Florida International University - School of Hospitality and Tourism Management

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Biography

Dr. Barry H. Gump, is the first holder of the Harvey R. Chaplin Eminent Scholar’s Chair in Beverage Management at Florida International University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The appointment was effective August 14, 2007.  In this position Dr. Gump will develop new classes and programs in order to expand the offerings of the Beverage Management curriculum.

Dr. Gump is Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Enology at California State University, Fresno, where he has taught courses in chemistry and wine analysis for over 30 years.  He has also instructed a “Wine Components” class and a “Wine Analysis” class for the wine education program housed at Santa Rosa Junior College.  Dr. Gump serves as an advisor to the VESTA program (Viticulture & Enology Science & Technology Alliance -- a consortium of Mid-western colleges and universities providing instruction in viticulture and enology) – the program is operated through Missouri State University. 

Dr. Gump is a co-author of “Food: The Chemicals We Eat”, a textbook for students in food chemistry, co-author of “Wine Analysis and Production”, a textbook for students and practitioners in the wine industry, and Editor of "Wine and Beer Production: Analysis, Characterization, and Technological Advances” a reference book based on a symposium at the National American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco in 1992, ACS Books, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Gump has had a long association (over twenty-eight years) with the wine industry, conducting research in analytical methodology applied to grapes, juices, and wines.  He has been an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (1987 – 2007), and reviews technical manuscripts for a number of national, international, and trade publications.  Dr. Gump has been a professional wine judge for many years at a number of major wine competitions (San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, West Coast Wine Competition, Grand Harvest Wine Competition, Riverside International Wine Competition, etc.).

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