My eyes have started flooding and I haven't even thought of where to begin.I guess what I will remember Dr. Miller most for was his sense of humor. I will never forget Halloween my senior year, Geography of Asia, when Dr.Miller walked into the classroom in a full cow costume, complete with bonnet tied on his head and phony udder hanging off the front and announced to the

class "today's lesson is beef teriyaki".

I would say my fondest memories are from our class trip to Chicago for the AAG convention in March of 95. The Miller-mobile was the place to be. Lots of laughs on the drive to Chi-town...and a detour to Pennsylvania rather than just driving out to Illinois. We stopped in Gap, PA on our way to Amish country and had dinner at a down home mom-and-pop type restaurant. I think it made him happy to share his hometown with all of us. Once we got to Chicago, the laughs and good times were mostly in the meals we shared in different restaurants. (I've got to hand it to my Dad. He always insisted that we sit down as a family and eat together, share our day's experiences and talk to each other. The older I get, the more I see how right he has been all these years...but don't tell him I said that.) A bunch of us went to Ed Debevic's for lunch one day. It's kind of a 50's sock hop type place. The joke is that the waitstaff is rude to everyone, it's their gimmick. Everyone is in costume, well almost everyone. We

noticed a waitress who appeared to be about 8 months pregnant and our group debated back and forth whether or not she was really pregnant or it was a costume. As we were settling the bill our waitress was standing nearby speaking to the is-she-or-isn't-she-pregnant waitress. Dr. Miller, being quite sure it was in fact a costume, spoke up. Dr. Miller: "Excuse me, could you settle an argument for us?"

Our waitress: "You wanna know if she's really pregnant, right?" As Dr. Miller started to nod yes....

Other waitress, with a snippy tone: "Which idiot thinks I'm not?" OK, argument settled.

Then there was lunch at Connie's Pizza on Chicago's south side on St. Patrick's Day. They gave us green water. We were sceptical, but Dr. Miller insisted it was just food coloring and was the first to brave a taste. Our fearless leader.

And of course, dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe. Having dinner and sharing laughs was all fine and well, but the highlight was after dinner checking out the memoribilia on display. One of my favorite pictures from the trip was taken that night. Drs. Miller and Domingo, BSC's own Glimmer Twins,

worshipping a statue of Mick Jagger. I was never a straight A student, but regardless of what grade I got, I enjoyed every class I had with Dr. Miller and recommended him to everyone. I feel so lucky to have known him. I have only good memories of him, I will think of him fondly, and I will miss him terribly.