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Founder of Central Soya and of the Wildcat Baseball League
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Dale Wilmore McMillen was born near Van Wert, Ohio, on January 27, 1880. In 1916 he bought a grain elevator in Fort Wayne and founded Wayne Feeds, pioneering concentrated feed supplements sold under names such as Master Mix. On October 2, 1934, he incorporated Central Soya, with its first plant at Decatur, Indiana, and its headquarters in Fort Wayne; the company became a major soybean-processing firm. He retired in 1953. In 1961, with former Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine, he founded Fort Wayne's Wildcat Baseball League, built on the rule that every child who signs up plays; the league still runs, and McMillen Park carries the family name. He died in Fort Wayne on April 21, 1971. A company entry for Central Soya stands in the business section; this entry is the man.
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- § 06 — people of the record · famous-people supplement
Sources: Fort Wayne History Center (exhibit record); Decatur Daily Democrat (obituary, April 1971).