biography
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Hunt, H(aroldson) L(afayette)
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| lived:
| (1889–1974)
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| biography:
| Oil executive, born in Ramsey, Illinois, USA. He became rich from land speculation, oil-lease trading, and drilling in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana in the 1920s. After acquiring the first East Texas oil site, he founded the Dallas-based Hunt Oil Co (1936), eventually the country's largest independent oil producer. He founded Facts Forum (1951–6) and Life Line (1958) to promote his ultraconservative political views. |
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