Kappa Tau Alpha Honors Tom Hall, Chairman of Tucker/Hall, Inc.

Tampa, Fla. (April 27, 2005) - The University of South Florida chapter of Kappa Tau Alpha will honor Thomas Hall, chairman of Tucker/Hall, Inc., with its 2005 Hall of Fame Award.  Hall will accept this honor at the society’s annual awards dinner on Friday, April 29.

Kappa Tau Alpha is a college honor society that recognizes academic achievement in journalism and mass communications.  The Hall of Fame Award is presented to a Floridian who has contributed to and advanced mass communications in the state.  Tom Hall is chairman of Tucker/Hall, Inc., the Tampa Bay area’s leading public relations firm, founder of ADWEEK magazine’s creative Florida educational programs, founder of the Partnership for a Drug-Free Florida and chairman of the Florida Aquarium Foundation. 

Past recipients of this award include LeRoy Collins, former governor; Mario Garcia, international newspaper designer and Lawton Chiles, former Florida governor, who helped start Hall’s career. 

Tom Hall was Lawton Chiles’ first aide and served as his campaign manager while Chiles ran for the state senate in Florida.

Tucker/Hall, Inc. was founded in Tampa in 1990 and has since become one of Florida’s leading public relations and communications consulting firms. The firm specializes in public affairs, public relations and strategic communications.

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