Background
Miller, Richards Thorn was born on January 31, 1918 in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman Geistweit and Helen Buckman (Thorn) Miller.
Miller, Richards Thorn was born on January 31, 1918 in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Herman Geistweit and Helen Buckman (Thorn) Miller.
Bachelor of Science in Naval Architect and Marine Engineering, Webb Institute Naval Architect, Glen Cove, New York, 1940. Naval Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1951.
Deceased); children:Patricia (Mistress Charles G. Fishburn), Linda (Mistress John X. Carrier). Married second, Alice Johnson Houghton, May 19, 1984. Regular professional engineer Commd.ensign United States Navy, 1940, advanced through grades to captain, 1960.
Headpreliminary design branch Bureau Ships, 1960-1963.
Director Mine Defense Laboratory, Panama City, Florida, 1963-1966. Director ship design Naval Ship Engineering Center, 1966-1968.
Specialized work design oceanographic research ships, mine sweepers, torpedo boats, destroyers. Retired, 1968; manager ocean engineering Oceanic division Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 1969-1975, advisory engineer, 1975-1979;consultant naval architect and engineer, 1968.
Arbitrator admiralty and ship building contract cases, 1978.
Member committee naval architecture American Bureau Shipping, 1960-1963, member technical committee, 1978-1992. Member ship structure committee, 1966-1968.
(sailing yacht design)
Fellow Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (chairman Southeast section 1965-1966, chairman marine system committee 1970-1977, chairman technical and research steering committee 1977-1978, chairman small craft committee 1983-1987, vice president technical and research 1979-1981, honorary life vice president since 1981, member council since 1976, member executive committee 1977-1981, Captain Joseph H. Linnard prize 1964, Distinguished Service award 1988). Member American Society Naval Engineers (member council 1976-1978), United States Naval Institute, Christie Society, Maryland Board for Professional Engineers, New York Yacht Club, Annapolis Yacht Club, Sailing Club of the Chesapeake, (Chesapeake Sailing Yacht Symposia co-founder, 1971), Sigma Xi.
Married Jean Corbat Spear, September 13, 1941 (deceased). Children: Patricia (Mistress Charles G. Fishburn), Linda (Mistress John X. Carrier). Married Alice Johnson Houghton, May 19, 1984.