Joseph W. Miller (1906-1979) Papers 1924-1979
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Miller, Joseph Willard, 1906-1979
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Joseph Willard Miller was born in Ottumwa, Iowa on October 6, 1906. He was both a student at Northwestern as well as a member of the University's administration. As an undergraduate, Miller wrote the first Waa-Mu show. Continuing to write and direct the annual show throughout his graduate degrees, Miller was hired as a Freshman Advisor in 1931 and eventually became the Vice President of University Affairs in 1972. Miller died in Evanston in 1979. Miller was editor of his...
Northwestern university
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During World War II, Northwestern offered its facilities for use by the War Department. The Army, Navy, and Civil Aeronautics Administration operated eleven training programs at Northwestern in addition to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (N.R.O.T.C.) established in 1926: the Navy V-7, Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School; the Navy V-5, Naval Aviation Prepatory Program; the Navy V-1, Accredited College Program; the Naval Training School (Radio); the Army Signal Corps Officers Training Scho...
Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Waa-Mu Show
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Northwestern's Waa-Mu Show, the musical revue that helped to launch the careers of dozens of Broadway and Hollywood performers, has been a campus tradition since 1929. The goal of the annual show is to celebrate all the aspects of musical theater and highlight the talents of undergraduate student performers. In 1929, as a senior, Northwestern student Joseph W. Miller and his classmate Darrell Ware wrote the script and staged the college musical comedy that became “The Wa...
