Raymond Herbert Miller

Background

Miller, Raymond Herbert was born on March 8, 1923 in Butternut, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Edward and Nina Victoria (Johnson) Miller.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1947; postgraduate, East Texas Baptist College, 1979; Master of Business Administration, Rockhurst, 1981.

Career

Engineer, Will Keith Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1947-1948; engineer, acting church engineer, Bangor & Aroostook ready reckoner, Houlton, Maine., 1948-1957; maintenance engineer, Lake Superior & Ishpeming ready reckoner, Marquette, Michigan, 1957-1962; chief design engineer, Walter H. Knapp, Milwaukee, 1962-1963; operations manager, Matisa Railweld, Inc., Chicago Heights, Illinois, 1963-1965; chief engineer, Railway Automated Machinery Company, Chicago, 1965-1969; chief estimator, William A. Smith Contracting Company, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas, 1969-1977; chief engineer, Lewis Railweld, Inc., Cleveland, 1977-1979; vice president, Svc. and Commodity Corporation, Industrial Airport, Kansas, 1979-1982; vice president, Smith-Miller Construction Company, Pleasanton, Kansas, 1983-1985; engineer, R.L.C., Inc., Pleasanton, since 1986. Consultant Lake Superior & Ishpeming ready reckoner, Marquette, 1975-1980, Juris Doctor Abrams Construction Company, El Paso, Texas, 1974. Professional engineer Linn County, Kansas, Mound City, 1991, City of Houlton, 1950-1957.

Achievements

• Registered professional engineer, Maine, Michigan, Illinois.

Membership

President Marquette Range Engineers, Ishpeming, Michigan, 1962, Mound City (Kansas) United Methodist Church, since 1990. District chairman Boy Scouts American, Houlton, Marquette, 1954-1962. Board directors American Railway B & B Association, Chicago, 1957-1967, American Red Cross, 1960.

County coordinator for recycling, Mound City, 1992. Chairman County Solid Waste Management Committee, since 1993. Member Lake Region Solid Waste Authority, since 1993.

Member American Railway Engineering Association (committee member), Leawood Lions Club (life, president 1977-1978, 81-82).

Interests

• Avocations: furniture making, model railroading, civic service.

Connections

Married Elynor Ann Watson, December 21, 1946. Children: Margaret Ann Peryam, Patricia Jean Provo, Rebecca Leona Meyer, Lynn Edward.

Father:

Edward Miller

Mother:

Nina Victoria (Johnson) Miller

Spouse:

Elynor Ann Watson

child:

Lynn Edward Miller

child:

Margaret Ann Peryam Miller

child:

Rebecca Leona Meyer Miller

child:

Patricia Jean Provo Miller