R. Schweitzer Miller | Nobelist's daughter, 90

Rhena Schweitzer Miller, 90, the only child of Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian Albert Schweitzer, whose medical missionary work she carried on in the West African country of Gabon, died of natural causes Feb. 22 in Los Angeles.

Although Mrs. Miller was not close to her father until the final years before his death in 1965, she embraced his "reverence for life" philosophy and helped organize a fellowship to support the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambarene, Gabon, for nearly 70 years. She ran the hospital from 1965 to 1970. She also led a relief effort for Biafran refugee children in the 1960s. Later, with her physician-husband, David Miller, she conducted health-care projects in underdeveloped countries.

Mrs. Miller was separated from her father when she was 6 and he left to work in Gabon. She stayed behind with her mother, whose delicate health ruled out traveling. Mrs. Miller reunited with her father after her mother's death in 1956. - Los Angeles Times