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John Hume Miller, MD
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John Hume Miller, MD
(Class of 1903)
Jefferson's second African American alumnus, Dr. John Hume Miller,
was born in 1877 in South Carolina during Reconstruction. His father,
an educator by training, was elected the U.S. Representative from
South Carolina, 1889-1891.
The Congressman's son graduated from Lincoln University in 1899
and later that year moved north to attend classes at JMC. Upon graduation
he established his practice, as well as a pharmacy, in Chester,
PA. He maintained his practice for over 40 years, returning to Philadelphia
upon his retirement in 1947. In 1953, while visiting family in Charlestown,
South Carolina, Dr. Miller died at the age of 77.
Like so many Jefferson graduates, one of Dr. Miller's descendants
attended his alma mater. In 1992, nearly a century after his own
graduation, Dr. Miller's great granddaughter, L. Kyrin Feagans-Dunstan,
earned her MD from Jefferson Medical College. She dedicated her
yearbook entry to her great grandfather.
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"Dedicated to my great grandfather, John Hume Miller,
JMC class of 1903, who was not pictured in his yearbook because
of his race. I am glad we have come so far since then, yet
there are still barriers that must be eliminated. I hope that
each of my classmates will continue to fight racism in all
its subtle forms."
- L. Kyrin Feagans-Dunston, MD |
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