Word comes from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel of the death of our classmate, Robert L. Hill, who expired Sept. 11, 2007, at the Chatsworth Nursing Home in Palm Beach, Fla. of progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative brain disorder.

Bob came to Hanover from Linwood, N.J., and at Dartmouth followed his musical hobbies and was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity, in ROTC and editor of the ROTC newspaper.  Bruce Hasenkamp remembers that he was one of about 20 upperclassmen who frequented the unlicensed restaurant Ma's Red Door Dining Room in Lebanon, N.H. operated by the memorable Ida McAuliffe, whose specialty was meat loaf. Years later, Bob was among those who returned to Hanover to help celebrate McAuliffe's 100th birthday.

 After graduation he received a Master's degree in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts. He served as a first lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Va. for three years, and then became an assistant city planner in Philadelphia, going on to become the chief city planner for Richmond, Va. He taught at various times at the University of Pennsylvania, Howard University, the University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University. He also prepared master plans for Linwood and other South Jersey municipalities.

In 1974, Bob moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and went into the antique business with a companion. He lived in Ft. Lauderdale for 26 years before moving to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., where he resided the last seven years of his life. In many years, he returned to Linwood for six months to be with his mother.

Bob was a Democratic precinct chairman and a member of the Central United Methodist Church in Linwood, the Tau Sigma Delta national architectural honorary society, and the American Institute of Planners. He also belonged to two antique dealer organizations.

He is survived by his caretaker and companion of 33 years, Jerry W. Taylor, and several cousins. Charitable contributions in his memory may be sent to the Central United Methodist Church Endowment Fund or the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Executive Plaza III, Suite 906, Hunt Valley, Md. 21031.