Background
Miller was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Miller was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania.
In 1904 he graduated from Yale University, in 1907 he received an Master of Arts from Yale, and in 1915 he received his Doctor of Philosophy in physics from Yale.
From 1907-1919 he was a physicist with the National Bureau of Standards, then a radio engineer at the United States Navy"s Radio Laboratory (1919–1923) in Anacostia, District of Columbia, and subsequently at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). From 1925-1936 he led radio receiver research at the Atwater Kent Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, and from 1936-1940 was assistant head of the research laboratory for the Radio Corporation of America Radiotron Company.