James C. Miller III
James C. Miller III ( born June 25, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American economist, university lecturer and business manager, who was also director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Life
High school teacher and chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
After schooling Miller studied business administration at the University of Georgia and earned there in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Business). A subsequent post-graduate studies in economics at the University of Virginia, he graduated in 1969 with a Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D. Economics) from. In 1968 he took over briefly a professor at Georgia State University, but then switched in 1969 as Senior Economist in the staff of the U.S. Department of Transportation, where he was then from 1972 to 1974 consultants. At the same time he was 1972-1974 Professor at Texas A & M University, and senior staff of the Brookings Institution.
Subsequently, he was from 1975 to 1977 scholar at the American Enterprise Institute ( AEI) and undertook subsequent to 1981 as a consultant to the National Science Foundation. After that, he was from 1981 to 1985 Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission and at the same time working for the American Bar Association.
Director of the OMB and other features
After that he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in October 1985 Director of the Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ), and held that office until October 1988. At the same time he was at that time also a member of the National Security Council.
Since 1988, Miller is a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution and was also 1988-2003 Chairman of Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE ), a conservative think tank, which is to oppose taxes and regulations. In addition, he was a Fellow of the Mercatus Center in 1997, one of George Mason University affiliated market-oriented think tank. Miller is also since 2003 Member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service and since 2004 a member of the Board of Directors of Americans for Prosperity ( AFP), the number of Republican candidates of the conservative Tea Party movement supported in the congressional elections of 2010.
Furthermore, Miller has been involved in numerous other institutions and organizations and was also a member of the Supervisory Board ( Board of Visitors ) from George Mason University and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, as well as advisor to Freddie Mac and member of the Advisory Committee of the Progress and Freedom Foundation. He was, at times employees of the American Economic Association ( AEA), the Council for National Policy (CNP ), the Southern Economic Association and the Tax Foundation