Badin High School - Yearbook (Hamilton, OH)

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Administration REV. FRANCIS J. MILLER Principal In answer to Archbishop Alter's call in March of 1965, Father Miller fell heir to the unen- Viably difficult task of building and organizing the new Badin High School. Father Miller has been well prepared for his task. Born in Cincinnati in February of 1924, Father pur- sued his education at St. Gregory Seminary and Mt. St. Mary Seminary after his gradu- ation from Purcell. He then spent a year of study in Rome where he received his Licentiate in Sacred Theology. He returned to the states where he eventually acquired a Masters Degree and Doctorate in Education from the universities of Xavier and Cine Cinnati respectively. Along with pursuing his education, Father served as assistant pastor at several churches, taught at St. Mary and Seton High Schools in Cincinnati, filled the position of treasurer and teacher at the diocesan seminary in Norwood for five years and finally came to Hamilton as adminis- trator of St. Mary Parish and principal of Badin.