Background

Ronald Hill was born on May 13, 1937, in Oak Park, Illinois.

Education

Ronald Hill graduated from the University of Denver, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1959 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1962.

Career

After graduation, Ronald Hill served two years in the United States Army. There he achieved the rank of captain. Then, since 1969 Ronald started to work at Anstine & Hill as an attorney in Denver. Later, in 1996 this company changed its name and became the Anstine, Hill, Richards & Simpson.

In addition to the attorney's career, Ronald Hill is a writer. He is a contributor of articles and photographs to periodicals, including Airliners. Ronald is currently the author of such books as Railroading West, Rio Grande in the Rockies, Union Pacific 8444, Mountain Mainlines of the West, and others. Since 1985, Ronald Hill is the creator of Those Magnificent Planes (annual calendar) and Cedco Publishing.

Achievements

• Ronald Hill is well known as a writer and attorney. He is the author of more than ten books. Also, Ronald is the founder of Those Magnificent Planes (annual calendar) and Cedco Publishing.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Rails in the Northwest

    (Well-done black and white pictorial of the exciting railr...)

    1978
  • Rio Grande West

    (Nicely done black and white pictorial of the Denver and R...)

    1982
  • Union Pacific

    (Nicely done black and white pictorial of the Union Pacifi...)

    1986
  • Union Pacific 3985

    (The fascinating history of Union Pacific's Challenger ste...)

    1985
  • Railroading West 1975
  • Rio Grande in the Rockies 1977
  • Union Pacific 8444 1978
  • Mountain Mainlines of the West 1988
  • Colorful Colorado Railroads in the Nineteen Sixties 1992
  • The Railroad Artistry of Howard Fogg 1999

Views

Ronald Hill's primary motivation and goal for writing is to share knowledge with others who have similar interests to him.

Quotations: "I am particularly influenced by history and transportation, especially railroads and airlines. Ordinarily, I form some sort of rough outline, either written or mental, and then write and rewrite a rough draft in longhand with a fountain pen before typing the manuscript in final form. Sometimes subjects, on which I am well versed simply occur to me, and at other times an editor will ask me to submit an article on a theme about which I know. I have a large research library at my disposal, and that is very helpful, of course."

Membership

• Ronald Hill was the president of the Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation in 1981-1994.

  Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation , United Staes

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  Rocky Mountain Cancer Assistance , United Staes

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  Colorado Bar Association , United Staes

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  Colorado Defense Lawyers Association , United Staes

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  Ronald Hill was the president of the Intermountain chapter in 1970-1971 of the National Railway Historical Society.

  National Railway Historical Society , United Staes

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  Ronald Hill was the commander of the National Society of the Scabbard and Blade in 1971-1975.

  National Society of the Scabbard and Blade , United Staes

Interests

• photography, bicycling, travel

Connections

colleague:

Victor Hand

Victor Hand is an American writer and photographer. He has traveled the world photographing railways for the past fifty-five years. Victor's work has been published widely in railway periodicals and books.

colleague:

Jeffrey T. Brouws

Jeffrey Brouws is an American writer and photographer. He is currently the author of seven books, including his most recent Approaching Nowhere. Jeffrey's photographs can be found in private and public collections, including the Whitney Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Harvard's Fogg Museum, Princeton University Art Museum, and the Henry Art Museum.