Theodore Preston Hill

Theodore (“Ted”) Preston Hill passed away peacefully in his home in Los Osos, California on October 16, 2026 at the age of 82.

Ted was an extraordinary individual - a scholar (B.S. West Point, M.S. Stanford, Ph.D. UC Berkeley), an Army Ranger, a Vietnam veteran, a college professor, teacher and mentor, an athlete, an original thinker of the first order, an outdoorsman, a world traveler, a multi-linguist, a devoted friend, companion and lover, an adventurer, an oft-times provocateur, a master storyteller, and above all, a world renowned mathematician. For further obituary details and information about services, please go to his memorial website: https://www.forevermissed.com/theodore-preston-hill

He is survived by his loving life partner, Erika, his sister Margaret, his brothers Russ and George, and his extensive family of friends.

His remarkable journey through life is chronicled in his autobiography Pushing Limits: Memoir of a Maverick From Soldier to Scholar. For more information about his memoir, please see https://tphill.com and https://hill.math.gatech.edu/Memoir2020.php

In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes memorial contributions to California State Parks Foundation in honor of Ted to support Montaña de Oro State Park, a place he deeply loved. To make a donation, please visit https://act.calparks.org/a/donate