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Veteran University professor, Aramark employee pass away
Henry Palmer Hall Jr.
Melody Mejia
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A dedicated and inspiring professor with
a passion for poetry and literature, H. Palmer
Hall, passed away this past Saturday.
Hall was born in Beaumont, Texas, in
1942. He earned a bachelors degree from
Lamar University and, after serving as a
Vietnamese linguist in the U.S. Army during
the Vietnam War, completed a master’s
degree in library science and a Ph.D. in
English at the University of Texas at Austin.
At St. Mary’s, Hall was the director of
Louis J. Blume Academic Library and taught
creative writing workshops as well as various
literature courses at both the undergraduate
and graduate level.
Hall was the co-editor and director of
renowned Pecan Grove Press, a non-profit
literary press dedicated to the publication
of poetry. He worked diligently for over
25 years to help launch and establish local,
national and international poets.
Hall was an accomplished poet, essayist
and professor. He had the ability to help
his students understand and appreciate the
power of literature.
H. Palmer Hall became Louis J. Blume
Library director in 1977. Photo courtesy
of Luis Cortez
“Dr. Hall gave me an insight to what life
is like when you pursue what you love. He
was truly a man carved from experience and
the courage to press forward,” alumnus Mike
Cortez said.
Hall’s dedication to advancing poetic
voices and his motivation to help students
find their love for literature lives on, one
word at a time.
The next edition of the Pecan Grove
Review will be dedicated to Hall.
Donald Wilson
Alex Eakins
NEWS EDITOR
After battling lung cancer since being
diagnosed in November, a heart attack
caused dedicated worker, avid fisher and
grandfather Donald Wilson to pass away
Leb. 1 at age 58.
Wilson was born in San Antonio.
He worked in the dish room and at
Grill Works in the cafeteria for the better
part of 21 years, and was described by co-
workers Brenda Devlin and Dora Porter
as loving, compassionate and caring.
“I’m just speechless right now,” Porter
said. “I know he touched a lot of hearts.”
Porter and Wilson were close personal
friends as well as co-workers. So close, in
fact, that Wilson stood as best man at her
wedding.
According to Porter, Wilson had one
28 year old son who had worked at the
cafeteria for a brief period. In addition,
Wilson had eight grandchildren, she said.
He loved to fish and barbecue, but
what will be most missed about him,
according to Devlin, is “his sweet smile
and great attitude toward life.”
Donald Wilson barbecues with family
and friends. Photo courtesy of Dora
Porter
Sophomore corporate finance
management major Stefano Caballo
attested to Wilson’s kindness.
“He was a great guy,” Caballo said. “He
was very humble and one of the nicest
people in the cafeteria.”
Caballo would not have been the only
student to say such things of Wilson,
according to Porter.
“He will be missed,” she said.
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DREAMERS
line to file.
“We have filled out about 38
to 39 students applications with
about another four pending, so
we’re already past the 40 mark,”
Ohlrich said.
Ohlrich is one of seven board
members, which includes Ochoa,
who are dedicated to helping the
DREAMers. Other members
include Cotrell and Clair
Strockbine, social justice ministry
coordinator and an adjunct
professor.
Cotrell, who publicly
supported the DREAM Act, said
the issue is “important because
I think what we’re doing here is
very much a part of the mission of
what we, St. Mary’s, is trying to do
as a community.”
Strockbine added, “We should
be proud, here at St. Mary’s, to
have DREAMers among us.
These students are some of our
best and brightest...this issue
in our community is not about
political views or left or right wing
tendencies. It is about justice. It is
about caring for our own family. It
is what the Marianist tradition is
all about.”
Though Veliz had a lot of help
outside the community, St. Mary’s
really came together to support
Veliz when she finally spoke out,
she said.
“St. Mary’s was instrumental.
St. Mary’s was very, very important
and extremely supportive. There
was a petition, a Facebook page
and a rally, and all kinds of support
from the St. Mary’s community,’
she said.
BURNING
QUESTION
Will Oyster Bake tickets be purchasable with
student meal cards ?
In previous years, students have
been able to purchase Fiesta Oyster
Bake tickets with their respective
meal plan balances. This year,
students will still have the option
to purchase tickets with their meal
plans, according to Aramark
Office Manager Brenda Devlin.
Although Devlin could not say how
the tickets would he purchased yet,
or at whatprice, she did emphasize
that all students with meal plans
will have the option to huy up to
$60 of Fiesta Oyster Bake tickets
thisyear.
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