Masonry Magazine May 2002 Page. 32
In the 30 years I have known George and have been involved with the MCAA, I have never heard him speak badly of anyone. He was one of the few people in our industry that I admired. If I could select a second father, it would be George.
Lenny Pardue
L. C. Pardue Inc.
He was the Masonry Industry's greatest asset and will be surely missed by all of us that worked closely with him.
Bill Dentinger
Bill Dentinger, Inc.
He was truly our "Lead Man" and "Mentor" for the MCAA officers and masonry leaders.
Donald C. Grant
Grant Contracting Co.
IUBAC and the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA). These agreements are still in use today. Perhaps the most prestigious national recognition George Miller received on the Labor Relations front, was when he was asked to serve on the Construction Industry Wage Stabilization Committee during the Nixon Administration.
The list goes on and on. George Miller was deeply involved in national safety and health issues. He was Co-Chairman of the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund until the day he died. He served as a trustee on the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust for 12 years. He was a member of the ASTM for 36 years. He served on many, many other technical and educational committees throughout the construction industry.
The water was not always smooth. Late in his tenure, the MCAA went through some tremendous change. In the 1980s the MCAA Board voted to open the association to non-union mason contractors. This action was contrary to George's personal and deep feelings about the issue, but was necessary because the Association had begun to suffer huge membership losses. Regardless of his personal feelings, George Miller continued to work hard, and he always represented the entire membership, both Union and Non-Union. He helped build the association back to the strong position it enjoys today. Even in retirement, George continued to work to make the MCAA a stronger force, and a better association for the industry's mason contractors. George Miller was graduated from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ar-