Alton Parker Hall Jr. ’51

Parker was born Dec. 10, 1928, in New York to Emeline Grace and Alton Parker Hall, who was in the Class of 1922. He was a great-grandson of Judge Alton Parker, the Democratic candidate for president in 1904, who was defeated by Theodore Roosevelt. His maternal grandfather was Eugene Grace, chairman of Bethlehem Steel.

Parker prepared for Princeton at Mercersburg. At Princeton he majored in economics and belonged to Cottage Club. After 11 years as an account executive in New York for Shearson Hammill, he moved to Pinehurst, N.C., where on winter mornings he could be found driving harness horses and in the spring following steeplechase races. An avid golfer, he was a member of Pinehurst Country Club and chairman of the Country Club of North Carolina Satellite Tournament. He chaired the Tin Whistles Education and Research Foundation, the oldest golfing fraternity in the country, which awards college scholarships to qualified local high school students.

Parker died April 7, 2017, in Pinehurst. He is survived by his wife, Bertram Bradshaw Hall; his daughters, Marian “Muffy” Finken and Holly Pearce; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; sister Penelope Hall Porter; and cousin Charles B. Grace Jr. ’56. His son, Alton Parker Hall III, predeceased him.