Background
Milligan,, Francis Joseph was born on August 19, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Francis J. and Julia (Ryan) Milligan.
Milligan,, Francis Joseph was born on August 19, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Francis J. and Julia (Ryan) Milligan.
Student, Loyola University, Chicago. Student, University Notre Dame. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1949.
Trust officer Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company, Chicago, 1949-1958. Private practice, since 1958. Member Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr & Milligan, 1965-1988, Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey & Milligan, since 1988.
President council Mundelein College, 1956-1966, president, 1963-1966, trustee, 1967-1973. Trustee St. Marys College, Winona, Minnesota, 1969-1973, Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, Chicago, since 1975. Board directors, executive committee National Conference of Christians and Jews, since 1959, co-chairman, 1964-1969, national director, 1966-1974, 87—.
Board directors Scholarship Foundation, University Notre Dame Club, Chicago, since 1955, secretary, 1959-1964, president, 1965-1973. Board directors John G. Symons Young Men’s Christian Association, 1969-1985, Institute for Religious Life, since 1978. Board directors Madonna Center, 1955-1985, vice president, 1966-1985.
Board governors Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California, since 1978, Catholic Charities Chicago, since 1975. Ensign United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American College Probate Counsel, Chicago Estate Planning Council, Harvard Law School Association, Notre Dame Law Association, Catholic Lawyers Guild Chicago (board directors since 1955, vice president 1974-1980, president 1980-1986), Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Serra CLub, Legal Club, Notre Dame Alumni Association (president 1957-1958), Metropolitan Club.
Chto. Club, Economics Club.
Married Catherine Jeanne Collopy, July 10, 1954. Children: Mary Ellen, Catherine Marie, Francis Joseph III, Elizabeth Marie Milligan Colombini, Anne Mary.
