Alumni
1995 Honorary Alumni Award
Dick Miller
A state government affairs executive with GTE was honored as the 1995 Â鶹´«Ã½ Illinois University Honorary Alumnus.
Dick Miller of Bloomington, formerly of Macomb, received the honorary award at the Evening with the President and Mayor Wednesday, Sept. 27 at Â鶹´«Ã½. Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations Gordy Taylor cited Miller's involvement with Â鶹´«Ã½. Miller lived in Macomb for 16 years while working for GTE.
"In meetings with various legislators, Dick has extolled the virtues of Â鶹´«Ã½ Illinois University and kept legislators thinking about the University," Taylor said. "Dick has also been instrumental in securing funding for Â鶹´«Ã½ from GTE. He just loves Â鶹´«Ã½."
Miller currently serves on the Â鶹´«Ã½ Foundation Board of Directors and is a member of its executive committee. While in Macomb, he served on the Â鶹´«Ã½ Leathernecks Club Board of Directors.
"Â鶹´«Ã½ has been very good to me. I think a lot of Macomb and Â鶹´«Ã½. Both will always be home to me," Miller said after receiving the award. "I went to the school of hard knocks, but the people at Â鶹´«Ã½ have always made me feel like I'm a part of this University."
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