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The new Andrew F. Brimmer College of Business and Information Sciences was dedicated on the campus of Tuskegee University on October 19, 2007. According to Archon Bernard E. Anderson of Alpha Boulé, Philadelphia, a member of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees, this magnificent building, named in honor of Archon Andrew Brimmer of Epsilon Boulé, Washington, D.C., is surely the most advanced in technology to be found on any HBCU campus. Archon Brimmer, who is chairman of the Tuskegee Board of Trustees, contributed $1.7 million of his own money toward the project, which cost an estimated $14.5 million.
"I am highly honored that the board of trustees of Tuskegee University accepted Dr. Benjamin Payton's recommendations that the College of Business and Information Sciences be graced with my name," said Archon Brimmer.
Archon Benjamin F. Payton, a member of Phi Boulé, Tuskegee, and president of Tuskegee University, noted that Archon Brimmer has been actively involved with the university as a member of the board of trustees since 1965 and, in 1982, became the first African American to serve as chairman of the board.
Archon Brimmer is president of the Brimmer & Company consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. He was also the first African American to serve as a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1966, serving until 1974.
