Rees Hill [SEP] position held
Rees Hill
Rees Hill (April 1776 – November 24, 1852) was a U.S. army colonel in the War of 1812, a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Greene County, speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and later a Pennsylvania State Senator.
Military service.
As a colonel in the U.S. army during the War of 1812, he was stationed at Erie, Pennsylvania. On July 30, 1813, his detachment received orders to join the northwestern army. He was commended by then-
be Merlyn-Rees rather than Rees.
He was president of the Video Standards Council from 1990 and was the first Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan, a position he held from 1994 to 2002.
Death.
He suffered injuries in a number of falls, and failing to recover from these, fell into a coma, dying at the age of 85. He was survived by his wife Colleen and three sons.
Death Legacy.
Merlyn Rees Avenue in Morley, West Yorkshire is named after Rees. Merlyn