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Veterans Issue

May 18 , 2017

May 2017

St. Louis Park vets represent National Guard, U.S. Army BY SUE WEBBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

MacMillan gr ew up w anting to be a cop . “That was my career goal m y w hole life ,� he Before its b uilding closed said. Prior to his time in the serApril 15, the St. Louis P ark vice, he had gained an AA deAmerican Legion serv ed to gree. After the service , he said, bring together veterans of sev- “I w as a pr ofessional student. eral wars. I had cr edits in psy chology, Among them is Bill MacMil- speech comm unications and lan, a 1967 St. Louis Park High criminal justice.� Eventually, he School gr aduate w ho serv ed earned AA, BA and BS degrees, in the Na tional Guar d f or six plus a certificate specializing in years. He joined the American criminal justice. Legion in 1983. He w orked a t F red G . An“We lost our post home on derson for 15 years, a company Excelsior Boulevard and High- MacMillan said was “once was way 100, � MacMillan said. the lar gest w all-covering stor e “Now we use the Hopkins Post in the U .S.� Then came a 12for our meetings . We’re trying year stint in the insurance busito build out the Masonic T em- ness, plus some time w orking ple on Walker Street, hopefully at the Chamber of Commerce, by August or September.� first as chair of the boar d and The Legion a t one time had then as vice pr esident of mar 600-800 members , said Macketing and sales . He also is a Millan, w ho w as its housing past president of the St. Louis chair f or the first eight y ears. Park Sunrise Rotary. “This year our goal is 147 memThen he began w orking in bers,� he said. business de velopment a t Citi-

Bill MacMillan served in the National Guard for six years. (Submitted photo) Right: A lifelong St. Louis Park resident, MacMillan joined the American Legion in 1983. (Submitted photo) MACMILLAN - TO NEXT PAGE

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