Carol Hillard
DHS Class of 1954 |
To people of 60 plus countries around the world Carole will be remembered as an ambassador of hope and freedom Carole served as an international consultant on behalf of the U.S. State Department promoting and training leaders in the fundamentals of democracy and monitoring elections. For the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the International Republican Institute, Carole helped create small businesses and diligently lobbied for women’s rights. Carole also brought compassion and resources to the poor and oppressed around the world through her work and the Heifer International Foundation and the Hillard Mozambique Endowment. To the people of South Dakota Carole will be remembered as one who was aware of and responsive to the needs of her community. Carole’s heart went out to women and children in particular. She served on the board of the South Dakota Childrens’s Home Society and helped coordinate a protection network for battered women before there was women’s shelter in Rapid City.
Carole was instrumental in found the Rapid City Woman’s Shelter and the Cornerstone Rescue Mission. Carole answered the call of public service as well. She represented the people of Rapid City as a member and then first woman president of the Rapid City Council and as a member of the Chamber of Commerce and second woman president. Carole went on to serve the people of South Dakota in the South Dakota House of Representatives from 1991-1994 and then as the first woman Lieutenant Governor fro m1995-2003. To the community of Deadwood Carole will be remembered as active participant in Music, Theatre, Speech and Debate, and the school newspaper called the “Bruin”. Carole loved growing up in Deadwood and always thought her education there truly “opened up windows to the world” for her. |