John Whitling Hall

Background

Hall, John Whitling was born on October 11, 1934 in Tulsa. Son of Morgan George and Helen Gertrude (Whitling) Hall.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Geology, U. Southwestern Louisiana, 1956; Master of Arts in Geography, Southern Illinois U., 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, Louisiana State University, 1970.

Career

Computer department staff, Century Geophysical Corporation, Tulsa, 1960-1961; instructor, U. Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, 1963-1966; instructor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1966-1968; professor of geography, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1968-1995; professor emeritus geography, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, since 1995; Adjunct Professor, Louisiana State University, Alexandria, 1996. Department chairman social science Louisiana State University, Shreveport, 1974-1981, director Pioneer Heritage Center, 1976-1978, chairman Regional Studies Center, 1983-1988. Director American Studies Program, 1991-1995.

Visiting scholar University Texas, 1981.

Achievements

• John Whitling Hall has been listed as a noteworthy Geography educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Louisiana Folklife Commission, Baton Rouge, 1984-1993, vice-chairman, 1990-1993. Member state review board Register History Places, since 1990. With United States Army, 1957-1960, Federal Republic of Germany.

Member American Geograph. Society, Association American Geographers, American Meteorological Society, North American Culture Society, Blue Key, Phi Kappa Phi (president 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, photography, music, mineralogy, ethnobotany.

Connections

Married Carol Ann Hoffpauir, June 23, 1957. Children: Carla H. Hall Minor, Cathryn Hoffpauir.

Father:

Morgan George Hall

Mother:

Helen Gertrude (Whitling) Hall

Spouse:

Carol Ann Hoffpauir

child:

Cathryn Hoffpauir Hall

child:

Carla H. Hall Minor Hall