A portrait photograph of Ben W. Miller. Bernard (Ben) W. Miller was born in Otwell, Indiana on December 2, 1909. Miller received his B.S. and M.S. at Indiana University. He then spent twelve years teaching physical education and coaching basketball and serving as an Assistant Professor of physical education at Indiana University Bloomington. After leaving Bloomington, he earned a Ph.D. from New York University. He served as president for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and as executive director of American Youth Hostels with John D. Rockefeller III. In 1951 he accepted an appointment at UCLA, where shortly after arriving, he served for ten years as Chairman of the Department of Physical Education, later the Department of Kinesiology.
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