HUNTSMAN CORP. FOUNDER AND chairman Jon M. Huntsman has been naval officer, egg salesman, polystyrene foam egg carton developer, billionaire entrepreneur, cancer survivor (twice), leading philanthropist, staffer in the Nixon White House, fishing buddy of Vice President Dick Cheney, author, iconoclast, father of nine (including the governor of Utah), and grandfather of 54. One thing that Huntsman, 68, has not been is retired. When he sat down with C&EN for an interview in his Salt Lake City offices last month, he excused himself to consult with colleagues. Minutes later, he bounded back into the room declaring he had just charted out the next decade of his company's history on the back of an envelope. He even teased C&EN with a quick glance at his scribbling but withdrew it before any useful perusal could be made. Officers at many companies might have used such an interruption to end the interview. Huntsman ...