Sam Miller (businessman)

Miller's father emigrated from Russia to Ellis Island where an Irish immigrant taking names allegedly gave him the surname of Miller.[1] (In reality, names were always voluntarily changed by the immigrants themselves after leaving Ellis Island, and Ellis Island officials never made the changes.) Miller was presented received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cleveland Diocese in 2015. He was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cleveland Jewish News on November 20, 2016 at Landerhaven.[2][3] Miller served on many boards, including: Baldwin Wallace University, John Carroll University, Cleveland State University, Notre Dame College, Case Western Reserve University, Harvard Business School, WVIZ, ideastream, American Red Cross, Urban League, United Jewish Appeal, and Jewish National Fund.[4][3][5] In 2013, he was inducted into the Cleveland International Hall of Fame.[6]

After serving in World War II, Miller met his future wife, Ruth Ratner (December 1, 1925 – November 26, 1996), in Wickliffe, Ohio, in 1946 at Leonard Ratner's summer cottage. Ruth was the daughter of Forest City Material Co. co-founder Leonard Ratner and sister of Albert Ratner; they married later that same year. Together, they had four children:[1] Aaron David Miller, Richard Miller, Gabrielle Miller, and Abraham Miller. Miller divorced Ratner in 1983 and she remarried Rabbi Phillip Horowitz (1922 – 2002).[7] He married Maria Shanley in 1983. Shanley converted from Roman Catholicism to Judaism upon marrying Miller. In 1996, his first wife, Ruth, died from cancer. Miller had surgery in 2002 treat bladder cancer. He died on March 7, 2019.[1][4][8][2] Services were held at the Park Synagogue in Shaker Heights, Ohio and his internment was at Bet Olam Cemetery.[9]

• Jews and Judaism in Greater Cleveland

• Cleveland Clinic profile: Samuel H. Miller
• Profile: Samuel H. Miller on Bloomberg News
• Obituary of Samuel Henry Miller
• Sam Miller at Find a Grave