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Robert Allison Hill '30

Mar. 28, 1908-Jan. 24, 2006

Robert Allison Hill ’30, a retired tax accountant, grew up in Albany, NY, where he was born to James P., also an accountant, and Anna Armington Hill, on March 28, 1908. With assurance from the principal of Albany High School that Bob Hill would be “a very desirable college man,” he was admitted to Hamilton in 1926. He joined ELS and became circulation manager of The Hamiltonian and business manager of the Charlatans.

Following his graduation in 1930, Bob Hill returned to Albany and found employment with the New York Telephone Co. On the side he took courses in accounting at New York University. In 1941, he was called to active duty by the U.S. Navy and served as a supply officer throughout World War II. His assignments took him to the European theater as well as to Stockton, CA, where he met Dorothy Lloyd Martin. They were wed in 1945, and Lt. Commander Hill adopted her two young children by a previous marriage.

Released from military service in 1946 (he would remain in the Naval Reserve and attain the rank of captain), Bob Hill soon moved with his family to California, where they made their home in the Bay Area and Bob went to work for Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. in San Francisco. In 1957, three years after the death of his wife, he was married to Dorothy Welsh Betts. They had met when he was president of the Lido Isle Community Association and she was its secretary. They took up residence in South Laguna and later Newport Beach in the Los Angeles area.

In the meantime, Bob Hill had left Pacific Telephone & Telegraph in 1952 to explore other ventures while working part-time as an independent accountant. However, in 1970, he and a partner formed Fiduciary Tax Service in Newport Beach, which became a highly successful accounting practice. It remained in operation until Bob’s retirement in 1984.

Bob Hill and his wife “Dorre,” both ardent bridge players, maintained an active schedule of extensive travel as well as bridge engagements. After Dorre’s death in 1992, Bob moved to Whittier and in 1999 to Long Beach to be near his family. His last residence was a retirement community in Long Beach, where he remained busy playing bridge and helping to run a convenience store.

Robert A. Hill, a loyal alumnus, died on January 24, 2006, in his 98th year. He is survived by his adopted daughter and son, Robin van Maas and Robert R. Hill, and nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

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