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1995 Honorary Alumni Award

Dick Miller

Dick MillerA state government affairs executive with GTE was honored as the 1995 ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app Illinois University Honorary Alumnus.

Dick Miller of Bloomington, formerly of Macomb, received the honorary award at the Evening with the President and Mayor Wednesday, Sept. 27 at ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app. Associate Vice President of Alumni Relations Gordy Taylor cited Miller's involvement with ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app. Miller lived in Macomb for 16 years while working for GTE.

"In meetings with various legislators, Dick has extolled the virtues of ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app Illinois University and kept legislators thinking about the University," Taylor said. "Dick has also been instrumental in securing funding for ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app from GTE. He just loves ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app."

Miller currently serves on the ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app Foundation Board of Directors and is a member of its executive committee. While in Macomb, he served on the ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app Leathernecks Club Board of Directors.

"ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app has been very good to me. I think a lot of Macomb and ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app. Both will always be home to me," Miller said after receiving the award. "I went to the school of hard knocks, but the people at ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½app have always made me feel like I'm a part of this University."