Background
Steve Clark Hall was born in San Francisco on November 9, 1953, and attended high school in Eureka, California.
Steve Clark Hall was born in San Francisco on November 9, 1953, and attended high school in Eureka, California.
He graduated with honors in the Class of 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering and rowed all four years on the Navy Lightweight Crew team
He is the first openly gay senior United States. Navy officer who is a graduate of the United States. Naval Academy. He was nominated to the United States. Naval Academy by Senator John V. Tunney of California. After completing his 20-year career as a nuclear submariner, he retired from Naval Service and returned to his home in the Castro District of San Francisco.
After graduation from Annapolis, Steve Clark Hall entered the nuclear submarine training pipeline at the Naval Nuclear Power School in Vallejo, California.
His sea tours included United States Ship Haddock (Social Security Number-621), Engineer Officer of United States Ship Michigan (SSBN-727), as the Submarine Liaison Officer for Commander, Carrier Group THREE based at National Academy of Sciences, USA Alameda deploying on the carriers United States Ship Enterprise (CVN-65) and United States Ship Carl Vinson (CVN-70), as Executive Officer of United States Ship Permit (Social Security Number-594) and as the Commanding Officer of the nuclear submarines United States Ship Greenling (Social Security Number-614) (1992-1994) and United States Ship Drum (Social Security Number-677) (1994-1995). His only shore assignment was as the Executive Officer (ashore) at the Navy Program Management Office, Sunnyvale, California.
After departing the United States. Navy, Hall continued his public service, serving on the boards of various non-profit public benefit corporations including the Castro Area Planning + Action and the San Francisco Friends of City Planning. He served as President of the Castro/Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association in 2008.
Out of Annapolis project
Hall was one of 35 LGBT Naval Academy alumni who sought official recognition from the United States. Naval Academy Alumni Association as the USNA Out Chapter.
In July 2007, Hall began the Out of Annapolis Project which included a detailed study of the LGBT alumni of the Naval Academy. He produced and directed the documentary film by the same name, which opened at the SVA Theater in New York in June 2010. In January 2009, after a front-page article in the Annapolis Capital brought significant awareness to the Out of Annapolis Project, Hall worked with LGBT alumni of the United States. Military Academy to establish an association similar to USNA Out, Knights Out.