Sacramento County
Biographies
DR. GEORGE JOYCE HALL
DR. GEORGE JOYCE HALL.--Prominent among the distinguished members of the medical profession in northern California may be mentioned Dr. George Joyce Hall, for several years one of the most popular and successful practitioners at Sacramento. He was born at Gridley, in Butte County, Cal., on June 15, 1888, the son of W. H. and L. J. (Joyce) Hall, the former a business man of Gridley, who came to California about 1886 and opened a general merchandise store, which he conducted until 1919. In February of the following year he passed away, highly honored by all who knew him. Mrs. Hall is still living, the center of a circle of devoted friends.
George Joyce Hall received his elementary training in the grammar school at Gridley, and afterward successfully pursued his high school studies, entering Santa Clara College; and in 1908 he was granted the Bachelor of Arts degree by that time-honored institution. He soon after matriculated at the Cooper Medical School, and in 1912 he was the recipient of the coveted
M. D. degree. He was fortunate, during this period of his professional preparation, to be associated with, and to study under, some of the most eminent lights in medical science on the Coast, and those familiar with his later work are well assured that Dr. Hall profited by every opportunity.
For two and a half years he practiced with increasing success in the bay city, and then he removed to Siskiyou County, where he added to his laurels by four years of advice and assistance to those there in need of the latest and best medical attention. Next he was in Colfax for a year, and then in January, 1920, he came to Sacramento. On July 1, 1921, he was appointed by Mr. Seavey, city manager of Sacramento, as health officer, and the arduous and responsible duties of this office he has since continued to discharge to the satisfaction of the public generally. He belongs to the American Medical Association, and also to the state and county medical societies; and he is now serving his second year as secretary of the Sacramento County Medical Society. Interested in all outdoor sports, he is especially fond of hand ball. Politically, he has a preference for Republican platforms, but he is too broad-minded and too patriotic not to submerge partisanship whenever the standards of true American citizenship are at stake.
In San Francisco, on October 10, 1912, Dr. Hall was married to Miss H. Rita Weber, of Colusa, an accomplished lady who shares her husbands' enviable popularity and esteem. They have two sons, William H. and Thomas F. Hall. The Doctor belongs to Sacramento Lodge No. 6, B. P. O. Elks, and to the Knights of Columbus; and is also a member of Sacramento Parlor No. 3, N. S. G. W. He is interested in civil affairs and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Club.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter,
History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches, Page 788. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.