Haldon Chase | |
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| Born | 1923 Denver, Colorado |
| Died | 2006 |
| Other names | Hal Chase Chad King in Kerouac's On the Road Val Hayes in Kerouac's Visions of Cody Winston Moor in Burroughs's Queer |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | archaeologist |
| Spouse | Virginia "Ginger" Bailey (1945 – 1951) |
Haldon Chase (1923 – 2006), often referred to as "Hal Chase", was a Denver-born archaeologist, who was known for his archaeological research on several rock art sites at Colorado. Outside the field of archaeology, he was best known as part of the earliest Beat circle.