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Scott S. Cowen

Scott Cowen is Tulane University's 14th president. TIME magazine recently named him one of the nation's 10 best college presidents and, under his leadership, Newsweek has twice named Tulane one of the "Hottest Schools in America." Cowen has more than doubled the level of private giving to Tulane while attaining record levels of research awards, academic innovation and student enrollment. After Hurricane Katrina, he led rebuilding efforts on campus and in New Orleans. He received the 2009 Times-Picayune Loving Cup for his service to New Orleans. In 2010, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was recently appointed to the White House Council for Community Solutions

 

Roger Ogden

Roger Ogden is a real estate developer, civic leader, and philanthropist. He has been a leader in the development and acquisition of more than $450 million in commercial real estate including shopping centers, hotels and office properties. Ogden is co-founder of Stirling Properties where for 20 years he led the company as principal and CEO in the development and acquisition of a $200 million portfolio of shopping centers. He has been extraordinarily active in many civic organizations, public, and non-profit organizations. Committed to the arts, Ogden donated over 1,000 pieces of art from his personal collection to form the initial holdings for the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in partnership with the University of New Orleans. Mr. Ogden has received numerous professional, business and civic awards including New Orleanian of the Year by Gambit Magazine, the Mayor’s Arts Award, elected to LSU Alumni Hall of Distinction, the LSU Business School Hall of Distinction, and Business Higher Education Council – First Citizen of the Learning Society Award.

Ogden is an honors graduate of Louisiana State University where he graduated second in the College of Business and served as Student Body President. He holds a Juris Doctorate Degree and is an Order of the Coif graduate of Tulane Law School where he was elected to The Law Review.
 

 
 

This event is exclusively for deans and heads of higher education business units, i.e., the highest academic authority or official of the entire business unit.

 
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