FORMER NE AND SGU PRESIDENT DENNIS MILLER DIES AT 81

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Colin@scottishgolfview.com
Dennis Miller, one of the leading figures in North-east and Scottish amateur golfer for a number of years, has died at his Aberdeen home. He was 81. A former secretary of Hazlehead Golf Club, he graduated to become secretary of the North-east District and later was president of the North-east District and the Scottish Golf Union.
A busy man, Miller was responsible for reducing the term of office of the SGU presidency from two years to one. He was the first to serve only one year - perhaps he could not spare any longer than that because of his many other business interests.
He was a member of the R and A and served on Stewart Spence's Doug Sanders European and World junior championships' committee.
Dennis did not suffer fools gladly but the success of North-east male amateur golfers in recent years could be traced back to his time as NE District secretary.
He also was a director of Aberdeen Football Club for several years.
Mike Pocock, a past president of the NE District, writes:"I would like to pay tribute to Dennis Miller a past president of both the district and the SGU, who was instrumental in putting in place in the North East a number of the initiatives that has seen the area at the fore front of Scottish golf recently. He was a true gentleman and will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time."