Hank O’Neal (born as Harold L. O’Neal, Jr. June 5, 1940 in Kilgore, Texas) is an American music producer, author and photographer. He is equally well known in all these disciplines.
His mother, Sarah Christian O’Neal was a musically and intellectually inclined housewife from Tyler, Texas. His father was a professional soldier and educator in the US Army in Texas and the Pacific (1929–1947) and, following World War II, an educator and public schoo...
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Hank O’Neal (born as Harold L. O’Neal, Jr. June 5, 1940 in Kilgore, Texas) is an American music producer, author and photographer. He is equally well known in all these disciplines.
His mother, Sarah Christian O’Neal was a musically and intellectually inclined housewife from Tyler, Texas. His father was a professional soldier and educator in the US Army in Texas and the Pacific (1929–1947) and, following World War II, an educator and public school superintendent in upstate New York (1953–72). O’Neal was raised throughout Texas, primarily Fort Worth, Bloomington, Indiana, and Syracuse, New York. After first attending Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute, he graduated from Syracuse University in 1962.
In 1960 O’Neal was introduced to a representative of the Central Intelligence Agency and ultimately accepted employment with that organization. He reported for duty in January 1963 and remained with the CIA in Washington D.C. and New York City until 1976. He served in the US Army during the...
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