Freeman School of Business
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| A. B. Freeman School of Business | |
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| Established: | 1914 |
| Type: | Private |
| Endowment: | $52.5 million (Freeman School of Business)[1]; >$1 billion (Tulane University) [2] |
| Dean: | Angelo DeNisi |
| Faculty: | 62 |
| Students: | 1,580 |
| Location: | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Website: | www.freeman.tulane.edu |
The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, was named in honor of Alfred Bird Freeman, former chairman of the Louisiana Coca-Cola Bottling Co. and a prominent New Orleans philanthropist and civic leader.
The Freeman School's main location is in the center of Tulane's Uptown New Orleans campus, next to the Tulane University Law School and across the street from the new Lavin-Bernick Center. Audubon Park, which sits next to campus, offers outdoor enthusiasts a bike trail that continues for 25+ miles along the Mississippi River, as well as a 1.8 mile running trail around a public golf course.
Every year, leading finance and M&A practitioners from throughout the United States descend upon Tulane to attend the Tulane Corporate Law Institute forum.
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[edit] Programs
- Bachelor of Science in Management
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Accounting
- Master of Finance
- Master of Management
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Joint-degree programs
[edit] Joint-degree Programs
Joint-degree offerings include, but are not limited to, the MBA/JD (Law), MBA/MPH (Health Systems Management), MBA/MA (Latin American Studies), and MBA/MD.
[edit] Global Leadership Program
During the second, third, and fourth semesters of the full-time MBA program, each MBA class goes on an academic/networking conference in the following cities:
Company visits in these countries allow students to gain insight into foreign business practices.
Within the United States, the Freeman School typically hosts company visits at corporate headquarters in:
- New York City
, and - Houston
The global reach of the Freeman School's programs help it to attract a relatively diverse student body with geographically-diverse post-graduation plans. Students come from, and find jobs in, cities throughout the United States and around the world.
[edit] Facilities
The Freeman School maintains facilities in both New Orleans and Houston. It's two main buildings, Goldring/Woldenberg I & II, both sit in the center of Tulane's Uptown New Orleans campus.
[edit] Goldring/Woldenberg Hall I
Goldring/Woldenberg Hall I (GW I) was completed in 1986. It primarily houses the undergraduate programs.
[edit] Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II
Construction of Goldring/Woldenberg Hall II (GW II) was completed in November 2003. The building sits next to GW I and across the street from Tulane's Lavin-Bernick Center (LBC), a state-of-the-art student center completed in 2006. GW II houses the graduate business programs.
GW II is particularly well known for its cutting-edge $1.5 million trading center, which is equipped with sophisticated simulation, trading and financial software including Kiodex, Crystal Ball and FEA. The building as a whole cost $25 million to construct, which includes the purchase of an elaborate collection of high-end artwork that is displayed throughout its hallways.
[edit] Notable faculty
- See also: List of Tulane University people
- Deen Kemsley- Exxon Professor of Accounting. He also conducts corporate training programs throughout the world, working with stock and bond market analysts.
- Geoffrey Parker - co-originator of the Two-sided market model
- Thomas H. Noe - regular contributor to top-tier journals including Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Financial Economics
- Paul Spindt - recipient of a prestigious award from Journal of Finance for his research
- Mita Sujan - author of “Knowledge, Motivation and Adaptive Behavior: A Framework for Improving Selling Effectiveness” which ranked as the fifth best sales articles of the 20th century by the American Marketing Association
- John M. Trapani III - directs the Goldring Institute of International Business and oversees a number of innovative international programs and initiatives.
[edit] Notable Alumni
- See also: List of Tulane University people
- Ricardo Salinas Pliego, MBA, 1979, Mexican businessman, 154th wealthiest person in the world in 2008 (worth $6.3 billion)[3]
- Neil Bush, MBA, 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive
- Eugenio Garza, son of Eugenio Garza Lagüera
- Waajid Siddiqui, MBA, 1991, New York City partner of Hogan & Hartson
- David Morris, MBA, 1994, managing director of Oracle Capital Partners, a Detroit-based private-equity firm; named one of the “Top 50 Under 50” by DiversityMBA Magazine[4]
- Ray Nagin, MBA, 1994, Mayor of New Orleans (D); former General Manager of Cox Communications
- Rick L. Rambo, MBA, 1994, Houston partner of Morgan Lewis
- Michael S. du Quesnay, MBA, 1995, Los Angeles partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf
- Roth Kehoe, MBA, 1996, Atlanta partner of King & Spalding
- Andrew P. Schmutz, MBA, 1996, Philadelphia partner of Greenberg Traurig
- Tristan E. Propst, MBA, 1998, Houston partner of Mayer Brown
[edit] Reputation
Several news publications, including the Financial Times, Forbes, AméricaEconomía and the U.S. News & World Report, regularly rank the Freeman School among the top 50 business schools in the nation. Individually, the Finance department has been ranked among the top 10 in the world by the Financial Times on several occasions.
[edit] Rankings
The Finance department was ranked 6th in the world by the Financial Times.[5]
The Finance department was ranked 10th in the world by the Financial Times.[6]
Executive MBA program ranked 6th in Latin America by AméricaEconomía magazine (August 2006)
MBA program ranked 45th nationally by U.S. News & World Report (April 2005)
MBA program ranked 13th nationally for entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur magazine (October 2006)
MBA program ranked 49th nationally by U.S. News & World Report (April 2006)
MBA program ranked 22nd nationally by AméricaEconomía magazine (August 2006)
MBA program ranked 39th on Fortune magazine's list of the Top 50 B-Schools for Getting Hired (February 2007)[7]
MBA program ranked 44th nationally by Forbes (2007)[8]
MBA program ranked 45th nationally by U.S. News & World Report (April 2007)
MBA program ranked 46th nationally by the Financial Times (2008)[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Fact Sheet. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- ^ Report charts highs, lows for Tulane. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.
- ^ Forbes forbes.com: The World's Billionaires. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
- ^ press release (05/31/07).
- ^ Freeman School @ Tulane - Rankings (2005). Retrieved on 2007-06-07.
- ^ Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World's Top 10 Schools for Finance - Rankings (2008). Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
- ^ Fortune MBA ranking (2007). Retrieved on 2008.
- ^ Forbes MBA ranking (2007). Retrieved on 2008.
- ^ Financial Times 2008 MBA ranking (2008). Retrieved on 2008.
[edit] See also
- List of United States business school rankings
- List of business schools in the United States
- Tulane Corporate Law Institute
[edit] External links
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