Damon C. Miller ’68

Damon died Feb. 10, 2018, at George Washington University Hospital of complications of prostate cancer. He was 71.

He was born Jan. 26, 1947, in Summit, N.J. He attended the Bolles School, where he was editor of the school paper, vice president of the National Honor Society, and valedictorian of his class. At Princeton, Damon majored in politics and was news editor of The Daily Princetonian. Senior year, he lived adjacent to Ragazzini, Fouchet, Kengla, and Garner in 1903 Hall.

After Princeton, he completed Navy Officer Candidate School and served on active duty until 1972, when he retired from the Naval Reserve as a commander. Damon attended Penn Law School, graduating in 1975. He worked as a maritime lawyer, first with Rawle & Henderson and then with the U.S. Department of Justice, until he retired in 2007 as senior admiralty counsel.

Damon is survived by his best friend and companion, Richard Mumford; brother Richard W. Miller and sister-in-law Rosalia G-H Miller; niece Cristina Miller; and nephew Luis Miller. The class extends its deepest sympathies to them all.