Background
Miller, Jay Alan was born on February 8, 1928 in Cleveland. Son of Herbert Phillip Miller and Ruth Weisbach.
civil rights association executive
Miller, Jay Alan was born on February 8, 1928 in Cleveland. Son of Herbert Phillip Miller and Ruth Weisbach.
Student, Roosevelt U., 1948; Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois, 1950.
Organizer, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Chicago, 1950-1952; business agent, education director, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1956-1961; organizer, United Packing House Workers, Chicago, 1952-1953; reporter, Cleveland Press, 1954-1956; peace education director, American Friends Svc. Committee, Chicago, 1961-1965; executive director, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Chicago, 1965-1971, 78-; executive director, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, San Francisco, 1971-1974; associate director legislation office, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, 1975-1978.
President American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Labor Council, Hazelton, Pennsylvania, 1959-1961, member trade union delegation to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1960. Chairman Turn Toward Peace, Chicago, 1962-1964. Coordinator Committee for a Test Ban Treaty, Illinois and Wisconsin, 1962-1963.
Deputy director Illinois Rally for Civil Rights, Chicago, 1964. With United States Army, 1946-1948, PTO.
Married Joyce Dannen, February 1, 1952 (divorced October 1964). Children: Joshua, Adam, Rebecca. Married Mary Lou Edelstein Kaplan, December 2, 2000.