The Miller Center of Public Affairs is a non-partisan research institute that is part of the University of Virginia

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Founded in 1975, the Miller Center is a leading public policy institution that serves as a national meeting place where engaged citizens, scholars, students, media representatives and government officials gather in a spirit of non-partisan consensus to research, reflect and report on issues of national importance to the governance of the United States, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency.

Miller Center national commissions and their chairs

• Presidential Press Conferences (1981) - A. Linwood Holton, Jr. and Ray Scherer
• The Presidential Nominating Process (1982) - A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
• Presidential Transitions and Foreign Policy (1986) - William P. Rogers
  William P. Rogers
  William Pierce Rogers was an American politician, who served as a Cabinet officer in the administrations of two U.S. Presidents in the third quarter of the 20th century.-Early Life :...
  
   and Cyrus R. Vance
• Presidential Disability and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment (1988) - Herbert Brownell and Birch E. Bayh II
• The Presidency and Science Advising (1989) - Dale R. Corson
  Dale R. Corson
  Dale R. Corson was the eighth president of Cornell University. Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1914, Corson received a B.A. degree from the College of Emporia in 1934, his M.A. degree from the University of Kansas in 1935, and his Ph.D...
  
   and Brent Scowcroft
  Brent Scowcroft
  Brent Scowcroft, KBE was the United States National Security Advisor under Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush and a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He also served as Military Assistant to President Richard Nixon and as Deputy Assistant to the President for National...
  
  
• Choosing and Using Vice Presidents (1992) - Charles McC. Mathias and Edmund S. Muskie
• The Selection of Federal Judges (1996) - Nicholas deB. Katzenbach and Harold R. Tyler, Jr
• The Separation of Powers (1998) - Howard H. Baker, Jr. and Griffin B. Bell
• Federal Election Reform (2001) - Robert H. Michel
  Robert H. Michel
  Robert Henry "Bob" Michel is an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district, and was the GOP leader in Congress, serving as Minority Leader for 14 years during an era...
  
   and Lloyd N. Cutler; Gerald Ford
  Gerald Ford
  Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
  
   and Jimmy Carter
  Jimmy Carter
  James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
  
   (Honorary Co-Chairs)
• War Powers (2007) - James A. Baker, III and Warren Christopher
  Warren Christopher
  Warren Minor Christopher was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Jimmy...
  
  

Directors of the Miller Center

• Frederick E. Nolting, Jr. (1975-1977)
• Kenneth W. Thompson
  Kenneth W. Thompson
  Kenneth W. Thompson is an American academic and author known for his contributions to normative theory in international relations. In 1978 he became director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He retired as director in 1998, but continued to head its Forum...
  
   (1977-1998)
• Philip D. Zelikow
  Philip D. Zelikow
  Philip D. Zelikow is an American diplomat, academic and author. He has worked as the executive director of the 9/11 Commission, director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, and Counselor of the United States Department of State...
  
   (1998-2005)
• Gerald L. Baliles
  Gerald L. Baliles
  Gerald L. Baliles was the 65th Governor of Virginia and is the director of the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia...
  
  (2005-Present)