Richard Keith Miller was the founding president of

Olin College Olin College of Engineering, officially Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, is a private college focused on engineering and located in Needham, Massachusetts. Olin College is noted in the engineering community for its relatively recent fou ...

since 1999. He stepped down from his role as president on June 30, 2020. His successor will be

Gilda Barabino Gilda A. Barabino is the president of the Olin College of Engineering, where she is also a Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Previously, she served as the Dean of The Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York, and ...

, dean of

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. Previously dean of the College of Engineering and professor at the

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. Miller received a B.S. in aerospace engineering in 1971 from the

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and an M.S. degree in

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from the

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in 1972. In 1976 he received a Ph.D. in

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from the

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. In 2012, Miller was elected a member of the

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for establishing a new paradigm for undergraduate engineering education and establishment of Olin College.

Facts

* In 2006, Miller was named one of 12 "All Stars" of the high tech community by

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. * In 2012, he was elected a member of the

References

External links

Olin bio

National Academy of Engineering member page
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