Daniel Kemmis (born December 5, 1945) is an American author and former politician. Kemmis served as the minority leader and speaker of the Montana House of Representatives and mayor of

Missoula, Montana Missoula ( ; fla, label= Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork ...

Early life and education

Daniel Kemmis was born December 5, 1945, in

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. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from

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and a Juris Doctor from the

Alexander Blewett III School of Law The Alexander Blewett III School of Law is a law school at the University of Montana in Missoula. It was established in 1911 and remains Montana's only law school. , the school accepted 83 applicants. The school tied for 103rd in the 2023 '' ...

Career

Kemmis was elected to the Montana House of Representatives in the 1974 general election. He eventually rose to be the speaker of the House in the 1983–1984 session. Kemmis was elected mayor of Missoula, Montana, in 1989 and re-elected in 1993. Since retiring from politics, Kemmis has been active on many public and non-profit boards, especially in the field of philanthropy. He was a member of the boards of the

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, the Northwest Area Foundation, and Philanthropy Northwest.

Books

*''Community and the Politics of Place'', University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. *''The Good City and the Good Life: Renewing the American Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1995. *''This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West'', Island Press, 2001. *''Citizens Uniting to Restore our Democracy'', University of Oklahoma Press, 2020

References

1945 births Living people Harvard University alumni Mayors of Missoula, Montana University of Montana alumni Writers from Missoula, Montana National Humanities Medal recipients Speakers of the Montana House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Montana House of Representatives {{Montana-mayor-stub