Longtime UCO journalism professor dies

Dennie Hall, a longtime journalism professor at the University of Central Oklahoma and co-founder of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, died April 17, 2020. He was 85.

The Hall of Fame’s recently published book “Our Greatest Journalists: Fifty Years of Oklahoma Journalism” is dedicated to Hall and Dr. Ray Tassin.

Hall was the longtime adviser to UCO's The Vista and known for supporting his editors against attacks from the administration.

He was The Oklahoman’s book editor, fought for civil rights, First Amendment freedoms and the downtrodden, and was a grammar and Associated Press style guru.

He is survived by his son, John Hall of Edmond, and daughter, Amy Hall of Edmond; two brothers and two sisters; three grandsons; and a great-granddaughter. He was also expecting the birth of his second great-grandchild, to be born in May 2020.