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Masciovecchio, Alison
Latham, Bethany
Martin, Leah
Schmid, Diane
Selman, Robert
Kerchner, Sarah
Miller, Louise
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Dooley, Jennifer
Brown, An
Sylvester, Stephanie
Cunningham, Kristen
Lee, Christina
Sokolow, Nicholas
Monell, Jack
Franco, Lauren
Yerkey, Jennifer
Moderacki, Sean
Crouch, Louis
Pulignani, Ronald
Boyle, Marcus
Mello, Diane
Tse, Jeffery
Martin, Alicia
Kim, Yoon
Sacks, Sharon
Vaughn-Smith, Matthew
Suchodolski, Jordana
Chase Filmore, Jacquelyn
Becker, William
Bleakley, Sonya
Busey, Adam
Florence, Derek
Whitten, Angela
Neubauer, Rachel
Davis, Shannon
Ragland, Rikki
Brudz, Thomas
Crowl, Ashley
Santana, Gregorio
Mayhew, Christina
Nakshbendi, Kareem
Homan Vigliotta, Samantha
Bell, Susan
Hart, Ashley
Collins-Young, Craig
Williams, Cameron
Milovic, Alexander
Fields, Bradley
Dragon, Jaclyn
Matuszewski, Steven
Bye, Beverly
Judd, Philip
Lotocki, Amber
Kazemi, Ramin
Boehl, Jeffrey
Baron, Scott
Wittelsberger, Julie
Royston, Webster
Hayes, Michael
Kreitz, Timothy
Trionfo, Adam
Curran, Robert
Marks, Mary

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Teacher honored after 75 years in the classroom
Paul Miller, 93, has taught thousands of students
by: Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun

Paul Miller has taught math for many years but never kept count.

On Thursday, Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. awarded Miller, 93, a calculus teacher at Ner Israel High School, for his 75th year of teaching and congratulated him on his "great influence" on so many students over the years while supporting his own family.

"I never kept count," Miller said. "It's something that you do to see the finished product."

Miller was 18 when he began teaching in 1934 after attending teachers college at what is now Towson University. And during his lengthy career he has taught at numerous schools, from public elementary schools to universities.

He holds a master's degree in math from the Johns Hopkins University, where he remained on the faculty for 40 years. He's also taught at Southern High School, Goucher College, Loyola University, Towson University, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore City Community College, and the Essex and Catonsville campuses of Community College of Baltimore County.

Miller continues to teach at Ner Israel High School, where he has been for 51 years.

There, Miller said, his students have religious studies in the morning and then lunch. By his class in the afternoon, "they are pooped out and I've got to use incentives. So I always try to tell them stories," he said.

He said his students have not changed much from when he began teaching, but he said they rely more on technology. "When you asked them four times five, they take out a calculator," he said. But "we live in a world that is all mathematics."

Miller has taught thousands of students, spanning several generations, and his children can't ever remember his taking sick. Even in the summer months, when school was out, Dr. Sam Miller said, his father would assign the kids math problems.

Miller and his late wife, Frieda Lapidus Miller, raised seven children. Five of the kids took careers as medical doctors, one is a computer engineer and another is a nurse. Miller is a math tutor to all 16 grandchildren.

"Education was considered a priority," said Sam's sister, Dr. Lisa Miller, a podiatrist. And the emphasis on education was taught to his students.

"People will stop and say, 'I wouldn't be a pharmacist if it wasn't for him,' or 'I wouldn't have graduated college if it weren't for him,' " she said.

Her husband, Dr. Michael Miller, said the family tried to get his father-in-law listed in the Guinness World Records for having the longest teaching career, but he missed out to a Brazilian woman who began teaching when she was 12. But Lisa Miller said that "he should be a shoo-in" for the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

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In 2004, Towson University launched an aggressive strategic plan, Towson University 2010: Mapping the Future aimed to guide the University’s long and short-term growth and development in five areas: Resources for Success, Enrollment Management, Growth and Mix, Student Experience and Success, Partnerships Philosophy, and Telling and Selling the Story.

Over the next six years the 2010 plan became a living document embraced by faculty, staff, and students as they tackled ambitious goals, action items, and milestones. Towson University grew in quality and size, while remaining both affordable and accessible as one of the region’s largest public universities. The university’s significant advancements quickly received national recognition such as: Princeton Review TOP 50 Best Value College, U.S. News and World Report TOP 10 Public - Master’s North, Kiplinger’s TOP 100 Best Value, and Forbes TOP 100 America’s Best Public Colleges.

As Towson University concludes the 2010 plan and moves forward into our next phase of development, we will rely once again on the dedication of our campus community, our friends and our alumni. The 2010 plan was the institution’s roadmap to the future, and today it is clear to all that Towson University is on the road to excellence.

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