George Richard Hill, Jr. (April 10, 1884 – 3 August 1971) was an American educational administrator and was the seventh general superintendent of the Sunday School

Sunday School (LDS Church)

Sunday School is an official auxiliary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . All members of the church and any interested nonmembers, age 12 and older, are encouraged to participate in Sunday School.-Purpose:...

 organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1949 to 1966. Hill was a member of the general superintendency of the LDS Church Sunday School from 1934 to 1966.

Hill was born in Ogden

Ogden, Utah

Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...

, Utah Territory

Utah Territory

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 and was raised on a farm in Springville, Utah

Springville, Utah

Springville is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 20,424 at the 2000 census, while the 2008 estimates placed it at 28,520. Just minutes south of Provo, Springville is a bedroom community for...

. Hill obtained a B.S. degree from Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 in 1907, a B.S.A. degree from the Utah State Agricultural College in 1908, and a Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 in 1912. After his graduation from Cornell, Hill became the director of the School of Agriculture at Utah State University

Utah State University

Utah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....

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From 1926 to 1935, Hill was a member of the general board of the LDS Church's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He had also become a member of the general board of the Deseret Sunday School Union in 1925. In 1934, he became the second assistant to George D. Pyper

George D. Pyper

George Dollinger Pyper was the fifth general superintendent of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a member and manager of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the editor of a number of Latter Day Saint periodicals.Pyper was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory...

, the general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union. In 1943, when Milton Bennion

Milton Bennion

Milton Bennion was an American educator and a university and educational administrator.-Biography:Bennion was born in Taylorsville, Utah Territory. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Utah in 1897 and an M.A...

 succeeded Pyper, Hill became Bennion's first assistant. In 1949, Hill succeeded Bennion and became the seventh general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday School Union, a position he held until 1966, when he was succeeded by David Lawrence McKay

David Lawrence McKay

David Lawrence McKay was the eighth general superintendent of the Sunday School of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1966 to 1971...

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Hill was married to Elizabeth Odette McKay, the sister of LDS Church president David O. McKay

David O. McKay

David Oman McKay was the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , serving from 1951 until his death. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was a general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church...

. Hill's oldest son, George R. Hill III

George R. Hill III

George Richard Hill III was an American chemist and a world authority on coal. In his retirement, Hill was a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1987 to 1992....

, was a general authority

General authority

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a general authority is a member of certain leadership organizations who are given administrative and ecclesiastical authority over the church...

 of the church between 1987 and 1992. Hill died in Salt Lake City, Utah.