Bill was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania to Ethel Bayard Miller and Charles Spurgeon Miller on March 17, 1924. A graduate of Allegheny College and a member of Phi Gamma Delta, he served as a naval officer in the Pacific area in World War II. Following graduation, he did post-graduate work in Colonial and English history at the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University, England. He was a member of a number of state and local historical agencies and boards. For thirty-two years Mr. Miller served in various capacities in the Office of General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), as secretary of the Presbyterian Historical Society, associate editor of the Journal of Presbyterian History, director of the Department of History and associate stated clerk of the General Assembly. From 1972-1992, he was secretary-treasurer of the American Society of Church History. At the request of the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, he was consultant for the WCC archives in Geneva, Switzerland. Missouri Valley College and Wilson College awarded him honorary Doctor of Humanities degrees. He was included in Whos Who in the East and Whos Who in Religion. Mr. Miller was a member of the Middlebury Congregational Church. He also previously served as an elder in the Wallingford Presbyterian Church, Wallingford, PA and Eastminster Presbyterian Church, Indialantic, FL. An Eagle Scout, he was an assistant scoutmaster in Boy Scouts and was active for many years as a member of his local school board. Survivors include a son, William Bayard Miller Jr., and his wife Gail of Middlebury, VT; a daughter Marjorie Miller Granat and her husband, Ken, of Tucson, AZ; granddaughters, Erin Miller Heins (Jaime), Kirstin Miller Mazzeo (Tony), and Kelsey Vaughan; grandsons, Timothy (Ritsa), Jacob (Abby) and Benjamin Miller and Matthew Vaughan; great-grandchildren, Nicholas and Alexander Mazzeo, Brady and Samantha Heins, and Max and Charles Miller; and brothers, Stephen Miller of Tampa, FL and Edwin Miller of St. Thomas, V.I. He was predeceased by his wife Jean (Keck) Miller on August 3, 2018. A Memorial service will be held at the Middlebury Congregational Church at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Addison County Home Health and Hospice, at P.O. Box 754 Middlebury, VT 05753 or to the Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19046. The family would like to extend their thanks to the staff at The Residence at Otter Creek and Addison County Home Health and Hospice, and to Pastor Andy Nagy-Benson for their gracious support and care. Arrangements are under the direction of the Sanderson-Ducharme Funeral Home. Online condolences at www.Sandersonfuneralservice.com