James Granville Hall

Background

James Granville Hall Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 22, 1917. His parents were James Hall and Jane Hall.

Education

Hall pursued higher education at George Washington University, Georgetown University, the University of Colorado, and Virginia State University. His documented qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts from George Washington University in 1950, postgraduate study at Georgetown University in 1951, postgraduate study at the University of Colorado in 1967, and a Master of Arts from Virginia State University in 1972. His education preceded and accompanied a career that combined military service with teaching history and government.

Career

Hall entered military service in 1943, when he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army. From 1943 to 1950 he served as an aircraft controller in Panama and subsequently transferred to the United States Air Force. Between 1950 and 1964 he held various Air Force assignments, with another documented transfer in 1961. From 1964 to 1967 he served in North American air defense as a director and commander and as a weapons staff officer. In 1967–1968 he was associated with Molecular Delivery Corporation in King Salmon, Alaska, in a command capacity. From 1969 to 1971 he was director of operations for the 5th Tactical Control Group. In 1971–1972 he served as chief of control and environmental functions for the 20th Air Division at Fort Lee, New Jersey. He retired from the United States Air Force in 1972. Beginning in 1973, Hall taught history and government at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, where he remained on the faculty until 1993. He also wrote on international political affairs, including a 1953 review of communism in Chile.

Achievements

• Completed a three-decade military career that included aircraft-control, command, weapons-staff, tactical-control, and air-division assignments in the United States Army and United States Air Force.

• Served as a history and government faculty member at Austin Community College from 1973 to 1993 after retiring from the United States Air Force.

Works

• article

  • Communism in Chile—A Brief Review

    (Article by James Granville Hall published in World Affair...)

    1953

Religion

He was affiliated with African Gospel Christianity.

Membership

Hall belonged to the Heritage Foundation and maintained extensive associations with horticultural and veterans' organizations. He was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In the chrysanthemum community, he served as president of the Capitol Area Chrysanthemum Society, organizer and president of the Southwest Chrysanthemum Region Society, an accredited judge and later master judge of the National Chrysanthemum Society, and an accredited judge and national schools and judges chairman of the Men's Garden Club of America. He also served as president of the Men's Garden Club and later as a member of its board of directors.

• Heritage Foundation , United States

• Served as president.

  Capitol Area Chrysanthemum Society , United States

  1975

• Served as organizer and president.

  Southwest Chrysanthemum Region Society , United States

• Served as an accredited judge, awards chairman, and master judge.

  National Chrysanthemum Society , United States

• Life member.

  Veterans of Foreign Wars , United States

• Served as an accredited judge, national schools and judges chairman, and judge emeritus.

  Men's Garden Club of America , United States

• Served as president and later as a member of the board of directors.

  Men's Garden Club , United States

  1977

Interests

• Chrysanthemum cultivation, horticultural judging, and garden-club activities.

Connections

Hall was the son of James Hall and Jane Hall.

Father:

James

Mother:

Jane