commencement speaker John E. Miller Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (Retired) Lt. Gen. John E. Miller served nearly 35 years in the U.S. Army. Commissioned as an infantry <strong>of</strong>ficer, he served in various line units, staff positions and Army schools, and had multiple assignments at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he was a tactics instructor, and served as the deputy commandant and commandant. While commandant, he was responsible for the Army’s Battle Command Battle Laboratory, the National Simulation Center and 11 other Army schools that provide tactical training and education for commissioned and noncommissioned <strong>of</strong>ficers. Miller is a former commander <strong>of</strong> the 101st Airborne Division (air assault), and he served two combat tours in Vietnam — the first as an infantry company commander during the Tet Offensive <strong>of</strong> 1968 and the second as a district senior adviser in the Delta. His service includes 10 years <strong>of</strong> Cold War service with line units from platoon to divisions in Germany and the U.S. Awards received include the Distinguished Service Medal (with oak leaf cluster), the Silver Star, the Soldiers Medal, the Legion <strong>of</strong> Merit (with two OLCs), the Bronze Star V (with 2 OLCs), two Air Medal V, the Purple Heart and the Combat Infantry Badge. After his retirement from active duty, Miller was a vice president for Oracle Corp.’s Public Sector Division and served as a division president for L-3 Communication, providing linguist, intelligence analyst and technical support for deployed forces in 13 countries. He currently operates his own consulting practice providing operational and technical assessments in support <strong>of</strong> fielding new military hardware and innovations for military training and education. Miller, a member <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Park</strong> <strong>University</strong> Board <strong>of</strong> Trustees, serves as vice chair <strong>of</strong> the Command and General Staff College Foundation and as an adult faith formation leader in his church. He is also a past chair <strong>of</strong> the Board on Army Science and Technology for the National Academy <strong>of</strong> Sciences and the Army Distaff Foundation. Miller, a graduate <strong>of</strong> the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College, earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Missouri State <strong>University</strong> and a master’s degree in operations research from the Georgia Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology (Georgia Tech). He and his wife, Joan, reside in Kansas City, Mo. They have four adult children and seven grandchildren. 4
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