Herb Cornuelle (died 1996) was a businessman and activist in Hawaii, who was involved in the development of free market think tanks during the mid-twentieth century.
"Baldy" Harper, Cornuelle helped found the Foundation for Economic Education in New York in 1946, and later became head of the William Volker Fund (where he hired Murray Rothbard as an academic consultant).
His siblings include libertarian author Richard Cornuelle.
Cornuelle moved to Boston and led the United Fruit Company from 1963 until 1969, when he returned to Honolulu to head Dillingham Corp.[3] He joined the Campbell Estate in 1982 as a trustee, retiring as board chairman in 1990.
[4] According to a popular story, Cornuelle helped set the tone of his leadership at Dillingham during a business flight to the Mainland.