Sacramento County
Biographies
WAYNE MILLER
WAYNE MILLER.--A representative of important affairs in the larger circles of the Sacramento commercial and industrial worlds, is Wayne Miller, President of the Universal Motor Company, at the capital city. He was born in San Francisco in May, 1888, the son of Charles E. And Louise (Knowlton) Miller; the former was a native son, having been born of a sturdy pioneer who came round the Horn in Argonaut days. Charles E. Miller married an Eastern woman who also had the temerity to brave a sailing voyage around the Horn, accompanying her father, who located in California in pioneer days. Considering all that these worthy folks went through, it is pleasant to record that Mr. And Mrs. Miller are still living, the center of devotion from an admiring circle of steadfast friends.
Wayne Miller was sent to France for his education, and eventually enjoyed an excellent engineering course there in the polytechnic school in Paris. When he returned to America, he began to follow his profession, that of construction engineer, finding enough to do, for the most of the time, at Berkeley; and in 1907 he helped to build the two railroad bridges across the American River at Sacramento.
In 1913, Mr. Miller embarked in the automobile business in Sacramento; and three years later he helped to have the company incorporated with which he is now associated. He remained the first president until he went into the United States service in the World War, and he began his military service in behalf of his native country as 1st lieutenant in a tank corps. He saw seventeen months of active service overseas and this experience has contributed immeasurably to his knowledge of many things likely to make easier the solution of vexing industrial problems in the quieter times of peace. He is a member of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. The company now handles the Lincoln, the Ford, and Fordson tractors, and they have been very successful in placing a large number of these machines in this expanding section.
Mr. Miller married Miss Geoffrey Hall, of Sacramento, the ceremony taking place at Sacramento, in 1916, and one child has blessed this union, Dorothy Hall Miller. He is a member of both the Sutter and Del Paso Country Clubs, and in addition to his club life, finds a healthful diversion in hunting and fishing.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With Biographical Sketches,
Pages 903-904. Historic Record Company,
Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.