Background
Hills, Claude Hibbard was born on June 21, 1912 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Son of Garnet Clinton and Hazle Marguerite (Hibbard) Hills.
Hills, Claude Hibbard was born on June 21, 1912 in Kirksville, Missouri, United States. Son of Garnet Clinton and Hazle Marguerite (Hibbard) Hills.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Northeast Missouri Teachers College, Kirksville, 1933. Master of Arts, Missouri University, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1937.
Research chemist The Borden Company, Syracuse, New York, 1937-1938. Hormel fellow University Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1938-1940. Research chemist United States Department Agriculture, Washington, 1940-1941, Philadelphia, 1941-1948, senior research chemist, 1948-1977, head fruit research, 1948-1973, head maple research, 1973-1977, retired.
Part-time teacher, track coach Cheltenham High School, Philadelphia, from 1977.
Active in past various charitable organizations. Member American College of Surgeons, Institute Food Technology, American Institute Biol.Sci., Sigma Xi, Phi Tau Sigma.
Married Signe Lovise Haughom, June 29, 1940. Children: Andrew Winston, Robert Clinton (deceased), Thomas Edward and James Hibbard (twins).