Background
Hall, Kermit Lance was born on August 31, 1944 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Kermit Hall and Katherine Lois Galbraith.
academic administrator educator historian
Hall, Kermit Lance was born on August 31, 1944 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Kermit Hall and Katherine Lois Galbraith.
Bachelor, University Akron, 1966. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1972.
MSL, Yale University, 1980.
Professor history Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1972—1976, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1976—1981. Professor law and history University Florida, Gainesville, 1981—1992. Dean Henry Kendall College Arts and Sciences, professor law and history University Tulsa, 1992—1994.
Executive dean College Arts and Sciences, dean College Humanities, professor history and law Ohio State University, Columbus, 1994—1999. Provost, vice chancellor, professor history North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1999—2000. President, professor history Utah State University, Logan, 2000—2004, State University of New York Albany, 2004—2006.
Director American Council on Education, Washington, 2000—2006. Advisory director Wells Fargo Bank of Northern Utah, Salt Lake City, 2002—2006. Member executive advisory committee Safety Controls Technology Corporation, Philadelphia, 2001—2006.
Director National Association State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, 2002—2006, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah, 2003—2004. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1968-1969.
Author: (book) The Magic Mirror: Law in American History. Editor: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (Main Selection, History Book Club, 1992), The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States, revised 2nd edition, 2005, The Oxford Guide To Supreme Court Decisions (Main Selection, History Book Club, 1999), The Oxford Companion to American Law.
Member John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board, Washington, 1994—1998. Director Research Triangle Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1999—2000, Utah Festival Opera, Logan, 2000. Fellow: American Council Learned Societies.
Member: American Bar Association (committee on public education about the law since 2001, Silver Gavel award 1993), American History Association, American Society for Legal History (associate. Board directors 1994-1997), Organization of America Historians (life), Rotary International (associate).
Married Phyllis Anne Moke, May 1, 1944.