Miriam Mills

Miriam Kosiner Mills (née Kosiner, May 22, 1938 – March 13, 1992) was a scholar of public administration and political science. She was a professor of public administration at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where in 1992 she held an Endowed Chair in Public Management. Her research focused on health policy and public administration in developing countries.

Life and career Mills was born on May 22, 1938, in Leipzig, Germany. On August 31, 1939, Mills and her family were on the final train to leave Germany for France before the beginning of World War II.

In addition to her academic publications, Mills published a book in 1991 about living with cancer called The Penny Diary: Countering Illness.

Mills died on March 13, 1992. The Policy Studies Organization also awarded a Miriam K. Mills Award, given for contributions to the field of policy studies. As well, following her death, the University of Illinois hosted a Miriam K. Mills Research Center for Super-Optimizing Analysis and Developing Nations.

Selected works Mills's work includes the following books: The Kites of Hope (1966) The Penny Diary: Countering Illness (1991) Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Public Sector (1991) Health Insurance and Public Policy (1992) Public Administration in China, edited with Stuart S. Nagel (1993)