Tulane University´s Emeritus Club honors Stanley Motta

Tulane University’s Emeritus Club bestowed Lifetime Achievement Award to Stanley Motta.

Stanley Motta graduated from Tulane in 1967 with a degree in business. He is the chairman of Copa Holdings, the parent company of Copa Airlines. His business interests also include banking, wholesale distribution, broadcasting and insurance. Motta works with nonprofits like ANCON, which promotes biodiversity, and business and trade groups in the Americas and Spain.

Over the past several years, Motta has served as both an organizing force and catalyst for the Tulane Alumni Association in Panama, frequently hosting alumni events to highlight the accomplishments of Panamanian Tulanians. This alumni group has collectively raised a full-tuition scholarship to send a student to the LLM program at Tulane Law School for four years running. They have effected these gifts through the vehicle of Motta’s philanthropic foundation and continue to look to him for leadership in deepening the Tulane-Panama connections.

“From his achievements in business to his service to the community, Stanley Motta embodies the very best of Tulane University,” said Ira Solomon, dean of the Freeman School. “I can’t think of a more deserving recipient of this year’s Emeritus Club Lifetime Achievement Award.”