Ten Years! It's hard to believe so much time has passed since I lost my husband and you lost your beloved family and friend Milton Bins. During the last few months, in particular, I have wondered and shared thoughts with friends and family about how Milton would feel about all that's happening these days. What would he think? What would he say? We could guess what he might think, but he had a way of going beyond everyday thoughts. He definitely would have had a lot to say! He was a profound and innovative thinker.
Ten Years! Milton, you are still loved and missed!
Ten Years ago today, my Father lost a 10 year battle with cancer. Many noted how interesting that a mathematician passed on 10/10/10. Born 12/11/34 in Hazlehurst, MS, you moved to Chicago, became a High School Math Teacher and married my Mother. But as happens in life, the marriage did not last; and you moved east: Philadelphia, NYC, and finally D.C. Grateful that you committed to staying actively involved in my life as I was a young child at the time of the divorce. So I travelled often to see you, opening my eyes to the world. You shared all of your life with me, including the many people whose lives were enriched by your passion for social and political change. A great lover of reading, always pursuing learning as life long pursuit. One special memory for me was, before retiring to Florida, you treated my family to a private tour of the White House. And speaking of family, you loved your grandchildren and supported me through a very difficult period after my Mother passed in 1992. So much more could I say, but I will just close now, giving thanks to God for the Man you were, inspiring me to become the Man I am. Rest In Paradise Dad.
He will forever be missed by those of us who had the opportunity to fully know him.
Larry says, "may the politics of love always be with Uncle Milton!"
Rarely does a day pass that I do not think of you, then I see your great smile, and easy laughter, and sense of humor..... and you feel so close. Love, Carlene
He will be sorely missed by all.
It sadden my heart to have heard about Milton's homegoing weeks later. Having only just reunited with him through a by chance discovery of someone who knew him who just happen to put me in touch with Milton through Andrienne. It was a pleasure to have been able to reconnect to Milton after so many years. Thanks Andrienne for the reconnection and God Bless
Del and Marilyn Marbrook
Arthur Jefferson, Supt. Emeritus, Detroit Public Schools
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Ten Years! It's hard to believe so much time has passed since I lost my husband and you lost your beloved family and friend Milton Bins. During the last few months, in particular, I have wondered and shared thoughts with friends and family about how Milton would feel about all that's happening these days. What would he think? What would he say? We could guess what he might think, but he had a way of going beyond everyday thoughts. He definitely would have had a lot to say! He was a profound and innovative thinker.
Ten Years! Milton, you are still loved and missed!
Ten Years ago today, my Father lost a 10 year battle with cancer. Many noted how interesting that a mathematician passed on 10/10/10. Born 12/11/34 in Hazlehurst, MS, you moved to Chicago, became a High School Math Teacher and married my Mother. But as happens in life, the marriage did not last; and you moved east: Philadelphia, NYC, and finally D.C. Grateful that you committed to staying actively involved in my life as I was a young child at the time of the divorce. So I travelled often to see you, opening my eyes to the world. You shared all of your life with me, including the many people whose lives were enriched by your passion for social and political change. A great lover of reading, always pursuing learning as life long pursuit. One special memory for me was, before retiring to Florida, you treated my family to a private tour of the White House. And speaking of family, you loved your grandchildren and supported me through a very difficult period after my Mother passed in 1992. So much more could I say, but I will just close now, giving thanks to God for the Man you were, inspiring me to become the Man I am. Rest In Paradise Dad.









Washington Post Story
Wednesday, October 27, 2010; 11:43 PM
Milton Bins, 75, an education consultant who was a past deputy executive director of the Council of the Great City Schools, an education advocacy group, died Oct. 10 at his home in Leesburg, Fla. He had colon cancer.
Mr. Bins joined the Council of the Great City Schools in 1974 as a senior associate for programs and policy. He was deputy executive director from 1985 to 1992, after which he became an education consultant for technology companies. He retired in 2000.
He was a native of Hazlehurst, Miss. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1959, a master's degree in mathematics from Chicago State University in the early 1960s and a master's degree in education from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970.
He lived in New York and Chicago, where he taught high school math, before moving to Washington in the mid-1970s. In 2004, he moved to Florida.
He received a lifetime achievement award from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation in 2001 and was recognized for outstanding advocacy and support of public education by the Council of the Great City Schools in 1985.
He was a chairman and founder of the Douglass Policy Institute, an education think tank, and was a D.C. delegate at the 1988 Republican National Convention.
His first marriage to Gladys Minor ended in divorce. His second wife, Carolyn Fitchett Bins, died in 1981 after eight years of marriage.
Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Adrienne King Bins of Leesburg, Fla.; a son from his first marriage, Gregory Bins of Homewood, Ill; a stepson, Randall Jackson of Tavares, Fla; two sisters; three grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
- Lauren Wiseman