A $2.5 million gift from Charles C. "Buddy" Miller III and wife Pinney Allen will memorialize an Auburn University alumnus and poultry industry innovator while furthering plans for a modern, multiphase research and education center for Auburn's College of Agriculture.
The couple made the gift to honor Miller's parents, Virginia Doke Miller and Charles C. Miller Jr. — a forward-thinking poultry industry pioneer. On Feb. 5, the Auburn University Board of Trustees approved naming the new center the Charles C. Miller Jr. Poultry Research & Education Center.