Background
Millen, Wheeler Mc was born on January 27, 1893 in near Ada, Ohio, United States. Son of Lewis D. and Ella (Wheeler) McMillen.
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Wheeler Mc Millen, American author. Recipient Silver Buffalo, Antelope awards Boy Scouts American; Honorary American Farmer award Future Farmers American; citation National 4-H Clubs; Louis Bromfield gold medal Malabar Farm Foundation, 1965; numerous Freedoms Foundation awards for editorials, speeches. United States delegate International Congress Industrial Chemistry, Milan, 1950, Presidential award, 1984, Ohio Farm Bureau award, 1985.
Education
Student, Ohio Northern University. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Ohio Northern University, 1940. Doctor of Literature, Parsons College, 1953.
Career
Reporter, Cincinnati Post, 1912; owner, Covington (Indiana) Republican, 1914-1918; farmer, Hardin County, Ohio., 1918-1922; associate editor, Country Home (formerly Farm & Fireside), 1922-1934; editor, Country Home (formerly Farm & Fireside), 1934-1937; editorial director, Country Home (formerly Farm & Fireside), 1937-1939; editor-in-chief, Farm Journal, 1939-1955; vice-president, director, Farm Journal, Inc., 1955-1963. Director New Jersey Bell Telephone Сompany, 1948-1965, Bankers National Life Insurance Company, 1955-1971. President, chairman National Farm Chemurgic Council, 1937-1962, American Association Agricultural Editors, 1934-1938.
Membership
Member national executive board Boy Scouts American, 1938-1963, vice president national organization, 1959-1963. Chairman New Jersey Public Health Council, 1947-1949. Board directors National Audubon Society, 1948-1954.
Member advisory committee President's Council on Youth Fitness, 1957-1958. Executive director President's Commission on Increased Industrial Use Agricultural Products, 1956-1957. Member Philadelphia Society Promoting Agriculture (president 1960-1962) Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Married Edna Doane, May 28, 1915. 1 child, Robert Doane.
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Political Party
Republican
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Recipient Silver Buffalo, Antelope awards Boy Scouts American. Honorary American Farmer award Future Farmers American. Citation National 4-H Clubs. Louis Bromfield gold medal Malabar Farm Foundation, 1965. Numerous Freedoms Foundation awards for editorials, speeches. United States delegate International Congress Industrial Chemistry, Milan, 1950, Presidential award, 1984, Ohio Farm Bureau award, 1985.Recipient Silver Buffalo, Antelope awards Boy Scouts American. Honorary American Farmer award Future Farmers American. Citation National 4-H Clubs.
Louis Bromfield gold medal Malabar Farm Foundation, 1965. Numerous Freedoms Foundation awards for editorials, speeches. United States delegate International Congress Industrial Chemistry, Milan, 1950, Presidential award, 1984, Ohio Farm Bureau award, 1985.