Paul A. Miller
| Paul A. Miller | |
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| 6th President of the Rochester Institute of Technology | |
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In office 1969–1979 |
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| Preceded by | Mark W. Ellingson |
| Succeeded by | M. Richard Rose |
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| Born |
Paul Ausborn Miller March 22, 1917 East Liverpool, Ohio |
| Died | June 5, 2015 (aged 98) Montrose, Colorado |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Spiker Francena Lounsbery |
| Children | Thomas A. Miller Paula Miller Nolan |
| Parents | Harry Ausborn Miller Mamie Elizabeth Stewart |
| Alma mater |
West Virginia University Michigan State University |
| Profession | Administrator |
Paul Ausborn Miller (March 22, 1917 – June 5, 2015) was the 6th president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, succeeding Mark W. Ellingson, from 1969–1979. He oversaw the completion of the move of the campus to Henrietta and the steady growth of RIT between 1969 and 1981.
Miller spent most of his childhood on a small family farm in West Virginia. His father ran the farm part time and made ends meet with factory work. As a boy, he participated in 4-H. As a young man, Miller attended Bethany College and then moved to West Virginia University from which he received an agricultural degree in 1939. Miller's first job was as an agent at the agricultural extensions for Ritchie and Nicholas Counties. In 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps as a navigator.
Miller married Catherine Spiker and raised a son and a daughter. He later married social science professor Francena Lounsbery.
After the war, he studied for a doctorate in anthropology and sociology at Michigan State College. After graduating in 1953, Miller began as a professor of Sociology at Michigan State, becoming director of their Cooperative Extension and eventually provost. He moved back to West Virginia to assume the presidency of West Virginia University in 1962 where he promoted the university's agricultural extension. In 1966, Lyndon Johnson appointed him the first assistant secretary for education in the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare where he was responsible for making the arrangements for the National Technical Institute for the Deaf to start operations.
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