George Fuller Miller Sr.
| George Fuller Miller, Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 18, 1903 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Education | Colorado State Agriculture College |
| Occupation | Non-profit Executive |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret (Peggy) McBride |
George Fuller Miller Sr. (born March 19, 1903 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was a long-time Boy Scouts of America executive, the recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and a founding father of the American Humanics Foundation.
Miller was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 18, 1903 to parents Charles Frederick Miller and Gertrude Fuller Miller. In 1915, he joined the Boy Scouts of America and eventually earned the Eagle Scout Award. At age 12, after his parents separated, he lived in various cities in the Western United States, including Denver, Colorado
From 1919 to 1923, he attended Colorado State Agriculture College at Fort Collins, Colorado where he was enrolled as an agriculture technical vocational student. Miller was on the staff of the school newspaper, The Hornet, where he served one year as business manager and one year as editor-in-chief.
In summer 1926, while attending a Scout conference on Coronado Island, California, Miller met his future wife, Margaret (Peggy) McBride. They married in Hollywood, California, on December 18, 1926.
Miller had joined the Boy Scouts in 1915, and received his Eagle Scout award in 1922 and is a Distinguished Eagle Scout In 1923 he obtained his first position related to Scouting, as Recreation Director for the United Verde Copper Company, with a primary responsibility being to organize Scouting in the area. He was appointed Deputy Field Commissioner of Yavapai-Mohave Council in August 1924 and he organized Scout troops in the Verde Valley using a book called Community Boy Leadership as his guide. He became a professional employee of the Boy Scouts of America, in 1925 as Deputy Regional Executive for Region XII. He became Scout Executive in Marysville, California in 1926. In the fall of 1927 he transferred to Region IV of the Boy Scouts of America. His job was to organize new councils in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
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