Theodore C. Miller ’55

Ted, a quiet and determined research chemist, patent agent, and lover of classical music, died Sept. 7, 2022, in Collegeville, Pa., close to a year after the death of his wife, Corinne, after 62 years of marriage. His son Tim ’82 said his father died of ailments connected with old age plus a bout with COVID.

Ted was born July 23, 1933, in Troy, N.Y. Before attending Princeton on a full scholarship, he attended Columbia High School in East Greenbush, N.Y. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry and joined Prospect Club. In 1959, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, where he met Corinne Maloney, who was studying for a master’s degree.

Ted loved tennis and playing the French Horn. He passed his love of music to his children and grandchildren, all of whom played musical instruments. He and Corinne enjoyed travel, especially to Ireland and Germany, homes of their ancestors.

He was interested in the legend of Atlantis, the lost island civilization first mentioned by Plato and subsequently assigned to various watery burial sites, ranging from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean.

Survivors include his sons Tim and Joseph; daughter Elizabeth Roesel; and five grandchildren including Tim’s daughter Emily ’12, who joined her father last year at their 40th and 10th reunions, respectively.