David Jayne Hill | |
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United States Ambassador to Germany | |
In office June 14, 1908 – September 2, 1911 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Charlemagne Tower |
Succeeded by | John G. A. Leishman |
United States Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
In office July 15, 1905 – June 1, 1908 | |
Preceded by | Stanford Newel |
Succeeded by | Arthur M. Beaupre |
United States Ambassador to Switzerland | |
In office January 7, 1903 – July 1, 1905 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Sherburne Hardy |
Succeeded by | Brutus J. Clay II |
24th United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
In office October 25, 1898 – January 28, 1903 | |
Preceded by | John Bassett Moore |
Succeeded by | Francis Loomis |
2nd President of the University of Rochester | |
In office 1889–1896 | |
Preceded by | Martin Brewer Anderson |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Rush Rhees |
Personal details | |
Born | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. | June 10, 1850
Died | March 2, 1932 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 81)
Political party | Republican |
Spouses | Anna Amelia Liddell
(m. 1874; died 1880)Juliet Lewis Packer
(m. 1886; died 1923) |
Profession | Author, University President, diplomat |
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Rev. David Jayne Hill (June 10, 1850 – March 2, 1932) was an American academic, diplomat and author. He was president of Bucknell University and the University of Rochester.