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Miller was a pioneer in the areas of infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and their application to the understanding of molecular structure and bonding. Beginning with his dissertation work on Raman spectroscopy, he worked on the analysis of vibrational spectra of cyclic molecules such as
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While a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, Miller met and married Naomi Zeller. They had two children, Bruce A. Miller (later of Wilmette, Illinois) and Craig F. Miller (later of Seattle, Washington).
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from 1997 to 2004. He was active in the Spectroscopy Society and the Society of Analytical Chemists, and was one of the organizers of the first
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Vision, venture, and volunteers : 50 years of history of the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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Essentials of Modern Physics Applied to the Study of the Infrared: International Series of Monographs in Infrared Science and Technology
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Foil A. Miller died on September 20, 2016, in Glenview, Illinois. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth Naomi Miller, on July 27, 2006.
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detailing the infrared spectra of common inorganic compounds was widely distributed by instrument manufacturers. With
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from 1957 to 1958. In 1967, he became a professor and head of the spectroscopy laboratory at the
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for two years, before teaching at the University of Nebraska for four years. He then joined the
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1964, Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award, Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy
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and later professor and head of the spectroscopy laboratory at the
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Johns Hopkins University. "Candidates for Degrees, June 2, 1942".
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The raman spectra of pyrrole and some of its deuterium derivatives
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Course Notes on the Interpretation of Infrared and Raman Spectra
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1973, Maurice F. Hasler Award, Society of Applied Spectroscopy
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Mayo, Dana W.; Miller, Foil A.; Hannah, Robert W. (2004).
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from 1957 to 1963. He also edited the quarterly journal
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Johns Hopkins University (1942). "Foil Allan Miller".
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Aurora, Illinois
Glenview, Illinois
Hamline University
Johns Hopkins University
Chemistry
Infrared
Raman spectroscopy
Philately
University of Minnesota
University of Illinois
Mellon Institute
University of Pittsburgh
chemist
philatelist
infrared
Raman spectroscopy
Mellon Institute
University of Pittsburgh
Aurora, Illinois
Pepin, Wisconsin
Hamline University
St. Paul, Minnesota
University of Nebraska
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Richard C. Lord
Bryce Crawford
University of Minnesota
Mellon Institute

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