Daniel Kemmis

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Daniel Kemmis | image =  | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1945|12|05}}}} | birth_place = Fairview, Montana, U.S. | death_date =  | death_place =  | office = 48th Mayor of Missoula | term_start = January 1, 1990 | term_end = September 3, 1996 | predecessor = Robert E. Lovegrove | successor = Mike Kadas | office1 = 42nd Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives | term_start1 = 1983  | term_end1 = 1984  | predecessor1 = Bob Marks | successor1 = John Vincent | office2 = Member of the Montana House of Representatives | term_start2 = 1974 | term_end2 = 1984 | party = Democratic | other_party =  | spouse = Jean Larson<ref name="Lawmakers of Montana 1983"/> | partner =  | relations = | children = 4 | education = Harvard University (AB)<br>University of Montana (JD) }} '''Daniel Kemmis''' (born December 5, 1945) is an American author and senior statesman. Kemmis is the founder and board chair of [https://beyondpartymtfirst.org/ Beyond Party - Montana First]. He was the minority leader and speaker of the Montana House of Representatives and mayor of Missoula, Montana.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} He has been active on many public and non-profit boards, especially in the field of philanthropy, where he served for many years on the boards of the Kettering Foundation, the [https://www.nwaf.org/?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=902650301&utm_medium=ad&utm_content=214886739728&utm_term=northwest%20area%20foundation&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=902650301&gbraid=0AAAAADJbIOMCAHhmql8hboGrSNTW1hQSp&gclid=Cj0KCQiAkPzLBhD4ARIsAGfah8hgV7Z-h8shxOK2uebmDYisH4dFCaKhCs1-VSkNTO19BOoXM7TbWBAaAp7cEALw_wcB Northwest Area Foundation] and [https://philanthropynw.org/ Philanthropy Northwest].

== Early life and education == Daniel Kemmis was born December 5, 1945, in Fairview, Montana. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor from the Alexander Blewett III School of Law.<ref name="Lawmakers of Montana 1983">{{cite book|editor-last=Shea|editor-first=Dennis M.|title=Lawmakers of Montana: Legislative Session of 1983-1984|page=28|publisher=Atlantic Richfield Company|year=1983|access-date=January 14, 2023|url=https://archive.org/details/lawmakersofmonta1983unse/page/28/mode/2up}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Politically versed: Former Missoula Mayor Kemmis celebrates 75th birthday|date=December 6, 2020|newspaper=Missoula Current|access-date=January 14, 2023|url=https://missoulacurrent.com/harvard-to-missoula-kemmis/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Robbins |first=Jim |date=1998-06-14 |title=Working to Share Water in the West |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/14/us/working-to-share-water-in-the-west.html |access-date=2023-03-07 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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 Kettering Foundation, the Northwest Area Foundation, and Philanthropy Northwest.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

==Books== *''Community and the Politics of Place'', University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-8061-2227-7}} *''The Good City and the Good Life: Renewing the American Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1995. {{ISBN|0-395-68630-X}} *''This Sovereign Land: A New Vision for Governing the West'', Island Press, 2001. {{ISBN|1-55963-842-7}} *''Citizens Uniting to Restore our Democracy'', University of Oklahoma Press, 2020

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