Norman Alexander Hill ’49

WHEN "AX" HILL died suddenly Apr. 5, 1993, at his new home in Beaufort, S.C., we lost a highly respected classmate who went on to become an outstanding surgeon.

Born Mar. 19, 1928, in Cincinnati, Ax majored in biology at Princeton, and was a member of J.V. crew and the Intramural Athletic Board and vice president of Colonial Club. Following graduation, he studied medicine at the Univ. of Cincinnati and later transferred to Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating in 1953. After a year of general surgical residency, Ax entered the

Army and served as surgeon to a battalion of ski troops in Alaska. He returned to Columbia Presbyterian and begin a long career specializing in surgery of the hand.

Dr. Hill was affiliated with many hospitals around N.Y.C., most prominently St. Luke'sRoosevelt Hospital, and St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains. He was clinical professor and chief of upper extremity surgery in orthopedics at New York Medical College, and head of similar surgery at Metropolitan Hospital. He was licensed in Ohio, Colorado, and Wyoming. Ax was a diplomat of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons and was a member of the A.M.A., the New York State Medical Assn., and the American Society of Surgery of the Hand. He authored numerous papers on upper extremity restorative orthopedic approaches.

An avid outdoorsman and lifelong bachelor, Ax would vacation at his ranch home in Wyoming, ski in Colorado, and shoot quail in South Carolina. He was a member of the Camp Fire Club in Chappaqua, N.Y., and the Union Club in N.Y.C. Friends in college and medical school remember him as a hale fellow who loved to play his guitar and sing college songs and cowboy ballads.

Ax's closest surviving relative is a maternal aunt, Mrs. Marian Magee. To her we extend deepest sympathies at the passing of a very dedicated, talented, and caring doctor.

The Class of l949