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“Denver Art Museum Mourns the Passing of Chairman Emeritus, Frederic C. Hamilton” (PDF), October 1, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. He was married to Jane Hamilton.2Drew 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
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“Denver Art Museum Mourns the Passing of Chairman Emeritus, Frederic C. Hamilton” (PDF), October 1, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 4Drew 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
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“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hall of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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“FREDERIC C. HAMILTON B’48,” Babson. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/4B3Pi
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“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
Affiliations
- Hamilton Brothers Petroleum Corporation8“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- The Hamilton Companies9“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- National Petroleum Council — Served on the council.10“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- American Petroleum Institute — Former director.11“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Tejas Gas Corporation — Chairman.12“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- BHP Petroleum — Chairman.13“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Celanese Corporation — Chairman.14 “FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- First National Bancorporation — Chairman.15“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Gates Learjet — Chairman16“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- IntraWest Financial Corporation — Chairman.17“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- ITT 18“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- International Mining Corporation — Chairman.19“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- United States Trust Co. — Chairman.20“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Norwest Corporation — Chairman.21“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Permian Corporation — Chairman.22“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken International Corporation — Chairman.23“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- United Banks of Colorado — Chairman.24“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- Volvo International — Chairman.25“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
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.
- 2Drew 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
- 3“Denver Art Museum Mourns the Passing of Chairman Emeritus, Frederic C. Hamilton” (PDF), October 1, 2016. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 4Drew 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
- 5“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hall of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 6“FREDERIC C. HAMILTON B’48,” Babson. Archived July 18, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/4B3Pi
- 7“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
- 8“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 9“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 10“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 11“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 12“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 13“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 14“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 15“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 16“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 17“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 18“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 19“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 20“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 21“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 22“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 23“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 24“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
- 25“FRED HAMILTON,” Colorado Business Hal of Fame. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/c5PIt
