Terrence Hall:
CLASS OF 1967

Parkside High SchoolClass of 1967
Jackson, MI
Stanford UniversityClass of 1972
Stanford, CA
Jackson Community CollegeClass of 1968
Jackson, MI
Frost Junior High SchoolClass of 1963
Jackson, MI
Wilson Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Jackson, MI
Terrence's Story
Family: Married with three children - oldest now married, a practicing dentist, and the mother of two. Both sons have completed college and our younger son recently received his MSW degree from U of M.
Current occupation: Attorney with a general practice. I have enjoyed working with plaintiffs in personal injury actions, and became certified as a brain injury specialist. My main offices are in Oakland County, and I have a satellite office in Livingston County, but do go to courts in surrounding counties as well. My wife, who has Masters degrees in Education and Social Work, is now in private practice as a Family Therapist.
Office addresses: 4523 Highland Road; Waterford, MI 48328 / 838 W. Long Lake Rd, Ste 100; Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Website: hallandassoc-law.com
"Frankie" Natho, of Jackson Country Day School, nurtured a love for learning which has never quite left me. That view of life was further nurtured at Wilson Elementary by my two favorite teachers, Mrs. Meade and Mr. Stewart. Can remember Mr. Stewart pointing to South America and to Africa on a large world map, showing how they appeared to fit together like puzzle pieces, and saying that there was a then controversial theory that the continents once were joined together, and later very slowly separated over time. Somehow that was a concept which opened a door or two in my mind.
Frost Jr. High was a lot more institutional than I had been used to, but was a great opportunity to get to know many others with similar and differing interests. Favorite teacher was Miss Schmidt, who had taught English when my parents attended Jackson High in the early '40s, and who still shared a love for her subject.
At Parkside High I tended to stay under the radar most of the time, sticking with the books and, in my senior year, working afternoons at Consumers Power in its Systems Planning Division. Fairly regularly make use the company computer, which was housed in its own separate computer building. The only way we could run an operation was to send our entries, line by line, to the key punch department which would then punch each character onto data cards for running through the computer's card reader!
My favorite high school teachers were Mrs. Barber, for math, and Mrs. Nichols, for English. One of my saddest memories was of being in French class when the shooting of J.F.K. was announced over the school intercom. One of my most humorous memories was of attending ...Expand for more
a general assembly in the field house when the song "House of the Rising Sun" unintentionally was broadcast over the public address system, upstaging the program.
Attended JCC for a year, then transferred to Stanford where I double-majored in Psychology and Journalism. Favorite professors: Michael Tooley ("Philosophy of Religion") and Paul Ehrlich ("Biology & Social Responsibility"). Was impressed by frequent campus visits by notables of the day such as Joan Baez, Eldridge Cleaver, Daniel Ellsberg, Linus Pauling, Alan Watts and Jane Goodall, as well as by the culture of Northern California (with Esalen Institute, the Haight, Fillmore West, etc.), along with the international mix of fellow students and by the heated political climate of the day. Those outside influences often were at least as interesting and as informative as the more formal classroom instruction.
After college I returned to Michigan to work for both Consumers Power & Detroit Edison at a public relations facility located on the shore of Lake Michigan near Ludington. Then went on to law school, receiving a Juris Doctor from the Detroit College of Law in 1978. Favorite professors: Harold ("due process") Norris and Dennis Archer, who later became Mayor of Detroit and went on to join the Michigan Supreme Court.
Had been a member of the board of ACLU, Oakland County Branch, am a board past-president. Also had been active with the Cranbrook Peace Foundation, Mensa, the Brain Injury Association of MI, and occasionally get involved with local politics.
Enjoy traveling whenever possible. Several years back my family and I traveled to Europe and then on to India to visit some of my wife's relatives and neighbors whom she hadn't seen for many years, as well as to take a tour of the country. It's a fascinating mix of cultures and a country which still has great needs. We try to keep our home an interesting blend of the best from both the East and the West.
I find the internet to be an interesting window to the world. Among my favorite daily web sites are NYTimes.com, WashingtonPost.com and CrooksAndLiars.com. They're almost always interesting, and help me to keep current with what's going on around us.
After becoming up to date with Covid-19 vaccinations have returned as much as possible to what once was considered to be normal life - but with a much better appreciation for the true value of things which once were taken for granted.
With best regards...
Terry
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