Background
Hall was born to David Hall, recorded sound archivist, and Bernice Dobkin.
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Peter Hall
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and Doctor of Philosophy (1973) in American History from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Career
He was Professor of History and Theory in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York, and Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School"s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations. He received his Bachelor of Arts in American Studies at Reed College in 1968 and his Master of Arts Hall held appointments at Wesleyan (1974-1982), Yale (1973-1999), and Harvard (since 2000). Hall edited the Hauser Center blog, Nonprofit News & Comment, a weekly survey of major press coverage of philanthropy, nonprofits, and related topics.
On April 30, 2015, Hall was killed in a head-on car collision after he traveled the wrong way on Interstate 95 near Branford, Connecticut.
Achievements
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In 1993, Hall received the John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Education from the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. In 2008, he was given the ARNOVA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research. Active in historic preservation, he was a co-founder of the New Haven Urban Design League and a trustee of the New Haven Museum.
Membership
He was a founding member of Yale"s Program on Non-Profit Organizations and served as its director from 1996 to 1999.
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