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Was an American experimental psychologist who was described as an energetic man with a variety of interests including physics, biology, and writing. Miller went into the field of psychology as a place where he could pursue that range. A background training in the sciences, inspiration from professors, and leading psychologists at the time led him to work on various areas in behavioral psychology and physiological psychology. His career in psychology started with his research on "fear as a learned drive and its role in conflict". Work in behavioral medicine led him to his most notable work on biofeedback. Over his lifetime he lectured at Yale, Rockefeller University, and Cornell University Medical College and was one of the youngest members of Yale's Institute of Human Relations. His accomplishments led to the establishment of two awards. One being the New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and the other being an award for distinguished lectureship from the American Psychological Association.

Life and Education
Miller was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1909. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest with his father, Irving Miller, who worked at Western Washington University as Chair of the Department of Education and Psychology. Originally having a curiosity for science, Miller entered the University of Washington (1931), where he studied biology, physics and also had an interest in writing. His senior year he decided that psychology would allow him to pursue his range of interests. He graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. and a piqued interest in behavioral psychology. Afterwards he studied at Stanford University (1932) where he received his M.S. and an interest in psychology of personality. At Stanford he accompanied his professor, Walter Miles, to the Institute of Human Relations at Yale University as a research assistant. There he was encouraged by another professor to further study psychoanalysis. He recieved his Ph.D. degree in Psychology from Yale University in 1935, and that same year he became a social science research fellow at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in Vienna for one year before returning to Yale as a faculty member in 1936. He spent a total of 30 years at Yale University (1936–1966), and in 1950 he was appointed professor at Yale, a position he held until 1966. In 1966 he began teaching at Rockefeller University and afterwards spent the early 1970s teaching at Cornell University Medical College. In 1985 he returned to Yale as a research associate. During World War II, Miller served as an Officer in the Army Air Corps' Research and then director of the Psychological Research Project at the Army Air Forces Training Command.