By the time the floodwaters receded in early September of 2005
after the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University in New
Orleans, Louisiana, had suffered losses of $650 million. School
administrators were faced with the daunting task of rebuilding.
Seeking direction, the staff looked to the University of Alabama in
Tuscaloosa and its renewal efforts after it was destroyed by fire
by Union forces during the Civil War in 1865.
In When Universities are Destroyed, author Jack Kushner
describes the destruction of each university and compares each
institution's efforts to overcome adversity, rebuild, and once
again provide education to its students. Kushner details how Tulane
University cleaned up from the hurricane, and with the adroit
leadership of President Scott Cowen, reopened six months later.
This history book also shows how the reconstruction period in the
South delayed the rebuilding of the University of Alabama.
Examining both the similarities and differences between the two
universities, When Universities are Destroyed provides a vivid
picture of how Tulane University and the University of Alabama
faced the destruction of their campus and found the fortitude to
move forward.
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