Monday, October 8, 2012 - The University of Akron

China Week October 8 - 15, 2012
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Monday, October 15, 2012
7:30 pm Evening Keynote: Reflections on Sino US Relations in a Presidential Election Year
Location: E J Thomas Hall
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Presenter: Mr. Jon Huntsman, Presidential Candidate, Governor of Utah, Ambassador to
China
Jon Huntsman was a candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination until he
finished third in the New Hampshire primary and endorsed Mitt Romney.
Jon Huntsman most recently served as President Obama’s Ambassador to China from
August 2009 through January 2011.
Jon Huntsman served in the administrations of four US presidents: Ronald Reagan,
George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Barak Obama, was elected the Governor of Utah
in November 2004 and won re-election in 2008 with nearly 78% of the vote, and was the
CEO of Huntsman Corporation, a global chemical company founded by his billionaire
father that employees about 12,000.
Jon Huntsman was born on March 26, 1960. He earned his GED after dropping out of
high school to play keyboard in a band called Wizard, spent two years as a Mormon
missionary in Taiwan, and earned a BA in International Politics from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1987.
For ticket information call E J Thomas Ticket Office 330-972-7570