Hutton Honors College

— Dean of the Honors College to Retire

After serving Indiana University as a professor in the English Department for 38 years, and dean of the Honors College for the past eight years, Lewis H. Miller, Jr. will be retiring at the end of December, 2001. A recipient of several distinguished teaching awards, he has been instrumental in significantly expanding the Honors College's offerings. He was the founding director of the nationally acclaimed Liberal Arts and Management Program and was an associate dean and acting dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. As a Lilly Foundation Fellow, he was an account executive and copywriter at Chiat/Day, a major advertising agency. In addition to his own poetry, he has published widely on British and American authors, especially Robert Frost. His most recent teaching and research interests have included Advertising and American Culture and Joyce's Ulysses. Next summer, he and his wife will be moving to the Boston area to be close to their children and grandchildren.

Lewis H. Miller, Jr.
855-3550
millerl@indiana.edu

"Needless to say, directing the Honors College over the past eight years has been a challenge that I have enjoyed thoroughly, having come full circle, so to speak, from the time in the '60s when as a new assistant professor I taught Great Books courses to first-year honors students in what was then a small, pilot program. The strength of our Honors College lies in its outstanding faculty, staff, and students, and I am therefore confident that the Honors College will continue to grow in stature as one of the premier honors program in the country. Within the coming weeks, Vice Chancellor Charlie Nelms will appoint an interim dean of the HC as well as a search committee which will begin the process of selecting my successor. In this, my final column for our web site, I want to thank you, our HC students, whose incandescence has made my experience as a teacher and administrator so richly rewarding."

Other Columns: From the Dean

From the Dean: Confessions In this, the third of my columns for our revised Honors College Web site, I shall offer some confessions which have never before been revealed in print. Despite my many years in the classroom, I am always.... more

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