Robert Miller, neuroscientist and microsurgeon, dies at 81 April 5, 2021 6:36pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Robert F. Miller, born in Eugene, Ore., in 1939, was a restaurant cook whose boss realized he was made for something bigger. So Miller went to medical school and launched a career as a renowned neuroscientist and microsurgeon.
He dedicated his life to the study of the eye, its diseases, and how the neurons of the cells making up the retina worked with light. While serving as the 3M Bert Cross Chair and head of physiology at the University of Minnesota, Miller simultaneously ran a productive lab that helped launch the careers of many brilliant graduate students.