Alfred Dale Miller, a veteran lobbyist for Texas organizations who was a close friend of and adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson, died on Wednesday at Georgetown University Hospital. Mr. Miller, a resident of Washington, was 87.
Mr. Miller's clients were mainly Texas organizations and interests. A 2,000-foot bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway from Aransas Pass to Padre Island, Tex., was named for him in 1959 in recognition of his role in securing Federal money to build it.
In 1965, he and his wife, Virginia, were widely known as organizers of Johnson's Presidential inauguration. They also were hosts of a huge annual birthday party for House Speaker Sam Rayburn, a Texas Democrat, from 1945 until he died in 1961, and did the same for Johnson beginning in 1957.
Mr. Miller met Johnson when his father, Roy Miller, manager of the Congressional campaign for Representative Richard Kleberg of Texas, hired Johnson to be the Congressman's secretary in 1932.
From the 1940's to the early 1990's, Mr. Miller was executive vice president and later chairman of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association and represented Texas, the Port of Corpus Christi and other Gulf Coast clients on waterway matters. He retired in 1994.
Mr. Miller, who was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., received a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from the University of Texas.
Mrs. Miller died in 1990. Mr. Miller is survived by three children, Marta, Dale Jr. and Mead, and three grandchildren.
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The New York Times, 4/28/1997
Mr. Miller's clients were mainly Texas organizations and interests. A 2,000-foot bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway from Aransas Pass to Padre Island, Tex., was named for him in 1959 in recognition of his role in securing Federal money to build it.
In 1965, he and his wife, Virginia, were widely known as organizers of Johnson's Presidential inauguration. They also were hosts of a huge annual birthday party for House Speaker Sam Rayburn, a Texas Democrat, from 1945 until he died in 1961, and did the same for Johnson beginning in 1957.
Mr. Miller met Johnson when his father, Roy Miller, manager of the Congressional campaign for Representative Richard Kleberg of Texas, hired Johnson to be the Congressman's secretary in 1932.
From the 1940's to the early 1990's, Mr. Miller was executive vice president and later chairman of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association and represented Texas, the Port of Corpus Christi and other Gulf Coast clients on waterway matters. He retired in 1994.
Mr. Miller, who was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., received a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from the University of Texas.
Mrs. Miller died in 1990. Mr. Miller is survived by three children, Marta, Dale Jr. and Mead, and three grandchildren.
Published in
The New York Times, 4/28/1997
Alfred Dale Miller, a veteran lobbyist for Texas organizations who was a close friend of and adviser to President Lyndon B. Johnson, died on Wednesday at Georgetown University Hospital. Mr. Miller, a resident of Washington, was 87.
Mr. Miller's clients were mainly Texas organizations and interests. A 2,000-foot bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway from Aransas Pass to Padre Island, Tex., was named for him in 1959 in recognition of his role in securing Federal money to build it.
In 1965, he and his wife, Virginia, were widely known as organizers of Johnson's Presidential inauguration. They also were hosts of a huge annual birthday party for House Speaker Sam Rayburn, a Texas Democrat, from 1945 until he died in 1961, and did the same for Johnson beginning in 1957.
Mr. Miller met Johnson when his father, Roy Miller, manager of the Congressional campaign for Representative Richard Kleberg of Texas, hired Johnson to be the Congressman's secretary in 1932.
From the 1940's to the early 1990's, Mr. Miller was executive vice president and later chairman of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association and represented Texas, the Port of Corpus Christi and other Gulf Coast clients on waterway matters. He retired in 1994.
Mr. Miller, who was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., received a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from the University of Texas.
Mrs. Miller died in 1990. Mr. Miller is survived by three children, Marta, Dale Jr. and Mead, and three grandchildren.
Published in
The New York Times, 4/28/1997
Mr. Miller's clients were mainly Texas organizations and interests. A 2,000-foot bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway from Aransas Pass to Padre Island, Tex., was named for him in 1959 in recognition of his role in securing Federal money to build it.
In 1965, he and his wife, Virginia, were widely known as organizers of Johnson's Presidential inauguration. They also were hosts of a huge annual birthday party for House Speaker Sam Rayburn, a Texas Democrat, from 1945 until he died in 1961, and did the same for Johnson beginning in 1957.
Mr. Miller met Johnson when his father, Roy Miller, manager of the Congressional campaign for Representative Richard Kleberg of Texas, hired Johnson to be the Congressman's secretary in 1932.
From the 1940's to the early 1990's, Mr. Miller was executive vice president and later chairman of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association and represented Texas, the Port of Corpus Christi and other Gulf Coast clients on waterway matters. He retired in 1994.
Mr. Miller, who was born in Corpus Christi, Tex., received a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri and a master's degree from the University of Texas.
Mrs. Miller died in 1990. Mr. Miller is survived by three children, Marta, Dale Jr. and Mead, and three grandchildren.
Published in
The New York Times, 4/28/1997
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