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Christopher McDonald Hunter

 

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 Sciences.</P>

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.