College of Business Quarterly Newsletter
                                                                                                                          July 2007- Volume 11.1

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                                                                         Member Gordon Brunhild
 



























 
Academic Enrichment Fund Honors Charter Faculty Member Gordon Brunhild

Gordon Brunhild was an author, veteran, Shriner, business owner, world traveler and a volunteer, but according to those who knew him best, Gordon Brunhild was a teacher.
 


Golda and Sunnie Brunhild visited with economics department chair Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong recently as the two women established a fund honoring charter faculty member Gordon Brunhild
A charter faculty member at the University of South Florida College of Business, Brunhild taught economics and finance at USF for 35 years until he retired in 1995.  In fact, according to Golda Brunhild, his first wife, his passion was evident to everyone and he was given the title of professor emeritus when he retired.
 
Dr. Brunhild’s second wife, Sunnie Brunhild knew of his passion for teaching and, like Golda Brunhild, said he had a genuine affection for USF.  After his death, the two women became good friends. 
 

Both Golda and Sunnie Brunhild visited the College recently and, to ensure that Gordon Brunhild’s love for USF and wishes for a strong economics program were honored, they came together to establish an endowed Academic Enrichment Fund for the Economics department.  The fund, to be used at the discretion of the chair of the economics department, will primarily be used for faculty salaries and research support.   Their gifts, totaling $125,000, are eligible for a matching program from the State of Florida.  

"He loved teaching, and he loved teaching economics," said Golda Brunhild recently, when both women visited with economics department chair Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong. 

“We both know how much he loved USF, and we are both pleased to be able to do this in his honor,” said Sunnie Brunhild.

 “What impresses me most,” said Jon Jones, assistant director of development for the College of Business, “is that these two women both came together to honor the memory of one of our charter faculty members.  It is an incredibly generous thing to do, a way to recognize Dr. Brunhild’s contributions to the university over the years.”