CHARLESTON — An education professor who died while traveling in Portugal for an academic conference will be honored Sept. 19 during a memorial service at the College of Charleston.

Friends and family will gather at 1 p.m. in the Cistern Yard — located in the center of campus at 66 George St. in front of Randolph Hall — to remember the fun-loving and compassionate Heather Hall. Before becoming a professor focused on special education and literacy, the 51-year-old was a longtime Charleston County schoolteacher.

Known for her love of international travel, Hall told friends she was excited to explore Portugal this month. But on Sept. 3, she was killed with 15 other people when a cable car broke loose on a steep hill in Lisbon and crashed in an uncontrolled descent.

Hall’s death stunned and

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