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‘SCIENCE IS THE ANSWER’
History-making Lyda Hill touts philosophy of giving
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By Rachel Snyder
rachel.snyder@peoplenewspapers.com
One of Lyda Hill’s guiding philosophies in her philanthropic efforts is “science is the answer.”
Giving runs in her family, too.
“Because my mother, beloved philanthropist Margaret Hunt Hill, insisted on taking me with her when she volunteered, I actually recall not being old enough to understand that voluntarism was, in fact, voluntary,” the philanthropist, entrepreneur, and Hockaday School alumnae said.
She wrote those comments when signing the Giving Pledge, a movement where philanthropists leave most of their wealth to charity.
“Because I have a fervent belief that science is the answer to many of life’s ‘impossibilities,’ I made the decision long ago to donate the entirety of my estate to philanthropy and scientific research,” Hill said.
In recent years, Lyda Hill and her organization awarded a $50 million grant to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Moon Shots Program, which aims to combat and eliminate cancer.
Other gifts include a $25 million
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William Herbert Hunt
American oil billionaire (1929–2024)
William Herbert Hunt | |
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| Born | (1929-03-06)March 6, 1929 El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | April 9, 2024(2024-04-09) (aged 95) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Heir, owner of 25% of Halcon |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | H. L. Hunt Lyda Bunker |
| Relatives | Margaret Hunt Hill, Nelson Bunker Hunt, Caroline Rose Hunt, and Lamar Hunt (siblings) Clark Hunt (nephew) |
William Herbert Hunt (March 6, 1929 – April 9, 2024) was an American oil billionaire, who along with his brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and Lamar Hunt[1] tried but failed to corner the world market in silver.[2] According to Forbes, as of April 2024[update] his net worth was estimated at US$5.3 billion.[3]
Early life
[edit]William Herbert Hunt was born in 1929 to Lyda Bunker and the oil well wildcatterH. L. Hunt.[3]
Career
[edit]In the 1970s Hunt and his brother Nelson Bunker Hunt acquired 195 million ounces of silver, worth nearly $10 billion at the peak. When the price of silver collapsed 80% in 1980 the brothers lost their fortune in the silver trading scandal called Silver Thursday; together they lost a billion dollars.[4] William Herbert Hunt went bankrupt in 19