Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

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Hill, Robert W., 1883-1966

 

Robert W. Hill (1883-1966), A1904, H1964, a Universalist, civic leader, and special justice, served as vice-chairman of the Trustees of Tufts College and president of the Tufts General Alumni Association as part of his numerous affiliations with the institution. He was a recipient of the Tufts Distinguished Service Award in 1941.

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1883, Hill graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Tufts in 1904.He received his law degree from Harvard and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1910.Interested in civic affairs, Hill was a member of the Salem School Committee, Common Council, and Republican's City Committee. He served as government appeal agent for Salem in World War I and then as chairman of the Salem Selective Service Board during World War II. From 1920 until 1957, Hill had been a special justice of the First District Court of Essex. He was a trustee of the Universalist Convention from 1928 to 1934 and president of the Essex, Massachusetts, historical society from 1942 to 1944.He was an alumni trustee for Tufts from 1921 until 1946, at which time he was made trustee for life. Judge Hill served as vice-chairman of the trustees, chairman of the finance committee, president of the Tufts General Alumni Association from 1932 to 1936, and organized the Tufts Alumni Council in 1934.In 1964, Hill was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by the university. He was married to Grace Dennis, with whom he had one son, Richard. Hill died on August 23, 1966 at his summer home at Conomo Point, Essex, Massachusetts.

Hill Hall, a dormitory on the Medford Campus is named in his honor.

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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
Durkee, Frank W., 1861-1939
Durkee, Henrietta Noble Brown, 1871-1946
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