Biography
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I was born in Bakersfield, California in 1949. We subsequently moved to Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Flagstaff, AZ, and eventually landed in Phoenix where
I went to grade school. I attended junior high school and high school in Hemet,
California and graduated in 1967.
In the summer of 1967 I attended Utah State University and subsequently continued
my studies (majoring in zoology/premed) at Arizona State University in Tempe,
AZ. I married my high school sweetheart in 1969 when I was nineteen. While I
was attending ASU, our first son, Gregory, was born in 1973.
I graduated from ASU in 1973 with a BS in psychology and began ASU's graduate
program in psychology shortly thereafter. Our second son, Jeffrey was born in
1975. I received my MA degree in psychology in 1977 and finding jobs scare in
Arizona, we moved to California where I obtained employment at and was accepted
into the Doctor of Public Health program at Loma Linda University, School of
Health.
Seeing that, at the time it was difficult to make a living with a DrPH degree,
I changed to the Master of Public Health, Biostatistics program. I graduated
with a Master of Public Health degree in 1978 and shortly thereafter went to
work for the Loma Linda University Dental School as a computer programmer. Our
daughter, Glenna was born in 1979.
In 1987, after eighteen years of marriage, we divorced. To date, this has been
the second hardest life event that I've had to experience. Fortunately we lived
only 45 minutes apart so we were able to jointly parent our children. In 1991,
while working for the School of Dentistry, I obtained my MBA degree by attending
night classes at California State University, San Bernardino. Also in 1991,
I wrote and published my first book, Winging
Through America, which is about my travel through the 48 conterminous states
on my motorcycle. A super experience and I found Americans to be great people!
In 1993, our eldest son Gregory passed on. There is certainly nothing more difficult
to endure.
In 1995, my work with Loma Linda School of Dentistry ended and I had to seek
employment as a contract programmer elsewhere. From 1995 until 2002 I traveled
around the United States having fascinating experiences in different parts of
the United States. Imagine being able to see the U.S. and get paid for it. During
this time I worked in Pittsburgh, PA, Glastonbury, CT, Uniondale, NY, Minneapolis,
MN, Pasadena, CA, San Diego, CA, Charlotte, NC, Wayne, PA, Omaha, NE, Albuquerque,
NM and finally Salt Lake City. During those years I made a number of friends
with whom I still maintain contact and have had experiences that will be remembered
for a life time.
The new millennium was an eventful year for me as I published my second book,
SCUBA
Scoop, and married Mary Ann. In 2002 we moved to Utah as I had a contract
through HEC and EDS to do programming for the Veterans Administration Office
of Information. We initially lived in an apartment in the Cottonwood area but
moved up to the Wasatch Back in 2003. We love living in the mountains and have
met some great people in the area.
I am campaigning to be a member of your Summit County Council in order to help
select our first County Manager, present a voice that has no special interests
or political favors to repay, and to assist in the supportable growth of Summit
County.
Jobs
Held
The more recent statistician and computer oriented jobs that I've held are detailed
in my resume.
Yet, over the years, particularly while going to college, I have worked at many
different jobs including:
stocker in a drug store, bundler of newspapers, emergency room/x-ray transporter,
mortuary night visitation guide, zien filterman, janitor, dehydrated food sales,
landscape maintenance, animal caretaker, flower delivery, painting, construction
site night watchman, inventory helper, motorcycle mechanic, meat processing
plant worker, construction site work, lab tech, cotton ginner, single family
residence appraiser, etc.
With your help and vote, I will become the first member of Summit County Council
in Seat 'D'!
Ernest Hill
Publishing - owner
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society - member
Small Publishers
Association of North America - member
Toastmasters International
- member, DTM
Constitution Party - Summit County Chair
Libertarian Party - member
Divers Alert Network
- member
Minuteman - member
Geocaching.com - member
National Rifle Association
- life member
Gun Owners of America
- member
Utah State Rifle and Pistol
Association - life member
Utah Shooting Sports
Council - member
New Mexico Sport Shooting Association
- life member
Right to Keep and
Bear Arms - life member
Gun Owners of California
- member
Front Sight - First
Family member
