Loret Miller Ruppe
| Loret Miller Ruppe | |
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| United States Ambassador to Norway | |
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In office 1989–1993 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Stuart |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Loftus |
| 10th Peace Corps Director | |
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In office 1981–1989 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Richard F. Celeste |
| Succeeded by | Paul Coverdell |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 3, 1936 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Died | August 7, 1996 (aged 60) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Resting place | St. Gabriel Cemetery, Potomac, Maryland |
| Spouse(s) | Philip Ruppe |
| Alma mater |
Marymount College Marquette University |
Loret Miller Ruppe (January 3, 1936 – August 7, 1996) was a Director of the Peace Corps and US Ambassador to Norway. She was the wife of U. S. Congressman Philip Ruppe of Michigan.
Loret Miller was born January 3, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her great-grandfather, Frederick Miller, founded the Miller Brewing Company. Her father, Frederick C. Miller, was the company chairman. Her father was killed in a plane crash with his oldest son in 1954. Ruppe attended Marymount College in New York state, and Marquette University in Milwaukee.
Loret Miller married Philip Ruppe and settled in Houghton, Michigan where she began her long career as a volunteer organizer and civic leader. Ruppe served as chairperson of the Houghton United Fund campaign, president of the St. Joseph's Hospital Guild, and as an active member of the Houghton County Republican Committee. Ruppe also traveled extensively through Africa, spending time in Kenya, Morocco, Egypt, and the Spanish Sahara where she saw the potential for partnerships with third world countries to meet human needs. Ruppe attended the Conference on Africa in Ditchley Park, England in 1978 which furthered her interest in solving problems in the third world.
In 1966, Loret Miller's husband was the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district who defeated incumbent Democrat Raymond F. Clevenger to be elected to the 90th Congress and was subsequently re-elected to the next five Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1979. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the 96th Congress. Loret Miller was George H. W. Bush's campaign manager in the 1980 Michigan Presidential primary and was a leader of the Reagan-Bush campaign in Michigan that fall.
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