Peter "Pete" Hill

Courtesy of Western Regional Archives

FOCUS

Physical Sciences/ Math

ROLE

Student

ATTENDANCE

1940 - 1945

BIRTH

1922-11-09

New York, NY

Pete Hill was a student from 1940 to 1945, with a leave of absence between while drafted. He attended the Marietta School of Organic Education before BMC. Mary Emma Harris interviewed Peter in 1992 and shared a biography, "he later was a school administrator in Micronesia and worked with Community Service founded by Arthur Morgan in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and with the Movement for a New Society. He wasan advocate for non-violent/peaceful solutions, an ordained minister, a trainer for non-violent disobedience, and a conservationist."

Relationships

Sister: Fellow BMC student, Barbara Hill Steinau

Black Mountain College Project

Mary Emma Harris interviewed Peter in 1992 and the transcript is available from Appalachian State University under The Mary Emma Harris and Black Mountain College Project, Inc. Oral History collection.

Topics: Heard from cousin Barbara Hill Steinau – Richard Carpenter – Marietta School of Organic Education – Josef Albers drawing class – John Evarts music class –college work program – drafted World War Two – Career in Western Micronesia – work with Community Service founded by Arthur Morgan in Yellow Springs, Ohio and Movement for a New Society

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