Posted by Thomas Moughan on 1/12/2015
Adrian Hale grew up in Rochester, NY on the city's northeast side. The environment that Adrian grew up in was one where families were broken; and people are filled with hopelessness and helplessness. His neighborhood was one that was heavily stricken with crime, poverty, drugs, and violence. However, through faith in God, a strong sense of purpose, and a love for sports Adrian would soon discover that his path would become much different than the lives of the many people who were around him. Through his faith in God he would find the inspiration to see a need to change the massive amounts of suffering to the many around him, here is where he would find his purpose, to help alleviate the pain of others. And his pursuits in athletics would allow him to cultivate the strength, discipline, drive, and motivation to succeed.
At 18 years old Adrian would graduate from with a regents diploma in 2007 from John Marshall High School, a school in the Rochester City School District. Two weeks later after graduating Adrian would enlist into the United States Marine Corps where he would serve his country for the duration of five years. During Adrian’s enlistment he would deploy twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and also would participate in the 2010 Rim of the Pacific exercise or RIMPAC (which is the worlds largest naval warfare exercise.)
Adrian was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in March of 2012. But a continuing passion for service and a sense of duty to our nation lead Adrian to re-enlisting into the Air Force reserve in the summer of 2012. In the world’s greatest Air Force Adrian would serve in the 30th Aerial Port squadron and serve as a member of the commander support staff.
In the fall of 2012 Adrian would begin his college career as a student at SUNY Monroe Community College. It would not take long before Adrian would apply his same sense of dedication and duty he had for his country to his school. After the devastation of hurricane Sandy on our nation’s northeastern seaboard Adrian would organize with a classmate and lead his class in raising $2,000 dollars in six hours to assist the Red Cross in their relief efforts. Adrian would also become a student leader by being elected by his peers and fellow classmates to become the Speaker of the Senate for the student government association. But Adrian’s dedication to excel didn’t just remain in his service to his fellow students and to his school, but it carried over into the classroom as well. As a student at MCC Adrian maintained a 4.0 GPA and was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa honor society as a result of his success in his academics. All of these accomplishments allowed Adrian to be a recipient of the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a student in the State University of New York, The SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence. Then in the spring of 2014 Adrian would graduate from Monroe Community College with distinction and receive an offer of admission from Yale University where he is currently a junior. At Yale Adrian is majoring in Political Science and was just recently selected to be a director's fellow at the Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies. Upon graduation Adrian wishes to continue to serve his country as an officer in the Marine Corps reserve as well as pursue a career in politics.
