Dr. Kevin Hill was a 1950 graduate of Colby College and a 1954 graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his ophthalmology residency at Mass. Eye and Ear and was a co-resident with Ephraim Friedman, MD. Dr. Hill was a respected ophthalmologist and civic leader in his native Waterville, ME; his wife was Nancy Hill, Mayor of Waterville from 1982-1986.

In 1975, Dr. Hill established a postgraduate summer course in ophthalmology (now known as the Kevin Hill Seminar in Ophthalmology). Dr. Hill passed away in 1984, and the course was named for him in 1987. For more than 40 years, Mass. Eye and Ear leadership has partnered with Colby College to provide the Kevin Hill Seminar in Ophthalmology.

Mass. Eye and Ear 1959 Ophthalmology residents: (standing, left to right) Louis Johnson, MD, Ephraim Friedman, MD; (sitting left to right) Kevin Hill, MD, and Byron Lingeman, MD