Background
Hamilton, Frederic Crawford was born on September 25, 1927 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ferris F. and Jean (Crawford) Hamilton.
Hamilton, Frederic Crawford was born on September 25, 1927 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Ferris F. and Jean (Crawford) Hamilton.
He was educated at Millbrook and Lawrenceville Schools and Babson College.
Hamilton founded Hamilton Oil Corporation in the late 1960s. He built it into an international oil company as well as a domestic gas company, both of which he merged into a major integrated oil company in the mid-1980s. Hamilton is now Chairman of The Hamilton Companies, which is active in venture capital, private equity, oil and gas, real estate, mortgage lending, securities, and acquisitions operations.
He also served in the United States Air Force.
Hamilton began his career as a roughneck and roustabout in the oil fields of Texas. Frederic Hamilton has been called one of America’s oil pioneers.
Their success enabled them to expand into oil and gas exploration with a partnership known as Hamilton Brothers. In 1962, this became Hamilton Brothers Oil Company and the company moved to Denver.
Hamilton"s family have resided in Denver for more than 50 years.
In the early "70s, Hamilton Brothers was the first company to find and produce oil in the North Sea. They drilled the first well in the East China Sea and later the first in the Barents Sea, offshore Russia. They also developed and used the first floating production system in the world.
Hamilton currently serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Denver Art Museum (Department of Administration and Management) Board of Trustees.
He served as the Department of Administration and Management’s Vice Chairman beginning in 1984, became Chairman of the Board of Trustees in 1994 and acted as Company-Chairman with J. Landis (Lanny) Martin from July 2011 to January 2013. He guided the museum through several major milestones, most notably the planning, financing and construction of the Hamilton Building, designed by Daniel Libeskind.
lieutenant first opened to the public in October 2006. Additionally, Hamilton led two major endowment campaigns for the Department of Administration and Management during his tenure, growing those assets to more than $100 million.
He also helped lead the fundraising effort to complete the $110 million expansion project
In recognition of his long-time support, the museum named its 146,000-square-foot expansion, the Hamilton Building. Hamilton"s past corporate directorships include: Chairman, Tejas Gas Corporation. Director, BHP Petroleum.
Celanese Corporation.
First National Bancorporation. Gates Learjet; IntraWest Financial Corporation.
International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation. International Mining Corporation.
United States Tmst Company Norwest Corporation; Permian Corporation.
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken International Corporation. United Banks of Colorado and Volvo International Board.
2003 Frederic C Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum Endocrinology Chair at the University of Colorado at Denver.
Newman Center, University of Denver. Ritchie Center, University of Denver. American Federation of Arts Denver Children"s Hospital.
Hamilton is a member of the Trustees Council of the National Gallery of Art, an alumni member of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Directors, on the Board of Trustees of the Denver Area Council Boy Scouts of America, and President of the Graland Country Day School Foundation Board.
Married Jane C. Murchison, February 14, 1953. Children: Christy, Frederic C., Crawford M., Thomas M.