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Donald J. Hall Sr. (1929 -) is the current Chairman of the Board and majority shareholder of Hallmark Cards, the world's largest greeting card manufacturer and one of the worlds largest privately-held companies, located in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He and his wife, Adele, live in Mission Hills, Kansas. One of Kansas City's only billionaires, the Hall Family Foundation, which he founded, is one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the United States. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Hallmark Cards, a privately owned American company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. ...
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Early life
Hall was one of three children of Joyce Hall (d. 1982). Joyce Hall started selling greeting cards out of Kansas City YMCAs at age fifteen and subsequently founded Hallmark Cards, which quickly grew into a major corporation. This led to great prosperity and prominence in Kansas City. In line with other prominent Kansas Citians at the time, Hall attended the The Pembroke-Country Day School in Kansas City from elementary school forward, graduating in the class of 1946 at the age of 17. Joyce Clyde Hall (1891-1982), American businessman, was the founder of Hallmark Cards. ...
A greeting card is a folded card featuring a message of greeting or other sentiment. ...
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The Pembroke Hill School (commonly known simply as Pembroke Hill) is a nonsectarian, coeducational, private preparatory school located on two campuses near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Both campuses, however, pre-date the Plaza itself. ...
After graduating from high school, he worked as an assistant salesman for Hallmark, traveling the Midwestern United States. Hall then attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, still working a nearby sales territory for Hallmark while completing his A.B. in economics. Upon graduation from Dartmouth in 1950, he joined the United States Army, served most of his military career as an officer at a small post in Gifu, Japan. After returning from abroad, he married his wife, Adele, in Kansas City. They had two children, Donald J. Hall, Jr., and Margaret Hall (now Pence). Regional definitions vary from source to source. ...
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Career and philanthropy Hall returned to Hallmark in 1953 and became Assistant to the President in 1954. In 1966, after Donald had served as an Administrative Vice President and member of the Board of Directors of Hallmark, Joyce Hall retired as Chairman, President, and CEO of Hallmark, handing full control of the company to Donald. 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ...
As Chairman, President, and CEO of Hallmark, Hall worked both to increase the prominence of the company in the international business community, and also worked to develop Kansas City. As such, he founded the Hall Family Foundation, which consistently gives away hundreds of millions of dollars a year to public and private education, social welfare causes, religious causes, and civic beautification both in Kansas City and throughout the surrounding region. Because of this, former President George H. W. Bush named Hall Chairman of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Hall and his foundation permanently loan the majority of the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. His civic beautification efforts have resulted in the establishment of Crown Center in midtown Kansas City and the redevelopment of the Quality Hill historic neighborhood in downtown Kansas City. As a result, Hall, his company, and his foundation, are together the largest private landowner in the Kansas City area. He is also one of only three "honorary alumni" of the University of Kansas. The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...
George Herbert Walker Bush, Hon GCB (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States of America (1989–1993). ...
The Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities was established in Washington, DC in 1982 by an Executive Order from President Ronald Reagan. ...
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art as seen from Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard to the south The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is the preeminent art museum in both Kansas City, Missouri, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Area as a whole. ...
Crown Center is a shopping and entertainment complex operated by the Hallmark corporation and located adjacent to the companys headquarters in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. ...
Quality Hill is an historic neighborhood in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. ...
The University of Kansas (often referred to as just KU or Kansas) is an institution of higher learning located in Lawrence, Kansas. ...
Hall has long been active in local and national politics. He is a major campaign contributor, especially to Republican candidates throughout the United States. This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ...
During Hall's tenure as Chairman, President, and CEO of Hallmark, he expanded the company into both crayons (buying Binney & Smith, manufacturer of Crayola products) and television production (Hallmark Entertainment). Hallmark's greeting card operation also began consistently to account for more than half of all greeting cards sold in the United States. Binney & Smith Inc. ...
Crayola logo Crayola Crayons were first introduced in 1903 Crayola is a brand of crayons and other writing and drawing utensils, such as markers, chalk, and colored pencils manufactured by Binney & Smith Inc. ...
Hallmark Cards, a privately owned company based in Kansas City, Missouri, is the largest manufacturer of greeting cards in the United States. ...
In 1986, Hall stepped down as President and CEO of Hallmark, turning those positions over to Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr., a native Kansas Citian and consummate national businessman. Hall, however, retained the position of Chairman of the Board, as he remains the company's overwhelmingly majority shareholder. Since deferring direct control of the business, however, he has instead concentrated on his philanthropic and political finance efforts. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also Forbes magazine annually lists the worlds wealthiest individuals: The Worlds Billionaries. ...
External links - Forbes.com: Forbes World's Richest People
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