Norman John MacMillan,
CC,
QC (1909 – 30 October 1978) was a president of
Canadian National Railway
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
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.
MacMillan was born in
Bracebridge, Ontario
Bracebridge is a town and the seat of the Muskoka District Municipality in Ontario, Canada.
The town was built around a waterfall on the Muskoka River in the centre of town, and is known for its other nearby waterfalls (Wilson's Falls, High Falls ...
. He would study at the
University of Manitoba where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts in 1930. In 1934, he received a
Bachelor of Laws.
As a career lawyer, MacMillan joined
Canadian National Railways
The Canadian National Railway Company (french: Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I railroad, Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern United States, M ...
in 1937 as a
solicitor
A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and ...
in the company's
Winnipeg, Manitoba office. He moved to Canadian National's Montreal office in 1943, becoming the railway's general counsel in 1945. In 1967 he became the company's President, leading the railway through a time of technological change. Before his retirement in 1974, MacMillan would see the start of construction on Toronto's
CN Tower landmark.
He died in 1978 at his cottage in his birthplace community of Bracebridge. He was married with a son and a daughter.
Awards and recognition
*1967: honorary
Doctor of Laws from the
University of ManitobaUniversity of Manitoba: Honorary Degree recipients list.
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*1972: first-ever Canadian recipient of the Distinguished Service Award b
American Railway Development Association
*26 June 1974: appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada
Legacy
* MacMillan Yard in Vaughan, Ontario was named for him.
References
External links
Canadian National: Norman MacMillan biography
1909 births
1978 deaths
Canadian National Railway executives
Companions of the Order of Canada
People from Bracebridge, Ontario
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