David E. Huntley is a semi-retired businessman and widower who was married to his late French born wife Sophie for 62 years and lives in Dallas Texas. David has 4 children and 7 grandchildren. David E Huntley was born in London , England and survived the London Blitz in World War II. His late wife Sophie lived under German occupation in France. As an engineer he worked in the UK aircraft industry before moving to Africa in the fifties.
After starting and building two companies, Mr. Huntley sold his business interests in Africa, and in 1978 moved to the USA . He formed Huntley Associates(Dallas) Inc., in 1979 to conduct business as international corporate consultants. Those activities included a division that was engaged in executive recruiting and contract engineering for hi-tech industry.
The consulting division provided local and overseas clients with global strategies in international markets and a specialized educational course, (Project J.A.P.A.N. ), for company executives and educational institutions, on how to negotiate and do business with the Japanese.
Huntley Associates(Dallas), Inc., were retained as consultants to one of Japan 's largest groups, Sumitomo Corporation for fourteen years in succession. They assisted the company's local U.S. offices to negotiate distribution, joint ventures and licensing agreements with American companies whose products had export potential to the Japanese market.
He has been a guest speaker at various forums including a World Marketing Conference in Houston in 1984. He was a guest speaker at the University of Texas in Arlington that hosts the American Enterprise Institute, and a member of the Speakers Bureau for the Dallas World Cup '94 Soccer effort.
David Huntley was a co-founder and a member of the original steering committee of the British-American Commerce Association of North Texas, later renamed British-American Business Council. He retired from the Board of Directors in 2001 after serving for 17 years since inception in 1984, in various capacities including Chairman of the Executive Committee, and as a past President of the organization.
He was awarded an Honorary Life membership to the organization, and to its Board of Directors in recognition of his services for the promotion of British and American business interests in North Texas and the Dallas/Fort Worth region in particular.
Mr. Huntley in his capacity as President of the British-American Commerce Association of North Texas in 1990, organized an event that brought Mr. John Cleese, the TV and film actor to Dallas .
The monetary proceeds of this event were presented by Mr. Huntley to the Chairman of the World Cup Soccer Dallas '94 Steering Committee, at City Hall in the presence of the then Mayor, the late Annette Strauss.
This seed money was the first raised by any business organization in Dallas and helped the city to bid and win as a major host site and main broadcast center for the 1994 World Cup Soccer.
In 1996 Mr. Huntley was chosen as an expert on Japanese/American trade negotiations to appear on a panel (Strategic Alliances) with Marjory Searing , U.S. Under-Secretary of State for Japan . The panel was part of the "Sun & Star" three months' business and cultural exchange program in Texas sponsored by the Japanese government, the State of Texas and city governments.
He has also appeared on several occasions as a guest panelist on Public Television. He was a guest on the nationally syndicated McCuistion show, and invited to participate in a discussion on Japanese/American business issues. Other panelists on the show were senior executives of two major American corporations together with the Consul-General of Japan and a professor of Asian business at Southern Methodist University.
Huntley's last appearance on the McCuistion Show was June 20th 2004 entitled, "Outsourcing: Lost Jobs or Positive Free Trade?" Fellow guest panelists included a Senior Economist from the Federal Reserve Bank, an Executive Council Member of the AFL-CIO from Washington D.C.
2005, Mr Huntley was honored with an appointment to the American Advisory Board of The Historical Royal Palaces (HRP) of the United Kingdom.
He assisted the HRP in identifying American patrons willing to help the charity in its mission of the maintenance care, conservation and presentation to the public of the unoccupied royal palaces- HM Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House at Whitehall and Kew Palace with Queen Charlotte's Cottage.
Mr. Huntley was instrumental in bringing the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester to Dallas for a Gala Dinner on behalf of Historic Royal Palaces.
In March 2010 he was appointed a Director of Historic Royal Palaces, Inc., and until his retirement in early 2013, he continued to raise awareness of the charity in the United States through lectures and fund raising.
In 2013 Mr. Huntley wrote the best selling book, "Deathwatch Beetle: An Historical Post WWII Spy Thriller" which was endorsed by high level military & intelligence sources. The book was a Finalist in the 2015 Chaucer Book Awards. The Jewish War Veterans Group awarded Mr. Huntley a Certificate of Appreciation for the narrative in the book concerning the Nazis use of slave labor.
His latest book, (Oct 2023), The B-17 Tomahawk Warrior: A WWII Final Honor, is an award winning non-fiction story of an American Flying Fortress crash and explosion in England which Huntley witnessed in 1944. For over 70 years there were numerous mysteries and myths associated with this accident. After seven years of research, 2 continents of travel, and hundreds of interviews, the author resolved them while bringing British posthumous honors to the American crew.
It is now established as a historic WWII document in the official Print Collections of the JFK Library in Boston and the Imperial War Museum Research Library Room in London. It is available for study by future scholars and historians.
As an author, Mr. Huntley is a popular speaker about his and his late wife's experiences in WWII.
In March 2022 Mr. Huntley was honored at a State National Defense Banquet in Houston Texas with the Daughters of the American Revolution, Americanism Medal for 2021
