Christopher McDonald Hunter
August 15, 1952 - January 20, 2005
was welcomed to the world on August 15, 1952 in Chicago Illinois at
Chicago Osteopathic Hospital, the second son and child of Mae
Elease McDonald Hunter of Cheraw, South Carolina and Henderson
James Hunter of East
Chicago, Indiana.
Like his older brother, Henderson Jr., Christopher was baptised at
St Anslem Roman Catholic Church and educated there as well. The
Arrival of his two sisters Elease and Candace soon followed and the
four Hunter siblings traversed the Catholic education system and
traveled the world in the summers. By twelve, he had "roped' cattle in
Colorado. seen the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, eaten hamburgers in
Mexico, waved at "Granny" from Beverly Hillbillies in LA, visited
Trafalgar Square, the Arche de Triomphe, and the canals of Venice.
He viewed the "Night Watchman" at the Louvre, and saw Pope Paul
VI at his summer residence outside Rome. These early years
cemented his love of travel.
His gentle nature and desire for the just was nutured by his.
grandfather, the late Honorable James S. Hunter, Indiana State Assemblyman. Chris and his brother served as pages in the General
Assembly and watched their grandfather pass Civil Rights laws in the
Hoosier state
Christopher's life traveled many paths: from serving his
country
Honorably in the US Navy to managing a Peer Tutorial Center at
Howard University where he was greatly admired and respected.
While in the navy, Chris was selected to participate in Project
BOOST - a program designed to prepare enlisted personnel who
demonstrated significant commissioning potential to earn a
college
degree and a commission in the US Navy. After two tours
aboard
USS Hoel, Christopher joined civilian life and began a career
with
First National Bank. Still desiring to be on the seas and
to build
seaworthy vessels, he returned to school and pursued a degree in
engineering at Howard. His Howard years presented him
with the
opportunity to work with Mae Jemison's Science Camp and NOA (the
Natiional Association of Oceanographic and Atmospheric
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Christopher's life touched countless numbers of people. His
courtesy,
kindness, gentle spirit and quiet amusement at the workings of
humanity will be remembered and cherished by his loving family
and
legions of friends. He is, at this moment undoubtedly eating his
Aunt Jessie's gumbo, smiling with his grandparents., playing a mean game
of
Scrabble and patting the head of one of his dogs.
Son, Brother, Nephew, Uncle, Friend.
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