January 31, 2007 Billy Blankenship , Marvin Hill, Professor Miller, Chris Lorber Marvin Hill, '88, speaker Lieutenant Ohio Highway Patrol In November 2006, Marvin was promoted to lieutenant and received assignment as Post Commander, Ashtabula Patrol Post.  Prior to this promotion he was a sergeant with the Ohio State Highway Patrol at Hiram.  In 2000 he was named Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper of the Year.  Within his law enforcement career he has held many positions including field recruiter, field training officer, background investigator, police instructor and technical crash investigator. “Upon his graduation from Thiel in 1988, Lt. Hill worked at a variety of places before he finally settled in his career as a Highway Patrolman.  He graduated with a degree in Business Administration, then took a job as an operations manager at Hills Department Store.  He was a car salesman, he worked in the office of corrections for the city of Warren Water Office and for the Warren Police Department.  Then he decided to become an Ohio State Trouper.  He took many tests and 26 weeks of training before becoming an Ohio State Trouper.” ~ Evan Johnson, senior "I asked Marvin if he ever regretted choosing his job because it can be dangerous.  He responded by saying that he has never regretted it because he believes that the Lord is with him and keeps him safe.  Marvin says that some of the situations he has been in, he knew the Lord was with him.  He gets a lot of satisfaction from helping others all the time." ~ Jennifer Monasky, senior     “I learned many things from Mr. Hill, but two main things that I took from his speech were to balance your personal and professional lives, as well as to keep the job very professional.  He talked about how to discipline in private and praise in public.  That is a great way to keep up morale and try not to embarrass a person.  This was good for me to learn because I am a student coach.” ~ Brandon Chambers, senior "What I learned from Mr. Hill's speech was the importance of talking with respect and creating an atmosphere which makes people feel free to speak." ~ Akihiro Hoshi, senior "Lessons learned were: 1.  Keep family commitments. 2.  It's okay to not always know what you want to do. 3.  Success is a process that one needs to work through." ~ Beth Hornyak, senior "Mr. Hill shared several interesting lessons that he has learned from experience in dealing with people:  Hold people accountable for their actions; keep personal distance from employees; balance work and family life; follow your heart." ~ Gilbert Dolinar, senior