ALAN WAS MARRIED TO HIS BELOVED WIFE,CHERYL MILLER, FOR NEARLY 47 YEARS. HE WAS THE PROUD AND LOVING FATHER TO HIS DAUGHTER, EMILY RALEIGH TRACHIER (BRITTANY), AND HIS TWO GRANDCHILDREN, JAXTON RALEIGH AND KEEVA RALEIGH, WHOM HE ADORED AND CHERISHED. ALAN IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, MARILYN BOOKCHIN.
ALAN WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY AND GREW UP IN THE SUTTON EAST HOTEL WHERE HIS FATHER SERVED AS GENERAL MANAGER. ALAN BEGAN COLLEGE THINKING HE WOULD WORK IN THE HOTEL INDUSTRY AS BOTH HIS PARENTS HAD DONE. HOWEVER, AS HE PURSUED HIS GRADUATE EDUCATION HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS DESTINED TO BECOME AN ACADEMIC AND A SCHOLAR. HE ATTAINED THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPY IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR FROM THE GRADUATE CENTER OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND BARUCH COLLEGE, WHILE RECEIVING TWO BACHELOR’S DEGREES AND TWO MASTER’S DEGREES ALONG THE WAY TO HIS DOCTORATE.
ALAN SPENT 39 YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS IN THE LEE BUSINESS COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY SERVING AS A PROFESSOR, A RESEARCH SCHOLAR AND A DEPARTMENT CHAIRMAN. HE WAS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. HE WAS PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE HIS RESEARCH, WHICH WAS OFTEN CITED BY OTHER ACADEMICS, AND TO HIS COLLABORATION WITH THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST SCHOLARS.
ALAN WAS A KIND, LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE MAN. HE WOULD REGALE HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITH HIS STORIES ABOUT HIS LIFE. HE REMEMBERED THE DATES AND PLACES OF EVERY MEAL AND EVERY DAY OF EVERY TRIP. HE WAS MOST HAPPY THOUGH SPENDING TIME WITH EMILY AS SHE GREW UP TAKING HER AND HER FRIENDS ON THE MOST FUN OUTINGS. HIS LOVE AND BOND WITH EMILY WAS MADE EVEN STRONGER WHEN HE BECAME A GRANDFATHER. HIS GREATEST JOY WAS HIS TIME SPENT WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN, JAXTON AND KEEVA.
ALAN WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED. ALAN WILL LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF HIS FAMILY FOREVER.
GRAVESIDE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT NOON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2021 AT KING DAVID MEMORIAL CHAPEL AND CEMETARY 2697 E. ELDORADO LANE, LAS VEGAS NEVADA 89120. THE SERVICES CAN BE VIEWED LIVE AT https://tinyurl.com/alannmiller
