Tom McMillen

Charles Thomas McMillen is a retired NBA professional basketball player, Rhodes Scholar, and Democratic U.S. Congressman who represented the 4th congressional district of Maryland from January 3, 1987 to January 3, 1993.

Prior to entering politics, McMillen was a star basketball player. In 1970, he was the number one high school basketball player in the U.S. coming out of Mansfield, PA and was the biggest recruiting catch early in Coach Lefty Driesell's career at the University of Maryland, beating out rival Coach Dean Smith of the University of North Carolina. McMillen was also a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team that lost a controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union.

After graduating from Maryland in 1974, McMillen was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NBA Draft by the Buffalo Braves and the first round of the 1974 ABA Draft by the Virginia Squires. McMillen signed with the Braves and during his NBA career, he played for the Braves, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Bullets before retiring in 1986 to pursue his political career.

He was elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democrat to represent Maryland's 4th District and served from 1987 to 1993. In 1992, however, the 4th District was redrawn due to a mandate from the Justice Department. McMillen's home in Crofton was drawn into the Eastern Shore-based 1st District, represented by one-term Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest. Gilchrist ultimately won the election, and McMillen left the House in January 1993.

McMillen now runs a real estate company.