Central Soya is represented by Dale W. McMillen.

Dale W. McMillen, founded Central Soya in 1934 at Decatur, IN. Prior to opening Central Soya Co., Inc. and McMillen Feed Mills, Inc. in Gibson City in 1940, Mr. McMillen had been actively engaged in the feed business for over 26 year. He had operated plants in Fort Wayne, IN, Buffalo, New York, and St. Louis, MO.

Mr. Mac, as he was affectionately known, had a national reputation as one of the most progressive pioneers of the commercial feed industry. In 1933 he purchased a closed beet sugar plant in Decatur IN and it was there that the plant processed soybeans.

He was born in a log cabin near Van Wert, Ohio. Mr. McMillen started his business career in the family’s feed and grain business moving to Fort Wayne IN in 1911.

Among his philanthropies was the founding of the Wildcat Baseball League with the motto “Every Boy Makes the Team”. In appreciation for the financial backing and continued support of the baseball program in Gibson City, the baseball fields east of the North Park bears his name, McMillen Fields. Locally his charitable endeavors included the Gibson Community Hospital, Swimming Pool renovations, and McMillen Homes.

He was a 33 degree Mason and held honorary degrees from Oberlin College and the Indiana Institute of Technology.

Mr.McMillen often praised what he called the wonderful spirit of Gibson City.