Jon Huntsman, who was a Republican candidate for president, was elected to the Caterpillar Inc. board of directors, the company announced Thursday.
Huntsman, 51, dropped out of the GOP race in January, less than a week after the New Hampshire primary, where he finished third.
Huntsman’s resume had suggested he could be a major contender for the Republican presidential nomination: businessman, diplomat, governor (Utah), veteran of four presidential administrations, an expert on China and foreign trade.
But the former ambassador to China in the Obama administration found a poor reception for his brand of moderate civility that he had hoped would draw support from independents, as well as party moderates.
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