Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Miller, M.D., D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Herbert C. 1864 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com February 1, 2011, 2:32 pm Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 824 - 827 Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company DR. HERBERT C. MILLER, M.D., D.D.S., F.A.C.D., Founder and President of the North Pacific College of Oregon in Portland, is recognized as an eminent educator in his field. He was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1864, a son of Samuel and Julia (Bender) Miller. The father, who was born in Ontario, was a practicing physician and passed away in 1912. The mother was a native of Ohio and they were married in Hamilton, Ontario. In their family were two sons and two daughters, the brother of Herbert C. Miller being Ralph H. Miller, now deceased, who was an architect and drew the plans for the old library and city hall of Portland. The two daughters of the family were Hope B., deceased, and Mrs. G. L. Walrath, who is living in Seattle. Dr. Herbert C. Miller was a little lad of but five years when he accompanied his parents across the border into the United States, the family home being established in St. Louis, Missouri, where he acquired his early education. Later he attended the Missouri Dental College at St. Louis and became a medical student in Washington University there, receiving his dental degree in 1885 and his M. D. degree in 1887. At a subsequent period he spent three years in Nebraska City and in 1891 arrived in Portland where he concentrated his efforts and attention for a time upon the practice of dental and oral surgery, maintaining his office in the Oregonian buildingfor fifteen years. He had the first office at Thirteenth and Morrison streets, awaiting the completion of the new Marquam building, in which he was the first tenant, remaining there for a year. Believing there was wider opportunity for his ambitions in the educational field, he organized the School of Dentistry in 1898, the first session being held in 1899. In 1909 he retired from active practice. In 1908 a school of Pharmacy was established. Since that time great improvements have been made and the institution of which he is the head has become one of the large and outstanding educational institutions of its kind. The requirements for admission have been advanced until one year of liberal arts is required for the study of dentistry. While originally the courses in dentistry covered three years of six months each, today it is necessary to pursue courses covering four years of eight and one-half months each, with one year of pre-dental college training before admission to the school is granted. In pharmacy the courses have advanced from two years to three and four years for a degree. While North Pacific College opened with an attendance of twenty-seven students, the attendance had grown to more than six hundred students in 1923, showing the steady growth of the institution, and with these changed conditions have come improvements along all lines. In accordance with modern tendencies, the college is now limiting the number of students which it admits in order that higher standards of teaching and college requirements may be maintained. Dr. Miller himself has remained a student through all these years, inasmuch as broad reading has kept him in touch with the trend of modern professional thought and progress. He attends all meetings of the American Association of Dental Schools and the National dental meetings and in 1923 he was accorded fellowship in the American College of Dentistry. He has membership in all the various dental and medical societies, both local and national, and is a member of the Academy of Medicine. He is a relief commissioner of the American Dental Association. The lady who graciously presides over his home was in her maidenhood Miss Olive Hamilton, who was born in Minnesota and received her education at Oregon State College. By a previous marriage he had two children: Horace M. Miller of Portland, who is a graduate of Reed College, a dentist by profession and now engaged in teaching in North Pacific College of Oregon; and Mrs. Hope B. Price, who resides at Cannon Beach. Fraternally Dr. Miller is a Mason, belonging to Harmony Lodge, No. 12, while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. He also belongs to the Mystic Shrine and is ever a loyal follower of the teachings of the craft. During the late war Dr. Miller was commissioned by the war department to establish an examination board, authorized to examine and recommend young men for commissions in the dental corps of the United States Army, and more than one hundred young men were granted the commission of first lieutenant on his recommendation. That he is interested in local welfare and progress is indicated in his connection with the Portland Chamber of Commerce. He is the treasurer and member of the board of trustees of the Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon and his support of plans and measures are for the general good. Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/photos/bios/millermd1440gbs.jpg Photo Size: 118 Kb File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/millermd1440gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 5.6 Kb