Background
Miller, Foil Allan was born on January 18, 1916 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Fred Allen and Bertha (Milliren) Miller.
Miller, Foil Allan was born on January 18, 1916 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Fred Allen and Bertha (Milliren) Miller.
Bachelor of Science, Hamline University, 1937. Postgraduate, University Nebraska. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins, 1942.
National Research Council postdoctoral fellow in chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1942-1944;
assistant professor of chemistry, University of Illinois, 1944-1948;
head spectroscopy division, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, 1948-1958;
senior fellow in independent research, Mellon Institute, 1958-1967;
adjunct senior fellow, Mellon Institute, 1967-1974;
lecturer in chemistry, U. Pittsburgh, 1952-1964;
adjunct professor of chemistry, U. Pittsburgh, 1964-1967;
university professor, director, Spectroscopy Laboratory, 1967-1981;
professor emeritus, Spectroscopy Laboratory, since 1981. Lecturer infrared spectroscopy Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1950-1971, Bowdoin College, since 1972. Chairman 3d Gordon Conference on Infrared Spectroscopy, 1958.
Reilly lecturer U. Notre Dame, 1967. Visiting professor, Sendai, Japan, 1977, Araraquara, Brazil, 1980. Member International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Commision on Molecular Spectroscopy, 1967-1975, secretary, 1969-1975.
Fellow Optical Society of America. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Pitts section 1956-1957, Pittsburgh award 1965), Pittsburgh Academy of Sciences and Art (vice president 1973-1979, 81-83), Coblentz Society (president 1959-1960, honorary), Society Applied Spectroscopy (honorary), Spectroscopy Society Pittsburgh (chairman 1967-1968, honorary).
Married Ruth Naomi Zeller, September 4, 1941. Children: Bruce Allan, Craig Foil.