John Melville Miller was born on June 15, 1875, in Montreal, Quebec.

He graduated from Montreal High School and served his architectural apprenticeship under Alex F. Dunlop from 1890 to 1895. In 1899, he began his architectural studies in Boston, Massachusetts. After his return to Montreal, he joined the firm of Hutchison & Wood and was later invited to become a full partner in 1908. Their firm became one of the largest and most successful architectural offices in Montreal before WWI. They obtained nearly fifty significant commissions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential work in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto.

Miller was also active as a watercolour artist who studied painting under Maurice Cullen, R.C.A., and he regularly exhibited his architectural drawings and his artwork at the annual exhibitions of the Royal Canadian Academy. He was elected as an Associate of the R.C.A. in 1911, and as a full member in 1927. Miller was also an active member of the Arts Club of Montreal, and frequently exhibited his paintings and drawings there.

In 1903, he married Mary Isadora McGowan. He died on September 17, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec.

Jerry Miller (OAQ, OAA, FRAIC) studied architecture at McGill University where he received a B.Arch in 1957, and at Harvard University where he received an M. Arch, Urban Design in 1963. Since the 1960s his work has included the design and implementation of the master plan for Expo '67, the design and construction of Churchill Falls townsite, Universite de Laval(1966) and King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabi,a (1973-1978) master plans, University of Ottawa Health Sciences Complex (1984), and McGill University Sports Complex (1993).

Mr. Miller also had special interest and experience in healthcare projects in Quebec and Ontario particularly in relation to long-term care for the elderly, and the humanization of the hospital environment.

John Robertson Miller was born in Scotland in 1842. He was the County School Inspector for Huron County, Ontario, in the 1880s, and became a Barrister in 1884. He died July 2, 1896 in Toronto, Ontario.