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Mr. Morris was pleased to learn that in
1939, public service had been integrated
into the curriculum at St. Paul’s, believing
young people should have a healthy inter-
est in the world around them. In a letter
to Rector Norman Nash, he suggested
improvements in other areas of the School,
but fondly remembered “rowing, Sunday
evening Chapel, and afternoon tea with
masters (a wonderful custom).”
Mr. Morris is survived by his son, Bob
Morris; his daughters Deene (Bernardine)
Morris and Kate Fennell; his stepson, Craig
Pratt; and two grandchildren, Devin Pratt
and Liana Pratt.
1939
Henry Raymond Hilliard Jr.
of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, died
peacefully, surrounded by his family, on
February 1, 2014. He was 92.
Born May 24, 1921, he was the son of
Henry Raymond Hilliard of the Form of
1910 and Elizabeth Levering of Pitts-
burgh, Pa. Mr. Hilliard attended Shady
Side Academy in Pittsburgh before
leaving home at age 12 for the Third
Form at St. Paul’s School. He was the
oldest of three brothers to attend the
School, following his father and his uncle,
Thomas J. Hilliard of the Form of 1913, to
St. Paul’s.
When he was 13, Mr. Hilliard lost his
father to a sudden illness. Many years
later, he remarked that his six years at
SPS gave him the guidance and mentor-
ship he sought to fill his father’s shoes.
In honor of the elder Hilliard, the family
bequeathed to St. Paul’s the Hilliard Cup
in 1938, which is still presented to the
captain of the winning crew at the Flagpole
Ceremony over Anniversary Weekend.
Mr. Hilliard played football and hockey
for Delphian and rowed for Halcyon. He
was a member of the Concordian Literary
Society, der Deutsche Verein, and the
Missionary Society. He was also a member
of the Acolyte Guild and a supervisor in
his house. He fostered a lifelong relation-
ship with the School and with many of his
teachers and formmates. In a 2013 note
to St. Paul’s, Mr. Hilliard wrote, “As time
marches on, I am ever more grateful for
the educational, social, and environmen-
tal experiences that I still remember from
my years at SPS.” The St. Paul’s School
Hymn and School Prayer were included
in his memorial service.
Mr. Hillard attended Princeton Univer-
sity, enrolling in an accelerated program
to graduate early (1943) in order to join
the war effort. He served in the 649th
Company of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers from 1943 to 1945, where he
was responsible for analysis of aerial
photographs and the production of maps
to guide troops in Europe. After the war,
Mr. Hilliard returned to the United States
and traveled to New York City. There, he
landed a job at Time magazine, where he
met his future wife, Anne Fitzhugh Rose,
of New Haven, Conn., a researcher in the
editorial department. They were married
in December 1946 and moved shortly
thereafter to his hometown of Pittsburgh.
In 1953, after several years as a trust
officer at the Mellon Bank in Pittsburgh,
Mr. Hilliard struck out with his young
wife and growing family for the coast of
Maine, following his love of the ocean.
There, he entered into a partnership with
Harry Parker at the South Freeport Yacht
Basin and worked for the First National
Bank of Commerce in Portland. Later,
Mr. Hilliard bought the Tucker Printing
Company in Portland and served as the
president of the Portland Museum of Art.
The couple winterized a summer home on
the grounds of the Gem of the Bay Hotel
on Prince’s Point in Yarmouth. There they
moored their first boat, Windward, the
name Mr. Hilliard gave all his boats. He
began to take his family on frequent ski
trips to Sugarloaf, back in the days when
the only lift was a rope tow.
In 1962, the family moved to Concord,
Mass., and Mr. Hilliard became assistant
to President Asa Knowles of Northeast-
ern University and, later, director of
personnel. Upon President Knowles’s
retirement, Mr. Hilliard took the position
of director of human resources with
Dynamics Research Corporation in Wil-
mington, Mass. He joined the Cambridge
Boat Club to take up rowing again, a sport
he had learned at St. Paul’s and continued
at Princeton. He raced for many years in
the masters division at the Head of the
Charles Regatta.
In 1986, Mr. Hilliard retired fromDynam-
ics. He and Anne returned to Maine and
settled again on Casco Bay near old friends,
where they built a modern home on Cum-
berland Foreside, within rowing distance
of their former home. Mr. Hilliard volun-
teered as a driver for the Independent
Transportation Network and for the Ocean
View retirement community, where he
made many new friendships with residents
while transporting them to appointments.
He also mentored middle school children
in personal finance, taught ESL to immi-
grants in Portland, and served on the vestry
at St. Mary’s Church in Falmouth, Maine.
Mr. Hilliard rejoined the Portland Yacht
Club and was honored to be invited to
join the Fraternity Club, a small men’s
group. He also enjoyed lunching with the
ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out).
He took great pleasure in sailing, complet-
ing a long-sought goal to cruise from the
St. Lawrence Seaway down the Eastern
Seaboard and through the Intercoastal
Waterway, across the Chesapeake Bay,
and on to the Carolinas with family and
friends aboard.
Mr. Hilliard leaves his wife of 67 years,
Anne; his children, Melissa, Larkin,
Henry III ’71, and Christina Lamkin and
her husband, Mark; his grandson, Willem;
and many nieces and nephews. He was
predeceased by his brothers, George
Webb Hilliard ’41 in 2011 and Richard
Levering Hilliard ’47 in 2012.
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