In summer 1926, while attending a Scout conference on Coronado Island, California, Miller met his future wife, Margaret (Peggy) McBride.
[7] He was appointed Deputy Field Commissioner of Yavapai-Mohave Council in August 1924[8] and he organized Scout troops in the Verde Valley using a book called Community Boy Leadership as his guide.
[10] In 1936, Miller worked with Frederick Russell Burnham, a cofounder of Scouting, on a statewide campaign to save the Desert Bighorn Sheep from probable extinction.
Several other prominent Arizonans and wildlife conversation societies joined the movement and a save the bighorns poster contest was started in schools throughout the state.
[12] Another of Miller's achievements was the building of the Heard Scout Pueblo at the base of South Mountain land donated by Dwight B.
[15] In 1980, the Phoenix 100 Rotary Club provided funds to establish the American Humanics program at Arizona State University.
[16] Miller was instrumental in founding and development of Arizona Boys Ranch, dedicated in 1952, to provide a home to troubled youth.