Middle name, dates and locations, and links to parents provided by contributor Pam (#47140371), who also furnished the following:
The Seattle Times, 29 Jan 1964
AIDE RETIRES
Earl R. McMillan, has retired from the Northern Pacific Railway after 34 years service, Dean H. Eastman, vice president in Seattle, announced. McMillan was coal operations manager and chief engineer of the Northern Pacific coal department for the past 17 years.
McMillan will continue in mining work as a consultant, with offices in the Smith Tower.
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The Seattle Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1982, Page F15 Rites for Earl McMillan, 89, inventor of charcoal briquettes Memorial services for Earl R. McMillan, 89, former mining engineer, will be at 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the Bellewood Presbyterian church in Bellevue. He died Dec. 1 in Sacramento, where he has lived the past several years.
McMillan was the manager of coal operations and the chief mining engineer for Northern Pacific Railroad from 1946 to 1962, when he retired. Prior to that, he worked for the firm’s subsidiary, the Northwestern Improvement Co., managing coalmining operations in Roslyn and Cle Elum from 1930 to 1945.
He was part owner of the Northwest Briquetting Co., which made briquettes out of coal, a method he invented. He also served as a mining consultant and was assistant superintendent for the Bureau of Mines here.
McMillan, a 1917 civil engineering and geology graduate of the University of Missouri, received honorary mention on the All American football team and was captain of the school’s championship baseball team.
He also received an advanced mining degree from the University of Washington in 1919.
He was past president of the West Coast Minerals Association, past chairmen of the North Pacific section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and an elder of the Laurelhurst and Bellewood Presbyterian churches.
He was also a member of Seattle Rotary, the Arctic club and was a Mason. He served in the Army during World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Anna; a daughter, a son, and a sister Bessie Orr, Springfield, Ill.
The Seattle Times, 29 Jan 1964
AIDE RETIRES
Earl R. McMillan, has retired from the Northern Pacific Railway after 34 years service, Dean H. Eastman, vice president in Seattle, announced. McMillan was coal operations manager and chief engineer of the Northern Pacific coal department for the past 17 years.
McMillan will continue in mining work as a consultant, with offices in the Smith Tower.
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The Seattle Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1982, Page F15 Rites for Earl McMillan, 89, inventor of charcoal briquettes Memorial services for Earl R. McMillan, 89, former mining engineer, will be at 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the Bellewood Presbyterian church in Bellevue. He died Dec. 1 in Sacramento, where he has lived the past several years.
McMillan was the manager of coal operations and the chief mining engineer for Northern Pacific Railroad from 1946 to 1962, when he retired. Prior to that, he worked for the firm’s subsidiary, the Northwestern Improvement Co., managing coalmining operations in Roslyn and Cle Elum from 1930 to 1945.
He was part owner of the Northwest Briquetting Co., which made briquettes out of coal, a method he invented. He also served as a mining consultant and was assistant superintendent for the Bureau of Mines here.
McMillan, a 1917 civil engineering and geology graduate of the University of Missouri, received honorary mention on the All American football team and was captain of the school’s championship baseball team.
He also received an advanced mining degree from the University of Washington in 1919.
He was past president of the West Coast Minerals Association, past chairmen of the North Pacific section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and an elder of the Laurelhurst and Bellewood Presbyterian churches.
He was also a member of Seattle Rotary, the Arctic club and was a Mason. He served in the Army during World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Anna; a daughter, a son, and a sister Bessie Orr, Springfield, Ill.
Middle name, dates and locations, and links to parents provided by contributor Pam (#47140371), who also furnished the following:
The Seattle Times, 29 Jan 1964
AIDE RETIRES
Earl R. McMillan, has retired from the Northern Pacific Railway after 34 years service, Dean H. Eastman, vice president in Seattle, announced. McMillan was coal operations manager and chief engineer of the Northern Pacific coal department for the past 17 years.
McMillan will continue in mining work as a consultant, with offices in the Smith Tower.
=====
The Seattle Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1982, Page F15 Rites for Earl McMillan, 89, inventor of charcoal briquettes Memorial services for Earl R. McMillan, 89, former mining engineer, will be at 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the Bellewood Presbyterian church in Bellevue. He died Dec. 1 in Sacramento, where he has lived the past several years.
McMillan was the manager of coal operations and the chief mining engineer for Northern Pacific Railroad from 1946 to 1962, when he retired. Prior to that, he worked for the firm’s subsidiary, the Northwestern Improvement Co., managing coalmining operations in Roslyn and Cle Elum from 1930 to 1945.
He was part owner of the Northwest Briquetting Co., which made briquettes out of coal, a method he invented. He also served as a mining consultant and was assistant superintendent for the Bureau of Mines here.
McMillan, a 1917 civil engineering and geology graduate of the University of Missouri, received honorary mention on the All American football team and was captain of the school’s championship baseball team.
He also received an advanced mining degree from the University of Washington in 1919.
He was past president of the West Coast Minerals Association, past chairmen of the North Pacific section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and an elder of the Laurelhurst and Bellewood Presbyterian churches.
He was also a member of Seattle Rotary, the Arctic club and was a Mason. He served in the Army during World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Anna; a daughter, a son, and a sister Bessie Orr, Springfield, Ill.
The Seattle Times, 29 Jan 1964
AIDE RETIRES
Earl R. McMillan, has retired from the Northern Pacific Railway after 34 years service, Dean H. Eastman, vice president in Seattle, announced. McMillan was coal operations manager and chief engineer of the Northern Pacific coal department for the past 17 years.
McMillan will continue in mining work as a consultant, with offices in the Smith Tower.
=====
The Seattle Times, Wednesday, December 15, 1982, Page F15 Rites for Earl McMillan, 89, inventor of charcoal briquettes Memorial services for Earl R. McMillan, 89, former mining engineer, will be at 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the Bellewood Presbyterian church in Bellevue. He died Dec. 1 in Sacramento, where he has lived the past several years.
McMillan was the manager of coal operations and the chief mining engineer for Northern Pacific Railroad from 1946 to 1962, when he retired. Prior to that, he worked for the firm’s subsidiary, the Northwestern Improvement Co., managing coalmining operations in Roslyn and Cle Elum from 1930 to 1945.
He was part owner of the Northwest Briquetting Co., which made briquettes out of coal, a method he invented. He also served as a mining consultant and was assistant superintendent for the Bureau of Mines here.
McMillan, a 1917 civil engineering and geology graduate of the University of Missouri, received honorary mention on the All American football team and was captain of the school’s championship baseball team.
He also received an advanced mining degree from the University of Washington in 1919.
He was past president of the West Coast Minerals Association, past chairmen of the North Pacific section of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and an elder of the Laurelhurst and Bellewood Presbyterian churches.
He was also a member of Seattle Rotary, the Arctic club and was a Mason. He served in the Army during World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Anna; a daughter, a son, and a sister Bessie Orr, Springfield, Ill.
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