edwin,” and when he’s deep into an University, tired of Huey Long’s interference with affairs on campus anecdote about Earl Long’s campaign for Congress, he refers to Long and with the school’s football team, decided to publish a letter criti- as “Mr. Earl” in the same manner that those close to him would have cizing the then-senator in the school newspaper, The Reveille. Long more than half a century ago. got wind of the letter before the issue went to press and demanded an apology. Seven of the students refused to apologize. David R. McGuire More thAn dribs And drAbs was one of the group that became known as the “Reveille Seven” who It’s his close proximity to the politicians and other political junkies that were promptly expelled and refused admittance into any other school allowed McGuire to acquire the collection. He keeps the particulars in the state. The message was clear, mess with Huey Long and life about where the collection came from close to the vest, preferring to would be rough in Louisiana. say that he’s acquired it from “several sources” over a couple of years. For obvious reasons, David McGuire was firmly planted in the He says that people will often get in touch with him when they have anti-Long camp. That didn’t stop Jack from cultivating a fascination something to sell, because he’s so well known in both political circles for the Long political machine. In fact, he says that was the impe- and the collector community. tus for him to scour the state for flyers, circulars, mailers—anything “Over the past several years, I’d acquired dribs and drabs,” Mc- that could be traced back to Huey or Earl Long. Any time he travels Guire says. “Then a much more substantial amount in this most around the state, McGuire stops in antique shops and inquires about recent collection that I have given to Tulane.” political memorabilia, always hoping that a “Substantial” in terms of Huey Long documents is a relative term. honey hole of Huey Long documents will be When viewed in boxes on a library cart, the physical size is under- found, always disappointed. whelming—maybe three linear feet. Upon further inspection about Namesake An architectural render- The lack of substantial materials from what’s in the boxes, however, their importance is revealed. ing of a bridge to cross Long’s political life can be attributed to what “These documents have been rumored about for generations,” the Mississippi River. made Huey infamous rather than famous. says Leon Miller, head of the Louisiana Research Collection. “They’ve Note how Long names “I’ve always felt very strongly that a lot been whispered about for 50, 60, 70 years. And now they suddenly the structure with an an- of Huey Long’s associates just destroyed the turn up as not just being rumors, but being real and we have them. notation at the bottom. papers—letters, correspondence and other It’s a big deal.”

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26-29_HUEYLONG.FINAL.indd 28 2/21/13 10:27 AM McGuire agrees that this discovery is a big deal. When asked about what’s in the collection, his eyes light up. The only thing McGuire likes better than collecting political memorabilia is talking about what he’s got in what he calls a “priceless collection.” Among the collection are signed agreements that show the extent of Long’s political maneuvering. While running for the Senate, Long made a deal with the Old Regulars, a conservative political organization in New Orleans, promising then-Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley (also chief of the Old Regulars) a bridge over the Mississippi River in return for the political organization’s support. There have been rumors about the document, and Long’s original signed copy is among McGuire’s collection. There is also an accord that ended Long’s ongoing feud with Standard Oil over tax revenues, signed while Long was in the Senate. Long had no executive authority over Louisiana and the state’s taxation, yet he signed the agreement on behalf of the Louisiana Democratic Association, his political machine. McGuire says items like this show how extensive Long’s power really was. The collection includes speeches with Long’s correc- tions in the margins and even handwritten notes for the original “Share Our Wealth Plan,” which made Long a hero to some, yet prompted others to call him one of the most dangerous politicians in the nation. There are items that turn 70 years of history on its head. One example is a drawing of the Huey P. Long Bridge that spans the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish. It was generally accepted that the bridge was named for Long posthumously. McGuire disagrees, and he says he’s got the proof. “So you have the bridge. Most people, including the State Highway Commission, think that it was only after he died on Sept. 10, 1935, that the state decided to name it for him. However when Long sent the drawing back to the engineers, he wrote in, ‘will set as the Huey P. Long Bridge over the river at New Orleans.’ This is Huey making sure that the bridge would be named for him.” Another item McGuire is particularly excited Parting Shot about is a screenplay for a film called The Kingfish, Right: This (signed) written in the first person, that McGuire believes is photo, made in Oklaho- Long’s own draft dictated to his secretary. ma City, is the last image taken of Long in public; “There are letters going back and forth with pro- he was assassinated ducers and two drafts of the script,” McGuire says. nine days later. “Knowing him, he decided that he wanted his story Top: in a telegram sent to be told in his way.” to President Roosevelt, As McGuire talks about the collection, his excite- Long seeks to influence ment is obvious. If he collected baseball cards, this Cabinet selections. find would be Honus Wagner. If he collected comic books, this would be Action Comics No. 1. Knowing this, one wonders why someone who found the Holy Grail would turn around and give it away? “A lot of collectors collect stuff for their own ego,” Miller says. “They collect stuff and they keep it and put it in filing cabinets and every once in a while they go and look through it. Jack is a donor who wants this kind of stuff to be preserved and used.” “I want it to be available to the public,” Mc- Guire says. “What good would hoarding it do history or understanding events of that period? What good would hoarding it do for knowing what these people were really like?”

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26-29_HUEYLONG.FINAL.indd 29 2/21/13 10:27 AM FUN AT MARDI GRAS Kim Marie Vaz (NC ’81, G ’83) tells the story of the first masking, streetwalking groups of women at Carnival in The “Baby Dolls”: Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition (LSU Press, 2013). These African American women wore short, satiny skirts and babyish bonnets and had fun while parading through neighborhoods. The practice continues today.

TULANIANS Globe- Trotting Mary Lynn Hyde (UC ’66) signed up for a trip to Tuscany through Tulane University Alumni Travel many years ago, and since then she has become hooked on travel. The resident of La Jolla, Calif., has been on 17 trips through the alumni travel program. Tulane Travel is for people who believe in life- long learning. “All of our alumni travel programs have an educational component, and they’re designed for university alumni groups,” says Will Burdette, director of marketing and communications in the Office of Alumni Relations. “I love to learn as I travel,” says Hyde, who is past president of the Tulane University Alumni Club—San Diego and on the board of the Tulane CHERYL GERBER CHERYL University Alumni Association. “These educational travel programs give me an opportunity to see, to do and to know.” Tulane alumni and their friends are making all kinds of connections on trips through Tulane Golden Rule University Alumni Travel. David J. Goodman (B ’86), who lives and works as a certified public Renewing NOLA “I’ve recruited 10 to 12 other travelers, easily,” accountant in New Jersey, has brought 12 groups of volunteers to New David Goodman shows Hyde says. “Beginning with my first trip, I’ve met Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. He and two friends have organized off his painting skills in several travelers that I’ve stayed in touch with, more than 300 volunteers to help the Crescent City’s renewal. January. He made his and we plan yearly trips together.” Goodman, who is president of the Jewish Federation of Northern 12th trip in seven years By booking through one of the affiliated travel New Jersey, cites the Jewish concept of tikkun olam—repairing and from his home in New agencies, the Tulane Alumni Association benefits healing the world—as a personal tenet driving his volunteerism. The Jersery to New Orleans from your travel dollars. For more information to help build houses. idea of volunteering in New Orleans came naturally to him after he saw and a list of upcoming travel opportunities, go to Now he’s recruiting the devastation of Hurricane Katrina on television. tulane.edu/alumni/travel/.—F.S. volunteers to rebuild in “My heart just broke,” he says. “Being somebody who had lived in his home state. New Orleans, I felt the people there deserved a lot better than what was happening to them. I felt I needed to go back and rebuild it. I got a lot out of going to school and being in New Orleans, and I felt other people should have that experience.” Now in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, his home state needs help, too. “What we’re doing down in New Orleans in no way diminishes what we are doing up here in New Jersey,” says Goodman, whose latest trip to New Orleans with volunteers to help in rebuilding was in January. With temperatures at 20 degrees in New Jersey this winter, Good- man said, “A spring rebuilding effort would be best.” He is working with the Tulane Center for Public Service to offer an alternative spring break in New Jersey, where his Klean Up Krewe will work alongside students as they assist in the recovery effort. RoMAN holIDAy Goodman and his group also worked with Hands On in Biloxi, Miss., Italy is one of the to clean up a community park. Goodman led the effort at his local Jew- many destinations offered through ish federation to raise $50,000 to help rebuild a synagogue in Biloxi. Tulane University

—Fran Simon Alumni Travel. BELLINA TRACEY

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 30 2/22/13 11:14 AM Dispatch Shelby Tucker

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1950s BILL TUCKER (E ’51, ’56) has authored five books since he retired, including novels Widow’s Walk, Running Through the Sprinklers and Moonglow; a collection of short stories titled Goodbye World; and a memoir.

MARION J. SIEGMAN (NC ’54) is a professor and chair of molecular physiology and biophys- ics at Jefferson Medical College in Philadel- phia. Siegman recently celebrated her 45th anniversary with the college, where she has taught 11,000 medical students. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health.

DEDE WILSON (MARILYN COCO) (NC ’59) announces her fifth book of poetry, Near Waking, published this spring by Finishing Line Press.

1960s DONALD J. PALMISANO (A&S ’60, M ’63) announces the publication of The Little Red Book of Leadership Lessons, a collection of quotes from antiquity to the present. Palmisano interviewed many of the present-day leaders quoted in the book.

JOAN HALIFAX (NC ’64) is featured in Everyday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing the World One Nonprofit at a Time, for her global charitable contributions. This visual book includes por- traits and narratives that give insight into the minds and motivations of today’s social pioneers. For more information, visit welcomebooks.com/everydayheroes.

MARILEE EAVES (NC ’66, SW ’91) retired from HILL JACKSON social work in 1998; since then, she has walked labyrinths, given and received Reiki treat- LAWYER, VAGABOND, WRITER After “reading law” at Oxford University in England, ments and completed a manuscript of memoir Shelby Tucker (L ’59) received his law degree from Tulane. stories. Eaves is researching self-publishing His stint in New Orleans paid off in two ways—he met his wife, Carole Shelby Carnes and platform-building. She lives in Seattle and Tucker (NC ’62), and his legal practice provides money for Tucker to do what he really often travels to New Orleans to visit family. wants to do: travel and write. Tucker is a born storyteller. “I was born in Tennessee in the same bed as my father,” LUCILLE NOBILE PERRY (NC ’67), a psychologist in private practice, has served for the last three he begins. years as the clinical director of the Day Reporting One of his favorite stories takes place in Shreveport, La., when he was 17 and staying Center/Reentry Project in New Orleans. The proj- with his father. Tucker got the idea to hitchhike to Mexico. He left a note, sneaked out ect works with at-risk probationers and parolees and took off. But it’s a much more romantic story when he tells it. and their families to reconstruct their lives. Perry He relates being expelled from East High School in Memphis, Tenn., because “I didn’t calls the work “an inspiring challenge.” see any use for books.” He has held jobs varying widely from shoveling potatoes and working in oil fields to HOWARD M. MAZIAR (A&S ’68) recently served selling mutual funds and practicing law. as president of the Georgia Psychiatric Physi- “I learned that I didn’t need much money to travel,” says Tucker, whose main cians Association, an affiliate of the Ameri- motivation is curiosity. can Psychiatric Association. Among other His wanderlust has led him to most corners of the world. He married Carole, also appointments, Maziar has served on the board a lawyer, in Zanzibar. He was imprisoned in India for three months, and he taught at a of directors of the Physicians Institute for mission school in India. Excellence in Medicine since 2009. Maziar is a He has practiced law in New Orleans, London, New Zealand, Australia and native of Atlanta, where he lives with his wife, New York. And he has hitchhiked through Afghanistan, Iran, India, Australia, South Patty. They have two adult children. America and Africa. All these experiences were good material for his books, including The Last Banana: JAMES P. FARWELL (A&S ’69, L ’71) announces the publication of Persuasion and Power: The Dancing With the Watu; Among Insurgents: Walking Through Burma and Burma: the Art of Strategic Communication by Georgetown Curse of Independence. University Press in December 2012. His latest book, Client Service, a novel that takes place in the world of finance, is his first work of fiction. As he continues to travel the world, Tucker is working on Two SUSAN JAYNE (formerly SUSAN HILL Roads, a book about hitchhiking around India 50 years ago.—F.S. COCHRANE) (G ’69) is president and CEO of

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 31 2/21/13 10:28 AM NFL PLAYERS REBUILD Bernard Robertson (UC ’01), president of the National Foot- ball Players Association Former Players Chapter in New Orleans, led a collaboration with the Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans to build—just in time for Super Bowl weekend in February—three energy-efficient homes in the Lower Ninth Ward, a neighborhood still devastated from effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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the Society Against Technological Slavery to book, which is set in New Orleans at Monroe 1990s combat the abuse of medical and dental im- University (Tulane), tells the story of a young CATHERINE “CAT” CARLTON (NC ’90) was plants, as well as other devices. Jewish man who returns to tradition (the op- elected to the Menlo Park, Calif., city council. posite of The Chosen). The book is available She was sworn into office in December 2012. 1970s as a Kindle book at amazon.com. Weiner prac- DAVID E. BOOHER (G ’71) announces the publi- tices law in Dallas. MICHAEL D. CARTER (L ’90) is a superior court cation of Planning With Complexity, by Rout- judge in Los Angeles County (Burbank, Calif.). ledge, with co-author Judith Innes. Booher has ART LIUZZA (UC ’77, G ’82) retired after coach- Carter was appointed to the bench by Gov. recently delivered talks about the book at ing football for 30 years at Slidell High School Gray Davis in 2003 and has held court in Bur- Harvard University, University of California– in Slidell, La. In December 2012, Liuzza had bank for more than two years. His wife, Lia R. Los Angeles and the University of Groningen completed his sixth season as head coach. Martin, also is a judge. in the Netherlands. Booher is senior policy adviser and adjunct professor at the Center NED HALLOWELL (M ’78) appeared on “The Dr. In December 2012, ROD WEST (L ’93, B ’05) was for Collaborative Policy of California State Oz Show” in November, to discuss women and honored with a Weiss Award for humanitarian- University–Sacramento. attention deficit disorder. Hallowell is a child ism and civic leadership by the New Orleans and adult psychiatrist and founder of The Council for Community and Justice. West HAROLD T. GONZALES JR. (A&S ’72) released a Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional has served as chief administrator of Entergy book, How to Impress Your Online Instructor: Health in Sudbury, Mass., and New York. since 2010. Quick Tips to Success for the Virtual Student, available on amazon.com. Gonzales has spent 1980s In November 2012, TIM GRIFFIN (L ’94), who the last 38 years as an aviator, educator and LINO GARCÍA JR. (G ’81) has donated all of his is serving his 17th year as an officer in the U.S. instructor. In 1986, he earned a master of aero- articles on colonial Spanish Texas history Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) nautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical to the special collections of the University Corps, was promoted to lieutenant colonel. University, where he is now an adjunct professor. of Texas–Pan American in Edinburg, Texas. Griffin, a U.S. representative from Arkansas, García has taught at the university for 45 years. is one of only nine members of Congress MARLENE ESKIND MOSES (NC ’72, SW ’73), a He currently is professor emeritus of Spanish currently serving in the military. A. BROOKE family law expert and founder of MTR Family literature; he previously was assistant vice BENNETT (L ’05) serves as Griffin’s legislative Law, was reelected vice president of the Inter- president for academic affairs. director in Washington, D.C. national Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. CLARK PAGER (A&S ’81) is one of the founders AMY DAVIS (NC ’95) earned the designation of ROGER OGDEN (L ’72) received a Weiss Award and executives of Restaurant Depot, a national fellow from the American Academy of Hospice from the New Orleans Council for Commu- cash-and-carry warehouse. The company and Palliative Medicine for her dedication and nity and Justice for his humanitarian work. recently opened a location in New Orleans. scholarship in the field of palliative care. The council is a nonprofit human relations Pager says Restaurant Depot buys from many organization dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry Louisiana-based companies and is a partner in KIRSTIN MEINZ HAWTHORNE (B ’95) and her and racism. Ogden is a co-founder and board promoting Louisiana seafood. He is based in husband, Mike, announce the birth of Alexis member of Stirling Properties. He has been a the company’s corporate office in New York. Sandra on Nov. 1, 2012. Lexi joins her older leader in several civic organizations. brothers Owen, Derek and Kyle. GEOFFREY L. SQUITIERO (A&S ’82) has joined JEFFREY A. COHEN (A&S ’73), a professor of Halloran & Sage as a partner in its New Haven, LORI HOEPNER (PHTM ’95) is co-author of the neurology at the Geisel School of Medicine Conn., office. Squitiero practices in the area of paper “Seven-year neurodevelopmental scores at Dartmouth University, was appointed civil litigation and real estate law. and prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a com- interim chair of neurology. Cohen also serves mon agricultural pesticide” (Environmental as director of the clinical neurophysiology PETER J. FOS (PHTM ’85, G ’89) was sworn in Health Perspectives, 119:1196–1201), which was fellowship program at Dartmouth Hitchcock as the first president of the University of New named the 2012 Paper of the Year by Environ- Medical Center. Orleans, now part of the University of Louisi- mental Health Perspectives. The award honors ana system, in an investiture ceremony at the the journal’s most cited paper published dur- WILLIAM ODOM (G ’73) announces the publica- lakefront campus in November 2012. ing the preceding year. tion by Skyhorse Publishing of his translation from German of Bombing Hitler: The Story of GLORIA CLOUD CROOM (UC ’86) donated a piece After 15 years on Wall Street, MICHAEL WHITE the Man Who Almost Assassinated the Führer of art titled Survivor to the Slidell Memorial MORFORD (E ’95, B ’96) founded an environ- by Hellmut Haasis. Odom has been teaching Cancer Center in Slidell, La., in October 2012. mental oilfield services company, Nemaha German for more than 40 years. He currently Water Services. The company focuses on is a professor at the University of Southern REGINA HURLEY (L ’86) was recognized as a handling, recycling and disposing of the toxic Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss. “Super Lawyer” for family law by New England wastewater that is produced by oil wells. Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. DAVID WILLIAMSON (G ’74) has written ROB SANDERS (A&S ’95) was reelected in three more books on the American Civil War: GLORIA DUNN (NC ’87) and her husband, Bill November to his second, six-year term as The 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry: A Belk, have been working to fight corruption in commonwealth’s attorney for the 16th Judicial Civil War History (McFarland, 2012), The the Turks and Caicos Islands, where she was Circuit of Kentucky. Sanders also personally 47th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Court-Martial appointed adviser to the statutory bodies. prosecutes a full caseload. Sanders and his Case Files, and Slack’s War: Selected Civil wife, Delana, live in Ft. Mitchell, Ky., with their War Letters of General James R. Slack, 47th STEVEN K. DICKENS (A ’89) received a merit 5-year-old daughter, Anna Grace. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, to His Wife, award from the Washington chapter of the Ann, 1862–1865. For more information, visit American Institute of Architects for his HEATHER M. VALLIANT (L ’96) joined Curry & williamsonbooks.wordpress.com. entrance canopy design for an Art Moderne Friend as a partner practicing in the firm’s New apartment building in Washington, D.C. His Orleans office. Valliant practices primarily in DAVID WEINER (A&S ’75) has published his design restores the glamour of the original the areas of environmental litigation and toxic first novel, The Name of His Fathers. The while fixing its myriad functional problems. tort defense.

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NADINE FARID JOHNSON (L ’98) and her husband, Brian, welcomed Emma Aziza on July 2, 2012. The family lives in Abuja, Nigeria, where the Johnsons work with the U.S. Department of State.

TIMOTHY J. SMITH (A&S ’98) has received the William C. Strickland Outstanding Young Fac- ulty Award for the College of Arts & Sciences at Appalachian State University of the University of North Carolina system.

YURBIN VELASQUEZ (L ’98) and ASHLEY WILSON VELASQUEZ (NC ’02) announce the birth of Amelia Elizabeth on Nov. 24, 2012. The family resides in Austin, Texas, where Ashley Velas- quez is a development director of the Texas Medical Association Foundation, and Yurbin Velasquez has his principal law office, primarily practicing personal injury law.

MICHELLE ARENS (NC ’99) received a master’s degree in supply chain management from the University of San Diego last fall.

ALISON JORDAN BRULEY (NC ’99) and her husband, Kenneth, announce the birth of Mae Helen on Oct. 22, 2012. Mae joins brothers Coleman, 3, and Knox, 1.

FORD GRAHAM (TC ’99) is president of the Council of American States in Europe, which includes 15 U.S. states with full-time offices in Europe. The council provides assistance to European companies planning to establish or expand their business in the U.S. Graham currently leads South Carolina’s Europe office in Munich, Germany. Graham was previously the director of international investment for South kristin hoebermann kristin Carolina’s commerce department. BALANCE AND AMBITION By her own definition,Olga Merediz (NC ’78) is the ALAN E. MARKS (L ’99) is assistant vice chan- cellor for academic affairs and athletics coun- consummate New Yorker. “[New York] is a place for ambition,” she says. “It’s just sel for the University of Texas system. a very busy town.” Merediz is a Tony-nominated actress-singer-writer. She has three movies coming CRAIG PLATT (TC ’99) is senior vice president, out this year (with the likes of Robin Williams, Bradley Cooper and Eva Mendez), but creative director of mOcean, an entertain- voice-overs are her “bread and butter,” she says. Among many jobs, she is co-writing ment advertising, marketing, branding and a sitcom. production company. Platt was awarded The But right now, “I need to concentrate on [my] writing—to do my own thing rather Hollywood Reporter’s Key Art Awards for work than everyone else’s passion project.” on The Dark Knight Rises and Project X. Her own “passion project” is a deeply personal theater piece. “My mother and her sisters were singers,” she says. “I’m writing about how they influenced me in 2000s New York and about part of my family being communists and part being successful GARY CHISHOLM (B ’00) joined Miraca Life capitalists and how that influenced me as a performer.” Sciences, a state-of-the-art dermatopathol- Merediz was born in Cuba and escaped with her parents to Miami by way of ogy laboratory, as sales director last February. Jamaica when she was 5 years old. The family later moved to Puerto Rico, where Chisholm’s territory includes Louisiana, Mis- she grew up. sissippi, Alabama, Georgia and North Florida. This isn’t the first time Merediz’s heritage has played a role in her career. To play her part in In the Heights, the Broadway show for which she scored the Tony nod, BROOKE PRATT (NC ’00) is founder of Sucre Shop, which produces and sells eco-friendly, Merediz drew on memories of her mother and grandmother. hand-printed, wooden utensils and party The experience was powerful, she says. “It would bring up so many memories and accessories. Items retail through Etsy and feelings. I would be out there singing a song, and it would touch something. Feelings wholesale internationally to more than 50 would flood me.” stores. Sucre products have been featured on But heartfelt experience isn’t the simple key to success, she says. Success also is “The Today Show,” in Martha Stewart Living, about control. “You have to create a balance. You can’t cry. You want to let them [the Redbook and People, as well as on a number audience] cry, and you have to sustain that.”—CATHERINE FRESHLEY of blogs.

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 33 2/21/13 10:28 AM Dispatch Jean Morgan Meaux

WHERE Y’AT!

DEREK D. BARDELL (G ’01, ’02) was named a 2012 ALASKA: THE LAST fellow at the Loyola University New Orleans FRONTIER Most Americans Institute for Environmental Communication. wouldn’t recognize their names: Charles Hallock, VALERIE TIMMERS CALENDA (B ’01, ’08) and ALEX Caroline Willard, Harry de CALENDA (TC ’03) welcomed Vivienne Arianna Windt, Mary Hitchock. Yet, on Nov. 17, 2012. their stories are as integral to the larger story of America as MEREDITH FEIKE CRANE (NC ’01) and her husband, Max, welcomed their first child, Charlotte anyone’s, says Jean Morgan Ann, in April 2011. Crane recently joined the Meaux (L ’88), who has writ- Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy at ten about these and 23 other Tulane and was elected for a second term as vice “hardy souls” who in the 19th president of the Newcomb Alumnae Association. and early 20th century trav- A recent paper by Crane will be published in the eled to Alaska to discover and forthcoming book, Urban Ethnography: The New record the last and largest of Orleans Ninth Ward Lives Post Katrina. American frontiers. Her book, In Pursuit of REBECCA LOEB (NC ’01) is president and CEO Alaska: An Anthology of of Coterie Spark, an international meeting and Travelers’ Tales 1879–1909, event management firm based in Houston. (University of Washington Press), is something of a labor THOMAS MULLIGAN (TC ’01, G ’07) is serving as of love for Meaux, who began a regional affairs officer in the U.S. Embassy in compiling the first-person Bogota, Colombia. Mulligan joined the Depart- accounts from the Alaskan ment of State in 2008 after receiving his master’s wilderness back in the 1980s, degree in philosophy from Tulane. EAUX m when she was herself a CHRISTINA TAYLOR GREIFZU (B ’02) and JOHN resident of the state (and M. GREIFZU JR. (TC ’03) announce the birth of where she is pictured here). Elizabeth Ryan on April 13, 2012. The baby’s Working as a journalist and

godparents are PAUL WALSH (TC ’04) and ERIN morGAN JEAN from freelancing for the Anchorage RILEY VILLASENOR (E ’03). John Greifzu is a Daily News, Meaux began to litigation associate at the law firm of Wiggin and research the little-known narratives of people who traveled to Alaska for a variety of Dana in New York. Tina Greifzu is the global reasons. As she read their accounts, Meaux realized these intrepid folks fell into three head of product development and management groups: explorers and adventurers, wealthy tourists and fortune hunters who comprised for K2 Advisors in Stamford, Conn. The family the great Klondike Gold Rush. lives in Darien, Conn. Despite the disparity of reasons that drew them north, all shared a commonality of spirit, says Meaux. TRAN CASSANDRA HUYNH (NC ’02) and her “There’s a wonderful buoyancy and determination and resiliency in these people,” husband, David, welcomed their first son, Aiden says Meaux. “They believed they could do anything they set out to do.” Huynh Stewart, on Nov. 21, 2012. Meaux, now an attorney living in Folsom, La., says she carried a rough draft of the book in a cardboard box for decades before returning to the project. BEN SILBERT (B ’02) is founder of Bar & Club Stats, which provides age verification services “A couple of years ago, I realized the one pursuit I really cared about more than and data collection to bars, nightclubs and anything in this world is this book, and if I didn’t do it, nobody would.” marketers. Bar & Club Stats will be spotlighted Along with excerpts from accounts written by Meaux’s 27 subjects, the book, which this spring in an episode of “Bar Rescue” on will be published in May, includes introductions and other material by the author. Spike TV. —NICK MARINELLO

ROBERT M. FROHM (M ’03) was appointed medical director at the John Peter Smith Ambulatory Surgery Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Frohm is CASEY HAUGNER (NC ’05, B ’06) married RYAN Belgrade, Serbia, and then sailed the Adriatic an anesthesiologist for Sheridan Healthcare of WRENN (E ’05) on Sept. 1, 2012, in Nashville, together. CHANTAL MAILHOT (E ’06), NICOLE Texas. He resides in Colleyville, Texas, with his Tenn. Members of the wedding party included PARAGGIO (NC ’05), LILJANA JOHNSON (PHTM wife, Lindsay, and their three children, Dean, TERESA WHITNEY HALBROOKS (B ’05) and ’08), NABIL BADDOUR (TC ’05, PHTM ’08), Doug and Tilly. BRETT PARKER (TC ’05). The wedding was MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN (B ’05, ’06), ANDY TOWBIN officiated by MATHEW BRADLEY (E ’05). Casey (TC ’06, A ’08), KATHRYN SPRUILL ROMAN (NC MEREDITH BRIZENDINE CASE (NC ’04) and Wrenn works for the Tennessee Department ’04, B ’07), ADAM BLOCK (B ’04, ’06) and NINA E. GLENN CASE IV (E ’05) announce the birth of of Education, and Ryan Wrenn is a research MOFFA (NC ’02) attended the reunion. The Maddox Nicholas on Aug. 30, 2012. Maddox joins engineer for Vanderbilt University. couple resides in Pointe-Noire, Congo. big brother Greyson, 2. The family resides in Maple Valley, Wash. ADAM KWASMAN (TC ’05) was elected to the ADAM STEPHENS (TC ’06), who participated in Arizona State Legislature as the state repre- the Tulane University ROTC program, graduat- KIRK SOODHALTER (TC ’04) received a PhD in sentative from legislative district 11. ed from the Navy’s TOPGUN school as an F-18C applied mathematics from Temple University pilot last September. He is now a tactical flight in May 2012. Soodhalter started a postdoctoral Tulane alumni reunited to celebrate the wedding instructor in the Navy’s Strike Fighter Weapons research position at Johannes Kepler University of JACKIE LOONSTRA (NC ’05, G ’06) and VELJKO School. His wife, LAUREN MATHEWS STEPHENS in Linz, Austria, in June 2012. CULAFIC (G ’06) in the groom’s hometown of (B ’05), earned her MBA from Mississippi State

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 34 2/22/13 10:17 AM HIGH ON THE HOG Daniel Vaughn (A ’01), aka The BBQ Snob, has written a book profiling Texas barbecue legends. The Prophets of Smoked Meat will be released in May by foodie Anthony Bourdain’s new book imprint with HarperCollins’ Ecco. Vaughn blogs at Full Custom Gospel BBQ.

FAREWELL

University in May 2012 and continues to work for Elizabeth Wilson Lyle (NC ’31) of Meridian, Miss., on Elodie Diodene Fleming (NC ’47, UC ’88) of New Rabobank as a relationship manager. Nov. 3, 2012. Orleans on Sept. 26, 2012.

BEN EL-BAZ (’07) has been living and working Benjamin M. Goodman (A&S ’33, L ’35) of Shreveport, J. Olton Hebert (A&S ’47) of New Iberia, La., on in China for five years. He is director of product La., on Oct. 9, 2012. Oct. 7, 2012. development for Hatch, a boutique consumer electronics development firm and subsidiary of Joyce D. Sabatier (NC ’37, SW ’43) of New Orleans on Harry L. Heintzen (A&S ’47, G ’51) of Washington, Shenzhen CE and IT Ltd. Among his responsibil- Sept. 17, 2012. D.C., on Oct. 10, 2012. ities, El-Baz manages the product development team and develops mid- to long-term product Anna May Ricks Maunz (NC ’38) of Metairie, La., on Harry H. Howard (B ’47, L ’49) of Kenner, La., on strategy. His projects have included custom- Nov. 27, 2012. July 22, 2011. designed digital cameras and Android tablets. Jane Waddle Myers (NC ’38, G ’40) of Hamilton, Ohio, Dee R. Hunter (B ’47) of American Fork, Utah, on JOHN MARSHALL (B ’07) is a managing partner on Dec. 10, 2012. Sept. 29, 2012. of Room Reserves. The company, based in New Orleans, partners with hotels to make blocks of Lyle Dawson Eichsteadt (NC ’40) of Woodburn, Ore., Thomas S. Kane (A&S ’47, G ’49) of Kittery, Maine, rooms available to fans of teams playing in high- on April 19, 2012. Jan. 18, 2012. profile sporting events. For more information, visit www.roomreserves.com. Miriam Scales Garrett (NC ’40) of Saint Francisville, Chester A. Peyronnin Jr. (E ’47) of New Orleans on La., on Oct. 17, 2012. Dec. 12, 2012. MEAGHAN CALLAHAN (’08) married Jonathan DeSoto of Marrero, La., on July 1, 2012, in Irma O'Keefe Scardino (UC ’40) of Metairie, La., on William B. Ragland Jr. (A&S ’47, L ’50) of Charlottes- Marblehead, Mass., where the couple lives. Sept. 15, 2012. ville, Va., on Oct. 21, 2012. Callahan is a teacher and her husband is a chef. Douglas C. Augustin (B ’42, UC ’55) of New Orleans Helen Hamilton Bailey (SW ’48) of Lafayette, La., on on Oct. 1, 2012. Nov. 24, 2012. CATHERINE FRESHLEY (’09) married her high school boyfriend, Tom Leineweber, in Oyster- Charles Schwartz Jr. (A&S ’43, L ’47) of Metairie, La., Peggy Michel Bernhardt (NC ’48) of New Orleans on ville, Wash., over Labor Day weekend. Freshley is on Nov. 3, 2012. Nov. 22, 2012. a strategist with Peter Mayer Advertising of New Orleans. Leineweber is a captain in the Air Force Martin B. Harthcock Jr. (M ’44) of Raymond, Miss., Egbert D. N. Buniff(A&S ’48) of Canoga Park, Calif., and flies the KC-135. They live in Spokane, Wash. on Nov. 26, 2012. on Sept. 11, 2012.

MARIELLE SOPHIA NEWMAN (’09) received her Norma Rosenson Kost (NC ’44) of Houston on Edmund B. Martin Jr. (A&S ’48) of Sarasota, Fla., on MPH from the University of Illinois School of Sept. 8, 2012. Oct. 21, 2012. Public Health in her native Chicago. Newman is completing mental health research in Dhaka, Antoninette Dingraudo Oddo (NC ’44, G ’57) of Randolph D. Peets Jr. (B ’48) of Jackson, Miss., on Bangladesh, on a Fulbright Award. She writes Metairie, La., on June 3, 2012. Oct. 26, 2012. about health and Bangladesh for various publications and at www.msophianewman.com. Paul Trautman (M ’44) of Portland, Ore., on Sigmund J. Rosen (A&S ’48) of Birmingham, Ala., on May 8, 2011. Nov. 23, 2012. 2010s NIC BONSELL (’10) is director of disaster response Elaine McFaul Norsworthy (NC ’45) of Slidell, La., on Philip S. Ambler III (UC ’49) of Mount Pleasant, S.C., for New York Cares, a nonprofit working along- Dec. 14, 2012. on Nov. 21, 2012. side city, state and federal hurricane recovery efforts to mobilize volunteers. Henry G. Simon (A&S ’45, M ’48) of New Orleans on Ethel L. Eaton (NC ’49, G ’63) of Destrehan, La., on Dec. 10, 2012. Nov. 23, 2012. For the inauguration of President Barack Obama in January, ELIZABETH BORDELON (’11) was a Marjorie Zengel Tipler (NC ’45, G ’53) of Centralia, James W. Hendrick (M ’49) of Jacksonville, Fla., on member of the task force that coordinated cer- Wash., on Oct. 31, 2012. Dec. 5, 2012. emonial support for members from all branches of the armed forces. A Coast Guard petty officer H. Glenn Doran (B ’46) of Cottage Grove, Tenn., on Winston C. Lill (A&S ’49) of New Orleans on 2nd class, Bordelon was in Washington, D.C., for Nov. 5, 2012. Nov. 1, 2012. several months as a media relations expert. Elliott H. Igleheart (A&S ’46, G ’51) of Tallahassee, William A. McBride (M ’49) of Alexandria, La., on JESSIE LINGENFELTER (’11) is an uptown New Fla., on Dec. 12, 2012. Dec. 2, 2012. Orleans columnist and writer for The Times- Picayune. Lingenfelter also is public relations John J. Burke (E ’47) of New Orleans on Maxine Scoggins Rushing (SW ’49) of Meadowlakes, director and online creative specialist for Trashy Nov. 29, 2012. Texas, on Oct. 1, 2012. Diva, a dress boutique in uptown New Orleans. Catherine Hilderbrand Cooper (NC ’47) of Annapolis, Rose F. Spicola (NC ’49) of Tampa, Fla., on MICHAEL J. SMITH (G ’11), an Iraq veteran and Md., on Sept. 9, 2012. Nov. 21, 2012. chief warrant officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, is director of the Marine Forces Pacific Band Warren Paul Deckert (B ’47) of New Orleans on Christopher Tompkins (UC ’49, L ’52) of New Orleans stationed in Hawaii. Last summer, Smith led the Sept. 29, 2012. on Sept. 13, 2012. band in a performance in New Zealand com- memorating the 70th anniversary of American Patricia Peres Fauxan (NC ’47) of Tampa, Fla., on Gloria Ratchford Volkert (NC ’49) of Lewisville, forces’ arrival in the country during World War Sept. 4, 2012. Texas, on Sept. 29, 2012. II. The performance won the Marine Corps Band Performance of the Year award. Edward D. Fischer Jr. (A&S ’47) of Metairie, La., on Bernard J. Conroy (B ’50) of Towson, Md., on Dec. 13, 2012. Nov. 5, 2012.

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 35 2/21/13 10:29 AM PRIME PEDIATRICIAN Nell-Pape Williams Waring (M ’51), of New Orleans, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Tulane University, died on Oct. 20, 2012. Among the first women to attend medical school and one of the first female physicians in New Orleans, Waring was known for developing effective care plans for children with asthma and training programs for their families to prevent asthma attacks.

FAREWELL

Marian R. Loehlin Davies (G ’50) of Los Altos Hills, Russell D. Krogsgard (A ’54) of Mandeville, La., Charles J. Cohen (A&S ’59) of Cordova, Tenn., on Calif., on Dec. 1, 2012. on Dec. 6, 2012. Dec. 10, 2012.

Streuby L. Drumm Jr. (A&S ’50, B ’51) of New Orleans Crawford W. Long (A&S ’54, M ’57) of Atlanta on Evelyne Berger Smason (NC ’59) of Los Angeles on on Nov. 10, 2012. Nov. 2, 2012. Dec. 7, 2012.

J.L. Foretich (A&S ’50) of Houston on May 25, 2012. Melvin M. Melancon (B ’54) of Baton Rouge, La., Katherine Graham Townes (NC ’59) of Grenada, on Oct. 20, 2012. Miss., on Sept. 5, 2012. Herbert E. Hauer (E ’50) of Mandeville, La., on Sept. 26, 2012. G. Robert Richardson Jr. (A&S ’54) of Lafayette, Barbara Selph Smith (UC ’59) of Tyler, Texas, on La., on Oct. 19, 2012. Sept., 14, 2012. Bunky Healy (A&S ’50, L ’55) of New Orleans on Nov. 20, 2012. Oscar L. Berry Jr. (A&S ’55, M ’58) of Shreveport, Richard W. Winters Sr. (PHTM ’60) of Eden, Texas, La., on Sept. 12, 2012. on Oct. 3, 2011. Theodore W. Kessler (B ’50) of Toledo, Ohio, on (M ’55) of Baton Rouge, Sept. 3, 2012. Carlton L. Carpenter Jr. Bruce J. Borrello (L ’61) of Mandeville, La., on La., on Sept. 4, 2012. Oct. 7, 2012. Albert D. Rood (M ’50) of Jacksonville, Fla., on Robert L. Hopkins Jr. (B ’55) of Ashland, Va., on (A&S ’62) of Branson, Mo., on Sept. 1, 2012. Nicholas L. Weinsaft Nov. 10, 2012. Nov. 28, 2012. Edward S. Schlesinger (A&S ’50) of Scarsdale, N.Y., James P. Nowakowski (A&S ’55) of Bluffton, S.C., H. William Sellers (A&S ’63) of West Chester, Pa., on April 24, 2012. on Nov. 23, 2012. on Nov. 9, 2012. (E ’51) of Deland, Fla., on Walter D. Gindl Roger V. Pailet (UC ’55, PHTM ’56) of Metairie, John G. Hankins (M ’64) of Mountain Brook, Ala., Nov. 5, 2012. La., on Dec. 3, 2012. on March 28, 2012.

Harold G. Smith (G ’51) of Oak Ridge, Tenn., on Stanley H. Frank Jr. (B ’56) of San Antonio on Annell McGee (G ’64) of New Orleans on Dec. 2, 2012. Oct. 9, 2012. Sept. 2, 2012. Alfred E. Michon (B ’64) of North Falmouth, Mass., Thomas W. Thorne Jr. (A&S ’51, L ’53) of New Orleans John C. Lipsey (M ’56) of Blacksburg, Va., on on Oct. 9, 2012. on Oct. 16, 2012. Sept. 3, 2012. Thomas H. Naylor (G ’64) of Charlotte, Vt., on Edward B. Benjamin Jr. (L ’52) of New Orleans on Jose J. Sequeira (A ’56) of Spring, Texas, on Dec. 12, 2012. Oct. 23, 2012. Feb. 16, 2011. Barbara M. Bayless (G ’65) of Dallas on Fred L. Bowden (L ’52) of Temecula, Calif., on Gayle T. Strickland (G ’56) of Baton Rouge, La., on March 22, 2012. July 5, 2011. Oct. 13, 2012. Don P. Miller (G ’65) of Las Cruces, N.M., on Ehud J. Cohen (B ’52) of Pikesville, Md., on Franklin D. Barkdull (A&S ’57) of Laurel, Md., on Oct. 12, 2012. Feb. 8, 2012. Sept. 30, 2012. James E. Peguesse (PHTM ’67) of Tucson, Ariz., on Paul N. Polizzi Jr. (A&S ’52) of Hobe Sound, Fla., Jack Q. Causey (M ’57) of Centreville, Miss., on April 26, 2011. on Sept. 1, 2012. Sept. 9, 2012. Harold B. Probes Jr. (L ’67, ’69) of Wesley Chapel, H. Frank Boswell Jr. (M ’53) of New Orleans on Harold N. Richmond (A&S ’57) of Woodbridge, Fla., on Oct. 2, 2012. Nov. 19, 2012. N.J., on Sept. 23, 2012. David A. Murphy (A&S ’68) of Portland, Ore., on Lionel J. Skidmore (E ’57, ’59) of Vienna, Va., on Elaine Utay Greenberg (SW ’53) of Houston on Oct. 30, 2012. Oct. 3, 2012. Dec. 18, 2012. Gertrude Cooper Bernauer (SW ’69) of Slidell, La., Madolene Stone (NC ’57) of Lubbock, Texas, on (UC ’53) of Aurora, Ill., on on Oct. 24, 2012. Nell Holley Miller Sept. 27, 2012. Jan. 8, 2012. Frederic A. Youngs Jr. (B ’57) of Denham Springs, Marvin T. Bond (G ’69) of Decatur, Ga., on Saul A. Mintz (A ’53) of Monroe, La., on Sept. 15, 2012 La., on March 7, 2011. Oct. 20, 2012.

Edward D. Perreira (UC ’53) of Longwood, Fla., on Alfred N. Clement (B ’58) of Picayune, Miss., on Mead P. Miller (A&S ’69) of Mobile, Ala., on Nov. Sept. 15, 2012. Oct. 20, 2012. 26, 2012.

James A. Villarrubia (UC ’53) of Metairie, La., on Darwayne W. M. Coburn (E’ 58) of Slidell, La., on Leroy R. Nolan (G ’69) of New Orleans on Oct. Nov. 20, 2012. Sept. 30, 2012. 30, 2012.

Mildred Conover Watson (G ’53) of Lexington, Ky., Donald M. Hall (L ’58) of Hillsboro, Ore., on Betty M. Foree (PHTM ’70) of Manchaca, Texas, on Nov. 12, 2012. Sept. 6, 2012. on Jan. 27, 2012.

Warren T. Weathington (PHTM ’53) of Tallahassee, Walter J. Landry (L ’58) of Arlington, Va., on Thomas J. Schroeder (E’ 70) of Logan, Utah, on Fla., on April 21, 2012. Oct. 24, 2012. Nov. 17, 2012.

Alfred R. Gould (M ’54) of Missouri City, Texas, Barbara Murphy Brooks (SW ’59) of East Point, Ga., Carolyn Louis Shultz (SW ’70) of Tucson, Ariz., on Sept. 8, 2012. on Nov. 20, 2012. on Sept. 14, 2012.

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 36 2/21/13 10:29 AM Tribute James J. Corrigan =

Bobby L. Poarch (G ’71) of Valdese, N.C., on Nov. 26, 2012.

Jon H. Spence (G ’71) of Athens, Ga., on July 5, 2011.

John M. Bauer (A&S ’72) of Hickory, N.C., on Dec. 16, 2012.

Charles F. Lozes (L ’72) of Metairie, La., on Nov. 22, 2012.

Brian Miller (A&S ’72) of Greenwich, Conn., on Feb. 4, 2012.

Jane Capella Silva (NC ’73) of Metairie, La., on Sept. 2, 2012.

Carlton J. Hicks (L ’74) of Alexandria, La., on

Sept. 27, 2012. RCHIV eS a Y

Kenneth J. Stumpf (L ’74) of New York on RSI t Oct. 23, 2012.

Ronald A. Cahanin (SW ’76) of Covington, La., on Dec. 11, 2012. tulane unIV e

Timothy A. Jones (L ’76) of Lafayette, La., on OPENING DOORS While moving through one’s career, it’s important to acknowledge Aug. 27, 2012. and remember those who opened a door and changed the direction that one eventually follows. James J. Corrigan, former dean of Tulane School of Medicine who died in Dione Routh Suthon (UC ’76) of League City, Texas, Tucson, Ariz., on Dec. 19, 2012, was one of those important people to me. on Oct. 15, 2012. As a relatively junior faculty member I served at then-dean Vincent Fulginiti’s request on the search committee that chose Jim Corrigan, a distinguished pediatri- Joseph I. Giarrusso Jr. (L ’77) of New Orleans on cian from the University of Arizona who was recognized as a clinician and researcher Sept. 12, 2012. in hematology with a passion for medical student education, as vice dean of academic affairs at Tulane medical school. Several years later, after Jim assumed the position of Martin V. King (A ’77) of Houston on Sept. 30, 2012. dean, he moved me into his former role, following which we worked together closely. I looked forward to our weekly meetings, which gave him an opportunity to serve as Isabel L. Ochsner (NC ’77) of New Orleans on mentor and friend and discuss everything from the direction of medical student educa- Nov. 6, 2012. tion to the latest escapades of his beloved basset hounds. James G. Wyrick (A&S ’77, L ’79) of Metairie, La., Jim was never afraid to let everyone know where he stood but he did so out of his on Dec. 15, 2012. great interest for the medical school’s success. What always came across was his passion and caring about his patients, the students and the personal interests of all those Rebecca C. Chavez (PHTM ’78) of Lakewood, Colo., around him to create a successful team. It is with warmth and gratitude that I remem- on Dec. 12, 2012. ber Jim for his outstanding mentorship and leadership for the School of Medicine. —N. KEVIN KRANE (M ’77) Kevin Krane is professor of medicine and vice dean for George D. Long (A&S ’78, M ’82) of Atlanta on academic affairs at Tulane University School of Medicine. Nov. 15, 2012.

Corinth L. Thoma (PHTM ’78) of Woodstock, Ga., on May 28, 2012. David L. Wahl (UC ’86) of New Orleans on Brenda J. Hill Simmons (PHTM ’96) of Manassas, Oct. 11, 2012. James Benton Walters (UC ’78, E ’86) of Chalmette, Va., on Aug. 12, 2012. La., on Nov. 3, 2012. Ann E. George (G ’87) of New Orleans on (PHTM ’00) of Pasco, Wash., on Aug. 28, 2012. Bill G. Robinson Frank Deloume Jr. (UC ’79) of Metairie, La., on April 11, 2012. Nov. 22, 2012. Wade A. Young (M ’88) of Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Egbe K. Ikhinmwin (PHTM ’82) of Richmond, Oct. 9, 2012. James M. Bliss (M ’02) of Santa Barbara, Calif., Texas, on Oct. 10, 2012. on Nov. 10, 2012. James D. Hamlett (A&S ’89) of Montgomery, Ala., on (L ’84) of Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 11, 2012. Peter E. Hess Stephen Inscore (PHTM ’02) of San Antonio on Jan. 12, 2012. Andrew J. Pape (A&S ’89) of Middlebury, Conn., on July 5, 2012. John C. Floyd (M ’85) of Houma, La., on Oct. 7, 2012. Nov. 7, 2012. Tamara L. Minikus (L ’02) of Astoria, N.Y., on (PHTM ’91) of Decatur, Frederic R. Lexow II (A&S ’86) of New York on Maurine Fontenot Goodman Sept. 4, 2012. Sept. 22, 2012. Ga., on Nov. 26, 2012.

Steven D. Vaughan (B ’86) of Murfreesboro, Tenn., Emma Buhrman Hutcheson (L ’95) of Minneapolis Bryan J. Fritz (M ’05) of New Orleans on on Sept. 28. 2012. on Oct. 2, 2012. Oct. 14, 2012.

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30-37_TULANIANS_FINAL.indd 37 2/21/13 10:29 AM 96% of Goal EMPOWERS Campaign gifts to Tulane Empowers connect Tulane students with community outreach projects that make a difference in people’s lives. As of Jan. 31, 2013, the campaign had received $96 million toward its $100 million goal.

TULANE EMPOWERS Team Work Dr. Paul K. Whelton offers a one-word recommendation for physicians treating patients with multiple chronic illnesses: collaboration. When leaders in multiple fields and institutions work together, patients’ lives improve and healthcare costs decrease, says Whelton, who in December 2012 was invested in the new Show Chwan Health System Chair in Global Public Health at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. “The chronic diseases we are seeing around the world today require that we make progress in small increments, and the only way to do that is through collaboration,” said Whelton. That spirit of global connectivity Tennis Ace is the focus of the new chair. Just inside the doors of Ben Weiner Hall, Hamilton Richardson’s Top of His Game An international authority on cardiovas- 147-piece trophy collection gleams in the afternoon light, reflecting Ham Richardson cular and renal disease, Whelton first came to a lifetime of achievements by Tulane University’s greatest tennis won multiple national Tulane in 1997 as dean of public health. athlete. On Nov. 10, 2012, the Hamilton Richardson Memorial Trophy tennis titles in the He also served as dean of the medical Collection was dedicated at a ceremony in the James W. Wilson Jr. 1950s. Now his trophy school and senior vice president of health Center for Intercollegiate Athletics. and awards collection sciences at Tulane University before taking Richardson (A&S ’55) died in 2006, but there was never a question is housed in the the helm of the health sciences complex at where his trophies and awards would eventually reside, said his wife, James W. Wilson Jr. Center for Intercolle- Loyola University–Chicago from 2007–2011. Midge Richardson, before her death in December. “Ham felt a deep giate Athletics. As chair, Whelton will administer the connection to Tulane.” The family’s hope is that the display will pro- public health school’s programs in Asia. vide inspiration to Tulane tennis players and others who see it. “We The Show also hope it will encourage everyone who cares about Tulane to re- Chwan Chair member its past and support the university as it strides toward the was established future,” said Midge Richardson. by Dr. Min- A native of Baton Rouge, La., Hamilton Farrar “Ham” Richardson Ho Huang, an survived juvenile diabetes to become one of the most prolific tennis international- players of his generation. Diagnosed at age 15, Richardson won the na- ly recognized tional junior tennis championship two years later. At Tulane, he was a developer of two-time NCAA singles champion, won four Southeastern Conference hospitals and singles titles and led the Green Wave to four conference champion- a parent of ships. Always an amateur, he was the top-ranked tennis player in the three Tulane United States in 1956 and 1958, won 17 national tennis titles and played University grad- on seven Davis Cup teams. uates. Huang Richardson stopped regularly competing in tournaments in 1958. He is founder and was a successful investment banker for 35 years and served as president president of and chairman of the board of Richardson and Associates in New York THINKING GLOBAL Taiwan’s Show City. Richardson was a member of the Tulane President’s Council, and he Dr. Paul K. Whelton Chwan Health established the Hamilton Richardson Tennis Endowment in 2004 to is the holder of the Show Chwan Health Care System. underwrite scholarships for the Tulane tennis programs. The university System Chair in Global

tracie morris schaffer morris tracie —Matt Roberts encourages gifts to the fund in memory of Richardson.—Michael Joe Public Health.

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38-39_EMPOWERS.FINALFINAL.indd 38 2/21/13 10:30 AM TULANE EMPOWERS Outdoor A Place Attraction for Research no A ELEnt -c bu RcH LA pAu

The tradition at Tulane University of encouraging outdoor classes, events and gatherings continues thanks to the construction of Benen- son Plaza, located at the historic Newcomb Hall on the uptown campus. A dedication ceremony on Dec. 12, 2012, celebrated this latest milestone in Tulane’s landscape renewal plan. Benenson Plaza is a carefully designed space that provides improved lighting and numerous benches and tables for relaxation, studying and fellowship. The plaza is the third phase of a project designed to join the quads between Newcomb Hall and McAli- ster Auditorium and transform the green ex- panse in the middle of campus into a scenic environment. At the dedication ceremony, speakers noted that the beautification project is part of a long-term strategy to foster a pedestrian-friendly culture at Tulane. ASHER SALLY Tulane President Scott Cowen said the plaza The opening of the Donna and Paul Flower Hall for Research and Collaborative will attract people to the outdoors. “This magni- Innovation signals that a new era of scientific discovery is under way Space ficent plaza,” he said, “enhances the view from at Tulane University. The building was dedicated in December 2012. The four-story, Newcomb Hall all the way over to McAlister.” Located on the front part of the uptown campus adjacent to other 24,000-square-foot Benenson Plaza is part of the Newcomb- science and engineering facilities, Flower Hall provides a contempo- Flower Hall offers an McAlister Unified Green beautification proj- rary space for studies that bridge academia and industry—work that “open and innovative ect that started with turning McAlister Drive will spur an increase in research publications, technology licenses, environment” for into the McAliser Place Pedestrian Way. patents and startup businesses, said Nick Altiero, dean of the School students and faculty The new outdoor landmark is the gift of of Science and Engineering. to pursue research projects bridging Clement and Stephanie Benenson, both of The four-story, 24,000-square-foot building includes a modernized academia and industry. whom received their undergraduate degrees Francis Taylor Laboratory and features that encourage creativity and The facility opened from Tulane in 2004; Clem’s father, James collaboration. “One of the main reasons we’ve put so much emphasis on in December 2012. Benenson Jr.; brother, James Benenson creating an open, innovative environment is that our entrepreneurial III; and their families. students and faculty have demanded it,” said Altiero. Clem Benenson, a member of the Board of Creating a force for the growth of New Orleans was the objective Tulane, said his family’s goal is to make Tulane motivating the Flowers’ support for the building, said Paul Flower, a benenson PlAzA as successful aesthetically as the university 1975 Tulane engineering alumnus. “In a way, our gift is self-serving. On the Newcomb quad has been in fulfilling its academic mission. “I We want Tulane and New Orleans to provide more opportunities for side of Newcomb Hall, the new plaza features see this as a celebration of Tulane,” he said. our grandchildren and the youth of our city to stay here.” improved lighting, —Mary Sparacello —Christina Carr benches and tables.

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38-39_EMPOWERS.FINALFINAL.indd 39 2/21/13 10:30 AM 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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Some interesting tidbits: • The well-named Happy Hour theater in the 2000 block of Magazine Street was located next to a saloon. • The Happy Hour and the Mecca were two of five local reverse-screen theaters. (Unlike most theaters in which you walk in toward the action, these had screens situated over the entrance.) • In 1954, the Arabi on St. Claude Avenue had an exclusive showing of the Rocky Marciano-Ezzard Charles heavyweight boxing championship. • The Beacon and the Lakeview were across Harrison Avenue from each other. The Beacon advertised a free parking lot with “a competent atten- dant in charge.” • Tulane students and university area residents frequented the Mecca, Na- tional and Poplar on Willow near Carrollton and still go to the Prytania. mark andresen mark You don’t have to be a mental giant to figure out what happened to these neighborhood gems. In 1946, Darryl F. Zanuck, the head of 20th Century Fox Studios, dismissed the Ya Neighborhood Show hypnotic power of television by saying that by Angus Lind “people will get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.” But television fared a little I grew up on one side of a double shotgun house at Lowerline and Garfield pass the better than the studio mogul’s prediction. streets, and the closest neighborhood theaters were the National on Maga- popcorn Then there was the advent of the multiple- The neighborhood zine near State or the Mecca on Adams between Maple and Hampson. theater as a social screen theater complexes, where as many a The easier bike ride for a kid was the Mecca. Go straight up Lowerline, gathering place dozen different movies are simultaneously cross St. Charles Avenue, take a left at Hampson, go a few blocks to Adams is long gone and shown—and there are huge parking lots to much lamented. and before you could say, “That right, Kemo Sabe,” you’d be sitting in the accommodate lots of cars. Mecca for an afternoon matinee, waiting for the Lone Ranger and his faith- Eventually, the neighborhood theaters ful sidekick, Tonto, to track down the Cavendish gang or fight other bad would fail, their structures turned into ev- guys. “Hi-yo, Silver! Away!” erything from churches and condos to rug But on a Friday night at “ya neighborhood show,” as people called it, shops, warehouses, dance studios and roller chances were you’d see a 15-to-20-minute serial—action-packed episodes skating rinks. Many fell victim to fires and that always left you hanging at the end to make sure you came back to the hurricanes. In a bit of irony, the Tivoli on theater for next week’s chapter. My favorite was Commando Cody, “The Washington Avenue became a funeral home. Original Rocket Man” (accept no substitutes), who also was known as the The beauty of neighborhood theaters was “Sky Marshal of the Universe.” that no matter what was showing it was a so- As a 10-year-old, I was duly impressed that C.C. wore a bullet-shaped cial outing. You were going to see somebody steel helmet and a leather flying jacket while being chased through the you knew. Brunet laments the loss of neigh- stratosphere. Evil rulers of dying galactic civilizations were always try- borhood theaters and cherishes the Prytania, ing to invade the Earth, and it was Commando Cody’s duty to save it from which he runs with his son Robert and grand- certain destruction, which he did. daughter Paige. Neighborhood theaters (and drive-ins), once so much a part of the cin- “A lot of people walk here from their homes,” ema scene in New Orleans, were not as fortunate. Of the 110 or so that once he said. “Sometimes I’ll get someone telling me, served the area, only one remains—the venerable Prytania Theater. It was ‘Hey, we know this movie is playing out at the here, back in November, that the theater operator, 91-year-old Rene Brunet multiplex but we don’t want to drive way out Jr., and noted theater buff and preservationist Jack Stewart unveiled their there. If you advertise that you’re going to run book, There’s One in Your Neighborhood: The Lost Movie Theaters of New this picture, we’ll wait and see it at the Prytania.” Orleans, a Chronicle of a Bygone Era. And see some friendly faces, for sure.

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40_NOLA.FINAL.indd 40 2/21/13 10:31 AM 3 Meaningful Gifts That Cost You Nothing Now S SOMETIMES THE SIMPLEST THINGS make the biggest difference. Here are a few easy ways you can make a big difference for Tulane University:

1. Bequest. Next time you meet with your attorney to draft, update or supplement your will, consider making a bequest to Tulane. A bequest can be a specific amount, or all or part of what remains after family needs are met. Visit giftplanning.tulane.edu for sample bequest language.

2. Life insurance. Name Tulane a beneficiary of your life insurance policy, or name the university contingent beneficiary and take care of family first.

3. Retirement plan. Same as with the life insurance above — just put Tulane down as a beneficiary of your retirement plan.

Visit giftplanning.tulane.edu today to see what others are doing and get more ideas of ways to support the university you love. Or call us at the number below.

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