Norman Charles Miller (born October 2, 1934) is an American

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who worked for ''

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''.

Biography

Miller was born in

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and attended

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, where he earned his

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in 1956. Miller won a

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for Journalism in 1964 for his coverage of the scandal the unfolded around

Tino De Angelis Anthony "Tino" De Angelis (November 3, 1915 – September 26, 2009) was a Bayonne, New Jersey, commodities trader who dealt in vegetable oil futures worldwide. In 1962 De Angelis' company, ''Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corporation'', bi ...

. Miller's reporting became the basis for his book, ''

The Great Salad Oil Swindle ''The Great Salad Oil Swindle'' is a book by ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter Norman C. Miller about Tino De Angelis, a New Jersey-based wholesaler and commodities trader who dealt in vegetable oil futures contracts. The book was published in 19 ...

'' published in 1965. He was chief of the ''Journals Washington bureau.Famous Penn Staters>Living
, PSU webpage. Retrieved 2011-11-23.

References

* Miller, Norman C. 1934–. ''Contemporary Authors''. 37–40, First Revision, 391. 1979. *''

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