Francis Edwin “Ed” Hallman Jr. (1946-2025) was born on April 4, 1946, in Decatur, Georgia, to Francis Edwin and Lillian Davis Hallman. In 1968, Ed graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. At Wake Forest, he developed great admiration for many of his professors. He joined the Sigma Chi fraternity, where he forged lifelong friendships and memories. Ed earned his J.D. in 1971 from the University of Georgia School of Law and practiced law for the state of Georgia, the U.S. Department of Energy, and in private practice, specializing in environmental and energy law. As one of the first “Environmental Lawyers” in the southeast, he was instrumental in obtaining seminal rulings in the newly emerging field of environmental law. His immediate family included Marguerite (Peggy) Radford (married in 1973), their two sons, Radford Edwin (Jennifer) and Francis Candler (Heather), and four grandchildren.

A private donor funded the Edwin Hallman Jr Creative Writing Scholarship at Wake Forest University.The scholarship is given annually, in the fall, to an undergraduate and the general guidelines include the following:

• Writers may submit creative fiction (including drama and personal essays) of up to 5000 words. A.I. may not be used.
• The topic is open. The ZSR Library will appoint a faculty judging panel, who will review the submissions (which will be anonymous).
• This scholarship prize is open only to Wake Forest undergraduate students. Funds can only be used for tuition and/or book purchases.
• Previously unpublished submissions only. Published means the work has appeared for public consumption in any form, including on blogs and social media.
• Multiple submissions are accepted, maximum of three.
• The winning work will be published and shared with the wider campus and Winston-Salem communities.

To donate to the writing scholarship, please see: https://go.wfu.edu/6ps Wake Forest University, Joel Rivera, University Advancement, 1834 Wake Forest Road, Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC 27104

“Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.” —W.B. Yeats