Donald Joyce Hall (July 9, 1928 – October 13, 2024) was an American billionaire businessman from Kansas City, Missouri.
[2][4] He served in the United States Army from September 1950 to October 1953, spending time in Gifu, Japan.
[4][6][5] In 1981, he oversaw the litigation from the Hyatt Regency walkway collapse, which cost the company more than $100 million.
He helped start the Kansas City Area Economic Development Council.
He was credited with locating the 1976 Republican National Convention to Kansas City.
[4][7] He served on the board of trustees of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art for 31 years and in the 1960s helped establish the Hallmark Photographic Collection.
[4] George H. W. Bush appointed Hall as chairman of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.