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Patrick A. Miles, Jr. (born October 19, 1967) is the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.〔http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/07/pat_miles_president_barack_oba.html〕 He was nominated by President Obama on March 29, 2012 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 29, 2012.〔http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/07/10/western-michigan-u-s-attorney-ive-landed-my-dream-job/〕 Miles is the first person of color to hold the position of U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, which covers 49 Michigan counties including the state's entire Upper Peninsula.〔 He was the Democratic nominee for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District in the 2010 congressional election.〔Harger, Jim. ("Patrick Miles Jr. wins Democratic primary, says moderate message can win in November" ), ''The Grand Rapids Press'', Grand Rapids, 4 August 2010. Retrieved on 2010-11-18.〕〔Singiser, Steve, Daily Kos.(Primary Day Preview ), August 1, 2010.〕 == Background and education == Pat Miles is a lifelong, third generation resident of southeast Grand Rapids. He is the son of Patrick A. Miles, Sr., a retired Steelcase Senior Buyer, former Chairman of the Grand Rapids Urban League Board of Directors and former Chairman of the Grand Rapids Planning Commission, and Shirley Cross Miles, who retired after teaching early elementary students in the Grand Rapids Public Schools for 30 years.〔Roelofs, Ted.("Profile: Third Congressional District Candidate Pat Miles" ), Grand Rapids Press, October 17, 2010.〕 His sister, Angela Miles, is a television anchor/reporter based in Chicago, Illinois.〔First Business〕 Miles' paternal grandfather worked in Grand Rapids for General Motors as a machinist. His mother Shirley is a descendant of freed slave Thomas W. Cross, was reared on a family farm in Blanchard, Michigan and is related to Dr. Merze Tate, the first African American woman to attend the University of Oxford and to earn a Ph.D. in government and international relations from Harvard University (then Radcliffe College).〔http://www.oldsettlersreunion.com/Home%20Page.htm〕 Pat Miles attended Grand Rapids Public Schools and graduated from Ottawa Hills High School at the age of 16.〔Grand Rapids Press, January 26, 2003, J4〕 Miles spent his freshman year of college at Great Lakes Christian College (then Great Lakes Bible College) in Lansing, Michigan,〔Roelofs, Ted. ("Profile: 3rd Congressional District candidate Pat Miles" ), ''The Grand Rapids Press'', Grand Rapids, 17 October 2010. Retrieved on 2010-11-18.〕 before graduating from Aquinas College in 1988 with a degree in business administration and economics. He worked in an office furniture factory as a spot-welder all four summers during college.〔("Vote-MI Candidates' Biographical Information - Pat Miles" ), Accessed on 2010-11-18.〕 Miles graduated from Harvard Law School at age 23 and was a member of its Class of 1991 along with such notables as U.S. President Barack Obama, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, Actor Hill Harper, Hollywood talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz, and former Republican National Committee Chairman Kenneth Mehlman.〔Scott, Monica. ("3rd Congressional District candidate Pat Miles Jr. gets 'a few minutes' with President Obama in Kalamazoo" ), ''The Grand Rapids Press'', Grand Rapids, 8 June 2010. Retrieved on 2010-11-18.〕 While at Harvard, he became editor-in-chief of the ''Harvard Law Record'', the first African American to do so.〔〔Roelofs, Ted, Grand Rapids Press, ("Obama Speech On Pastor And Race Gets Mixed Reviews In West Michigan" ), Tuesday, March 18, 2008〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Miles, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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