Vandalia donor Robert “Bob” Miller has loved manipulating metal into machine parts since his machine shop days at Vandalia Butler High School. He has also forged a long career as a “Donor for Life” which now includes his milestone 200th lifetime donation Aug. 16 at the Dayton Community Blood Center.

Bob was co-op student in high school, splitting time between the classroom and the machine shop. After graduation he went straight to full-time work as a machinist, and soon became a blood donor.

“It was around 1972,” he said. “I was working at a small machine shop in north Dayton and a co-worker was injured in a car accident and they asked folks to donate blood.”

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