McMillan, Robert R.

Robert McMillan ran for the United States Senate in 1988. Named by President George H. W. Bush to the board of the Panama Canal Commission in1989, he was elected chairman of the commission's board of directors, the first and only person who was not an official of the Department of Defense, and served from 1993-1994. He has co-hosted the popular PBS television program Face-Off for over 13 years. Mr. McMillan writes a weekly column for the Anton Community Newspapers and also periodically writes for Newsday and the Charlotte Sun. He lives in Garden City, New York.