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2015 T UL A N E UN I V ERS I T Y
ALUM N I AWA RDS GAL A
The National WWII Museum
U.S. Freedom Pavilion
Saturday, April 18, 2015
PROGR A M
Reception 7 pm
Dinner & Program 8 pm
W ELCOME
Carol Showley, NC ’74, A ‘77
President, Tulane Alumni Association
PRESEN TAT ION OF T HE COLORS
Tulane University Navy R.O.T.C.
Green Wave Brass Band
PRESEN TAT ION OF T HE T UL A N E
ALUM N I ASSOCI AT ION AWA RDS
PRESEN TAT ION OF T HE
DERMOT MCGL I NCHE Y
L I FE T IME ACH IE V EMEN T AWA RD
PRESEN TAT ION OF T HE
D I S T I NGU I SHED ALUM NUS AWA RD
T UL A N E ALM A M AT ER
Green Wave Brass Band
DISTINGUISHED
ALUMNUS AWARD
COL. DOUGLAS
G. HURLEY,
USMC, RET.
E ‘88
Colonel Douglas G. Hurley, USMC, Ret., is a NASA astronaut, test pilot
and fighter pilot with a distinguished military career that spans almost
25 years.
Hurley chose to attend Tulane University because of the storied
reputation of the engineering program, but found the cultural experience
of New Orleans and the discipline of the Navy ROTC program just as
important in his eventual career as an astronaut.
Hurley had always been interested in flight and space, and his father
suggested he study engineering at Tulane. The Marine option of the
Navy ROTC program provided the necessary scholarship support that
allowed him to pursue his degree. He worked closely with Professor
Robert Bruce, himself a Tulane alumnus (E ’51, ’53), who served as a
mentor and inspiration.
When he graduated magna cum laude with a BSE in civil engineering
in 1988, he also he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in
the United States Marine Corps. A few short years later he became a
“Viking” with Marine All Weather Fight/Attack Squadron 225, where he
was an F/A-18 fighter pilot. He was subsequently selected for the United
State Naval Test Pilot School. Upon graduation, he became a test pilot.
In July 2000, his early interest in space, combined with his Tulane
engineering degree and military experience, opened the door to the
space program, when he was chosen as a pilot for NASA’s astronaut
program. He was the pilot on two space shuttle missions to the
International Space Station, including one in July of 2011 that was the last
flight of America’s Space Shuttle program.
He further served as NASA Director of Operations at the Gagarin
Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. He is presently the
Assistant Director of the Commercial Crew Program, Flight Operations
Directorate at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
A native of Apalachin, N.Y., Hurley graduated Magna Cum Laude with
Honors in Civil Engineering in 1988. He is a member of the Board of
Advisors at the School of Science and Engineering. He is married to
fellow astronaut Karen Nyberg. They are the proud parents of a son, Jack.
DERMOT
MCGLINCHEY LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
LOUIS M.
FREEMAN
B ‘63
Louis M. Freeman is a well-known philanthropist who continues his
family’s decades-long connection to Tulane and New Orleans.
Freeman is currently an emeritus member of the Board of Tulane,
having served as an active member from 1977 to 1992. He is a former
chair of the Endowment Management Committee, a trustee of the E.V.
Richards Foundation and former president of the Howard Memorial
Library Association.
No stranger to awards, in 2005 Freeman received the Times-Picayune
Loving Cup, which is given to individuals who have worked unselfishly
for the community without expectation of public recognition or material
reward. He was also granted the Benemerenti Medal by Pope John Paul
II in 1989. In 2010, he received the Dean’s Lifetime Service Award
from the A.B. Freeman School of Business, which is named after
his grandfather.
Freeman joined the family business after leaving Tulane in 1963 where
he rose through the ranks to be elected vice president in 1970. He
eventually served as chairman of the board of the Louisiana Coca-Cola
Bottling Company.
Freeman currently serves as a member of the board of trustees
for the National World War II Museum and is chairman of the Ella
West Freeman Foundation. He is also a former chairman of the
RosaMary Foundation.
Previously, he served as a trustee of the Ogden Museum of Southern
Art, a board member of Isidore Newman School and vice president and
chairman of the board of the New Orleans Museum of Art. He was also
a past chairman of the United Way for Greater New Orleans and a board
member of the Public Affairs Research Council. All told, Freeman has
contributed his time and talents to more than 35 boards, foundations
and institutions.
Louis M. Freeman is married to Judith Waite Freeman and the couple
has four children, two of whom attended Tulane.
DERMOT
MCGLINCHEY LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
RICHARD W.
FREEMAN, JR.
B ‘60
Richard W. Freeman, Jr., is a civic leader in the Freeman family tradition
who has served Tulane and south Louisiana for decades.
Freeman is currently an emeritus member of the Board of Tulane,
having served as an active member from 1995 to 2009. While an active
member of the board, Freeman was a member of several committees,
including the Health Sciences Center Board of Governors, the Legislative
Committee and the Alumni Affairs Committee.
He is a current member of the Business School Council and in 1988, he
was selected as the business school’s Outstanding Alumnus, the same
award his father had received 30 years earlier.
A successful businessman in his own right, Freeman succeeded his
father as president of the Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Company in
1970 and held that position until 1986. He also owns Oak Hill Ranch in
Folsom, La., where he breeds and raises Danish Warmblood horses.
Freeman has been active in the community for decades, having served
on the boards of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, the Bureau of
Governmental Research, the Metropolitan New Orleans Safety Council,
Ochsner Clinic Foundation and the Ochsner Community Hospitals. He
is currently the chair of the RosaMary Foundation and is a trustee and
former chair of the Ella West Freeman Foundation.
He has also been involved with the Downtown Development District,
Orleans Parish School Board, the Vieux Carré Commission, United
Way for the Greater New Orleans Area, National Trust for Historic
Preservation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Richard W. Freeman, Jr., graduated in 1960 from the Tulane business
school, now named the A.B. Freeman School of Business in honor of his
grandfather. While at Tulane, he was a member of the Student Council.
He served in the Naval Reserve.
Freeman is married to Sarah Allen Freeman and is the father of three
children, two of whom graduated from Tulane.
PROFESSIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
MARSHA S.
FIRESTONE, PHD
NC ‘65
Marsha S. Firestone, Ph.D., is the founder and president of the Women
Presidents’ Educational Organization, dedicated to increasing access
to business opportunities for women’s business enterprises. She
also founded the Women Presidents’ Organization, a peer advisory
organization for women who own multi-million dollar businesses.
A native of Mobile, Ala., Firestone was heavily involved during her time
at Newcomb College. She was the president of Mortar Board, a member
of the University Center Board and a member of Sigma Delta Tau. These
leadership experiences, paired with her academic aptitude, served
her in good stead: first during her time in graduate school and later as
Vice President of Training and Counseling at the American Woman’s
Economic Development Corporation.
In 1997, she founded the Women Presidents’ Organization, which now
boasts 125 branches on six continents. The following year, she served
as the executive director of the Women’s Economic Summit, where she
developed a plan for accelerating the growth of women’s businesses
that she ultimately presented to the Small Business Association and
congressional representatives.
Firestone was recently appointed to her second term on the
National Women’s Business Council, a board that reports to the U.S.
president, Congress and the SBA. She is also the author of The Busy
Woman’s Guide to Successful Self-Employment as well as numerous
articles on adult learning theory, nonverbal communication and
managerial competency.
Dr. Firestone shares her professional knowledge by serving on
numerous boards and advisory councils. She presently serves as a
member of the Newcomb College Institute Director’s Advisory Council
and on the committee for her 50th reunion. She previously served on
the Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Newcomb Dean’s
Advisory Council. In 2003 she was named Outstanding Alumna by H.
Sophie Newcomb Memorial College.
SCOTT COWEN
SERVICE AWARD
ANTHONY “TONY”
RECASNER, PHD
G ‘86, G ’88
Tony Recasner, Chief Executive Officer of Agenda for Children, has been
involved in public education reform and other efforts to improve the lives
of children and families for more than 20 years.
A native of New Orleans, Dr. Anthony “Tony” Recasner took over the
helm of Agenda for Children in January 2011.
The mission of Agenda for Children is to make Louisiana a place where
all children can thrive. First, by improving the quality of early childhood
education. Second, by conducting public discussion regarding the
wellbeing of children at the parish and state levels. Third, by focusing
on the achievement of better legislative policies and programs that best
serve Louisiana’s children.
Recasner’s work has consistently demonstrated how to educate
disadvantaged children by challenging and engaging them academically,
while effectively addressing their social and emotional needs.
He was previously president of FirstLine Schools, Inc., a charter school
management organization committed to creating great public schools for
every New Orleans child.
Recasner currently serves on the advisory board of the Louisiana
Outdoor Outreach Program and the boards of St. Andrew’s Episcopal
School, the Greater New Orleans Foundation and Louisiana Children’s
Medical Center. He is also a former board member and chair of the
Institute of Mental Hygiene.
A long-time education advocate, Recasner was recognized by President
George W. Bush in his 2009 farewell address as an “American Hero” for
his contributions to the charter school movement and in reshaping public
education in New Orleans.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Loyola and master’s
degree and doctorate in Psychology from Tulane University.
ROBERT V. TESSARO
YOUNG ALUMNUS
VOLUNTEER AWARD
EDWARD J.
CRAWFORD IV
B ‘08, B ‘08, LA ‘08
Edward J. Crawford IV is a fourth-generation Louisianan who has already
made a big mark in just a short period of time.
After receiving his undergraduate degree from TCU, Crawford decided
to begin his public service efforts by joining the Peace Corps. He was
serving in the Dominican Republic, where he had helped to found a
coffee cooperative, when Katrina hit New Orleans. At that point, he
knew he had to return to his home state to help in the rebuilding efforts.
During his time at Tulane, Crawford impressively picked up three
degrees, an MA in Latin American Studies, an MGM in Management
and an MBA in Finance while also winning the Tulane Business
Plan competition in 2008. He continued his service efforts and was
recognized as one of just four recipients of the Freeman School’s Dean’s
Service Award at graduation. He was also selected as a Cowen Scholar
for Public Service and was named a Morton Aldrich Fellow and received
a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship from the Stone Center.
He founded the Freeman 50, a group of young alumni whose aim is to
support the A.B. Freeman School of Business. He also currently serves
on the Business School Council.
After Tulane, he was inspired to join the Navy and served in Afghanistan,
earning the Bronze Star Medal. He remains a U.S. Naval Reserve
Intelligence Officer and is the Veteran Recruitment Captain for his
division at Goldman Sachs.
Crawford is a trustee of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach and
was selected as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
In 2013, he was named to the Maverick PAC 40 Under 40 list and was
named by Diversity MBA magazine to “Top 100 Under 50 Diverse
Emerging Leaders” for 2014.
He is married to Mary Elizabeth Crawford and they are the proud parents
of three children under the age of four.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS / ALUMNA AWARD
2013 Michael J. Sacks
1993 Robert W. “Bobby” Brown, MD
2012 The Honorable
Regina A. Benjamin
1992 Mary Louise Christovich
1991 John W. Deming, MD
2011 The Honorable
Newton L. Gingrich
1990 Harry Bartlett Kelleher, Sr.
2010 The Honorable
Edith Brown “Joy” Clement
1988 Angela Gregory
1989 John Minor Wisdom
2009 C. Berdon Lawrence
1986 Howard K. Smith
2008 Denis Henry McDonald
1985 Corinne C. Boggs
2007 Alan B. Levan
1984 J. Bres Eustis
2005 His Eminence
Francis Cardinal George
1983 Floyd W. Lewis
2004 Darryl Berger
1982 G. Shelby Friedrichs
2003 Carol Lavin Bernick
1981 Harry McCall, Jr.
2002 John G. Weinmann
1980 David Connor Treen
2001 Martha Walters Barnett
1979 Edgar Hull MD
2000 Peter A. Aron
1978 Robert E. Flowerree, Jr.
1998 Joe H. Stroud
1977 Jack B. St. Clair
1997 Robert L. Livingston
1976 Gerald L. Andrus
1996 Arthur Q. Davis, Sr.
1975 Richard W. Freeman
1995 Betty Werlein Carter
1974 Michael E. DeBakey, MD
1994 Harold A. Rosen
1973 Clifford P. Favrot, Jr.
W. Kennon McWilliams, Jr.
DERMOT MCGLINCHEY
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2013 Martha W. Murphy and the
Murphy Foundation
2003 The Honorable
Lindy Claiborne Boggs
2011 Phyllis M. Taylor
2002 Dr. Ruth Kirschstein
2010 Charles Byron Wilson, M.D.
2001 Senator John J. Hainkel
2009 R. Hunter Pierson
2000 James R. Nieset
2008 William Allan Goldring
1998 James M. Cain
2007 Bertie Deming Smith
1997 A. Lane Plauché
2005 Martin D. Payson
1996 Donald J. Nalty, Sr.
2004 James W. Wilson, Jr.
ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD
2013 Carter Dudley Flemming
2012 Julius L. Levy, Jr., MD
Helen L. Schneidau
2011 Carol Squarcy Showley
James K. Ordeneaux
2010 Jill Henkin Glazer
2009 Robert Joseph Boudreau, II
2008 Brian Arlington Kilmer
Aimée M. Simmons
2007 St. Paul Bourgeois
Sharon Bourgeois
Joe Davenport
John C. Williams
2005 Walter C. Flower, III
Harry B. Kelleher, Jr.
2004 Joseph Sabatier
Joyce Sabatier
Andre Keil Moss
2003 Joseph C. Cali
Linda Mintz
Albert Mintz
2002 Olive Sartor
Ryan Sartor
Thomas C. Wicker
2001 James Gundlach
Susan Gundlach
Gilbert Vorhoff
2000 Gregory M. Eaton
1998 Max H. Durham
1997 H. Mortimer Favrot
Mary Jane Fenner
Charlotte Barkerding Travieso
1996 Gerard W. Barousse, Sr.
Margaret W. Engman
Reuben I. Friedman
1995 Addison C. Carey, Jr.
Margaret Whalen Kelly
John L. Martinez
Herbert O’Donnell
1994 Emile Bernard
Robert L. Hewitt, M.D.
Jane Kelleher
Riess Barkerding
1993 Robert C. McIntyre
James R. Nieset
Mercedes Plauche Nieset
Vada Odom Reynolds
1992 Robert B. Acomb, Jr.
Sybil Muths Favrot
Waldemar S. Nelson
1991 Rutledge C. Clement, Jr.
Marian Wadler Strug
Hyman C. Tolmas
1990 Reginald Henry Smith, Jr.
Mary Nell Nolan Young
Robert Eskrigge Young
1989 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
NEWCOMB ALUMNAE
ASSOCIATION:
Carol Downes Cudd
Polly Phelps Durham Regan
Alford Forrester
Martha Azar Hiatt
Winifred M. Delery Hills
Mary Jane Dillard McCoy
Bette Prescott Minihan
Anne Affolter Morse
Harriet Barry Schupp
Allie Wyler Verlander
Cathy Kornegay Walter
1988 Moise B. Bloch
Albert H. Cohen
1987 Michael R. DuVall
Philip E. Masquelette
1986 J. Bruce Hagan
Ruth M. Hagan
Robbert W. Vorhoff
YOUNG ALUMNI VOLUNTEER AWARD
2014 Elliott J. Wiener
2004 Robert V. Tessaro
2013 Kathryn Spruill Roman
2003 Kelly McKean
2012 Lisa M. Laws
2002 Sallye Wolf
2010 Elizabeth (Lizzy) Berger
2001 Steven Kirson
2009 Shivonne L. Laird
1998 Ruth Zarren-Koch
2008 Burdette Huffman
1997 Timothy Allen Clear
2007 Ryan Guillory
1996 Edward W. Pilot
2005 Mary Elizabeth Lobrano, MD
1995 Morton D. Berger
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2014 Hans B. Jonassen
THE SCOTT COWEN ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
2014 David J. Goodman
INTERNATIONAL ALUMNI AWARD FOR
EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
2014 Essam M. Alzamel
ALM A M ATER
We praise thee for thy past, O Alma Mater!
Thy hand hath done its work full faithfully.
The incense of thy spirit has ascended
And filled America from sea to sea!
Olive Green and Blue! We love thee!
Pledge we now our fealty true
Where the trees are ever greenest,
Where the skies are purest blue.
Hear us now, O Tulane, hear us,
As we proudly sing to thee!
Take from us our hearts’ devotion,
Thine we are and thine shall be!