CHARLES G. HILL ’46

CHARLES G. HILL, 90, an active Wesleyan volunteer who retired as professor of French at Brooklyn College, died June 7, 2015. He was a member of Sigma Chi. After receiving his degree with honors and with distinction in French, he received his master’s and PhD degrees from Yale University. He was the son of William N. Hill of the class of 1920, the brother of William N. Hill Jr., of the class of 1948, and the cousin of Edward R. Hill Jr. of the class of 1950 and Freeman R. Hathaway Jr. of the class of 1956. He spent a year at the University of Grenoble and then joined the faculty at Skidmore College, where he taught for nine years. In 1962 he moved to Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, where he taught for 30 years and served as chairman of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures for five years. He was active as a leader in the New York-area Amrican Association of Teachers of French, a role for which the French government honored him as a Chevalier des Palmes Académique. He served Wesleyan as chairman of the Annual Fund and as class secretary. In 1996 and again in 2006 the university honored him for his service. His wife, Dr. Elizabeth K. Hill, survives, as do three sons, including John N. (Nick) Hill ’85, two grandchildren, and two brothers. His daughter predeceased him.