Jon M. Huntsman Joins Board of Beaumont Foundation of America
Business Wire; Mar 22, 2006
Jon M. Huntsman, founder and Chairman of Huntsman Corporation, the
nation’s fourth largest chemical company, has joined the Board of
Directors of the Beaumont Foundation of America (BFA), a charitable
foundation dedicated to the use of technology to enhance the lives of
America’s underprivileged. Mr. Huntsman was the 2003 recipient of the
Humanitarian of the Year Award from CNN’s Larry King. He has served
the past eight years as a member of the Board of Governors of the
American Red Cross and as Chairman of its Biomedical Services
Committee (America’s blood supply). Among countless donations he has
given to homeless and underprivileged people around the world were the
significant funds he gave to rebuild the country of Armenia following
the devastating 1988 earthquake.
Mr. Huntsman and his wife, Karen, are perhaps best known for their
$225 million donation to establish and fund the Huntsman Cancer
Institute and Hospital at the University of Utah, one of America’s
premier cancer centers, dedicated to finding cures for cancer based on
genetic research.
Wayne Reaud, Chairman of the BFA Board, commented, “Jon Huntsman is
widely recognized as one of America’s foremost concerned citizens and
philanthropists. His experience, guidance and direction will be a
tremendous asset to the work of the BFA.”
Established in 2002, the Beaumont Foundation of America supports the
use of computer technology to enhance and advance the lives of
underprivileged individuals and populations in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia.
Initiatives the BFA has funded include donations to the Salvation Army
and Boys and Girls Clubs of America. More than 500 schools have
received BFA computers, as have the children of military personnel who
lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, the BFA has
delivered computers to such organizations as affordable housing,
children’s hospitals, college and university scholarship programs,
faith-based initiatives, foster care and mentoring programs for
children, persons with disabilities, restart programs for released
offenders, and senior citizens.
To date, the Beaumont Foundation of America has granted and delivered
computer equipment valued at over $63 million.for Beaumont Foundation
of America Eric Wetzel, 800-469-0661 [email protected]