Hamon, Jake L. Jr.
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Birthname | Jake Louis Hamon | ||||
born on | 24 July 1902 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||||
Place | Lawton, Oklahoma, 34n37, 98w23 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American oilman and philanthropist who started his career in Ranger, Texas in 1920, drilling his own well a year later. He subsequently partnered with oilman Edwin B. Cox (Edwin L. Cox's father), and established a corporate office in Dallas, Texas in 1932. The two men worked together until 1950. He was inducted in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1968. Hamon founded the Hamon Oil Company in 1984.
Hamon married Nancy Blackburn on 28 March 1949. They had two sons and a daughter. Hamon was a personal friend of former US President George H. W. Bush. Hamon and his wife visited the Bushes in China when Bush served as Envoy to China in March 1975.
Jake L. Hamon Jr. died on 3 May 1985 at age 82 while he was on vacation in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Relationships
- friend relationship with Bush, George H. W. (born 12 June 1924)
Events
- Work : Prize 1968 (Oklahoma Hall of Fame)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes birth notice, The Lawton News (Lawton, Oklahoma), 24 July 1902, page 2, born at home.
Categories
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two sons, one daughter)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy
- Vocation : Misc. : Mining (Oil)
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Oklahoma)
- 1902 births
- Birthday 24 July
- Birthplace Lawton, OK (US)
- Sun 0 Leo
- Moon 16 Pisces
- Asc 24 Virgo
- 1985 deaths
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist
- Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy
- Vocation : Misc. : Mining
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame