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| Issue 11: September 2004 |
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University mourning death of Dr. Daniel Miller
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Dr. Daniel A. Miller II, professor
emeritus of history and former chair of USI's Social Science Division, died
August 7.
A Princeton, Ind., resident, Miller served USI from 1966 to 1988. During his
career, he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree and the Outstanding
Teacher Award. He also was the first recipient of the Distinguished
Professor Award. Upon his retirement, he was named honorary Dean of Social
Sciences.
"He sent many of his students on to graduate school, and he turned a great
many undecided students into history majors, just on the strength of his
character and teaching ability," said friend and colleague Eric von
Fuhrmann, associate professor of English.
"He was always respected by everyone: administrators, faculty, and students.
He was like the wise old man of the campus. Many people went to him for
advice, and one of the reasons many of us felt he was wise is he was not
only learned in his field of education but he was Learned. He had
been a businessman. He loved working with the land, gardening, hunting, and
fishing. He was an outdoorsman. He was filled with practical knowledge as
well as book knowledge. That is a mark of wisdom."
Miller, a World War II veteran, held a Ph.D. from University of Michigan and
was a graduate of Hanover College. He was the author of How the South Won,
a History of the University of Southern Indiana; Sir Joseph York; and
Anglo-Dutch Relations.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Daniel A. Miller III and Kent Miller; four
daughters, Claudia Congleton, Debra Forrest '72, Kathleen Fulkerson '85, and Lisa
Hyde '74; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in
death by Jean, his wife of 58 years, who died March 24, 2004.
Services were held August 11.
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