Raymond A. Hill (1892-1973) was an Honorary Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers. After graduating in 1914 from the University of Michigan, Hill became an engineering assistant for the Reclamation Service (Bureau of Reclamation) and then served in France during and after World War I, as an officer in the Army's Corps of Engineers.
Early in Hill's career, he worked as a supervisor of labor and equipment in the construction of irrigation and storm water dams and channels in the southwest states and northern Mexico. He was known for his practical planning skills and was often contracted for jobs in the 1920s. He was a leader on several occasions that led to the establishment of new principles in western water law. Hill was also the author of the Rio Grande Compact, an interstate agreement to apportion fairly the water of the Rio Grande among Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.
Source : Raymond Alva Hill--Memoir, 0054e11.netsolhost.com/images/RaymondAlvaHill.pdf (Accessed May 24, 2010)
From the guide to the Hill, Raymond A. Papers 75-004., 1890-1945, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
