Frederic C. Hamilton (Deceased)

Name

Industry: Oil and Gas
Primary Company: The Hamilton Companies
Age: 89 (Deceased)
Location: Denver, Colorado
Estimated Worth: Unconfirmed

Background

Frederic (Fred) C. Hamilton was the chairman of The Hamilton Companies. He also held a variety of directorships at other large oil, gas, and mining companies. Fred Hamilton passed away on September 30, 2016.¹ He was married to Jane Hamilton.²

Hamilton was co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Hamilton Oil Corporation in Denver, Colorado. He was a member of the Trustees Council of the National Gallery of Art; an alumnus of the Smithsonian Institution Board of Directors; a member of the Board of the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America; trustee of Graland Country Day School in Denver; and president of the Graland Country Day School Foundation Board.³ ⁴

Hamilton was also co-founder and chairman of Tejas Gas Corporation, which Shell purchased in1988 Shell. He was a member of the National Petroleum Council, and a director of the American Petroleum Institute. He was the director of numerous other oil, gas, and mining companies including: chairman at BHP Petroleum; Celanese Corporation; First National Bancorporation; Gates Learjet; IntraWest Financial Corporation; ITT.⁵

Over the years, Hamilton expanded his oil drilling company from a small operation in Denver to more than 12 affiliated natural resource companies with combined revenues of $226.8 million in 1982. In 1962, he expanded to the Edson Field in Alberta, Canada, where he tapped what was then the second-largest gas field in Canada. He later tapped Canada’s Nipisi oil field in 1964, which held in excess of 400 million barrels. Since that time, the company expanded with more oil and gas discoveries in the North Sea, Oklahoma, the Gulf of Mexico, South America, and the East China Sea and became Hamilton Brothers Petroleum Corporation.⁶

Funding

Political Spending

Below is a summary of Fred Hamilton’s political spending, via campaign finance data exported from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Note that while efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of this data, errors may have been introduced in the original records.

Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation

Below is a sample of the Frederic C. Hamilton Family Foundation’s grants, looking at a small subset of notable recipients. This is based on data from publicly available IRS Form 990 filings reviewed by DeSmog.

Recipient	2005	2006	2007	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2016	Grand Total
DonorsTrust					$125,000						$125,000
Alliance for Choice in Education	$500	$1,000	$2,000	$2,500		$13,000	$11,500	$10,000			$40,500
Vail Global Energy Forum Foundation										$24,548	$24,548
Independence Institute		$1,000	$500			$250	$250	$500	$500	$250	$3,250
Freedom Institute						$1,000	$500		$1,000	$500	$3,000
Anti-Defamation League	$2,500										$2,500
Heritage Foundation			$100			$250	$200		$400	$200	$1,150
Colorado Council for Economic Education						$500					$500
George W Bush Foundation							$100				$100
Grand Total	$3,000	$2,000	$2,600	$2,500	$125,000	$15,000	$12,550	$10,500	$1,900	$25,498	$200,548

990 Forms

Koch Events

June 2010

Fred Hamilton and his wife, Jane Hamilton, attended the June 2010 meeting of the Koch network in Aspen, Colorado. A list of attendees and a schedule for the Aspen summit was obtained by ThinkProgress.⁷

Affiliations

Other Resources

“Frederic C. Hamilton” on Wikipedia

Resources

1
“Denver Art Museum Mourns the Passing of Chairman Emeritus, Frederic C. Hamilton” (PDF), October 1, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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Drew Casertano. “Awarding of the Edward Pulling Community Service Award to Frederic C. Hamilton ’45,” Millbrook, June 12, 2010. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/mm4ub
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“Denver Art Museum Mourns the Passing of Chairman Emeritus, Frederic C. Hamilton” (PDF), October 1, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
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Drew Casertano. “Awarding of the Edward Pulling Community Service Award to Frederic C. Hamilton ’45,” Millbrook, June 12, 2010. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/mm4ub
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hall of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FREDERIC C. HAMILTON B’48,” Babson. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/4B3Pi
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“MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,” ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KUNp3
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt

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