Clinton College
Which employer did Frank Justus Miller work for in May 1880?
Frank Justus Miller Frank Justus Miller was a leading American classicist , translator , and university administrator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . He authored the Loeb Classical Library translations of Seneca and of Ovids Metamorphoses , and was president of the American Classical League for more than a decade , from 1922 to 1934 . In addition , Miller served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Chicago from 1911 to 1923 , and was the first interim president of Shimer College in 1896–1897 . Education and early career . Miller was born on November 26 , 1858 , in Clinton , Tennessee . His father was a Baptist minister , James W . Miller . He obtained his bachelors degree from Denison University in 1879 , and took up the career of a Latin instructor , teaching at Clinton College for a year while continuing his studies . He completed his masters degree in 1882 . From 1881 to 1887 , he served as the vice principal of the Plainfield High School in Plainfield , New Jersey . During this period , on July 10 , 1883 , he married Lida Willett , who later became a co-founder of the University of Chicago Settlement . After leaving his high school position , Miller worked as a Latin instructor at the Worcester Academy in Worcester , Massachusetts , from 1887 to 1890 . Miller received his Ph.D . at Yale in 1892 . His dissertation was on The Latinity of the Younger Pliny . University career . While completing his Ph.D . at Yale , Miller became acquainted with William Rainey Harper , then a professor of Semitic languages . Harper left Yale in 1891 to become the first president of the University of Chicago , and subsequently offered Miller a job at the new University of Chicago . Miller accepted the offer , becoming an instructor of Latin and assistant examiner , and worked at the U of C until his retirement . He was remembered as one of the most versatile and influential of the members of the original U of C faculty who spent their careers at the university . Miller published influential translations of Ovid , Virgil and Seneca . Millers approach to Ovid for the Loeb Classical Library edition of the Metamorphoses was considered regressive even in its time , but inspired later translators in the same mold , such as A.E . Watts . In 1908 , Miller published two theatrical adaptations of passages in Virgils Aeneid , Dido : The Phoenician Queen and The Fall of Troy . For much of his time at the University of Chicago , Miller was charged with special responsibility for the universitys affiliations program . He served as examiner for affiliations from 1892 to 1898 and dean of affiliations from 1898 to 1904 . In this capacity , he served as non-resident principal of the Frances Shimer Academy , which later became Shimer College , for the 1896-1897 academic year , between the presidencies of Frances Shimer and William Parker McKee . Accordingly , he has traditionally been considered the first interim president of Shimer . As the affiliations program originally envisioned by Harper was gradually scaled back , Millers title changed from Dean of Affiliations to Examiner for Secondary Schools , a position he held from 1904 to 1911 . Miller became Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1911 , holding that position until 1923 . He retired from the university in 1925 , but continued to hold visiting professorships at universities throughout the Midwest until his death . Miller held leadership positions outside the University as well , serving as president of the American Classical League from 1922 to 1934 . He was also assistant chief editor of the Standard American Encyclopedia , although this was not published until 1940 , after his death . Millers translations and writings on Virgil led to a chairmanship of a planning committee for the 1930 Bimillenarium Vergilianum , which was sponsored by the American Classical League , of which he was serving as president . His work for the Bimillenarium earned him the Order of the Crown of Italy . In retirement , Miller moved to Denver , Colorado . He died on April 23 , 1938 , while visiting his daughter in Norwalk , Connecticut . Writings . - Studies in the Poetry of Italy ; I . Roman ( 1901 ) - A Second Latin Book ( 1902 ) ( with Charles Beeson ) - Two Dramatizations from Vergil ( 1908 ) Translations : - Selected Works of Vergil ( 1892 ) - Selected Works of Ovid ( 1900 ) - Dido , An Epic Tragedy ( 1900 ) - The Tragedies of Seneca ( 1907 ) - ( Loeb Classical Library ) ( 1916–1917 ) - Seneca : Tragedies ( Loeb Classical Library ) ( 1917 )