Background
Millard, Frank Gurnee was born on March 1, 1892 in Corunna, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank and Emma (Gurnee) Millard.
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Millard, Frank Gurnee was born on March 1, 1892 in Corunna, Michigan, United States. Son of Frank and Emma (Gurnee) Millard.
He attended the public schools in Corunna. He subsequently attended the University of Michigan, receiving his bachelor"s degree in 1914 and a law degree in 1916.
While attending Michigan, Millard played guard for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1912-1915. After receiving his law degree, Millard became an attorney in Flint, Michigan. During World War I, he served as an artillery lieutenant in the United States. Army in France.
In 1921, he helped organize the Michigan National Guard.
He was active in Republican Party politics and served as the chairman of the Genesse County Republican Committee from 1922-1924 and in 1940. In 1950, Millard was elected as Michigan Attorney General.
He served in that position from January 1951 through December 1954. In November 1954, he lost to Thomas M. Kavanagh in the election for Michigan Attorney General.
He was the last Republican to hold the office of Attorney General in Michigan until Mike Cox was elected to the office in 2002.
In December 1956, he was hospitalized at the University of Michigan Hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a portion of one lung. He served as the Army"s General Counsel through February 1961. Millard was married to Dorothy East. McCorkell on November 8, 1930.
He died in 1976 at age 84.
Member Flint Board of Education, 1962-1963. Delegate Michigan Constitutional Convention, 1961. Chairman Genesee County Republican Committee, 1922-1924, 40.
Member Republican State Central Committee, 1948-1950. Member Executive Committee Friends of Michigan History Collections, 1972-1974. With United States Army, World Wars I and II.
Brigadier general Michigan National Guard, retired. Member Federal, American, District of Columbia, Michigan, Genesee County bar associations, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Army and Navy Club (Washington), Flint Golf Club, City Club, University Club (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Coral Ridge Yacht Club (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), Kiwanis Club, Elks, Masons (33 degree), Delta Theta Phi, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Married Dorothy E. McCorkell, November 8, 1930.