Francis Miller ’27

Francis Miller died Sept. 20, 1997, after breaking his hip in a fall in August at his home in New Milford, Conn. Fay came to us from Deerfield Academy as a member of a large Princeton family, including his father, Hugh '01, uncles J. A. Miller 1893, G. H. Miller 1893, L. H. Miller 1897, and Emory Miller '05, and brother D. H. Miller '29. At Princeton he was on the varsity crew squad. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1930 and was associated with the Boston law firm of Warner, Stradpole, Stetson & Bradee for 11 years. In 1936 he married Jan Matthews and moved to Manchester, Mass. From 1942-43, he was counsel for Sylvania Electric Products, Inc. Active in Princeton affairs, he was secretary of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of New England from 1937-44, and then was a regional v.p.

During WWII, he was a lieutenant (jg) and became tax officer on the staff of Rear Admiral Milo Miles, head of the Naval Intelligence "sub rosa" project in Chungking, China. He retired as lieutenant commander in 1946. He moved to NYC, worked for W. P. Grace, and wrote legal articles on taxation for the American Bar Assn. In 1948 he married Agnes Roman.

He retired in 1976. Among his civic activities, he worked for the Beckman Downtown Hospital in NYC, the Merry Community Center, and Meantinodge Heritage, Inc., a land preservation concern. He was a great world-traveler. To his survivors, the class offers sympathy in the loss of one of its colorful members.

The Class of 1927