[4][5] In his youth he served as a missionary in Europe for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[1] He was influenced by works of Ernest W. Burgess, Evelyn Duvall, Howard Becker, Clifford Kirkpatrick, and Willard W.
[9] David H. Olson and Pauline Boss went even further, noting that Hill "was considered the founding father of family sociology".
[9]Olson and Boss mention that Hill's "ABC-X model describing family stress [presented in 1958] has had an immense impact on the field".
[3] He received, among others, the first Ernest W. Burgess Award given by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR).