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Phyllis Hall, Owner of Hillcrest Guest House, St. John, US Virgin Islands

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The Hillcrest Guest House was built in 1966, one story every several years, by my parents, Ethlyn and Samuel Hall, Sr. It has two stories and I live on the first story on the same level as the Orchid Suite. The suites with ocean views are located on the top story.

My mother, Ethlyn Lindqvist Hall, managed it solely on her own until she asked me to manage it, around 1995. She was born under the danish flag, in 1916, and still gives advice from time to time. She can trace her family on St. John for at least 5 generations. As of August 11, 2010, she and my sister, Elsa Hall, have been living on site. We updated our mothers' house and rented it, per her request. See Jasmine Beach Cottage, #16 Peter Bay, St. John, US Virgin Islands. They now both live in Florida.

Both parents were born in the Virgin islands, but met and got married in New York. My father, Samuel Hall, Sr. entered the Navy, during World War II, where he learned about radios. Later on I was born and grew up in Manhattan, New York, until the age of 11, where I also learned to speak some Spanish. This comes in handy, when speaking to guest from Hispanic Countries and Italy. We left New York for the Virgin Islands, their homeland, and grew up on the lovely islands of St. John and St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Experiences
Graduated from P.S. 102 from 6th grade; located on East 113 Street, Manhattan, New York and the Charlotte Amalie High School on St. Thomas, from 12th grade.

Also graduated from The University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, with a Bachelors' Degree in Biology. My Junior year was spent as an exchange student at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, UCONN, where I also learned to ice skate.

Graduated from Howard University, Washington, D.C., with a Masters in Bio-Environmental Engineering and worked for the USEPA and USFDA in Washington DC, and the Virgin Islands Governtment for over 32 years, in the Enid M. Baa Library, in Dept. of Conservation and Cultural Affairs Water Laboratory and as a Environmental Engineer in the Dept. of Planning and Natural Resources.

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