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 Howard L. McMillan Jr.
of Jackson has been named dean of the Else School of
Management
at Millsaps College. Widely recognized as a significant
business leader in Jackson, in Mississippi and throughout
the United States, McMillan has been involved with
the Else School of Management since 2002, when he was
named executive-in-residence. He will replace Dr. Ken
Harmon, who has accepted a position at Kennesaw State
University in Georgia.
“We are absolutely delighted that Howard McMillan
has accepted the position of dean of the Else School
of Management at Millsaps College,” said Dr.
Frances Lucas, president of Millsaps College. “His
expertise in business, leadership and community support
will enrich the education of hundreds of future leaders.” A native
of Jackson, McMillan is a graduate of the University
of Mississippi, and he attended the Harvard
School of Business Administration and the School of
Banking of the South at Louisiana State University.
In May 2005, he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws
degree from Millsaps College. A former president of
Deposit Guaranty National Bank and Deposit Guaranty
Corporation in Jackson, McMillan is a former adviser
in Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management area. McMillan
is currently working with the Mississippi Development
Authority in Katrina relief efforts, particularly the
administration of the state’s large housing grant.
He also serves on the board of directors of First Commercial
Bank.
McMillan is a former director of the Federal Reserve
Bank (Atlanta) and a past president of the American
Bankers Association. Locally, he has served as president
of the United Way, the Country Club of Jackson and
Century Club Charities, and as chairman of the Metro
Jackson Chamber of Commerce, the Mississippi Symphony
Orchestra Association, the board of trustees of Mississippi
Baptist Health Systems and the Metropolitan Jackson
Crime Commission.
“As a member of Mississippi’s business
community, I have long been aware of the outstanding
contributions that Millsaps College has made to the
education of future business leaders for the state,” said
McMillan. “Having worked closely with the Else
School for the last few years, I have become even more
aware of what a great resource Millsaps is, and I am
looking forward to enhancing our position as the leading
business school in the region.”
Millsaps
is one of a small group of national liberal arts
colleges with both a Phi Beta Kappa chapter and
accreditation at the graduate and undergraduate level
by AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business). The college’s placement
in the top tier of liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World
Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2006 makes
Millsaps the top-ranked liberal arts college in Mississippi,
Louisiana and Alabama and among the top five in the
Deep South. Millsaps is listed in U.S. News under “Programs
to Look For” with 16 other colleges that make
writing a priority, including Amherst, Harvard and
Duke.
McMillan is married to the former Mary Eliza Love,
a native of Jackson and a direct descendent of Reuben
Webster Millsaps, for whom Millsaps College is named.
The McMillans have two children, Mrs. F. W. Garraway
Jr. and Howard L. McMillan III, and four grandchildren.
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