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