Thomas MillerGraphic Designer & Artist1920-2012

• Born in Bristol, VADecember 24, 1920

• Grandson of slaves

Bristol

• Graduated from Douglas High School in 1937

• Formal art education not available to Miller during childhood

• Earned a B.S. from Virginia State University in 1947

• Joined the military after graduation

• After discharge from the military in 1964, Miller attended the Ray Vogue School of Art in Chicago

•Miller and fellow student Emmett McBain ". . .were the only African-Americans [there] besides the janitors."

• Briefly worked for design firm Gerstel/Loeff

• Then joined internationally renowned firm Morton Goldsholl Associates where he worked for 35 years

The logo work of Thomas Miller

• In 1995 was commissioned to create a set of mosaics for the DuSable Museum of African-American History

The mosaic work of Thomas Miller