Robert L. Hill Papers, 1971-1983
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Summary
- Creator:
- Hill, Robert L.
- Abstract:
- Contains the professional papers of Robert L. Hill (1928-2012), professor and chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Duke University Medical School. Types of materials include correspondence, reports, reprints, minutes, proposals, brochures, clippings, handwritten notes, budgets, contracts, drafts, and CVs. Major subjects include the American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB), the American Society for Biological Chemists (ASBC), Duke Program to Strengthen Medical Science Education (PSME), and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Materials date from 1971 to 1983.
- Extent:
- 2.5 Linear Feet (1 carton, 2 manuscript boxes)
- Language:
- English
- Collection ID:
- MC.0008
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains correspondence, reports, reprints, minutes, proposals, brochures, clippings, handwritten notes, budgets, contracts, drafts, and CVs pertaining to the career and affiliations of Robert L. Hill. Materials date from 1971 to 1983.
- Biographical / historical:
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Robert L. "Bob" Hill was born on June 8, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, to William Alfred and Geneva Eunice Scurlock Hill. Hill attended the University of Kansas, receiving a BS degree in chemistry in 1949 and a PhD in 1954. He worked as a postgraduate fellow at the University of Utah with Emil L. Smith. Hill joined the faculty of the University of Utah in 1956, where he remained until Philip Handler, then the chair of the biochemistry department at Duke University School of Medicine, recruited Hill to join the faculty at Duke in 1961. He remained at Duke for the rest of his career.
While at Duke, Hill served as Chairman of the Biochemistry department from 1969 to 1993, as well as holding the title of Professor Emeritus after retirement.
Hill was involved in and often held other leadership roles in numerous organizations within and outside of Duke. His scientific research was highly regarded and lead to his election to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the 1976-1977 president of the American Society for Biological Chemists, now the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and served as a board member for several years. He was also involved in the development of the 1976 Duke Program to Strengthen Medical Science Education, funded by the Commonwealth Fund for four years, which was intended to enhance the education of students pursuing professional medicine.
Beginning in 1974, Hill was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee during the attempted development of the Whitehead Institute for biomedical research. He also served on the Editorial Boards of "Glycobiology," "Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics," and "Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)." He was appointed Associate Editor of the "Journal of Biological Chemistry" in 1988, and he held this position until October 2012, just a few weeks before his death.
Robert L. Hill died on November 29, 2012, in Durham, North Carolina. - Acquisition information:
- Accession A2008.015 (gift by Robert L. Hill, March 2008)
- Processing information:
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Processed by Lindsay Farinella: June 2013; encoded by Lindsay Farinella: June 2013
- Arrangement:
- Organized into the following series: Other Institutional/Societal Affiliations, 1971-1979; Program to Strengthen Medical Science Education, 1975-1983; Whitehead Institute, 1973-1977.
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Duke University Medical Center Archives.
- Rules or conventions:
- DACS
Subjects
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- Personal Name(s):
- Hill, Robert L., 1928-
- Corporate Name(s):
- Duke University. Department of Biochemistry
Duke University. Medical Center
Duke University. School of Medicine - Topical Term(s):
- Education, Medical.
Biochemistry.
Faculty.
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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Robert L. Hill Papers, Duke University Medical Center Archives.