David Charles Miller Jr. Explained

David C. Miller Jr.
Party:Republican
Office1:United States Ambassador to Tanzania
President1:Ronald Reagan
Term Start1:November 4, 1981
Term End1:February 28, 1984
Office:United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe
Term Start:May 31, 1984
Term End:April 17, 1986
President:Ronald Reagan
Birth Name:David Charles Miller Jr.
Birth Date:15 July 1942
Birth Place:Cleveland, Ohio

David Charles Miller Jr. (born July 15, 1942) is an American lawyer and diplomat. He served in the Nixon administration and as the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania and later Zimbabwe under Ronald Reagan.[1] [2] Miller also served on the African development foundation board of directors.[3]

Education

Miller graduated from Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School.[4]

Nixon administration

Miller served as a White House Fellow in 1968-69. In the Nixon administration, Miller worked as confidential assistant to Attorney General John Mitchell for a year and a half, then was moved to the White House, where he worked with Nixon legal counsel John Dean. Miller in 2003 recalled one of his early interactions with Dean involved a request that Miller "set up a safe house here in Washington for the use of the president," for what was intended to be "a completely covert White House operation." Miller said, "I knew at that point that I was going to have to leave. I just said to myself: 'This is insane.'"[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: David Charles Miller Jr. - People - Department History - Office of the Historian. history.state.gov. October 12, 2019.
  2. Web site: David C. Miller. www.nndb.com. October 12, 2019.
  3. Web site: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. October 12, 1991. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. Google Books. October 12, 2019.
  4. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA00/20160908/105276/HHRG-114-FA00-Bio-MillerD-20160908.pdf
  5. Book: Weiner, Tim . One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon . Henry Holt and Company . 2015 . 978-1-62779-083-3 . New York . 111.