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2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 72
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
COMMENDATIONS. Commend commercial real estate developer James E. Maurin for
being honored as Tulane's Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To commend commercial real estate developer James E. Maurin for being named as
3 Tulane's Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year.
4 WHEREAS, James E. Maurin grew up in Hammond, Louisiana, and earned a
5 bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 1970;
6 in 1972 he acquired a Master of Business Administration from Tulane University and began
7 a career as a certified public accountant with the international accounting office of Ernst &
8 Ernst; and
9 WHEREAS, after meeting Lillian Crosby, the love of his life, in college, they
10 married and developed a thirty-six year and growing partnership with three daughters, Carla,
11 Caroline, and Marli, and four grandchildren; and
12 WHEREAS, in 1975, he became a real estate development partner with Roger
13 Ogden, founding the firm Maurin-Ogden; later changing the name to Stirling Properties and
14 serving as its chairman administering business solutions that include brokerage services,
15 development and redevelopment acquisitions, investments, and property and asset
16 management over diverse property types; and
17 WHEREAS, he is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)
18 board of trustees, and previously served as vice president of the ICSC southern division and
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1 state director of Louisiana in 2004; he received ICSC's professional designation of Certified
2 Shopping Center Managers and Certified Shopping Center Executives; and
3 WHEREAS, Mr. Maurin is former chairman and a member of the Urban Land
4 Institute (ULI), the World President's Organization (WPO), the Committee of 100, the
5 Tulane University Business School Council, the LSU Foundation, the LSU Tiger Athletic
6 Foundation (TAF), and the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business Dean's Advisory Council;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, at LSU, he serves as chairman of the LSU Tiger Stadium Expansion
9 Committee and a member of the LSU TAF Advisory Board; a past chairman and a member
10 of the board of Ochsner Health System Foundation Hospital in New Orleans; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. Maurin served as chairman and a member of the board of directors
12 for ULI's Louisiana District Council, a member of the ULI Small Scale Development
13 Council, and past chairman and a member of WPO's Louisiana Chapter; and
14 WHEREAS, he was a creator, past chairman and a member of Blueprint Louisiana
15 and past chairman, and a member of the board of directors for the Northshore Community
16 Foundation; and
17 WHEREAS, Mr. Maurin is a member of the board of trustees of the National World
18 War II Museum; a member of the Chief Executives Organizations, and remains a member
19 of the Tulane University Freeman Business School Council.
20 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
21 does hereby commend James E. Maurin as Tulane's Outstanding Entrepreneur of the Year.
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
23 James E. Maurin.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Broussard-Johnson.
DIGEST
SR 72 Original 2015 Regular Session Donahue
Commends James E. Maurin for being named as Tulane's Outstanding Entrepreneur of the
Year.
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