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Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (15 January 1859 – 31 July 1924) was an American educator and the third chancellor of North Carolina State University. D. H. Hill Jr. Library on NCSU's campus is named in his honor.
Special Collections Research Center
serves as the repository for President Hill's manuscript collection.
Hill, Daniel Harvey
Jr. by I. T. Littleton. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.
Daniel Harvey Hill Jr.
in Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present, by Samuel A'Court Ashe, Ed. Greensboro, N. C.: Charles L. Van Noppen, 1908. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Daniel Harvey Jr. People from Davidson, North Carolina Chancellors of North Carolina State University Daniel Hill family 1859 births 1924 deaths
Daniel Harvey Hill Jr. (15 January 1859 – 31 July 1924) was an American educator and the third chancellor of North Carolina State University. D. H. Hill Jr. Library on NCSU's campus is named in his honor.
Early life
Hill was born on 15 January 1859 inDavidson, NC
Davidson is a suburban town located in northern Mecklenburg and Iredell counties, North Carolina, United States, on the banks of Lake Norman. It is a suburb in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,944 at the 2010 census, and ...
to Confederate General Daniel Harvey Hill
Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12, 1821 – September 24, 1889), commonly known as D. H. Hill, was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the eastern and western theaters of the American Civil Wa ...
. Hill Jr. received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan� ...
in 1880 and 1886, respectively.
Career
Hill began working as a professor of English and bookkeeping at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, nowNorth Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universi ...
, in 1889. A few years later, in 1909, the college Board of Trustees elected Hill the third president. During Hill's tenure, college enrollment grew to more than 700 students.
North Carolina State University's D. H. Hill Library was named for former President Hill, who served as the college's librarian after his retirement from the presidency in 1916. NCSU LibrarieSpecial Collections Research Center
serves as the repository for President Hill's manuscript collection.
Death
Hill died on 31 July 1924 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.Jr. by I. T. Littleton. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.
References
Further reading
Daniel Harvey Hill Jr.
in Biographical history of North Carolina from colonial times to the present, by Samuel A'Court Ashe, Ed. Greensboro, N. C.: Charles L. Van Noppen, 1908. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Daniel Harvey Jr. People from Davidson, North Carolina Chancellors of North Carolina State University Daniel Hill family 1859 births 1924 deaths