McMillan, Mary

• 1912 Nov. 26: Born, Pensacola, Fla.
• 1934: Graduated from Florida State College for Women with a degree in literature and history
• 1934 - 1937 : Taught in Northwest Florida high schools
• 1939: Graduated from Scarritt College in Nashville with a Masters degree in Christian Education
• 1939 Aug. 31: Arrived in Japan
• 1941 Feb. 29: Forced to return to the United States
• 1942: Took courses in Japanese language at the University of California, Berkeley, and lived in the International House
• 1943: Taught at the Topaz Relocation Center in Topaz, Utah
• 1944: Graduated from the Nashville School of Social Work with a Masters in Social Science
• 1945: Served as a child welfare worker in Escambia County, Fla.
• 1947 Jan. 7: Became the first Protestant missionary to return to Hiroshima after World War II
• 1948 Jan. 19: Held the first service of the Ushita Christian Church in her home
• 1952 Dec.: Mother died
• 1980: Named Professor Emerita at Hiroshima Jo Gakuin College Named the sixth Special Honorary Citizen of Hiroshima
• 1980 May 26: Left Hiroshima for a six-month furlough prior to her official retirement
• 1980 Dec. 1: Officially retired from service
• 1984 Aug.: Returned to Hiroshima as a special guest of the city and took part in the memorial ceremony at Peace Park
• 1991 July 19: Died in Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., at a missionary's conference

From the guide to the Mary McMillan Papers, 1936-1997 and undated (bulk 1952-1991), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)