U.S. Philanthropist Jon Huntsman Sr. Dead at 80

industrialist who invented the “clamshell” fast-food container and gave away much of his fortune for cancer research, died on Friday at age 80, the corporation he founded said.

“While never a chemist, he knew more about human chemistry than anyone I have ever met,” his son Peter Huntsman, the company’s chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.

The Salt Lake Tribune, which is owned by Peter Huntsman, said in an obituary that Huntsman donated or committed to donate at least $580 million to the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City..