Daniel C. Miller (born August 10, 1956) is a politician and public servant from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is current Harrisburg City Treasurer, and previously was the Harrisburg City Controller and was a member of the Harrisburg City Council. The latter two positions were elected at large.[1] Miller is Harrisburg's first openly gay city councillor.[2]
Daniel C. Miller | |
|---|---|
| City of Harrisburg Controller | |
| In office January 4, 2010 – January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | James J. McCarthy Jr |
| Succeeded by | Charles DeBrunner |
| Member of the Harrisburg City Council | |
| In office 2005–2009 | |
| City Treasurer | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 10, 1956 Muncy, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Harrisburg Area Community College, Elizabethtown College and Pennsylvania State University |
| Website | City of Harrisburg |
Biography
editMiller is a long-time resident of Harrisburg and is the founding partner of a successful CPA firm in the city. He is a graduate of Central Dauphin High School and Harrisburg Area Community College. He has earned a BA in accounting from Elizabethtown College and an MBA in finance from the Pennsylvania State University.[3] He has served on the community advisory board of WITF public television, as a volunteer with the Central PA Literacy Council, and a member of the Harrisburg City Business Revolving Loan Committee. He is a founder of the GLBT Business Association in Harrisburg, now known as the Central Pennsylvania Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.[3]
In 1990 Miller made local headlines for LGBT activism after gay bashings. Following this exposure, he was being fired for being gay in October 1990 by Donald DeMuth, who ran a consulting firm. Years later the firing was upheld in court, making Miller a poster child for gay activism in Harrisburg.[4][5] Miller more recently received open hate by former Mayor Linda D. Thompson while working for the City, as she was reported referring to him as "that homosexual, evil little man," causing staffers to resign.[6][7]
See also
edit- Mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Burton, William (15 June 2020). Out in Central Pennsylvania : The History of an LGBTQ Community. Penn State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-08647-7. OCLC 1256407742.
References
edit- ^ Councilman Dan Miller a near lock to be Harrisburg's next city controller The Patriot-News, accessed February 3, 2010.
- ^ Pennsylvania Gays Rocks the Dome Archived 2016-05-31 at the Wayback Machine Friends of Dan Miller, accessed February 4, 2010.
- ^ a b Miller, Daniel C. "Dan" Biography Our Campaigns, accessed February 4, 2010.
- ^ "FOX43 Focal Point: LGBTQ in PA – Statute Stalemate: Fired for being gay". fox43.com. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ Miller, Dan (15 March 2014). "LGBT Oral History: Dan Miller" (PDF) (Interview). Interviewed by Andrew C. Miller. LGBT Center, Harrisburg: Dickinson College. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
- ^ McDonald, Natalie Hope (2011-02-11). "Is Harrisburg's Mayor Homophobic?". Philadelphia Magazine. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ^ Papst, Chris (2015). Capital murder : an investigative reporter's hunt for answers in a collapsing city. Sunbury Press. ISBN 978-1-62006-591-4. OCLC 910874888.