Gary Hall:
CLASS OF 1957

Paxson Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Missoula, MT
Missoula County High SchoolClass of 1961
Missoula, MT
Gary's Story
HELLO, my name is Gary Hall and I am retired as the METC Director at MSUN since July 1st 2008 due to my vehicle accident on Feb 1st 2008 with the Montana Environmental Training CenterâÃÂÃÂs van while returning to MSUN in Havre from putting on a âÃÂÃÂSafety WorkshopâÃÂàL in Lewistown at the MSUNâÃÂÃÂs facility there. I had been appointed to that position as of Oct, 2005. Previously I was the training and development specialist for METC at MSUN/Great Falls since Jan, 2004. Having grown up in Missoula and the mountains and streams of western Montana, it gave me an avid interest in the environment, graduating from Univ. of Montana, majoring in chemistry and zoology. My wife Pati and I live in Great Falls having moved there from Kalispell. For a number of years I was employed as the Senior Chemist and microbiologist for an environmental lab where I picked up much of my knowledge of water and wastewater operations. After that I was employed by Ribi ImmunoReseach, Inc and C...Expand for more
orixa as a Quality Control Pharmaceutical Chemist and Microbiologist in Hamilton, after taking the position with Ribi, I worked on the first cancer vaccine ever approved in the world, Melacine, for Melanoma. During the Vietnam war years I served as a US Air Force pilot, flying the rescue command HC-130P aircraft, call sign âÃÂÃÂKingâÃÂàfor the downed pilots in both South and North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, and for Air Weather Service as a âÃÂÃÂHurricane HunterâÃÂÃÂ, the crazy people who fly into the eye of a hurricane to take the weather data. For 40+ years I was an he avid Nordic and alpine skier, and have been a member of the National Ski Patrol, serving as a Patrol Director, Instructor in Avalanche Rescue, Mountain Travel and Rescue, Advanced First Aid and other capacities. My wife Pati is a Chemical Dependency Counselor, certified in both Montana and Minnesota, and currently is an Indian Specialist/Probation and Parole Officer for the State of Montana in Havre.
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