SAIS Professor Frederick Starr Receives "Spark Plug Award" from Greater New Orleans Foundation

On September 15, the Greater News Orleans Foundation presented Frederick Starr, chairman of the SAIS Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, with its first "Spark Plug Award." The award recognizes the instrumental role that Starr, who at the time was vice president of Tulane University, played in 1983 in creating this foundation to serve the community of New Orleans. Beyond his role at SAIS, Starr also is a professional jazz musician and an expert in the architecture of New Orleans.