{"id":9223,"date":"2010-01-06T19:08:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T23:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=9223"},"modified":"2022-11-15T19:05:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T00:05:52","slug":"ucf-community-honors-frances-millican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-community-honors-frances-millican\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Community Honors Frances Millican"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9226\" style=\"max-width: 450px;\" class=\"figure\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"figure-img size-full img-fluid w-100 wp-image-9226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1.jpg\" alt=\"More than 600 people celebrated Frances Millican's life and listened as Dr. Millican delivered the eulogy for his wife of 64 years.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" class=\"figure-img size-full img-fluid w-100 wp-image-9226 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20338%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"More than 600 people celebrated Frances Millican's life and listened as Dr. Millican delivered the eulogy for his wife of 64 years.\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20450%20338%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1-360x270.jpg 360w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2010\/01\/memorial-ucf-today1.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">More than 600 people celebrated Frances Millican&#039;s life and listened as Dr. Millican delivered the eulogy for his wife of 64 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On their first date, Frances Hilliard helped Charles Millican push his car after the engine died. Pushing together, they got the car moving, and he jumped in and restarted it.<\/p>\n<p>About 20 years later, Frances Hilliard Millican stood side-by-side with her husband as they started a new university in East Orlando. Once again, their teamwork led to success, as they built a strong foundation for a thriving metropolitan research university that is now the third largest in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Millican, the University of Central Florida\u2019s first first lady, died Dec. 28 at age 82. More than 600 people gathered at the Student Union to celebrate her life on Wednesday and listened as Dr. Millican delivered the eulogy for his wife of 64 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got to thinking to myself, \u2018I\u2019ve found the most lovely creature I\u2019ve ever laid eyes on,'&#8221; Dr. Millican said of that first date. \u201cAnd she was willing to get out on a first date and help a guy push a car that stalled. I thought, \u2018I better follow up\u201d with her.<\/p>\n<p>To read more about the memorial service, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On their first date, Frances Hilliard helped Charles Millican push his car after the engine died. Pushing together, they got the car moving, and he jumped in and restarted it. About 20 years later, Frances Hilliard Millican stood side-by-side with her husband as they started a new university in East Orlando. 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