The year in micromounting: 2001 was a year of change - Through the 'Scope 
Author: Wight, Quintin

Our second loss was that of Charlie Hall. Charlie, a southern gentleman to the core, made his mark by showing up at every micromount symposium in North America he could find and by handing out fiats of good, mounted specimens to anyone who showed an interest. A World War II veteran (U.S. Navy), Charlie completed his schooling after the war and then took up professional baseball. He left that for a career as a sports coach, eventually becoming an associate professor of physical education at Dekalb College in Georgia. Although his own physical abilities were seriously reduced by the effects of diabetes, Charlie would mount his specially equipped van and head off after thumbnails and micromounts wherever they were to be found. He drove from Georgia to Canada and California on his rounds each year, arriving always with a cheery greeting and a vanful of handouts. Generosity was Charlie's finest trait. To help symposium finances at auctions, he would bid high and often--I've even seen him outbid someone for a really good specimen, then give it to the losing bidder. It is fitting that he died at the conclusion of a micromount symposium. The complications of diabetes and an infection were just too much for him.