Rufus Edward Miles

Background

Miles,, Rufus Edward was born on June 14, 1910 in Cincinnati. Son of Rufus Edward and Mabel Veazie (Arnold) Miles.

Education

AB, Antioch College, 1932.

Career

Ohio supervisor of selection for Commodity Credit Corporation, 1935-1936. Administrator assistant to director Commodity Credit Corporation Selection, Washington, 1936-1941. Budget examiner United States Bureau Budget, 1941-1942, budget examiner and budget group chief, 1945-1948, chief labor and welfare branch, 1948-1950.

Assistant administrator for defense activities Federal Security Agency, 1950-1952, assistant administrator for program, 1952-1953. Director administration Department of Health, 1953-1955, 56-61, administrative assistant secretary, 1961-1965, comptroller, 1955. Lecturer public affairs and director Mid-Career Program, Woodrow Wilson School Public and International Affairs, Princeton, 1966-1970, senior fellow, 1975-1982.

President Population Reference Bureau, 1970-1971. Consultant, writer, since 1971.

Membership

Member President's Advisory Council on Management Improvement, 1970-1973. Member visiting committee Kennedy School Government, Harvard University, 1980-1985. Member advisory council Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, since 1982.

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Lieutenant Commander Reserve. Member American Society for Public Administration, National Academy Public Administration Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).

Connections

Married Nelle Mary Petrowski, August 11, 1938. Children: Barbara, Mary (Mistress Joseph Patten).

Father:

Rufus Edward Miles,

Mother:

Mabel Veazie (Arnold) Miles,

Spouse:

Nelle Mary Petrowski

child:

Mary Miles, (Mistress Joseph Patten)

child:

Barbara Miles,