Former Midwest Division Vice Director Chuck Miller, WA0KUH, SK
NEWINGTON, CT, Sep 26, 2001--Former ARRL Midwest Division Vice Director Lyndell "Chuck" Miller, WA0KUH, of Kansas City, Missouri, died September 24 after a lengthy illness. He was 75. He'd been a ham for nearly 40 years.
An ARRL Life Member, Miller served as Midwest Division Vice Director from January 1988 to December 1991 and was a founder and life member of the PHD Amateur Radio Club.
"Chuck was the main driving force behind the Club," said former Kansas Section Manager, Bob Summers, K0BXF. "Its success and the PHD hamfest were due to his undying effort."
Larry Staples, W0AIB, called Miller "truly a remarkable man and a credit to the Amateur Radio Service."
Miller also helped establish the PHD Scholarship Award. This program awards $1000 annually to a licensee living in the ARRL Midwest Division (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska), who is either enrolled in a course of study of journalism, computer science or electronic engineering, or is the child of deceased radio amateur.
Survivors include Miller's wife, Mary Carolyn, and two daughters. Services will be September 27, 1 PM, at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park, 169 Highway & NW 108th Street, Kansas City. Interment will be at the cemetery at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park.
Memorial contributions are invited to the PHD Scholarship Fund c/o ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111.
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