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His father was the founder and president of Hallmark Cards. [2] [3] [4] He graduated from Pembroke-Country Day School. In 1946, he worked as a sales trainee and later as an assistant salesman for Hallmark. [5] [6] Hall graduated from Dartmouth College in 1950 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics.
In 1928, he began marketing his cards under the Hallmark brand name. [ 2 ] [ 5 ] Hall, who objected to the name Joyce and typically went by "J.C.", retired in 1966 and spent his retirement in efforts to revitalize the Kansas City downtown area.
Dana Kirk, Olympic swimmer, coaches for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics; Tara Kirk, Olympic swimmer, swam with Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics; American record holder in 100 and 200-yard (180 m) breaststroke; Hilary Knight, PHWL ice hockey player, 1-time Olympic gold medal winner, 9-time Women's World Championships winner
Palo Alto is a place in southwestern Nueces County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located four miles southwest of Driscoll , 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles north of Bishop , and 14-1/2 miles north of Kingsville .
On May 8, 1846, as he and 2,400 troops were en route to Fort Texas, they were engaged at the Battle of Palo Alto by Mexican General Mariano Arista and his force of 3,800 men. Arista's army was stretched a mile wide, making an American bayonet charge, Taylor's first option, impossible.
Alvarado was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico.She attended Pomona College in Claremont, California where she graduated in 1973 with a bachelor's degree in economics. [4] She was physically challenged at the age of 5, diagnosed with a hernia.
Bill Tom Closs (January 8, 1922 – June 6, 2011) was an American basketball player. He played collegiately for Rice University.In his final year, he led the Southwest Conference in scoring and was All-American in 1943.
The Battle of Palo Alto, fought on May 8, 1846, near modern Brownsville, Texas, was the first battle of the Mexican–American War.On April 30, 1846, Mexican federal troops under the command of General Mariano Arista crossed the Rio Grande into the disputed territory east of the river with the intention of attacking American General Zachary Taylor's forward base, Fort Texas.