DR. THOMAS HALL - A MAN FOR ALL SFASONS

 

 

oft-spoken, dynamic "Thomas has many facets. Every inch the
professional Syhich being a’ physician nude; a eae and civic lender, he is
Gnvolved and concerned with the welfare of the Grand Traverse Area and the people
in it.

ince joining Wanson's Hedical Staff in 1967, he has served as chairman for the
neste staff's Education Conmitt Of the conmittee for Hedical Recor’:
a a nenber and pagt president “3e the original connittee working for the Incens sive
cae Gases “Melelectnorks closely with the Kidney Foundation to establish the dono:
progran
Hall feels that Traver-c City is “medically, a unique oasis of well trained
pysseiens who, ae they moved bere out oe etn 1a porhaps more open to
interrelation than
t is uprising that he would choose to make Traverse City his home and set
2 practice “heres ‘since this has always been home base, Born in Detroit, his
in 1945 when his father began his practi

 

fron Traverse City High School as did his brother, Jin,

juring these early years that Dr. Hall made the decisior In

addition to the fact that his grendfather and father were “Snysictans, and his brother

at Become one, Br. Hal was, influenc by 2 ninth, grade “caneer Day" presentation
ng and was so enthusiastic

made by De. Thirlby. "He ma
that the desire I had to vecste a aby
O 1 vas definitely going to bee

sician was grea reinforced and I knew that

 

the £ preparation and study, First to Dartmouth Colles
Tecoived his Bachelor of arts Degree, and then to HeGHlL Unsvasetey
Degree and Chirurgiae Nagistri (Master
Dr, Hall wed 2 1 2 eiases
Brom vecthy he sont to Denver General Hospital. vera ho interned and finaly
and Clinic for his ney, specializing in Urology and Surgery.
ears on the
Seales
tations
f

ly did not end there, how Hall worked for
pein ob panovanculne hypertension Sra peconseructive vascular eurgery
Chief Urologic Resident, actively participated in over 60 rena} henotransplant
done at the Cleveland Clinic, plus three months of special study in the use o!
age Ianeys wish iinet | route, oe LOA Oe of ie an kidney.

 

 

‘two year:
hese years wer spent totally in the pursuit of higher knowledge

Dr. H ed to snuecre 38 in sone aports activities. Tn fact, from childhood,
e! im under his wing", Dr. Hall has been

finll and 7 couple of other boys out West
(This was before Traverse City had become a

 

Ge es tee the Hose pointe of ‘siding.
skiing mecca.)

didn't disappoint Poppi. Although he mnaged to break his leg

Sina oy Sthe Matlonel tr Championships, ‘he still came away with @ a eee
ward - anew pair of skis. He ding, with better luck, oughost SS

aus days and von many eeaey amas thes the Dartmouth Colege Individual 4

Championship (Slalom, Downhill, Cross Country. ing).

 

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Dr, Thomas Hall - A Man for All Seasons - cont'd

Dr. is still very active in skiing and racing. Last year he 2nd
place in re we skiing ing Chanpionships for Dectora and Dentists io Colorado,
and he is a member al past president of the Grand Traverse Ski Club ~ involved in
promoting racing youth.

one a

ALL of Dr. Hall's leisure hour: not centered around skiing - Grouse hunti
Sedat fu ost evensunecter interact ta oF ing. He is a nestor 0 f Ducks, usninttes
Trout, Unlimited; the Soaring Society of America; enjoys kitc-skiings sailing 5 hor

back ridings and'in his college days, even a Little Boring. You can find him

aimost any crisp Fall day, on the line-up of the Northern Stainless Touch Football
Tean,

Sunmer jobs have not been really run of the mill, either. Hall, back when
he was just plain Tom Hall, spent sone time working on’a consteuction rains
three summers he was a deputy sheriff and worked ee petzon labor to  dubld Holiday
Hills. Just to keep Life fron getting boring...he 3} wader

prospecting for

 

' enthusiasm carries ovev public
devise een campaign of the Traverse fea | Development composes Here he feels
he can work toward "Maintaining the ecologica’ balauce Of fe aren. io stand to lose
too many of whst should be the priorities of the arc:
to the present problems and everes the current twenda.t “Dos fell
the YiH-C.A.» and served as chairman of the Health and Safety

inci Boy Scouts, 1 post he will be leaving this

6 €0 Wid ow position as a penton of tes Board of

@. ile is the co-chairma:

   

 

Trustees of Munson Medical Center,

Dr, Hall feels that bei: ing @ menber of the current Board is more than an honor,
it is an Sooortuniy to be art of on active, vital force, We wi na be able eo
sustain monentun because of the 6 f the current oard members and enable
Munson t Keen pace with the Fla of isnt Gass Setlvany:? te Bie nevest neaben
of the Board Hall brings 8 drive to the job at hand.

 

Dr, ea to spend a great deal of t:

couin, Band daughter, Sorah, 10, share his a jeep love and i
Wife, Kathryn, enjoys Skiing and Spo
"ald Zoo" consisting of

his family. Son,
interest in the outdoors.
nds the majority of her time ee oe the
'd dogs, 2 horses, 2 cats, 1 goat, and a seagull

   

Summing up Dr. Thomas Hall is no easy task. Perhaps his life-style is best
explained by these Lines from Richard Each's Jonathan Li

Jonathan Livingston Seagul.:

 

"He spoke of very sinple things - that

eee Soe & gull to fly, that fecetem ts tie i
being, that whatever stands

Butost chat Eroatod must be sot aside, be it

ritual or superstition or limitation in any

form

 

 

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