Duncan MacMillan was a graduate of Brown, a trustee of the Brown Corporation, and a benefactor of the university. In honor of his support of and his generosity to his alma mater, Brown's new Geology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences building was named MacMillan Hall in 1998.
MacMillan was a native of Minnesota, where he grew up with a love for ice hockey. He arrived at Brown in 1949 intending to study engineering, but found that required afternoon labs interfered with hockey practice. He chose instead to major in Classics, which he not only enjoyed but which, as he later recounted, left his afternoons free for sports.
After graduation in 1953 Duncan MacMillan returned to the Midwest to work with MacMillan-Cargill, his family's company in Minnetonka, Minnesota. His affection for Brown was lifelong, however, and after serving as a University Trustee he was named Trustee Emeritus. MacMillan was both an uncle and grandfather of Brown University students.
Duncan was the great grandson of W.W. Cargill, the founder of Cargill, Incorporated, and the son of John H. MacMillan, Jr., past Chairman and CEO of the Company. Duncan served on the Board of Directors of Cargill for over three decades, retiring in 1997. Duncan began his career at Cargill in 1947. While in college, he spent summers at various Cargill grain elevators in Minneapolis, Gluek and Port Cargill, Minnesota. Duncan joined the Company full-time in 1953 as an Assistant Grain Merchant. In 1955, he helped establish Tradax International, S.A., Cargill's global grain trading subsidiary, and held various merchandising positions in Canada and Switzerland. He returned to Minneapolis in 1964 as the President of Waycrosse, Inc., a firm owned by the Cargill and MacMillan families with business pursuits and investments unrelated to Cargill. Duncan led Waycrosse in the acquisition of many businesses including North Star Steel (later sold to Cargill), AmeriBank, AmeriGroup, Pierce County Bank, Willmar Manufacturing and Silent Knight Security Systems. After his retirement from Waycrosse in 1997, he devoted much of his time to the entities he created such as Afton Historical Society Press, Rush Creek Golf Club and Golf Academy and BenNevis, Inc. In 1953, Duncan graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics. He received an honorary LLD degree (Doctor of Laws) in 1993 from Brown in recognition of his contribution to the University, where he served three six-year terms on the Board of Trustees. This fall Duncan received the Brown Bear Award in acknowledgement of his lifelong service to the University. Duncan also served on the Board of Trustees for Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Duncan was very generous with his time and financial support for a wide range of philanthropic interests and organizations including Brown University, Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Foundation, Afton Historical Society Press, Berkshire School, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Duncan's first wife, Sarah Stevens, died in 1995. He is survived by four daughters and nine grandchildren.
In addition, he is survived by his brother, John H. MacMillan III, his sister, Marion MacMillan, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends, family and business associates will remember Duncan for his gentle and generous heart, his love for life and all things fun and funny, and his willingness to help others. Duncan was passionate about his Scottish heritage, the family farm in Jamaica, Brown University, medicine and growing orchids. Duncan's pride in his family led him to co-author three books on the MacMillan heritage. Duncan was an avid sportsman and enjoyed golf, sailing, tennis, squash, skiing, hockey and hunting. Above all, Duncan deeply loved his family and close friends - all of whom will miss him tremendously.
MacMillan was a native of Minnesota, where he grew up with a love for ice hockey. He arrived at Brown in 1949 intending to study engineering, but found that required afternoon labs interfered with hockey practice. He chose instead to major in Classics, which he not only enjoyed but which, as he later recounted, left his afternoons free for sports.
After graduation in 1953 Duncan MacMillan returned to the Midwest to work with MacMillan-Cargill, his family's company in Minnetonka, Minnesota. His affection for Brown was lifelong, however, and after serving as a University Trustee he was named Trustee Emeritus. MacMillan was both an uncle and grandfather of Brown University students.
Duncan was the great grandson of W.W. Cargill, the founder of Cargill, Incorporated, and the son of John H. MacMillan, Jr., past Chairman and CEO of the Company. Duncan served on the Board of Directors of Cargill for over three decades, retiring in 1997. Duncan began his career at Cargill in 1947. While in college, he spent summers at various Cargill grain elevators in Minneapolis, Gluek and Port Cargill, Minnesota. Duncan joined the Company full-time in 1953 as an Assistant Grain Merchant. In 1955, he helped establish Tradax International, S.A., Cargill's global grain trading subsidiary, and held various merchandising positions in Canada and Switzerland. He returned to Minneapolis in 1964 as the President of Waycrosse, Inc., a firm owned by the Cargill and MacMillan families with business pursuits and investments unrelated to Cargill. Duncan led Waycrosse in the acquisition of many businesses including North Star Steel (later sold to Cargill), AmeriBank, AmeriGroup, Pierce County Bank, Willmar Manufacturing and Silent Knight Security Systems. After his retirement from Waycrosse in 1997, he devoted much of his time to the entities he created such as Afton Historical Society Press, Rush Creek Golf Club and Golf Academy and BenNevis, Inc. In 1953, Duncan graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics. He received an honorary LLD degree (Doctor of Laws) in 1993 from Brown in recognition of his contribution to the University, where he served three six-year terms on the Board of Trustees. This fall Duncan received the Brown Bear Award in acknowledgement of his lifelong service to the University. Duncan also served on the Board of Trustees for Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Duncan was very generous with his time and financial support for a wide range of philanthropic interests and organizations including Brown University, Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Foundation, Afton Historical Society Press, Berkshire School, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Duncan's first wife, Sarah Stevens, died in 1995. He is survived by four daughters and nine grandchildren.
In addition, he is survived by his brother, John H. MacMillan III, his sister, Marion MacMillan, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends, family and business associates will remember Duncan for his gentle and generous heart, his love for life and all things fun and funny, and his willingness to help others. Duncan was passionate about his Scottish heritage, the family farm in Jamaica, Brown University, medicine and growing orchids. Duncan's pride in his family led him to co-author three books on the MacMillan heritage. Duncan was an avid sportsman and enjoyed golf, sailing, tennis, squash, skiing, hockey and hunting. Above all, Duncan deeply loved his family and close friends - all of whom will miss him tremendously.
Duncan MacMillan was a graduate of Brown, a trustee of the Brown Corporation, and a benefactor of the university. In honor of his support of and his generosity to his alma mater, Brown's new Geology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences building was named MacMillan Hall in 1998.
MacMillan was a native of Minnesota, where he grew up with a love for ice hockey. He arrived at Brown in 1949 intending to study engineering, but found that required afternoon labs interfered with hockey practice. He chose instead to major in Classics, which he not only enjoyed but which, as he later recounted, left his afternoons free for sports.
After graduation in 1953 Duncan MacMillan returned to the Midwest to work with MacMillan-Cargill, his family's company in Minnetonka, Minnesota. His affection for Brown was lifelong, however, and after serving as a University Trustee he was named Trustee Emeritus. MacMillan was both an uncle and grandfather of Brown University students.
Duncan was the great grandson of W.W. Cargill, the founder of Cargill, Incorporated, and the son of John H. MacMillan, Jr., past Chairman and CEO of the Company. Duncan served on the Board of Directors of Cargill for over three decades, retiring in 1997. Duncan began his career at Cargill in 1947. While in college, he spent summers at various Cargill grain elevators in Minneapolis, Gluek and Port Cargill, Minnesota. Duncan joined the Company full-time in 1953 as an Assistant Grain Merchant. In 1955, he helped establish Tradax International, S.A., Cargill's global grain trading subsidiary, and held various merchandising positions in Canada and Switzerland. He returned to Minneapolis in 1964 as the President of Waycrosse, Inc., a firm owned by the Cargill and MacMillan families with business pursuits and investments unrelated to Cargill. Duncan led Waycrosse in the acquisition of many businesses including North Star Steel (later sold to Cargill), AmeriBank, AmeriGroup, Pierce County Bank, Willmar Manufacturing and Silent Knight Security Systems. After his retirement from Waycrosse in 1997, he devoted much of his time to the entities he created such as Afton Historical Society Press, Rush Creek Golf Club and Golf Academy and BenNevis, Inc. In 1953, Duncan graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics. He received an honorary LLD degree (Doctor of Laws) in 1993 from Brown in recognition of his contribution to the University, where he served three six-year terms on the Board of Trustees. This fall Duncan received the Brown Bear Award in acknowledgement of his lifelong service to the University. Duncan also served on the Board of Trustees for Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Duncan was very generous with his time and financial support for a wide range of philanthropic interests and organizations including Brown University, Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Foundation, Afton Historical Society Press, Berkshire School, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Duncan's first wife, Sarah Stevens, died in 1995. He is survived by four daughters and nine grandchildren.
In addition, he is survived by his brother, John H. MacMillan III, his sister, Marion MacMillan, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends, family and business associates will remember Duncan for his gentle and generous heart, his love for life and all things fun and funny, and his willingness to help others. Duncan was passionate about his Scottish heritage, the family farm in Jamaica, Brown University, medicine and growing orchids. Duncan's pride in his family led him to co-author three books on the MacMillan heritage. Duncan was an avid sportsman and enjoyed golf, sailing, tennis, squash, skiing, hockey and hunting. Above all, Duncan deeply loved his family and close friends - all of whom will miss him tremendously.
MacMillan was a native of Minnesota, where he grew up with a love for ice hockey. He arrived at Brown in 1949 intending to study engineering, but found that required afternoon labs interfered with hockey practice. He chose instead to major in Classics, which he not only enjoyed but which, as he later recounted, left his afternoons free for sports.
After graduation in 1953 Duncan MacMillan returned to the Midwest to work with MacMillan-Cargill, his family's company in Minnetonka, Minnesota. His affection for Brown was lifelong, however, and after serving as a University Trustee he was named Trustee Emeritus. MacMillan was both an uncle and grandfather of Brown University students.
Duncan was the great grandson of W.W. Cargill, the founder of Cargill, Incorporated, and the son of John H. MacMillan, Jr., past Chairman and CEO of the Company. Duncan served on the Board of Directors of Cargill for over three decades, retiring in 1997. Duncan began his career at Cargill in 1947. While in college, he spent summers at various Cargill grain elevators in Minneapolis, Gluek and Port Cargill, Minnesota. Duncan joined the Company full-time in 1953 as an Assistant Grain Merchant. In 1955, he helped establish Tradax International, S.A., Cargill's global grain trading subsidiary, and held various merchandising positions in Canada and Switzerland. He returned to Minneapolis in 1964 as the President of Waycrosse, Inc., a firm owned by the Cargill and MacMillan families with business pursuits and investments unrelated to Cargill. Duncan led Waycrosse in the acquisition of many businesses including North Star Steel (later sold to Cargill), AmeriBank, AmeriGroup, Pierce County Bank, Willmar Manufacturing and Silent Knight Security Systems. After his retirement from Waycrosse in 1997, he devoted much of his time to the entities he created such as Afton Historical Society Press, Rush Creek Golf Club and Golf Academy and BenNevis, Inc. In 1953, Duncan graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics. He received an honorary LLD degree (Doctor of Laws) in 1993 from Brown in recognition of his contribution to the University, where he served three six-year terms on the Board of Trustees. This fall Duncan received the Brown Bear Award in acknowledgement of his lifelong service to the University. Duncan also served on the Board of Trustees for Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Duncan was very generous with his time and financial support for a wide range of philanthropic interests and organizations including Brown University, Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, University of Minnesota Medical Foundation, Afton Historical Society Press, Berkshire School, Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Duncan's first wife, Sarah Stevens, died in 1995. He is survived by four daughters and nine grandchildren.
In addition, he is survived by his brother, John H. MacMillan III, his sister, Marion MacMillan, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends, family and business associates will remember Duncan for his gentle and generous heart, his love for life and all things fun and funny, and his willingness to help others. Duncan was passionate about his Scottish heritage, the family farm in Jamaica, Brown University, medicine and growing orchids. Duncan's pride in his family led him to co-author three books on the MacMillan heritage. Duncan was an avid sportsman and enjoyed golf, sailing, tennis, squash, skiing, hockey and hunting. Above all, Duncan deeply loved his family and close friends - all of whom will miss him tremendously.
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