A Lifetime of Giving

Working at Harvard, in 1945, Barbara Hall said she took advice from her boss that changed her life, “He said, ‘You’re a good kid, but there is a much better job at Kirkland house.’ So, I interviewed and got the job.”

Dr. Richard “Dick” Hall had accepted the position of staff tutor at the same undergraduate residence. He recalled their introduction, “My college roommate and I were the first two people to walk into Barbara’s office. Two years later, we were married, and my former roommate was my best man.”

Elizabeth Duncan Yaggy Society members, the Halls have volunteered for over 40 years and been GBMC patients. Barbara is a Trustee, and their twin grandchildren were born here.

The Halls speak humbly about their roots. Both used education as a stepping-stone. Barbara’s father, a school principal, stressed the importance of education. She later graduated from Bates College. Dick applied for and received a full scholarship to Harvard. Upon graduation, he accepted a commission in the Army-Air Corps. After World War II, he returned to Harvard and earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry.

Navigating B-17 aircraft during the war, Dick and his pilot formed a friendship that would lead the family to Baltimore and him to a 38-year career at McCormick Spice Company. The couple beam when they speak of daughters Ann, Nancy and Elizabeth and their grandchildren.

The Halls remain one of the most loved and in love couples in the GBMC community. They recently contributed their second Charitable Gift Annuity. Dr. Hall said Gift Annuities are an attractive giving option, “You can make a gift, reduce the size of your estate and receive current income, at the same time.”

He concluded, “If you contribute appreciated stock, you can avoid heavy capital gains tax and turn a low-yielding asset into a high-yielder while contributing to an eminently worthwhile activity.”

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