Author. He was an American author during the 20th century, who specialized in journalism and writing books. He was the son of 1928 Pulitzer Prize in Journalism recipient Grover Cleveland Hall, Sr. and Claudia English Hall. His father died in 1941. During World War II, he joined the United States Army in 1942 and while stationed in England, contributed a few articles to the newspapers the "Montgomery Advertiser" and "Alabama Journal" in Montgomery. He rose to the rank of captain. On August 18, 1943, he was appointed Group Public Relations Officer for the 4th Fighter Group at Debden, where he was stationed until the end of the war. Later in October of that same year, he was also designated Group Assistant Operations Officer. By April 1945 he was assigned to the 4th Fighter Group in the 335th Fighter Squadron as their Squadron Personal Equipment Officer. He was awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation. He was discharged in September of 1945, returning to "Montgomery Advertiser" as a reporter. After returning home, he published "Mr. Tettley's Tenants" in 1944 and giving a firsthand account, "Death Squadron" or "1,000 Destroyed-The Life and Times of the 4th Fighter Group" in 1946. In 1935 he began his journalism career working for his father at "Montgomery Advertiser," first as a reporter, then columnist, and after his father's death and World War II, he was the newspaper's editor by 1948. In 1938 reporting for the State of Alabama, he was employed by "Time" magazine. In 1956 he was given editorial jurisdiction over the Advertisers' evening counterpart, "The Alabama Journal". He received the National Headliner Medal in 1957. In 1966, he left the "Montgomery Advertiser," after it became under new management. Relocating to Virginia, he was editor at the "Richmond News-Leader" for one year. From there he went to Washington, writing a syndicated column for Publishers-Hall Syndicate. After his column was discontinued in 1970, he signed a three‐year contract with the national political affairs staff of the Alabama Governor George Wallace campaign. Although he supported some of Wallace's agenda, he did not support Wallace's stance on racial issues, yet continued to advise until he had a decline in his health. He was a member of several profession organizations including being a member of Sigma Delta Chi. He was diagnosed with cancer and died at age 56. He never married.