Background
Hale, William Bryan was born on April 26, 1933 in Stephenville, Texas, United States.
Hale, William Bryan was born on April 26, 1933 in Stephenville, Texas, United States.
Student, University of California at Los Angeles, 1953-1954.
Police beat/courts reporter, Santa Monica (California) Outlook, 1953-1958; general reporter, Ontario (California) Daily Report, 1958-1959; criminal court writer, Los Angeles City News Service, 1959-1960; general reporter, Los Angeles Times, 1960-1961; reporter, Houston Chronicle, 1961-1962; news editor, Somerset (Pennsylvania) American, 1962-1963; night editor, Elmira (New York) Star-Gazette, 1963-1964; copy editor, investigative reporter, Milwaukee Journal, 1964-1970; Tucson correspondent, Time magazine/Time-Life Books, 1970-1971; night city editor, Tucson Citizen, 1970-1971; national desk copy editor, Los Angeles Times, 1971-1990; senior lecturer, University of Southern California, 1974-1988; president, National Copy Editors School, Thousand Oaks, California, 1984-1990; founder and director, Australian Sub-Editors School, Sydney, Australia, 1989-1994.
Corporal United States Marine Corps, 1951-1953.
Son of William Bryan and Gladys (Tittle) H. Divorced; children: Shandra Hale Reiss, Tamara Hale Cameron, Nicholas, Sabrina.