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

Dr. McMillan came to Albright with more than 25 years of experience in higher education and institutional advancement, administration, strategic communications and fundraising.

Since taking office, he has overseen the College's successful comprehensive campaign, Crossing Boundaries: The Campaign for Albright, including adding $13 million to the College's endowment, and successive record-breaking fundraising years, raising more than $12 million in 2006-07. The Schumo Center for Fitness and Well-Being opened in August 2007, and the College's new Science Center broke ground in October 2007.

From 1993 through 2004 Dr. McMillan was vice president for college relations at Gettysburg College, 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 more than $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 University and a bachelor of arts degree from Washington and Lee University. He also completed the Institute for Educational Management, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Dr. McMillan serves on the boards of the United Way of Berks County and the Center for Community Leadership. He is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP), a member of the Higher Education Council of Berks County, and a director of the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation. He formerly served as a board member and chair of the Adams County ( Pa.) Economic Development Corporation. He also served on the board of the local industrial development authority and was a member and vice chair of the Gettysburg Hospital Foundation Board. He was an active member and officer of Rotary from 1994 to 2005.

Born in Pauls Valley, Okla., Dr. McMillan grew up in Decatur, Ga., where he met and married Dorothy Argoe McMillan, a former Head Start teacher who later worked in the children's room of the local public library. They have five children.