David Jayne Hill
Rev. David Jayne Hill (June 10, 1850 – March 2, 1932) was an American academic, diplomat and author. Early life. The son of Baptist minister David T. Hill, David Jayne Hill was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on June 10, 1850. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1874 and was professor of rhetoric there from 1877 to 1879. In 1878 he received his Master of Arts degree, and he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He also undertook graduate studies at the University of Berlin and the University of Paris. Career. In 1879, Hill received  his ordination and was appointed Bucknell's president. From 1889 to 1896, he was president of the University of Rochester. In 1888 and 1897 he studied at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris. In 1900 he received an honorary Docteur ès lettres from the University of Geneva. He received an honorary LL.D. from Colgate University in 1884, and he received additional honorary degrees from Union University (1902), and the University of Pennsylvania (1902). He was later a professor of European diplomacy at the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy. Diplomatic career. Hill began a diplomatic career when he  was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1898, serving to 1903. He was appointed United States Minister to Switzerland in 1903. Two years later he was appointed United States Minister to the Netherlands and Luxembourg. From 1908 to 1911 he was Ambassador to Germany. He was also a member of the Permanent Administrative Council of The Hague Tribunal. Hill was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the United States Senate from New York in 1914. Later career. During World War I he wrote articles critical of Woodrow Wilson's decision to ask for a declaration of war and the Wilson administration 's conduct of the war effort. In July 1920 he was chairman of the Republican State Convention in New York. In 1922 Hill received France's Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. Personal life. In 1874, Hill married Anna Amelia Liddell. Together they had three sons; Anna died two weeks after giving birth to her third child. In 1886, he married Juliet Lewis Packer (1853–1923). They were the parents of twins: Juliet Hill died in Washington, D.C., after being struck by a delivery wagon while crossing the street. He died in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 1932. Hill was  buried at Lewisburg Cemetery near Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Works. Hill was an author of biography, and also wrote works on religion, psychology, and other topics. His published works include: