Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico, to Augustus Halvorson Hilton (1854–1919) an immigrant from Norway and Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler (1861–1947), an American with German roots.
Conrad Hilton was educated at the New Mexico Military Institute, at St. Michael's College (now the College of Santa Fe...
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Conrad Nicholson Hilton (December 25, 1887 – January 3, 1979) was an American hotelier and founder of the Hilton Hotels chain.
Conrad Nicholson Hilton was born in San Antonio, New Mexico, to Augustus Halvorson Hilton (1854–1919) an immigrant from Norway and Mary Genevieve Laufersweiler (1861–1947), an American with German roots.
Conrad Hilton was educated at the New Mexico Military Institute, at St. Michael's College (now the College of Santa Fe), and at the New Mexico School of Mines (now New Mexico Tech). In his early twenties, he was a Republican representative in the first legislature of the newly formed State of New Mexico. In college, Conrad Hilton was a member of the international fraternity Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Shortly after the United States entered World War I in 1917, Conrad Hilton enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to Officers' Training Command, Presidio of San Francisco. Second Lieutenant Hilton arrived in France, February 14, 1918. His unit, the 304th Labor Battalion,...
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