2011 HALL OF FAME PROFILE: Dr. Ross Hill
Dr. Ross Hill has been selected in the builder category and is among a half-dozen 2011 new additions to the McGill Sports Hall of Fame.
Hill was a most avid varsity sports fan and a longtime supporter of McGill Athletics, in general. An active member of both the Friends of McGill Hockey and Football executives, he also served as honorary president of the football team and was honorary captain of the hockey Redmen. The men's basketball squad awards its annual team MVP with the Ross Hill trophy, a crystal glass bowl, named in his honour and donated by the McGill Alumni Association.
"During my (three decades), there was no single individual more supportive of McGill Athletics and (our) student-athletes than Ross Hill," said Bob Dubeau, who served as director of athletics at McGill from 1978-2005.
"His most significant impact was as a mentor and supporter of coaches, student-athletes and his promotion of the values of intercollegiate sport to his academic colleagues, university governors, administrators and to McGill graduates."
Born Ross Ogilvie Hill on Canada Day, 1923, in Montreal, he completed his primary and secondary schooling in Montreal. He attended West Hill high school and McGill, earning a bachelor of science in 1946 and a medical degree in 1948, specializing in radiology.
He played on the University's undefeated intermediate football championship team in 1945 and was a member of the McGill Outing Club and the Sigma Chi fraternity. He also served on the Pre-Medical Society executive.
Hill became a member of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill in 1965, attaining the rank of associate professor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology in 1973. He served on McGill's board of governors, was a professor emeritus, was a governor emeritus and served on numerous committees. His devotion and dedication to the University was widely recognized.
Hill also spent three decades as a radiologist at the Montreal General Hospital before retiring in 1994. He passed away in Ottawa on Jan. 15, 2006.
The induction luncheon, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 13 2011, kicks off the University's Homecoming Week celebrations. Tickets for the event are $65 and can be reserved by contacting the McGill Alumni Association at 514-398-8288.
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Athletics & Recreation
McGill University
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
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