Background
Miller, Margaret Jean was born on January 5, 1919 in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Merritt Eugene and Florence May (Johnson) Thompson.
conservationist Secondary education educator
Miller, Margaret Jean was born on January 5, 1919 in Coffeyville, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Merritt Eugene and Florence May (Johnson) Thompson.
Bachelor of Science, Pittsburgh (Kansas) State University, 1940; Master of Arts, Wichita State University, 1964.
Teacher Wichita High School East, 1963-1978, Wichita State University, 1960-1963. Executive board, PRO Miller Recycling Center, Clark, West Virginia, from 2004.
Member consumer information board Kansas Corporation Commission, Topeka, 1980-1985. Co-chair Residential Utility Consumers' Office, Kansas, 1982-1989. Founder Citizens for Recycling Coalition, Wichita.
Chair Waste Control and Recycling Coalition. Member environmental awareness council Kansas Department Health and Environmental Waste Buddy. Member Nevada's Citizens Alert.
Vice chair City/County Solid Waste Management Committee, 1993-2004. Member Sierra Club (life, editor state newsletter 1977-1983), Nature Conservancy (life), Environmental Defense Fund, Union of Concerned Scientists, Common Cause, OxFam, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Audubon, American Association Retired Persons (secretary state legislation committee 1986-1990, Meritorious award for consumer legislation 1989).
Married Paul Alfred Miller, September 7, 1941. Children: Timothy, Michael, Gretchen, Jeffrey.