The foundation's gifts have included grants to the University of Kansas to establish a business professorship and a design professorship, and annual scholarships for students at the Kansas City Art Institute. Hockaday helped move the company into the twenty-first century. He also helped position the company as a leader in entertainment, overseeing the launch of the Hallmark Entertainment Network, which has become one of the world's top creators of movies and miniseries for television.
During his time with the company, revenues nearly tripled and the Hallmark brand prospered. Hockaday was born August 12, , in Ludington, Michigan. He graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor of arts degree in , and in , he earned a law degree from the University of Michigan. Hockaday's involvement with Hallmark dates back to when he was elected to Hallmark's board of directors.
In , he became the first person outside the Hall family to be named president and CEO. When Hockaday retired from Hallmark in , he was praised by his successor, Donald J. Hall Jr. Hall: "We are extremely grateful for his leadership during a dynamic period in our company's history. Hall's outside activities took up much of his time and he found that he was less able to focus his attention on running a company. He gradually weaned himself away from managing day-to-day operations of Hallmark, finally retiring as CEO in Hall continued to serve as chairman of the company's board of directors, but he soon found a new interest: land development.
The urban decay surrounding Hallmark's Kansas City headquarters bothered him and when the city failed to take action, Hall launched the redevelopment himself. Within ten years, he had built the acre Crown Center. The residential, office, hotel, and entertainment district brought renewed interest to the area, and revitalization spread to nearby neighborhoods. Because of his work with Crown Center and his charitable activities, Hall never totally retired.
Not one to drop out of sight, he also continued to keep a close watch on the quality of Hallmark products until his death in at the age of ninety-one. Hall believed the secret to his success was that throughout his life, he demanded excellence—from himself and from those around him.
He also believed that he succeeded in business because he simply worked harder than anyone else. Not surprising for a man who asked millions of people to "care enough to send the very best. Hall, Joyce C. A millionaire many times over, he drove the same Buick for many years and usually ate lunch in the company cafeteria. Father: George Nelson Hall minister, b.
Create a map starting with. Hall was commissioned in at the age of 75 years to retirement and took care of the revitalization of downtown Kansas City. For these efforts, the Crown Center was born. Hall died in in Kansas City. Life Hall was born in in David City, Nebraska.
Kansas City Missouri Travelling salesman. Until , when he stepped aside as chief executive officer in favor of his son, Donald J. No longer restricted by the day-to-day responsibility of running the company, he turned his attention to the decaying urban neighborhood surrounding company headquarters.
With son Donald, he decided to do something about it. Crown Center , the privately financed city-within-a-city developed by Hallmark, is the result. The bustling residential, office, hotel and entertainment district not only turned the tide of decline within its acre boundaries, but also has been the catalyst for development in adjoining neighborhoods.
A Legacy of Excellence Though he became a wealthy man, profit was never foremost in his thoughts.
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