My Life: Accomplishments of a Little Man

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He grew up calling himself a "little man" in a world of big shots, and spent a lifetime proving that horse sense beats status every time.

Born during the Great Depression in rural Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Al Hunter came from a family with no history of college and no expectation that he'd leave the farm communities that shaped him. A high school teacher saw something more. That encouragement led him to an engineering degree and a career with the National Sec...