Former Gov. and Amb. Jon Huntsman, Jr.: A Timeline
Former Gov. and Amb. Jon Huntsman, Jr.: A Timeline
| Resigns as Ambassador effective
April
30. June 21-Announces his candidacy at Liberty State Park, NJ. |
Jan. 16 - Suspends
campaign and endorses Romney. |
Jan. 14 - Huntsman and Sen. Joe
Manchin (D-WV) first event as leaders of No Labels. |
Jan. 15 - Named
chairman of the Atlantic Council. |
Jan. 20-On Inauguration Day, Huntsman will be 56 years, 9.9 months old. |
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2019
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| Deputy
United
States
Trade
Representative,
confirmed Aug.
2001. |
Chairman
and CEO of Huntsman Family Holdings Co., 2003-04. |
Elected
Governor
of
Utah,
defeating
Scott Matheson, Jr. (D) by 57.7% to 41.4%. |
Huntsmans adopt Asha Bharati from Gujarat, India. | Re-elected
Governor,
def.
Bob
Springmeyer
(D) by 77.6% to 19.7%. |
May
-
President
Obama
announces
nomination of Huntsman as
U.S. Ambassador to China; starts Aug. 11, 2009. |
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| Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for East Asia. | Senior
vice president for international affairs at Huntsman
Chemical. |
U.S.
Ambassador to Singapore, confirmed Aug. 7, sworn in
Aug. 28 (at age 29 is youngest amabasador in a century). |
Vice
chairman of the board of Huntsman Corp., 1993-2001. |
President
of
the
Huntsman
Cancer
Foundation. |
Huntsmans
adopt
Gracie
Mei
from
China. |
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| Completes
Taiwan
mission.
Earns
GED from University of Utah. |
Intern
for Sen. Orrin Hatch. Staff assistant and advance for
President Reagan, 1982-83. |
Marries
Mary
Kaye
Cooper. Project manager and secretary of Huntsman Corporation. |
Utah
state director for Reagan-Bush. |
First
of
5
children
born,
daughter Mary Anne. |
Degree
in
international
politics
from
Penn. VP
Huntsman Pacific Chemical; works in Taiwan, 1987-88. |
Deputy assistant secretary for the Trade Development Bureau at Commerce Department. |
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| [Father
founds
Huntsman Container Corporation]. |
[Father
serves in Nixon
administration, 1971-72]. |
Eagle
Scout. |
Unsuccessful run for senior class president at Highland High School in Salt Lake City. Drops out and joins Wizard. | Playing keyboard for Wizard. Starts at University of Utah. Mormon mission to Taiwan, 1979-81. |
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| Born
March
26,
1960
in
Palo Alto, CA to Jon Sr. and Karen Huntsman, oldest
of nine siblings. |
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| Copyright
© 2014 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action
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