John Lawrence Hall ’68

John Lawrence Hall ’68 died of cancer at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 28. Larry was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four brothers, but grew up in upstate New York, graduating from Jamesville-Dewitt High School. He majored in economics at Dartmouth, where he joined Alpha Chi Alpha and was a four-year member and officer of both the Ski Patrol and the Dartmouth Outing Club. In addition, during his first two years Larry rowed crew. Upon graduation from Dartmouth in 1968 Larry served in the Peace Corps in the Philippines, thus beginning a lifelong interest in the Pacific and Asia. He subsequently taught mathematics at the Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire, then moved to New York City, where he began a career in banking and earned an M.B.A. from New York University in 1976. He married Soledad Santos in New York in 1972. Larry’s banking career began with Chase Manhattan in New York and subsequently led to assignments of several years from Chemical Bank to its branches in Tokyo and Seoul. He later worked for First Chicago and Crown Pacific before joining the Bank of Hawaii in 1997, serving 10 years before retiring. He came out of retirement in 2008 to serve as a bank examiner for the State of Hawaii. Larry was an avid outdoor enthusiast who enjoyed skiing, tennis, hiking, swimming and golf. He is survived by Sol, children William and Melissa, grandson Braden and brothers Bill, Don and Tom.