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Biography of Carla Anderson Hills
Name: Carla Anderson Hills
Birth Date: January 3, 1934
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: cabinet member, lawyer
Carla Anderson Hills
A moderate Republican official, Carla Anderson Hills (born 1934) served three presidents as lawyer, cabinet member, and US trade representative.Carla Anderson Hills was born in Los Angeles on January 3, 1934, the daughter of Carl H. and Edith (Hume) Anderson. A tomboy nicknamed Butch, she grew up in affluence, living in Beverly Hills and attending private schools. Her father, a self-made millionaire, ran a lucrative building supply business. Under his tutelage Carla became a fierce competitor who excelled in sports. She captained the tennis team at Stanford, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1955, after spending a year abroad at St. Hilda's College, Oxford University.Her desire to become a lawyer, which she claimed dated from grade school, clashed with her father's plans to bring her into the business. In 1955 she entered Yale Law School, working as a bank teller and bookkeeper to pay her tuition until her father relented and financed …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…the Japanese market. The US expected to have a 20% share by the end of 1992. Hills has had her share of successes. By 1993 she had opened Japanese markets to American goods and fought European Community Trade Barriers. In 1993, the former US trade representative joined the law firm of Shea and Gould. Although she was nominated for corporate directorship, she ended her work there by resigning. Her chief concerns continued to lie with US trade agreements and President Clinton's foreign and domestic trade policies. Associated Organizations Further Reading Further information on Carla Hills can be found in the cover story on Carla Hills in Business Week (January 22, 1990); "Two for the Trade," in National Journal (August 12, 1989); Ann Reilly Dowd, "What To Do about Trade Policy," in Fortune (May 8, 1989); I. Ross, "Carla Hills Gives the Woman's Touch a Brand New Meaning," in Fortune (December 1975); and in "Call Her Madam," in the Washington Post (February 26, 1975).
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