sentences:  Returning to USC, Hillings received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and a Juris Doctor degree in 1949.He was admitted to the bar in 1949 and commenced the practice of law in Arcadia, California.He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964 and supported Dwight D. Eisenhower (twice), Nixon, and Barry Goldwater, respectively.