DEATHS
     Romney, Miles C. Romney, 85, of Redmond, Wash., formerly of Eugene, died Feb. 22. Visitation will be Saturday from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. funeral at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 18860 N.E. Woodinville Duvall Road, Woodinville, Wash. Burial will be at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, Wash. Locally, a memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. March 7 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3500 W. 18th Ave. Green Funeral Home, Bellevue, Wash., in charge of arrangements.

OBITUARIES
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FORMER OREGON VICE CHANCELLOR ROMNEY DIES
     The funeral will be Feb. 27 in Woodinville, Wash., for Miles Romney, vice chancellor for academic affairs for the Oregon State System of Higher Education from 1963-80, who died Feb. 22 of causes related to age. He was 85.
     A retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, Romney was a life-long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and left his post in the chancellor's office in Eugene in mid-1980 to become president of the church mission in Adelaide, Australia, for three years.
     While vice chancellor, he helped guide development in curriculum planning, instruction, academic personnel policies, teacher education, high school relations and teaching research for Oregon's public four-year colleges and universities.
     He was born Nov. 23, 1913, in Provo, Utah, and graduated from Utah State College in 1935 with a bachelor of science degree in commerce. He entered the doctoral degree program at Columbia University in New York City in 1939 but interrupted his studies in 1942 to serve four years in the Army. He returned to Columbia in 1946 and received his doctorate in educational administration in 1947.
     He married Vanda Bennett in Logan, Utah, in 1939. She died in 1995.
     From 1947-50, Romney was an assistant professor with joint appointments at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He also served as director of the Metropolitan Detroit Bureau of Cooperative School Studies for 30 school districts.
     In 1952, he joined the University of Oregon faculty as an associate professor of education. He later became a full professor and was appointed associate dean of the School of Education in 1962.
     His World War II service included tours of duty in the Philippines and Japan. He was trice commended by the secretary of war for his work for the Armed Forces Institute and in the Pacific Theater.
     He was named a distinguished alumnus of Utah State University in 1977, was bishop of the Eugene Ward of his church from 1954-61 and was stake patriarch from 1977 until his death at his home in Redmond, Wash.
     Survivors include three sons, Craig of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Brent and M. Philip, both of Redmond; three sisters, Pauline Thomander of Salt Lake City, Lucille Painter of Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Genevieve Moulton of Bountiful, Utah; and seven grandchildren. A son, Gerald, and a grandchild died previously.
     Saturday's service will be at 2 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 18860 N.E. Woodinville Duvall Road in Woodinville. Visitation will be at the church, one hour prior to the funeral. Burial will be at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, Wash. Green Funeral Home in Bellevue, Wash., is in charge of arrangements.
     A memorial service will be held in Eugene at 7 p.m. March 7 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 3500 W. 18th Ave. Memorial contributions may be made to the church's Temple Fund in care of President Gary Stewart, 3825 Monroe St.