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William D. Miller ’23

William Miller ’23, February 10, 1998, in Cary, North Carolina. Ted and and Catherine Ritchey Miller ’25 were married in 1928. Ted entered the forestry program at Yale University and earned a PhD in 1932. Following teaching posts in Connecticut and Idaho, he taught at the North Carolina State University School of Forestry from 1935 until his retirement in 1963. He was voted by his students the distinguished classroom teacher in 1961. He was an accomplished pianist, was fluent in several languages, and was the author of numerous articles in forestry journals. He was a golden member of the Society of American Foresters and a fellow of the American Association for Advancement of Science. Catherine died in January. Ted is survived by a son. A younger son died in 1984.

Appeared in Reed magazine: May 1998

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