Hill Byrne, Richard 1915-2006

(Richard Hill Byrne)

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See index for CA sketch: Born August 3, 1915, in Lancaster, PA; died of congestive heart failure, July 29, 2006, in New Port Richey, FL. Educator and author. Hill Byrne was a former professor at the University of Maryland at College Park, where he taught counseling and personnel services. Graduating from Franklin and Marshall College in 1938, he was a high school teacher before enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II. He achieved the rank of captain, training signal corps and infantry in England and France. After the war, he returned to high school teaching for a time before matriculating at Columbia University. There he completed an M.A. in school administration in 1947, and a Ph.D. in education in 1952. He had also served as director of guidance for the New Hampshire State Department of Education from 1950 to 1951. In 1951, Hill Byrne joined the University of Maryland faculty as an associate professor. He was made a full professor of counselor education in 1957 and chaired the department in the early 1960s. From 1963 to 1968, he was director of the Eastern Regional Research and Demonstration Center. Hill Byrne retired from the university in 1982, but still taught the master's program in personnel services and counseling, as well as being an adjunct professor at Boston University. He was the author, coauthor, or editor of several texts, including The School Counselor (1963), Guidance: A Behavioral Approach (1977), and Becoming a Master Counselor: Introduction to the Profession (1995).

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Washington Post, August 5, 2006, p. B6.