Edward G. Miller Jr. was born on September 27, 1911, in San Juan, Puerto Rico where his father worked as an engineer at a sugar refinery.
[1] While at Yale, he formed what would become lifelong friendships with Robert F. Wagner Jr. and Charles H. Tenney.
[1] Already fluent in Spanish from his childhood in Puerto Rico and Cuba, Miller now also learned to speak Portuguese.
[1] For example, the United States had previously refused to give economic assistance to Argentina until Juan Perón introduced democratic reforms, but the United States now offered economic aid to Argentina.
[1] In 1960, at the behest of Adlai Stevenson, Miller joined the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
[2] On August 31, 1948, Hiss wrote to his lifelong friend and fellow Harvard lawyer William L. Marbury, Jr.:I am planning a suit for libel or defamation...
The number of volunteer helpers is considerable: Freddy Pride of Dwight, Harris, Koegel & Casking (the offshoot of young Charles Hughes' firm), Fred Eaton of Shearman and Sterling, Eddie Miller of Mr. Dulles' firm, Marshall McDuffie, now no longer a lawyer; in Washington Joe Tumulty, Charlie Fahy, Alex Hawes, John Ferguson (Mr. Ballantine's son-in-law) and others–but the real job is get general overall counsel and that fortunately is now settled, but we must move swiftly as so far the committee with its large investigating staff and considerable resources has been able to seize the initiative continuously and regularly.