Alvin W. Hall was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury

United States Department of the Treasury

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 who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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 from 1924 to 1954.

Biography

Alvin W. Hall was born in Harleigh, Pennsylvania in 1888 and grew up in Harleigh. He received an LL.B. from the National University School of Law.

Hall worked in the private sector as an accountant

Accountant

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 and auditor before entering government service. In 1920, he joined the United States Bureau of Efficiency and conducted efficiency

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 studies for many government agencies.

In 1922, United States Secretary of the Treasury

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 Andrew W. Mellon

Andrew W. Mellon

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 appointed Hall to a special committee designed to review the procedures of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

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. After this committee reported, Hall became a member of the Bureau's planning unit. In 1924, he was appointed Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

The Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is the head of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the United States Department of the Treasury. The current Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is Larry R. Felix....

. He was the youngest Director of the Bureau ever, and also the longest serving, holding office for thirty years until his retirement in 1954.

Hall died in Washington, D.C.

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in 1969 at age 80.