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TheMiller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of theUniversity of Virginia that specializes inUnited States presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history.[1] It is headquartered at Faulkner House.[2]
The Miller Center was founded in 1975 through the philanthropy of Burkett Miller, a 1914 graduate of theUniversity of Virginia School of Law and prominentTennessean, in honor of his father,White Burkett Miller.[3] Through Miller's lead gift, as well as through past and present gifts by the center's supporters, the Miller Center's combined endowment now[when?] stands at more than $70 million. The center, under the oversight of its Governing Council, is an integral part of theUniversity of Virginia, with maximum autonomy within the university system. Its programs are supported fully by funds it solicits (through the Miller Center Foundation) and its endowment.[1]
The Presidential Oral History Program interviews the principal figures in presidential administrations to create a historical record in the words of those who knew each administration best. The oral histories ofJimmy Carter,Ronald Reagan,George H. W. Bush,Bill Clinton,Edward Kennedy, andGeorge W. Bush have been released.Barack Obama andHillary Clinton are in progress.[4]
The Presidential Recordings Program researches, transcribes, and annotates the thousands of hours of secretWhite House tapes recorded by U.S. presidents, fromFranklin Roosevelt toRichard Nixon, plusRonald Reagan.[5]
The National Fellowship Program funds and supports PhD candidates who are studying the historical roots of today's policy issues. The program pairs fellows with leading scholars in their field, and teaches them how to make their scholarship more accessible to the public.[6]
Academic Programs conduct scholarly study of modern political and presidential history, and convene conferences and symposia on the historical roots of contemporary policy issues.[7]
Policy Programs bring together scholars, policymakers, and stakeholders to develop insights – grounded in scholarship and based on the lessons of history – to illuminate and offer solutions to the nation's policy challenges.[8]
American President: An Online Reference Resource provides in-depth information on every presidential administration, including essays on all aspects of that administration that have been written or reviewed by presidential scholars.[9]
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William J. Antholis is director and CEO of the Miller Center.
Previous directors include:
The core of the Miller Center's facilities is the historicFaulkner House, built in 1856 and named for novelistWilliam Faulkner, the university's writer-in-residence in 1957. Faulkner House was the home of United States senatorThomas S. Martin, who represented Virginia in theU.S. Senate from 1895 to 1919 and served asmajority leader. In 1989, the center added the Newman Pavilion, which houses the Forum Room, and in 2003, it built the Thompson Pavilion and Scripps Library. The additions are prominent examples of new traditional architecture.[1]
He founded the White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia in memory of his mother.
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