1965 President Frederick Earl Miller

Frederick Earl Miller was born in Chinook, Montana, on April 25, 1911. His father came from Patterson, New Jersey, and worked as a plumber and sheet metal man. His mother was born in Rochester, Indiana, and was a trained nurse. The family came to the West after World War I and young Frederick entered the fifth grade at the Brooklyn Grade School in Portland. After finishing Benson Polytechnic High School, he went to Oregon State University and earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1936.

1965 - FREDERICK EARL MILLER

Frederick is a member of the Professional Engineers of Oregon and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He now is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He has been affiliated with Toastmasters since 1956. He is a registered parliamentarian with the National Association of Parliamentarians and a certified parliamentarian with the American Institute of Parliamentarians. He became interested in duodecimals while in college and is a member of the Duodecimal Society of America.

Frederick and Lillian M. Passmore were married on May 22, 1937, in Portland. They have one son, Raymond T., born Dec. 13, 1939, who is married to Linda Singmaster. Their two children are Jaye Ann and Raymond Scott. Their daughter, Doris F. born March 26, 1944, is married to David Cruickshank. The Millers are members of the Trinity Baptist Church.

Since March 1941, Frederick has been employed as a Supervising engineer with the Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company. In March 1969, he presented a paper to the Portland Section of the IEEE entitled "A Solution of Intermodulation Problems by Use of the Time Shared Computer."

His hobbies are many and varied. Since living as a small boy in Montana, He has collected rocks and minerals. He became interested in photography in high school. Electronics have fascinated him since the first grade and he now holds an Amateur Radio license with a call sign W7KJC. Various phases of chemistry also claim his attention.

In I960, Frederick learned about the Geological Society from Franklin Monroe Brown who was then president while they were attending a meeting of the Institute of Radio Engineers. The fascination resulted with his taking a three term sequence course in geology at Portland State University from Ralph Mason. He has also attended the GSOC School courses. In 1963 he was elected a Director of the Society, vice-president in 1964, and president in 1965.

The theme of his presidency was "The Four Dimensions of Geology." He attributes his successful regime to the enthusiastic field trip leader, Lee Gavigan, and the excellent work done in the area of maps and trip logs by Paul Howell.

President Miller's camp-out at Delintment Lake was the third such venture for the society. It was held from June 19 through June 26, 1965, and nearly 100 members and friends attended the turnout. A humorous account of the many events by George Dahlin is published in the August 1965, Newsletter.