Eric M. Hilton

Director, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Son of the late Conrad N. Hilton

Eric M. Hilton is former vice chairman of Hilton Hotels Corporation and has been involved with that company’s domestic and international strategic planning and property development. He began his career with the corporation in 1949 and held a number of management positions at Hilton Hotels throughout the country. Prior to his election to vice chairman in May 1993, Eric Hilton served as executive vice president and a director of the corporation and as president and a director of Conrad International Hotels.

He attended Texas Western College for two years and had just been accepted to the Cornell Hotel School when he was drafted and instead served as a radar specialist in the Korean War.

He is a director of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and serves on the international jury that selects the recipient of the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Hilton is chairman of the board of the BEST Foundation for a Drug-Free Tomorrow and also serves on the boards of Three Square in Las Vegas and the Little League Foundation. In addition, he serves on the advisory board of the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston. Hilton received the American Vocational Association Award of Merit and has been honored with the Alumni President’s Award and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Houston.