MILLER, James M. 1933-

PERSONAL: Born August 7, 1933, in Lancaster, PA; son of James M. and Ruth H. (Ober) Miller; married Elva Jean Lehman, December 26, 1955; children: Gregory J., Robert Alan. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: Elizabethtown College, B.S., 1955; Purdue University, Ph.D., 1960. Politics: Independent. Religion: United Methodist. Hobbies and other interests: Jogging, gardening, sports, music.

ADDRESSES: Home—8 Oxford Lane, Madison, NJ07940. Office—c/o Department of Chemistry, Drew University, Madison, NJ 07940; fax: 973-408-3504. E-mail—jmiller@drew.edu.

CAREER: Drew University, Madison, NJ, began as assistant professor, 1959, became professor of chemistry, currently professor emeritus. Jemcor Ltd., vice president; consultant to Johnson & Johnson, Inc. and Gow-Mac Instrument Co.

MEMBER: American Chemical Society, American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

AWARDS, HONORS: American Chemical Society, North Jersey Teacher Affiliates Award, 1983, and E. Emmett Reid Award, 1992; Petix Supporter of Science Award, New Jersey Association of Science Teachers, 1984; award for excellence in chromatography, North Jersey Chromatography Group, 2002.

WRITINGS:

Separation Methods in Chemical Analysis, Wiley (New York, NY), 1975.

Chromatography: Concepts and Contrasts, Wiley (New York, NY), 1988.

(With Harold M. McNair) Basic Gas Chromatography, Wiley (New York, NY), 1998.

(Editor, with Jonathan B. Crowther, and contributor) Analytical Chemistry in a GMP Environment: A Practical Guide, Wiley (New York, NY), 2000.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on forensic analysis of GHB by headspace gas chromatography.

SIDELIGHTS: James M. Miller once told CA: "I have felt that, as a teacher in a small college, I could help further science by recording the advancement in my field in readable books."