William Dykstra Miller

Background

Miller, William Dykstra was born on September 26, 1897 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of George William Henry and Marie (Dykstra) Miller.

Education

Bachelor, Reed College, 1923; Master in Forestry, Yale University, 1930; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1932.

Career

Research assistant, Northern Rocky Mountain Forest Experiment Station, Priest River, Idaho., summer 1930; forestry instructor, U. Idaho, Moscow, 1932-1933, 34-35; technician, Southwestern Forest and Range Experiment Station, Flagstaff and Tucson, Arizona, 1933-1934; assistant professor forestry, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1935-1936; associate professor forestry, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1936-1962; professor forestry, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1962-1963; professor emeritus, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, since 1963. Field assistant Yale University Demonstration and Research Forest, Keene, N.H., summers 1929, 31. Translator in five languages for Tree Improvement Cooperative North Carolina State University, Raleigh, since 1989, abstractor, 1965-1980.

Achievements

• William Dykstra Miller has been listed as a noteworthy forestry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • An annotated bibliography of southern hardwoods, vol. II (Tech. bul. / North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station)

    (Volume II)

  • An annotated bibliography of southern hardwoods
  • An Annotated Bibliography of Southern Hardwoods Volume II

Membership

With United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society of America Foresters (Golden member), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: music, hiking.

Connections

Married Catherine Ritchey, June 7, 1928. Children: William Ritchey, Alden Dykstra.

Father:

George William Henry Miller

Mother:

Marie (Dykstra) Miller

Spouse:

Catherine Ritchey

child:

Alden Dykstra Miller

child:

William Ritchey Miller