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Family of Rufus Edward Jr MILES and Nelle (Millie) Mary PETROWSKI
Rufus Edward Jr MILES b. 1910 Jun 144189 at Cincinnati, OH4189. d. 1996 Apr 94860 at Ithaca Hospital, Ithaca, NY4860.
Nelle (Millie) Mary PETROWSKI b. 1909 Feb 244886 at Scotland4886. d. 1989 Dec 294886 at Eden Park Nursing Home, Rutland, VT4886.
Married4887 1938 Aug 114887 at Weare, Oceana Co., MI4887. Rufus and Nelle were married4887 by Francis Emmerich, Catholic Priest, in Weare, Michigan. Mr and Mrs Arnold Miles, both of Chicago, IL, were witnesses.
In 1932, Rufus, unmarried, was aboard4189 the S. S. President Roosevelt, sailing from Southampton to the Port of New York. The Rufus Miles in that listing resided at the same address at which Rufus resided in the 1930 census2709. That passenger list alos provides his full birthdate and birth location. Later that year, a newspaper article (East Liverpool, OH, Evening Review, May 27, 1932; newspapers.com) mentioned that Rufus, of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, O., won second prize in a college level essay contest "How Can Colleges Best Promote Peace?"
By 1940, Rufus had married4188, was living in Arlington, VA, and worked at administration assistance for CCC (possibly the Civilian Conservation Corps which operated from 1933 to 1942). That census records his residence in 1935 as Columbus, OH. In 1951, Rufus is mentioned in a newspaper article (Evening Review, Sep 10, 1951) as the Assistant Federal Security Agency Administrator. His career in government appears to have continued as, in 1957, he presented4192 a retirement plan to the House Appropriations Committee as director of administration for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In a May, 1966, newspaper article4193 regarding federal bureaucracy, Rufus, mentioned as retiring several months before from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, stated that open defiance of superiors in government agencies is rare, but non-cooperation was too much in evidence, and respect for administrative loyalty had deteriorated during his 30 years of federal service.
In the 1970s, Rufus was president of the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, DC. In the 1980s, Rufus was a senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affair at Princeton, having served some 31 year in government service.
His 1996 obituary4860 mentions that his first wife, Nell, died in 1988. He was survived by two daughters from that marriage, Barbara Miles and Mary Patten; and his second wife, Elizabeth Klaer Miles of Ithaca, NY.
Nelle Petrowski was born4886 Feb 24, 1909, in Scotland, to Walter Petrowski and Magdelaine Wecheler.
In 1940, Millie worked in administration assistance in social security.
Children of Rufus Edward Jr MILES and Nelle (Millie) Mary PETROWSKI:
| 1. | Barbara MILES4860 b. 1). d. aft 1996. | ||||
| 2. | Mary Arnold MILES4860 b. 1945~4888 at Washington, DC4888. | ||||
| md. Joseph Cyrus PATTEN |