Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hogan, Hunter A., Jr. November 24, 1997 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Woolfitt http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008401 May 10, 2022, 4:01 pm Virginian-Pilot November 25, 1997 Hunter A. Hogan Jr., passed away Monday, Nov. 24, 1997. He is survived by his loving wife, Mary Payne Hogan; six daughters, Jane Batten, Celia Hogan, Elizabeth Hogan, Pamela Cardona, Hunter M. Hogan, Harmon Miller; six grandchildren, Frank Batten Jr., Dorothy Batten Rolph of Charlottesville, Va., Mary Batten Jacobson of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., Frank Pickell of Aspen, Colo., Elizabeth and Tim Esser of Sioux Falls, S.D.; sons-in-law, Anthony Percival, Paul Miller, Efra Cardona, Paul Esser and Frank Batten Sr.; and a special friend, Barbara Dunn. He also had five great-grandchildren. As a native of Norfolk, Hunter Hogan was afforded the opportunity to see the revitalization of this city from a gray Navy town into one of the American South's urban success stories. But Hunter Hogan was never content to simply stand by and witness this transformation; rather, he made it his life's work to enrich both the city's landscape and the lives of its citizens, collectively and individually. Even at 87, Hunter Hogan was hard at this task, working daily as president of Hunter Hogan Real Estate Counseling and engaging in numerous civic enterprises. As testimony to this ongoing civic work, Hunter Hogan volunteered to raise funds for the completion of the Martin Luther King monument, which is under contract. His efforts on behalf of institutions such as Old Dominion University and the University of Virginia were always highlights of his civic endeavors. For the past two years, the International Council of Shopping Centers presented the Hunter Hogan Award of Excellence in commercial real estate to deserving professionals within the industry. Hunter was born June 13, 1910, into a large Norfolk family. Even at a young age, he understood much about Norfolk's relationship to the world at large as his father was in the cotton business, an enterprise that relied heavily on the city's port facilities. At the age of 19, he came to understand firsthand yet another Norfolk business institution: Norfolk's Ford Motor Co. plant on whose assembly line he worked for a summer, a job he once called "the toughest in my career." Work, along with involvement in sports and civic activities, were recurrent themes in Hunter Hogan's life. As a boy, he raced outboard motor boats, at least one of which he had built himself. Hunter's persistence and desire to succeed - traits that accented his every word - led to his capturing third place one year in the Class A national championships. One of his boats even reflected Hunter's early pride in his hometown by carrying the name "Baby Norfolk." In 1929, Hunter entered the University of Virginia where, on the threshold of the Depression, he had to work between classes in order to pay his expenses. There he played freshman football before he was compelled, in 1931, to return home to work and help support his brothers and sister. After nearly two years of selling men's clothes, Hunter entered the real estate business with Barron Segar. Those early years provided the foundation for what eventually would become one of the state's premier real estate companies, Goodman Segar Hogan Inc. For Hunter, those early years in the real estate business were interrupted from 1942 to 1946 when he served as lieutenant in the Navy and saw combat action all through the Pacific theater. When he returned to Norfolk, his firm had merged with another and almost immediately began to grow. In 1952, the company entered the shopping center business and eventually put together more than 60 such developments. Goodman Segar Hogan's mark on Norfolk and Hampton Roads is indelible, from the thousands of homes sold by its residential subsidiary to its construction of the World Trade Center, one of the landmark buildings lining Norfolk's revitalized waterfront. Just as Hunter viewed the hardships of the war as a sign that he had a duty to serve his country, he viewed the success of his business as a sign that he had a duty to serve his city. With his gregarious manner, inexhaustible energy and his ever-present smile, Hunter Hogan set out to fulfill that obligation - with the view that such duty never ends. The list of Hunter's professional and civic contributions is a long one by any standard, and it is one that deserves recounting here. Hunter was president of the DePaul Hospital Advisory Board and served on the board for more than 30 years. He was a past president of the Board of St. Mary's Infant Home. In 1963 he served as president of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce; and he was vice president of the Board of the Norfolk Symphony Orchestra. In the symphony's early years, Hunter personally guaranteed a bank loan that kept the struggling organization solvent. Recently, Hunter was a member of Old Dominion University's Intercollegiate Board of Trustees and was an active adviser to the University's Real Estate Board. He was a member of the University of Virginia Real Estate Foundation Board. He served on the executive board of the local YMCA and had been active in fundraising for the local United Way, for Old Dominion University and for the drive that provided funds to construct Eastern Virginia Medical School. Professionally, Hunter served as a trustee and president of the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit organization that studies urban problems. He was a regional vice president of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and served as president of that organization's Tidewater chapter. He also worked as a consultant on commercial real estate matters all across the nation, from Hawaii to the Eastern Seaboard. He remained physically active all through his life - skiing, surfing and playing various other sports. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart Church, 520 Graydon Ave., Norfolk. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in his memory to the St. Mary's Infant Home, Norfolk. H.D. 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