Description
The collection
consists of the professional and personal papers of Dr. William F. Miller including
Provost's correspondence and memos, private correspondence, policy and memos, appointment
books and date notebooks, talks given by Miller, articles written by Miller, photographs,
news clippings and news releases.
Background
William F. Miller received is BS (1949), MS (1951), PhD (1956) and Honorary DSc (1972) from
Purdue University. He was the last faculty member recruited to Stanford University by the
legendary Frederick Terman, who was then Vice President and Provost of Stanford. Miller
himself later became Vice President and Provost of Stanford. He conducted research and
directed many graduate students in Computer Science. As President and CEO of SRI
International (1979-1990) Miller opened SRI to the Pacific Region; he established the
spin-out and commercialization program at SRI and established the David Sarnoff Research
Center (now the Sarnoff Corporation) as a for-profit subsidiary of SRI, and he became the
Chairman and CEO of SRI. In 1982 Miller was appointed to the National Science Board. He has
served on the board of directors of several major companies such as Signetics, Firemans Fund
Insurance, First Interstate Bank (and later) Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, Varian Associates, WhoWhere? Inc. (Chairman), and Borland Software Corp.
(Chairman). He co-founded SmartValley, Inc. and aided the formation of CommerceNet and
serves on the board of directors. Dr. Miller was a founding director of the Center for
Excellence in Non-profits. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Sentius
Corporation and is a Founder and Chairman of Nanostellar, Inc. Dr. Miller is a Life Member
of the National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science,
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Life Fellow of IEEE, and
Member of the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.
Restrictions
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Availability
Series 2, and faculty appointment files in Series 3 are closed for 75 years from date of
creation. Otherwise, the collection is open for research; materials must be requested at
least 48 hours in advance of intended use.