Background
Hunt, John Meacham was born on December 1, 1918 in Cleveland. Son of Raymond Edward and Marguerite (Meacham) Hunt.
Hunt, John Meacham was born on December 1, 1918 in Cleveland. Son of Raymond Edward and Marguerite (Meacham) Hunt.
Bachelor in Chemistry, Western Reserve University, 1942. Master of Science in Petroleum Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, 1946.
Instructor chemistry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1947;
research chemist, Jersey Production Research Company, 1948-1955;
head geochemistry research, Jersey Production Research Company, 1956-1963;
department chairman chemistry and geology, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1964-1967;
chairman chemistry, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1967-1974;
senior scientist, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1974-1984;
scientist emeritus, Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, since 1984. Chief scientist Red Sea Expedition, 1966, Black Sea Expedition, 1969. Member United States delegate petroleum geochemists to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics oil fields and petroleum laboratories,1962.
Vice chairman workshop on inputs, fates and effects petroleum in marine environmental NAS, 1973, member United States national committee for geochemistry, 1974-1976. Chairman Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry, 1976. Crosby lecturer department earth science Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981.
Member organizing committee 8th Internat.Congress on Organic Geochemistry, Moscow, 1977. Lecturer numerous countries.
Member American Chemical Society, American Association Petroleum Geologists (lecturer continuing education committee 1970-1982, distinguished lecturer 1964, associate editor Bulletin 1964-1985), Geochem. Society (Treibs medal 1982), European Association Organic Geochemists, Sigma Xi.
Married Doris Press, April 10, 1947 (divorced June 1973). Children: Randall Keith, Lawrence Lee. Married Phyllis Laking, September 1, 1973.