Miller, Allan R., 1952-1994.

Alumnus of North Carolina State University (1975 & 1977).

From the description of Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Refuge : some historical notes : circa 1987 / Allan R. Miller [manuscript] (North Carolina State University). WorldCat record id: 491416450

Allan R. Miller (1952 - 1994) received his bachelor's (1975) and master's (1977) degrees from North Carolina State University.

Publisher, financier, and philanthropist Joseph Palmer Knapp (1864 - 1951) was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and graduated from Columbia University in 1884. He was the director of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, as well as publisher of numerous magazines, including Collier's and The Women's Home Companion . He first came to Currituck County, N.C., in 1916, and purchased Mackay Island and a hunting club from author Thomas Dixon soon thereafter. Beginning in 1920, he and his family spent most of their time in North Carolina. In 1923, Knapp began donating money to the educational system in Currituck County. Through the Knapp Foundation, Inc., he continued to donate money to North Carolina schools for the rest of his life. The Knapp Foundation's biggest contribution, funding to construct the Insitute of Government Building at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, occurred after Knapp's death.

From the guide to the Joseph Palmer Knapp and the Mackay Island National Refuge : some historical notes / by Allan R. Miller, 1987, (Special Collections Research Center)