After running for the United States Senate in 1988 and winning editorial "praise" from The New York Times”, Mr. McMillan was named by President George Bush to the Board of the Panama Canal Commission and confirmed by the United States Senate for the post on November 19, 1989. On October 27, 1993, Mr. McMillan was elected Chairman of the Commission's Board of Directors -- the first person who was not an official of the Department of Defense to serve as Chairman. He presided through October 1994. After serving as Chairman of the US-Panama Business Council (2000-2002), Mr. McMillan remains with that organization as a Director.
Currently, he is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association, the first non-physician to serve on that Board, and he is a Member of the Board of Directors of Madison National Bank. He also served on the Board of Directors of WellChoice, Inc. from 1994 through 2005 when the company was acquired by Well Point, Inc. In 1987, Mr. McMillan founded the Long Island Housing Partnership, Inc. and served as its Chairman until 2001. The Partnership is the first suburban coalition in the United States of business, banking, labor, religious organizations and institutions of higher learning to build and facilitate the construction of affordable housing.
Mr. McMillan co-hosted Face-Off for over fourteen years. A PBS television show, Face-Off is seen throughout the metropolitan New York and Albany areas. In addition he has provided commentary on Cable Television over MSNBC, CNN, and Fox. He writes a weekly column for the Anton Community Newspapers on Long Island and appears regularly in Florida’s “Charlotte Sun”. Occasionally, he also writes for “Newsday”. In addition, he has just completed two books, “Global Passage: Transformation of Panama and the Panama Canal” and “COLUMNS: Marilyn Monroe to Vietnam and Iraq”.
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