James Newton Hillhouse ’38
JIM HILLHOUSE died of cancer Nov. 3, 1990, at Stanford hospital, near his home in Los Altos, Calif. He was retired from S.R.I. Intl. in Menlo Park.
Jim joined us sophomore year after a year at Phoenix, Ariz.Junior College. He majored in philosophy and was a member of Gateway Club and Theater Intime. Upon graduation he attended Princeton Theological Seminary for two years, then decided against the ministry and went to work for the College Entrance Examination Board, which became Educational Testing service, until 1955, with time out in Palo Alto and other towns with the PepsiCola Scholarship Board from 194548.
Next he began a career in church administration with the 3,000member First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto. In 1970 he moved to S.R.I.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, the former Marion Coe; two sons, David and Robert; a brother, Larry; six grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. They all have the condolences of the Class.
The Class of 1938
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