Background
MacMillan was born in Hillsdale, Michigan.
MacMillan was born in Hillsdale, Michigan.
He took his first and masters degrees in Nebraska. After this he spent a year at Johns Hopkins University followed by a year at Harvard.
Macmillan worked at the University of Minnesota until he resigned over the problems with Josephine Tilden"s "Minnesota Seaside Station" in Canada. MacMillan headed the research station where 25 to 30 students would study each summer.
Under his leadership the land gathered a number of buildings and a three mile road was built from Portuguese Renfrew to allow access.
Macmillan died in 1929.
