George W. Miller ’63

George, a distinguished and widely respected member of our class, died peacefully June 27, 2016, at home in Falls Church, Va.

Born in Schenectady, N.Y., he went to Linton High School. At Princeton, George majored in the Woodrow Wilson School, graduated magna cum laude, and ate at Campus Club. His senior year, George was president of the University Press Club, as the Princeton correspondent of The New York Times. As a senior, he took single rooms with Pat Kelley and Martin Weinrich.

In 2003, he was appointed judge on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, retiring in 2014. After earning a Harvard law degree and a clerkship on the U.S. tax court, George served in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps and then spent more than 33 years at the law firm of Hogan & Hartson in Washington, D.C. He was active in legal education as an adjunct professor and as a judge in moot court competitions. He chaired the District of Columbia court of appeals board on professional responsibility and was a trustee of the Potomac School in McLean, Va.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Mary Katherine (Kay); sister Janet Hamilton; daughter Angela Miller-Masters; sons George ’98 and William ’00; and two grandchildren.