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To honor, recognize and celebrate the life of Dr. Frank W. Hale, Jr. and to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends on the occasion of his passing on Wednesday, July 27, 2011.
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WHEREAS, Dr. Frank W. Hale, Jr. was born March 24, 1927 to Frank W. Hale, Sr. and Novella Banks Hale; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hale was a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he was awarded the B.A. and M.A. degrees in Communication and Political Science. He received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1955 and was awarded a Post Doctoral Fellowship from the University of London. Dr. Hale held honorary doctoral degrees from various universities throughout the country and held full professorships at Oakwood College, Central State University, and The Ohio State University; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hale was the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Chairman of the Fellowship Committee and Professor of Communication at The Ohio State University. He was the first African American to hold a deanship in the Graduate School at OSU; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hale was Vice Provost and Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University, where he served from 1971-1988, 1999-2005 and was a Distinguished University Representative and Consultant in the Office of the President at The Ohio State University from 1999-2005; and
WHEREAS, through Dr. Hale’s efforts more than $15 million graduate fellowship awards were granted to approximately 1200 minority students at The Ohio State University. Eighty percent of those fellowship recipients earned masters and/or doctoral degrees and went on to establish successful career profiles throughout the world. During his tenure, the university was cited as the number one producer of Black PhD’s in the nation in the 1970’s and 1980’s; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Hale established the Minority Scholars Program (later named the Morrill Scholars Program), a program that awarded over 500 scholarships to high school seniors during his tenure as Vi...
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