William Miller - Tucson - Arizona Daily Star

William Earl Miller, JR, M.D. passed connected May 12, 2022 aft a little conflict with cancer. He was calved successful Washington, D.C. to William E. Miller, SR and Florence Miller. He grew up successful Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Phoenix College earlier heading disconnected to Stanford University and past connected to the University of Utah Medical school. His internship was astatine the Veteran Hospital successful Salt Lake City. His residency took him to Dallas, Texas to the Parkland Memorial Hospital. It was determination that helium met a caregiver named Polly who would go his wife. After his fellowship astatine the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, helium joined the Air Force and the 2 of them moved to Lackland Air Force Base. While there, helium was liable for a 1 1000 furniture infirmary connected the weekends. He and Polly past moved to Tucson, Arizona wherever helium opened his backstage signifier called Southern Arizona Allergy Associates and administered to patients for 37 years. He was the co-founder and co-Medical manager of Respiratory Care astatine St. Joseph's infirmary (1967-1985) arsenic good arsenic an attending unit member. He was Chief of Medicine (1973-1974) and Associate Medical Director (1985-1991) determination arsenic well. He was besides an attending unit subordinate astatine TMC Hospital and a courtesy unit subordinate astatine El Dorado Hospital. He was an allergy advisor astatine R.W. Bliss U.S. Army Hospital (1966-1988) and worked astatine the Veterans Hospital arsenic good St. Elizabeth of Hungary Clinic. He served connected the boards of the Tucson Allergy Society and the Arizona Allergy Society (1988-1992). He contributed to articles connected the studies of Macroglobulin Antibodies and their effects connected infants, children and adults. In 1971 helium wrote the section connected Bronchial Asthma successful Conn's existent therapy published by Saunders. Bill loved to food and helium spent years sharing that joyousness with his household successful Mexico, the White Mountains and Canada. He admired the godforsaken and believed successful the preservation of endangered cactus. He grew hundreds of them from seeds with his favorites being the Night Blooming Cereus and the red-bloom tube cactuses. He was arrogant of being 1 of the doctors who got the non-native Olive trees banned arsenic they were an allergy issue. He believed successful gathering radical wherever they are and thought each children should person a wagon to thrust in. In 2013 erstwhile his beloved Polly became gravely sick, helium brought her location truthful that helium and the household could instrumentality attraction of her until she passed distant 4 months later. He was a benignant idiosyncratic but helium besides had moments successful which helium suffered the dreaded "foot successful the mouth" disease. He adjacent earned the nickname "Wild Bill" erstwhile his passionate broadside took over. He was preceded successful decease by his parents, his woman of 54 years, Polly (2013), his grandson Ryan (2019) and his member Robert (2020). He is survived by their 5 overmuch loved "M" children and their spouses: Mark, Melissa (Richard), Martin (Lara), Matthew and Michael. He is besides survived by their granddaughters Ashlee, Taylor and Tess, grandson Benjamin and great-grandchildren Kaden, Blake and Lily. Cremation was provided by Bring's Broadway Chapel. The household is readying a memorial successful May 2023. Please donate to the Gospel Rescue Mission oregon the foundation of your prime successful remembrance of Bill.