Harriet Miller (politician)

Harriet Miller
Mayor of Santa Barbara, California
In office 1995–2001
Preceded by	Hal Conklin
Succeeded by	Marty Blum
10th Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction
In office January 7, 1957 – January 6, 1969
Preceded by	Mary Condon
Succeeded by	Dolores Colburg
Personal details
Born	(1919-07-04)July 4, 1919 Council, Idaho
Died	January 6, 2010(2010-01-06) (aged 90) Santa Barbara, California
Alma mater	Whitman College, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Chemist, politician

Harriet Miller (July 4, 1919 – January 6, 2010) was an American chemist in Pennsylvania and politician in California. Miller was a mayor of Santa Barbara, California.

Early life

On July 4, 1919, Miller was born in Council, Idaho. Miller's father was a teacher and high school principal and her mother was a school teacher.

Education

Miller earned a Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Miller earned a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

In 1944, Miller became a chemist at Atlantic Richfield (now ARCO) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until 1950.

Miller was elected Superintendent of the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

In 1987, Miller was appointed as a member of the city council in Santa Barbara, California.

In 1995, Miller became the mayor of Santa Barbara, until 2001.

Personal life

In 1981, Miller moved to Santa Barbara, California. On January 6, 2010, Miller died at her home in Santa Barbara, California. She was 90 years old.

See also

• List of mayors of Santa Barbara, California