Background
Hill, Richard Devereux was born on November 6, 1919 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert W. and Grace (Dennis) Hill.
Hill, Richard Devereux was born on November 6, 1919 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert W. and Grace (Dennis) Hill.
AB, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1941. MCS, Amos Tuck School Administration and Finance, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1942. Postgraduate in banking, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1951.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Babson College, Babson Park, Massachusetts. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Northeastern University, Boston. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Salem State College, Massachusetts.
Doctor in Business Administration (honorary), Boston College. Doctor in Business Administration (honorary), Tufts University, Medford. Massachusetts; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 2008.
With, The First National Bank of Boston, 1946-1984; loan officer, The First National Bank of Boston, 1948-1951; assistant vice president, The First National Bank of Boston, 1951-1955; vice president, The First National Bank of Boston, 1955-1965; executive vice president, The First National Bank of Boston, 1965-1966; president, The First National Bank of Boston, 1966-1971; Chairman of the Board, chief executive, The First National Bank of Boston, 1971-1983; chairman of the executive committee, The First National Bank of Boston, 1983-1984; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, The First National Bank of Boston, 1971-1983; Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, Bank of Boston Corporation, 1971-1983; chairman of the executive committee, Bank of Boston Corporation, 1983-1984. Board directors Raytheon Company. President federal advisory county Federal Reserve System, 1977;chairman Institute International Finance Inc., 1983-1986.
Former chairman transportation committee New England Council. Member visiting committee Sloan School Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967-1970. Member Greater Boston advisory board Salvation Army.
Member board visitors Fletcher School International Law and Diplomacy, 1980—2002. Trustee Dartmouth College, 1973-1983, chairman trustees 1981-1983, trustee emeritus, former member investment committee. President emeritus, honorary trustee Museum Fine Arts, Boston.
Former trustee Boston Urban Foundation. Honorary member Corporation Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Former overseer Crotched Mountain Foundation.
Former chairman Business Council for International Understanding. Member International Monetary Conference (honorary. Past president), Transportation Association American (board directors, past chairman investor panel), Association Reserve City Bankers (honorary.
Past president), American Institute Banking (advisory committee Boston chapter 1967-1982), Dartmouth Alumni Association Boston (past vice president), New England Exeter Alumni Association (past president), Massachusetts History Society, Masons, Commercial Club (Boston), Eastern Yacht Club (Marblehead), Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, Riddell's Bay Golf and Country Club (Bermuda), Coral Beach and Tennis Club (Bermuda), Sigma Nu.
Married Polly Bergstedt, September 13, 1947. Children: Steven D., Johanna Hill Simpson, Richard Devereux.