[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               IN LASTING MEMORY OF DR. DONALD L. MILLER

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 24, 2004

  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this time to honor the 
life of Dr. Donald L. Miller. He lived a life devoted to the love, care 
and education of others and leaves a legacy carried on by the many 
lives he touched; either directly through personal relations or 
indirectly through his efforts to improve the quality of health care 
now available to Arkansans.
  Dr. Miller was born in Little Rock, received his doctorate of 
medicine from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and 
spent nearly his entire life devoting energy and vision to the 
improvement of health care in Arkansas.
  Dr. Miller was a member of numerous community, university, and 
professional committees and organizations including the American 
Medical Association, the American College of Physicians, and the First 
United Methodist Church. However, it was his work with Area Health 
Education Center programs that gained him the greatest notoriety. Dr. 
Miller served as an influential force in getting the program under way 
in the state and became Director of the Pine Bluff Area Health 
Education Center. As Director, he earned the esteem of his fellow 
members of the American College of Physicians, who would write that 
``his greatest achievement has been the development of the most 
productive AHEC program in Arkansas.'' In 1995, they presented Dr. 
Miller with the Robert Shields Abernathy Award for Excellence in 
Internal Medicine in recognition of his achievements and sustained 
commitment to the program.
  Under the vision and leadership of Dr. Miller, countless students as 
well as residents of internal medicine and family practice are more 
adequately trained in the various technical aspects of health care 
through the work of the Pine Bluff AHEC. As a result, many quality 
physicians have been attracted to the area where they now provide 
quality health care to the citizens of Southeast Arkansas. It is yet 
another indication of the broad impact Dr. Miller has had on his state, 
his community, and his fellow citizens.
  My thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Peggy, and his daughters, 
Mollie, Sheila, and Karen. I extend my sincerest sympathies to them and 
can only hope that we find some solace in the lasting legacy of Donald 
Miller as his spirit lives on in each of us.

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