Bill Hall
Bill Hall, a longtime Senior Instructional Specialist at the Clearwater Campus, was found dead at age 49 on Tuesday, Aug. 7.
Hall, who began working at St. Petersburg Junior College in 1988 as a part-time Instructional Assistant in the Learning Support Center, became a full-time employee in 1990 teaching writing and reading labs.
An alumnus of SPJC, Hall was a finalist for the college’s prestigious Apollo Award in 1989.
“He was excellent instructor and tutor,” said Matt Bowen, Associate Provost at the Clearwater Campus who worked in the LSC with Hall for 18 years. “He was a master at teaching students to think critically.”
Students often would drop by the LSC to talk with him and play with the puzzle and mind-teaser games he kept around his desk.
“He was very beloved by students,” Bowen said, describing Hall as an intellectual and philosopher with a great sense of humor.
Hall received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the University of South Florida in 1992. He completed additional graduate course work in reading and philosophy.
Funeral services are pending.
I will miss you dearly Professor Hall. A student who struggled in writing spent hours in the common area with him going over what I missed in my younger years do to child abuse and my disabilities in writing. I even remember that last thing he said to me when I came by after being given the Florence C. Ballenger award this pass Spring by him and Professor Marks. .He corrected my speech and smiled asking how my three children were. I had also told him I was a PTK officer now at the Tarpon Spring campus and been working on something for this coming fall for the PTk. He so delighted to see how I grown over the pass 2 years in my artwork and on the both campus.
I am sadden for it is my b-day and this is not how I wanted to end it, But I am blessed I was able to come this far in my college career due to the help Professor Hall had given me. With his charm , humor and patience I remember how he guided each student in his classrooms with silly insurance stories, stories of past students and so much more. . I will never for get you and may you rest in peace Professor Hall.
- Ptk Officer (Historian) Nicole L. Weaver
I did get my daughter into the school and she is using the lang. program you had shown me for her severe disabilities in reading.
I too will miss you dearly Bill; we have lost a real treasure here at SPC!
Wow. So sad. He really understood what we have here and what we do here. The students will miss him in the classroom and we’ll miss him in the faculty lounge – where he always had a story and a smile.
I will miss our esoteric chats, Bill. But even more, I will miss your Cheshire Cat smile and your quippy response to, “How are you, Bill?” …”Gruntled”