Howard F. Miller :
- Author:
- Miller, Howard F., 1920-1999.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-088 local
- Abstract:
- This collection includes the personal papers of Dr. Howard F. Miller and consists of correspondence, teaching materials, legislative records, legislative hearings, position papers, news clippings and press releases. The papers chiefly relate to his service on the faculty of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1947-1969, his time as a New York State public servant for the Division of the Budget, 1956-1981, and his service on the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1967. Series 2 was partly processed in 1982 when the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives received the first set of papers. Emily A. Wager and Samuel T. Braden subsequently revised Series 2 and processed Series 1 and 3 in 2010-2011.
- Historical Note:
- Dr. Howard F. Miller was born on August 18, 1920 in Buffalo, New York. He graduated Syracuse University in 1942 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Journalism and served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. Later he attended Harvard University, earning a master's degree in Public Administration in 1947 and a doctorate in Government in 1955. From 1947 to 1969 he was on the faculty of the Maxwell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse. In 1956 Syracuse granted Miller teaching leave to serve as an administrative deputy to the New York State (NYS) Division of the Budget. He held that position until 1959 when he became a consultant to the NYS Department of Audit and Control to coordinate and write the Annual Report of the State Comptroller. From 1962 to 1965 he acted as the fiscal advisor to the Minority Leader of the NYS Assembly. Miller became secretary of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee in 1965 and served as such till 1968. In this capacity he participated in the NYS Constitutional Convention of 1967. From 1968 through June of 1981 Miller served in various appointed NYS government posts; executive director of the NYS Social Development Planning Commission, deputy director of the NYS Division of the Budget, and director of the NYS Division of the Budget, a position directly appointed by the governor. In 1971 he took leave from the Division of the Budget to serve as executive director of the Scott Commission, created to study government operations in New York City. For his government service, Syracuse presented Miller with the George Arents Award for excellence in government in 1973. He was further honored in 1982, receiving the Nelson A. Rockefeller Award for distinguished public service. Miller died on February 17, 1999.
- Physical Description:
- 8.4 cu ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Constitutional Convention (New York (State) : 1967), College teaching New York (State), Budget New York (State), Fiscal policy New York (State), Budget, College teaching, Expenditures, Public, Fiscal policy, and Politics and government
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat, Legislative records. aat, Clippings. aat, Official reports. aat, Press releases. aat, Financial records. aat, Budgets. aat, Syllabi. aat, Minute books. aat, School records. aat, Correspondence. ftamc, Lectures. ftamc, Minutes. ftamc, and Reports. ftamc
- Names:
- Miller, Howard, 1920-1999, Travia, Anthony J, and Travia, Anthony J
- Corporate Names:
- Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, New York (State). Division of the Budget, New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Ways and Means, New York (State). Legislature. Senate, New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Finance, New York (State). Constitutional Convention (1967), New York (State). Division of the Budget Appropriations and expenditures, United States. Army. Controller's School, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, New York (State). Division of the Budget, New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, New York (State). Legislature. Senate, New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Committee on Finance, and Syracuse University
- Chronological Terms:
- 1967 fast
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State) Politics and government, Albany (N.Y.), Syracuse (N.Y.), New York (State), New York (State) Albany, and New York (State) Syracuse
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