Richard Dennis Hall

Background

Hall, Richard Dennis was born on April 12, 1935 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of Dennis John and Clara Eleanor (Hanson) Hall.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1957.

Career

General assignment reporter, Worcester (Massachusetts) Telegram and the Evening Gazette, 1957-1960; city hall reporter, columnist, Springfield (Massachusetts) Union, 1960-1965; reporter, Fresno (California) Bee, 1965-1977; agriculture water reporter, Fresno (California) Bee, 1977-1979; Washington correspondent, McClatchy Newspapers, 1979-1983; agribusiness writer, Fresno (California) Bee, 1983-1991; retired, Fresno (California) Bee, 1991. Member 9th Annual Conference European and American Journalists, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1985.

Achievements

• Richard Dennis Hall has been listed as a notable agribusiness and international trade writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Docent local history tours, Hanford, California, 1987. Participant Volunteers for Overseas Cooperative Assistance, Armenia, 1993.

Interests

• Avocations: birding, baking bread.

Connections

Married Joyce Ann Huntington, June 7, 1957. Children: Brian Huntington, Roger Hanson.

Father:

Dennis John Hall

Mother:

Clara Eleanor (Hanson) Hall

Spouse:

Joyce Ann Huntington

child:

Roger Hanson Hall

child:

Brian Huntington Hall