Background
Gillis, Hugh was born on September 6, 1918 in Soperton, Georgia, United States. Son of Jim L. Gillis and Annie Lois (Walker) Gillis.
Gillis, Hugh was born on September 6, 1918 in Soperton, Georgia, United States. Son of Jim L. Gillis and Annie Lois (Walker) Gillis.
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, U. Georgia.
Farmer, timber grower member, Georgia House of Representatives senator 20th district, Georgia State Legislature, since 1962. Member senate natural resources committee, appropriations committee, reapportionment committee, finance public utilities committee, economics development, tourism and cultural affairs committee, senate Democratic caucus policy committee, former member solidwaste management study committee, head injury treatment and rehabilitation study committee, joint study commission on parks, recreation, historic preservation and natural areas, senate state parks system study committee, senate rural hospital and health care study committee, fiscal affairs subcommittee, past president pro-tempore Georgia State Senate.
Past member State Commision on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Superior vena cava syndrome. Member Joint Georgia Agriculture Exposition Authority Overview Committee. Georgia representative environmental quality and natural resources committee Southern Legislation Conference.