Pam Miller
She served as vice-mayor before becoming mayor after the resignation of Scotty Baesler, who was elected to the United States Congress in 1992.[4] This development occurred after the shooting and killing of Antonio Orlando Sullivan, an eighteen-year-old African American male, by a white police officer in October 1994 which had caused a public outcry.[9] Miller earned her bachelor's degree in European history, magna cum laude, from Smith College in 1960.They came to Lexington in 1970 from California when Dr. Miller was hired at the University of Kentucky to be a professor of pharmacology.[11] On September 12, 2002, Mayor Miller was presented by the University of Kentucky with a rose created to honor her and her service to the city of Lexington.