About Carl McClellan Hill
Carl McClellan Hill was an American educator and academic administrator who served as president of Kentucky State University from 1962 to 1975, and as the 11th president of Hampton University from 1976 to 1978. As an organic chemist, Hill was a chief investigator, often collaborating with his first wife, chemist Mary Elliott Hill on joint research projects, which continued to focus on Grignard reagents and ketenes. Hill was an Elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Hampton, and served on the General Executive Board and Executive Committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. He received $1,500 and was awarded his Ph.D. in organic chemistry by Cornell in 1941. On December 4, 1962, Hill became president of Kentucky State College, succeeding Rufus B.
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