Carla Anderson Hills
| Carla Hills | |
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| Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations | |
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Assumed office June 30, 2007 Serving with Robert Rubin |
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| President | Richard Haass |
| Preceded by | Peter Peterson |
| 10th United States Trade Representative | |
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In office February 6, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Clay Yeutter |
| Succeeded by | Mickey Kantor |
| 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | |
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In office March 10, 1975 – January 20, 1977 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | James Lynn |
| Succeeded by | Patricia Harris |
| Personal details | |
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Carla Anderson January 3, 1934 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Roderick Hills |
| Children | 4 |
| Education |
Stanford University (BA) St Hilda's College, Oxford Yale University (JD) |
Carla Anderson Hills (born January 3, 1934) is an American lawyer and a public figure. She served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Gerald Ford administration, and as U.S. Trade Representative. She was the first woman to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the third woman to serve as a cabinet officer.
Born Carla Anderson in Los Angeles, she received her B.A. degree from Stanford University, after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She earned her LL.B. degree from Yale Law School in 1958 and married Roderick M. Hills the same year.
Hills was admitted to the California bar in 1959, and served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Los Angeles from 1959 to 1961. From 1962 to 1974, she was a partner at Munger, Tolles, Hills, and Rickershauser in Los Angeles. In 1972, she was an adjunct professor at UCLA. An authority on federal practice and anti-trust law, Mrs. Hills wrote of Federal Civil Practice and Antitrust Advisor. She is a former president of the National Association of Women Lawyers.
She was a United States Assistant Attorney General heading the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice before being named as the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Elliot L. Richardson sought to appoint her as assistant U.S. Attorney General in 1973, but he resigned shortly thereafter during the Watergate scandal. The offer was renewed by his successor, William B. Saxbe, in 1974.
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