W. Herbert Hunt

William Herbert Hunt has been active in the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry and has been involved in numerous discoveries of large and giant fields in his career. In addition to his role as advisor to management, Herbert is active in oil and gas exploration, gas processing, oil refining and real estate operations on behalf of various Hunt family companies. He earned his bachelor’s degree in geology from Washington and Lee University in 1951. He has been a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) since 1953 and has served in a variety of leadership roles for a number of national industry organizations, including on the board of the American Petroleum Institute (API), president of the American Association of Drilling Contractors (AAODC – now IADC) and chairman of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) from 1986-1987.

He has served non-industry organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America‘s Circle 10 Council - Executive Board since 1981 and past President 1984-1986; Boy Scouts of America Foundation Board; Board of Wadley Blood Bank & Research Institute (Now a part of Carter Blood Bank); and Board member of Presbyterian Hospital – Professional Building Corporation from 1985-1990.