Ardmore, Pennsylvania
Jun 2, 1922 – Mar 8, 2015 (Age 92)
Doris Koteen Seldin, a clinical psychologist, professionally known as Dr. Doris K. Miller, died Sunday at the age of 93, of heart failure. Her son Timothy and his wife Peggy were at her side.
She was the youngest of four children of Jewish emigrants who left Russia in 1905and settled in Paterson, NJ.
Originally a social worker for the Veterans Administration, she later earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from New York University in 1964. She was the consulting school psychologist at the Walden School in New York and then went into private practice.
She was married twice, originally to Norman Miller and then in 1955 to Joel Seldin, a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. That marriage lasted until Joel's death in 1987. She raised two sons,
Timothy and Alexander.
Always a leftist political activist, Doris started with union organizing at the VA. She later was instrumental in founding the
Society Against Nuclear Explosions (SANE) later taken over by Norman Cousins. She was also a founding member of Psychologists for Social Action. With her friend Alice Hoffman she was an active member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
She is survived by her son, Timothy, his wife Peggy and numerous nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.
She was a resident at the Quadrangle in Haverford, PA. A Memorial Service in her memory will be held on Saturday May 16, 3 PM at The Quadrangle, 3300 Darby Rd., Haverford, PA. Interment was private.
Dr. Miller meant so much to my well-being at a difficult time in my life in 1968-71. Ever compassionate, she never minced words. She went beyond her office hours for me. She was like a savvy and strong older wise relative. Her life lessons to me: listen, don't overstep a boundary,be kind and caring..but with a clear view. Madeleine McHugh Pierucci
March 11, 2015
