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Melvin B. Miller is founder of the Bay State Banner, a weekly newspaper advocating the interests of Greater Boston's African American community. Since 1965, Mr. Miller has served as the Banner's Publisher and Editor. Prior to the establishment of the Banner, Mr. Miller was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. In 1973 the State Banking Commissioner appointed him as the Conservator of the Unity Bank and Trust Company, Boston's first minority bank. He was a founding partner of Fitch, Miller & Touse law firm from 1981 - 1991 and was General Counsel of WHDH-TV, Channel 7 in Boston from 1982 until 1993. A long-term trustee of Boston University, Mr. Miller is a member of the Executive Committee. He is also a trustee of the Huntington Theatre Company and the Boston Medical Center and Mass, Inc. a public policy think tank. He serves as a director of USSALEP (United States South Africa Leadership Exchange Program. Mr. Miller is a graduate of the Boston Latin School, Harvard College and Columbia Law School. | 