Fritz Huntsinger

Fritz Huntsinger was one of the major donors behind Pepperdine's Malibu campus. The Huntsinger Academic Complex, which included Payson Library and Pendleton Learning Center, was largely paid for with a $2.6 million cash donation from its namesake. In addition to giving money, Huntsinger donated a giant wooden statue of an eagle that was placed in Payson Library.¹

An immigrant from Germany, Huntsinger made his money selling oilfield tools through his company Vetco Offshore Industries (Vetco was short for Ventura Tool Company).¹ Huntsinger was a personal friend of George Pepperdine, serving on Pepperdine's university board and later board of regents for over two decades, beginning in 1958.²

Today, Huntsinger is perhaps most recognizable as the namesake of Huntsinger Circle, which runs from the baseball field past the Rho lot to the law school.