HALL, TENNIEBEE M., editor, was born in Bakersfield, California, on May 21, the second daughter of William Elmer and Lillian May Hall. She married Harold R. Hall on Feb. 20, 1965. After receiving a BA in Education from Fresno State College in 1962 and an AA from Bakersfield College in 1960, she received a California lifetime teaching certificate and taught at Edison School District, 1962-65, and as a substitute teacher in Marin and Oakland Counties, 1965-66. She was contract editor for the United Ostomy Association, Inc., Irvine, California, 1986-91, editing the Ostomy Quarterly magazine and other publications and newsletters. She is co-author of Treating IBD, 1989, and Current Therapy in Gastroenterology, 1989, and author and designer of the Volunteer Leadership Training Manual, 1982-84. She has contributeds articles to the Ostomy Quarterly and The Phoenix magazines. She was a campaign worker for Maureen O'Connor (first woman mayor of the city of San Diego), 1986. She was a member of the National Digestive Diseases Advisory Board, NIH, Washington, DC, 1986-91, and a member of the planning and development board of Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, San Diego. She received the Outstanding Service award for VA Volunteer Service, Bureau of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, 1990. She is a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians, and has served as editor of the California Parliamentarian (1999-2002, 2005-2006), Secretary of the California State Association of Parliamentarians (CSAP), Assistant Director and Director of the Southern Area of CSAP, and parliamentarian for various organizations such as the Pacific Beach Town Council, She also holds memberships in the in the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, serving as a National Trustee (1986-95), a National Vice President (1987-92), and National Parliamentarian, and in the United Ostomy Association, Inc., serving as Regional Program Director (1980-84), President (1984-86), National Parliamentarian, and many other volunter positions, and receiving the Sam Dubin Award (1983) and the Industry Advisory Award (1987). She was Membership Secretary of Friends of Ostomates Worldwide-USA, Inc. (1993-2000), and a co-recipient of its national Service Award in 2001. She was a co-recipient of the President's Award of CSAP in 2006.. She has planned and implemented numerous meetings and large conventions for organizations of which she is a member, including three UOA National Conferences (San Diego, 1977, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1995, and Boston, Massachusetts, 1996). She has been listed in Marquis' Who's Who of American Women since 1991, Who's Who in the West since 1992, and Who's Who in America since the Millenium Edition. Her avocations include travel and volunteerism.


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