10 Facts About Pam Miller

1.

Pam Miller served as the mayor of Lexington, Kentucky from 1993 to 2003.

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Pam Miller was first elected to the Urban County Council in 1973 and was the first woman elected to public office in the city.

3.

Pam Miller served from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1980 to 1993.

4.

Pam Miller served as vice-mayor before becoming mayor after the resignation of Scotty Baesler, who was elected to the United States Congress in 1992.

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Pam Miller was elected mayor in 1994 and again in 1998, though she chose not to run for a third full term in 2002.

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Pam Miller became a member and then chair of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, and the Lexington Opera Society.

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Pam Miller was elected as the Council's chair in 2012 and has been reappointed in that leadership role each year since.

8.

Pam Miller married physician and former Olympic alpine skier Dr Ralph E Miller, Jr.

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Pam Miller worked for the Congressional Quarterly in Washington DC from 1962 to 1965 as a reporter and editor.

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On September 12,2002, Mayor Pam Miller was presented by the University of Kentucky with a rose created to honor her and her service to the city of Lexington.