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Thursday, September 08, 2011  Spartanburg-based textile manufacturer Milliken & Co. has elected banking and insurance executive Harold Chandler as its non-executive chairman of the board.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011  Billionaire textile magnate Roger Milliken's Cadillac was worth a little over $15,000 to the highest bidder at a charity auction.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  The United Way of the Piedmont is holding bidding online through 4 p.m. Friday for textile magnate Roger Milliken's 2001 Cadillac DeVille.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  Company spokesman Richard Dillard said Tuesday the Spartanburg company has been planning the strategy that focuses on health, safety and sustainability for more than two years.

Monday, January 03, 2011  Hundreds of people gather at a Spartanburg church Monday for the funeral of Upstate textile tycoon Roger Milliken.

Friday, December 31, 2010  Milliken & Co. says the 95-year-old businessman will be remembered at 2 p.m. Monday at the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Spartanburg with a reception immediately following at the Piedmont Club behind the church.

Thursday, December 30, 2010  Roger Milliken, who led Milliken & Company for 71 years, during which it grew to become the world’s largest privately owned textile and chemical manufacturer, died Thursday in Spartanburg at the age of 95, according to a news release.

Thursday, April 29, 2010  A South Carolina-based textile company plans to bring 40 administrative jobs from Georgia to Spartanburg.