Freeman School of Business

Infobox_University
name = A. B. Freeman School of Business


established = 1914
dean = [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/dean/ Angelo DeNisi]
type = Private
city = New Orleans
state = Louisiana
country = USA
enrollment = 1,580
endowment = >$60 million; >$1 billion (Tulane University) [cite web | url = http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1185007000156780.xml&coll=1&thispage=2 | title = Report charts highs, lows for Tulane | accessdate = 2007-07-27]
faculty = 62
website = [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/default.htm 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.

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

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.

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:
*Monterrey
*Paris
*Beijing

Company visits in these countries allow students to gain insight into foreign business practices.

Freeman Days

Within the United States, the Freeman School annually hosts company visits at corporate headquarters in New York City and Houston. New Orleans employers typically come directly to the Uptown New Orleans campus. The school refers to these events as "Freeman Days."

New York City company visits have included:

* Morgan Stanley
* Lehman Brothers
* Merrill Lynch
* Citi
* Google
* Goldman Sachs
* PriceWaterhouseCoopers
* Ernst & Young
* NYMEX
* Bloomberg
* J.Crew
* KPMGHouston company visits have included:
* Continental Airlines
* Merrill Lynch
* ConocoPhillips
* Towers Perrin
* Ernst & Young
* Suez Energy
* Direct Energy
* Bear StearnsThe global reach of the Freeman School's programs help it to attract a 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.

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.

Goldring/Woldenberg Hall I

Goldring/Woldenberg Hall I (GW I) was completed in 1986. It primarily houses the undergraduate programs.

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.

Notable faculty

*Deen Kemsley- Exxon Professor of Accounting. He also conducts corporate training programs throughout the world, working with stock and bond market analysts.
* [http://ggparker.net/ 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.

Notable Alumni

*Ricardo Salinas Pliego, MBA, 1979, Mexican businessman, 154th wealthiest person in the world in 2008 (worth $6.3 billion) [cite web | url = http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Ricardo-Salinas-Pliego-family_U8K0.html Forbes| title = forbes.com: The World's Billionaires | accessdate = 2008-03-08]
*Neil Bush, MBA, 1979, presidential brother, ex-savings and loan executive
*Eugenio Garza, son of Eugenio Garza Lagüera (CEO of Femsa)
*Vijay Parmar, MBA, 1988, founder, president and CEO of GainSpan Corp. [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/2008/071508_diversitymba_top100.htm]
*Robert W. Mouton, MBA/JD, 1989, New Orleans partner of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell
*Waajid Siddiqui, MBA/JD, 1991, New York City partner of Hogan & Hartson
*Bryan K. Brown, MBA/JD, 1993, Houston parter of Porter & Hedges
*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 [cite web
url=http://www.diversitymbamagazine.com/docs/Press%20Rel%20-%2050%20under%2050%20-%202007.pdf/
title=press release
publisher: DiversityMBA
date=05/31/07]
*Ray Nagin, MBA, 1994, Mayor of New Orleans (D); former General Manager of Cox Communications
*Rick L. Rambo, MBA/JD, 1994, Houston partner of Morgan Lewis
*Michael S. du Quesnay, MBA/JD, 1995, Los Angeles partner of Dewey & LeBoeuf
*Timothy W. Goodly, MBA, 1995, senior vice president for human resources at CNN Worldwide [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/2008/071508_diversitymba_top100.htm]
*Roth Kehoe, MBA/JD, 1996, Atlanta partner of King & Spalding
*Andrew P. Schmutz, MBA/JD, 1996, Philadelphia partner of Greenberg Traurig
*Tristan E. Propst, MBA/JD, 1998, Houston partner of Mayer Brown
*Eric Lopez, MBA, 1999, vice president at National Life Group [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/2008/071508_diversitymba_top100.htm]

Reputation

Several news publications, including the Financial Times, Forbes, [http://beta.americaeconomia.com/ 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.

Rankings

The Finance department was ranked 6th in the world by the "Financial Times". [cite web|url=http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/ranks.htm| title= Freeman School @ Tulane - Rankings|year=2005|publisher: freeman.tulane.edu| accessdate=2007-06-07]

The Finance department was ranked 10th in the world by the "Financial Times". [cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/news/releases/012808.cfm| title= Financial Times Names Tulane University Among World's Top 10 Schools for Finance - Rankings|year=2008|publisher: freeman.tulane.edu| accessdate=2008-04-19]

Executive MBA program ranked 6th in Latin America by AméricaEconomía magazine (August 2006)

MBA program ranked 45th by U.S. News & World Report (April 2005)

MBA program ranked 13th for entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur magazine (October 2006)

MBA program ranked 49th by U.S. News & World Report (April 2006)

MBA program ranked 22nd 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) [cite web|url=http://www.apostille.us/news/50_best_bschools_for_getting_hired_2007.shtml| title= Fortune MBA ranking|year=2007|publisher: Fortune| accessdate=2008]

MBA program ranked 44th by Forbes (2007) [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/95/lead-careers-cz_07mba_Best-Business-Schools_Rank_3.html| title= Forbes MBA ranking|year=2007|publisher: Forbes| accessdate=2008]

MBA program ranked 45th by U.S. News & World Report (April 2007)

MBA program ranked 46th by the "Financial Times" (2008) [cite web|url=http://media.ft.com/cms/353a8bdc-c804-11dc-94a6-0000779fd2ac.pdf| title= Financial Times 2008 MBA ranking|year=2008|publisher: Financial Times| accessdate=2008]

MBA program ranked 24th by AméricaEconomía magazine (August 2008) [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/2008/082608_americaeconomia_rank.htm]

Undergraduate business program ranked 43rd by U.S. News & World Report (Sept. 2008) [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/news/2008/09012008_usnews_undergrad_ranking.htm]

References

ee also

*List of United States business school rankings
*List of business schools in the United States
*Tulane Corporate Law Institute

External links

* [http://www.freeman.tulane.edu/default.htm The Freeman School Website]
* [http://www.tulanemba.org/ Tulane University Freeman School BLOG]