Genealogy of the thomas boaz, christopher wayne miller

Northwestern University (1960), Evanston, Illinois, and a Master of Arts (1961) and a PhD. (1969) degree in Rhetoric and Public Address at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. John married Mildred Ellen Meyer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 19, 1961. They met as students at Northwestern University where she completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English
(1960). Mildred completed a Master's degree in English at the University of Michigan while teaching English at Birmingham High School in suburban Detroit. Julia Ruth Boaz, the first of their two children, was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on April 12, 1963. In the fall of 1965 the family moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where John was employed at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, as an Assistant Professor of Speech. In Bloomington Andrew John was born on April 14, 1966. Mildred completed a PhD. in English at the University of Illinois, taught at Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, and at
Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. John has served variously at Illinois State University as Director of Forensics, Director of the Speech Communication Area of the Department of Speech, Director of the International Studies Program in Grenoble, France, Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Speech Communication, and Assistant and then Associate Vice President for Administrative Services. He retired in June, 1994. He served as President of the Midwest and American Forensic Associations, and he chaired the Forensics Division of the Speech Communication Association. John served the community as aboard member, including a term as President of the Bloomington-Normal Symphony Society (and later both as Trustee and Governing Board member of its successor, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra) and of the United Campus Christian Foundation. He served on both the Board and the Campaign Cabinet of the United Way of McLean County. He was President of the Bloomington-Normal Tennis Association for over fifteen years (1980-97) and President of the Middle Illinois Tennis Association for five years
(1988-92). He served two terms as President of the Normal Chamber of Commerce (1987-89) and several as President of the Bloomington-Normal Humanities Council. During his several years as aboard member of the Illinois Council of Orchestras he served both as President and Secretary. John and Mildred moved to Chicago, Illinois, in retirement, and after ten years there moved to San Diego. John pursues volunteer work in music and tennis. He has worked with the Illinois Council of Orchestras, the Symphony Orchestra Institute, the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, and the Chicago Opera Theater. And, he has recently resumed playing the clarinet after a fifty year hiatus. John has served on the boards of the Chicago Tennis Patrons, including a term as President, and the Chicago Tennis Umpires Council, and he has umpired many tennis matches in the Chicago area. He continued his committee service with the USTA/Midwest Section as chair of its Awards Committee, and he is currently a member of the Awards Committee of the USTA. Mildred pursues music through her cello, playing in the Bloomington-Normal Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra, the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest, the Poway Community Symphony Orchestra, and various small ensembles. Both attend various cultural events, play tennis, and enjoy traveling.

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