Robert A. Hall
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Background and military career
Hall was born in Collingswood, New Jersey on April 15, 1946.[2] After graduating from the Collingswood High School[2] in 1964, he joined the United States Marine Corps. He served four years from 1964 until 1968, when he left the Marines as a corporal to attend college. He later rejoined the United States Marine Corps Reserve while in the Massachusetts Senate, serving from 1977 to 1983 as a radio operator and public information officer. He finally left the Corps in 1983 as a staff sergeant due to time conflicts with his civilian profession after declining a commission as a second lieutenant.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Hall received an associate of arts degree from Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, Massachusetts in 1970, and a bachelor of arts degree in government from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1972. Hall earned a Master of Education degree in history from the Fitchburg State College in 1980.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Political career
Hall was first elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1972Template:Sndthe year he graduated from the University of Massachusetts – by a margin of nine votes out of over 60,000 cast. He was the first Republican elected in what was then the Third Worcester District since 1938. Hall was re-elected in 1974 by a margin of 10,000 votes, carrying every city and town in the heavily Democratic district. In 1976, he was nominated by both parties, winning the Democratic primary on write-in votes against a Leominster city councilor. He was unopposed in 1978, and easily won reelection in 1980, winning 78% of the vote against a Democrat from Gardner. Hall was appointed Assistant Minority Whip in 1978 and Minority Whip in 1980. He retired in 1982.[1]
Life after politics
In 2008, he became executive director of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Rosemont, Illinois.[3]
Hall died of cancer on June 4, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin.[1]
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