|
|
 |
Dr. William F. Miller has spent about half of his professional life in business and about half in academia.This combination has permitted him to play a unique role in the development of Silicon Valley.
Dr.Miller carried out research in computer science and directed the research of many graduate students,and led the computerization of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center as well as laid the foundations for the wiring of the Stanford Campus.
As Vice President and Provost Miller championed the establishment of the Office of Technology Licensing which has become the model for such activities at other universities. He actively facilitated the establishment of a number of interdisciplinary programs.
Dr. Miller also played a role in the founding of the first Mayfield Fund as a special limited partner and advisor to the general partners.
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.He became the Chairman and CEO.
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, and Varian Associates.
Dr Miller has received the awards of Life Fellow IEEE in 1999 and The Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame in 2001. He is also the Honorary Professor of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou China.
Dr. Miller received a PhD in Physics from Purdue University.
|
|
|
