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The official site of Bingham High School Alumni & Friends -- Then, Now, Always 1908 - 2024

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The official site of Bingham High School Alumni & Friends -- Then, Now, Always  1908 - 2024

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The official site of Bingham High School Alumni & Friends -- Then, Now, Always  1908 - 2024

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1989 Alta J. Miller (1922)

1989    ALTA J. MILLER (1922)

Educator and school administrator,

Elementary School teacher in the Jordan School District

Elementary Education Supervisor in the Jordan School District (one of the JSD’s first woman district administrators)

BYU instructor and student teacher supervisor

Utah Board of Education Science Specialist

Utah President and national Vice President of the National Association of Child Educators

President of the Utah State Elementary Supervisors

President of the Utah State Retired Teachers Association

Member of the LDS Primary General Board for over 32 years and helped establish the “Guide Patrol” program for boys which was later integrated into the Boy Scouts of America Cub Scout program

Awarded Boy Scouts of America “Silver Fawn” Award (Silver Beaver for Women)

National Retired Educator of the Year (1977)

Inducted into the Midvale City Hall of Fame

Helped establish the Midvale City Museum and authored the chapter on education in Midvale City’s history book