The Roy M. Huffington Family

After graduating from Southern Methodist University, Roy Huffington went to Harvard where he received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in geology. Returning to Texas, after serving with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II, he went to work for Humble Oil, now known as Exxon, U.S.A. Ten years later, he established his own oil and gas company known as Roy M. Huffington, Inc. (Huffco). Huffco grew to be a major independent international oil company active around the world.

Roy and his wife, Phyllis Gough, have two children: Terry Dittman, whose family lives in Houston, and Michael, a California businessman. During the Bush Administration, Mr. Huffington was the U.S. Ambassador to Austria.