Miller, David P. Memorabilia, 0000-2999
Collection Number: 6338 MB
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
David P. Miller Memorabilia, 0000-2999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6338 MB
Creator:
Miller, David P.
American Arbitration Association (AAA)
Quanitities:
0.67 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
David P. Miller was born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 21, 1919. After serving nearly
five years in the US Army during World War II he received a BS from the University
of Arizona in 1948. This degree was followed by an MBA from the University of California
at Berkeley in 1950.
After a brief employment by the US Department of Labor as a wage economist in 1950
Miller became an Impartial Manager for the Ford-UAW retirement board, a position he
held until his death. He was also an Associate Umpire for Ford and the UAW from 1952
to 1959, and the Ad Hoc S.U.B. Plan Chairman from 1958 on. Unfortunately the Ford-UAW
representatives decided not to cite Associate Umpire awards in their arbitrations,
only Umpire awards. This meant that Miller's roughly 1,000 memorandum decisions never
served as precedents in later cases.
Miller served as an Umpire and Arbitrator for US Steel and the United Steelworkers
of America from 1962 on. He was also an Umpire for the Aluminum Company of America
(ALCO) and the Aluminum Workers International Union (1965 on), the Budd Company and
the UAW (1971 on), and the Borroughs Corporation and the UAW (1964-1965). By his estimate
he wrote about 2,000 Umpire decisions.
His ad hoc arbitration dealt mostly with newspaper and communication workers. Some
of the unions involved were the CWA, OCAW, Pressmen, Typographers, IBEW, and Machinists.
By his estimate he wrote about 1,000 ad hoc decisions.
Miller was a member and on the arbitration panels of the American Academy of Arbitrators
and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. He was a member of the Industrial
Relations Research Association, the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
(SPIDR), and the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA). Miller served the NAA in several
capacities: Executive Secretary (1962-1968), member of the Board of Governors (1968-1971),
Vice-President (1972-1973), President-Elect (1973-1974), and President (1974-1975).
David P. Miller died of a heart attack, in Detroit, Michigan, on March 22, 1975 at
the age of 55.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
David P. Miller Memorabilia #6338 MB. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation
and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Related Collections: 6338: David P. Miller Arbitration Papers 6338 P: David P. Miller Photographs
Names:
Miller, David P.
American Arbitration Association
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
American Arbitration Association Award
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Scope and Contents
'expresses its appreciation to David P. Miller'
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Certificate of Membership to the American Arbitration Association
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Scope and Contents
certificate is rolled in box
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