Peter Dobkin Hall (February 22, 1946 – April 30, 2015) was an American author and historian. He was Professor of History and Theory in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York, and Senior Research Fellow at the

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Biography

Hall was born to David Hall, recorded sound archivist, and Bernice Dobkin. He received his BA in

American Studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, history, society, and culture. It traditionally incorporates literary criticism, historiography and critical theory. Schol ...

Reed College Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...

in 1968 and his MA (1970) and PhD (1973) in

American History The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of Settlement of the Americas, the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Native American cultures in the United States, Numerous indigenous cultures formed ...

from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Hall held appointments at Wesleyan (1974-1982), Yale (1983-1999), and Harvard (since 2000). He was a founding member of Yale's Program on Non-Profit Organizations and served as its director from 1996 to 1999. In 1993, Hall received the John Grenzebach Award for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Education from the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. In 2008, he was given the ARNOVA Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research. Hall edited the Hauser Center blog, Nonprofit News & Comment, a weekly survey of major press coverage of philanthropy, nonprofits, and related topics. Active in

historic preservation Historic preservation (US), built heritage preservation or built heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. It is a philos ...

, he was a co-founder of the New Haven Urban Design League and a trustee of the New Haven Museum. On April 30, 2015, Hall was killed in a head-on car collision after he traveled the wrong way on Interstate 95 near

Branford, Connecticut Branford is a shoreline town located on Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut, about east of downtown New Haven. The population was 28,273 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a to ...

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*''The Organization of American Culture, 1700-1900: Institutions, Elites, and the Origins of American Nationality'' (1982) (paperback) *With Karyl Lee Kibler Hall, ''The Lehigh Valley: An Illustrated History'' (1982) (hardcover) *''Inventing the Nonprofit Sector and Other Essays on Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Nonprofit Organizations'' (1992) (paperback) * With George E. Marcus, ''Lives in Trust: The Fortunes of Dynastic Families in Late Twentieth Century America'' (1992) (hardcover) and (paperback) *Co-edited with N.J. Demerath III, Rhys H. Williams, & Terry Schmitt, ''Sacred Companies: Organizational Aspects of Religion and Religious Aspects of Organizations'' (1998) (hardcover). *Co-editor with Colin B. Burke, of the chapter on nonprofit organizations, voluntary associations, and religious entities in "Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition" (2006)

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Peter Dobkin Hall's personal home page
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