Carson K. Miller

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Carson K. Miller is the former President and current President Emeritus of Washington State Community College.

In 1969, Miller was drafted to serve in the United States Military because of the Vietnam War. Miller joined the Air Force and served his two-year tour of duty with the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service. After he completed his service, he attended Kent State University in Northern Ohio earning a Bachelors Degree in Engineering. Miller then moved to Stark County, Ohio where he taught engineering courses at Stark Technical College on a part-time basis. During this time, Miller earned his Masters Degree and his Ph.D. and then became an administrator with the college.

On October 1, 1985, Miller became the President of Washington Technical College in Washington County, Ohio. During his tenure as President, Miller transformed the college from a one building technical college in rural Washington County in which the college shared space with the local vocational high school into a multi-building community college with its own campus. In 1998, the college built a library that was named in his honor. He retired as President of Washington State Community College on June 30, 2002.

Miller now lives in Knox County, Ohio with his wife Barbara, whom he met and married while attending Kent State. He has two children, Scott and Dori, and three grandchildren, Carrigan, Tommy and Brennen.