2017 Citizen Legion of Honor will go to Robert Mills

Bob Mills

Bob Mills

Veteran builder and developer Robert Mills Jr. will receive the next Citizen Legion of Honor Award.

The Presidents Club of Dayton said Wednesday that Mills is the 67th recipient of the region’s Citizen Legion of Honor Award. Given every year since 1951, the honor is the area’s oldest recognition of volunteer servant leadership in the Dayton region, the club said.

Mills is founder of both Synergy Building Systems and Mills Development, two of the region’s construction and land development companies. His company is responsible for much of the work along the I-75 and I-675 corridors, including Pentagon Boulevard in Beavercreek.

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“His companies have made a huge impact on the creation of office and residential space for decades,” the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce said in announcing the honor for Mills.

Mills has served as a volunteer on more than a dozen corporate and not-for-profit boards over the last 30 years including Greene Memorial Hospital; the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force; Wright State University Foundation; and the Dayton Development Coalition.

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Most recently, Bob and his family created the Gala of Hope Foundation and have raised more than $6 million to fight cancer and improve cancer care in our region, the chamber said. “Additionally, he and his family worked tirelessly to support Dayton Children’s new patient tower supporting local children’s needs for important health care services,” the chamber also said.

He has been recognized by the Dayton Regional STEM School; Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce; Leukemia & Lymphoma Society; the American Cancer Society’s Man of the Year; and with the Mathile Community Award.

The Presidents Club of Dayton will recognize Mills at its annual luncheon event beginning at 10 a.m. October 5 at the Dayton Convention Center, at Main and Fifth streets in downtown Dayton.

Sponsorships and tables are available by contacting Marcia Bostick at (937) 226-8225 or emailing at mbostick@dacc.org. Proceeds from this event go toward the established scholarships at Sinclair Community College.

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