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John Hall founded Goose Island Beer Company, the largest independent brewery in the Midwest, in 1988 and has been President and CEO since inception. The original brewpub was one of the first businesses to locate on the Clybourn corridor. In 1996 the Fulton Street brewery and bottling plant opened in an old woodworking plant and a second brewpub was added in Wrigleyville in 1999. Prior to Goose Island, Mr. Hall was with Container Corporation of America for twenty years. He received a MBA from the University of Iowa and a BS from the University of Northern Iowa.
John Hall grew up in Waterloo, IA, He and his wife Pat live in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago. He has served on the boards of the Institute of Brewing Studies, 1989 � 1996, as Board Chair from 1994 � 1995; the Brewer�s Association, 1997 � 2003; Currently John is on the board of The Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago, where is was Board Chair from 2008 to 2009,and The Erie Neighborhood House and Erie Elementary Charter School boards respectively. John is a strong supporter of the City of Chicago and several community organizations - including Friends of the River, Alliance for the Great Lakes, and the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.
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