Miller, Alexander Ward, 1889-1978.

Alexander Ward Miller (1889-1978) was keenly interested in local history during his thirty years as Superintendent of the Glens Falls City School District and after his retirement in 1957. A dedicated teacher and historian, Miller accumulated a large manuscript collection relating to the history of Glens Falls and nearby communities.

Alexander Miller was born in Hillsville, Pa. He graduated from Harvard University in 1913 and completed graduate studies at Columbia University Teachers College in 1922. He became superintendent of the Union Free School District 1 for the town of Queensbury in 1927. Miller was a long-time Crandall Public Library trustee and board secretary. He served as the first president of the board of trustees of Adirondack Community College from 1961-1971, and was a director of Albany Savings Bank.

Irene Floyd Miller (1890-1971), wife of Alexander Miller, contracted polio shortly after their marriage in 1914 and was confined to a wheelchair most of her life. Irene Miller collaborated with her husband on numerous historical research projects. She prepared a series of maps of the Glens Falls area and compiled the genealogies of early Glens Falls families. Irene Miller presented programs for the Old Glens Falls Club, a forerunner of today's Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Association. She was involved in many Glens Falls charitable and civic organizations.