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Doris K. MillerDoris K. Miller (1922 – March 8, 2015) was the professional name used by Doris Koteen Seldin, an American clinical psychologist and peace activist.[1][2] LifeDoris Koteen was born in 1922, the youngest of four children of Jewish emigrants who left Russia in 1905 and settled in Paterson, New Jersey.[3] Originally a social worker for the Veterans Administration, she gained a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from New York University in 1964. She worked as consulting school psychologist at the Walden School in New York before going into private practice.[1] She was married twice, originally to Norman Miller and then in 1955 to Joel Seldin, a New York Herald Tribune reporter.[1] A leftist political activist, Miller started with union organizing at the VA. She helped found the Society Against Nuclear Explosions (SANE) later headed by Norman Cousins. She was also a founding member of Psychologists for Social Action, and active in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.[1] Miller died of heart failure on March 8, 2015.[1] References
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