Miller's first television appearance in Australia was on Bob Sanders People in 1963. Eventually, he also had his own TV shows in Australia, Canada, Norway, and New Zealand. During the same period, he appeared on a semi-regular basis, performing physics experiments, on Steve Allen's late night TV show in Hollywood, syndicated by Group W. He also starred in the Disney series Great Moments in Science and Science and its Magic. From 1962 to 1964, he was Disney's "Professor Wonderful" on new introductions, filmed at Disneyland, to the syndicated reruns of The Mickey Mouse Club. In 1959, Miller began hosting his educational program, Why Is It So?, on KNXT (now KCBS-TV) Channel 2 in Los Angeles. įrom 1963 to 1986, Miller was the visiting lecturer for the physics department of the University of Sydney, and from 1965 to 1985 at the United States Air Force Academy. Schools have abandoned integrity and rigor. We don't have academic honesty or intellectual rigor. Boys and girls are emerging from every level of school with certificates and degrees, but they can't read, write or calculate. We are approaching a darkness in the land. During an interview in the 1940s, he stated that intellectual life in America was in trouble, a belief he held for the rest of his life. Miller was intolerant of misspelled words and misplaced punctuation, and often angered his colleagues because he charged that the students of most faculties were not learning enough. In 1952, he joined the physics department at the then small El Camino College in Torrance, California (1952–1974), to maximum student enrollments due to his great popularity and where he was instantly recognizable by his casual hair and horn-rimmed eyeglasses. He greatly admired Einstein and went on to amass a collection of Einstein memorabilia. In 1950, Miller won a Carnegie Grant that allowed him to visit Albert Einstein at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, and also to visit the Institute for Advanced Study. He was a Ford Foundation fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles. During World War II he worked as a civilian physicist for the US Army Signal Corps while holding fellowships in physics at the universities of Idaho and Oklahoma. In 1937, after submitting over 700 job applications, he was offered a place in the physics department of Dillard University, a private, African American liberal arts college in New Orleans. They had no children, but he was able to reach millions of children through his popular science programs. Due to the Great Depression, he and his wife Alice (née Brown) worked as a butler and maid for a wealthy Boston doctor for the following two years. Miller graduated with a master's degree in physics from Boston University in 1933. His father was Latvian and his Lithuanian mother spoke 12 languages. Julius Sumner Miller was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, as the youngest of nine children. He is best known for his work on children's television programs in North America and Australia. Resided later years in Torrance California.Julius Sumner Miller (– April 14, 1987) was an American physicist and television personality. Resided later years at Granada Hills California. Children – Muriel (Friedman) Helfenbein and Rhoda (Friedman) Glass. Resided later years at Waltham MA (owned Henry’s Delicatessen). Children - Allen/Alan Miller and Marilyn Miller. Resided later years at Dorchester MA and Randolph MA.ĭorothy/Dora (Miller) Bregman: b. Children - Ruth (Miller) Lampke and Stanley Miller. Resided for some time at Billerica MA Town Farm.ĭavid Miller: b. at Monson MA State Hospital (“epilepsy and pulmonary edema”). Children - Sumner Tannenbaum and Dorothy Tannenbaum.īenjamin Miller: b. Children - Dorothy (Miller) Orlov, Sumner S Miller and Daniel Miller. They resided in their later years at Billerica MA.Ĭharles Jacob Miller: b. They had 9 children and Julius was the youngest. There’s a suggestion that Samuel may earlier have used another surname, such as Stark. Both migrated from Europe, probably in the 1880s. Prof Miller’s parents were Samuel Miller (b. I would really like to add to what I found or be corrected about any errors in the details. Some information about Julius and his direct family members is listed below. I am writing a biography of Professor Julius Sumner Miller, and I would like to get in touch with any members of his extended family who have an interest in the family history.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |