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Show The Tluimicrbiril MotuHv Dcce ier 5, Paqc 7 General Miller: in command of Education by Tracy Hopkins Miller said, I coordinate whatever types of fire power appear there. ..Im currently in charge of the 1th Corps Artillery, which is the artillery division in charge of the defense of Korea. Im also in charge of the same defense of Japan through the 9th corps. I have never seen a more friendly, open people, Miller remarked about the Japanese people. During his tour there he spent time visiting high schools and colleges. The young people there in Japan have the same outlook of the future that you as Americans have. They have the same hopes and dreams as we do. Miller spent his time in the city of Sendai, which is a sister city to Riverside, California. Miller brought back many pamphlets and newspapers from Japanese high schools and colleges. He had several speaking engagements, had two television reports and one newspaper report done there about him. He left several SUSC catalogs and pamphlets at the various institutions he visited and is hopeful that they will be put to good use. Miller said he greatly enjoved the trip and feels it was a valuable experience. I hope I was able to represent the school and country well." In his military duties Miller has traveled to many other countries Germany, France, Belgium, Puerto Rico and Canada. He says he is always able to visit schools and colleges, which is a highlight of his trip. Its all these visits to educational institutions that has broadened his view of education and how it can be approached. He said that this has helped him with his job here at SUSC. At the present time Miller is in charge of 36 percent of all the artillery in the United States. Not only does he have command of the Korean and Japanese forces, but he also commands many bases throughout the mainland United States. With a background like this Miller has some strong views on the defense of our country, a defense dependent on conventional and nuclear weapons. Not long ago the defense department admitted that we were behind the Soviets in conventional weapons.. .the only thing that deters them from attacking us is the balance of fear we have with nuclear weapons. I feel our final hoD shpuld be that 1 No matter what you call him dean, doctor, mister, general, or to his three kids, dad, Jim Miller is a man with many faces. When Miller, the dean of the school of education says jump, not only do the secretaries in his office ask how high, but if they were nearby, thousands of men and women would also respond to his command. For not only is he the dean we all know him by, he is also Brigadier General James M. Miller, commander of the 11th Corps Artillery, Utah Army National Guard. Miller received a bachelors degree in elementary education with an emphasis in history from SUSC (then the College of Southern Utahl in 1959. He received his secondary teaching certificate and an English minor in 1966, a masters degree in education administration from Utah State University in 1970, and his doctorate, also in education administration, from USU in 1973. Miller was the principal at Cedar High School when, in 1974, a position as chairman of the department of education opened up here at the college. Replacing former chairman Gwyn Clark, Miller joined the faculty here at SUSC. In October of 1954 Miller joined the National Guard and is currently in his 30th year of service. As part of his assignment as commander of the 11th Corps tour of Artillery, Miller just completed a duty in Japan. The purpose of the trip was to have a joint exercise force. Due to their with the Japanese constitution which the United States wrote after World War II, they are not allowed to have an army that could possibly be used for offensive purposes. It was originally designed so that the United States alone would be in charge of Japanese defense, but as time went on it became obvious that this arrangement would not work. Currently Japan has its own force. This exercise in which Miller participated is the frst joint exercise that the United States forces have had with the Japanese forces. As for his responsibilities in regard to the operation. two-wee- k we can someday disarm our nuclear warheads, but if we told the Soviet Union that we guarantee we wont use them, they would start a war tomorrow. grave, gruesome subject, but people must you would have been just as dead if someone would have hit you with a stone axe 8 million years ago." On a little brighter note Miller says that he believes the third world war will never be fought with nuclear weapons. In World War I the Germans had mustard gas and many other toxic gases which they used because robody else had them. In World War II, the Allied and the German forces had gas bombs, but since both sides had them, neither dared use them." Miller believes that the case would be the same in a third world war. The only way I feel it could ever happen would be if someone made a terrifying miscalculation. With responsibilities like this on the shoulders of one of our college deans, its a wonder that he still finds time for his duties at the school, but he does. Miller says that his job here at the college is number one to him. Im very, very proud of our education department, our physical education and te.u hcrs programs are as good as any in the country. Were very respected here and our graduates are hired readily. When comparing time spent here with time spent with the military, Miller believes its worthwhile. With as good a department as we hate here I tcel that the time I spend here is very worthwhile. I feel good about what I do here, and to me that is whats really important. As far as his plans for the future are concerned, Miller says he likes it just the way it is. He loves to tie flies, hunt and snowmobile. The outdoors is the place he likes and says theres no place like Cedar City for those activities. Millers military retirement comes up in November, 1989, but thats the only major would like to change in his life that he can forsee. stay here at the college, develop our programs here, be a service to the college and try to continue to help the , country. Its realize a that 1 |