2005-2000 Speeches & Letters

How Our Community Responded to Hurricane Katrina – Trusteeship November/December 2005
Overseer, Ambassador, Matchmaker, Rainmaker – Trusteeship September/October 2005
Athletics Reform Is Possible With a Big Assist From Boards – Trusteeship July/August 2005
Commencement Remarks – May 21, 2005
Focused Preparation Helps Avoid a ‘Bored’ Agenda – Trusteeship May/June 2005
Letter – February 1, 2005
Chronicle of Higher Education editorial – January 7, 2005

Freshmen Convocation Address – August 21, 2004
President’s Letter – August 2004
Commencement Remarks – May 22, 2004
President’s Letter – February 2004
Times Picayune Editorial – January 4, 2004

Oral Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: “BCS or Bust” – October 29, 2003
Written Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing: “BCS or Bust” – October 29, 2003
Testimony for the US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Oversight Hearing: “Competition in College Athletic Conferences and Antitrust Aspects of the Bowl Championship Series”- September 4, 2003
Convocation Remarks – August 23, 2003
Letter to Alumni, Faculty, Staff and Friends Following the Board’s Decision to Maintain a Division I-A Athletics Program at Tulane University – June 10, 2003
Commencement Remarks – May 17, 2003
HSC Research Days Remarks – April 25, 2003
President’s Letter – March 17, 2003
From The Times-Picayune Editorial Section: Why Diversity? For The Sake Of Learning – January 28, 2003

“In Remembrance of September 11, 2001” Remarks – September 11, 2002
Convocation Remarks – August 24, 2002
President’s Letter – August 9, 2002
Commencement Remarks – May 18, 2002
President’s Letter – February 26, 2002

Letter to Deans, Directors and Department Heads – October 2, 2001
Letter to Tulane friends following the tragedy of Sept. 11 – September 28, 2001
Remarks – National Day of Prayer and Remembrance – September 14, 2001
Interfaith Service following the tragedy in New York and Washington, D.C. – September 11, 2001
Freshmen Convocation Address – August 25, 2001
President’s Letter – August 9, 2001
Commencement 2001 President’s welcome – May 19, 2001
Health Sciences Research Days Remarks – April 26, 2001
President’s Letter – February 14, 2001
Open letter to student body regarding alcohol policy – January 25, 2001

Freshmen Convocation address – August 26, 2000
President’s Letter – August 9, 2000
Commencement remarks – May 20, 2000