A charitable remainder unitrust
is a trust that makes payments
to designated recipients for
a specified period, after which the
remaining amount in the trust
goes to a charity for purposes specified
by the donor. The donation is
eligible for an income tax deduction
for the projected amount that
will eventually be paid to the charity.
Under the David C. Treen
Charitable Remainder Unitrust,
for example, payments will be
made to a designated recipient
for his lifetime, after which the
remaining amount will be paid to
Tulane to establish the "David
and Dolores Treen Memorial
Fund - Endowed." This endowed
fund will provide scholarship
support for deserving students at
the Tulane School of Medicine.
An alumnus of Tulane himself, Treen received his BA in political science and history from Tulane in 1948 and his JD from Tulane Law School in 1950. Treen calls his Tulane years "among the best of my life." Says Treen, "In addition to the education, which led to a successful career as an attorney and elected official, I made lifetime friends at Tulane, and, more rewarding than anything else, I met a beautiful and lovely young Newcomb student, Dodie Brisbi, whom I married in 1951."
Treen was an honor graduate of the Law School, elected to the Order of the Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership fraternity), and Phi Delta Phi (legal fraternity). He was winner of the Senior Moot Court competition his last year of law school.
After serving as a first lieutenant in the Judge Advocate Office of the U.S. Air Force and practicing law, Treen was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1972, the first Republican congressman from Louisiana since Reconstruction. He was reelected to three additional terms in Congress, and then went on to achieve another milestone; in 1979 he was elected the first Republican governor of Louisiana in this century. Treen has received numerous awards for his accomplishments, including, in 1980, Outstanding Alumnus of Tulane University.
Although Treen returned to the private practice of law after serving as governor, he is ready for public service again. At press time, Treen was running for election as the U.S. Congressman from Louisiana's 3rd Congressional District.
Treen presently lives in Mandeville, La., with his wife, Dodie. They have three grown children (and nine grandchildren), including the son in whose honor the "David and Dolores Treen Memorial Fund - Endowed" will be established. David C. Treen, Jr., MD, is a general surgeon in practice with Carter, DiVencenti, Batson, Treen, McHale & Corsetti, whose offices are located at West Jefferson Hospital.