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| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Dallas, Texas, US |
| Alma mater | Hollins University |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Known for | Developer of Garden of the Gods |
| Family | Hunt |
Lyda Hill (born 1942) is an American investor and philanthropist. She is a member of the Hunt family.
Hill was born on 1942, in Dallas, Texas to Albert Galatyn Hill Sr. and Margaret Hunt Hill. [1] She is a member of the Hunt family. [2] [3]
She attended the Hockaday School, an all-girl boarding school in Dallas, from 1952 to 1960. [4] She entered Stanford University in 1960, but left to attend Hollins University. She earned a degree in mathematics from Hollins in 1964, and received its Outstanding Alumnae Award in 2009. [5]
In 1967, Hill launched Hill World Travel, a travel agency located in Dallas. She sold the company in 1982, by which time she had grown the company into the largest travel agency in the city and one of the largest in the country. [6] In 1970, she became President of Seven Falls, a tourist attraction near Colorado Springs, Colorado, where her family spent summers.[ citation needed ]
She developed and constructed the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center in Colorado Springs in 1995. In 2011, after the center had donated $3.5 million to the Garden of the Gods Foundation, Hill gave the Visitor Center to the Foundation. [7] [8]
Hill has donated extensively to a variety of organizations in the Dallas area and in Colorado. [9] [10] She has joined The Giving Pledge, initiated by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, [11] and has pledged to donate her entire wealth to charity, the bulk of it during her lifetime. [6] [12]
In 2015, Hill became the 18th recipient of the J. Erik Jonsson Ethics Award, given by the Southern Methodist University's McGuire Center. The award is given to individuals who "personify the spirit of moral leadership and public virtue". [13]
Hill's work with the Garden of the Gods was recognized in 2019 when she received the Land Trust's Stuart P. Dodge Award, honoring a lifetime commitment to conservation. [8]
In 2022, Hill became the recipient of the Spirit of the Springs Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the City of Colorado Springs. [14]
Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. was an American oil tycoon. By trading poker winnings for oil rights according to legend, but more likely through money he gained from successful speculation in oil leases, he ultimately secured title to much of the East Texas Oil Field, one of the world's largest oil deposits. He acquired rights to East Texas oil lands initially through a $30,000 land purchase from oil speculator Dad Joiner, and founded Hunt Oil in 1936. From it and his other acquisitions, which included diverse interests in publishing, cosmetics, pecan farming, and health food producers, he accrued a fortune that was among the world's largest. In the 1950s, his Facts Forum Foundation supported highly conservative newspaper columns and radio programs, some of which he authored and produced himself, and for which he became known. At his death, he was reputed to have one of the highest net worths of any individual in the world, a fortune estimated between $2–3 billion dollars.
Swanee Grace Hunt is an American writer, academic, and former diplomat.
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Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), commonly referred to simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women. The organization has 147 chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The organization was the first women's fraternity to establish a chapter in Canada. Theta's total living initiated membership, as of 2020, was more than 250,000. There are more than 200 alumnae chapters and circles worldwide.
The Hockaday School is an independent, secular, college preparatory day school for girls Pre-K through 12 located in Dallas, Texas, United States. The Hockaday School is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest.
Phyllis Barbara Lambert is a Canadian architect, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family.
Lyda Ann Thomas was an American politician and businesswoman. She was first elected in 2004 as Mayor of Galveston to succeed Roger Reuben "Bo" Quiroga. She was the third female mayor of Galveston and served until 2010.
Pamela Jo Howell Slutz was a career member of the United States Foreign Service who served as U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, and as U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia. Over the course of her career, she has also served in various diplomatic posts in Kenya, Taiwan, Indonesia, and China. She was the recipient of two U.S. Department of State Superior Honor Awards and the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive. After retiring in 2012, Slutz continued to work part-time for the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of State. From 2019 to 2024 she served as president of The Mongolia Society.
MacKenzie Scott is an American novelist, philanthropist, and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. As of June 2024, she has a net worth of US$36.1 billion, owning a 4% stake in Amazon. As such, Scott came out of her divorce as the third-wealthiest woman in the United States and the 47th-wealthiest individual in the world. Scott was named the world's most powerful woman by Forbes in 2021 and one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2020.
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