been elected as Mayor of New York City and from 1954 to 1956, Miller headed Mayor Wagner's Committee on Puerto Rican Affairs. In 1958, he joined investment bank Lazard Frères in 1958 as a partner. In 1960, at the behest of Adlai Stevenson, Miller joined the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. In 1961, he was elected president of the Puerto Rico Culture Center, Inc., an organization formed to raise awareness of Puerto Rican culture in New York City. Miller left Paul, Weiss for Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle in 1967. Hiss Case involvement In August–September 1948, Miller was one of many prominent lawyers who advised Alger Hiss on whether to file a defamation suit against Whittaker Chambers after Chambers stated on NBC Radio's Meet the Press that Hiss had been a Communist. 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. Everyone has been most helpful... Personal and death In 1939, he married Carol H. Pritchett. They had two daughters. In 1967, they divorced. Miller died in New York City on April 15, 1968. Works Edward G. Miller Jr., "Inter-American Relations in Perspective," Bulletin, 3 April 1950, pp. 521–23. See also List of Puerto Ricans German immigration to Puerto Rico Robert F. Wagner Jr. Charles Henry Tenney Alger Hiss Adlai Stevenson II Sullivan & Cromwell Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle References External links Papers at the Truman Presidential Library 1911 births 1968 deaths United States Assistant Secretaries of State People from San Juan, Puerto Rico St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni Yale University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Sullivan & Cromwell associates