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Announcing the Arrival of the Robert D. Miller Collection of Musical Instruments
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Posted Jun 26, 10:25 AM
Duke alumnus Dr. Robert D. Miller (1941-2006) bequeathed his collection of replicas of Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque musical instruments to the Duke University Musical Instrument Collections. The Miller Collection arrived on campus just before Thanksgiving 2006, and many of the instruments have been on display in the upper lobby of the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building from January 2007.
The Miller Collection includes over 30 musical instruments, related sheet music, wooden music stands, and display mounts for his instruments. Most of the instruments are in playing condition.
A native North Carolinian, Dr. Miller was educated in the Chapel Hill public elementary and high schools, graduating as valedictorian of his class at Chapel Hill High School in June of 1959. He attended Davidson College from 1959 to 1960 and then studied at the University of London and the University of Vienna before returning to Davidson in 1961. He graduated cum laude from Davidson College in June 1964. He earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry here at Duke in 1972 for his dissertation, “A Study of the Changes in Histones During Evolution and Development” and his M.D. in 1973 from the Duke Medical School. He was also a resident in Psychiatry at Duke from 1973 through 1976. Throughout his career he published extensively and taught Forensic Psychiatry in the contexts of both Health Sciences and Law programs. Before his death not only was he a Professor of Psychiatry, but he also served as Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Denver College of Law and as the Director of the Forensic Fellowship Program at the University of Colorado.