page_title: Winfield Dunn
section_title: Family and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Winfield Dunn / Family and legacy
caption_attribution_description: Winfield Dunn and Betty Dunn
context_page_description: Bryant Winfield Culberson Dunn is an American businessman and politician who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1971 to 1975. He was the state's first Republican governor in fifty years, and was just the sixth since the Civil War. Dunn was an unsuccessful candidate for a second term in 1986, losing to Democrat Ned McWherter. He has remained active in the Republican Party and the medical field since the end of his term as governor.
context_section_description: Dunn and his wife, Betty, have three children: Charles (Chuck), Gayle, and Julie.  Dunn's father, Aubert, served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1937–1939. The Winfield Dunn Center, built during Dunn's tenure as governor, is home to the indoor athletic teams of Austin Peay State University.  Two state routes in Tennessee are named for him: Winfield Dunn Parkway, a section of State Highway 66, connects Interstate 40 with U.S. Route 441 in Sevierville, and a portion of Interstate 269/Tennessee State Route 385 in Fayette and Shelby Counties is named for him between US 70 and US 72.  Buildings at Tennessee Technological University and the University of Memphis have been named for Dunn. The Dunn Dental Building, housing the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, is also named after Governor Dunn. A bust honoring the governor is in the clinic lobby of the Dunn Building.
caption: Winfield and Betty Dunn
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