Miller Center of Public Affairs

The Miller Center of Public Affairs is a non-partisan research institute that is part of the University of Virginia.

Founded in 1975, the Miller Center is a public policy institution that serves as a meeting place where scholars, students, media representatives, and government officials explore non-partisan consensus -- research, reflect and report on issues of importance to the governance of the United States, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency. The Miller Center is named for its founder, Chattanooga, Tennessee, attorney Burkett Miller, an alumnus of the University of Virginia law school.

Miller Center national commissions and their chairs

• Presidential Press Conferences (1981) - A. Linwood Holton, Jr. and Ray Scherer
• The Presidential Nominating Process (1982) - A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
• Presidential Transitions and Foreign Policy (1986) - William P. Rogers and Cyrus R. Vance
• Presidential Disability and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1988) - Herbert Brownell and Birch E. Bayh II
• The Presidency and Science Advising (1989) - Dale R. Corson and Brent Scowcroft
• Choosing and Using Vice Presidents (1992) - Charles McC. Mathias and Edmund S. Muskie
• The Selection of Federal Judges (1996) - Nicholas deB. Katzenbach and Harold R. Tyler, Jr
• The Separation of Powers (1998) - Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Griffin B. Bell
• Federal Election Reform (2001) - Robert H. Michel and Lloyd N. Cutler; Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter (Honorary Co-Chairs)
• War Powers (2007) - James A. Baker, III and Warren Christopher

Directors of the Miller Center

• Frederick E. Nolting, Jr. (1975-1977)
• Kenneth W. Thompson (1977-1998)
• Philip D. Zelikow (1998-2005)
• Gerald L. Baliles (2005-Present)

See also

• List of Miller Center People

References

• Miller Center Commissions

External links

• Miller Center Website