Irving Mills; set up medical supply firm

Irving Mills, founder and first president of Mundelein-basedMedline Industries Inc., a medical supplies manufacturer, died Aug.18 in Miami Beach. He was 92.

Mr. Mills was born in Palatine. He started working at hisfather's business, Northwestern Garment Factory, when he was 12 yearsold and took over the business after graduating from DuSable HighSchool.

Mr. Mills attended Northwestern University at night, graduatingwith a business degree in 1939, while running his father's company.

He changed the name of the firm to Mills Hospital Supply. Thecompany had branches in Houston; Norfolk, Va.; Columbus, Ohio, andToledo, Ohio.

In 1961, Mr. Mills sold his …