sentences:  Hall received an AA degree from the Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner, MA in 1970, and a BA degree in Government from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1972.While serving in the Massachusetts State Senate, Hall earned a MEd in History from the Fitchburg State College in 1980, attending in the evening.He was first elected in 1972, the year he graduated from the University of Massachusetts, by a margin of nine votes out of over 60,000 cast.