Dr. Henry A. Hill (1915-1979) was a distinguished chemist locally and nationally from 1942 until 1979. He was the first African-American to become Chairman of the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society and later became President of the American Chemical Society. In 1961 he established his own organic chemistry research company, Riverside Research Laboratory in Cambridge. Previously he held several management positions in organic chemistry research at major research labs in the Boston area.