George J. Miller

The Council At Work

Abstract The George J. Miller Award for Distinguished Service Committee has selected truly “A Person for all Seasons.” The recipient of this years award favors the tropics, but has had rich experiences in the middle and high latitudes as well. The approach to geographic analysis which this years recipient espouses has a rough but recognizable parallel in De Bello Gallico: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres” (referring, obviously, to the recipients A-V-T association). Although never a general—and here I presume Julius Caesar was—this person has chaired, ruled, flown, edited, directed, presided, superintended—and in each case earned a title appropriate to the service. But in two distributaries of endeavor where much of the time no formal title is granted, this years award recipient has truly excelled: serving the profession and teaching students.