In 1995, The Huntsman Cancer Institute, at the University of Utah, is a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center created in 1995 with a $100 million donation from the Jon M. Huntsman family to create a world-class cancer center. In 2000, the family donated an additional $125 million to the Institute.

Jon M. Huntsman is Chair and CEO, Huntsman Corp. located in Salt Lake City. Huntsman worked in the Nixon administration as a White House staff secretary and special assistant. He was later involved in the egg distribution business where he developed the polystyrene egg carton. This led to formation of Huntsman Container Corporation, part of the diversified and Huntsman Corp.