What is Jon Huntsman Sr.?
{{for|his son, ambassador and 2012 Republican presidential candidate|Jon Huntsman Jr.}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Jon Huntsman |image = Jon Huntsman Sr..jpg |office = [[White House Office of the Staff Secretary|White House Staff Secretary]] |president = [[Richard Nixon]] |term_start = February 22, 1971 |term_end = January 1, 1972 |predecessor = John Brown |successor = [[Bruce A. Kehrli]] |birth_name = Jon Meade Huntsman |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|6|21}} |birth_place = [[Blackfoot, Idaho]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|2|2|1937|6|21}} |death_place = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], U.S. |spouse = Karen Haight |children = 9, including [[Jon Huntsman Jr.|Jon]] and [[Peter R. Huntsman|Peter]] |education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[University of Southern California]] {{small|([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])}} |net_worth = US$3.0 billion (2018)<ref>{{cite web|last=Gorham |first=John |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1998/0706/6201210a.html |title=The World's Working Rich |publisher=Forbes.com |access-date=February 2, 2018}}</ref> |awards = [[Othmer Gold Medal]] (2004)<br>[[Bower Award]] (2015)<br>[[Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy]] (2015) }} '''Jon Meade Huntsman Sr.''' (June 21, 1937 &ndash; February 2, 2018) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the founder and executive chairman of [[Huntsman Corporation]], a global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals. Huntsman plastics are used in a wide variety of familiar objects, including (formerly) McDonald's clamshell burger containers.<ref name=FundingUniverse>{{cite web|title=Huntsman Chemical Corporation History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/huntsman-chemical-corporation-history/|publisher=International Directory of Company Histories|access-date=18 March 2014}}</ref> From 1971 to 1972, he was the [[White House Office of the Staff Secretary|White House Staff Secretary]] during the [[Richard Ni