{"id":15045,"date":"2024-11-04T14:12:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T19:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/?p=15045"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:46:59","slug":"in-memoriam-dr-carl-mcmillan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/2024\/in-memoriam-dr-carl-mcmillan\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Dr. Carl McMillan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        In Memoriam: Dr. Carl McMillan\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>With profound sadness, the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) announces the passing of Dr. Carl McMillan, Professor Emeritus. Carl\u2019s journey into Russian Studies began through years of immersive travel and study abroad\u2014a passion that ultimately brought him to Carleton University in 1968, where he became one of the inaugural directors of the department that would later become EURUS. Serving as Director for two terms, he dedicated himself to advancing the Institute until his retirement in 1998. His unwavering commitment to Carleton University became a lasting source of inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout his career, Carl\u2019s contributions shaped the Institute in meaningful ways, including the establishment and funding of the Pushkin Endowment Fund and the McMillan Chair in Russian Studies, both of which continue to support excellence in teaching and research within EURUS. His dedication to the Institute and its students was inspirational, creating a legacy of collaborative research and teaching that endures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, Carleton University recognized Carl with the Founders Award, honoring his lifelong dedication, generosity, and extraordinary contributions to the university. His steadfast support of EURUS has fostered generations of scholars, educators, and students, leaving a profound impact on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carl will be remembered not only for his professional accomplishments and commitment to EURUS and Carleton but also for his kindness, warmth, and unwavering support for everyone around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpmcgarry.ca\/memorials\/carl-mcmillan\/5505771\/?lang=fr\">Remembering Dr. Carl McMillan \u2013 Obituary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With profound sadness, the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) announces the passing of Dr. Carl McMillan, Professor Emeritus. Carl\u2019s journey into Russian Studies began through years of immersive travel and study abroad\u2014a passion that ultimately brought him to Carleton University in 1968, where he became one of the inaugural directors of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"ottawa-canal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15049,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15045\/revisions\/15049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}