Ralph William Hill Jr. (April 28, 1930March 29, 2021) was an American lawyer, pastor, and politician.
Personal life
Ralph William Hill Jr.
was born in
Lynch, Nebraska on April 28, 1930, the son of Hazel Meachen and Ralph W. Hill. He received a
Bachelor of Arts from
Phillips University in 1953, a
Bachelor of Divinity
In Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity or Baccalaureate in Divinity (BD or BDiv; la, Baccalaureus Divinitatis) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology ...
from
Drake University in 1957, and a
Juris Doctor
The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law
and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from
Drake University Law School in 1965. He married E. Lorraine Gulliver, and they had three children: Cathryn, Charles and Edward.
In 2000, he married Rose Mary Washington. Hill died in
Marshalltown, Iowa on March 29, 2021.
Career
In
Liscomb, Iowa, Hill was a pastor at the Liscomb Church of Christ (1953–1956), the Bethel Grove Christian Church (1956–1963), and the United Church of Christ (beginning in August 1966); he was also a
chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...
in the
Iowa Army National Guard.
In
Marshalltown, Iowa, Hill
practiced law. In
Des Moines, Iowa, he made law as the
Republican 51st-district representative to the
Iowa House of Representatives during the 62nd (January 9, 1967January 12, 1969) and 63rd (January 13, 1969January 10, 1971)
Iowa General Assemblies.
References
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1930 births
2021 deaths
American military chaplains
Christian chaplains
Iowa lawyers
Iowa Republicans
members of the Iowa House of Representatives
people from Boyd County, Nebraska