He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Columbia University and studied at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University before beginning his career by selling Fuller brushes in Newington, Conn.
After working in Seattle for what is now Aetna Life Insurance Co., Mr. Miller in 1958 began a 14-year career with what is now the Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association in West Hartford, Conn., leaving as senior vice president to join Provident.
His son said Mr. Miller was a member of the board of directors of Liberty Property Trust, Guarantee Reassurance Corp., CoreStates Financial Corp., and other companies.
Outside his profession, Mr. Miller was a member of the committee that helped fund construction of the National Constitution Center.
He was a board member of Bryn Mawr Hospital, St. Joseph's University, and other entities, and a member of the Merion Cricket Club and the Overbrook Country Club.
Besides his son, Mr. Miller is survived by another son, Jeffrey; daughters Cynthia M. Hibbert and Kristen M. Munnelly; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. His wife, Midge, died in 2009.
A visitation was set from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Ave., before an 11 a.m. memorial service there.
Contact Walter F. Naedele at 215-854-5607 or wnaedele@phillynews.com.
