Charles G. Hall

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Charles Gustave "Pat" Hall
Born(1930-11-15)November 15, 1930
Rock Island, Illinois, USA
DiedApril 25, 2012(2012-04-25) (aged 81)
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Alma mater Creighton University
Occupation Photojournalist
Spouse(s)Michela "Mickey" Zaccone Hall (died 2009)
ChildrenDavid C. Hall

Steven M. Hall
Kerry P. Hall
Laurel VanMaren

Shelly Schroff

Charles Gustave Hall, known as Pat Hall (November 15, 1930 - April 25, 2012) was a photojournalist from Nebraska and Wyoming. During the run-up and celebrations of America's bicentenial in 1976, he was chairman of the six-state Continental Divide Alliance of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and executive director of the Wyoming State Bicentennial Committee.

Nebraska State of the United States of America

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Wyoming State of the United States of America

Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the western United States. The state is the 10th largest by area, the least populous, and the second most sparsely populated state in the country. Wyoming is bordered on the north by Montana, on the east by South Dakota and Nebraska, on the south by Colorado, on the southwest by Utah, and on the west by Idaho and Montana. The state population was estimated at 577,737 in 2018, which is less than 31 of the most populous U.S. cities including Denver in neighboring Colorado. Cheyenne is the state capital and the most populous city, with an estimated population of 63,624 in 2017.

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Early life

Hall was born in Rock Island, Illinois, he was a United States Navy veteran of the Korean War, in which he served as an aerial photographer, with duties aboard the USS Essex (CV-9), USS Cusk (SS-348) and USS Carbonero (SS-337) during Regulus missile testing. He attended Roman Catholic-affiliated Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]

Rock Island, Illinois Place in Illinois, United States

Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is the largest island on the Mississippi River. It is now called Arsenal Island. The population was 39,018 at the 2010 census. Located on the Mississippi River, it is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring Moline, East Moline, and the Iowa cities of Davenport and Bettendorf. The Quad Cities has a population of about 380,000. The city is home to Rock Island Arsenal, the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the US, which employs 6,000 people.

Illinois State of the United States of America

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United States Navy Naval warfare branch of the United States Armed Forces

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Journalism career

In 1961 and 1962 he was elected vice president of the Nebraska Press Photographers association. [2] [3] [4] He worked at KMTV, the CBS affiliate in Omaha, as a producer from 1962 to 1965 for the later NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw. [1] In 1964 he was named television photographer of the year for the central region by the National Press Photographers Association on the basis of points achieved in monthly photo contests. [5] In 1965 he won annual the sweepstakes award and first place in news, pictorial, and picture story by the Nebraska Press Photographers Association. [6] He was again given a merit award by the National Pres Photographers Association in 1966. [7] Also in 1966 he was awarded the Professional Journalism Award of Creighton University. He also received honors from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association. [8] Hall was nominated three times for a Pulitzer Prize in photojournalism. He photographed each U.S. President from Harry Truman to Ronald W. Reagan. [1]

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NBC American television and radio network

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Tom Brokaw American broadcast journalist

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He also worked for the Omaha World-Herald , the Milwaukee Journal in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, [1] and as photo editor at the (now defunct) Louisville Times in Louisville, Kentucky. [9] Since 1968, he resided in Cheyenne, where he was on the staff of Wyoming Wildlife magazine, and the Wyoming Tribune Eagle . [1] In 1969 he became managing editor of Camping News Weekly. [8] He also was the first editor of High Country News based in Lander, Wyoming. [1] Hall served as a national officer of the National Press Photographers Association in 1964 [10] and was chairman and host of the 1975 National press Photographers Association convention in Jackson, Wyoming. [11]

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Civic leadership

In 1972 he was elected was made executive director of the Wyoming Bicentennial Commission and in 1974 he was elected chairman of the six-state Continental Divide Alliance of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. [12] He served as the executive director of the Wyoming Bicentennial Commission until the end of bicentennial ceremonies in 1976. He also was on the staff of the Wyoming State Museum [1]

Personal and family life

Hall was a member of the historic St. Mary's Catholic Cathedral on Capitol Avenue in downtown Cheyenne. His wife, the former Michela "Mickey" Zaccone, died in 2009. Hall died in Cheyenne at the age of eighty-one. He is survived by five children, David C. Hall (wife Mary), Steven M. Hall (wife Cindy Madsen), and Kerry Patrick Hall (wife Pam), all of Cheyenne, Laurel VanMaren (husband David) of Fort Collins, Colorado, and Shelly Schroff of Laramie, Wyoming, fourteen grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. [1]

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  2. ↑ State Press Photographers Elect, The Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 20 Mr 1961, page 14, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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  8. 1 2 New Weekly Names Staff, Casper Star-Tribune (Casper, Wyoming) 2 May 1969, page 11, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. ↑ Centennial plans advance, The Billings Gazette (Billings, Montana) 13 Jul 1972, page 25, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. ↑ Editor & Publisher, Volume 97, Editor & Publisher Company, 1964 p42
  11. ↑ Press Photogs to Meet Here in '75, The Jackson Hole Guide (Jackson, Wyoming) 18 Apr 1974, page 20, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  12. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30308816/ Pat Hall Elected Chairman of Six State Bicentennial Alliance], The Jackson Hole Guide (Jackson, Wyoming) 21 Feb 1974 page 24, accessed via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
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