Background
A native of Warwick, Rhode Island, Mills joined the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and graduated Cum Laude from Bowdoin in 1972 and then went on to pursue graduate degrees at Syracuse University in 1976 and the Columbia University School of Law in 1979, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Upon graduating, he soon began working at the law firm, Debevoise & Plimpton, where he became a partner in 1986. On December 19, 2008, his wife, Karen Gordon Mills, was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve in his administration as Administrator of the Small Business Administration, in which role she now serves.
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