Roderick M. Hills
Roderick M. Hills | |
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| Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission | |
| In office October 28, 1975 – April 10, 1977 | |
| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Irving M. Pollack |
| Succeeded by | Harold M. Williams |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Roderick Maltman Hills March 9, 1931 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Education | LLB ) |
Roderick Maltman Hills (March 9, 1931 – October 29, 2014) served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1975 and 1977. Later he worked at the investment bank of Drexel Burnham Lambert and then at the law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine.[1]
Biography
Hills was born in
Hills received his bachelor's degree from
In 1962, he founded the law firm of Munger, Tolles, Hills, and Rickershauser (now Munger, Tolles & Olson) along with six other lawyers.[5] He was also Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the US-ASEAN Business Council.[6] During his career he also served as a partner in the Washington law firm of
Personal life
He was married to former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carla Anderson Hills from 1958 until his death. His son, Roderick M. Hills Jr., is a law professor at the New York University School of Law, and his daughter, Laura Hills, attended Stanford Law School.[9][10]
Hills died on October 29, 2014, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore at age 83 of heart failure.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ BUSINESS PEOPLE; A Former S.E.C. Chairman Gets Donovan, Leisure Post
- ^ Profile, calbar.ca.gov; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Profile, fordlibrarymuseum.gov; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Roderick M. Hills profile, nndb.com; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Munger, Tolles & Olson website Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, mto.com; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (November 2, 2014). "Roderick M. Hills, Ford White House official who led SEC from 1975 to 1977, dies at 83". Washington Post. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
- ^ Notice of death of Roderick M. Hills, chicagobusiness.com, October 30, 2014.
- ^ Profile Archived 2009-03-20 at the Wayback Machine, academyofdiplomacy.org; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Roderick M. Hills profile, NYU Faculty Profile, law.nyu.edu; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Hills, Laura (May 29, 2015). "Remembrances: Roderick Mailman Hills, March 19, 1931 to October 2, 2014". Stanford Lawyer Magazine. Stanford Law School. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ Obituary, nytimes.com; accessed November 1, 2014.
- ^ Notice of death of Roderick Hills, bloomberg.com; accessed November 1, 2014.
External links
- Interview with Roderick M. Hills, October 11, 1982, University of Kentucky Libraries
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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