M. Lewis Hall Jr. ’48

Born Aug. 14, 1924, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Lew was a lifelong Floridian and the principal in a Miami law firm founded by his father.

Lew saw Army service toward the end of World War II. After his Princeton and Harvard Law School graduations, he clerked at the Florida Supreme Court before joining the family firm in 1950. He was president or held other leadership positions at almost every professional or community organization in which he was involved, including the Dade County Bar Association, the Orange Bowl Committee, the Miami Club, the Council of 100, and a campaign committee for U.S. Sen. Spessard Holland.

Lew also was a cattle rancher and a hunter on his properties in Florida and Missouri. He and his wife, Muriel, had celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary shortly before his death Aug. 31, 2020, at home in Arcadia, Fla. He was 93. Lew is survived by Muriel, their sons M. Lewis Hall III and Don T. Hall, and four grandchildren.