Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History

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2000

Miller, George Stewart, 1884-1971

 

George Stewart Miller (1884-1971), A1906, G1907, H1941, served as acting president of Tufts from 1937-1938.

He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1884 and received an B.A. from Tufts College in 1906 and an M.A. in 1907.He received an honorary LL.D. from Tufts in 1941.Miller was a teacher of physics and history at Concord High School, 1907-09; assistant principal at Monson Academy, 1909-12; head of the history department, Medford High School, 1912-16; government professor at Tufts College, 1916-56; secretary to president, Tufts College, 1916-19; assistant to president, 1919-37; acting president, Tufts College, 1937-38; vice-president, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Tufts College, 1939-51; chairman of the Department of Government, 1939-56; Dean of Administration, Tufts University, 1951-56; and President, Tufts Alumni Association, 1954-60.Upon his retirement as Dean of Administration, he was awarded the distinction of Dean Emeritus. Throughout his career at Tufts, he advocated for the establishment of faculty pensions and retirement ages. George Stewart Miller died in 1971.

Miller Hall, a dormitory on the Medford campus, is named in his honor.

Source: History from the finding aid for the George Stewart Miller collection UA001.009

 
 
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Dame, Lorin Low, 1838-1903
Dana, Charles A., 1881-1975
Dana Laboratory, 1963
Daniel Ounjian Prize in Economics,
Davies, Caroline Stodder, 1864-1939
Davies House, 1894
De Florez Prize in Human Engineering, 1964
de Pacheco, Kaye MacKinnon, ca. 1910-ca. 1985
Dean Hall, 1887-1963
Dean, Oliver, 1783-1871
Dearborn, Heman Allen, 1831-1897
Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, 1893
Department of Anesthesia, 1970
Department of Art and Art History, 1930
Department of Biochemistry, 1893
Department of Chemistry, 1882
Department of Community Health, 1930
Department of Dermatology, 1897
The Department of Economics, 1946
Department of Medicine, 1893
Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology
Department of Neurology, 1893
Department of Neuroscience, 1983
Department of Neurosurgery, 1951
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1893
Department of Ophthamology, 1893
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, 1906
Department of Otolaryngology, 1895
Department of Pathology, 1893
Department of Pediatrics, 1930
Department of Pharmacology, 1915
Department of Physics and Astronomy, 1854
Department of Physiology, 1893
Department of Psychiatry, 1928
Department of Radiation Oncology, 1968
Department of Radiology, 1915
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, 1955
Department of Surgery, 1893
Department of Urban and Environmental Policy, 1973
Department of Urology, 1910
Dental Health Sciences Building, 1969
Dewick, Cora Alma (Polk), 1875-1977
Dewick/MacPhie Dining Hall, 1959
Dickson Professorship of English and American History, 1913
Dirlam, Arland A., 1905-1979
Dog Cart, 1900
Dolbear, Amos Emerson, 1837-1910
Donald A. Cowdery Memorial Scholarship, 1946
Dr. Benjamin Andrews Professorship of Surgery, 1987
Dr. Philip E. A. Sheridan Prize, 1977
The Drug Bust, 1970
Dudley, Henry Watson, 1831-1906
Dugger, Edward Jr., 1919-75
Durkee, Frank W., 1861-1939
Durkee, Henrietta Noble Brown, 1871-1946
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