Annetta Miller

Elected for two terms November 1996 and November 2004
Current term of office: January 31, 2005 through December 31, 2012
Democrat

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana and Atlantic City, New Jersey (High School)

Philadelphia, PA, Jewish Hospital, School of Nursing, R.N.

Wayne State University, Bachelor of Arts in Art History cum laude, 1995

National Chapter Chairman Award ADA, 1974. Recognition of her dedicated service and distinguished contributions
Honorary Lifetime Member. Michigan Education Association, 1975
Recipient of Healthy Children Award Given by the Comprehensive School Health Coordinators' Association, May 1993
Outstanding Achievement Award Given by Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health, June 1993
President's Award 1994, Given by the Michigan Federation of Teachers and School Related Personnel, May 1994
Special Recognition Award Given by the Michigan Education Association, December 1, 1994
Honorary Lifetime Membership for Dedication and Commitment of Public Education for the Children of Michigan, Michigan Association of School Boards, 1994
Selected to Participate in "March of the Living" (Re World War II Nazi concentration camps) with 6,000 school children from around the world as part of delegation of the National Association of State Boards of Education and Council of Chief State School Officers, Poland, 1994
Honoree. Oakland County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1995
“Wonder Woman” Award, Women’s Survival Center, 1999
Detroit City Council Spirit of Detroit Award, January 11, 2005

1944–1945, World War II — U.S. Army Nurses Corps, European Theatre of Operations

Oakland County Democratic Executive Committee, 1968-
Candidate for the Primary Congressional Nomination, 18th District, 1970
Delegate National Convention, Democratic Party, 1972 (Miami, Florida) for Senator George McGovern
Alternate Delegate National Convention, Democratic Party, 1980 (New York City, New York) for Senator Ted Kennedy
Precinct Delegate, 1968–

National Vice President, Americans for Democratic Action 1972–76
Founders' Society of Detroit Institute of Arts
Roeper City and Country School, Member, Board of Trustees, 1976–80
Commissioner, Education Commission of the States, 1984–91
Member, Policy and Priorities Committee of the Education Commission of the States,
Member, Advisory Council, Division of Education, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1986
Cowles House Society, Michigan State University, 1985–88
Member of the Arts in Education Panel of the Michigan Council for the Arts, 1990
Member of the New Detroit Progress Report Committee for Wayne County Community College, June, 1992
Charter Member, Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation (Women's Memorial)
Member, Commission on Violence for National Association of State Boards of Education, 1994
Michigan’s Advance Placement Advisory Committee

State Board of Education
Elected November 1970
Re-elected November 1978
Re-elected November 1986

Wayne State University Board of Governors
Elected November 1996
Re-elected November 2004

Various countries, including:

Greece and Egypt, 1963 — With Archives of American Art
Israel and Iran, 1967 — Jewish Federation (ORT)
China (People's Republic), 1974 with US/China Friendship Society (film and slide show presented to over 100 schools in Michigan)
Peru, 1978
USSR, 1970; and USSR Central Asia, 1980 (film and slide show prepared for schools)

Wayne State University