Alex McMillan

{{Infobox officeholder | image=AlexMcMillan.png | image_size= | state =[[North Carolina]] | district =[[North Carolina's 9th congressional district|9th]] |predecessor= [[James G. Martin]] |successor= [[Sue Myrick]] | birth_name=John Alexander McMillan III | birth_date ={{Birth date|1932|5|9}} | birth_place = [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|4|19|1932|5|9}} |death_place = [[Charleston, South Carolina]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | term_start = January 3, 1985 | term_end = January 3, 1995 | alma_mater = [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], [[University of Virginia]] }} '''John Alexander McMillan III''' (May 9, 1932 – April 19, 2024) was a [[North Carolina]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician who served five terms in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], representing [[North Carolina's 9th congressional district]] from 1985 to 1995.

== Biography == McMillan, a native of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], graduated from [[Woodberry Forest School]] in [[Orange, Virginia]]. McMillan earned an A.B. in History from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] in 1954 and earned his [[M.B.A.]] from the [[University of Virginia]]. While a student at UNC, McMillan joined the [[Sigma Alpha Epsilon]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite book|title=Yackety Yack|year=1954|publisher=University of North Carolina|location=Chapel Hill, NC}}</ref>

After serving two years as an intelligence agent in the [[United States Army]], McMillan worked in investment banking, was CFO of Ruddick Corp. from 1970 to 1976 and was CEO of [[Harris Teeter]] Super Markets from 1977 to 1983. He served on the [[Mecklenburg County, North Carolina|Mecklenburg County]] board of commissioners and chaired its board of [[social services]] before being elected to Congress in 1984. He did not run for re-election in 1994. McMillan served for three years as Hipp Chair on the faculty of [[The Citadel (military college)|The Citadel]].

McMillan died on April 19, 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina.

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==External links== {{CongBio|M000566}} *[http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/m/McMillan,J.Alex.html J. Alex McMillan Papers, Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill] *{{C-SPAN|6731}} {{S-start}} {{S-par|us-hs}} {{US House succession box| state=North Carolina| district=9| before=[[James G. Martin]]| years=1985–1995| after=[[Sue Wilkins Myrick]]| }} {{S-end}}

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