April 28, 2006

Renovation and Repair in New Orleans

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Over the course of eight years, Arthur J. Clement oversaw $55-million in renovation and new construction on Dillard University's historic campus here. Then he watched with horror as Hurricane Katrina washed much of the work away.

The university's classical white brick buildings, some of which date to the 1930s, were submerged in up to nine feet of water, while the lush lawns and manicured landscaping were reduced to a muddy mess that dried into a rutted tangle of weeds and brown

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