Bill Hilty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetBill Hilty
American politician
Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1938
Place of Birth: Ohio, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Bill Hilty
- William J.
- "Bill" Hilty (born November 2, 1938) is a Minnesota politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing District 8A, which includes portions of Carlton, Pine and St.
- Louis counties in the northeastern part of the state.
- A Democrat, he is also a business owner, partner and consultant.Hilty was first elected in 1996, and was re-elected every two years since then until retiring in 2012.
- He was a member of the Civil Law, the Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance, and the Public Safety and Crime Prevention Policy and Finance committees.
- He previously chaired the Finance Subcommittee for the Energy Finance and Policy Division during the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 bienniums, and the Governmental Operations Subcommittee for Government Structures, Reform and Efficiency during the 1997-1998 biennium.Hilty was raised on a dairy farm and graduated from Ashland High School in Ashland, Ohio.
- He went on to Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, graduating with a B.S.
- in psychology in 1962.
- He continued at Purdue University, earning his M.A.
- in English in 1964.
- He later attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, finishing the coursework for a PhD in 1970 but did not complete a dissertation.
- He was also a teaching associate at the University of Minnesota from 1964-1970.Hilty was a partner in Sawhill Incorporated from 1971–1978, and has been president of Minnesota Panel Systems since 1978.
- He is also a consultant for Nemadji Energy Company.
- Active in his local community, he served on the Finlayson School Board from 1986–1989, and is a member of the Greater Minnesota Coalition, of the Midwest Progressive Elected Officials Network, of the Right to be Rural Coalition, and of the National Conferences of State Legislatures.
- He is also a board member of the Northern Technology Initiative and of the Audubon Society of the Northwoods.
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