Career
The National Academies Press called him "the ablest condensed matter physicist of his generation". The University of Illinois established an award in his name: The McMillan Award. The electron-phonon coupling in superconductors is described by the McMillan parameter.
1936 born in Little Rock, Arkansas 1958: Bachelor of Science, University of Arkansas (Electrical Engineering) 1959: Mississippi, University of Arkansas (Physics) 1964: Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1964–1972: Bell Laboratories, Member, Technical Staff 1972–1984: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor of Physics 1978 Fritz London Memorial Prize for his work on superconductors 1982: elected to National Academy of Sciences 1983: elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1983 1984: Died at age 48.
