University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Elizabeth C. Miller

McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research 1945-1987; Member, National Academy of Sciences

Born: May 2, 1920; Minneapolis, MN
Died: October 14, 2987; Madison, WI

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Biography

Education     BS, Biochemistry, University of Minnesota, 1941 MS, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1943 PhD, Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1945 (with Carl Baumann) Positions      
  • Finney-Howell Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1945-1947
  • Instructor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1947-1949
  • Assistant Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1949-1959
  • Associate Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin,1959-1969
  • Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1969-1987
  • WARF Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1980-1982
  • Van R. Potter Professor of Oncology 1982-1985
  • WARF Senor Distinguished Professor of Oncology, University of Wisconsin,1984-1985
  • Van R. Potter Professor Emeritus of Oncology, University of Wisconsin, 1987
Memorial Resolution: https://mcardle.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/781/2025/05/MillerElizabeth_733_MemorialResolution.pdf National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir: Elizabeth C. Miller – NAS Oral History: [Oral History Program interview with Elizabeth C. Miller, 1985] – Catalog – UW-Madison Libraries Pub Med: See also: Potter, V. R. Years with Elizabeth and James Miller: In Appreciation. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 197:1-9, 1986. See also: McKinnell, R.G. The Understanding, Prevention and Control of Human Cancer. The Historic Work and Lives of Elizabeth Cavert Miller and James A. Miller. History of Science and Medicine Library, Vol. 49, 196 pp. Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2016.

Elizabeth Miller with her husband James Miller

Elizabeth Miller with her husband James Miller