LITTLETON, N.H., Nov. 28 (AP) —Robert C. Hill, who had served as United States ambassador to five countries, died today at his home after being stricken with a heart attack. He was 61 years old.
Mr. Hill had been ambassador to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico under President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, and 20 years later in Spain and Argentina under Presidents Richard m. Nixon and Gerald Ford.
Gov. Meldrim Thomson ordered flags at state buildings flown at half staff, and called Mr. Hill one of the nation's “most proficient fighters against the corrosive forces of Communism.”
Mr. Hill's diplomatic career began in 1943 with service in India. A native of Littleton, he had retired from the diplomatic service after serving as ambassador to Argentina under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
A graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston University Law School, Mr. Hill was a banker by profession.
Bill Cavan and Robert Charles Hill were lifelong friends. Cavan Served in El Salvador (1955-56), Spain (1969-1971), and Argentina (1974-1976) at Ambassador Hill's request.
A friendship that began in El Salvador in 1955.
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