Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.

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Education

Huntsman had supported the University of Utah in Salt Lake City in other ways as well.

The 15,000-seat Jon M. Huntsman Center for special events opened in 1969 and is used for gymnastics, basketball, and volleyball. It has been the site of national championships in both gymnastics and basketball, including NCAA men's basketball. As of 2013, the Huntsmans have supported the building of an additional basketball practice facility, to be named the Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Basketball Center.

Huntsman has also given support to other universities. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Overseers of his alma mater, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the school's signature buildings, Jon Huntsman Hall, was named in his honor. Huntsman made an unrestricted gift of more than $50 million to Wharton, which was critical to development of the $140 million project. As of 1994, the Huntsmans also endowed the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania, a four-year undergraduate program that combines business education and liberal arts.

In 1989 Huntsman gave $1 million to Utah State University in Logan, Utah, for the Huntsman Environmental Research Center. At a press conference to announce the gift, Huntsman said the preservation of the environment is the single most important issue in the world. The Huntsmans also donated $500,000 to rebuild the Alumni Center, renamed the David B. Haight Alumni Center in honor of Mrs. Huntsman's father. In December 2007, Utah State University announced that its College of Business would be renamed the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business, in recognition of a gift from Huntsman and his wife of $26 million, a major contributor for the new $40 million school of business building referred to as Huntsman Hall—the largest in the university's history to that time. In 2017, Huntsman and Charles Koch donated another $50 million to the Huntsman School of Business for student scholarships and a new Center for Growth and Opportunity.

The law library at Brigham Young University, built in 1975, was expanded and renamed for Howard W. Hunter in 1995 with financial support from Jon and Karen Huntsman and other donors. A new library building at Southern Utah University, named in honor of retiring SUU President Gerald R. Sherratt, contains the Jon and Karen Huntsman Reading Room. The Huntsmans also contributed to the Karen H. Huntsman Library in Snow College, Utah. Completed in 2010, it is a "green" building, expected to be the first academic library in the state to achieve gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.

Awards

1954 – Student body President, Palo Alto High School

1955 – Awarded the Crown Zellerbach Scholarship to The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

1959 – University of Pennsylvania Student Alumni Award of Merit (undergrad)

1959 – University of Pennsylvania Spoon Award (most outstanding student graduate)

1959 – International Balfour Award (most outstanding Sigma Chi in US/Canada)

1971 – José Marti Brotherhood Award, from Cuban Americans, Most Respected U.S. Citizen

1991 – Armenian Medal of Honor

1994 – American Academy of Achievement

1994 – Kaveler Award, Most Outstanding CEO, Chemical Industry

1994 - Inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame

1996 – Great Humanitarian Award, Freedom Foundation

1996 – National Caring Award, Caring Institute

1997 – Horatio Alger National Award

1999 – Armenian Presidential Award

1999 – University of Pennsylvania Alumni Award of Merit

2000 – Named One of Ten Most Influential Utahns in the 20th Century

2001 – Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernst & Young

2003 – Humanitarian of the Year

2004 – Othmer Award, Outstanding Inventions in Plastics, Chemical Heritage Foundation

2005 – Giant in our City Award, Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce

2006 – American Red Cross Excellence in Governance Award

2008 – Medal of Honor, American Cancer Society

2008 – Trustee Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

2009 – Chairman Emeritus, The Wharton School Board of Overseers (University of Pennsylvania)

2010 – Distinguished Public Service Award, American Assn. for Cancer Research

2010 – Inducted into Idaho's Hall of Fame

2010 – National Award for Charity (Restoring Honor Day, Washington, D.C.)

2011 – Service Above Self Award

2011 – WSJ's Innovator of the Year Award

2013 – Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement, American Chemical Society

2014 – William E. Simon Award for Philanthropy

2015 – The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia's Business Leadership Award (Bower Award)

2015 – Philanthropy Roundtable's Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Award

2016 – Insider Magazine listed Huntsman as second largest contributor to charities in America; Fortune Magazine names Huntsman as 2nd most generous man in America.

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Early life and education

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Scientific awards and honors

Personal life and death

Religion

Politics

Nixon administration

Presidential elections

1988 Utah gubernatorial election

Son's 2012 Republican presidential campaign

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Cancer research

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Aid to Armenia

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