ObituaryMiles Anderson
Submitted on Tuesday, June 23, 2020
MILES ANDERSON (’49, ’50 M.S.), 93, of Denton, Professor Emeritus of physics who worked
at UNT for four decades and served as vice president for academic affairs in the 1970s,
died March 16 in Denton. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and helped
with the top-secret project called RADAR. He earned two degrees from UNT, then earned
his doctorate from Stanford University before returning to Denton. He worked at UNT
starting in 1954 and retired in 1992. An avid musician, he taught musical acoustics
in addition to other physics courses. He also was an amateur radio operator, craftsman
and carpenter. He and his wife, Harlene (’48), were lifetime members of the UNT Alumni
Association.