About William Milliken
William Grawn Milliken was an American businessman and politician who served as the 44th governor of Michigan from 1969 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, he assumed the governorship following the resignation of George Romney and went on to win three terms in 1970, 1974, and 1978, becoming the longest-serving governor in Michigan history. During this period he dealt with dramatic changes to the state economy, due to industrial restructuring and challenges to the auto industry, resulting in loss of jobs and population from Detroit, the state's largest city. He also oversaw the PBB crisis and adopted a policy of environmental protection and conservation. Milliken, Inc., a department store founded by his grandfather, and later run by his father. In 1976, Governor Milliken was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Yale University, his alma mater. William and Helen Milliken moved back to Traverse City that year and he became president of J.W.
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