Evan Hill (January 20, 1919 – April 10, 2010) was an American journalist and professor at the University of Connecticut (UConn), where he chaired the journalism department from 1965 to 1984.

He graduated from high school in Bellingham, Washington, where he worked in a drugstore and a cannery while reporting for the local KVOS television station in 1938 and 1939.

[2] When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, Hill deployed to the Pribilof Islands, where he was assigned to watch for Japanese ships.

[2] According to his gravestone, Hill received a Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart military decoration for his service in World War II.

[2] That same year, he won the annual essay contest of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and a Freedoms Foundation award.

He mentored future editors and reporters for major American periodicals; other students became corporate public relations executives.

Students included Robert D. Kaplan;[2] Maureen Croteau, who succeeded Hill as department chair;[4] and G. Claude Albert, editor of The Connecticut Mirror.

[9] During his tenure, Hill coauthored Reporting and Writing the News (Little, Brown, 1977) with UConn colleague John Breen.

[1] Hill continued writing for local papers and the Boston Globe and compiled a historical chronology of Newport.

[5] Hill died from congestive heart failure at the Woodcrest Village assisted living facility in New London, New Hampshire, on April 10, 2010.