Tom McMillen

Tom McMillen
Charles Thomas McMillen.jpg
Co-Chair of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
In office
1993–1997
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byArnold Schwarzenegger (as Chairman)
Succeeded byLee Haney (as Chair)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byMarjorie Holt
Succeeded byAl Wynn
Personal details
Born
Charles Thomas McMillen

(1952-05-26) May 26, 1952 (age 70)
Elmira, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Crofton, Maryland, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Maryland (BS)
Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High schoolMansfield
(Mansfield, Pennsylvania)
CollegeMaryland (1971–1974)
NBA draft1974 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9th overall
Selected by the Buffalo Braves
Playing career1974–1986
PositionPower forward / Center
Number52, 54
Career history
1974–1975Virtus Bologna
19751976Buffalo Braves
1976–1977New York Knicks
19771983Atlanta Hawks
19831986Washington Bullets
Career highlights and awards
Career NBA statistics
Points5,914 (8.1 ppg)
Rebounds2,913 (4.0 rpg)
Assists788 (1.1 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2013
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Munich Team

Charles Thomas McMillen (born May 26, 1952) is an American politician, businessman, and retired professional basketball player. A Rhodes Scholar, McMillen represented Maryland's 4th congressional district from January 3, 1987 to January 3, 1993.

On March 22, 2011, he was appointed as chairman of the inaugural Board of Directors of the President's Foundation on Sports, Physical Fitness, and Nutrition. He is also the author of Out of Bounds, a critical look at the unhealthy influence of sports on ethics, and he served on the Knight Foundation's Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics investigating abuses within college sports.

Career

Basketball

McMillen playing for Virtus in Italy, 1975

Prior to entering politics, McMillen was a star basketball player on all levels. In 1970, he was the number one high school basketball player in the U.S. coming out of Mansfield, Pennsylvania, and was the biggest recruiting catch early in Coach Lefty Driesell's career at the University of Maryland, beating out rival Coaches Dean Smith of the University of North Carolina and John Wooden of UCLA for McMillen's services. Wooden instead signed Bill Walton, who proved to be the far more consequential player. McMillen played for the Terrapins from 1971 to 1974, McMillen was also a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team that lost a controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union.

McMillen received his B.S. from University of Maryland in chemistry, which is part of the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. After graduating from Maryland in 1974, McMillen was drafted with the ninth pick in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves and the first round of the 1974 ABA Draft by the Virginia Squires. McMillen signed with the Braves but postponed his entry into the NBA in order to attend the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. During his time at Oxford, McMillen was a member of the Oxford University basketball team. He also commuted to Bologna, to play for Italian club Virtus Bologna. During his eleven-year National Basketball Association career, he played for the Braves, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Bullets, before he retired in 1986 to pursue his political career.

U.S. House

He was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democrat to represent Maryland's 4th district, and served 1987–1993 as that district's representative.

In 1992, the 4th was redrawn as a black-majority district due to a mandate from the Justice Department. His home in Crofton was drawn into the Eastern Shore-based 1st District, represented by one-term Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest. Although McMillen did very well in the more urbanized areas of the district near Baltimore and Washington, D.C., it was not enough to overcome Gilchrest's margin on the Eastern Shore, and McMillen lost his reelection bid.

McMillen is thought to be the tallest-ever member of Congress. At 6 feet 11 inches, he is two feet taller than Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski, who is believed to be the shortest representative ever.

Later career

McMillen was appointed to the University System of Maryland's Board of Regents in 2007, where he served until June 30, 2015. He was replaced by Robert R. Neall whom McMillen had defeated for Congress in 1986.

In September 2015, McMillen was selected to lead the Division I-A Athletic Directors’ Association as it moved from Dallas to Washington, D.C. He remains President and Chief Executive Officer of the renamed Lead1 Association, now advocating for athletic directors at Football Bowl Subdivision universities.

Personal life

McMillen is married to Dr. Judith Niemyer. The couple has lived in Fauquier County, Virginia since 2010.

Election history

Year Office Subject Party Votes Pct Opponent Party Votes Pct
1986 Congress, District 4 Tom McMillen Democrat 65,071 50.16 Robert R. Neall Republican 64,643 49.84
1988 Congress, District 4 Tom McMillen Democrat 128,624 68.30 Bradlyn McClanahan Republican 59,688 31.70
1990 Congress, District 4 Tom McMillen Democrat 85,601 58.85 Robert P. Duckworth Republican 59,846 41.15
1992 Congress, District 1 Tom McMillen Democrat 112,771 48.43 Wayne Gilchrest Republican 120,084 51.57

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