Miller Center of Public Affairs

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

Founded in 1975, the Miller Center is a leading public policy institution that serves as a national meeting place where engaged citizens, scholars, students, media representatives and government officials gather in a spirit of non-partisan consensus to research, reflect and report on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

Others List of Miller Center People

[edit] External links

• Miller Center Website [1]

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