Verna Hall (’55), Tyler. Awarded the UNT President’s Citation in 1992, she graduated from North Texas with a bachelor’s in business. She met her husband, George Hall (’53), in elementary school and they pursued their degrees together. Verna’s passion for learning carried into her career as a secretary in the legal field as well as the oil and gas industry. She immersed herself in philanthropic and volunteer efforts and was dedicated to supporting charities and arts organizations including the United Way of Smith County, which in 1993 awarded her the Alexis de Tocqueville Award, its most distinguished recognition for philanthropy. In 2014, the organization named its leadership giving program the Verna K. Hall Leadership Circle. She was also active with the East Texas Food Bank, the Tyler Museum of Art, the East Texas Symphony Orchestra and the Texas Rose Festival’s Order of the Rose.
Verna Hall (’55), Tyler. Awarded the UNT President’s Citation in 1992, she graduated from North Texas with a bachelor’s in business. She met her husband, George Hall (’53), in elementary school and they pursued their degrees together. Verna’s passion for learning carried into her career as a secretary in the legal field as well as the oil and gas industry. She immersed herself in philanthropic and volunteer efforts and was dedicated to supporting charities and arts organizations including the United Way of Smith County, which in 1993 awarded her the Alexis de Tocqueville Award, its most distinguished recognition for philanthropy. In 2014, the organization named its leadership giving program the Verna K. Hall Leadership Circle. She was also active with the East Texas Food Bank, the Tyler Museum of Art, the East Texas Symphony Orchestra and the Texas Rose Festival’s Order of the Rose.
