Meet a Retriever: Rev. Bob Hall ’74
Meet Rev. Bob Hall ’74, philosophy, president of the Christian Council of Delmarva, 1966 Society member, and a planned gift donor to UMBC. Through his work, Bob combines the strengths of traditional churches to address needs in his community—and he says he got the grounding he needed for this work as a student at UMBC.
Q: What’s one essential thing you’d want the Retriever community to know about you?
A: I am a clergyperson who has worked in the faith-based nonprofit sector for most of my career. I got a great liberal arts education at UMBC that created in me a love of learning and applying learning to participation in the community. My major was philosophy, and as it is the foundation of other disciplines led me to keep my interests varied.
Q: Tell us about what you loved most about your academic program.
A: I attended seminary right after I graduated from UMBC. While most of the other seminarians had attended private, church-related undergraduate schools, I sincerely felt that I was better prepared for graduate study than most of them. My studies at UMBC helped me to see my church work within the context of the culture and to understand the role of the church as an agent of both cultural preservation and cultural change.
Rev. Hall (far right) shares a moment with other members of UMBC’s 1966 Society. From left: Bob ’70 and Mimi Dietrich ’70, Marilyn Demorest, Todd Carton ’77, and JoAnne Sabas ’77.
Q: Tell us about why you choose to continue to engage with UMBC as an alumnus and a planned gift donor.
A: I appreciate being engaged with the university community, especially the 1966 Society. I consider myself a Retriever for life. I am aware of how much the community respects UMBC, both in Maryland and beyond, and I want to help to sustain that. I also want to keep the humanities a strong part of the broader university.
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