Awards & Recognition
★1987 Kansas Citian of the Year - KC Chamber of Commerce
★Highway named in his honor by State of Missouri and Ford Motor Company (2014)
★Listed as noteworthy executive by Marquis Who's Who
Notable Facts
→CEO and President of Hallmark Cards from 1985-2001, first non-Hall family member to lead the company
→Previously CEO of Kansas City Southern Industries before joining Hallmark
→Served on multiple Fortune 500 company boards including Ford Motor Company (26 years), Estée Lauder, Dow Jones, Sprint Nextel
→Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Tenth District
→Trustee of Hall Family Foundation and board member of Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute
→Princeton University graduate (1958) and University of Michigan Law School (JD 1961)
→Named 1987 Kansas Citian of the Year by KC Chamber of Commerce
→Had highway named in his honor by State of Missouri in 2014