Background
Macmillan, William Hooper was born on October 21, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alexander Stewart and Leslie (Hooper) Macmillan.
Macmillan, William Hooper was born on October 21, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Alexander Stewart and Leslie (Hooper) Macmillan.
Bachelor, McGill University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1954.
Instructor pharmacology, U. Vermont College Medicine, 1954-1955;
assistant professor, U. Vermont College Medicine, 1955-1959;
associate professor, U. Vermont College Medicine, 1959-1964;
department chairman pharmacology, U. Vermont College Medicine, 1962-1963;
professor pharmacology, U. Vermont College Medicine, 1964-1976;
dean Graduate College, U. Vermont College Medicine, 1963-1969, 71-76;
research fellow, United States Public Health Service, U. Oxford, England, 1958-1959;
consultant, New England Association Schools and Colls., 1967-1976;
Ford Foundation project specialist, science advisory to, Haile Sellassie I U., Addis Ababa., Ethiopia, 1969-1971;
professor biology, dean Graduate School, U. Alabama, 1976-1991;
professor biology, dean emeritus, U. Alabama, since 1991;
consultant, Southern Association Colleges Schools, 1976-1991. Executive Committee African graduate Fellowship Program, African-American Institute, New York City, 1971-1992. Chairman of Commission biomedical science Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, 1973-1977, board directors, 1985-1988.
Executive Committee N.E. Association Graduate Schools, 1975-1976. Vice president Conference Southern Graduate Schools, 1981, president, 1982. President New England Association Graduate Schools, 1971.
Board directors Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 1987-1993. Officer United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Community activator, chair, board directors, volunteer various regional non-profit agencies, from 1992. Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi.
Married Anne Stearns, May 29, 1948. Children: Leslie Jean, Robert Bruce, William Ian.