Hugh M. Hill ’48

Dr. Hugh M. Hill ’48 longtime associate dean for student and alumni affairs in the University of Florida College of Medicine, died July 31, 2005. He was professor emeritus in the department of obstetrics and gynecology. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He earned his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His first faculty appointment was as an instructor of gynecology at Johns Hopkins, and he served as an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He later joined the faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine and was honored with the college’s outstanding teaching award. He was named assistant dean of students in 1963. He retired in August 2001, as associate dean for student and alumni affairs, after forty-two years of service. He was a Diplomat to the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as a member of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Medical Association. He was a member of the Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association and vice president of the alumni association of the Johns Hopkins College of Medicine. He was a member of the Howard A. Kelly Society and the South Atlantic Obstetric Gynecologic Society. He also held memberships in the medical associations of Florida and Alachua County. He was elected to the honorary medical society, Alpha Omega Alpha. He was a member of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Survivors include his wife, Ann Lazonby Hill, 1801 NW 30th Ter., Gainesville, Fla. 32605, and daughter Grace Hill ’96 of Washington, D.C.