G. William Miller
| William Miller | |
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| United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office August 6, 1979 – January 20, 1981 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Michael Blumenthal |
| Succeeded by | Don Regan |
| Chair of the Federal Reserve | |
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In office March 8, 1978 – August 6, 1979 |
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| President | Jimmy Carter |
| Deputy |
Stephen Gardner Frederick Schultz |
| Preceded by | Arthur Burns |
| Succeeded by | Paul Volcker |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
George William Miller March 9, 1925 Sapulpa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 2006 (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ariadna Rogojarsky |
| Alma mater |
Amarillo College U.S. Coast Guard Academy UC Berkeley School of Law |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Coast Guard
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| Years of service | 1945–1949 |
George William Miller (March 9, 1925 – March 17, 2006) served as the 65th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Carter from August 6, 1979 to January 20, 1981. He previously served as the 11th Chairman of the Federal Reserve, where he began service on March 8, 1978.
Miller was the most recent Federal Reserve Chairman to come from a corporate background, rather than from economics or finance. He is also the only person to have served both as Federal Reserve Chairman and as Treasury Secretary.
William Miller was born in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. His family soon moved to Borger, the largest city in Hutchinson County, Texas, where Miller spent his childhood. The town was undergoing an oil boom up until the Great Depression, during which it underwent extensive development under the Work Projects Administration. Miller's father, previously a cab driver, became the town's fire chief. After attending Amarillo College for the 1941-1942 school year, he received an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He graduated in 1945 with a B.S. in marine engineering. From 1945 to 1949, Miller served as a Coast Guard officer in Asia and on the U.S. West Coast. During his time with the Coast Guard, he met Ariadna Rogojarsky, a Russian emigre; they married in 1946.
He graduated top of his class at the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley in 1952, and joined the law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City.
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