Ray L. Hunt

Ray L. Hunt is a Dallas businessman whose association with Hunt Oil Company began in 1958 as a summer employee in the oil fields. He graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1965 with a degree in economics and now serves as chairman, president, and CEO of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. He is also chairman and CEO of Hunt Oil Company and other related companies. Additionally, he serves as a member of the boards of Bessemer Securities Corporation, Bessemer Securities LLC, King Ranch, Inc., and PepsiCo. Within the oil and gas industry, Mr. Hunt is a member of the board of the American Petroleum Institute and serves on its Policy Committee. He previously served as president of the Dallas Petroleum Club and the Dallas Wildcat Committee. He has received several awards that are related to the energy industry. In 1998, he was elected an All-American Wildcatter by the national organization of the same name, followed in 1989 by the John Rogers Award, given by the Southwestern Legal Foundation “for distinguished service to the petroleum industry and civic institutions.” Additionally, he received the Public Service Award of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Distinguished Service Award of the Texas Oil and Gas Association, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North Texas Energy Council. In 2007, he received the Distinguished Service and Leadership Award of the 25-Year Club of the Petroleum Industry. Mr. Hunt has received two awards that his father, H.L. Hunt, had previously received. In 1992, he was elected to the Texas Business Hall of Fame (an honor his father had posthumously received in 1986), and in 2005, he received the annual Chief Roughneck Award (an award his father received in 1966). Active in civic affairs, Mr. Hunt has previously served as chairman of the board of Southern Methodist University, chairman of the Dallas Citizens Council, chairman of the North Texas Commission, and chairman of the Central Dallas Association. He is currently chairman of Dallas Medical Resource. He also serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University, the Board of Trustees of CSIS, the Executive Committee of the Southwestern Medical Foundation in Dallas, and the Board of Trustees of the Cooper Institute. With respect to government service, in October 2001 and again in January 2006, Mr. Hunt was appointed by President George W. Bush to the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He was also appointed to the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in 1998 and served as its chairman for four years. Additionally, he is currently a member of the National Petroleum Council and served as its chairman from June 1991 to July 1994. Mr. Hunt has also received a number of other awards. He was the first recipient of the J. Erik Jonsson Award, given by the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce. He also was the recipient of the Order of Marib, given by the government of the Republic of Yemen—the only non-Yemeni ever to be so designated. In 2000, he received the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies Award for Corporate Citizenship. Other awards include the H. Neil Mallon Award, given by the Dallas Council on World Affairs; the Distinguished Business Leader Award, given by the Texas Association of Business; and the Heath Award, given by the Dallas County Medical Society. Mr. Hunt is also a recipient of the Charles Cameron Sprague Community Service Award given by the Southwestern Medical Foundation. In 2007, Hunt was a recipient of the Linz Award, presented by Zale Corporation and the Dallas Morning News. The award recognizes a Dallas County citizen whose community and humanitarian efforts created the greatest benefit to the city during the decade without receiving monetary compensation.