In Memoriam: Lee Hill, a Member of the Standardized Patient Family

Lee Hill was a casual employee with the Standardized Patient Program for twenty years after retiring from a career in education. He worked mostly as support staff on licensure exams for physicians, physiotherapists, and pharmacists. On April 13, 2020 Lee passed away from COVID-19. With his passing, the SPP lost more than a casual staffer but a member of their family.

Lee graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA honors in mathematics and a MEd from OISE. He was a staunch supporter of the arts and a consummate gentleman. If you met Lee, you came away knowing a warm, kind-hearted, person, someone who put people at ease with his humor and charm. 

Lee and his partner of over fifty years, Walter Donovan, who also is a SPP casual staff started the Donovan Hill Foundation to help Indigenous youth who wish to become independent entrepreneurs. Lee’s legacy will live on through the good work of this foundation. For more information visit https://torontofoundation.ca/listings/donovan_hill_foundation/.