Norman John Mac Millan
Norman John MacMillan, CC, QC (1909 – 30 October 1978) was a president of Canadian National Railway.
MacMillan was born in Bracebridge, Ontario. 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 in 1937 as a solicitor 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.
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