Hallie Ford

Hallie Brown Ford (March 17, 1905 – June 4, 2007) was an American business person and philanthropist.

As a philanthropist she made donations to many institutions in Oklahoma and Oregon to support education and the arts.

[2] She moved to Lebanon, Oregon, with her parents and began teaching in that area during the Great Depression.

[2] In 1959, she worked with artist Harry Widman on a 200-plus piece art exhibit for Oregon's Centennial in Roseburg.

[10][12] The gift went toward the Hallie Ford Center for Healthy Children and Families as part of the school's College of Health and Human Sciences.

[10][13] Hallie Ford died on June 4, 2007, in Monmouth, Oregon, at the age of 102 after a brief illness.

[1] At East Central University the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center and the Hallie Brown Ford Award for Philanthropy honor her legacy at the school where she donated approximately $7 million over the years.