Daniel Kemmis

Daniel Kemmis (born December 5, 1945) is an American author and a retired politician. He is a regular contributor to the Citizens Uniting blog.

In addition to his books, Kemmis has contributed to many edited collections. He has written or co-writtenauthored five monographs and has written articles appearing in numerous journals, including the Utne Reader, National Civic Review, Kettering Review, Orion, Open Spaces, The Regionalist, Parabola, Places and The Responsive Community.

Kemmis was the minority leader and speaker of the Montana House of Representatives and mayor of Missoula, Montana. He has been active on many public and non-profit boards, especially in the field of philanthropy where he was on the boards of the Kettering Foundation, the Northwest Area Foundation and Philanthropy Northwest.

Early life and education

Kemmis received his undergraduate education at Harvard University where he earned a B.A. in government, focusing his study on political theory and graduating with high honors in 1968. Later, he interrupted his service in the Montana legislature to earn a Juris Doctor degree at the University of Montana School of Law.

Recognition

His work has been honored with several awards, including the Ruckelshaus Award for Collaborative Leadership, the Wallace Stegner Prize and the Charles Frankel Prize, awarded by President Bill Clinton for outstanding contribution to the field of the humanities.

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

References


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