Justin G. Schiller was one of the principal founders of The International Wizard of Oz Club in 1957. On 3 November 1956, the precocious Schiller served as one of the hosts of the original television broadcast of the 1939 MGM film of The Wizard of Oz, along with Bert Lahr and the ten-year-old Liza Minelli. In January 1957, Schiller, then thirteen years old, sent out the original solicitation letter for members for a new fan club devoted to Oz. He served as the new club's first secretary, succeeded by Fred M. Meyer in 1961.