George Macculloch Miller (1832–1917), was a lawyer and secretary of Cathedral of St. John the Divine.. Miller and J. Pierpont Morgan were directors of the New-York, New-Haven and Hartford Railroad.

Charitable Work

George Macculloch Miller and several others began a series of charitable collections among churches and business groups in as early as 1882.]In 1893, a committee was appointed "to take steps to have Hospital Saturday and Sunday observed throughout the United States." Members of the committee included Miller, Charles Lanier, Morris K.Jesup, Samuel D. Babcock, Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt , also known by the sobriquet Commodore, was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads. He was also the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family and one of the richest Americans in history...

, Jesse Seligman, Jacob H. Schiff, and Charles Stewart Smith. The goal of this organization was to have a second collection in churches across the United States and have the money disbursed to hospitals for assistance to indigents. This developed into a larger organization eventually becoming the United Hospital Fund.