Birth date: Apr 14, 1953 Death date: Mar 4, 2025
Dr. Christopher Vaughan Hill, 71, passed away on March 4, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah, immediately following a cardiac event. A devoted husband, father, grandfather, scholar, and friend, he leaves behind a legacy of intellectual Read Obituary
I'll never forget Splash Dam Lake. And if Chris had caught a fish I would have welched on my bet about eating it raw. My record is intact as I have still not welched on a bet Alex catching a fish at Hoop Lake is also a favorite memory. Good times were had in Paris when we walked Carol and the boys all over Paris to Jim Morrison's grave and the crazy soccer fan marching down the Champs Elysees or Calcutta and the infamous question I asked Chris in the hotel elevator that made the elegant Indian Lady giggle. I'll cherish these and many more memories and regret that I missed Chris and Carol here in Salt Lake City after they left Spain.
Richard Patonai
Chris was such an amazing professor and I remember his classes on Semester at Sea fondly - he sparked intelligent, thoughtful and deep conversations on topics that he clearly loved and deeply respected. He was the type of teacher that right when it was needed, provided a spark to the dialogue or introduced a new fact which helped us all learn. I took away so much from his course, both in terms of history and more generally, how to approach history. He embodied the spirit of education. Sending my condolences to his family.
Remembering you with so much affection Chris. Getting to know you and spend time with you was one of the very best parts of our Semester at Sea experience. We send our love and sympathy to Carol and your family.
Maggie and George. (Thomas)
Christopher is a prime example to me of the web of life - how we are all connected. My only memory of him will be his great Facebook posts, since that was where I got to know him. My daughter met his daughter-in-law, Rosemary, online and introduced me to her, and thus I connected with Andrew and eventually his parents. What a wonderful, intelligent, joyous, musical family! I will miss this man who "liked" so many of my postings (and I his). He obviously made a difference in this world and that will not be lost, but perpetuated. He left this world too soon, but perhaps was needed elsewhere. I am glad my earthly path crossed with his. May the wonderful memories of him sustain the family. Nancy Hess Allen
