LEX O. MCMILLAN III, PH.D.

Lex O. McMillan III took office as the 14th president of Albright College in May 2005.

Dr. McMillan brings to Albright more than 25 years of experience in higher education and institutional advancement, administration, strategic communications and fundraising. From 1993 through 2004 he was vice president for college relations at Gettysburg where he was responsible for the management and direction of the college’s external affairs, alumni and parent relations, and resource development programs. He provided staff leadership to a six-year, $100 million comprehensive campaign that exceeded its goal by over $11 million.

He previously served as executive director of development at his undergraduate alma mater, Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. At W&L he provided staff leadership in a campaign that exceeded its $127 million goal by more than $20 million. He was director of development and director of public relations at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland,Virginia. He is also a former English teacher and editor.

Dr. McMillan holds a doctorate in English from the University of Notre Dame. He holds a master of arts degree in English from Georgia State and a bachelor of arts from Washington and Lee University. He also completed the Institute for Educational Management, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Dr. McMillan has been an active member of the communities where he has resided. Currently he serves on the boards of the United Way of Berks County and the Center for Community Leadership. He is a member of the Higher Education Council of Berks County and a director of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation.

Born in Pauls Valley, Okla., Dr. McMillan grew up in Decatur, Ga. He and Dorothy Argoe McMillan have five children.