James M. Hund *54

James Hund, retired professor emeritus of management at Emory University, died Sept. 13, 2015, at the age of 93.

Hund graduated from Amherst College in 1943 and then joined the Navy, serving in the South Pacific. After the war, he worked in Michigan for Reo Motors. He then entered Princeton and graduated in 1954 with a Ph.D. in economics.

After teaching for three years at Clark University, Hund went to Emory in Atlanta in 1957 to teach until his retirement in 1987. From 1965 to 1968, he was dean of Emory’s School of Business (now the Goizueta Business School). In 2001, he received Goizueta’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Passionate about music, Hund was a life director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and a former board member of the Friends of Music of Emory University and the Georgia Chamber Players. He received the Arts Volunteer Award from the Emory College Center for Creativity in the Arts in 2012. For 49 years, he contributed to the Princeton Graduate School’s Annual Giving campaign.

In 1967, Hund was predeceased by his first wife, Nancy. He is survived by Barbara, his wife of 46 years; daughters Marcia and Gretchen; stepchildren Stewart and Elaine; and five grandchildren.

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