# Jake L. Hamon Jr.

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{{Short description|American oil man and philanthropist (1902–1985)}}
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| name                      = Jake L. Hamon Jr.
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| birth_name                = Jake Louis Hamon
| birth_date                = July 24, 1902
| birth_place               = [Lawton, Oklahoma](/source/Lawton%2C_Oklahoma), U.S.
| death_date                = 1985
| death_place               = [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)
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| education                 = 
| alma_mater                = [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago)
| employer                  = 
| occupation                = Oilman
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| political_party           = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
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| spouse                    = Nancy Blackburn
| children                  = 2 sons, 1 daughter
| parents                   = Jake Louis Hamon<br/>Georgia Perkins
| relatives                 = [Olivebelle Hamon](/source/Olivebelle_Hamon) (sister) 
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'''Jake L. Hamon Jr.''' (July 24, 1902 – 1985) was an American oilman and philanthropist.

==Early life and education==
Jake L. Hamon Jr. was born on July 24, 1902, in [Lawton, Oklahoma](/source/Lawton%2C_Oklahoma).<ref name="smupapers">{{cite web|title=Jake and Nancy Hamon Papers|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00259/smu-00259.html|website=University of Texas Libraries|publisher=SMU|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="texashandbookhamon">{{cite web|last1=Maxwell|first1=Lisa C.|title=HAMON, JAKE LOUIS|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fhaej|website=The Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=[Texas State Historical Association](/source/Texas_State_Historical_Association)|accessdate=May 11, 2016|date= June 15, 2010}}</ref> He was named after his [father](/source/Jake_L._Hamon_Sr.); his mother was Georgia Perkins.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/> He spent his childhood in [Ardmore, Oklahoma](/source/Ardmore%2C_Oklahoma).<ref name="smupapers"/>

Hamon attended the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) for two years.<ref name="okhalloffame">{{cite web|title=Jake L. Hamon, Jr.|url=https://www.oklahomahof.com/Portals/0/PDF%27s/HOF%20bios/Hamon%20Jr.%2C%20Jake%20L..pdf|website=Oklahoma Hall of Fame|accessdate=May 11, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418014048/http://www.oklahomahof.com/Portals/0/PDF%27s/HOF%20bios/Hamon%20Jr.%2C%20Jake%20L..pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He dropped out of college in 1920, when his father was shot to death.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/>

== Career and philanthropy ==
Hamon started his career in [Ranger, Texas](/source/Ranger%2C_Texas), in 1920 and drilled his own well a year later.<ref name="smupapers"/> He subsequently partnered with oilman Edwin B. Cox ([Edwin L. Cox](/source/Edwin_L._Cox)'s father), and established a corporate office in [Dallas, Texas](/source/Dallas%2C_Texas), in 1932.<ref name="okhalloffame"/> The two men worked together until 1950.<ref name="okhalloffame"/>

Hamon served on the board of directors of the [American Petroleum Institute](/source/American_Petroleum_Institute) in 1934.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/> He subsequently served as the president of the National Stripper Well Association, the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, and the [Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association](/source/United_States_Oil_%26_Gas_Association).<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/> During World War II, he served as a member of the Petroleum Industry Council for National Defense.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/> He was inducted in the [Oklahoma Hall of Fame](/source/Oklahoma_Hall_of_Fame) in 1968.<ref name="okhalloffame"/>

Hamon founded the Hamon Oil Company in 1984.<ref name="okhalloffame"/>

Hamon made charitable contributions to the [Dallas Museum of Art](/source/Dallas_Museum_of_Art), and he served on the board of trustees of the Dallas Zoological Society and [Southern Methodist University](/source/Southern_Methodist_University).<ref name="smupapers"/> He was also on the board of the [Cotton Bowl Athletic Association](/source/Cotton_Bowl_Classic).<ref name="smupapers"/>

==Personal life==
Hamon married Nancy Blackburn on March 28, 1949.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/> They had two sons and a daughter.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/> Hamon was a personal friend of former President [George H. W. Bush](/source/George_H._W._Bush).<ref name="bush41aportrait114">{{cite book|last1=Bush|first1=George W.|title=[41: A Portrait of My Father](/source/41%3A_A_Portrait_of_My_Father)|date=2014|publisher=Ebury Publishing|location=London|isbn=9780553447781|oclc=883645289|page=[https://archive.org/details/41portraitofmyfa0000bush/page/114 114]}}</ref> Hamon and his wife visited the Bushes in [China](/source/China) when Bush served as Envoy to China in March 1975.<ref name="bush41aportrait114" />

Hamon died in 1985 while he was on vacation in Amsterdam.<ref name="texashandbookhamon"/>

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Category:1902 births
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Category:People from Lawton, Oklahoma
Category:Businesspeople from Dallas
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Businesspeople from Oklahoma
Category:American businesspeople in the oil industry
Category:20th-century American businesspeople

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