William Robert Miller CBE (born 1928) was a British-born businessman who was Vice-Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb until 1990. Subsequently, he has become a philanthropist and supporter of scientific, artistic, educational and ecclesiastical causes. Miller was born in 1928 in Paddington, West London, one of three brothers. In 1939 he was evacuated from the war with his mother and brothers to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. He won a scholarship to Culford School, which he attended until 1946 before winning a further scholarship to read PPE at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Three years of National Service in the RAF intervened once the family moved back to London, and he took up his place at Oxford in 1949, graduating in 1952. Upon leaving university, Miller began a career in the pharmaceuticals industry with Pfizer, rising to become Area Manager for Central Europe and Africa, before moving to US-based Bristol Laboratories in 1964 as Overseas Resident Manager for Europe (Bristol became Bristol-Myers Squibb, or BMS, in 1989). From 1980 to 1989, he had worldwide executive responsibility for BMS pharmaceutical and nutritional businesses, including research. He was Vice Chairman of the Board from 1985 until his retirement. With his second wife, Irene Diaman Miller, who had graduated from the Stern School of Business in 1954, Miller settled in New York City. He has three children from his first marriage to Rita (Ian Miller, Jane Tierney, Judy Miller) and two step-children (Konrad Kaletsch, Tatiana Kaletsch). The Miller Family Foundation was established by the Millers in 1991and supported many charitable organizations. Honors: Miller was appointed Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000 for services to British Charities in the US and Commander of the Order of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to UK/US relations in business, and for philanthropy. In 2001, he was made a Knight of Justice in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. In 2016, he received the First Annual Hero Award from the Anglosphere Society. Interests and Directorships In addition to his current activities, Bill Miller has been involved as a director, benefactor or supporter of many institutions, of which the following are a cross-section: Americans for Oxford, Inc.: Vice Chairman, 2001–2017; Board of Directors, 1994 – ; In 2003, appointed to the Oxford University Chancellor's Court of Benefactors and 2012,